Re: Mazey Ann Simpkins & Burdine Blake 1818
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Mazey Ann Simpkins & Burdine Blake 1818
Patty Cartwright 3/09/01
For your review.
The Time line is questionable.
Sir William Blake>(I believe there is a missing Blake male family member here)>William Blake d. circa 1834>He had six sons; Thomas, William, Berdine/Burdine, (who also became a preacher) Simon, Easton and Samuel
My great grandfather on my Father's side, instead of coming from Holland, was from England. His name was William Blake and he was the son of Sir William Blake, who once was a great warrior and played an important part in saving
England from Invaders who might have conquered England but for the good generalship of Sir William Blake. he and his armies kept the country from being overrun by invaders, and he was rewarded by the Crown of England with a gift of a great amount of land, of which most of it lay where the city of London now stands. Sir William had two sons; William and Bascm. His son William was a minister, but he didn't like the ways of the Church of England and decided to come to the New Land and start a church to suit his way of thinking. He and his brother left England and came to the New Country about 1700. William settled in Massachusetts, while Bascom settled at Philadelphia.
William started a church in Massachusetts called the Quaker Church, of which there are several branches today; The dunkards, Mennonites, and others.
William had learned all about the foundry business in England, so he decided to start a cast iron foundry in this country. He and a friend left Massachusetts and came to Pennsylvania and settled at what is now Woodbury, Bedford County, and there started a cast iron foundry, making stoves, iron kettles, ploughshares, and all kinds of cast iron implements that were needed in those early days. He continued preaching and helping to run the iron foundry until his death, about he year 1834. He had six sons; Thonas, William, Berdine/Burdine, (who also became a preacher) Simon, Easton and Samuel; who was my Father. Five of these boys enlisted in the army during the Civil war and were mustered in at the place now called Loysburg, Bedford County, but at that time was the town of Pattonsville. Thomas and William never returned from the war. Whether they were killed in action, or what happened to them, no one ever knew. Easton had learned the foundry business in his Father's foundry, and on coming back from the war, decided to start a Foundry in Huntingdon. He built his foundry on the east bank, about 200 yards about the mouth of Stone Creek, which empties into the Juniata River. The foundry continued to run and turn out castings until Easton Blake's death, about the year 1888. when it was shut down, and some years later it was disbanded.
My father, Samuel Blake, was a plasterer by trade. He married Mary Putt at Martinsburg about the year 1864 after he had come home from the Civil War. They had nine children; six boys and three girls.
There was Frank, Oliver, (myself -- Miles), Simon, Charles, Samuel, Savilla, Margaret and Elizabeth. Of the six boys only two had children. The elder one, Frank, had two girls, no boys; and myself, Miles, five girls and one
boy, Ralph, who is married to Arvilla Frederick. My son has no children, so you see, of the William Blake that migrated from England, Ralph Blake is the last of his descendants in this line.
Written by:
Miles M. Blake
549 Wharton Ave. Lakemont
Altoona PA
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ID: I6686
Name: Simon S Blake
Surname: Blake
Given Name: Simon S
Sex: M
Birth: 29 Oct 1829 in Martinsburg, Blair, Pennsylvania 1
Death: 5 Mar 1904 in Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin 1
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Orion, Richland, Wisconsin 2
_UID: EE374B01AE2B3B40A97704E78C3A1501ACFC 3
Change Date: 15 Sep 2004 at 15:58:47
Marriage 1 Mary Magdalena Ambrose b: 30 Apr 1836 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Married: 18 Jan 1855 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin 4Children
Sylvester Fremont Blake b: 10 Jul 1856 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Ida Elmira Blake b: 17 Sep 1858 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Viola Genoa Blake b: 14 Apr 1861 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Mary Estelle Blake b: 14 May 1863 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Salome Caroline Blake b: 28 Jul 1865 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
John Ambrose Blake b: ABT 1865 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Cora Jane Blake b: 30 Oct 1869 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Grant Burdine Blake b: ABT 1871 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Dora Belle Blake b: 22 Jan 1873 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Edna Pearl Blake b: 5 Sep 1876 in Orion, Richland, Wisconsin
Sources:
Title: The Blake-Ambrose Family History
Author: Irma Ruth Mason Anderson
Note:
(Mrs. Arvid E. Anderson) 144 Kenneth St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, January 1966
Page: P 3, 54
Date: Jul 2000
Title: The Blake-Ambrose Family History
Author: Irma Ruth Mason Anderson
Note:
(Mrs. Arvid E. Anderson) 144 Kenneth St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, January 1966
Page: p 3, 54
Date: Jul 2000
Title: The Blake-Ambrose Family History
Author: Irma Ruth Mason Anderson
Note:
(Mrs. Arvid E. Anderson) 144 Kenneth St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, January 1966
Page: pg 3
Note: Original sources used by Irma Ruth for this family are: (1) "History of Crawford & Richland Counties, Wisconsin", Union Pub. Co., springfield, Ill., 1884 pp. 917, 918, 1131, 1132, 1143; (2) civil War service and disability pension record. General Service Administration, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Text: As a youth Simon's experiences were many and varied. Until he was fourteen he was in school or helped his father on the farm. Then he tried his hand at learning the trades of merchant tailor, blacksmith and axmaking, but finally engaged in teaching. When he was seventten he tried to enlist in the service of the U.S. for the Mexican War. As he was underaged and his parents witheld their consent, he returned to axmaking until he was 21. In the fall of 1852 he visited relatives in Ironton, Ohio then went on to Arkansas where he worked in the lumbering business for seven months. Returning to Pennsylvania he taught school for a four-month winter term.
