Blake yDNA study - two new results
There are two new results in the Blake yDNA study:http://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/default.aspx?section=yresultsand I have not yet placed them into any of the groups.Assigning all the R1b to...
View ArticleWill of George Blake, Mariner, Salisbury, Wiltshire - The National Archives...
George Blake, Mariner, is the Testator. A check of ships of the line revealed only one website which mentioned the Rose and the Oxford but no further information. He has left all of his property to...
View ArticleWill of Henry Blake, Yeoman, Mere, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB...
Henry Blake is the testator. There is a marriage between Henry Jupe and Jemima Blake which was celebrated at Mere, Wiltshire 1820. There were a number of children baptized to this couple at Mere...
View ArticleWill of Isaac Blake, Chandler, New Sarum, Wiltshire - The National Archives...
Isaac Blake is the Testator. There is a baptism for an Ann Blake daughter of Isaac and Ann Blake baptized at St Thomas Salisbury 10 May 1693. Isaac identifies his sister as Ann King and his uncle as...
View ArticleStonemen - Blake
An interesting find online for stonemen:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stonemen/BIE-BOV.htmprincipally Devon and Cornwall but did not want to lose track of it so will post it and...
View ArticleWill of Mary Blake, widow, Pynhills, Calne, Wiltshire - Swindon and Wiltshire...
This is the will of Mary Blake of Pinhills, Calne, the widow of Roger Blake whose will was blogged earlier:http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/01/will-of-roger-blake-esquire-of-calne.htmlAlso I blogged on...
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Will of Edward Blake, Plumber and Glazier, Walcot, Somerset - Somerset Record...
Edward Blake, Plumber, Walcot is the testator of the will to follow. There have been a couple of wills for this family blogged and I have had the assistance of one of the descendants of the Blake...
View ArticleError in blog on Edward Blake posted today
I made an error on my blog today for Edward Blake which is now corrected but in case you have not reread it I am inserting this correction into a blog.Correcting an error on my part posted earlier,...
View ArticleWill of James Blake, late Grocer New Sarum, Wiltshire - The National Archives...
James Blake is the Testator. He names his wife Jane and his sons John and Charles and his daughters Elizabeth, Jane and Susannah. He is likely the James Blake married to Jane Edwards in 1695 at...
View ArticleEye appointment and drops, All my Ancestry at BritainsDNA
I have been missing these last couple of days as my eyes recovered from eye drops (2 sets) and I always find that I need to stay away from light for a couple of days afterwards. Back to blogging again...
View ArticlePedigree Collapse
Whilst resting my eyes I thought about pedigree collapse as that has been an interesting discussion along with the most recent common ancestor on the lists. In my family I have a number of cousin...
View ArticleReturn to blogging
I did promise yesterday that today I would be blogging a new will however that was before I looked at the will of James Blake of Preshute, Wiltshire and amazingly he lived at Plough Cottage which is...
View ArticleWill of James Blake, Gentleman, Preshute, Wiltshire - The National Archives...
The will of James Blake or Preshute, Wiltshire answers a lot of questions raised by an earlier will probated in the name of Elizabeth Blake spinster of Preshute which was...
View ArticleComment - Anglo Celtic Roots
John Reid in his blog Anglo-Celtic Roots (http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.ca/2013/12/britainsdna.html) mentioned my testing at BritainsDNA. The following is my comment back to him in that...
View ArticleWill of John Blake the elder, yeoman, Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire - The...
The testator is John Blake of Ford in the parish of Laverstock. His brother is Zachary Blake of Newton Toney. He has other siblings. His wife is Elizabeth and she was a widow when they married. His...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Esquire of New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire - The...
John Blake is the testator and already know as the father of Ann Blake who left her will dated 11 Mar 1812 and blogged...
View ArticleBritains DNA and my Blake line
When we did our first DNA test for National Genographic back in 2006, I was newly into genealogy. I had, by then taken, about 28 courses (of the eventual 42) at the National Institute for Genealogical...
View ArticleChristmas Break and the Blake yDNA study
Transcriptions will be slower coming as I prepare for Christmas. In the past I used to make 40 different kinds of sweets which meant using nearly ten pounds of butter, dozens of eggs and all the rest...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Gentleman, Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire - The National...
The testator, John Blake, is also of Ford, Laverstock Wiltshire and the will of John Blake probated earlier is interesting in regard to this one. In that will John mentions his son John and his...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Gentleman, Ford Farm, Milford, Wiltshire - The National...
John Blake of Milford, Ford Farm on the London Road, is the testator. He can be found on the 1841 census Book 18, Folio 14 Page 21, John Blake, 31, Yeoman, born in Wiltshire with his wife Mary Blake,...
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