This family sketch will conclude the five generations of the Blake family who are part of my cousins’ family tree, as with the youngest child, this surname will daughter out.

William Blake was baptized on 6 September 1620 in Pitminster, Somerset, England, the third of five children born to William Blake and Agnes (MNU) Band, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts with their young family in the 1630s.

William Blake married (1) Anne Breck, c1649 and (2) Hannah (Tolman) Lyon, 22 November 1693, Milton, Massachusetts.

The Blake family lived first in Dorchester, but removed to Milton, Massachusetts between 1662 and 1665, based on the births of two of their children.

William and Anne (Breck) Blake were the parents of ten children, seven of whom lived to adulthood:

1. Samuel, born 14 May 1650, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died before 9 January 1720; married Sarah Macey, 23 October 1679, Milton, Massachusetts
2. Anna, born 6 March 1652, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died 9 May 1722, Taunton, Massachusetts; married Thomas Gilbert, 18 December 1676, Milton, Massachusetts
3. Mary, born 20 March 1654, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died 5 September 1723, Taunton, Massachusetts; married Joseph Leonard, 15 December 1679, Taunton, Massachusetts
4. William, born 22 February 1656, Dorchester, Massachusetts; no further record
5. Nathaniel, born 4 July 1659, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died 5 October 1720, Dorchester, Massachusetts; married Martha Morey, 9 October 1695, Milton, Massachusetts
6. Edward, born 13 April 1662, Dorchester, Massachusetts; died 12 March 1737, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Morey, 6 June 1696, Milton, Massachusetts
7. Experience, born 17 June 1665, Milton, Massachusetts; died 16 January 1746, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; married Samuel Sumner, 15 March 1683, Milton, Massachusetts
8. Agnes, born 29 September 1667, Milton, Massachusetts; 22 July 1678, Milton, Massachusetts
9. Susan, born 20 July 1670, Milton, Massachusetts; died 4 May 1676, Milton, Massachusetts
10. Mehitable, born 2 April 1673, Milton, Massachusetts; died 7 October 1732, Taunton, Massachusetts; married William Briggs, 16 June 1696, Milton, Massachusetts

Anne (Breck) Blake’s date of death is unknown, but she died before November 1693 when William remarried.

William Blake died 3 September 1703 in Milton, Massachusetts and was survived by his second wife, Hannah (Tolman) Lyon.