Blake Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 2

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Blake Newsletter

Table of Contents

1. Blake Pedigree Chart – Blake Museum at Bridgwater, Somerset 2. Blake Surname Study - Progress 3. Blake autosomal DNA Study at FT DNA 4. Andover, Hampshire, England Parish Registers

1. Blake Pedigree Chart – Blake Museum at Bridgwater, Somerset. This is a recent addition to their website: http://www.bridgwatermuseum.org.uk/

The Blake Museum has given me permission to put these charts in the newsletter so I will continue with some of these Blake family lines.

Many of the Blake families with roots in the New England states are tracing back to William Blake of Dorchester Massachusetts. A number of Blake genealogists have written up their studies on these many Blake lines coming down from William Blake and Agnes (B[o or a]nd, Thorne?) Blake. One particular paper published in The American Genealolgist Volume 74, Issue 1, 15-28, 1999, and entitied “Two Somerby Frauds or ‘Placing the Flesh on the Wrong Bones’” by Paul C. Reed. In one of his footnotes, “In his [Horatio Gates Somerby] account of the purported ancestry of the immigrant William Blake of Corchester, Massachusetts, Somerby linked three apparently unrelated Blake families. After falsifying the origin of the immigrant, Somerby fabricated earlier fraudulent connections by making Humphrey Blake, ancestor of the Blake family of Over Stowey, Somerset, a brother of the Nicholas Blake of Andover who died in 1547. Somerby then fabricated a parentage for Humphrey and Nicholas, making their

April 1, 2019 BLAKE NEWSLETTER - VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2 father out to be one William Blake, and their mother to be Mary, daughter of Humphrey Coles of C. Somerset. Then he asserted that this William was a son of an earlier William whom Somerby (falsely) connects back into the ancient Blaage alias Blake family who lived at Calne, Wiltshire.” I have written about this fraudulent connection on my blog a number of times. My line descends from the Nicholas Blake of Andover whose father is, I believe, Richard Blake of Enham who left his will dated 12 Apr 1522; his father Robert’s will was dated 16 Dec 1521 (likely also of Enham as he mentions the parish Church there). Nicholas does not mention a brother Humphrey but does indeed mention his family members.

Ancestry DNA is now producing ThruLines as well as DNA Circles (no longer updated). As it turns out, having used these ThruLines quite heavily the last couple of weeks, I am certainly happy with this addition overall. The drawback remains that errors in family trees can now flow through these ThruLines giving me attachments to ancestors that do not bear scrutiny with the actual records. But I can say that overall the addition of ThruLines is a bonus to research bringing together matches that are true and having examined four sets of siblings (my own) ThruLines I am seeing some really good results that are benefitting my research. On the plus side, you can now write to the individuals that are attaching to a particular line and discuss the possibility of working together to clear up the mystery since individuals are matching in order to be there on the ThruLine but the match as shown does not bear scrutiny, in the case of my Blake line, I know the husband of my 2x great grandfather John Blake’s sister Mary. She married William Heath and they had a large family and now in 2019 I match a number of their descendants thus proving the connection. She did not marry anyone else so any attachments to her, with a different spouse, as a proven daughter of Thomas Blake and Sarah (Coleman) Blake are probably inaccurate. However, if your ancestry is going back to that area right around Andover then likely we are matching on another line. But with that slight diversion I return again to William Blake of Dorchester Massachusetts and Paul Reed’s article in The American Genealogist. Fortunately we subscribe to The American Genealogist and can look back at some of these interesting articles written on the Blake family (and in the case of my husband heavily into Kipp-Link research also his families).

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I will discuss the parentage of William Blake of Dorchester Massachusetts using records available to me. The publication “Increase Blake of Boston, his Ancestors and Descendants, with a full account of William Blake of Dorchester and his Five Children” was compiled by Francis E Blake (1839 – 1916) and published in 1898 at Boston, Massachusetts. The records had been accumulated by Reverend Charles M Blake. Francis E Blake is likely descendant of James Blake b 30 Apr 1688 at Dorchester Massachusetts and died 4 Dec 1750 also at Dorchester. James and his wife Waitstill Simpson had four children including James Blake b 15 Oct 1716 at Dorchester (died 5 Jan 1803 also at Dorchester). This James married Mary Pinson and they had several children including James Blake b15 Feb 1740 at Charlestown Massachusetts died 29 Aug 1803 at Boston Massachusetts. This James married Lydia Dana and they had a number of children including Pynson Blake who married Sarah Dana and their son was Francis Everett Blake (1839-1916). The James Blake b 1688 is likely the son of James b 27 Apr 1642 at Pitminster Somerset and son of the emigrant William Blake and his wife Agnis (Band or Bond, Thorne?) Blake. I have not proven this line myself and have copied it from information found online and it serves only to show that Francis E Blake who compiled the book was likely related to the William Blake family of Dorchester Massachusetts. The Reverend Charles M Blake is said to be descendant of Edward Blake youngest son of the emigrant William Blake but no detailed genealogy (Francis E Blake mentions on page 36 of his publication that John Blake (b 17 Jul 1720 and married to Ann Richardson) was his ancestor and John likely the son of Ebenezer (b 28 Sep 1709) married to Petronella Peck, with the father of Ebenezer as Jonathan b 5 Jul 1672 Boston and son of Edward Blake and Patience Pope) is available to prove that line. He, however, went back to Somerset and met with another John Blake there who shared material with him for the Blake family of Pitminster. The actual descent of these two gentleman is not pertinent to the story. I wish to look back from William Blake of Dorchester Massachusetts to England and the charts which have been made available by the Blake Museum.

