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The Blaker Society © and he had these children: CUCKFIELD 55 buried

A Son of Arthur Blakers, unbaptized.
[1680/1] Mar. 3
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Anne d. of Arthur & Sarah Blaker.
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[1685/6] Jan. 3
baptized
[1683] Sep. 23 Alexander s. of Arthur & Anne Blaker. baptized
Neither marriage was by licence at Lewes or Chichester: there is no will or
administration for him at Lewes or at Chichester. His naming of his son
Alexander points to him being part of this line.
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Arthur Blaker (III)’s first marriage is recorded at Bolney:

[1677.] Feb. 24 Arthur Blaker & Ann Vincentt

Bolney lies two miles southeast of Cuckfield: the parish registers survive from
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1538 onwards , and a later Blaker family was established there, but Arthur was
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not baptized there. These are the only early Blaker entries:

[1604] John the son of George Blaker baptized ye 13th of Januarie 1604.
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th
[1607] George Blaker filius Georg blacker xxian’ the 29 of march.
th
[1609] John Blaker the sonne of Richard Blaker chrystened the vi of Januarie.
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[1610] Thomas Blaker the sone of Richard Blaker baptized the xiii of Januarie.
th

Doubtless Arthur married there because it was his bride’s home parish.
We have this baptism:
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[1655.] Oct. 31 Ann d. of Robert Vincent

54 p. 125
55 p. 196
56 p. 83
57 p. 85
58 p. 132 of the printed transcript
59 printed Sussex Record Society xv
60 pp. 23-35 of the printed transcript
61 Old Style, = 1605
62 Old Style, = 1611
63 p. 74 of the printed transcript