It is not certain that Simon's brothers, Thomas and Charles, accompanied him to Richland County, Wisconsin when he went there to take up land in 1854, but it was not long before them, as well as his sisters' families - The Brennemans and Hamiltons - joined him. Land at $1.25 an acre enticed many from the east to settle in this part of the frontier. At this time the Ambroses arrived from Indiana. The land was still virgin forest so these first settlers established their homes in the same fashion their fathers ha made homes in the forests of Pennsylvania by clearing the land, building log cabins and planting crops.
Simon entered 120 acres of land on Sections 17 and 18 of the town of Orion then went to work in the village as a clerk in a store. Quite possibly it was there he met Mary Ambrose now a girl of nineteen, and he lost no time in proposing. They were married the following January. He left the store in the fall and taught a 3-month term of school at Pleasant Hill in the town of Eagle. The next spring they settled on his land on Oak Ridge and continued to live there until their latter years when they moved to the town of Richland Center.
They had three small children - Sylvester, Ida and Vioa when Simon responded to the call of Abraham Lincoln and enlisted in the 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry for a term of three years. He was wounded at Decatur, Georgia in July 1864 on Sherman's march to the sea. He used to tell his children how the ladies from the plantation mansion brought him food and water until he was taken from the battle field to the field hospital. As his wound was serious he was sent from there to the Harvey General Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin and remained there until he received a disability discharage on March 20, 1865.
Simon Blanke was interested in public affairs and held several town offices. In politics he was a Republican, and Viola would often be his companion in attending political rallies. He was deeply religious and helped to establish the Methodist church at Oak Ridge. This log church is no longer in existence but nearby in the cemetery Simon and Mary Ambrose Blake lie buried.
Mary Magdalena Ambrose was nine years old when her parents moved from the old homestead near Ligonier, Pennsylvania to Clinton County, Indiana. They settled on land near Fussiaville and remained there until 1854 when they migrated with their relatives, the Kanables, to Wisconsin.
Mary is remembered as a quiet, unassuming person busy with the cares of raising a family of ten children two of whom died in infancy. She seldom attended church as she was usually preparing dinner for the preacher who still had one, perhaps two, appointments yet to make. Their home was not a home fo plenty, bu they were hospitable and willing to share - a characteristic of most frontier people.
Date: Aug 2000
Title: The Blake-Ambrose Family History
Author: Irma Ruth Mason Anderson
Note:
(Mrs. Arvid E. Anderson) 144 Kenneth St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, January 1966
Page: p 3
Date: Jul 2000
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Burdine Blake + Mazie Ann Simpkins d/o William and Ruth (Wallen/Walling, the daughter of Colonel James WALLING and Mary MALLOT WALLING) Simpkins>Simon Blake + Mary Magdalena Ambrose
I am not related, just sharing.
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Simpkins in Washington Co. MD 1790-1830
Posted by: Patty Simpkins Cartwright Date: June 02, 2000 at 20:09:48
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I am looking for material on William and Ruth Wallen/Walling SIMPKINS she was the daughter of Colonel James WALLING and Mary MALLOT WALLING..
Ruth and William SIMPKINS married 20 March 1780 Washington Co. MD listed on the 1790 Washington Co. MD. Ruth was born c1763 Frederick, Co. MD. William was born c1757.
I am trying to find how this SIMPKINS tree ties on to my family in Kentucky/West Virgina.
