Winslow History | Blake family

Blake family

Information provided by Ann Johnston (updated by David Noy, Nov 2016 and April & July 2017)

Note: members of the family not directly connected with Winslow are in lighter type.

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE(1) BLAKE of Charlton on Otmoor, Oxon.

Children of GEORGE BLAKE are:
2. i.    THOMAS(2) BLAKE, bap. 2[?] Nov 1649, Charlton on Otmoor; d. 1709, Winslow.
3. ii.    GEORGE BLAKE, born 27 March 1658, Charlton on Otmoor; ?d. 1730, Winslow.

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS(2) BLAKE (father: GEORGE1) died 1709 in Winslow. He married ELIZABETH WALKER of Ambrosden at St Mary Magdalene, Oxford, on 10 Sep 1679, when he was described as of "Morecutt in the parish of Charlton upon Otmore". She died 1716 in Winslow.

Thomas first appears in Winslow records in 1683, described as "Thomas Blake of Ambersden gent.", when he bought 40 acres of copyhold land from Edmund Paxton (he must also have bought Edmund's 60 acres of freehold land). He was resident in Winslow by 1689, when he served as churchwarden, but his son Thomas was baptised at Charlton in 1688. He lived at what was later called Blake House, Horn Street.
In the Buckinghamshire Poll Book of 1705 where the 3 candidates for MP were William, Viscount Cheyne, Sir Richard Temple and Robert Dormer Esq., Thomas Blake Gent. of Winslow had a vote. He appears to have had another vote at Steeple Claydon because he also owned property there.
Bequests in will to daughters Elizabeth Barton and Anne Stone one shilling each to be paid by Executors within one year of decease. Everything else to his loving wife Elizabeth Blake and loving son Thomas Blake joint Executors. Will made 12 May 1709 in the presence of John Shelton, Thomas Wainwright and Deborah Wainwright.
Elizabeth's will made in 1711 bequeathed wedding ring to son Thomas Blake, one shilling to son-in-law Richard Barton, one bedstead and bedding and 3 pairs of sheets to grandson John Barton, rest of household stuffs to grand-daughter Mary Barton. To Ann Stone other gold rings and rest of personal estate in trust for 3 grandchildren Richard Barton, John Barton and Mary Barton for their maintenance and education......no more than £20 of £100 owed to me by son Thomas Blake to be given in trust to Anne Stone for the benefit of grandchildren......when they reach the age of 21 years. £40 to John Barton, £10 to Richard Barton , £30 to Mary Barton.......Anne Stone sole executrix. Elizabeth signed with a X. Witnesses: Tho. Wainwright, Deborah Wainwright, Sarah Wainwright
Full transcription of Thomas' will; full transcription of Elizabeth's will

Children of THOMAS BLAKE and ELIZABETH are:
4.                i.    THOMAS(3) BLAKE, bap. at Charlton on Otmoor, 2 April 1688, d. 1762, Winslow.
5.               ii.    ELIZABETH(3) BLAKE, bap. at Charlton on Otmoor, 8 March 1680/1
                 iii.    ANNE BLAKE, m. 1705 GEORGE STONE (b. 1680, Whitchurch). Sole executrix of mother's will in 1716.
                 iv.    JOHN BLAKE, b. 1696, Winslow; d. 1698, Winslow.

3. GEORGE(2) BLAKE (father: GEORGE1) He married MARY SEATON, daughter of John Seaton d.1693.

George Blake of Murcott appears in the Winslow court rolls in 1693, when he bought Sheepcote House (in Western Lane) and about 34 acres of land from George Knight. He is later described as grazier of Thornton. He is probably the George Blake buried at Winslow on 25 May 1730.

Children of GEORGE BLAKE and MARY are:
                   i.    ROBERT(3) BLAKE, d. 1711.
6.               ii.    GEORGE(3) BLAKE, b. 1691, Winslow.
7.              iii.    JOHN(3) BLAKE, b. 1695, Winslow.
                 iv.    MARIA BLAKE, b. 1697.
                  v.    WILLIAM BLAKE, b. 1700, d.y.
                 vi.    JOANNA / JANE BLAKE, b. 1703.
                 vii.    THOMAS BLAKE, b. 1705, Thornton.
                 viii.    ANN BLAKE, b. 1708, Thornton.

Generation No. 3

4. THOMAS(3) BLAKE (f. THOMAS2, gf. UNKNOWN 1) died 1762 in Winslow. He married ELIZABETH BENNELL by licence 2 December 1714 in Quainton, daughter of JOHN BENNELL and ELIZABETH TOMS. She was born Aft. 1686 in North Marston, and died 1748 in Winslow.

Thomas was a local landowner and connected with the tanning industry as were relatives in Kings Sutton and North Marston. See: conveyance of tanyard by Thomas Blake to his son John, 1740. This was in Horn Street, where two new developments have been named after the tanyard.
In 1713 his name is included in the list of landowners who took the oath of allegiance.
Connected with the establishment of Rogers Free School in Winslow in 1722.
In 1724/25 Thomas Blake was among those appointed to enquire into the enclosure of a highway by Robert Lowndes (local bigwig) between Winslow and Little Horwood.
In 1729/30 Thomas Blake of Winslow was one of the jurors at the Aylesbury Quarter Sessions.

Thomas made his will in April 1761 and died the following Spring. The witnesses were Robert Gibbs, John Mayne and Joseph Hunt. Sole executor the eldest son Thomas. Beneficiaries include son Edward Blake who was left property in Steeple Claydon currently let to John Stevens jnr, son Thomas Blake who was left the property at Great Horwood which he already occupied, daughter Ann wife of John Carpenter £100, son Robert Blake £30, son Francis Blake £20, son William Blake £5, grandson Robert Dancer £10, kinsman John Blake the younger £10, housekeeper Ann Goatman £10, grandson John Blake (son of Robert) £10 when he reached 21. Also to the poor of Winslow £5 for bread but to be baked by son Robert Blake.

Through her mother Elizabeth Bennell was related to the Toms of Kings Sutton who were tanners as were the Bennells of North Marston. There are many references to the surname Toms in the Kings Sutton Churchwardens Accounts 1636-1700, which have been published by the Banbury Historical Society.