At some point during the late 1800s both Francis E Blake and the Reverend Charles M Blake appeared to have met with a John Blake in Somerset. When I asked who had created this particular Blake Chart I did not learn a particular name. I am quite curious if the individual with whom they met/corresponded did indeed also create this chart. It is basically in the same handwriting. It is in the style of writing of the late 1800s into the 1900s. It appears to have been created in one time period.

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Chart 1 is the most interesting with regard to this William Blake (this is a slightly cropped image).

Looking at this cropped version you can readily see a line coming down from Humphrey Blake third from the top and in the second column from the right. This line continues down to John Blake and then to William Blake of Pitmister and finally down once again to his son William Blake who eventually emigrates to the Massachusetts Colony.

Cropping it once again just to make it more useful to the discussion, we have:

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William Blake of Pitminster married to Agnis Band, widow, is shown as being of Pitminster and marrying there but dying in Dorchester Massachusetts Colony. The children of this couple are listed (chart preceding) as John, Anne, William, Edward and

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James (and that corresponds to the children as they were known in the Massachusetts Colony. I will not refer to the children of this couple at all as my interest is in looking back to Somerset where William and Agnis Blake are said to have emigrated from in the 1630s. I did check Family Search to see if the images for the Pitmister Parish Registers are online yet but they can not be viewed. I suspect they may be up but not yet available. That means I have to rely on these various researchers for the records for Pitminster to tentatively look at this Blake line.

The Chart lists the parents of William Blake of Pitminster (baptized 10 Jul 1594) as William Blake and Anne (unknown). Another site unfortunately now gone from the internet had been prepared by a local (Somerset) researcher and was quite interesting. Although I did not agree with all of the links, the early work I was informed had been done in the Registry Office and certainly there are many many records in the chart which was thus created (I copied it and made some changes that corrected inconsistencies with the online version). The birth of William Blake (father of the emigrant) was recorded as circa 1559 Over Stowey, Somerset. He was buried 13 Jun 1642 at Pitminster Somerset with his wife Anne being buried there 14 Aug 1644. The father of this William was said to be John Blake (the elder) and he appears to have had a younger brother named John Blake (the younger) both of whom had large families. The wife of John Blake the elder was named Johan (no surname known) and she was buried 27 Jun 1595 at Over Stowey. John Blake the younger married Christian Jugg 18 Aug 1558 at Over Stowey. The mother of both these men was said to have died in 1585 at Over Stowey (no burial date given). It would seem that it is accurate that there were two John Blake, sons in this family. The father of these two John Blake (elder and younger) was listed as Humphrey Blake married to Agnis (unknown) and no marriage date known (this would have preceded the parish registers anyway as the eldest son was born circa 1521). Humphrey Blake was said to have been born circa 1499 at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset and buried 28 Dec 1558 at Over Stowey. These two record sets do not agree on the name of the wife of Humphrey – the chart above has Anne and the website had Agnis. The online website did not take Humphrey further back. The Chart above does and that agrees with a Chart which is held by the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office for the Blake family created by the College of Arms in 1690. A small crop is available below:

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This is a large chart about 12 feet long and 4 feet wide and images can be purchased from the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office.

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In the bottom right corner of the small crop a plain Blake crest can be viewed and above that in a green circle the name John Blague appears with the included information “2nd son from whom the Blakes of Somersetshire are descended of which Family was General Robert Blake the famous Soldier and Sea Commander.” Just for information, as mentioned this chart was produced by the College of Arms (London, England) initially in 1690 with additions (early 1700s). There is a caption in the lower left of this large chart which reads: “This Descent of Blake excepting the latter part of the Glocestershire Line which was Supplied from other Authentick matters of Record exhibited for that purpose is Extracted out of the Visitation Books hereafter mentioned: 1stly, Mr. Vincents Wilts marked No 147 fol 24b 25a 26a, Secondly, Wiltshire Anno 1623 marked C22 fol 107 b, Thirdly, One of the Books lately the Earl of Anglisey’s marked No 123 fol 56a, Fourthly, Hantshire marked C19 fol 85a, Fifthly, the Certificate Book marked I23 fol 37a, Sixthly, the Visitation of Surrey made (by Sir Edward Bysshe Kn late Clarenceux King of Arms) Anno 1662 fol 77b and Seventhly, the Visitation of the City of London begun by Sir Henry S George Kn Clarenceux Anno 1687.” I find the Visitation Books to be a valuable resource but one must use them with some caution as children are left off in many cases but the actual tree does bear looking at.

Continuing to look at this cropped portion of the Blake Pedigree Chart held by the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office, John is said to have a brother Martin Blague of Winchcombe in the County of Glostershire. They are both said to be the sons of William Blague of Lacock in County Wiltshire. William being married to Margaret the daughter of William Browne of Wablyn. William continues to trace back with his father as David Blague (son and heir) married to Joane daughter of (unknown) Mallet. The father of this David named as John Blague gentlemen and second son married to Margaret daughter of Dyncham/Dinham/Denham. This John said to be a son of Robert Blague alias Blaake of Quemberford in County Wiltshire Esquire married to Avice daughter of John Wallop of Farley in County Southampton Esquire. A caption appears on this chart which states: John Blake (son of Robert) undermentioned was 49 years old and upwards 14 Ed IV [1474] as by an Inquisition post mortem … Records in the … after the death of Avice his mother She deceased 29 October 13 Henry VI [1434] does appear. The parchment is folded in this area and very difficult to read from the scan. Looking at one piece of information available to us I have now included the transcription of the will of John Blake (son of Robert Blake and Avis (Wallop) Blake).

