The testator is John Blake of Ford in the parish of Laverstock. His brother is Zachary Blake of Newton Toney. He has other siblings. His wife is Elizabeth and she was a widow when they married. His children are named John Blake and Anne Carter. Anne is married to William Carter and they have a daughter Anne. John, the testator, is related to a Charles Blake of Wallop. One sister is Debora Sheppard and she has a son John. He has land at Ford, Wallop and Charleton. Hannah Langley is a kinswoman.
Laverstock is one mile east of Salisbury with Ford being one mile north of Laverstock. The testator mentions Lobcome and he possibly means Lopcombe which is near Wallop (nine miles from Laverstock). Great Wishford is just six miles from Laverstock. Newton Toney (Zachary Blake lives here) is just seven miles from Laverstock. Charleton is 16 miles (close to Andover Hampshire). As always I find any Blake family very interesting this close to where my Blake line is located at Andover. That he has property at Charleton is especially interesting along with Wallop. Is he from the Andover Blake line?
There was a Zachary Blake buried 11 Jun 1717 at Newton Toney from Family Search (I065268-8 and others). There was a Zacariah Blake baptized 6 Oct 1681 at Winterslow, Wiltshire son of Zachariah and Christian and buried 12 Oct 1681. There was a second Zacariah Blake baptized 22 Jun 1688 son of Zachariah and Susannah at Winterslow. Winterslow is 4 miles from Laverstock and Ford and close to Lopcombe near Wallop. A son of Zachariah and Susanne named John was baptized at Newton Tony 23 Jan 1693/4.
There is a baptism for Deborah Blake 30 Jan 1679/80 daughter of Zachariah and Christian at Winterslow. Possibly a niece to the testator. Deborah would be 36 years of age when the will was written.
There is a baptism for John Blake son of John 25 Oct 1683 at Winterslow. He would be too young to be the testator. A second baptism for a John Blake at Winterslow 1 Apr 1690 son of John and Ann.
Searching marriages yielded an interesting one between John Blake of Winterslow, widower, yeoman and Ann Truckwell, Wells, Somerset, spinster, 30 years of age, married 29 Dec 1686 possibly at Winterslow with bondsmen Thomas Truckwell, yeoman, Wells and Zacharias Blake, yeoman, Winterslow. An earlier marriage at Winterslow between John Blake, Winterslow, 35 years of age, and Alice Ward, Etchilhampton, spinster, 34 years (daughter of Robert or Edward), married 23 Jan 1684 with bondsman Robert Ward, husbandman, Etchilhampton. The two baptisms for John in the paragraph above could fit into these marriages. The bond mentioned in the will between the testator and Thomas Truckwell of Wells is very interesting.
Possibly the testator is John Blake aged 35 years of age in 1684 giving him a year of birth circa 1649 and hence he would be 67 years of age when he died.
The marriage of Anne Blake (Salisbury St Martin (Ford)) spinster, 22 years of age, to William Carter of Winterbourne Earls, bachelor, carpenter, 27 years of age was celebrated 5 Apr 1714. Bondsman: Timothy Wheeler, weaver, St Martin Salisbury. Anne was thus born circa 1692 and likely baptized 20 Oct 1692 at Winterslow daughter of John and Ann.
