HUSBAND: Dr. Obadiah Blake, son of Robert Blake and Sarah Guild. Married Zipporah Harris NOV 27, 1749, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA.
SOURCE: Book "New England Families, by William Richard Cutter, A.M., Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York (1913)."
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
Momento Mori
In Memory of
Mrs. Zipporah Blake
Wife of Doc
Obadiah Blake, who
Dec'd Fed 25, 1785
Aged 57 years.
NOTE: Buried to her immediate left is Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, wife of her son Royal Blake. There are no stones on her right. Zipporah's husband, Dr. Obadiah Blake, is not buried at this cemetery, but at West Cemetery, on Bradford Street, in Keene, NH.
VITAL RECORDS OF KEENE, CHESHIRE CO., NH:
Blake, Zipporah, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blake, d. Feb. 25, 1785, 57y.
Obadiah & Zipporah Blake. Children: Obadiah, b. May 30, 1750; Zipporah, b. Jan 2, 1752; Obadiah, b. Sep 26, 1752; Benjamin, b. May 5, 1755; Royal, b. June 30, 1756; Elijah, b. Sept. 7, 1763; Artemisa, b. Dec. 5, 1765; Eli, b. Oct. 20, 1767.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER:
PAGE #116 "Fair and clear. I go to work for Royal Blake. Forenoon we thrash beans and turn rowen. Afternoon we cut up and cart John Swan's wife's corn. Very fair, warm and pleasant. This noon Madame Blake [Zipporah Blake] and I have wrangle and etc." [OCT 14, 1776].
PAGE #126 "Morning Fair and cold. I get breakfast at Major Willard's. Then I go to Baker's and get shoe leather cut out for El and I. Near noon I set out home. I ride Jonathan Willard's Stile's horse. "Old Goody Witch," Dr. Blake's wife, raves and throws clubs at me. Moderate. I borrow meal at Henry Ellis's, then home. Cold night. [JAN 11, 1777].
PAGE #581 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
"Dr. Obadiah Blake (1719-1810), from Wrentham, Mass., was one of Keene's first physicians. He was an original member of the church and was made a deacon in 1761. He and his first wife Zipporah (1728-1785) had seven children. Abner Sanger called Dr. Blake, "Dr. Num-Nose," and Mrs. Blake, "Old Goody Witch."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make. The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire Co., NH. (1986)
SOURCE: Book "New England Families, by William Richard Cutter, A.M., Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York (1913)."
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
Momento Mori
In Memory of
Mrs. Zipporah Blake
Wife of Doc
Obadiah Blake, who
Dec'd Fed 25, 1785
Aged 57 years.
NOTE: Buried to her immediate left is Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, wife of her son Royal Blake. There are no stones on her right. Zipporah's husband, Dr. Obadiah Blake, is not buried at this cemetery, but at West Cemetery, on Bradford Street, in Keene, NH.
VITAL RECORDS OF KEENE, CHESHIRE CO., NH:
Blake, Zipporah, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blake, d. Feb. 25, 1785, 57y.
Obadiah & Zipporah Blake. Children: Obadiah, b. May 30, 1750; Zipporah, b. Jan 2, 1752; Obadiah, b. Sep 26, 1752; Benjamin, b. May 5, 1755; Royal, b. June 30, 1756; Elijah, b. Sept. 7, 1763; Artemisa, b. Dec. 5, 1765; Eli, b. Oct. 20, 1767.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER:
PAGE #116 "Fair and clear. I go to work for Royal Blake. Forenoon we thrash beans and turn rowen. Afternoon we cut up and cart John Swan's wife's corn. Very fair, warm and pleasant. This noon Madame Blake [Zipporah Blake] and I have wrangle and etc." [OCT 14, 1776].
PAGE #126 "Morning Fair and cold. I get breakfast at Major Willard's. Then I go to Baker's and get shoe leather cut out for El and I. Near noon I set out home. I ride Jonathan Willard's Stile's horse. "Old Goody Witch," Dr. Blake's wife, raves and throws clubs at me. Moderate. I borrow meal at Henry Ellis's, then home. Cold night. [JAN 11, 1777].
PAGE #581 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
"Dr. Obadiah Blake (1719-1810), from Wrentham, Mass., was one of Keene's first physicians. He was an original member of the church and was made a deacon in 1761. He and his first wife Zipporah (1728-1785) had seven children. Abner Sanger called Dr. Blake, "Dr. Num-Nose," and Mrs. Blake, "Old Goody Witch."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make. The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire Co., NH. (1986)
HUSBAND: Dr. Obadiah Blake, son of Robert Blake and Sarah Guild. Married Zipporah Harris NOV 27, 1749, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA.