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Source: The National Archives (UK), PROB 11/14/155

Name of testator: John Blake

Place listed: Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England

Dated: 24 Feb 1503, probated 24 Apr 1504

[In margin] Testi[men]t

[In margin] Jo[hn] Blake

1 In the Name of God Amen The xxiij day of February the xix yere of our sov[er]eigne lorde kinge henry

2 the vij th I John Blake Esquier of good and hole mynde laude and praysing be to the Infinite mercy and grace

3 of all myghty god make and comend this my last Will and testament First I bequeth my sowle to almyghtyh

4 god and to owr blessed lady his mother and to all the company of he[a]ven And my body to be buried in the p[ar]ich

5 church of Saint Andrews in Nether Wallop wyth and next the sepulure of Margery late my wife now disse

6 ased Also I bequeth to my mother church of Saint Swythwyns in Winchester xl d Item to my saide p[ar]ich

7 Church and vicar for my tithymys forgoten xl d Item to the church wardens of the same church towards

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8 the edyfiing of the same church xl d Item to the Mother church of owr lady in New Sayl[isbury] xl d Item to the

9 church and vicare of owr lady of Calne for tithymys forgoten xij d Item to the church wardens for the

10 edyfing of the same church vj s viij d Item to the chapell of Saint Janry's within the same church for meyn-

11 tenyng of the lightes in the same Chapell xl d Item to Master Richard Sclater Vicare of the said church

12 of Saint Andrews xx d Item to the parish prest of the same church xvj d Also I bequeth to Roger blake

13 xx s and to Jane Dawncy cosyn to my wife x s and to Robert Blake yeoman lat[e] my servant x s and I

14 reqeste and release the same Robert of jjj s now he owith me and to John Blake my servant xx s and

15 to John Walishman my tawney gown and x s and to Anthony blancherd my servant xl d And to Alys

16 Cleylerdon my new and last gowne made and xij d And to Richard Colnet xl s for his labor in makyng

17 this my testament and feoffment so that they and any of them pray for my sowle

18 First as touching all my maners landis and tenementis I will that John dantsey shal[l ]have the moyte

19 of all my man[er]s landis tenements rentis reversions and farms with the appurtenances within the

20 coun[t]es of South[hamp]ton and Wiltes or elswher excepte certen landis underwriten in Compton and Calne

21 to come to hym for terme of his life and after his decese to remane to Richard dawntsey sonne of the sayde

22 John d and Alice late his wife and dowgther to the saide John Blake and to the heyres of the body of the

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23 same Richard lawfully begotten and for default of such issu the remayndre therof to Jane Wrowgtone

24 dawghter of the said John Blak and to the eyres of her body lawfully begoten and for defaut of such

25 the remayndre ther of to the ryght heyres of Robert Blake my brother for evermor And as to the

26 other moyte of all my Maners landis and tenements with the appurtenancs within the saide county

27 or els wher excepte before excepte I will that the said Jane my dowgther have them to her and

28 to the eyres of her body lawfully begotten and for defaule of such Issue the remayndre therof to

29 the said Richard Dauntesey and to the eyres of his body lawfully begotten and for defawt of such issue

30 the remaynder ther of to the right heyres of the saide Robert Blake my brother Also I will by this my p[re]sent

31 will that my feoffys of my meses landys and tenemencys with appurtenance in Compton and of a

32 corne myll in Calne called Kew myll a Tenement which Robert Cubley now dwellyth yn In an

33 tenement with William Ostyter now dwellyth in Calne aforesaid w[h]ich is of the yerly value of x l

34 xiij s iiij d or ther about asowe all charges shallstand and be feoffed therof to this men folowny

35 that is to say that thei shall suffer myn executors of this my present last will to take and preyse

36 the Issues and p[re]sens of the same Meses landis in Compton and Calne aforesaid untill the tyme

37 that they have payd all my detts and legacyes p[er]formed and my finall exspensis done and

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38 that the Issues theroff and profetts be taken for the salary and fyndyng of a prest by my said

39 executors duryng the terme of a yere to pray for my sowle and all my frendis and all cristen

40 sowles and that the same prof[i]t shalhave x marke for his salary and this done and executyd I

41 will that the saide feoffes stande and be feoffe of the said John Dauntesey for terme of his

42 life and after his disseace to remayne to the saide Richard Dauntsey and to his heyres of his body

43 lawfully begotten And for defaute of such Issue to remayne to the sayd Jane and to the eyres of

44 her body lawfully begotten And for defaut of such Issu the remayndre thereof to the ryght heyres

45 of the saide Robert Blake And as to the other moyte of the saide Meses Landis and tenemency in

46 Compton and Calne aforesaid to stand and be feoffes to the use of the said Jane and of the heyres of

47 her body lawefully begotten And for defaut of suche Issu to remayne to the said Richard Dauntesey

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48 and to the eyres of his body lawefully begotten and for defaut of such Issue the remaynder thereof to the

49 sayde rigth heyres of the said Robert Blake And this estats to be evermore in forme abovesaid as in

50 goodly hast may be comemently and lawfully of this my testament and last Will I make my Exe

51 cutors Margery my wife and John Dauntesey her sonne and I make Robert Blak my brother to be

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52 overseer of this my testament and that the same Robert to be addyng and issisyng to my sayd

53 executors shalhave xl s The residue of all my goodes and cattals not spokin of in this my testament

54 not bequethed I geve and grante utterly in my life to the said Margery and John Dauntesey to ther own

55 p[ro]pur use and behese so that they for my sowle the better Thes being witness Robert Blake Richard Eusate

56 clerke Richard Gorre Richard Colnet and Sir John the p[ar]ish prest of Walop and many other mee In witnes

57 of this my present last will I have subscrebed with my nowne hande

58 Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum coram dcio apud Lambehith xxviiij die mensis Aprilis Anno domini

49 millessimo quingentesimo Quarto Juramento Johannis Pace procuratoris Margerie relict et Johis Dauntesy

50 executricis cui commissa fuit administracio omnium bonorum &c ac dict executorum in persona procuratoris