Who is Charles Blake of Wallop? Charles is always a rather interesting forename in the Blake family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/556/154
Testator: John Blake the elder, yeoman
Place: Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Apr 1716, probated 24 Jan 1716/17
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 the Nineth day of Aprill in the Year of our Lord God one
3 Thousand Seven hundred and Sixteene I John Blake the Elder
4 of Ford in the parish of Laverstock in the County of Wilts yeoman
5 being weak in body but of sound and perfect sence mind and
6 memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same doe make
7 ordeine and appoint this to be my Last Will and Testament
8 in manner and forme following (revokeing all former Wills
9 and Codicills of Wills by me formerly made) First I recommend
10 my Soul into the handes of Almighty God that gave it me
11 hoping through the Meritts and mediation of my blessed
12 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to be made partaker of
13 Everlasting Life and my body I commit to the Earth from
14 whence it came to be decently buryed by my Executor herein
15 after named in hopes of a joyfull Resurrection and as for
16 what Worldly Estate which Almighty God hath blessed me
17 with I give devise bequeath and dispose as follows, (that is to
18 say) Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Brother Zachary
19 Blake of Newton Toney one Annuity or yeare rent charge of
20 Five pounds cleare of and from all Taxes Charges and
21 deductions whatsoever to be issueing due and payable out
22 of and from my Estate in Ford aforesaid to him dureing his
23 natural Life yearly and every yeare upon the five and Twentieth
24 day of March the four and Twentieth day of June the Nine and
25 Twentieth day of September and the one and Twentieth day of
26 December by even and equall portions The first payment thereof
27 to begin at such of the said days of payment as shall first and
28 next happen after my decease But my Will is that in case my s[ai]d
29 Brother Zachary Blake shall happen to have in possession or
30 enjoy at any time dureing his Life one Estate Situate in Maiden
31 Bradley which he claimes to hold the Rever[s]ion of immediately
32 after the decease of one Nathaniel Still who now enjoys it dureing
33 his Life) That then the said annuity of Five pounds so before
34 bequeathed unto my said Brother shall immediately cease and be
35 no longer paid to him out of my said Estate at Ford I give and
36 bequeath unto my Kinsman Charles Blake of Wallop one shilling
37 Item I give unto my Kinsman John Sheppard Son of my Sister
38 Debora Sheppard the Summe of Twenty pounds to be paid to him
39 by my Executor hereinafter named within one month next after
40 my decease Item I give unto my loving Wife Elizabeth all
41 such Goods and Chattles as were lately her Aunt Cowleys and
42 likewise one Feather bed which was heretofore my said Wifes
43 and all Furniture to him belonging Item I give and bequeath
44 unto my Son in Law William Carter all that bond made from
45 Thomas Truckwell of Wells in the County of Somersett unto me in
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46 the penalty of one hundred and Eighty pounds condi[t]ioned for the
47 payment of Ninety pounds with the interest Together with all the
48 principall and interest thereon due Item I give unto my Granddaughter
49 Anne Carter the Summe of one hundred pounds to be put out at Interest
50 by my Executor herein after named and my Said Son in Law William
51 Carter within Twelve Months next after my decease until she shall
52 attain the age of one and Twenty years or be married or in case She
53 my said Grandaughter happens to dye before She attains the Age of
54 one and Twenty years or be married Then the said Summe of one
55 hundred pounds and interest thereof to be to and for the use of the
56 next Child of the said William Carter my Son in Law by Anne his Wife
57 my now daughter Item I give unto my daughter Anne now the Wife
58 of the said William Carter the Sume of one hundred pounds to be paid
59 to her by my Executor herein after named within Six months next after
60 my decease and her receipt to be a good discharge for the same not
61 withstanding her Coverture Item I give devise and bequeath unto
62 my said daughter Anne Carter all my Land at Charleton in the County
63 of South[amp]ton (after Elizabeth my said Wife is paid Twenty pounds per
64 annum for her Life out of the same according to my Marriage agreem[en]t)
65 To hold to my said daughter Anne Carter dureing her natural Life and
66 her husband not to have anything to doe therewith and after her
67 decease to the heirs males of the body of my said daughter Lawfully to
68 be begotten according to Seniority of age and priority of birth and to
69 the heirs of such heirs males for ever and for want of such Issue
70 to the heirs female of her body Lawfully begotten or to be begotten
71 and to the heires of such heires female for ever and for want of such
72 issue to my Son John Blake and to the heirs of his body lawfully to be
73 begotten for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Said Son
74 John Blake all my inclosed piece of arable ground lyeing in the Parish