Children of THOMAS BLAKE and ELIZABETH BENNELL are:
8.                i.    THOMAS(4) BLAKE, b. 1715, Winslow; d. 1784, Winslow.
9.               ii.    ELIZABETH(4) BLAKE, b. 1716, Winslow.
                 iii.    GEORGE BLAKE, b. 1717.
                 iv.    JOHN BLAKE, b. 1718; d. 1761, Winslow. Occupation: Tanner.
                  v.    MARY BLAKE, b. 1720, Winslow; d. 1720, Winslow.
                 vi.    WILLIAM BLAKE, b. 1721, Winslow; d. 1797, Shipton near Winslow; m. ANNE, 1764, Addington; d. Bef. 1793.
Will made in 1793, where William describes himself as a Yeoman, proven in 1797 leaves bequests to Mary and Elizabeth Blake (daughters of late brother Thomas), Gabriel and John Blake (sons of brother Robert Blake), brother Edward Blake, "son-in-law" (ie stepson) Robert Coulson and Robert's children. Also kinsman James Barton and Widow Newman are mentioned. Possibly the same William Blake as the William Blake of Winslow currier (1762) and the William Blake of Addington, dairyman (1774) who also owned property in Quainton (title deeds dated 1762 in Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies).
10.           vii.    ROBERT(4) BLAKE, b. 1723, Winslow.
               viii.    EDWARD BLAKE, b. Abt. 1724, Winslow; d. July 1725, Winslow.
                  ix.    EDMUND BLAKE, b. Abt. 1725, Winslow; d. Abt. 1725, Winslow.
                   x.    JONATHAN BLAKE, b. Abt. 1725, Winslow; d. Abt. 1725, Winslow. They seem to be twins. Date of birth and death Jan 1725 or 1726.
11.             xi.    ANN(4) BLAKE, b. 1726.
                 xii.    MARY BLAKE, b. Abt. 1728, Winslow; d. 1729, Winslow.
12.           xiii.    MARY(4) BLAKE, b. 1729, Winslow.
13.           xiv.    FRANCIS(4) BLAKE, b. 1731, Winslow; d. Aft. 1801, ?London.
14.            xv.    EDWARD(4) BLAKE, b. 1733.
                xvi.    EDMUND BLAKE, b. 1734.

Postcard showing Blake House, now known as Tinkers Corner

5. ELIZABETH(3) BLAKE (f: THOMAS2, gf. UNKNOWN 1) She married RICHARD BARTON August 11, 1701 in Horwood.

Children of ELIZABETH BLAKE and RICHARD BARTON are:
15.              i.    JOHN(4) BARTON, bap. 4 April 1708, Little Horwood
                  ii.    MARY BARTON, bap. 23 Oct 1709, Little Horwood
16.            iii.    RICHARD(4) BARTON, b. 9 Nov 1703, Little Horwood
                 other children must have died young

6. GEORGE(3) BLAKE (f. GEORGE2, gf. UNKNOWN 1) was born 1691 in Winslow. He married ANNE.

Child of GEORGE BLAKE and ANNE is:
i. MARY(4) BLAKE, b. 14 March 1721/22.

7. JOHN(3) BLAKE (f. GEORGE2, gf. UNKNOWN 1) was born 1695 in Winslow. He married JUDITH. He inherited property from his uncle Robert Seaton of Peterborough (d.1743).

Children of JOHN BLAKE and JUDITH are:
17.              i.    JOHN(4) BLAKE, b. 1727.
                  ii.    MARY BLAKE, b. 1729.
                 iii.    JOANNA BLAKE, b. 1731.
                 iv.    CATHERINE BLAKE, b. 1733.

Generation No. 4

8. THOMAS(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1715 in Winslow, and died 1784 in Winslow. He married ELIZABETH BRADBURY 11 June 1770 in Great Horwood, daughter of THOMAS BRADBURY and MARY WILLIAMS. She was born 1744 in Great Horwood, and died 1824. See Elizabeth's will.

Thomas Blake's name is one of those listed in the Winslow Enclosure Act of 1767 at which time Thomas owned 90 acres of freehold land in Winslow. He also owned property in Great Horwood where his Bradbury in-laws lived.
Thomas' marriage to Elizabeth Bradbury seems somewhat late for a first marriage. Possibly he was married before but presumably had no surviving children, although I have not found any records to support this theory.
Will made in 1780 and proven in 1784 names William Blake (brother) and Thomas Bradbury (brother-in-law) as executors.

Children of THOMAS BLAKE and ELIZABETH BRADBURY are:
18. i. MARY(5) BLAKE, b. 1771; d. 1810.
19. ii. ELIZABETH(5) BLAKE, b. 1774, Winslow; d. Aft. 1851.

In 2005 the facade of the house still known as Blake's Cottage in Horn Street was removed for repair, revealing the timber framing beneath.

9. ELIZABETH(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1716 in Winslow. She married ROBERT DANCER 1735 in Hoggeston. He was born 1715 in North Marston.

Bond of Robert Dancer, 1749 (from the collection of the late Norman Saving)

Know all men by these Presents That I Robert Dancer of Winslow in the County of Bucks Farmer and held and firmly bound to John Blake of Winslow aforesaid in the said County of Bucks Tanner aforesaid in said the County of Bucks Farmer and John Dancer of Northmarston in said the County of Bucks Farmer in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid to the said John Blake and John Dancer or either of them or their Certain Attorney Executors Administrators or Assigns for which payment to be well and truely made I bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with my Seal Dated the Eighteenth day of October in the twenty third year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Forty Nine
The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bound Robert Dancer his heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them do and shall in all things well and truly Observe Perform fulfill Accomplish Pay and keep all and Singular the Covenants Grants Articles Clause Provisoes Payments Conditions and Agreements whatsoever which on the part and behalf of the said Robert Dancer his heirs Executors and Administrators are or ought to be Observed Performed fullfilled accomplished Payed and kept Comprised or mentioned in a Certain Indenture of Release bearing even date with the above written Obligation made or mentioned to be made between The said Robert Dancer and Elizabeth his Wife of the one Part and the above named John Blake and John Dancer of the other Part According to the Purport true Intent and meaning of the same Indenture Then the above Written Obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and Virtue.
Robert Dancer [signature] [seal]
Sealed and Delivered being first duely stampt in the Presence of
Ferd(inan)do Southam [signature]
Joseph Goodenough [signature] Cl(erk) to Mr. Southam

The bond relates to the lease and release on 17 Oct 1749 by Robert Dancer (son and heir of Robert Dancer late of North Marston deceased, whose will was proved in 1731) to John Blake and John Dancer of Deverells Close in Oving (CBS, D-X_467).

