Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/12060 Surname: Blake ------------------------- Dear Les: The Blake family you mention is very well known although I have no known connections with Jackson Co., WV. Bruce Blake was b. Aug. 22, 1882 and d.Apr.8, 1967, in Fayette Co., WV. I can trace him back to Jasper Blake who immigrated to New England in about 1647, through his great grandson, Theophilus Blake, b.1722, NH; d. abt 1797, Bath Co., VA. Bruce m. Martha Ellen Pratt, b. Dec. 20, 1890; d. Oct. 4, 1975, dau. of David Alexander Pratt and Emily Leanna Ward. I have one child, Bonnie Lee Blake, b. Oct. 11, 1930. She married a Mr. Harper and was living at 473 Richard lane, Cincinnati, 45244 in 1985.