75 of Wallop in the County of South[amp]ton near a place called Lobcombe
76 Corner Together with all Trees hedgerows and other appurten[an]ces there-
77 unto belonging and also all that my Messuage Tenement and Farme
78 with the appurten[an]ces situate in Ford aforesaid to hold to him for
79 and dureing the terme of his natural Life and after his decease then
80 to the first Son of my said Son John Blake which in case his Wife should
81 dye leaveing noe heires) then to the first Son of any Second Wife and
82 the heires of the body of such said first Son (of the said Second Wife if
83 any) Lawfully to be begotten and in default of such issue then to the
84 heires female of my said Son John Blake lawfully to be begotten on
85 such Wives (if any) and the heires of such heires female for ever and
86 in default of such issue to my said daughter Anne Carter and the heirs
87 of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten for ever. And If my said
88 Son and daughter shall happen to dye leaving noe heires of their
89 bodies lawfully issueing Then I give devise and bequeath my said
90 Lands att Ford and Charleton and the said piece of ground att
91 Wallop to be equally divided between such of my Brothers and
92 Sisters Children as shall be then living Share and Share alike as
93 Tenants in common and their heirs for ever Subject nevertheless to the
94 payment of the said Twenty pounds per annum to the said Elizabeth
95 my Wife dureing her life out of the Lands at Charleton and to the
96 payment of the said Five pounds per annum out of the said Lands att
97 Ford unto my said Brother Zachary Blake as aforesaid Item I give
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98 unto my Kinswoman Hannah Langley Twenty Shillings Item I give
99 unto my loving Wife Elizabeth Blake the little possnett and the
100 little Bellmettle Skillett and Two Stock of Bees which was her former
101 husbands Item I give unto my Son John Blake all my Stock of
102 Cattle and Waggons and plows and Corne of what nature soever
103 with the appurten[an]ces thereunto belonging Item I give and bequeath
104 unto my Son John Blake and my daughter Anne Carter all my household
105 goods (not herein before given and bequeathed) equally between
106 then and do make my said Son John Blake sole Executor of this my
107 Last Will and Testament In Wittnesse whereof I the said John Blake
108 the Elder have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare in
109 the Sheet of paper hereunto annexed first above men[t]ioned (the marke
110 of John Blake the Eld[e]r) Signed Sealed published and declared by
111 the Said John Blake the Elder to be his Last Will and Testament
112 in the presence of us who have attested the Same in the presence of
113 the Testator Elizabeth Collier the mark of Elizabeth Tavly Ja:
114 Hayward
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Comment - Anglo Celtic Roots
John Reid in his blog Anglo-Celtic Roots (http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.ca/2013/12/britainsdna.html) mentioned my testing at BritainsDNA. The following is my comment back to him in that regard:
The All my Ancestry results have now come in at BritainsDNA for my brother and I may blog on them tomorrow. They are most interesting. Again the Family Finder results at FT DNA and the All my Ancestry results are complimentary. However the ancestral depth is much greater with the BritainsDNA results. My brother at FT DNA showed only European ancestry (including the British Isles) as 100% whereas I showed 93% Orcadian (British Isles only) and 7% Middle East (which includes up into the Steppes (Ukraine/Georgia/Ossettia). The All My Ancestry did pick up the Middle East ancestry for my brother albeit in very very small amounts. The colour charts in All My Ancestry are fabulous actually. Since I tested my brother at Ethnoancestry they offered the opportunity to do all the testing at a reduced price last July.
I am tempted to do my DNA at BritainsDNA as well just to see the differences between the two of us (we are full siblings). I shall save my nickles (can not say pennies anymore!).
I need to have a little more understanding of one section where the 22 chromosome pairs are separated into two lines each one representing one of our parents. The one set shows only European/British whilst the other set contains mostly European/British with a few spots of Middle East/Steppes information. This is called chromosome painting and is unique to BritainsDNA I believe.
All in all, I am very pleased with the results from BritainsDNA. They found 287 SNPs of which a number are new so will need to be added to the yDNA chart for I2a1b2 at ISOGG once there are sufficient results to give us the new picture for this haplogroup.
Ken Nordvedt, well known genetic genealogist, first placed our line into ancient British DNA called Isles B4 back in 2009 and BritainsDNA has verified this placement. That has made me rethink my Blake line at Andover, Hampshire. I suspect now that my line there greatly precedes surnames and at some point my ancestor selected the surname Blake possibly a male in my line married into a Blake family and simply took his wife's surname as his own. Since I can trace back to the late 1400s and the surname Blake was being used it was prior to that time.