Child of ELIZABETH BLAKE and ROBERT DANCER is:
i. ROBERT(5) DANCER, b. 1738, North Marston.

10. ROBERT(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1723 in Winslow. He married (1) MARTHA SEIR by licence 23 February 1746/47. She was born 1727 in Adstock, and died 1764 in Winslow. He married (2) ANN CLEMENTS, widow, 1765. She was born in Adstock.

In the 1784 Poll Index for Buckinghamshire Robert is listed as the owner of a property in North Marston then occupied by a Robert Tattam.
Occupation: Baker. His premises were at 10 Horn Street. Styled as "farmer, deceased" in 1807.

Children of ROBERT BLAKE and MARTHA SEIR are:
                   i.    ELIZABETH(5) BLAKE, b. 1751.
                  ii.    THOMAS BLAKE, b. 1750. Yeoman, of Adstock. Held property in Horn Street, 1807-9.
20.            iii.    JOHN(5) BLAKE, b. 1754, Winslow; d. 1815, Winslow.
                 iv.    MARTHA BLAKE, b. 1756, Winslow; d. 1757, Winslow.
                  v.    GABRIEL BLAKE, b. 1757; d. Aft. 1797.
                 vi.    GEORGE BLAKE, b. 1757, Winslow; d. 1757, Winslow.
                vii.    MARTHA BLAKE, b. 1758.

11. ANN(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1726. She married JOHN CARPENTER by licence 11 May 1754 in Swanbourne.

Children of ANN BLAKE and JOHN CARPENTER are:
                   i.    JOHN(5) CARPENTER, bp. June 1754, Swanbourne.
                  ii.    WILLIAM CARPENTER, bp. 17 Nov. 1755, Swanbourne.
21.            iii.    GEORGE(5) CARPENTER, b. 1758, Swanbourne; d. 1795.
                 iv.    ELIZABETH CARPENTER, b. 1761, Swanbourne; m. ELIAS SIMPSON; b. Kings Sutton.
22.             v.    ANN CARPENTER, b. 1763, Swanbourne; d. September 22, 1840, Kings Sutton.
                 vi.    JOHN CARPENTER, b. 1765, Swanbourne.
                vii.    THOMAS CARPENTER, b. 1766, North Marston, bp. 29 Dec. 1766, Swanbourne.
               viii.    REBECCA CARPENTER, d. 1773, North Marston.

12. MARY(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1729 in Winslow, bp. 7 June 1729, Winslow. She married GEORGE HARRIS Abt. 1750. He was born in Bicester.

Children of MARY BLAKE and GEORGE HARRIS are:
                   i.    MARY(5) HARRIS.
                  ii.    THOMAS HARRIS, m. ELIZABETH ROLLS.

13. FRANCIS(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1731 in Winslow, and died Aft. 1801 in ?London. He married MARY WHITE April 17, 1759 in Newbottle Northamptonshire, daughter of JAMES WHITE and FRANCES MAKEPEACE. She was born Abt. 1735 in Newbottle, and died 1809 in London.

A Francis Blake is recorded as one of the witnesses to the wedding of Elizabeth Ariss widow and Jarvice White baker, bachelor at Banbury 1 January 1760. Jarvice White was a famous Banbury cakemaker, brother of Francis' wife Mary.
Francis Blake had arrived in Kings Sutton sometime around 1758 and was the heir of his uncle Edward Bennell of Kings Sutton who died in 1773. Francis was a landowner, maltster and tanner and owned property in Red Lion Street where he allowed the Baptists to hold their meetings. He himself is listed as a Churchwarden in 1765 and 1775 and is included on the militia list of 1777.
In the Buckingham Poll Index of 1784 Francis is also listed as the owner of a property at North Marston then occupied by a tenant Robert North.
After the Kings Sutton fire of 1785, Francis claimed losses of £139.15s.0d but was only allowed £69.17s.6d compensation from the Kings Sutton Committee. The compensation money was raised by an appeal to which 283 parishes and 76 individuals contributed (See article in Cake and Cockhorse Vol.15 No.6 Summer/Autumn 2002).
In 1801 Francis Blake, who was believed to be living in London by then, paid land tax of £5 17s 2d on land in Kings Sutton occupied by John Blake and 11s 3d on land in Newbottle, where no occupier is given.
The date and whereabouts of Francis' death and details of any will are one of the biggest problems in the Blake Family history.

Notes for MARY WHITE:

Mary was re-baptised by immersion at Middleton Cheney Baptist Church in 1789 and was a member there 1790-1809, when it is believed that she moved to London and probably died there.

Marriage Notes for FRANCIS BLAKE and MARY WHITE:

Apart from Francis Blake himself the other surety to the marriage bond was William Allen a victualler of Astrop.
Witnesses to the marriage were Mary's brother Jervice White and William Tibbetts who were both able to sign their signatures.

Children of FRANCIS BLAKE and MARY WHITE are:
                   i.    ELIZABETH(5) BLAKE, b. 1760, Kings Sutton; m. WILLIAM MATTHEWS, 1781; b. Kings Sutton, currier.
23.             ii.    JOHN(5b) BLAKE, b. 1762, Kings Sutton; d. 1832, Hanborough.
24.            iii.    FRANCES(5) BLAKE, b. 1763; d. 1800, Bicester.
25.            iv.    THOMAS(5) BLAKE, b. 1763, Kings Sutton; d. 1846, Kings Sutton.
                  v.    JAMES BLAKE, b. 1765. Apprenticed to William Matthews, Currier on 25 December 1781, presumably his brother-in-law of that name.
                 vi.    MARY BLAKE, b. 1767; d. ?London. Member of Middleton Cheney Baptist Church 1789-1791
                vii.    ANNE BLAKE, b. 1770, Kings Sutton; d. 1771, Kings Sutton.
               viii.    GEORGE BLAKE, b. 1771; d. Aft. 1851. Member of Middleton Cheney Baptist Church 1804-1846 when dismissed to form a Baptist Church at Kings Sutton where he was a deacon. Occupation: 1851, Maltster.
                  ix.    ANN BLAKE, b. 1773, Kings Sutton; d. 1773, Kings Sutton.
                   x.    WILLIAM BLAKE, b. 1774, Kings Sutton; d. 1775, Kings Sutton.

