Birth
Born on June 11, 1768 to Joseph Blake and Mary Heighe in Calvert County, Maryland, descendent of Admiral Robert Blake, Dr. James Heighe Blake was of lineage. He was well born on both sides. The Blakes and Heighes were Maryland colonists, prominent in the Church of England, active in political affairs, and planters with slave holdings.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 1:19.
Egyptian midwives to Pharaoh.