Prudence BLAKE b. 15 Mar 1799 St David, Charlotte, NB d. Between 18 Apr 1870 and CENSUS 1871: Boombridge Genealogy

1799 - 1871 (71 years)

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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 https://registers.nbgstwo.ca/display_record/MC223-S2-6D-28_marriage_0010 NBGS Anglican Registers Project V2 Data Source Record Key MC223-S2-6D-28_marriage_0010 Register MC223-S2-6D Spreadsheet Id MC223-S2-6D_1 Image Id/Sheet Name MC223-S2-6D-28 Record Number 0010 Event Type Marriage Event Date 1797-03-22 Record Data Fields Recordid 1 Entry number Groom given name Timothy Groom surname Blake Bride given name Johannah Bride surname Greenlaw Event location St Andrews Parish, Charlotte Co Event day 22 Event month Mar Event year 1797 Officiant Samuel Andrews Notes listed chronologically in register preceeding dates in 1797 Date created 2020-02-01 17:15:36
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 Daley 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.