Prudence BLAKE

1799 - 1871  (71 years)

• Name	Prudence BLAKE
  Born	15 Mar 1799	St David, Charlotte, NB   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	19 Aug 1805	Kirk McColl, St Stephen, Charlotte, NB
  	Kirk McColl: Prudence, daughter of -- Blake was born 15 March 1799, St David Hi William, I have heard that when the baptisms were done on a given day that a paper was circulated and the parents were to put down their name as the parents of that child and if they didn't then it was just shown as ----- surname. Not good but sometimes things slip through the cracks. Cheers, Arnie Krause http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~aek740/genealogy/kirk-McColl-01.html Kirk McColl Church Records by Arnie Krause copyright Jan 2000 http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~aek740/genealogy/p01.jpg Augt 10 1805 Prudence daughter of - Blake [born] 15 March 1799 [St David]
  Birth	[1804]	NB   [2]
  Birth	[1800]	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [3]
  Residence	1851	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [2]
  	David Manson in the 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Name: David Manson [David Manser] Gender: Male Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1802 Relation to Head of House: Head of Family (Head) Spouse's Name: Prudence Manson Race: native (Native American) Province: New Brunswick District: Charlotte County Sub-district: St Andrews Sub-District Number: 16 David Manser 50 Head of family Native Mariner Prudence Manzer 47 Wife Native Mary Blake 24 Step daughter Native Mary Hitchings 12 Step daughter Native [d William Hitchings m Sarah Budd] Samuel Johnston 75 Father in law American Cooper 1814 Infirm Year: 1851; Census Place: St Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: C_994; Page: 92; Line: 15 Frame shanty
  Residence	3 Nov 1855	St Andrew, Charlotte, NB   [4]
  Residence	12 Jan 1858	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [5]
  Religion	1861  [3]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1861	St Andrews (Rural), Charlotte, NB   [3]
  	2 deaths in the previous year. Prudence Munseh in the 1861 Census of Canada Name: Prudence Munseh [Prudence Munser] Gender: Female Age: 61 Birth Year: 1800 Home in 1861: St. Andrew's, Charlotte, New Brunswick Race: Native (Native American) Religion: Baptist Film Number: C-1000 Page Number: 5 Prudence Munseh 61 Native St Andrews Baptist Mary Blake 30 Daughter Native St Andrews Baptist Elizabeth [Blake] [Daughter] 25 Native St Andrews Baptist Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1000
  Residence	18 Apr 1870	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [6]
  Died	Between 18 Apr 1870 and CENSUS 1871
  	Volume 18 Page 51 18 April 1870 Prudence Manser St Andrews widow Isaac Budd St Andrews $240 Conveyed to Prudence Manser by Samuel Johnson 12 January 1858 bounded westerly by the Waweig Stream northerly by lands purchased by the said David Manser from Geoge D Street, Esquire easterly by the rear line of the grant southerly by the land of Leonard Johnson the same premises conveyed by deed from William McLelland to Samuel Johnson May 1849 30 acres Also lot of land in St Andrews parish conveyed by the said McLelland by his attorney George D Street to my husband the late David Manser by indenture dated 27 August 1852 and described therein as being on the east side of the Waweig River in the said parish of St Andrews being part of lot numbers 69 and 70 purchased by the said William J McLelland from one Samuel Johnson by deed being dated 19 June 1846 together with all houses, out houses, fences, improvments, privileges and appurtenances to the same witnessed by George S Grimmer
  Person ID	I7170	4 February 2018
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Timothy BLAKE,   b. 1 Oct 1775,   d. C 1803?
  Mother	Joanna GREENLAW,   b. SAY 1772,   d. Bef 19 June 1846?
  Married	22 Mar 1797	All Saints Anglican, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
  	Anglican Records: Timothy Blake married to Johanna Greenlaw, 22 March 1797? Kirk McColl: Prudence, daughter of -- Blake was born 15 March 1799, St David Hi William, I have heard that when the baptisms were done on a given day that a paper was circulated and the parents were to put down their name as the parents of that child and if they didn't then it was just shown as ----- surname. Not good but sometimes things slip through the cracks. Cheers, Arnie Krause 22 Mar 179[7] Blake Timothy Greenlaw Johannah 28
  Family ID	F12431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Mary BLAKE,   b. [1827], St Andrews, Charlotte, NB ,   d. Bef 1871 CENSUS?   2. Elizabeth BLAKE,   b. [1836], St Andrews, Charlotte, NB ,   d. Bef 1871 CENSUS?
  Family ID	F12410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	David MANZER,   b. [1800],   d. [1860-1861]
  Married	3 Nov 1855	All Saints Anglican, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [7]
  	03/11/1855 David Manson St Andrews Prudence Blake St Andrews John McLaughlan Mary C. Floraday JA
  Married	3 Nov 1855	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB   [4]
  	p 35 Marriage solemnized in the parish of St Andrews in the County of Charlotte in the year 1855. David Manser of this parish and Prudence Blake of this parish were married in this parish by Licence this third of November in the year 1856 by me Jerome Alley DD Rector [Anglican]. This marriage was solemnized between us David Manser [His mark] Prudence Blake [Her mark] In presence of John McLachlan Mary Fleraday Recd & Regd 24th Dec 1856
  Family ID	F2231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Samuel Johnson Farm in Waweig