51 de bene &c ac de pleno Juracaris &c ac necnon de plano et vero Compoto &c ac ad Sancta dei evangelia Jurat

We know that John is 40 years or more old when his mother's estate was examined under Inquisition Post Mortem circa 1474 so he was born circa 1434 or earlier. In 1504 he would have been at least 70 years old. John was married twice and he did not leave any male heirs carrying the Blake surname. Part of the fascination for me in all of this aside from information for my one name study of the Blake family is that he lived at the time that the father of Nicholas Blake at Enham lived. Living at Nether Wallop he was only seven miles south west of Andover and we passed through the area of the Wallops on our way to Upper Clatford (1 mile south of Andover or in truth just on the opposite side of the highway these days). There is Nether Wallop and one mile to the north west is Middle Wallop and two miles to the north west is Over Wallop. Then six miles to the north east is Goodworth Clatford and also Upper Clatford which are two continuous villages - you leave the one as you enter the other. As we

April 1, 2019 BLAKE NEWSLETTER - VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2 drove these lanes I could imagine my great grandfather walking from his home to work each day as he did all of his life. Looking at the picture of him from 1898 I can see from whom I inherited my strabismus (lazy eye syndrome) for there it is forever captured in picture the one eye wandering about on its own whilst the other is fixed on you the viewer. Inherited by me from my father. My grandfather did not have strabismus but did pass it on to his son.

His brother Robert acquires Penhills by this will (although not mentioned except in the line where it was said that Richard Dauntsey would inherit the properties in Southampton and Wiltshire with some exceptions and this was one of the exceptions) and it stays with this family up into the reign of Charles I when it was destroyed by the Royalists. A smaller manor was built from the original stones at Pinhills and the Blake family continued to live there into the 1700s.

This family can trace back on paper to the Blake family that is on the 1286 subsidy for Wiltshire and on the Pedigree Chart which is held by the Swindon Wiltshire Record Office. This rather large document (12 feet long by 4 feet wide) was commissioned by the Blake family in London, England to record their family line and was produced using primarily the Visitations but also other documents which I have not yet been able to determine. The College of Arms holds the original material for this chart and one day I will investigate the cost of receiving copies of the documents used. The College of Arms is located near St Paul's Cathedral in London just up from the London Millennium Footbridge. Something that should not be missed when visiting London is crossing on foot all of these bridges and wandering down both sides of the Thames River. The most we ever did was 18,000 steps per day and that took us from our hotel just south of Waterloo Station up into London and along the Thames to St Pauls Cathedral and back across the Thames and down into Bermondsey and then back to our hotel. A wonderful walk and we took about ten hours in total with lots of interesting stops along the way. You can take the Underground and it is a must to go to Kew, the Museums, Greenwich but to be in the City of London or Westminster the best way is to go on foot.

The Blake Pedigree Chart does have a male descendant for John Blake (son of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop). He is named David on the chart and was the son of his first wife Margaret Dyncham/Dinham/Denham. David married Joane Mallet and they

April 1, 2019 BLAKE NEWSLETTER - VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2 had two children John Blake, Abbot of Cirencester, Gloucester and William who married Margaret Browne of Wablyn. William and Margaret had two sons Martin who married Catherine Vaughan of Herefordshire and John who is said to be the ancestor of the Somerset Blake family and that Lord High Admiral Robert Blake was one of his descendants. Why does John not mention this line? Possibly because he has already inherited and a will was really meant to organize what had to be done with property after death, it wasn’t actually there to mention all of one’s children/grandchildren. It is a gift when they do!

Robert Blake and Avis Wallop had seven children according to the Visitation. Their son Robert married Margaret Inglefield and their two children Roger and Anne married into the Baynard family. Roger married Mary Baynard. Roger and Mary are said to have a son William Blake of Eastontown who married Avice Ripley it is this William that I have been most interested in from the viewpoint of my own family at Andover/Upper Clatford. I am not entirely convinced that he is a son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard. Roger only mentions his eldest son and his youngest daughter in his will however. The children of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop on the Visitation (Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623):

Gilbertus, Alexander, Robt, Elizabeth, Alice, Joane, John

Gilbert and Alexander both died without heirs. This visitation principally looks at Robert Blake descendants. Henry Blake is the individual living in 1623 at Pennells and just to place this manor it is to the WSW of Calne about 1 mile. That means it is about 29 miles from Nether Wallop (where John was to be buried) to Calne. John doesn't say in his will where he is located when he is writing his will.

John does mention his nephew Roger (son of his brother Robert although not as nephew but he is). He does mention his servants Robert Blake yeoman and John Blake (currently his servant). Servant could mean a number of things I suspect in those days. They could have been in training with him.

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Wallop is the area in which John's mother Avis Wallop lived. In the Post Mortem following her death in 1434 National Archives C 140/48/6, the land that was feoffed to her and her daughter by her first husband was mentioned as well as John Blake her son being 40 years of age or more. Reading through this document could be quite interesting (I do have a copy and will eventually transcribe it) but the Inquisition Post Mortem for John might add more details for the Blake family.

Another interesting document for this family F3/Box 1/283 1506 and the contents: Grant from Henry VII to Philip Baynard of the wardship of Richard Dauntesey son and heir of John Dauntesey, deceased and kinsman and heir of John Blake, deceased. 28 Nov 22 Henry VII (1506).

My thoughts on all of this with respect to the Pedigree Charts mentioned above, I would love to know who created the chart held by the Blake Museum at Bridgwater. Knowing that, would, I think assist greatly with determing a paper trail for the Blake family found in Dorchester Massachusetts and descended from the emigrant William Blake and his wife Agnis. We really do need to have people test in the Blake line with known ancestry further back in Somerset.

