Eleanor Blake
about 1534–
The Life Summary of Eleanor
When Eleanor Blake was born about 1534, her father, Jasper Blake, was 52 and her mother, Lady Agnes Pigott, was 29.
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Family Time Line
Jasper Blake
1482–1574
Lady Agnes Pigott
1505–1542
Peter Blake
1527–1570
Ele Blake
1531–
Alice Blake
1533–
Eleanor Blake
1534–
Thomas Blake
1535–
John Blake
1537–
Henry Blake
1529–
Parents and Siblings
1482–1574Male
1505–1542Female
Siblings
(7)
1527–1570Male
1529–Male
1531–Female
1533–Female
1534–Female
+2 More Children
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.
Bleak
Black
Blaikie
Blakes
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