84 Blake. 



Ch., so far as I can ascertain, were — 



2. i. Joseph, b. at Boston, Feb. 5, 1738-39. 

 ii. John, Aug. 27, 1740. 



iii. Elizabeth, May 23, 1742. 



3. iv. Solomon, June 22, 1744. 



V. George, 1746, prob. d. young. 



Note. — The Blake tomb in the Hingham Cemetery contains, in addition to the remains 

 therein deposited, two gravestones, one of which was oi-iginally erected to the memory of 

 Martin Blake. Upon the other stone is the following inscription : — 



^ In Memory of 



LIDY BLAKE. 



Daughv of Cap "William 



& M's Dorcas Blake. 



Died 28 July 1775. 



Aged 1 j^ear. 



2. Joseph^ (Joseph^ Solomon^ Edward^ William^), b. at Boston, 

 Feb. 5, 1738-39. m. first, 1757, Deborah Smith, dau. of Samuel and 

 Bethia (Chipmau) Smith of Sandwich, Mass. After her decease he m. 

 secondly Mrs. Thankful Baty, wid. of Gideon Baty, her second hus., 

 whom she m. 28 Sept. 1777. (Her first husband was Watson Freeman.) 

 She d. and for his third w. he m. Huldah Dix. At 17 yrs. of age 

 Joseph was sec. lieut. in Col. Gridley's regiment, of which Samuel 

 Thaxter of Hing. was major, and was present at the capitulation of 

 Fort William Henry in 1757. He also was an officer under General 

 John Winslow at the taking of Qttebec in 1759, and had charge of the 

 little band of unfortunate French neutrals sent into Hing. In 1777, 

 being then a resident of Rutland, Mass., he bought of Josiah Leavitt 

 of Hing.. "physician," the land and dwelling-house now owned by 

 heirs of the late George Bassett, at the corner of Main and Elm Sts. ; 

 also land at Turkey Hill, etc. Joseph was for many yrs. a success- 

 ful merchant of Boston ; and after leaving Hing. he resided in Boston, 

 on Cambridge St. He d. at Billerica, Mass., 21 July, 1818, aet. 79 yrs. 



Ch.,— 



i. Charlotte, b. in Hing. March 12, 1758. m. in Hing. Oct. 7, 1778,William 

 Caldwell, Esqr., and d. in Hing. 14 Jan. 1806, set. 48th yr. 



ii. John Welland, bt. in Hing. Nov. 1, 1761, was m. and resided at Brattle- 

 boro', Vt., where he d. 27 Oct. 1818, ret. 57th yr. 



iii. Harriot, bt. in Hing. Nov. 1, 1761, d. here 3 May, 1780. 



iv. Sophia, bt. in Hing. Sept. 26, 1762. m. Jan. 16, 1791, Col. Nathan Eice. 



V. Deborah, bt. in Hing. Sept. 2, 1764, d. in Hing. 11 Dec. 1781. 



vi. Joseph, b. . (Har. Coll. 1786), d. at Jamaica 10 July, 1802. 



vii. George, b. at Hardwick, Mass., Apr. 16, 1769, attended school in Hing. 

 under Rev. Joseph Thaxter ; was fitted for coll. by Dr. Joshua Barker, 

 and was grad. at Har. Coll. 1789. He commenced the study of law with 

 his bro. -in-law, William Caldwell, E.sqr., of Rutland, and afts. settled in 

 Boston ; was appointed U. S. Dis. Attor. 1801, and held the office nearly 

 twenty-seven successive yi's. 

 viii. Charles, b. in Hing. 1771, was a physician at Northboro', Mass., where he 

 d. 20 Apr. 1841. 



ix. Francis, b. at Rutland, Oct. 14, 1774, attended school in Hing. and was 

 prepared for coll. here. He grad. at Har. 1789, and, at a later period, 

 was an eminent lawyer of Worcester. 



X. Joshua, b. at Rutland, June 18, 1776, d. in Hing. 18 Dec. 1777. 



