Brief Life History of John
When John Blake was born about 1537, in Wimbotsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jasper Blake, was 56 and his mother, Agnes Pigott, was 33.
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- Legacy NFS Source: John Blake - birth:
- Children of JASPER BLAKE and AGNES PIGOTT
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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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