Timothy Blake was the son of Jonathan Blake and Mary Sanborn.
He married, 22 Dec 1763, at Hawke, NH, to Susannah Morrill (1744-?), daughter of Henry Morrill, and Susannah Folsom.
Their children were Susannah, b.1770, married Azel Percival, Timothy Jr. born 1772, Jonathan born 1774, Joseph born 1778, Isaac born 1781, Rachel born 1785, Abigail born 1783, Mary born 1787, and Elizabeth born 1789.
He served with Goffstown, NH men during the Revolution: "Blake, Timothy, sergeant; Capt. Samuel Richford's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt.; enlisted Apr. 23 1775; 3 months, 16 days; Bunker Hill."
The State Papers of Vermont record that Timothy and 14 associates were granted a tract of land on 18 June 1785. This grant of land between Sharon, and Strafford, was known as "Blake's Gore".
From "Friend's Miscellany", Vol. 7, page 186:
"TIMOTHY BLAKE, of Strafford, in Vermont, the principal man among those called Friends, newly convinced there away, at whose house their meeting was held, when Thomas Colley, Moses Brown, Daniel Cass, and William Rotch, junr. visited them in the latter end of the 10th month, 1786, being the first of our Society that ever visited them,—appeared to be a very intelligent person, and gave them a particular account of his convincement, and of the settlement of himself and of the meeting in that place, the principal part of which account was nearly as follows:
He being a lieutenant in the American army, at Canada, in 1776, at a time when great ravages were made among the troops by the small pox, was, about midnight, returning from a visit to the distressed of his corps, when, passing an officer's tent, he was struck with amazement at seeing several of them in great jollity and mirth at their cards and cups, when so many of the poor soldiery were in such a distressed condition. Reflecting on these things, he was favoured with a very clear manifestation of Divine Light in his heart, which fully convinced him, not only of their iniquity, but also of his own situation, and the inconsistency of war with the christian precepts; and as he attended to it, he was led to keep mostly by himself, until the expiration of the time he had engaged for, which was then about two months, thinking his duty to those under his command required his continuance with them till that time expired."
From "Quaker's Crosscurrents". page 34, "In Strafford, Timothy Blake, a disiillusioned revolutionary veteran of the Quebec campaign, gathered like minded spirits, and began worship before he had contact with Quakers."
He married, 22 Dec 1763, at Hawke, NH, to Susannah Morrill (1744-?), daughter of Henry Morrill, and Susannah Folsom.
Their children were Susannah, b.1770, married Azel Percival, Timothy Jr. born 1772, Jonathan born 1774, Joseph born 1778, Isaac born 1781, Rachel born 1785, Abigail born 1783, Mary born 1787, and Elizabeth born 1789.
He served with Goffstown, NH men during the Revolution: "Blake, Timothy, sergeant; Capt. Samuel Richford's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt.; enlisted Apr. 23 1775; 3 months, 16 days; Bunker Hill."
The State Papers of Vermont record that Timothy and 14 associates were granted a tract of land on 18 June 1785. This grant of land between Sharon, and Strafford, was known as "Blake's Gore".
From "Friend's Miscellany", Vol. 7, page 186:
"TIMOTHY BLAKE, of Strafford, in Vermont, the principal man among those called Friends, newly convinced there away, at whose house their meeting was held, when Thomas Colley, Moses Brown, Daniel Cass, and William Rotch, junr. visited them in the latter end of the 10th month, 1786, being the first of our Society that ever visited them,—appeared to be a very intelligent person, and gave them a particular account of his convincement, and of the settlement of himself and of the meeting in that place, the principal part of which account was nearly as follows:
He being a lieutenant in the American army, at Canada, in 1776, at a time when great ravages were made among the troops by the small pox, was, about midnight, returning from a visit to the distressed of his corps, when, passing an officer's tent, he was struck with amazement at seeing several of them in great jollity and mirth at their cards and cups, when so many of the poor soldiery were in such a distressed condition. Reflecting on these things, he was favoured with a very clear manifestation of Divine Light in his heart, which fully convinced him, not only of their iniquity, but also of his own situation, and the inconsistency of war with the christian precepts; and as he attended to it, he was led to keep mostly by himself, until the expiration of the time he had engaged for, which was then about two months, thinking his duty to those under his command required his continuance with them till that time expired."
From "Quaker's Crosscurrents". page 34, "In Strafford, Timothy Blake, a disiillusioned revolutionary veteran of the Quebec campaign, gathered like minded spirits, and began worship before he had contact with Quakers."