*Used with permission The above charts/cropped charts are a reproduction of material from the Blake Museum (as noted). Thank you to the Museum for permitting the republication of their chart to this Blake Newsletter.

2. Blake Surname Study – Progress: One Name Blake Study at the Guild of One-name Studies was originally undertaken by another researcher. In 2011, I became the researcher for the Blake-one-name Study at the Guild. There was already a pre-existing yDNA project run by Bill Bleak and he continues as the main administrator of the project. As can be seen below only 16 members of the study have completed a Big Y (SNPs testing for deep clade determination) making it virtually impossible to do more than has been done with some of the groups.

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Project Statistics Total Members 184 Big Y 20 Combined GEDCOMs Uploaded 12 Paternal Ancestor Information 126 Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 25 Y-DNA12 106 Y-DNA25 89 Y-DNA37 86 Y-DNA67 59 Y-DNA111 32

The task of managing these groups is large and I will gradually work away at converting them to the new standard of placing individuals by their deep haplogroup testing. I would recommend that all members join the relevant haplogroup project to learn more about your haplogroup.

That being said, I have begun the task of conversion beginning with what I knew best; namely, my own line tested by my brothers. The I2 lines in the project are ancient to the British Isles probably arriving just as the ice sheets were retreating. More people belonging to the project in these particular lines would be most helpful.

This has changed very little in the past three months. I am finding it difficult to work with the R1b groups. I do not like to upset the original classification but will continue to study how I could modify these groupings. Any suggestions greatly welcomed.

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3. Blake autosomal DNA Study at FT DNA (Family Finder)

In some cases these are large matches and in other cases relatively small but that is the way with the inheritance of autosomal DNA. With each generation chunks of autosomal DNA can either be broken into smaller units or passed as a large chunk relatively intact. It is a purely random event. Due to privacy concerns it is not possible to produce a chart of the members who do have matches with other members of the group but each member is able to check that for themselves in their account. What would be helpful is adding a family tree to your account thus making it much more possible to find matching autosomal DNA cousins in your research.

4. Andover, Hampshire, England Parish Registers (Baptisms – set 4)

Andover, Hampshire, England has often been said to be the “home of the Blakes” when I have been writing to people in Hampshire through the years. I would say that Calne, Wiltshire perhaps has a stronger hold on that particular title although there are a number of other areas in England where the Blake family has been for centuries. When I decided to transcribe the Parish Registers of Andover I was surprised to find that yes there are a number of Blake entries but there are far more Blake entries in Parish Registers in other parts of England as mentioned. In this issue, I will publish the baptisms for Blake in the Parish Registers. These records are taken from fiche which have scans of the original parish registers. The registers for baptisms begin in 1588 and have provided me with a lot of details on the Blake family in Andover in the late 1500s and into the 1600s/1700s. Eventually I hope to complete my project of transcribing these Parish Registers for St Marys Andover beyond the early to mid 1700s.

Baptismal Registers commenced in 1588 and I will start publishing these transcriptions for Andover.

Number Surname Forename status Fathers surname Fathers forename Mothers surname Mothers forename Year Month Day Year Month Day Details

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1200 Barton Thomas son Barton John 1612 June 30 1201 Huniwell Richard son Huniwell Thomas 1612 July 5 1202 Somersette William son Somersette Edward 1612 August 2 1203 Green Elizabeth daughter Green Phineas 1612 August 30 1204 Garvis Sara daughter Jarvis William 1612 July 2 1205 Bampton John son Bampton Andrew 1612 August 4 1206 Purdue John son Purdue John 1612 August 10 1207 Francis John son Francis John 1612 September 6 father junior 1208 James daughter James John 1612 September 1 1209 Travis Elizabeth daughter Travis John 1612 September 3 1210 Carde William son Carde William 1612 August 5 1211 Girdler Daniell son Girdler Daniell 1612 August 25 1212 Hale Elizabeth daughter Hale Henry 1612 September 8 1213 Lydall Richard son Lydall Mr. thomas 1612 September 24 1214 Waterman Joyce daughter Waterman William 1612 September 24 1215 Rutley Michaell son Rutley John 1612 September 27 1216 Peter John son Peter John 1612 October 4 1217 Robinson Thomas son Robinson Edward 1612 October 4 1218 Sweetaple Joane daughter Sweetaple William 1612 October 6 1219 Edmonds Margaret daughter Edmonds John 1612 November 1 1220 Bolld Michaell son Boldd Michaell 1612 October 22 1221 Blake Joane daughter Blake William 1612 October 16 1222 Horne Mary daughter Horne James 1612 October 10 1223 Marshall Richard son Marshall Hugh 1612 November 12

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1224 Monday Elizabeth daughter Monday John 1612 November 12 1225 Bennett Frauncis bastard daughter Bennett Margery 1612 November 17 1226 Baker Daniell son Baker Thomas 1612 November 22 1227 Cornelius Constance daughter Cornelius Robert 1612 November 23 1228 Alforde Joane daughter Alforde Beniamyn 1612 November 29 1229 Dean Francis daughter Dean James 1612 December 6 1230 Haydon James son Haydon John 1612 December 13 1231 Price Marye daughter Price David 1612 December 17 1232 Moringe Barbara daughter Moringe John 1612 December 10 1233 Church Nehemiah son Church Church? 1612 December 12 1234 Holcrofte Elizabeth daughter Holcrofte Mr. William 1612 February 1 1235 Godscrosse Richard son Godscrosse Henry 1612 February 1 1236 Kinge Margerye daughter Kinge John 1612 February 2 1237 Jewell Annis daughter Jewell William 1612 March 7 1238 Noyes Mary base daughter Noyes Elenor 1612 March 6 1239 Bray George son Bray George 1612 March 4 1240 Bath Peter son Bath Peter 1612 March 27 1241 Godwin Richard son Godwin John 1613 April 7 1242 Waterman ….ite daughter Waterman Richard 1613 May 9 1243 Walter son Waltere Christopher 1613 April 30 1244 Beckley Richard son Beckley Nicholas 1613 April 30 1245 Fosbery Joyce daughter Fosbery Richard 1613 May 24 1246 Tanner Amye daughter Tanner William 1613 May 22 1247 Fosbery Joyce daughter Fosbery Richard 1613 May 24

