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3 unusual facts about Jacob Blakeway


Jacob Blakeway

After the Mayflower sailed, Katherine made another attempt to challenge the decision through the courts, and it was this legal action in early 1622 before Chief Justice James Ley which led to the statement from Samuel explaining where he sent the children and why, which provided the main historical evidence for the events.

According to Samuel More’s account, he was cited before the ‘High Commission Court and Council of the Marches’.

Samuel More

The adultery was supposedly committed with Jacob Blakeway, a young man near in age to Katherine who lived close by and whose family had been More tenants for several generations.



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