son of Samuel Blakesley
and Hannah Potter;
husband of Grace Ventrous∼John was born about 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Blakesley and Hannah Potter. They had an older son John, born in Guilford in 1651 and died there in 1653. The family then moved to New Haven, where this John was born. About 1675, John married Grace Ventrus, daughter of Moses Ventrus & Grace Graves of Farmington. This is shown by the will of Moses, which names “daughter Grace, wife of John Blakeslee”. John and Grace had nine children, but only four that lived to be adults. John made his will on March 7, 1713 and died in New Haven on March 12. He named his wife Grace, his sons John and Moses and his daughters Mary Ford and (H)Anna Sperry.
He must have been buried in New Haven Green, the original and only burying place for New Haven until 1797. Between 1797 and 1812, a few of those buried there were reintered in the Grove Street Cemetery, but most were left under the green and three churches were eventually built over the graves. Some of the stones were moved to the Grove Street location, and some remain under the Center Church on the Green. Most of the gravestones were destroyed, but John's stone leans against the west wall of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Here / Lyeth ye / Body of / JOHN BLAKSLE / Who Died March / 12: 1712/13 Aged 59 / Years. He is not buried there.
and Hannah Potter;
husband of Grace Ventrous∼John was born about 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Blakesley and Hannah Potter. They had an older son John, born in Guilford in 1651 and died there in 1653. The family then moved to New Haven, where this John was born. About 1675, John married Grace Ventrus, daughter of Moses Ventrus & Grace Graves of Farmington. This is shown by the will of Moses, which names “daughter Grace, wife of John Blakeslee”. John and Grace had nine children, but only four that lived to be adults. John made his will on March 7, 1713 and died in New Haven on March 12. He named his wife Grace, his sons John and Moses and his daughters Mary Ford and (H)Anna Sperry.
He must have been buried in New Haven Green, the original and only burying place for New Haven until 1797. Between 1797 and 1812, a few of those buried there were reintered in the Grove Street Cemetery, but most were left under the green and three churches were eventually built over the graves. Some of the stones were moved to the Grove Street location, and some remain under the Center Church on the Green. Most of the gravestones were destroyed, but John's stone leans against the west wall of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Here / Lyeth ye / Body of / JOHN BLAKSLE / Who Died March / 12: 1712/13 Aged 59 / Years. He is not buried there.
son of Samuel Blakesley
and Hannah Potter;
husband of Grace Ventrous∼John was born about 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Blakesley and Hannah Potter. They had an older son John, born in Guilford in 1651 and died there in 1653. The family then moved to New Haven, where this John was born. About 1675, John married Grace Ventrus, daughter of Moses Ventrus & Grace Graves of Farmington. This is shown by the will of Moses, which names “daughter Grace, wife of John Blakeslee”. John and Grace had nine children, but only four that lived to be adults. John made his will on March 7, 1713 and died in New Haven on March 12. He named his wife Grace, his sons John and Moses and his daughters Mary Ford and (H)Anna Sperry.
He must have been buried in New Haven Green, the original and only burying place for New Haven until 1797. Between 1797 and 1812, a few of those buried there were reintered in the Grove Street Cemetery, but most were left under the green and three churches were eventually built over the graves. Some of the stones were moved to the Grove Street location, and some remain under the Center Church on the Green. Most of the gravestones were destroyed, but John's stone leans against the west wall of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Here / Lyeth ye / Body of / JOHN BLAKSLE / Who Died March / 12: 1712/13 Aged 59 / Years. He is not buried there.
and Hannah Potter;
husband of Grace Ventrous∼John was born about 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Blakesley and Hannah Potter. They had an older son John, born in Guilford in 1651 and died there in 1653. The family then moved to New Haven, where this John was born. About 1675, John married Grace Ventrus, daughter of Moses Ventrus & Grace Graves of Farmington. This is shown by the will of Moses, which names “daughter Grace, wife of John Blakeslee”. John and Grace had nine children, but only four that lived to be adults. John made his will on March 7, 1713 and died in New Haven on March 12. He named his wife Grace, his sons John and Moses and his daughters Mary Ford and (H)Anna Sperry.
He must have been buried in New Haven Green, the original and only burying place for New Haven until 1797. Between 1797 and 1812, a few of those buried there were reintered in the Grove Street Cemetery, but most were left under the green and three churches were eventually built over the graves. Some of the stones were moved to the Grove Street location, and some remain under the Center Church on the Green. Most of the gravestones were destroyed, but John's stone leans against the west wall of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Here / Lyeth ye / Body of / JOHN BLAKSLE / Who Died March / 12: 1712/13 Aged 59 / Years. He is not buried there.
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