The All my Ancestry results have now come in at BritainsDNA for my brother and I may blog on them tomorrow. They are most interesting. Again the Family Finder results at FT DNA and the All my Ancestry results are complimentary. However the ancestral depth is much greater with the BritainsDNA results. My brother at FT DNA showed only European ancestry (including the British Isles) as 100% whereas I showed 93% Orcadian (British Isles only) and 7% Middle East (which includes up into the Steppes (Ukraine/Georgia/Ossettia). The All My Ancestry did pick up the Middle East ancestry for my brother albeit in very very small amounts. The colour charts in All My Ancestry are fabulous actually. Since I tested my brother at Ethnoancestry they offered the opportunity to do all the testing at a reduced price last July.
I am tempted to do my DNA at BritainsDNA as well just to see the differences between the two of us (we are full siblings). I shall save my nickles (can not say pennies anymore!).
I need to have a little more understanding of one section where the 22 chromosome pairs are separated into two lines each one representing one of our parents. The one set shows only European/British whilst the other set contains mostly European/British with a few spots of Middle East/Steppes information. This is called chromosome painting and is unique to BritainsDNA I believe.
All in all, I am very pleased with the results from BritainsDNA. They found 287 SNPs of which a number are new so will need to be added to the yDNA chart for I2a1b2 at ISOGG once there are sufficient results to give us the new picture for this haplogroup.
Ken Nordvedt, well known genetic genealogist, first placed our line into ancient British DNA called Isles B4 back in 2009 and BritainsDNA has verified this placement. That has made me rethink my Blake line at Andover, Hampshire. I suspect now that my line there greatly precedes surnames and at some point my ancestor selected the surname Blake possibly a male in my line married into a Blake family and simply took his wife's surname as his own. Since I can trace back to the late 1400s and the surname Blake was being used it was prior to that time.
Will of James Blake, Gentleman, Preshute, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1733/290, probated 8 Dec 1827
The will of James Blake or Preshute, Wiltshire answers a lot of questions raised by an earlier will probated in the name of Elizabeth Blake spinster of Preshute which was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-elizabeth-blake-spinster.html
Baptismal Records for Lambourne, Berkshire are available online from a rootsweb site (from 1560 to 1837 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Lambrn/Index.html):
Elizabeth Blake daughter of William baptized 3 Oct 1613 of Lambourne
Henry Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized Apr 14 1738
John Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 21 Oct 1739
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
Mary Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 19 Jan 1745/46
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 11 Jan 1746/47 of Woodlands
Sarah Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 23 Jun 1751
Henry Blake son of James and Elizabeth baptized 6 Aug 1774
Lots of Elizabeth Blake entries and from the earlier will she was born in 1781 and there isn’t a baptism that fits for her at Lambourne, Berkshire.
From Find My Past James was buried 3 Aug 1827 at Preshute St George and he was 74 years of age (date of birth circa 1753). He doesn’t mention being married but could he be the father of Henry baptized 6 Aug 1774 at Lambourne? Could he be an unlisted son of Henry and Elizabeth baptizing children between 1738 and 1751 at Lambourne and baptized elsewhere?
Also from Find my past the marriage of James Blake of Hungerford yeoman and widower 2 Sep 1773 to Elizabeth Green of Wokingham a spinster with bondsman John Grasingham a vintner at Wokingham.
Find my past again lists a James Blake son of John and Elizabeth baptized at Burbage 20 Mar 1753, James Blake son of Isaac and Mary baptized 5 Apr 1752 at Warminster St Denys, James Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized at South Newton 5 Apr 1754 and James Blake son of Mr John and Mary baptized at Laverstock 18 Apr 1755. These are several other possibilities so not possible to pin this baptism down at this time. But the Lambourne records are interesting.
