Will of Edward Blake of Ladock, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB 11/1991/55 , probated 23 Jan 1844

The testator Edward Blake mentions his sons Edward and William.

Ladock is 2 miles NNW of Probus just to place these two villages in Cornwall.

There is an online project “The Blake Family Tree” which lists John Blake married to Jane as the ancestor of the Blake family in the Ladock area. The children of this couple are listed as John Blake b 1778, Jane Blake b 1781, Edward Blake b 1784, Samuel Blake b 1787, Joseph Blake b 1790 at Ladock and he was a farmer and the ancestor of John Varcoe Blake who did emigrate to America, and Richard Blake b 1792. http://www.ancestryhost.org/jeanajin/pages/blake.htm

I will attempt to find original source records that may provide more details. That brings me to the Cornwall online Parish Clerks site which I have been referring to the last couple of days:

http://www.cornwall-opc.org/index.htm

There are two marriages listed at Ladock for the Blake family namely (later I do find other and not really sure why I didn't find them with this first search):

Samuel Clemo and Jane Blake (witness John Blake) in 1803

Samuel Blake and Prudence Blake (witness Catherine Blake and Elizabeth Bennett) in 1811

There are 23 baptisms listed at Ladock for the Blake family namely:

Edward and Ann Blake family

Elizabeth Blake 1763
Edward Blake 1764

John and Frances Blake family

John 1779
Thomas 1782
Joseph 1784
Richard 1786
William 1787

John and Ann Blake family

James 1781

John and Jane Blake family

Jane 1781
Edward 1784
Samuel 1787
Joseph    1790
Richard 1792

Edward and Mary Blake family

Prudence 1791

Edward and Margaret Blake family

John Hawke 1815 (died at the age of 2, 19 Feb 1817)
Jane 1817

Samuel and Prudence Blake family

John 1812
Elizabeth 1816

Joseph and Mary Philippa Faro Blake family

Mary Hicks Vercoe 1827
Samuel Varcoe 1830
Francis Vercoe    1836
Jane Frances 1847

The John and Jane Blake family appear to match the online family record with the later family groups being grandchildren of John and Jane Blake perhaps namely Samuel and Joseph.  The Edward and Mary and Edward and Margaret families do not have Edward and William the sons of the testator.

The burials (27 in total) provide some information but will not list them all here. Edward Blake, testator, was buried 4 Oct 1843 and he resided at Downs Gate, Ladock and was listed as 79 years of age giving him a year of birth circa 1765 which places him in the Edward and Ann Blake family with baptism in 1764. His sister Elizabeth has perhaps been buried in 1763 (the details for this burial do not give any further information than name and date of burial at Ladock). There was an Edward Blake buried at Lacock 30 Apr 1811 and an Anne Blake buried at Lacock 4 Apr 1802. The interesting item would be to relate the Edward and Ann, John and Frances, John and Ann, John and Jane families.

There are several Edward Blake marriages in Cornwall in Ladock and Probus namely:

Edward Blake and Anne Cock  married at Ladock 10 Jan 1761 witnesses Joseph Jolly and Michael Jenking

Edward Blake and Catherine Williams married at Probus 3 Dec 1796 witnesses William Williams and William Bone (groom of Laddock and bride of Probus)

Edward Blake and Margaret Hawke married 20 Nov 1811 at Ladock witnesses Walter Puckey, Grace Puckey with the groom a yeoman and the bride a spinster

There was a Catherine Blake buried 4 Oct 1841 age 73 years from Downs Gate, Ladock. The will is dated 3 Jun 1841 and this is likely the wife of the testator.

The next step is to find the baptisms of the children of Edward and Catherine Blake. There are none recorded on the OPC webpages for Edward and William.

The family search website records the baptism of Edward Blake 21 Sep 1800 at Bodmin Cornwall and the son of Edward and Catherine Blake.

There is also a John Blake baptized 15 Apr 1804 and a William Blake baptized 16 Jun 1805 both at Bodmin Cornwall and sons of Edward and Catherine Blake.

Bodmin is 16 miles SW of Ladock and 17 miles SW of Probus. Perhaps this will give clues as to the origin of this Blake family in Cornwall.