14. EDWARD(4) BLAKE (f. THOMAS3, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1733. He married SUSANNAH MUMFORD 1761.

Children of EDWARD BLAKE and SUSANNAH MUMFORD are:
                   i.    THOMAS(5) BLAKE. Was left £5 in Uncle Thomas(4) Blake's will of 1784.
                  ii.    WILLIAM BLAKE, b. 1764.
                 iii.    ELIZABETH BLAKE, b. 1767.

15. JOHN(4) BARTON (m. ELIZABETH3 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1). Occupation: Tailor or staymaker in Winslow. Died 1768; wife Mary died 1780 (according to 1781 manor court)

Children of JOHN BARTON are:
                   i.    JAMES(5) BARTON, d. bet. 1787 - 1798.
                  ii.   RICHARD BARTON inherited part of 8-10 Horn Street in 1781; he appears to be the Richard Barton who kept The George

16. RICHARD(4) BARTON (m. ELIZABETH3 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS2, ggf. UNKNOWN1)

Child of RICHARD BARTON is:
i. JAMES(5) BARTON. Witness to relative Edward Blake's marriage in 1761. Alive in 1797.

17. JOHN(4) BLAKE (f. JOHN3, gf. GEORGE2, ggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1727. He married MARY HUGHES (WIDOW) 1772.

Child of JOHN BLAKE and MARY HUGHES is:
i. HANNAH(5) BLAKE, b. 1772; m. WILLIAM MORRIS.

Generation No. 5

18. MARY(5) BLAKE (f. THOMAS4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1771, and died 1810. She married THOMAS EMERTON by licence 21 December 1794 in Wicken, Northamptonshire. He was born in Stony Stratford.

Child of MARY BLAKE and THOMAS EMERTON is:
26. i. EDWARD(6) EMERTON, b. 1797, Stony Stratford.

19. ELIZABETH(5) BLAKE (f. THOMAS4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1774 in Winslow, and died 1856. See Elizabeth's will, made in 1841. She married GEORGE JONES by licence 25 November 1794 in Wicken, Northamptonshire, son of JOHN JONES and ELIZABETH WILLIAT. He was born 1771 in Great Horwood, and died December 1834 in Winslow. Under the will of George's older brother John Jones of Great Horwood (made 1829, proved 1831), he and Elizabeth each received annuities totaling £60, and John's property in Great Horwood and Wappenham (Northants) was divided among their children.

In 1851 Elizabeth was described as a landed proprietor and was living with 2 unmarried children and a house servant Louisa Lines at 20 Horn Street.
George Jones was a farmer (1818). He was eventually the administrator of the estate of his uncle Newman Williatt of Buckingham.
In his will made in 1823, proven 1836, he describes himself as George Jones the Elder, gent. of Winslow. He also has property in Granborough.
I am trying to find a connection between George Jones and the Victorian playwright Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929). Henry Arthur Jones was born at Granborough in Bucks and, according to some biographical articles on the Internet, he went to the local Grammar School, which I imagined to be at Buckingham. However, according to the biography written by his daughter Doris Arthur Jones, Henry Arthur Jones attended Mr John Grace's Commercial Academy in Winslow until the age of 12 when he left school for good. On the 1881 census Henry Arthur's non-conformist farming parents Silvanus and Elizabeth Jones are living in Winslow where Silvanus had been baptized at Winslow Independent Chapel in 1827. Elizabeth was a Stevens from one of the Claydons and the Stevens intermarried time and time again with our Roads ancestors over 2-300 years. There are pictures of Henry Arthur Jones on the National Portrait Gallery website.

Children of ELIZABETH BLAKE and GEORGE JONES are:
                   i.    GEORGE(6) JONES, b. 1795, d.1836. He had daughters Elizabeth Ann Jones (born before 1823 according to the will of her great-grandmother Elizabeth Blake) and Nancy Morecraft Jones according to the will of his uncle John Jones (1829). His second wife was named Mary, and they had daughters Sarah (married John Cross, son of George Cross, draper of Winslow) and Mildred. In 1828 he was a lacebuyer, late of Winslow but now of Buckingham (see the administration of the property of his first wife Ann). He was a Lace Manufacturer in Castle Street, Buckingham (Pigot's Directory 1830). His will was proved in 1836.
27.             ii.    ELIZABETH(6) JONES, b. 1797, Winslow; d. 1830, Winslow.
                 iii.    THOMAS JONES, b. 1800; m. Winslow 24 Sep 1828 Rachel Woollhead (probably his cousin as Mary Woolhead of Thornborough was his great-aunt); d. 1857, Winslow. Children: Elizabeth Woollhead Jones (m. John Dover 1853); Mary Ann Jones; Rachel Ann Jones; Anna [registered as Hannah] Maria Jones (b.1839; m. John Woollhead 1860); Emily Jones (b.1842); Catherine Ann Williatt [registered as Woolhead] Jones (b.1847)
                 iv.    MARY ANN JONES, b. 1802, d. 1853 (see her will).
                  v.    NEWMAN JONES, b. 1803, d. 1874 in Lambeth (ran The Bull 1824-25)
                 vi.    SARAH JONES, b. 1806, m. GEORGE HARRUP before 1841.
                vii.    HANNAH (or ANNA) MARTHA JONES, b. 1808, Winslow; d. 1832, Winslow (see her will).
               viii.    JOHN JONES, b. Abt. 1810; d. before 1829 (not mentioned in his uncle's will)
                  ix.    WILLIAT JONES, b. 1813, Winslow; lived with his uncle John Jones at Great Horwood; d. 1831, Winslow.
                   x.    EDWARD WILLIAT JONES, b. 1816, Winslow; d. 1837, Winslow.
28.             xi.    ROBERT WILLIAT JONES, b. 1818, Winslow; d. 1889, Winslow.

20. JOHN(5) BLAKE (f. ROBERT4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1754 in Winslow, and died 1804 in Winslow. He married SARAH. She died 1807 in Winslow.

