William Blake

Brief Life History of William

William Blake was born in 1761, in Ireland. He married Hannah Sprague on 22 March 1796, in Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 19 February 1848, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States.

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William Blake
1761–1848
Hannah Sprague
1778–1850
Marriage: 22 March 1796
Sarah "Sally" Blake
1798–1895
William Blake
1805–1887
Mary Blake
1807–
Richard Blake
1810–1846
James Blake
1813–
Emily J Blake
1821–1900

Sources (3)

  • William Blake, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
  • William Blake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • William Blake, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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