Names mentioned in the will:
James Blake, testator, Gentleman, Preshute
Mr Edward Francis, relation and friend, Gracechurch Street, London
Miss Elizabeth Blake, cousin, Preshute
Miss Maria Brewer, friend, Preshute
Captain David Price, tenant, Marlborough
John Spackman, retired servant, Marlborough
John Brown, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough
Thelwall Maurice, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough, husband of Ann Maurice
William Brown (Ruddle in the probate), executor, trustee, gentleman, BroadHinton
Mrs Ann Maurice, wife of Thelwall Maurice, Marlborough
Miss Ann Francis, relation
Mr William Francis, relation
Miss Phillippina Brewer, friend
Mr Henry Smith, Stock Farm
Mr Charles William Valentine Smith, brother of Mr Henry Smith
Martha Blissett Maurice, daughter of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
James Maurice, son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
Elizabeth Davidson
George Madgwick Davidson, Esquire, husband of Elizabeth
Mrs Francis, Lambourne
Mr William Spicer
Mrs Mary Spicer
Mr William Edward
Mrs. Martha Edward
Mr Davison
Mrs Davison
Mr Richards
Mrs Richards
Mr Edward Francis
Mrs Edward Francis
Mr William Francis
Mrs William Francis
Mr Martin
Mrs Martin
Mrs Edward, Reading
Mr T Edward, Reading
Miss Mary Cousins
Mrs Mary Halcomb
Mrs Sarah Nalder
Mrs Mary Sanfear
Mr John Woodman
Mr John Eyre
Mr Thomas Merriman, Marlborough, solicitor
Miss Elizabeth Smith, relation
John Maurice, witness
James R White, clerk to Mr Merriman, witness
J Bullock, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1733/290
Testator: James Blake, Gentleman
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jan 1826, probated 8 Dec 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 57
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
2 of the Parish of Preshute in the County of Wilts Gentleman first I give and devise
3 all my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate at
4 Lamborne in the County of Berks unto my Relation and Friend Mr Edward
5 Francis of Gracechurch Stre[e]t London to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever
6 I give and devise unto my Cousin Miss Elizabeth Blake and to my Friend Miss
7 Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them all my right of holding term Estate
8 and Interest of and in the Messuage or dwellinghouse in which I now reside
9 called Plough Cottage with the Garden Meadow and appurtenances thereto belonging
10 to hold the same to them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer for and
11 during all such Estate term and Interest as I shall be possessed of therein at the time
12 of my decease subject nevertheless to the Rents Covenants Conditions and agreements and or which I now hold or at the time of my decease I shall hold the same also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth
13 Blake and Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them one annuity or clear yearly
14 Rent charge of thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and which I have purchased
15 upon all that Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Yards Gardens and appurtenances
16 situate in Kingsbury Street in Marlborough now in the occupation of Captain David
17 Price with all usual powers of distress and entry and perception of the Rents and profits
18 in case of nonpayment of the said annuity or any part thereof and I direct that the
19 same shall be payable to them during their joint lives to and for their joint use
20 and mutual benefit and from and after the decease of either of them I direct that the
21 same shall be paid and payable to the Survivor of them during her life to and
22 for her sole use and benefit and I direct that the said annuity shall be paid
23 and payable to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer or to the Survivor
24 of them by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the said dwelling
25 house and premises by equal half yearly payments without any deduction or abatement
26 whatsoever with a proportional part of such half yearly payment to be paid to the
27 Executor of administrators of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and
28 Maria Brewer up to and inclusive at the day of the decease of such Survivor provided
29 and I declare that in case the said Maria Brewer shall marry during the lifetime
30 of the said Elizabeth Blake that then all the share estate and Interest of the said Maria
31 Brewer of in and to the said dwelling house called Plough Cottage with the Meadow
32 and appurtenances and also of in and to the said annuity of thirty pounds shall
33 immediately thereupon cease and determine and the same share estate and Interest
34 of the said Maria Brewer shall thenceforth belong to and become the sole in
35 property of the said Elizabeth Blake and in case the said Maria Brewer shall
36 marry after the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake then the same shall sink
37 into and form part of my Residuary Personal Estate hereinafter disposed of I give
38 devise and bequeath unto my late Servant John Spackman the cottage or tenement
39 situate in Kingsbury Street aforesaid now in his occupation together with the use
40 of the household Goods and Furniture in the same Cottage during the term of
41 his natural life and I give and devise unto John Brown of Marlborough aforesaid
42 Gentleman Thelwall Maurice of the same place Gentleman and William
43 Brown of Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts Gentleman all and every my
44 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments subject only to the annuity hereinbefore
45 given to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer and the life estate of the