Timothy Blake was the son of Jonathan Blake and Mary Sanborn.
He married, 22 Dec 1763, at Hawke, NH, to Susannah Morrill (1744-?), daughter of Henry Morrill, and Susannah Folsom.
Their children were Susannah, b.1770, married Azel Percival, Timothy Jr. born 1772, Jonathan born 1774, Joseph born 1778, Isaac born 1781, Rachel born 1785, Abigail born 1783, Mary born 1787, and Elizabeth born 1789.
He served with Goffstown, NH men during the Revolution: "Blake, Timothy, sergeant; Capt. Samuel Richford's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt.; enlisted Apr. 23 1775; 3 months, 16 days; Bunker Hill."
The State Papers of Vermont record that Timothy and 14 associates were granted a tract of land on 18 June 1785. This grant of land between Sharon, and Strafford, was known as "Blake's Gore".
From "Friend's Miscellany", Vol. 7, page 186:
"TIMOTHY BLAKE, of Strafford, in Vermont, the principal man among those called Friends, newly convinced there away, at whose house their meeting was held, when Thomas Colley, Moses Brown, Daniel Cass, and William Rotch, junr. visited them in the latter end of the 10th month, 1786, being the first of our Society that ever visited them,—appeared to be a very intelligent person, and gave them a particular account of his convincement, and of the settlement of himself and of the meeting in that place, the principal part of which account was nearly as follows:
He being a lieutenant in the American army, at Canada, in 1776, at a time when great ravages were made among the troops by the small pox, was, about midnight, returning from a visit to the distressed of his corps, when, passing an officer's tent, he was struck with amazement at seeing several of them in great jollity and mirth at their cards and cups, when so many of the poor soldiery were in such a distressed condition. Reflecting on these things, he was favoured with a very clear manifestation of Divine Light in his heart, which fully convinced him, not only of their iniquity, but also of his own situation, and the inconsistency of war with the christian precepts; and as he attended to it, he was led to keep mostly by himself, until the expiration of the time he had engaged for, which was then about two months, thinking his duty to those under his command required his continuance with them till that time expired."
From "Quaker's Crosscurrents". page 34, "In Strafford, Timothy Blake, a disiillusioned revolutionary veteran of the Quebec campaign, gathered like minded spirits, and began worship before he had contact with Quakers."
He married, 22 Dec 1763, at Hawke, NH, to Susannah Morrill (1744-?), daughter of Henry Morrill, and Susannah Folsom.
Their children were Susannah, b.1770, married Azel Percival, Timothy Jr. born 1772, Jonathan born 1774, Joseph born 1778, Isaac born 1781, Rachel born 1785, Abigail born 1783, Mary born 1787, and Elizabeth born 1789.
He served with Goffstown, NH men during the Revolution: "Blake, Timothy, sergeant; Capt. Samuel Richford's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt.; enlisted Apr. 23 1775; 3 months, 16 days; Bunker Hill."
The State Papers of Vermont record that Timothy and 14 associates were granted a tract of land on 18 June 1785. This grant of land between Sharon, and Strafford, was known as "Blake's Gore".
From "Friend's Miscellany", Vol. 7, page 186:
"TIMOTHY BLAKE, of Strafford, in Vermont, the principal man among those called Friends, newly convinced there away, at whose house their meeting was held, when Thomas Colley, Moses Brown, Daniel Cass, and William Rotch, junr. visited them in the latter end of the 10th month, 1786, being the first of our Society that ever visited them,—appeared to be a very intelligent person, and gave them a particular account of his convincement, and of the settlement of himself and of the meeting in that place, the principal part of which account was nearly as follows:
He being a lieutenant in the American army, at Canada, in 1776, at a time when great ravages were made among the troops by the small pox, was, about midnight, returning from a visit to the distressed of his corps, when, passing an officer's tent, he was struck with amazement at seeing several of them in great jollity and mirth at their cards and cups, when so many of the poor soldiery were in such a distressed condition. Reflecting on these things, he was favoured with a very clear manifestation of Divine Light in his heart, which fully convinced him, not only of their iniquity, but also of his own situation, and the inconsistency of war with the christian precepts; and as he attended to it, he was led to keep mostly by himself, until the expiration of the time he had engaged for, which was then about two months, thinking his duty to those under his command required his continuance with them till that time expired."
From "Quaker's Crosscurrents". page 34, "In Strafford, Timothy Blake, a disiillusioned revolutionary veteran of the Quebec campaign, gathered like minded spirits, and began worship before he had contact with Quakers."
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