John Blake, baker is listed in the 1798 Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus but is recorded as being infirm.
He is listed as baker in the 1798 directory.
In the Buckinghamshire Apprentice Index Robert Corbett, son of Joseph Corbett of Adstock, yeoman was apprenticed to John Blake of Winslow, baker, 18 March 1798. Robert and Joseph signed their names on the indenture which was witnessed by Thomas Rawbone but John only made a mark.
Johns's will written in 1804 but not proven until 1815 (see full transcription), which he again signs with a mark, leaves £120 to each of his 2 daughters Susannah and Martha and £80 to his son John when they reach the age of 21. George Jones (husband of John's cousin Elizabeth(5) Blake who lived in Blake House) was appointed trustee. John's house in Great Horn Street was left to his wife for her life, and she was also his executrix.
His premises were at 10 Horn Street.
Sarah's will was proved in 1807.

Children of JOHN BLAKE and SARAH are:
                   i.    SUSANNAH(6) BLAKE, b. 1793, Winslow; d. 1834, Padbury; m. CHARLES NEAL, April 24, 1816, Winslow; b. Abt. 1791, Winslow. Charles was the brother of Joseph Neal of The Bell. They had 4 children born in Buckingham and Chetwode. At the 1826 manor court, Charles was recorded as a farmer of Addington, and Susannah was administratrix of her father's will which her mother had not proved. On the 1851 Census Charles is recorded as a widower aged 60 lodging in a house in Horn Street Winslow with John and Mary Corbett and their 2 nephews George and Charles Roads. In 1851, he was a grocer's porter.
                  ii.    MARTHA BLAKE, b. 1795, Winslow; d. 1876, Padbury; m. JOSEPH FLETCHER, 1813, Padbury. They had 11 children born in Padbury between 1813-1834.
29.            iii.    JOHN(6) BLAKE, b. 1797, Winslow; d. August 1857, Marsh Gibbon.

A recent photograph of the former bakery in Horn Street

21. GEORGE(5) CARPENTER (m. ANN4 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1758 in Swanbourne, and died 1795. He died intestate; see the grant of administration to his wife. He married SARAH WATKINS 1782 in North Marston. She was born 1755 in North Marston, and later married Thomas Yeates; see her will. She must be the Widow Carpenter of Winslow mentioned in the 1798 Posse Comitatus as owning 2 horses, 1 wagon and 1 cart.

George Carpenter, tanner, lived opposite the tannery and Blake House. His house which still exists is now 30 Horn Street but was once called Emanuels House. (See T. Foley & J. Hunt, Archive Photographs: Winslow, p.40). He also owned property in North Marston.

Children of GEORGE CARPENTER and SARAH WATKINS are:
30.              i.    GEORGE(6) CARPENTER, b. 1787, Winslow; m. 1807 Deborah, daughter of Joseph Mead; d. 1863, North Marston; Deborah died in 1858 aged 71.
                  ii.    ANN CARPENTER, m. JAMES STONE ALLEN, 1814; d. before 1837
Mentioned in the will of Newman Williatt, 1809. She was mentioned in will of his widow, her great-aunt Ann Williatt (nee Watkins) 1819. Legacy included a gold watch. She was the 2nd wife of James Stone Allen. His first wife Ann Mold died in childbirth 1812. He and Ann Carpenter had 4 children and after her death he married for a 3rd time in London in 1838.
                 iii.    SUSANNAH CARPENTER, d.1851 at Winslow aged 61, m. John Bainbridge of Winslow (lace merchant of Co. Durham by 1837); beneficiary of the will of Ann Williatt; see her will (made in 1846)

22. ANN(5) CARPENTER (m. ANN4 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1763 in Swanbourne, and died 22 September 1840 in Kings Sutton. She married JEREMIAH TIBBETTS, son of THOMAS TIBBETTS and ELIZABETH CLARKE. He was born Abt. 1761 in Kings Sutton, and died February 22, 1809 in Kings Sutton.

There is a memorial plaque inside Kings Sutton Parish Church to Jeremiah and Ann Tibbetts and also one to an earlier Tibbetts family.
Jeremiah Tibbetts was from an old established Kings Sutton family. An earlier Jeremiah Tibbetts features in the transcriptions of the Kings Sutton Churchwardens Accounts 1636-1700

Children of ANN CARPENTER and JEREMIAH TIBBETTS are:
                   i.    ELIZABETH(6) TIBBETTS, b. 1782; d. 1826.
                  ii.    MARY TIBBETTS, b. 1783.
                 iii.    ANN TIBBETTS, b. 1786.
                 iv.    THOMAS TIBBETTS, b. 1788, Kings Sutton; d. 1851.
                  v.    SARAH TIBBETTS, b. 1791; d. 1856.
                 vi.    REBECCA TIBBETTS, b. 1792; d. 1813.
                vii.    CATHERINE TIBBETTS, b. 1794.
               viii.    FRANCES TIBBETTS, b. 1796; d. November 15, 1802, Kings Sutton. There is a plaque in memory of Frances Tibbetts inside Kings Sutton Parish Church.
                  ix.    JEREMIAH TIBBETTS, b. 1796, Kings Sutton.
                   x.    JANE TIBBETTS, b. 1799; d. 1851.
                  xi.    GEORGE TIBBETTS, b. 1801, Kings Sutton; d. 1851.

23. JOHN(5b) BLAKE (f. FRANCIS4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1762 in Kings Sutton, and died 1832 in Hanborough. He married SARAH. She was born 1760, and died 1817.

In 1792 at the time of the birth of his eldest son, John appears to be living at North Marston possibly in the property owned by his father.
However a John Blake of Kings Sutton is recorded as being a bell ringing at KS 1799 and 1802 (See Cake & Cockhorse Vol.15 no.7)

Children of JOHN BLAKE and SARAH are:
31.              i.    JOHN(6b) BLAKE, b. 1792, North Marston.
                  ii.    SARAH BLAKE, b. 1796.
                 iii.    FRANCIS BLAKE, b. 1798.
                 iv.    FRANCIS BLAKE, b. 1799.
32.             v.    CAROLINE(6) BLAKE, b. 1799.
                 vi.    ANN BLAKE.
                vii.    FANNY BLAKE, b. 1803.
               viii.    WILLIAM BLAKE, b. 1805, Kings Sutton; d. May 1805, Kings Sutton.
                  ix.    JAMES BLAKE.
                   x.    THOMAS BLAKE.
                  xi.    MARY BLAKE.
                 xii.    FRANCES BLAKE, d. 1803, buried 5 October, Kings Sutton.