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1248 Proctor John son Proctor Martyn 1613 June 3 1249 Curtis William son Curtis James 1613 June 5 1250 Edberye Joyce daughter Edberie Richard 1613 June 8 1251 Bagyn John son Bagyn Thomas 1613 June 16 1252 Mollyns Katherine daughter Mollyns Thomas 1613 June 18 1253 Cooper William son Cooper Richard 1613 June 20 1254 Segrove Ellen daughter Segrove Rowland 1613 July 10 1255 Spradborow William son Spradborow Richard 1613 August 15 1256 Sweetaple Richard son Sweetaple Michaell 1613 August 1 1257 Lewis William son Lewis William 1613 August 1 1258 Kilbery John son Kilbery John 1613 August 3 1259 Hales An daughter Hales Edward 1613 August 8 1260 Abbat Mary daughter Abbat William 1613 September 5 1261 Green Bathsheba daughter Green Henry 1613 September 5 1262 Russell Thomas son Russell Thomas 1613 September 11 1263 Hapgood Elizabeth daughter Hapgood John 1613 September 16 1264 Cooper Mary daughter Cooper John 1613 September 16 1265 Wait Joseph son Wait Silvester 1613 September 30 1266 Bolld Elizab. daughter Bolld Mr. Michaell 1613 October 6 1267 Huntingford Alice daughter Huntingford Thomas 1613 November 15 1268 House daughter House Nicholas 1613 November 28 1269 Hinxman Sarah daughter Hinxman William 1613 November 28 1270 Abbat John son Abbat John 1613 December 12 1271 Elton Richard son Elton John 1613 December 20

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1272 Smith son Smith Thomas 1613 December 30 1273 Staniford son Staniford Thomas 1613 January 12 1274 Bath Rowland son Bath Richard 1613 January 15 1275 Durnford Mary daughter Durnford William 1613 January 18 1276 Holcrofte Dorothy daughter Holcrofte William 1613 February 6 gent 1277 Biles William son Biles Josias 1613 February 6 1278 Wheatly John son Wheatly John 1613 February 13 1279 Gilbert Edward son Gilbert Richard 1613 February 13 1280 Sweetaple Elizab. daughter Sweetaple Paule 1613 February 1281 Burret Mary daughter Burret George 1613 February 2 1282 Manseck Thomas son Manseck Thomas 1613 December 1283 Rowbottam Mary daughter Rowbottam John 1613 March 13 1284 Willds Jone base daughter Willds Alice 1613 March 1285 Jarvis Sara daughter Jarvis Richard 1613 March 1286 Iremonger Edith daughter Iremonger Robert 1613 March 1287 Edith daughter Ed…. 1613 March 1288 …. … … … … 1613 … 1289 Marshall Mary daughter Marshall Mr. Hugh 1614 March 29 1290 Blake Anne daughter Blake Mr. William 1614 April 1291 Bezer William son Bezer Toby 1614 May 1 1292 Heydon Alice daughter Heydon Thomas 1614 June 10 1293 Sadler Elizab. daughter Sadler Roger 1614 June 18 1294 Floud William son Floud John 1614 June 24 1295 Hunton Thomas son Hunton William 1614 July 17

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1296 Vegar Joane daughter Vegar Jefrary 1614 August 14 1297 Templer Beniamyn son Templer Richard 1614 August 21 1298 Spratt William son Spratt Henry 1614 August 21 1299 Glover Annis daughter Glover William 1614 August 21 1300 Smith John son Smith George 1614 August 28 1301 Cooper William son Cooper William 1614 August 30 1302 Green Bridget daughter Green Phinees 1614 September 3 1303 Cletsham Thomas son Cletsham Richard 1614 September 15 1304 Pressye Michaell daughter Pressye William 1614 September 25 1305 James Joane daughter James John 1614 September 25 1306 Bezer William son Bezer Richard 1614 October 1 1307 Fraunces Henry son Fraunces John 1614 October 2 1308 Adams Robert son Adams John 1614 October 2 1309 Harfield William son Harfield John 1614 October 2 1310 Waterman William son Waterman William 1614 September 13 1311 Smith Margarite daughter Smith Toby 1614 September 13 1312 Alexander Dorothy daughter Alexander Thomas 1614 September 18 1313 Golde Christopher son Golde William 1614 September 18 1314 Hinxman Thomasen daughter Hinxman Edward 1614 October 16 1315 Weeks Sara daughter Weeks John 1614 November 13 1316 Edmunds Abel son Edmunds James 1614 November 18 1317 Chanell Jane daughter Chanell Richard 1614 November 20 1318 Lacy Valentine son Lacy Henry 1614 November 21 1319 Miller John son Miller John 1614 November 28

