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The Descendants of Samuel and Amey Blake of Wake County, North Carolina
1. Isham Blake was born June 21, 1766 in Southampton, Co, VA and died February 29, 1836 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.  On December 14, 1783 in Southampton Co., VA, he married Mary Macy Clifton, born May 22, 1760 and died October 7, 1844 in Fayetteville, NC.  Her father was Thomas Clifton.  Isham  enlisted at the age of 15 as a bugler and fifer in the Continental Army.  He served in the honor guard for General LaFayette at Yorktown in 1781.   On October 19, 1781 he witnessed the surrender of the British at Yorktown, VA.  Before 1790 Isham moved to Orange County, NC where he and his family lived for several years.  Isham's name appears on a couple of deeds in Orange County as the witness in 1796 and 1797.  Before 1809 Isham and Mary Macy moved to Fayetteville, NC.  They were members of Hay Street Methodist church.  They are buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #1 in Fayetteville, NC.
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. Martha "Patsy" Blake was born October 3, 1784.  On October 11, 1804 in Cumberland County, NC, she married William Flack of Raleigh, NC. 
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. Mary Macy Flack was born January 3, 1806 and died June 19, 1883.  On November 18, 1822 in Cumberland Co., NC she married John Duncan Starr, the son of Joseph Starr and Margaret Duncan of Middletown, CT.  John Duncan Starr was born May 31, 1801 in Middletown, CT and died September 25, 1862 in Cumberland Co., NC.  He came  south in 1819 and became a prosperous merchant, an honored and respected citizen.  He was president of The Bank of Fayetteville from its organization, September 18, 1849, until his death. He was Episcopal.
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. Mary Flack Starr was born December 19, 1823 in Fayetteville, NC and died July 2, 1898 in Fayetteville, NC.  On December 19, 1840 in Fayetteville, NC, she married John Henry Cook. John was born February 15, 1812 in Cumberland Co., NC and died December 28, 1872 in Fayetteville, NC.
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. Alice Lee Cook was born December 14, 1845 in Fayetteville, NC and died May 29, 1913.  On April 6, 1871 she married James Green Davis.
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. Edwin Starr Cook was born July 16, 1847 in Fayetteville, NC and died May 27, 1890 in Tyler, TX.  On January 25, 1871 he married Carrie Elizabeth Simpson.
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. Albert Troy Cook was born August 15, 1849 in Fayetteville, NC and died November 4, 1882.  On August 15, 1872 he married Ellen Atkinson.
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. Mary Ella "Nellie" Cook was born July 13, 1852 in Fayetteville, NC and died in 1933.  She never married.  From the age of 3 she lived in Wilmington, NC with Aunt Fannie Johnson.
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. William Starr Cook was born December 31, 1853 in Fayetteville, NC and died April 21, 1930 in Fayetteville, NC.  On November 10, 1880 he married Charlotte Ann Mitchell.  Charlotte was born March 15, 1863 and died February 28, 1925 in Fayetteville, NC.  William "Willie" was mayor of Fayetteville.  Although he and Charlotte never had any children, they raised 36 nieces and nephews.
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. Emma Starr Cook was born October 7, 1855 in Fayetteville, NC and died June 13, 1939.  On December 24, 1881 she married David Smith Owen.  David was born September 20, 1849 and died October 19, 1889.
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. Lilla Cook was born February 17, 1857 in Fayetteville, NC and died in 1925.  On October 9, 1887 she married Dr. Charles H. Smith.
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. John Duncan Cook was born January 23, 1858 in Fayetteville, NC and died January 18, 1892 in Wilmington, NC.
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. Joseph Powell Cook was born January 23, 1861 in Fayetteville, NC and died October 16, 1919 from acute Bright's Disease.  He had a grocery store on Market Square in Fayetteville.
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. Henry Lilly Cook was born January 15, 1864 in Fayetteville, NC and died April 11, 1941 in Durham, NC at Watt's Hospital.  On April 23, 1890 in Fayetteville, NC he married Mary "Minnie" Hill Watson.  Minnie was the daughter of Walter Watson and Virginia Elam.  She was born February 25, 1867 and died April 7, 1951 in Fayetteville, NC.
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. Alexander "Sandy" Cook was born September 3, 1865 in Fayetteville, NC and died December 13, 1922 in Fayetteville, NC.  He had a drug store.
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. Margaret Duncan Starr was born February 7, 1825 in Fayetteville, NC and died August 30, 1858 in Fayetteville, NC.  On April 6, 1848 in Cumberland Co., NC, she married James Madison Williams.  James was born October 4, 1822 and died December 13, 1873. James Williams later married again to Mary McIntyre.
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. Johnny Williams was born March 22, 1849 and died June 22, 1856.
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.William Nott Starr was born June 23, 1827 in Fayetteville, NC and died March 8, 1850.
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. Joseph Blake Starr was born February 6, 1830 in Fayetteville, NC and died February 13, 1913 in Fayetteville, NC.  On December 2, 1851 in Cumberland Co., NC, he married Sophia Jane Smith.  Sophia was born December 18, 1833 in London, England and died May 23, 1918 in Fayetteville, NC.