24. FRANCES(5) BLAKE (f. FRANCIS4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1763, and died 1800 in Bicester. Buried at Bicester Independent Church. She married WILLIAM ROLLS 1797, son of WILLIAM ROLLS and MARY DEVONSHIRE. He was born 1762 in Bicester, and died 1847 in Bicester.

Frances Blake was the 2nd wife of William Rolls. William's first wife was Sarah Hartin by whom he had 4 children Mary, Elizabeth, John and William. After Frances' death William married for a 3rd time to his cousin Ann Devonshire by whom he had a further 3 children Samuel, Thomas and Ann.
William Rolls, Currier of Bicester came from a prominent non-conformist family with connections to Swanbourne, Thame, Tingewick and London. His brother John Rolls (1756-1837) started the Hale Leys Chapel in Aylesbury. William's 3rd wife Ann Devonshire was his first cousin on his mother's side. William's sister Elizabeth Rolls married Thomas Harris a widower, the son of George Harris and Mary Blake.

Children of FRANCES BLAKE and WILLIAM ROLLS are:
i. THOMAS HARRIS(6) ROLLS, b. 1798; d. 1799, Bicester. Buried at Bicester Independent Church.
ii. FRANCES BLAKE ROLLS, b. 1799.

25. THOMAS(5) BLAKE (f. FRANCIS4, gf. THOMAS3, ggf. THOMAS2, gggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1763, baptised 13 Nov. 1763, in Kings Sutton, and died 1846 in Kings Sutton. He married (1) ELIZABETH KING (WIDOW) April 15, 1791. She was born 1762 in Kings Sutton, and died December 1805 in Kings Sutton. He married (2) BEATEA FESSEY January 27, 1812 in Avon Dassett Parish Church, daughter of GEORGE FESSEY and BEATA WELCH. She was born 1786 in Byfield, and died 1856 in Kings Sutton.

In 1789 Thomas Blake of Kings Sutton was convicted of "keeping and using a grey hound to kill the Game and not be qualified".
It is not clear why Thomas waited until 1812 to marry Beatea Fessey, the mother of George Fessey Blake bp. 1808, as his first wife Elizabeth King had died in 1805.
1833: COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY GAOL THOMAS BLAKE VICTIM KINGS SUTTON JAMES HOWE, CHARGED WITH HAVING STOLEN A WARMING PAN, THE PROPERTY OF THOMAS BLAKE, OF KINGS SUTTON.
MICHAELMAS QUARTER SESSIONS: THOMAS BLAKE VICTIM KINGS SUTTON JAMES HOWE, 21, WAS CONVICTED OF HAVING STOLEN A WARMING PAN, THE PROPERTY OF THOMAS BLAKE, OF KINGS SUTTON. THE PRISONER, WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF FELONY, WAS SENTENCED TO BE TRANSPORTED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.
On the 1841 Census Thomas is living with his wife Beatea, daughter Fanny and granddaughter Emma. I have been unable to find out very much about the children of his first marriage. However, there are Blake families in Charlton and Newbottle in the nineteenth century, so perhaps some of these may be descendants from Thomas Blake's first marriage.
Also in 1841: BLAKE THOMAS KINGS SUTTON COMMITMENTS TO THE COUNTY GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION FOR FOUR MONTHS, UNLESS £5. 18S. BE PAID, FOR WILFULLY DESTROYING 20 CUCUMBER PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS AT KINGS SUTTON. This entry from a Northamptonshire website may refer to Thomas Blake (1763-1846) of Kings Sutton or to his son another Thomas Blake born 1801/2 ( by his first wife Elizabeth King) about whom I know nothing other than his date of his baptism.
Occupation: farmer and publican.
Elizabeth King's maiden name may have been Elizabeth Norman. She was buried 16 December 1805.
Beatea Fessey appears to have come from a moderately prosperous Byfield family. On his death certificate her father George Fessey is described as a Gentleman. Beatea's nephew Joseph Fessey (son of her brother Richard Fessey) left a Trust Fund to Byfield Church and Joseph's brother John left Beatea's daughter Fanny Blake some stocks in his will of 1891. Another nephew, John and Joseph's brother George Frederick Fessey, was a Vicar of Redditch and Rural Dean of Nortfield.
In 1851 Beutey (sic) is living in Church Lane Kings Sutton with her 13 year old granddaughter Emma. Occupation: 1851, Grocer.
THOMAS BLAKE and BEATEA FESSEY married by licence. Witnesses were Thomas Elkington and Mary Danvers.

Children of THOMAS BLAKE and ELIZABETH (WIDOW) are:
                   i.    JOHN(6) BLAKE, b. 1792, Kings Sutton.
1851, Innkeeper (London). 1861: Amhurst Arms, 240 Amhurst Road, with his wife Mary, aged 62, born Orcheston, Wiltshire.
                  ii.    JAMES BLAKE, b. 1793. Occupation: 1851, Pianoforte maker (London).
                 iii.    FREDERIC BLAKE, b. 1799. Baptism: 10 April 1799, Kings Sutton.
                 iv.    THOMAS BLAKE, b. 1802, Kings Sutton. Baptism: 8 January 1802, Kings Sutton.
                  v.    GEORGE RICHARD BLAKE, b. 1804, Kings Sutton; d. 1804, Kings Sutton. Baptism: 20 August 1804, Kings Sutton
                         Burial: 17 September 1804, Kings Sutton.

Children of THOMAS BLAKE and BEATEA FESSEY are:
33.            vi.    GEORGE FESSEY(6) BLAKE, b. October 14, 1808; d. 1872.
                vii.    FANNY BLAKE, b. 1813, Avon Dassett Warwickshire; d. 1894, Kings Sutton.
Took over as shop keeper and beer retailer from her mother at 17 Red Lion Street Kings Sutton. Occupation: 1862, shop keeper and beer retailer. On the 1871 census she and her sister Matilda are living together at the Red Lion. Owned land and cottages in and around Kings Sutton. Will of 1894, bequests included:
5 acres of land known as Brick Kiln Closes to nephew Edwin Caleb Blake.
Annual payments of £3 pa to nephews Gabriel and George Blake.
4 cottages absolutely to niece Fanny Stanley then occupied by James Gurney, Joseph Twyman, Reuben Burrell and Emma Bray.
3 cottages for her lifetime to niece Emma Bray then occupied by George Wyatt (husband of Emma Bray's daughter Fanny Maria), William Gibson and William Turvey (husband of Emma Bray's daughter Jane).
34.          viii.    MATILDA(6) BLAKE, b. 1817, Kings Sutton; d. 1881, Kings Sutton.