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1320 Twitchin Aueryn daughter Twitchin Andrew 1614 December 4 1321 Jarvis Elizab. daughter Jarvis William 1614 December 25 1322 Rowbottom Martha daughter Rowbottom John 1614 March 11 1323 Holcrofte Mary daughter Holcrofte Mr. William 1614 January 22 1324 Lewis Dorothy daughter Lewis John 1614 January 29 1325 Binsons Eliz. daughter Binsons Edmund 1614 January 29 1326 Bartholomew An daughter Bartholomew Andrew 1614 January 31 1327 Bampton An daughter Bampton Andrew 1614 February 4 1328 Jervoyse Richard son Jervoyse Sir Thomas 1614 February 19 Knight, senior 1329 Wallop John son Wallop Robert 1614 February 21 junior 1330 Travis Katheryn daughter Travis John 1614 March 2 1331 Bird daughter Bird Roger 1614 March 5 1332 Curtis Margerye daughter Curtis Richard 1615 April 8 1333 Marshall Eliza. daughter Marshall Mr. Hugh 1615 April 27 1334 Bath Mary daughter Bath Tristram 1615 May 3 1335 Burrard William son Burrard George 1615 May 29 1336 Sweetaple Eliz. daughter Sweetaple Michael 1615 May 29 1337 Alford Beniamyn son Alford Beniamyn 1615 May 21 1338 Somerset Somerset Edward 1615 May 21 1339 Mounteyn Jane daughter Mounteyn Robert 1615 May 21 1340 Honywell Jone daughter Honywell John 1615 June 1 1341 Bunny Beniamyn son Bunny Tom 1615 June 10 1342 Whatlye Rebecca daughter Whatlye Thomas 1615 June 23 1343 Rutley Mary daughter Rutley John 1615 June 25

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1344 Perrye William son Perrye William 1615 July 20 1345 Freemantle Eliz. daughter Freemantle Richard 1615 July 23 1346 House Nicholas son House Nicholas 1615 July 23 1347 Honiwell Joane daughter Honiwell John 1615 June 1 1348 Bath William son Bath Thomas 1615 September 8 1349 Bath Francis daughter Bath Thomas 1615 September 8 1350 Figgas Elynor daughter Figgas Thomas 1615 August 8 1351 Spradborough Eliz. daughter Spradborough Richard 1615 August 8 1352 Wayt Dorothy daughter Wayt Silvester 1615 August 8 1353 Blake Dorothy daughter Blake John 1615 August 8 1354 Blake William son Blake Mr. William 1615 August 9 1355 Purdue Dorothy daughter Purdue John 1615 August 21 1356 Dyer John son Dyer John 1615 August 27 1357 Julians Elizab. daughter Julians Christopher 1615 September 16 1358 Godscrosse William son Godcrosse Henry 1615 September 17 1359 Waterman Dorothy daughter Waterman Richard 1615 September 24 1360 Nicols Elizab. daughter Nicols Thomas 1615 September 13 1361 Frauncis Mary daughter Frauncis Oswall 1615 October 8 1362 Cooper Elnor daughter Cooper William 1615 October 3 1363 Deane An daughter Deane William 1615 October 11 1364 Curtis Elizab. daughter Curtis James 1615 October 15 1365 Purveyor son Purveyor John 1615 September 25 1366 Deane Anne daughter Deane William 1615 September 30 1367 Francis Joane daughter Francis Oswald 1615 October 6

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1368 Tomkins Charles son Tomkins John 1615 November 10 1369 Channell Theophila daughter Channell Robert 1615 November 1370 Tanner William son Tanner Robert 1615 1371 Bath Tristram son Bath Richard 1615 1372 Bath Susan daughter Bath Richard 1615 1373 Edmonds John son Edmonds John 1615 December 24 1374 Piercy John son Piercy John 1615 December 31 1375 Piercy Robert son Piercy John 1615 December 31 1376 Cornelius Joyse daughter Cornelius Robert 1615 January 2 1377 Stanniford Dorothy daughter Stanniford Mr. Thomas 1615 January 27 1378 Smith son Smith Robert 1615 January 18 1379 Lacy Elizab. daughter Lacy Henry 1615 January 24 1380 Vursala Margerye daughter Vursala Joseph 1615 January 28 1381 Baker Jane daughter Baker Thomas 1615 February 1 1382 Elton Elizab. daughter Elton Mr. John 1615 February 10 1383 Rowbottom Sara daughter Rowbottom John 1615 February 25 1384 Rowbottom Martha daughter Rowbott John 1615 March 17 1385 Whately Cecilia daughter Whately Thomas 1616 April 1 1386 Tanner John son Tanner William 1616 April 7 1387 Beckly Beniamin son Beckly Nicholas 1616 April 10 1388 Hinxman Anne daughter Hinxman Mr. William 1616 April 14 1389 Bold Sara daughter Bold Michael 1616 April 22 Michael junior 1390 Veagar Anne daughter Veagar George 1616 April 28 1391 Beere John son Beere Sylvester 1616 May 5

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1392 Ilderwell Robert son Ilderwell Robert 1616 May 5 1393 Seward Jane daughter Seward Mathew 1616 May 12 1394 Toms John son Toms John 1616 May 14 father is John junior 1395 Biles Richard son Biles Josias 1616 May 20 1396 Marshall Thomas son Marshall Hugh 1616 May 28 1397 Mansecker William son Mansecker Thomas 1616 June 19 1398 Fuller Thomas son Fuller Robert 1616 July 9 1399 Bray Thomas son Bray George 1616 July 17 1400 Penton Dorothy daughter Penton William 1616 July 24 1401 Beare John son Bear Silvester 1616 May 5 1402 Payne Mary daughter Payne Robert 1616 August 5 1403 Smith Beniamin son Smith Robert 1616 August 25 1404 Browne Alse daughter Browne Robert 1616 August 25 1405 Hayward Martaine son Hayward Christopher 1616 August 25 1406 Walter Silvester son Waltere Christopher 1616 September 29 1407 Twichin Elizab. daughter Twichin Mr. Andr. 1616 September 29 1408 Proctar John son Proctar Martin 1616 October 4 1409 Hunton Jonathan son Hunton Philip 1616 September 8 1410 Holcrafte Thomas son Holcrafte Mr. William 1616 September 9 1411 Deane John son Deane John 1616 September 27 1412 Whareley Thomas son Whareley John 1616 September 28 1413 Godwin daughter Godwin Robert 1616 November 9 1414 James John son James John 1616 November 10 1415 Sweetaple William son Sweetaple Paule 1616 November 8