  
  

• Notes

  Charlotte County Marriages: Nil All Saints St Andrews: Nil Eastport Sentinel: Nil Census 1861: Prudence Munsel 2 deaths in the previous year [probably David Manzer and Samuel Johnson] Dir 1865: Nil Dir 1867: Nil Census 1871: Nil Census 1871 Sched Deaths: Nil Dir 1871: Nil Census 1881: Nil Census 1891: Nil St George Manzers are Irish. Presbyterian Hitchings baptisms: Nil Kirk McColl marriages 1836-1840: Nil Kirk McColl: Baptisms: 4 October 1803, Prudence, daughter of Jacob Young, 13 March 1799 19 August 1805, Prudence daughter of --- Blake, 15 March 1799 29047 Samuel Blake assessed St Andrews 1822 NEHGS Databases 19 January 2008: Nil No Prudence Young in Charlotte Marriage Registers Washington Co, Me Cemeteries: Nil (Blake, Johnson, Manser) Calais Vitals: Nil Eastport Sentinel Vitals: Nil NB Newspaper Vitals: Nil Marriage to Manser Civil: Prudence Blake. Her mark York County Marriages: No Prudence Blake, Johnson, Hitchings. Early Maine Marriages (-1892) No Blake married to Johnson, Hitchings, Prudence. No Prudence Blake marriages. No Prudence Hitchings, Huchings, Hutchings, etc marriages No Prudence Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone marriages. No records under Blake, Hitchins, Johnson for Prudence, Mary, Elizabeth, David in NB Vitals. Anglican Records: Timothy Blake married to Johanna Greenlaw, 22 March 1797? Kirk McColl: Prudence, daughter of -- Blake was born 15 March 1799, St David. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 11 Number 3190 Date January 6 1847 County Charlotte Place Saint Andrews Newspaper St. Andrews Standard m. 2nd inst., by Rev. R. Wiggins, George HITCHING, Waweig(Charlotte Co.) / Mary HADDOCK third d/o Richardson HADDOCK, St. Andrews. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 6 Number 923 Date April 9 1836 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper New Brunswick Courier m. Milltown, St. Stephen, by Rev Shepherd, Stephen H. HITCHINGS, Esq. Attorney at Law/ Miss Charlotte WRIGHT Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 66 Number 1024 Date September 16 1886 County Charlotte Place Saint Andrews Newspaper Bay Pilot d. Milltown (Charlotte Co.) 7th Sept., S.H. HITCHINGS, age 79 years 10 mos. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 65 Number 881 Date September 11 1886 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Daily Telegraph S[tephen]. H. HITCHINGS, Milltown died 7th Sept. after a brief illness occasioned by an accidental fall he received on retiring just a week before. He was born Oct. 26, 1807 and for fifty years has been one of the most influential men in the community. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 102 Number 1664 Date June 18 1896 County Charlotte Place Saint Andrews Newspaper St. Andrews Beacon Older residents of St. Andrews and vicinity will remember Mrs. Sarah A. HITCHINGS. For many years she has been cared for in the home of her husband's niece, Mrs. Wellington SPRAGUE, who aided by her husband, has surrounded her with every comfort. She was in her usual health and died peacefully with hardly a moment's warning. She leaves four sisters, two of whom, Mrs. STINSON and Mrs. PETTIGROVE reside in this place. The remains were interred beside those of her husband, Rev. Amos HITCHINGS of Oakland, Maine. Blakes of Washington County, Maine and Charlotte County, New Brunswick Samuel Blake 29047 s Dearborn Blake m Hannah Johnson Timothy Blake 11744 m Joanna Greenlaw Sylvanus Latheby Blake 11751 s Benjamin Blake m Phebe Lombard Rebecca Blake 33972 d Edward Blake [Brother of Sylvanus] m Apphia Bacon Prudence Webster Blake 28899 m Timothy Blake Lydia Blake 33994 d Joseph Blake m Hannah Hopking She was most likely not in Calais as some have proposed. 