On the 1841 census for Ladock Enumeration District 9 (Book 3 Folio 7 Page 7) at Horse Pool Park is found the Anthony Rose family (wife Mary, daughters Jane, Ann, Mary and sons John, William, James) and with them Edward and Catherine Blake listed as Independent and born in the county of Cornwall. Their ages 75 and 70. The Rose family are witnesses to the will of Edward. Living at Gear Downs (perhaps next door but listed next to Horse Pool Park) is the Brewer family and Sarah the head of the family is 50 years and independent with her sons managing the farm.



Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 21 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1991/55
Testator:  Edward Blake,
Place: Ladock, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Jun 1841, probated 23 Jan 1844
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Edward
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin] 5

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In the Name of God Amen
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I Edward Blake of the parish of Ladock in the County of Cornwall
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being of perfect mind and memory make this my last will and Testament
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first I bequeath to my dear wife ten pounds a year for life. Secondly to
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my son Edward my houshold Furniture after my wife's decease and
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the Residue of Estate and Effects I give and bequeath to my Son William
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whom with Walter Williams Carpenter of Probus I hereby constitute and
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appoint Executors of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereof
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I have hereunto set my seal the third day of June in the year of our Lord
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One thousand eight hundred and forty one Edward Blake Witnesses
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Thomas Smith   Jenifer Rose   The Mark of Mary Rose    Ann Rose
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In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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In the goods of Edward Blake deceased
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eleventh January 1844
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Appeared Personally Ann Rose of the parish
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of Ladock in the County of Cornwall Spinster and made oath that she
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is one of the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of the
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said Edward Blake late of the parish of Ladock in the said County of
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Cornwall deceased which will is now hereunto annexec bearing date
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the third day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty one and thus
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subscribed “Edward Blake” That the said deceased executed his said will
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on the day of the date thereof by writing his aforesaid subscription as the
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same now appears thereon in the presence of this deponent and of Thomas
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Smith Schoolmaster Jenifer Rose Spinster and Mary Rose the wife of
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Anthony Rose Farmer all of the said parish of Ladock the other subscribing
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witnesses thereto all of whom were present at the same time and attes
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ted the execution of the said will by writing their names except the
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said Mary Rose who wrote her mark at the foot thereof as the same
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same appears on the said will respectively in the presence of him the
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said deceased and of each other and the deponent referring to the
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appearance of the said will the same being written on half a sheet of
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paper only lastly made oath that her name is now in the same plight
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and condition as when so executed by the said deceased on the day of
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the date thereof Ann Rose Same day the said Ann Rose was duly
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sworn to the truth of this affidavit by virtue of the annexed Commission
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before me, Robert Lampen Commissioner
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Proved at London 23rd Jany 1844 before the Judge by the Oath
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of Walter Williams one of the Executors to whom admon was granted
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having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer power reserved
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of making the like Grant to William Blake the son the other Executor when he
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shall apply for the same

Tweddle Family of Lanercost, Cumberland Research Day and the Will of Thomas Tweddle

The plan for this particular day was to publish the will of Thomas Tweddle probated in 1794 but that will wait for the next Tweddle Family research day. Just noticed I still had it in draft form and it will be about six weeks before I return to the Tweddle Family.

Gardening is in full swing. We have dug the main garden (used to rotatill it but I am not up to running that enormous machine). I can use a shovel a whole lot easier. Almost all the flower beds have been worked up and weeded and we put in a second row of ornamental bricks around our flower beds. We moved two cubic yards of earth to fill in the lawn and grass should soon be growing with all the rain and cool weather to come in the next couple of weeks. But the next big event is to actually cultivate the vegetable garden and then plant it.

Will of Catharine Blake, widow, Launceston, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB 11/1583/135, probated 9 Aug 1816

Catharine Blake widow is the testator and lists her abode as Launceston, Cornwall. There is a marriage of Richard Blake and Catherine Gerry in 1761 in the Cornwall Parish Registers found on archive.org.  A researcher www.british-genealogy.com forum lists this marriage as 17 Feb 1762 (probably new style of dating) at St Mary Magdalene (Launceston). I also found this marriage on the OPC Launceston website http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=744717 Richard Blake and Catherine Gerry 17 Feb 1762.

