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William Giles Blake 1560–1642 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1560

Birth Location: Derby, Derbyshire, England

Death Date: 13 Jun 1642

Death Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Father: John Blake

Mother: Mabel Coverte

Spouse(s): Dorothy Tweedy

Children(s): William Blake

William Giles Blake was born in 1560 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, the child of John Blake And Mabel Coverte. William Giles Blake married Dorothy Tweedy, and had children including William Blake. William Giles Blake passed away in 1642 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • William Giles Blake was born in 1560 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, the child of John Blake And Mabel Coverte.
  • William Giles Blake married Dorothy Tweedy, and had children including William Blake.
  • William Giles Blake passed away in 1642 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Blake's Ancestors

Self
William Blake
1560–1642
Birth Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Parents
John Blake
1521–1576
Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Mabel Coverte
1543–1595
Little Baddow, Essex, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Blake
1500–1588
Andover, Hampshire, England
Agnes Littleton
1501–1585
Thaxted, Essex, England
John Coverte
1507–1544
Slaugham, Sussex, England
Elizabeth (Joan) Cooke
1508–1546
Slaughan, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Blake
1465–1547
Mary Coles
1469–1500
Richard Sussex
1472–1547
Blanche Vaughan
1476–1553
Christopher Rawson
1474–1518
Agnes Burke
1473–1508
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Blake
1438–1471
Avice Wallop
1416–1474
Humphrey Coles
1439–1558

William Blake's Descendants

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William (Giles) Blake (23 Mar 1560–13 Jun 1642) m. Dorothy Tweedy (1572–15 Feb 1647)
  1. 1. William Blake 1594–1663 m. Agnes Thorne 1593–1678
    1. 1. William Blake 1620–1703 m. Anna Lyon 1628–1703
      1. 1. Anna Blake 1651–1722 m. Thomas Gilbert 1642–1725
        1. 1. Capt (Nathaniel) Gilbert 1683–1765 m. Hannah Bradford 1689–1772
    2. 2. George Blake 1611–1698 m. Dorothy Blake 1615–1702
    3. 3. Edward Blake 1626–1692 m. Patience Pope 1626–1675

William Blake's Timeline

4 Records

1560
23 Mar 1560
Birth of William Giles Blake in Derby, Derbyshire, England
Derby, Derbyshire, England
1560
22 Aug 1560
William Giles Blake was baptized in Little Baddow, Essex, England
Little Baddow, Essex, England
1639
1639
Age 79
William Giles Blake resided here in Massachusetts Colony, MA
Massachusetts Colony, MA
1642
13 Jun 1642
Age 82
Death of William Giles Blake in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1560
    Event Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1560
    Event Place: Little Baddow, Essex, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts; Year: 1636; Page Number: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1639
    Event Place: Massachusetts Colony, MA
    Record Source: Massachusetts Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Barnstable; Bristol; Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jun 1642
    Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

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