Generation No. 6

26. EDWARD(6) EMERTON (m. MARY5 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1797 in Stony Stratford. He married (1) RACHEL. She was born 1802 in Wicken. He married (2) his first cousin ELIZABETH JONES 2 May 1820 in Winslow, daughter of GEORGE JONES and ELIZABETH BLAKE. She was born 1797 in Winslow, and died 1830 in Winslow.

Occupation: 1823, Tea dealer, Great Horwood (according to his grandmother Elizabeth Blake's will). 1851, Schoolmaster, Great Horwood.

Children of EDWARD EMERTON and ELIZABETH JONES are:
                   i.    EDWARD(7) EMERTON, b. 1822, Little Horwood; presumably died before 1832 as not mentioned in his aunt Hannah's will.
                  ii.    BENJAMIN EMERTON, b. 1824, Great Horwood; presumably died before 1832 as not mentioned in his aunt Hannah's will.
                 iii.    GEORGE JONES EMERTON, b. 1825, Great Horwood; d. 1908, Great Horwood. Occupation: Vet at Stony Stratford.
                iv. MARY EMERTON: mentioned with George and Elizabeth in the will of her grandmother Elizabeth Jones and the will of her uncle Edward Williatt Jones, d.1846
                v.    ELIZABETH BLAKE EMERTON, b. 1828, Great Horwood; d. 1916.

27. ELIZABETH(6) JONES (m. ELIZABETH5 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1797 in Winslow, and died 1830 in Winslow. She married her first cousin EDWARD (6) EMERTON 2 May 1820 in Winslow, son of THOMAS EMERTON and MARY BLAKE. Children are listed above under (26) Edward Emerton.

28. ROBERT WILLIAM (OR WILLIAT) (6) JONES (m. ELIZABETH5 BLAKE, gf. THOMAS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1818 in Winslow, and died 1889 in Winslow. He married ANN BARBARA BRISE 1852 in Swanbourne. She was born 1829 in Stewkley, and died 1902 in Winslow.

Occupation: 1851, Farmer of 155 acres and 7 Labourers.
Living in Blake House Winslow 1881, farmer of 220 acres, employing 6 men and 4 boys. Owned land in Winslow and Great Horwood.
He was a prominent supporter of the Congregational Church in Winslow.

Child of ROBERT JONES and ANN BRISE is:
i. ROBERT WILLIAT(7) JONES, b. 1854. He died in 1889 at Charwelton Hall, Byfield, Northants; buried at Winslow on 28 Aug.

29. JOHN(6) BLAKE (f. JOHN5, gf. ROBERT4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1797 in Winslow, and died August 1857 in Marsh Gibbon. He married (1) SALLY JONES 1818 in Marsh Gibbon, daughter of THOMAS JONES and ELIZABETH HOWES. She was born Abt. 1801, and died August 24, 1822 in Marsh Gibbon. He married (2) ELIZABETH LINES June 12, 1823 in Hillesden Parish Church. She was born January 21, 1798, and died October 1837 (buried 26 Oct.) in Marsh Gibbon. He married (3) LOUISA RUSHALL 1848 in Daventry. She was born 1800 in Northamptonshire.

Surrendered property in Horn Street, 1819.
On census night 1851 the occupants of John Blake's household included a 17 year old servant Anna Allen and a visiting Independent Minister William Selby aged 55.
An infant John Blake who died 22 August 1824 at Marsh Gibbon may also be another child of John and Elizabeth.
Occupation: 1851, Baker and Farmer at Marsh Gibbon

Children of JOHN BLAKE and SALLY JONES are:
                   i.    ANN(7) BLAKE, b. April 4, 1818, Marsh Gibbon; d. December 13, 1822, Marsh Gibbon.
                  ii.    SARAH BLAKE, b. April 10, 1821, Marsh Gibbon; d. 1846, St Ives Huntingdon; m. CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CANNAM, 1842, Buckingham; b. 1820, St Ives Huntingdon.

Children of JOHN BLAKE and ELIZABETH LINES are:
                 iii.    JOHN(7) BLAKE, b. February 21, 1824, Marsh Gibbon; d. August 14, 1824, Marsh Gibbon. Baptism: August 14, 1824, Buckingham Independent Chapel. Burial: August 24, 1824, Marsh Gibbon.
                 iv.    EDWARD BLAKE, b. January 1825. Twin. Not on 1881 census. Baptism: 1825, Buckingham Independent Chapel. Occupation: 1851, Baker, Marsh Gibbon.
                  v.    JOHN BLAKE, b. January 1825. Baptism: 1825, Buckingham Independent Chapel.
35.            vi.    BENJAMIN LINES BLAKE, b. September 7, 1826; d. August 4, 1888, Chatteris Cambridgeshire.
36.           vii.    MARY ANN BLAKE, b. July 28, 1828, Marsh Gibbon; d. 1863, Brixton.
               viii.    JAMES HENRY BLAKE, b. 1835; d. 1836, Marsh Gibbon. Burial: November 1, 1836, Marsh Gibbon.

30. GEORGE(6) CARPENTER (f. GEORGE5 CARPENTER, gm. ANN4 BLAKE, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born abt. 1791 in Winslow, and died 1863 in North Marston. He married DEBORAH MEAD. She was born 1787 in Swanbourne, and died 1858 in North Marston.

Children of GEORGE CARPENTER and DEBORAH MEAD are:
                   i.    JOHN BLAKE(7) CARPENTER, b. 1812, North Marston. Mentioned in the will of his Great Aunt Ann Williat (nee Watkins) 1819, who was his godmother. The will included a legacy of £50 when he became 21 or married, whichever came first. He was the plaintiff in a dispute about 30 Horn Street, 1879-81.
                  ii.    ANN CARPENTER, b. 1808, North Marston.
                 iii.    SARAH SUSANNAH CARPENTER, b. 1809, North Marston.
                 iv.    GEORGE CARPENTER, b. 1814, North Marston.
                  v.    SARAH CARPENTER, b. 1815, North Marston; d. 1878, Winslow (see her will); benefited under the will of her aunt Susannah Bainbridge.
                 vi.    RICHARD WATKINS CARPENTER, b. 1817, North Marston.
                vii.    FREDERICK CARPENTER, b. 1821, North Marston.
               viii.    THOMAS CARPENTER, b. 1830, North Marston. Dairyman of 31 Great Ormond Street, Queen Square, London in 1863.

