Col. John Blake
1640 - 1700 (60 years)
Generation: 1
1. Col. John Blake was born in 1640 in England; died on 25 May 1700 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes; was buried in Wrentham Centre Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes. Notes:
From John Blake of Wrentham by Kenneth Pond Blake, Jr. - 1963: John Blake is called "late of Sandwich now of Wrentham in New England" in a deed dated 25 August 1686. The year before he admitted to selling rum, powder and bullets to the Indians and paid a fine. In 1689 he and his son John Blake, Jr. were convicted of "assaulting & beating of Ebner. Littlefield upon the highway & breaking of his head."
Family/Spouse: Bridget Unknown. Bridget was born about 1644; died on 30 May 1706 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachuttes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Bennet Blake was born in 1664; died between 1732 and 1734 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia.