Levi Blake

Brief Life History of Levi

When Levi Blake was born on 11 October 1787, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Bradbury Blake, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Hilton, was 33. He married Mary Ann "Polly" Sanford on 25 December 1811, in Willink, Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, United States in 1850. He died on 7 September 1861, in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Blake
1787–1861
Mary Ann "Polly" Sanford
1797–1885
Marriage: 25 December 1811
Charles Hilton Blake
1812–1864
Edward Sanford Blake
1814–1889
Honorable Lucius Sawyer Blake
1816–1894
Marietta Blake
1817–1818
Albert Harvey Blake
1818–1889
Adoniram Judson Blake
1820–1841
Mary Evaline Blake
1822–1823
Mary Ann Blake
1824–1908
Sarah Ann Blake
1828–1834
Marie Antoinette Blake
1829–1831
Levi Rathbun Blake
1835–1863

Sources (8)

  • Levi Blake in household of Hugh Pugh, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Levi Blake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Levin in entry for E Sanford Blake, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"

World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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