31. JOHN(6b) BLAKE (f. JOHN5b, gf. FRANCIS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1792 in North Marston. He married MARIA. She was born 1798 in North Marston.

Occupation: Labourer. Residence: 1851, Stamford Lincs.

Children of JOHN BLAKE and MARIA are:
                   i.    SARAH7 BLAKE, b. 1823, North Marston. Occupation: 1851, Washerwoman, Stamford Lincs.
                 ii.    FRANCES BLAKE, b. 1830. Occupation: 1851, Houseservant, Stamford Lincs.
                 iii.    JOHN BLAKE, b. 1832, North Marston. Occupation: 1851, Porter, Stamford Lincs.
                 iv.    HARRIETT BLAKE, b. 1842, North Marston.
                  v.    MARY A BLAKE, b. 1844, North Marston.
                 vi.    EMMA BLAKE, b. 1848, North Marston.

32. CAROLINE(6) BLAKE (f. JOHN5b, gf. FRANCIS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1799. She married GEORGE CLARKE by licence 23 July 1822 in Kings Sutton.

Caroline Blake and her father John Blake were removed from Kings Sutton to Long Hanborough 1st quarter of 1821 although Caroline's illegitimate daughter Frances was baptized at Kings Sutton October 1821.

Child of CAROLINE BLAKE and GEORGE CLARKE is:
i. FRANCES(7) BLAKE, b. October 22, 1821.

33. GEORGE FESSEY(6) BLAKE (f. THOMAS5, gf. FRANCIS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born October 14, 1808, and died 1872. He married MARY HARWOOD August 1838 in Dassett Major, daughter of JOSEPH HARWOOD and SARAH BASS. She was born 1810 in Burton Dassett.

George Fessey Blake is believed to have built the Methodist Chapel at Bodicote in 1843-1846, which remained in the ownership of the Blake family until 1909 when it was handed over to the Methodists. It was known at one time as "Blakes Chapel". The 1851 religious census reported that it had a seating capacity of 100 and at the evening service on 30 March 1851 there was a congregation of 60. The communion table has a brass plate in memory of J.Albert Stanley who died 19 September 1939.
George's will of September 1872 leaves the chapel , dwelling house and 3 cottages to his wife Mary and after her decease to her favourite son Gabriel Wesley Blake. At that time Gabriel is to pay his sister Fanny £40, sister Sarah £60 and brother Edwin Caleb Blake £50. Son George Blake is left the pony, cart, harness, saddle and some of the household furniture plus some property in Kings Sutton but is to pay his brother Edwin £100. The two houses and premises at Kings Sutton which George's sister Fanny Blake has a life interest in but which George should inherit at her death he leaves to his 2 daughters Sarah and Fanny. In fact Sarah died before her mother and before her Aunt Fanny. In May 1873 George's personal estate and effects are valued at under £450.
Baptism: November 12, 1808, Avon Dassett.
Married by Rev John Morgan. Witnesses John Bass and Ann Archer.

Children of GEORGE BLAKE and MARY HARWOOD are:
                   i.    SARAH(7) BLAKE, b. August 1839, Bodicot Oxfordshire; d. January 15, 1840, Bodicot Oxfordshire.
                  ii.    GABRIEL WESLEY BLAKE, b. 1841, Bodicot; d. 1908, Bodicot. Occupation: Butcher.
                 iii.    GEORGE BLAKE, b. February 1843, Bodicot; d. October 1843, Bodicot.
                 iv.    SARAH BLAKE, b. 1845, Bodicot; d. 1887, Bodicot.
In the 1881 census Sarah is simply listed as an unmarried daughter with no occupation. It is possible that she was some sort of invalid as she never married and died aged 42. Personal effects at the time of her death were valued at £230.
                  v.    GEORGE BLAKE, b. May 1, 1848, Bodicot; d. 1929, Kings Sutton; butcher; m. ELLEN HONE, September 24, 1877, Primitive Methodist Chapel Banbury; b. 1849, Adderbury Oxfordshire; d. November 16, Kings Sutton. Trustee of Kings Sutton Primitive Methodist Church. When the new Methodist Church was built at Kings Sutton in 1936 there was a plaque put up "To the glory of God and in honour of all who laid foundation stones and bricks. Also in grateful memory of George Blake". Along with his brother Edwin, George was one of the executors and trustees of his Aunt Fanny Blake's will (1894) from which he inherited an annual sum of £3 payable half-yearly.
            vi.    FANNY BLAKE, b. 1850, Bodicot; d. 1940, Bodicot.
           vii.    EDWIN CALEB BLAKE, b. January 10, 1853, Bodicote; d. 1936, Deddington.

34. MATILDA(6) BLAKE (f. THOMAS5, gf. FRANCIS4, ggf. THOMAS3, gggf. THOMAS2, ggggf. UNKNOWN1) was born 1817 in Kings Sutton, and died 1881 in Kings Sutton.

On the 1851 census Matilda is described as a straw bonnet maker and on census night she was visiting a family called Gulliver at Fenny Compton, Southam, Warwickshire. Benjamin and Sarah Gulliver were schoolteachers and there were 4 Gulliver children. Matilda's illegitimate daughter Emma Blake is staying in Kings Sutton with her grandparents.
On the 1871 census Matilda is living with her sister Fanny at the Red Lion where she is described as a lace maker.
By 1881 Matilda is living at Spinny Bank Kings Sutton and is described as an annuitant. Her will is dated 29 October 1881. Her daughter Emma Bray is left her share of a house at 226 Grays Inn Road London. The share is to be sold and the money invested with Emma to have the interest for her lifetime. I have unsucessfully tried to find how Matilda came to own a share of this house.

Child of MATILDA BLAKE is:
i. EMMA(7) BLAKE, b. 1838, Bodicot; d. September 23, 1901, Kings Sutton.