Page 32 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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6.7.1 Elizabeth Living ( -1615)
Born: ?
Married: 28 May 1604, married George Blaker; St. Peter’s Church, Cowfold,
Sussex
Died: September 1615
Buried: 18 September 1615, St. Peter’s Church, Cowfold, Sussex

Virtually nothing is known about Elizabeth, save for the births of her children
and her burial record – as the ‘Wyfe’ of George.

6.7.2 George Blaker and Elizabeth Living
George and Elizabeth lived in Bolney, Sussex and then in Cowfold, Sussex – some
11 km from Cuckfield, where George was probably born.

They had 5 children:
• John: b. 1605, Bolney, Sussex
• George: b. 1607, Bolney, Sussex
• William: b. 1610, Cowfold, Sussex; d. 1610, Cowfold
• Richard: b. 1611, Cowfold, Sussex
• Thomas: b. 1615, Cowfold, Sussex

After his marriage record, the next reference to George arises from the record of
the burial of his son, William, in May 1610 which describes ‘George Blaker of
th
Kings’ – might this be a reference to the 15 century ‘Kings Barn’ – now a Grade
II-listed building in Cowfold?

In March 1611, George was listed as a ‘Surveyor of the Way’ at St. Peter’s Church,
Cowfold. It is not clear what this role entailed, but it sounds like a description of
a lay minister!

George executed his Will on 23 April 1614, in which he made provisions for ‘my
fower children John Blaker, George Blaker, Richard Blaker and Thomas Blaker to

bee payed at the age of twenty yeares’.

Elizabeth died in 1615, in the same year as her last child was born. Her body was
buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, Cowfold. George was left as a
widower with 4 young children. George died in 1617, just 3 years after
establishing his will. He was also buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church.

It is not clear who looked after George and Elizabeth’s children after their
parents had died.

6.8 Other Children of Richard Blaker (1547-1623) and Joanne Unknown
( -1610)
6.8.1 Elizabeth Blaker (1572- )
Born: c. 1572
Married: 26 May 1607, aged c. 35 years, married William West, Holy Trinity
Church, Cuckfield, Sussex
Died: ?