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is found in New Hampsh. and one of the M. C. of that State in 1809-10
was Daniel B.

    BLAKE, CHRISTOPHER, Boston 1663, a tailor. EDWARD, Dorchester,
s. of William, b. in Eng. m. Patience, d. of John Pope, had Edward,
wh. d. 30 Sept. 1676; Jonathan; Solomon; Mary, wh. m. a Pitcher;
Sarah, wh. m. Richard Talley; Jane m. a Kilton; Susanna m. Nathaniel
Wales; and Abigail, wh. m. 31 Dec. 1695, Obadiah Swift the sec. but I
regret to add, that my acco. of this fam. is very indistinct. He was a
cooper in Boston, and from his prosper. business enabl. to rem. near to his
native fields 1678, then bec. Milton, where he d. 1692, in his will of 31
Aug. in that yr. nam. those seven ch. but giv. little more inform. GEORGE,
Gloucester 1640, was selectman 1641, by w. Dorothy had Rebecca, b.
1641; Deborah; Prudence, 15 Apr. 1647; Elizabeth 31 May 1650; Mary,
14 Feb. 1652; Thomas, 9 June 1658; and Ruth, a Sept. 1659; rem.
to Andover, where Prudence m. 6 July 1666, Moses Tyler. He d. 17
Feb. 1699; and his wid. d. 12 Feb. 1702, at Boxford, wh. was formerly
part of A. HENRY, Boston, by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 28 Oct. 1652;
Martha, 2 Nov. 1655; and Rebecca, 5 July 1657. He d. 26 July 1662.
Farmer suppos. he might be the H. Black wh. was made freem. 1645;
but I see some reas. for differ. opin. JAMES, Dorchester, s. of William
the first, b. in Eng. freem. 1652, rep. 1677, was deac. and rul. Elder, m.
a. 1651, Elizabeth eldest of the ch. of deac. Edward Clap, had James, b. 15
Aug. 1652; John, 16 Mar. 1657; Elizabeth 3 Oct. 1658; Nathaniel, 4 July
1659; Jonathan, 12 July 1660; Sarah, 28 Feb. 1665, d. next yr.; and
Joseph, 27 Aug. 1667. His w. d. 16 Jan. 1694, and he m. 17 Sept.
1695, at Rehoboth, Elizabeth Hunt, and d. 28 June 1700, aged 77. His
will, made two days bef., is very abund. in giv. fam. connex. JAMES,
Dorchester, eldest s. of the preced. was deac. m. 6 Feb. 1682, Hannah
Macy, wh. d. 1 June foll. their only ch. Elizabeth d. in Nov. preced. few days
after b. He next m. 8 July 1684, Ruth Batchelder, had Hannah, b. 16
Sept. 1685, d. at one yr.; James, 30 Apr. 1688 (the dilig. collect. of the
Annals of D. for wh. we are so much indebt.), wh. d. 4 Dec. 1750; and
Increase, 8 June 1699. His will of 8 Aug. 1721, provides for the two s.
and their mo. wh. a. in her 90th yr. 11 Jan. 1752; but he had d. 22 Oct.
1732. JASPER, Hampton, d. 11 Feb. 1673, had Dorothy, or Deborah,
b. 17 Sept. 1668, wh. m. 22 Jan. 1689, Nathaniel Locke of the same.
But in his will he names w. Deborah, and ch. Timothy, Israel, John,
Jasper, and Deborah, and cous. Samuel Dalton. JEREMIAH, New London
1680, of wh. Miss Caulkins tells that he bot. ld. 1681, and was there
1688. JOHN, Dorchester, s. of William the first, b. in Eng. ar. co.
1642, freem. 1644, m. 16 Aug. 1654, wid. Mary Shaw (says the Boston
rec.), but wh. had been her former h. or whose ch. she was I see not.