Jonathan Blake

Brief Life History of Jonathan

When Jonathan Blake was born in 1707, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan Pope Blake, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Candage, was 27. He married Mary Bennett on 26 April 1725. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died from 10 April 1773 to 4 October 1773, in his hometown.

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Jonathan Blake
1707–1773
Mary Bennett
1709–
Marriage: 26 April 1725
Jonathan Blake
1725–
Mary " Molly" Blake
1732–1801

Sources (10)

  • Jonathan Blake, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Jonathan Blake, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Jonathan Blake, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

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Name Meaning

English and Scottish (England and central Scotland): variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.

English: nickname from Middle English blak(e) (Old English blāc) ‘wan, pale, white, fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.

English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English bleik, blaik>, blek(e) (Old Norse bleikr) ‘pale or sallow’ (in complexion).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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