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. Fannie A. Starr was born April 8, 1833 in Fayetteville, NC.  On September 18, 1856 she married Alexander Johnson.  Alexander was born November 8, 1825 in Wilmington, NC.
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. Hattie Stockton Starr was born May 1, 1844 in Fayetteville, NC and died October 16, 1922.
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. Eliza Jane Flack was born February 13, 1809 and died July 29, 1810.
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. Edmund L. Flack was born September 5, 1811.
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. Isham Blake Flack was born December 5, 1814 and died November 13, 1831 at the age of 18.
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. Miles Blake was born December 26, 1786 and died in 1844 in Leon Co., FL.  He married 3 times.  His first wife was Margaret Murphy.  They were married April 18, 1816.  His second wife was Mary Amanda Parrish.  They were married on November 28, 1822.  Mary Amanda died on August 5, 1825 in Wilmington, NC.  She is buried in the cemetery in Southport, NC.  His third wife was Susan Parrish.
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. Edmund Blake was born March 2, 1789 and died March 12, 1850.  On November 5, 1812 he married Sophia Richardson of Harmony Hall Plantation, Bladen Co., NC.
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. Elizabeth Blake was born April 2, 1791 and died September 18, 1878.  On March 22, 1809 in Cumberland Co., NC, she married Samuel Steel.
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. Thomas Clifton Blake was born February 19, 1793.  On May 27, 1819 in Cumberland Co., NC he married Elizabeth Caroline Smith.  
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. Sarah "Sally" Blake was born April 12, 1795.  On May 18, 1815 in Cumberland Co., NC, she married Dr. John Owen.
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. Mary Macy Blake was born June 18, 1797.  On December 27, 1832 in Cumberland Co., NC, she married George C. McNeill
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. Isham Blake, Jr was born July 24, 1804.  He was married twice.  On October 20, 1824 in Cumberland Co., NC he married Margaret A. Crosby.  She was born January 1, 1807 and died on January 24, 1836 at the age of 29.  Later on that same year he married Mary Frances Hall.
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. James Blake
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. Howell Blake was married on February 10, 1802 in Wake Co., NC to Nancy Sexton.
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. Reddick Blake was born ca. 1781-1792 in VA and died after 1870 in Wake Co., NC.  On December 30, 1803 in Wake County, he married Polly Daniel, the daughter of Woodson Daniel and Nancy Gooch.  Reddick served as a constable in Wake County.  Reddick was a farmer.  Polly was born ca. 1782 and was deceased by 1850-1860 as Reddick lived with his daughter Candis at that time.  Reddick is listed in the 1870 Mortality Census of Ceedar Fork Twp, Wake Co., NC as having died from dropsey in September 1869.
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. Thomas Blake was born ca. 1770/75 in Southampton Co., VA and died ca. 1846.  He married Mary "Polly" Clements in Wake Co., NC on March 20, 1797.  Polly was born 1780/81 and probably died before 1813 in Wake Co.  She was the daughter of William Clements and Elizabeth Daniel.  He later married Elizabeth Utley on June 7, 1813 in Cumberland County, NC.
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. Matilda Blake was born ca. 1798 in NC.  She married Henry Bysum on March  8, 1817 in Wake Co., NC.
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. Nancy Blake was born ca. 1800 in NC.  She married James Harriss.
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. William J. Blake was born February 6, 1806 in Wake Co., NC and died January 14, 1862 in Panola Co., TX.  He married (1) Eliza Hinch on March 1, 1826 and married (2) Sarah Cole Jopling on May 9, 1837 in MS.
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. Phillip Blake was born in 1808 in Wake Co., NC and died April 16, 1882 in Lawrence Co., TN.  On November 27, 1827 in Wake Co., NC he married Martha Johnson.  Martha was born between 1805 and 1810 in NC and was the daughter of Richard Johnson and Patience Mann.  She died August 14, 1875 in Lawrence Co., TN.
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. Elizabeth "Betty" Blake was born August 4, 1809 and died November 25, 1898.  On December 21, 1827 in Cumberland Co., NC, she married S.O. Wooten.
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. Gilley Blake was born ca. 1810 in Wake Co., NC and died after 1880 in Arkansas.  She married Samuel Blake, her 1st cousin, on August 13, 1829 in Wake Co., NC.  Samuel Blake was born ca. 1811 in Wake Co., NC and died after 1860 in Arkansas.  In 1830 Samuel Blake was in Wake Co., NC.  He had a child born in TN in 1833.  In 1840 he was in Trigg Co., KY, in 1850 he was in Newton Co., MO, in 1860 he was in Benton Co., AR and in 1870 and 1880 his family was in Madison Co., AR.
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. Rebecca Blake
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. Mahala Blake
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. Woodson Blake
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. Sarah Blake
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. Augustus Blake
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Cordelia Blake
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. Gilly Blake
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. Rebecca Blake was married July 23, 1806 in Wake Co., NC to James Daniel.