Excerpt from Our FolksHere is no satisfact. By evidence within my knowledge as to age or place of birt, of John Blake (1) of Middletown, Conn. The best evidence is as follows: In 1683 a piece of land is recorded in Middletown to John Blake as bought from his father, George Durant.George Durant was a blacksmith, but with his wife, Elizabeth, he rented a farm at Malden, Mass. For a year or more before coming to Middletown.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.