Hello Ann, Sorry to be so slow in responding. Better late than never, they say. I'm interested in acouple of the spouses of your BLAKES -- the KINGs (my g'father was Norman KING & we have no idea where the Norman came from or where in England his g'father, David KING came from). So you never know. It might be a lead. Also theARISes as many of my HATTEN line (from Duns Tew) seem to have married ARISes. (Angela will probably know this too.) Any info you have (inc. references) would be helpful. TIA Margaret in snowy British Columbia ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Johnston <annp.johnston@tiscali.co.uk> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: [BAN] Urban Blake (1822-?) > Urban Blake was born abt 1822 and married Mary Ann Aris at Newbottle in 1840. Does anybody have any information on his ancestry ? In view of the close proximity to Kings Sutton, I wonder if he was a descendant of Thomas Blake of Kings Sutton (1763-1846) and his first wife Elizabeth King nee Norman (1762-1805) who had at least 4 known children James Blake bn 1793, Frederic Blake bp 1799, Thomas Blake bp 1802 and George Richard Blake bn and d 1804. > > Ann Johnston > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 01/11/04 > > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >