Joseph Blake (governor)
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|name = Joseph Blake
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| office = 11th Governor of Carolina
|monarch= William III
| term_start = November 1694
| term_end = 17 August 1695
| predecessor = Thomas Smith
| successor = John Archdale
|monarch2= William III
| term_start2 = 29 October 1696
| term_end2 = 7 September 1700
| predecessor2 = John Archdale
| successor2 = James Moore
| birth_date =
| birth_place = England
| death_date = 7 September 1700
| death_place =
}}
Joseph Blake (died 1700), the nephew of English General at Sea Robert Blake,[https://books.google.com/books?id=1Pw7AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22joseph+blake%22+carolina&pg=PA163 The South Carolina Historical Magazine] served as the governor of Carolina in 1694 and from 1696 to his death in 1700.
Biography
Joseph Blake was born in 1663,[http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/Governors/jblake.html Carolana: Joseph Blake. President of the Council and Actring Governor of Carolina Province 1694]. Retrieved 14 September 2015.[http://www.halseymap.com/Flash/gov-detail.asp?polID=88 Preservation Society of Charleston:Joseph Blake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911192051/http://www.halseymap.com/flash/gov-detail.asp?polID=88 |date=11 September 2015 }}. in England. He was the son of Benjamin Blake and nephew of Lord Proprietor, John Archdale. To early 1680s, he emigrated to Carolina. In 1685, Joseph Blake was appointed a Deputy by his Archdale. During a time, he was member of the Executive Councils. Late, he was named as a Deputy of Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet. On 29 October 1694, he was appointed governor of colonial South Carolina by the council, and he kept the charge until his death, on 7 September 1700.
Blake married two times: The first of them was with Deborah Morton, who was daughter of Governor Joseph Morton, marrying with him before 1685. The second was Elizabeth Axtell, who had a son, Joseph Blake Jr. He had several lands: "Plainsfield", located on the Stono River; Newington Plantation, located in Dorchester County; and "Pawlet" in Colleton County, South Carolina.
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