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1416 Hinxman William son Hinxman Joseph 1616 November 4 1417 Sweetaple Dorothie daughter Sweetaple Robert 1616 November 17 1418 Kilbery Alse daughter Kilbery John 1616 November 23 1419 Simonds Dorothie daughter Simonds Ellis 1616 November 30 1420 Thurman John son Thurman Edward 1616 November 24 1421 ButteMary daughter ButteThomas 1616 December 8 1422 Green Barbara daughter Green Phinees 1616 December 28 1423 Waterman Robert son Waterman Richard 1616 January 4 1424 Foster Joane daughter Foster John 1616 January 6 1425 Cletsham Clement son Cletsham Richard 1616 January 14 1426 Elcocke John son Elcocke George 1616 January 19 1427 Francis Francis John 1616 January 26 of Charlton 1428 Knight James son Knight Stephen 1616 January 29 1429 Monday Nathanael son Monday John 1616 February 2 1430 Knight William son Knight William 1616 March 15 1431 Bunny John son Bunny Thomas 1616 March 16 1432 Barwicke Sara daughter Barwicke William 1616 March 16 junior 1433 Hayward Thomas son Hayward Thomas 1617 April 28 1434 Sprotte Henry son Sprotte Henry 1617 April 22 1435 Bradborne Beniamin son Bradborne Richard 1617 April 21 1436 Blake Sara daughter Blake Mr. William 1617 May 11 1437 Berwicke John son Berwicke Christopher 1617 May 8 1438 Church Thomas son Church Thomas 1617 May 13 1439 Napper George son Napper George 1617 June 16

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1440 Eeles daughter Eeles John 1617 July 2 1441 Byrd Mary daughter Byrd Roger 1617 July 24 1442 Marshall Dorothy daughter Marshall Mr. Hugh 1617 June 27 1443 Sweetaple Mary daughter Sweetaple Michael 1617 September 28 1444 Alford Avis daughter Alford Beniamin 1617 August 2 1445 Tanner William son Tanner William 1617 August 5 1446 Walker Elizab daughter Walker Robert 1617 August 8 1447 Hinxman William son Hinxman Mr. William 1617 August 20 1448 Durnford Richard son Durnford William 1617 August 1 1449 Bath Bath Peter 1617 October 4 1450 Bampton Mary daughter Bampton Andrew 1617 October 1451 Pierce William son Pierce John 1617 October 1452 Dyer Margarite daughter Dyer John 1617 October 1453 Annats son Annats William 1617 October 15 1454 Harfield William son Harfield John 1617 October 20 1455 Jewell Thomas son Jewell William 1617 October 27 1456 Ward Joane daughter Ward Robert 1617 October 29 1457 Moringe Mary daughter Moringe Walt. 1617 November 9 1458 Francis John son Francis Oswald 1617 November 23 1459 Hinxman John son Hinxman Thomas 1617 November 29 1460 Bath James son Bath Tristram 1617 December 7 1461 Child Margar. daughter Child William 1617 December 11 1462 Bath Richard son Bath Thomas 1617 December 14 1463 Wheatly William son Wheatly Thomas 1617 December 16

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1464 Purveyor Dorothy daughter Purveyor John 1617 December 18 1465 House Elizab. daughter House Richard 1617 December 20 1466 Blanchard Anne daughter Blanchard Roger 1617 December 26 1467 Baker Robert son Baker Robert 1617 February 1 1468 Lewis Rebecca daughter Lewis John 1617 February 6 1469 Dawby John son Dawby John 1617 February 12 1470 Litle Elizab. daughter Litle Henry 1617 February 14 1471 Trulove Dorothy daughter Trulove Henry 1617 February 15 1472 Knight Jane daughter Knight William 1617 February 16 1473 Tomkins Anne daughter Tomkins Giles 1617 February 16 1474 Dowse William son Dowse John 1617 February 17 1475 Rowbottom John son Rowbottom John 1617 February 22 1476 Golde Tobie son Golde William 1617 February 22 1477 Smith Richard son Smith John 1617 March 8 1478 Scullard William son Scullard William 1617 March 8 1479 Godwin Anne daughter Godwin Thomas 1617 March 15 1480 Dowse Dorothie daughter Dowse Thomas 1617 March 19 1481 Rawleigh Margarite daughter Rawleigh William 1617 March 20 1482 Ellington Mary daughter Ellington Philip 1617 March 22 1483 Bezar Sara daughter Bezar Toby 1618 March 29 1484 Rutley Elizab daughter Rutley John 1618 April 18 1485 Deane son Deane James 1618 April 26 1486 Farre Elizabeth daughter Farre John 1618 April 30 1487 Tanner Dorothy daughter Tanner Thomas 1618 May 2

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1488 Wayte Silvester son Wayte Silvester 1618 May 5 1489 Horne Dorothy daughter Horne James 1618 May 13 1490 ButtePhilip son ButteJerom 1618 April 10 1491 Sweettaple Frances daughter Sweettapell William 1618 June 6 of Charleton 1492 Scullard Edward son Scullard William 1618 June 6 1493 Sweetaple Edward son Sweetaple William 1618 June 6 1494 Scullard Franc daughter Scullard William 1618 June 6 1495 Segrove daughter Segrove Rowland 1618 June 14 1496 Molsworth Anne daughter Molsworth Mr. William 1618 June 14 1497 Pressey Thomas son Pressey William 1618 July 17 1498 Girdler Rebecca daughter Girdler Daniell 1618 September 20 1499 Godden Robert son Godden Robert 1618 September 24

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