SOURCE: Book "New England Families, by William Richard Cutter, A.M., Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York (1913)."
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
Momento Mori
In Memory of
Mrs. Zipporah Blake
Wife of Doc
Obadiah Blake, who
Dec'd Fed 25, 1785
Aged 57 years.
NOTE: Buried to her immediate left is Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, wife of her son Royal Blake. There are no stones on her right. Zipporah's husband, Dr. Obadiah Blake, is not buried at this cemetery, but at West Cemetery, on Bradford Street, in Keene, NH.
VITAL RECORDS OF KEENE, CHESHIRE CO., NH:
Blake, Zipporah, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blake, d. Feb. 25, 1785, 57y.
Obadiah & Zipporah Blake. Children: Obadiah, b. May 30, 1750; Zipporah, b. Jan 2, 1752; Obadiah, b. Sep 26, 1752; Benjamin, b. May 5, 1755; Royal, b. June 30, 1756; Elijah, b. Sept. 7, 1763; Artemisa, b. Dec. 5, 1765; Eli, b. Oct. 20, 1767.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER:
PAGE #116 "Fair and clear. I go to work for Royal Blake. Forenoon we thrash beans and turn rowen. Afternoon we cut up and cart John Swan's wife's corn. Very fair, warm and pleasant. This noon Madame Blake [Zipporah Blake] and I have wrangle and etc." [OCT 14, 1776].
PAGE #126 "Morning Fair and cold. I get breakfast at Major Willard's. Then I go to Baker's and get shoe leather cut out for El and I. Near noon I set out home. I ride Jonathan Willard's Stile's horse. "Old Goody Witch," Dr. Blake's wife, raves and throws clubs at me. Moderate. I borrow meal at Henry Ellis's, then home. Cold night. [JAN 11, 1777].
PAGE #581 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
"Dr. Obadiah Blake (1719-1810), from Wrentham, Mass., was one of Keene's first physicians. He was an original member of the church and was made a deacon in 1761. He and his first wife Zipporah (1728-1785) had seven children. Abner Sanger called Dr. Blake, "Dr. Num-Nose," and Mrs. Blake, "Old Goody Witch."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make. The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire Co., NH. (1986)
SOURCE: Book "New England Families, by William Richard Cutter, A.M., Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York (1913)."
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
Momento Mori
In Memory of
Mrs. Zipporah Blake
Wife of Doc
Obadiah Blake, who
Dec'd Fed 25, 1785
Aged 57 years.
NOTE: Buried to her immediate left is Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, wife of her son Royal Blake. There are no stones on her right. Zipporah's husband, Dr. Obadiah Blake, is not buried at this cemetery, but at West Cemetery, on Bradford Street, in Keene, NH.
VITAL RECORDS OF KEENE, CHESHIRE CO., NH:
Blake, Zipporah, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blake, d. Feb. 25, 1785, 57y.
Obadiah & Zipporah Blake. Children: Obadiah, b. May 30, 1750; Zipporah, b. Jan 2, 1752; Obadiah, b. Sep 26, 1752; Benjamin, b. May 5, 1755; Royal, b. June 30, 1756; Elijah, b. Sept. 7, 1763; Artemisa, b. Dec. 5, 1765; Eli, b. Oct. 20, 1767.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER:
PAGE #116 "Fair and clear. I go to work for Royal Blake. Forenoon we thrash beans and turn rowen. Afternoon we cut up and cart John Swan's wife's corn. Very fair, warm and pleasant. This noon Madame Blake [Zipporah Blake] and I have wrangle and etc." [OCT 14, 1776].
PAGE #126 "Morning Fair and cold. I get breakfast at Major Willard's. Then I go to Baker's and get shoe leather cut out for El and I. Near noon I set out home. I ride Jonathan Willard's Stile's horse. "Old Goody Witch," Dr. Blake's wife, raves and throws clubs at me. Moderate. I borrow meal at Henry Ellis's, then home. Cold night. [JAN 11, 1777].
PAGE #581 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
"Dr. Obadiah Blake (1719-1810), from Wrentham, Mass., was one of Keene's first physicians. He was an original member of the church and was made a deacon in 1761. He and his first wife Zipporah (1728-1785) had seven children. Abner Sanger called Dr. Blake, "Dr. Num-Nose," and Mrs. Blake, "Old Goody Witch."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make. The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire Co., NH. (1986)
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