The Blake Family Crest

William Blake, third and eldest son of Robert Blake of Over Stowey, Co. Somerset, England, was born in 1594. He resided first at Aisholt, a parish adjoining Over Stowey, where the Blakes were Lords of the Manor, Patrons of the Church, and owners of most of the land. In the year 1630, William Blake, sold his interest in the family property to one of his brothers-in-law, and came over to New England, where he settled. The Blakes of Over Stowey, Somersetshire, descend in direct line from the Blakes of Wiltshire, mentioned for the first time in the Wiltshire Roll of Subsidies, granted to Edward the First (1286). William Blake, father of Humphrey Blake, the first of the family who seated himself in Over Stowey, had his arms—the devices we give—recorded in the Heralds Visitation of Hampshire, in 1530. The English pedigree is now complete, and built on solid ground, thanks to the researches of the distinguished Boston Heraldist, W. H. Whitmore, Esq., and of the late Horatio G. Somerby, Esq.,

Family

Blake

Blazon

On A Chapeau, Gules, Turned Up, Ermine, A Martlet, Sable.

Source

America Hereldica