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William Giles, Christopher Blake 1540 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Manor

Mother: Jane Rawson\Jugg

Spouse(s): Margaret Black

Children(s): David Blak

According to available records, William Giles Christopher Blake was born in 1540 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of John (The Elder) Black Blake, Lord Of Plainsfield Manor and Jane Anne "Dutchess of Sommerset" Rawson\Jugg. Following those early years, William Giles Christopher Blake married Margaret Black, and their family grew to include David Blak. In the later years of life, William Giles Christopher Blake died in 1600 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Parents

John Manor
1521 – 1576
Birth Location: Over Stowey, Somerset, England
JM
Jane Rawson\Jugg
1521 – 1595
Birth Location: Plainsfield, Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Black
1544 – 1600
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB

Children(s)

David Blak
1569 – 1637
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1565
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 08 Jun 1575

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1600
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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