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Augustine Blake Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Eastport, Washington, Maine Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1 Total Free White Persons: 1 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 1 Other censuses: Nil Desc Jasper Blake: Nil Assessment of the Parish of Saint Andrews in the County of Charlotte in pursuance of a warrant of the General Sessions of the Peace for the said County of Charlotte to levy the sum of fifty four pounds five shillings and six pence for County rates, Dated the 10th day of August 1841 Name of Persons: David Blakely Poll tax: 4d Real Estate of Inhabitants: Personal Estate of Inhabitants: 50 Real Estate of non Residents: Annual income: 50 20 per cent value of property: 10 Amount to be Taxed: 60 Total Assessment: - 1 2 29047 Samuel Blake assessed St Andrews 1822 said to have died 1822 Assessed St Patrick Middle District 16 April 1847 David Blake Digdeguash District 1849 David Blake Digdeguash 13 July 1851 David Blake Digdeguash 17 June 1853 David Blake Digdeguash 1854 David Blake Digdeguash 1855 David Blake Saint Patrick 12 April 1856 David Blake The Settlement at Penobscot 13 July 1784 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aek740/PL-140.jpg Present Settler Acres Settled Original Settler Rods on Water Souls Moses Blake 100 1762 Andrew Gray 40 5 Eph Blake 120 1765 John Smart 70 6 Heirs of Israel Blake 80 1765 Israel Blake 50 * Michael Dyer 150 1762 Timothy Blake 75 8 Ebenezer Webster 200 1765 Moses Blake 80 11 John Redman 100 1765 Oliver Blake point 2 Blakes in Penobscot probably the children of Timothy Blake and Prudence Webster Washington Co Probate: Nil Charlotte County Registry of Deeds 1784-1838, A-Z Only Sylvannus Blake. All St George. Micajah Merrill to John Blake Grand Manan Volume D Page 134 1780-1941 John Blake to Dennis Driscoll Mortgage St James Volume T Page 205 John Blake to Margaret Donahue Deed St Stephen Volume U Page 327 Richard Blake to Dennis Driscoll Mortgage St James Volume T Page 205 Dennis Driscoll and wife to John Blake St James Deed Volume U Page 66 Dennis Driscoll and wife to John Blake St James Mortgage Volume U Page 184 Dennis Driscoll and wife to Richard Blake St James Deed Volume U Page 66 Dennis Driscoll and wife to Richard Blake St James Mortgage Volume U Page 184 John Blake St James yeoman William Blake St James yeoman Mortgage St James Volume U Page 692 No 1000 75 pounds Wit: S(J?) H Hitchings 11 January 1847 Volume D Page 134 No 125 John Blake Grand Manan yeoman Micajah Merrill Grand Manan blacksmith $200 Lot 3 Grand Manan Seal Cove 200 acres 19 June 1810 These Blakes are Irish, arriving earliest 1834.

  
  

• Sources

  [S563] Kirk McColl Anglican Church Records, Kirk McColl Church Records, St Stephen/St Andrews, Charlotte, NB. [S5] Census of New Brunswick 1851, Library and Archives of Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html). [S101] Census of Charlotte County, NB 1861, Province of New Brunswick, (New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Charlotte Branch, 1999). [S170] Charlotte County Marriage Register, Charlotte County, NB. [S1167] Deed: Samuel Johnson to Prudence Manser, (12 January 1858; Reg 16 March 1858). [S2934] Deed: Prudence Manser to Isaac Budd, Land Registry New Brunswick, (18 April 1870). [S3913] All Saints Angilcan Church Records, St Andrews, NB, Transcribed by Shirley O'Neill.