I found the marriage of Catharine Blake to William Legg 24 Jan 1788 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. There was a Cathrine Blake baptized 2 Feb 1766 at St Thomas the Apostle, Cornwall with parents Richard Blake and Cathrine.

There was an Ann Blake baptized 16 Oct 1771 at Launceston daughter of Richard Blake. There was an Ann Blake married to Joseph Street 25 Sep 1793 at Boyton, Cornwall (M006200-2 Family Search). Joseph Street is listed on the 1841 census in Boyton, Cornwall with a birth date of 1801.

Discovering the name of the first grandchild listed in the will was somewhat of a challenge. But it would appear to be Romulus. Romulus Strike was baptized 4 Jan 1795 at Launceston, St Mary Magdalene son of Joseph and Ann. At some point I shall write and check to see if this was a possible transcription error. Higher up on the page for the will the forename Richard uses the same R for the initial letter of these two entries. Then the R is followed by an o possibly an m then a likely ulus.

This is possibly the Blake family at North Molton with Richard being a son of James  and Elizabeth Blake baptized 23 Aug 1726 at North Molton. There were a number of Blake families at North Molton and a John Blake son of William and Elizabeth Blake did live at Launceston in the latter part of his life. He would have been a similar age to this Richard. At some point I need to purchase the Devon Parish Registers for North Molton after the early 1700s as I have transcribed these records from the beginning of the parish registers there to that time period and I discuss the Blake families at North Molton in my blog:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/blake-families-in-devon-1500s-1600s.html

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1583/135
Testator:  Catharine Blake, Widow
Place: Launceston, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document:  26 Jun 1804, probated 9 Aug 1816
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Catharine
[Margin]: Blake

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By Gods Permission I
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Catharine Blake of Launceston in the County of Cornwall
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widow do make publish and declare this as and for my last Will and
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Testament in manner following I give unto my daughter Catharine
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the Wife of William Leg the sum of fifty pounds and I hereby
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expressly declare that the same sum of fifty pounds or any part
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thereof shall not be subject or liable to the control debts or Engagements
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of her said husband but that her receipt alone shall from time to
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time be a sufficient discharge for as much thereof as shall be therein
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expressed to be received  I give to my daughter Ann one shilling
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the rest residue and remainder of my goods chattels rights and
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credits personal and testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and
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wheresoever after paying all my just debts the legacies hereinbefore
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given the expences of my funeral and the proving this my will
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I give and bequeath unto Thomas Pearse gentleman and Richard Derrant
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Moorman both of Launceston aforesaid and to the Survivor of them his heirs
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and Admors In Trust to pay and equally divide the same to and between
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my two Grand Children Romulus Street and Joseph Street share and share
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alike when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one
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years and until my said Grandchildren shall have attained the
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age of twenty one years In trust to pay and apply the Interest and
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dividends of his share thereof to and for his own use and benefit in
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such manner as they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his
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executors or Admors shall think most proper and if but one of my
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said Grandchildren shall live to attain that age then in trust to pay
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the whole of the Residium of my said personal Estate and Effects
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with the Interest and dividends thereof that shall be then due for the
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same to and for the sole use and benefit of the Survivor of my said Grand
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children when he shall attain that age his Exors Admors and Assigns
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and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint them the said Thomas Pearse
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and Richard Derrant Executors In Trust of this my last Will and Testament
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hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made In Witness
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whereof I the said Catharine Blake the Testatrix have to this my
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last will and Testament set my name and seal this twenty sixth day of
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June one thousand eight hundred and four. The mark of X Catharine
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Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix
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Catharine Blake as and for her last Will and Testament in the
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presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the
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presence of each other of us have subscribed our names as witnesses
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thereto Hy Cornish Clerk to Mr Pearse John Higgs of Launceston
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Peruke Maker

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Proved at London 9 August 1816 before the Judge by the
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Oaths of Thomas pearse and Richard Derrant the Executor to whom
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Admon was granted being first sworn by Commission duly to administer

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