Can anyone tell me the names of their children, etc. Parents/brother/sisters to William Simpkins ? Did they have a son Charles?
Ruth Walling was a cousin to my James Walling [ Walden-Walling-Wallen] 1840-1850 Estill Co. Kentucky. This James was married to Rutha McCUBBINS Walling. My 4th G-GParents, they were in TN 1830.
Thankyou,
Patty
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Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757
Posted by: Ron Cofiell Date: July 12, 2000 at 18:29:04
In Reply to: Simpkins in Washington Co. MD 1790-1830 by Patty Simpkins Cartwright of 1012
William SIMPKINS may have been born c. 1755, and he d. 1831. He was son of John and Mary (GORSUCH) SIMPKINS. John was b. 3/19/1721/22 in Baltimore Co., MD and d. 1772 in Loudoun Co., VA. John was still in Balto. Co. in Feb. 1767 when he gave his age as 45 in a deposition (Balto. Co. Land Records, Liber B #P, folio 418). John was son of John and Priscilla SIMPKINS; Mary was daughter of Thomas and Jane (ENSOR) GORSUCH. Wm.'s siblings were John (b. 12/25/1746), Susannah (b. 2/2/1748), Priscilla (b. 12/29/1750), and possibly Rachel (m. ___KELLY).
Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757
Posted by: Patty Simpkins Cartwright Date: March 09, 2001 at 18:34:39
In Reply to: Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757 by Ron Cofiell of 1012
Dear Ron,
Can you share more on William Simpkins' brothers and sisters on who they married and where they lived?
William Simpkins born 1757 md, 1780 Washington Co. Maryland to Ruth WALLEN/ WALLING she was born in Fredrick Co. MD 1763.
They went to Washington Co. MD.
I don't have anything more on William's siblings: John born 1746, Susannah b 1748, Priscilla 1750 and maybe Rachel.
I am still working on where William and Ruth's children lived and who they married.
I have only what is on the Simpkins Family Gen. Forum.. which is very helpful, just need to try to put it all together.
I do appreciate all the help you and others have given me.
Thankyou,
Patty
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Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757
Posted by: Jim [email protected]: June 10, 2001 at 15:16:34
In Reply to: Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757 by Patty Simpkins Cartwright of 1012
Patty,
William and Ruth Simpkins had a daughter,
*******Mazie Ann born February 1794 in Washington
Co, MD. She married *******Burdine Blake and moved
to *****Blair Co, PA. William and Ruth are my
gggg-grandparents.
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Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757
Posted by: Ron Cofiell Date: July 14, 2000 at 01:15:12
In Reply to: Re: Wm. SIMPKINS of MD b. c. 1755-1757 by Patty Simpkins Cartwright of 1012
I don't have anything more on SIMPKINS in VA or KY. I would like to find out about Wm. SIMPKINS' father, John, who died in Loudoun Co., VA in 1772. (The citations are VA Wills and Administrations, p. 386; and VA Historical Mag., v. 26, p. 217, neither of which I have seen.) For instance, when did he move there from MD? Was his wife Mary (nee GORSUCH) still alive at that time? Did he travel to VA in a caravan with other families from Balto. Co.?
****Wm.'s daughter Mazey Ann (1794-1867) m. Burdine BLAKE in 1818 in Washington Co., MD. According to Mrs. A.E. ANDERSON (probably Irma Ruth Mason ANDERSON, c. 1981), the other children of Wm. and Ruth (WALLING) SIMPKINS were Thomas, John W., Sarah Guyton, Ruth A., Mary Woltz, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Darius (m. Rowena KADLE), and Nancy Spencer. I do not see a Charles listed
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2. William S. BLAKE was born 25 APR 1821 in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, and died 8 JUN 1899. He was the son of 4. Burdine BLAKE and 5. Mary SIMPKINS.
3. Katherine GEARHART.
Children of Katherine GEARHART and William S. BLAKE are:
1.i. Millard Filmore BLAKE was born 24 MAR 1855 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He married Eugenia ANGEL 1879.
ii. Albert M. BLAKE.
iii. Clara E. BLAKE.
iv. Wilbur BLAKE.
v. (George S. Kennedy) BLAKE.
vi. William G. BLAKE.
vii. Franklin G. BLAKE.
Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3
4. Burdine BLAKE.
5. Mary SIMPKINS.
Child of Mary SIMPKINS and Burdine BLAKE is:
2.i. William S. BLAKE was born 25 APR 1821 in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, and died 8 JUN 1899. He married Katherine GEARHART.