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Blake Family Crest
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Where did the English Blake family come from? What is the English Blake family crest and coat of arms? When did the Blake family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Blake family history?

As a name, Blake was often interchangeable with Black in early times. Both names are thought to be derived from Old English words such as "bloec" or "blac," which meant "black," or from the Old English "blac," which surprisingly could mean "pale." Early forms of the surname Black have existed in Britain since the 10th century.

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Until quite recently, the English language has lacked a definite system of spelling rules. Consequently, Anglo-Saxon surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. Changes in Anglo-Saxon names were influenced by the evolution of the English language, as it incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other languages. Although Medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, so it is common to find one person referred to by several different spellings of his surname, even the most literate people varied the spelling of their own names. Variations of the name Blake include Blake, Blaik and others.

First found in Devon where they held a family seat from very ancient times, and Walter le Blake was recorded in the Pipe Rolls for the region in 1167.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blake research. Another 261 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1219, 1266, 1273, 1340, 1536, 1559, 1627, 1657, 1709, 1757, 1772, 1774, 1780, and 1827 are included under the topic Early Blake History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 47 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Blake Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Blake family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 273 words(20 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Searching for a better life, many English families migrated to British colonies. Unfortunately, the majority of them traveled under extremely harsh conditions: overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the ocean. For those families that arrived safely, modest prosperity was attainable, and many went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the new colonies. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Blake or a variant listed above:

  • John Blake settled in Middletown, Connecticut

Blake Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Walter Blake, who arrived in Virginia in 1624
  • William Blake who came from Essex, England, sailed on the "Mary and John" in 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts
  • George Blake settled in Gloucester in 1640
  • John Blake, who arrived in Dorchester, Mass in 1642
  • Giles Blake, who arrived in Maryland in 1650


Blake Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Charles Blake, who landed in Virginia in 1702
  • Robt Blake, who arrived in Virginia in 1703
  • Cha Blake, who arrived in Virginia in 1714
  • Jane Blake, who arrived in New England in 1740
  • John Garrett Blake was a JP of Trinity in 1753


Blake Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Bryan Blake, who landed in Antigua (Antego) in 1801
  • Ellen Blake, aged 35, landed in America in 1822
  • Daniel Blake, who landed in Charleston, SC in 1827
  • Matthew Blake, who landed in Maine in 1829
  • Bennett Blake, who arrived in Texas in 1835


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  • Lillie Devereaux Blake (1835-1913), American author and reformer, known for her efforts in the women's suffrage and economic rights movements
  • Eugene Carson Blake (1906-1985), American Clergyman, general secretary of the World Council of Churches
  • Francis Blake (1850-1913), American inventor of a telephone transmitter
  • Lieutenant General Gordon Aylesworth Blake (1910-1997), American Air Force Officer who served from 1962-1965 as director of the National Security Agency
  • James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (1887-1983), American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Amanda Blake (1929-1989), American actress best known for the role of the red-haired "Miss Kitty" on the longest-running television drama, CBS's Gunsmoke series (1955-1975)
  • William Burdine Blake Sr. (1852-1938), American music composer and newspaper publisher
  • Sir Peter Thomas Blake (b. 1932), English pop artist, best known for his design for The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Major Wilfred Theodore Blake (1894-1968), British pioneer aviator, travel writer and traveller who led the first attempt to fly round the world in 1922
  • Edward Blake (1833-1912), Canadian statesman

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  • The Blake-Ambrose Family History by Irma Ruth M. Anderson.
  • The Blaikes of Bibb County, Alabama,1819-1988 by Chester Rankin Johnson Jr.
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The Blake Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Blake Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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