John Pierce Blake m. (1) 11 Jun 1833 Zilpah Atwood.
↑ No record of this marriage has been found. Neither intention nor marriage seem to be listed in Warwick. Source:Montague, William Lewis. Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College, p. 17, says this marriage occurred in Shoreham, VT. According to various sources (1850 census line 9, 1900 census line 50, Blake Genealogy p. 88) give the birth of their first child as Aug 1834 in Illinois.