November 1740, Connecticut

Official seal of Middletown, Connecticut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 3, 1740- Richard Blake is born to Joseph Blake & Esther Bacon in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Richard Blake is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Wetmore.)

Name Meaning for "Blake"

English: variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjectiveblæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.

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