46 said John Spackman and all the rest residue and remainder of my real Estate
47 and Leasehold Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold the same unto and to
48 the use of the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
49 their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and
50 quality of the said several Estates upon the trusts and to and for the ends intents
51 and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes and declarations in
52 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say
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53 upon trust to permit and suffer Mrs Ann Maurice the Wife of the aforesaid Thelwall
54 Maurice to have receive and take the Rents Issues and profits thereof during the
55 term of her natural life she keeping the same in a good and sufficient state of
56 tenantable repair and from and immediately after her decease upon trust to
57 permit and suffer the said Thelwall Maurice and his assigns to have receive
58 and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to and for his own use during
59 the term of his natural life provided he shall remain single and unmarried
60 he keeping the same in a state of good and sufficient repair and from and
61 immediately after his decease or second marriage upon trust for all and every
62 or any one or more of the Children of the said Ann Maurice at such age or
63 ages time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form
64 and with under and subject to such conditions charges restrictions and limitations
65 ever for the benefit of such Children some or one of them or their issue as the
66 said Mrs Maurice by her last Will and Testament in writing or such writing
67 in the nature thereof to be by her signed and published in the presence of
68 and attested by three or more credible Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint and
69 in default of such direction limitation or appointment and as far as any such
70 if incomplete shall not extend the same shall be upon trust as soon as it
71 conveniently may be after the decease of the Survivor of them the said Thelwall
72 Maurice and Ann Maurice or the second marriage of the said Thelwall Maurice as aforesaid to make Sale and absolutely dispose of all and singular my said
73 Residuary Real Estate and my said Leasehold Estate or such part or parts thereof
74 whereof no such appointment as aforesaid shall have been made either by a
75 Public Auction or private Contract for the most money and best price that
76 can be reasonably had and gotten for the same and I direct and declare that
77 my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the executors
78 and administrators of such Survivor do and shall in the first place deduct pay
79 and satisfy out of the monies which shall arise from such Sale or Sales the costs
80 charges or expences attending such Sale or Sales or in any manner incident
81 to the execution of the trusts hereby in them and him reposed and do and
82 shall stand possessed of and interested in the clear residue of the same monies
83 and also of and in the clear yearly proceeds rents and profits of the same my
84 hereditaments and premises until such Sale or Sales thereof shall be completed
85 upon trust for all and every or any one or more of the Children of the said
86 Ann Maurice at such age or ages time or times and in such shares and
87 proportions manner and form and with under and subject to such conditions
88 charges restrictions or limitations over for the benefit of such Children some
89 or one of them or their issue as the said Ann Maurice shall in her last
90 Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last
91 Will and Testamentin writing or any writing purporting to be her last Will
92and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last Will and
93Testament direct or appoint and in default of such last mentioned direction
94 or appointment and as far as any such shall not extend upon trust for all
95 and every the Children of the said Ann Maurice who either have attained or
96 shall attain the age of twenty one years and to be divided between or among
97 them in such shares as tenants in common but no Child taking under any
98 appointment to be made in pursuance of any of the powers hereinbefore given
99 to the said Ann Maurice shall be entitled to any share of the unappointed part
100 of the said trust Estate monies or premises without bringing his or her appointed
101 share into hotchpot and accounting for the same accordingly and whereas I have
102 in my possession and stand indebted to the Estate of my late relation Miss Ann
103 Francis deceased in the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds the interest
104 of which was left to me for life by her Will and on my decease the principal
105 was bequeathed between her Sisters but as no Security or memorandum may
106 be found to identify the same I think it proper to mention the circumstance
107 here and I desire my Executors to pay the said sum also I give and bequeath
108 unto the aforesaid Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds and beg
109 he will accept my best thanks for the many attentions he has shown me I give
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110 and bequeath unto my Relation Mr William Francis Brother of the said
111 Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my
112 Friend Miss Phillippina Brewer the sum of two hundred pounds also I give
113 and bequeath unto the aforesaid Thelwall Maurice the sum of five hundred
114 pounds and to his said Wife Ann Maurice the sum of two hundred pounds also
115 I give and bequeath unto Mr Henry Smith of Stock Farm the sum of five
116 hundred pounds and to his Brother Mr Charles William Valentine Smith the
117 sum of two hundred pounds which said several legacies I direct shall be paid
118 but without Interest within twelve Calendar months next after my decease
119 also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake the sum of one
120 thousand pounds and to the aforesaid Maria Brewer the sum of two hundred
121 pounds which said last mentioned legacies I direct shall be paid within six
122 Calendar months next after my decease but without Interest and free from
123 legacy duty which shall be paid by my executors out of my Personal Estate
124 also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Blake for her life the use of the
125 following articles of plate viz [a vit] my Silver Tea pot and Stand Tea Caddy Sugar
126 Basen Cream Ewer my best coffee pot Fish knife punch Ladle and punch
127 Stainer one pair of Gravy Spoons one dozen of Table Spoons one dozen of
128 desert Spoons two dozen or tea spoons my Soup Ladle and my four Sauce Ladles one
129 pair of Sugar Tongs and four round Salts with the spoons belonging to them
130 and after her decease I give the same unto the said Maria Brewer for her
131 life if she shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after
132 the decease or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same
133 unto Martha Blissett Maurice daughter of the said Thelwall and Ann
134 Maurice absolutely all the rest and residue of my plate and Trinkets of every
135 kind I give unto the said Ann Maurice to and for her sole use and absolutely benefit
136 and I give unto the said Elizabeth Blake my poney and poney carriage
137 and harness and when such poney shall become useless from age or
138 otherwise I request that he may be killed and buried and not sold and thereupon
139 I direct my executors to purchase another fit poney for the said Elizabeth
140 Blake out of my personal Estate also I give unto James Maurice Son of the
141 said Thelwall and Ann Maurice my gold Watch with its Chain and Seals
142 Also I give unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice the Table Clock and Mahogany
143 Table and Mahogany Wardrobe in my Bed Room and the Mahogany folding
144 dressing Table now in the Bed Room of the said Elizabeth Blake I give
145 unto Elizabeth the Wife of George Madgwick Davidson Esquire my Encyclopedia
146 Britannia and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake all my Beer Wine Spirits
147 and Liquors of every description and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake for her
148 life all the remainder of my household Goods and Furniture books Linen
149 China Glass articles of Furniture implements of household and Utensils of
150 every description in and about Plough Cottage aforesaid not herein specifically
151 disposed of and from and after her decease I give the same and every part thereof
152 unto the aforesaid Maria Brewer during the term of her natural life if she
153 shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after her decease
154 or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same and every part
155 thereof unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice for her sole use and benefit also I give
156 unto my Servant the aforesaid John Spackman all my Woollen Wearing apparel
157 for his own use I give unto all my domestic Servants living with me at the
158 time of my decease decent mourning and I direct my said executors to present
159 mourning Rings to the following persons viz [a vit] Mrs Francis of Lamborne
160 the said Ann Maurice Phillippina Brewer Maria Brewer Elizabeth Blake
161 Mr William and Mrs Mary Spicer Mr William and Mrs. Martha Edward
162 Mr and Mrs Davison Mr and Mrs Richards Mr and Mrs Edward Francis
163 Mr and Mrs William Francis Mr and Mrs Martin Mrs Edward of Reading
164 Mr T Edward of Reading Miss Mary Cousins Mrs Mary Halcomb Mrs
165 Sarah Nalder Mrs Mary Sanfear Mr John Woodman Mr John Eyre and
166 Mr Thomas Merriman and I request each of my said Executors to accept
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167 of a Ring also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall
168 Maurice and William Brown all my monies and Securities for money and all
169 the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels rights credits personalEstate
170 and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore
171 specifically disposed of upon trust that they my said trustees and the Survivors and
172 Survivor of them his executors and administrators doand at their and his discretion
173 sell and dispose of and convert into money either by public auction or private contract
174 such part or parts of my said personal Estate as shall not consist of money and
175 I will and direct that my said trustees and trustee for the time being shall stand
176 possessed of my said monies and personal Estate in trust in the first place to pay
177 and discharge thereof all my Funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my
178 Will and in the next place to pay and satisfy all such debts as shall be owing by me
179 at the time of my decease or which shall afterwards accrue due and all such costs
180 costs charges and expences as shall be occasioned by or be incidental to the trusts
181 created by this my Will and after full payment of the several matters and things
182 aforesaid and also of the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed upon further trust that
183 they my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his executors or
184 administrators do and shall set apart and appropriate thereout and lay out and
185 invest in their or his names or name in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds
186 of Great Britain or on Real Security of Securities in England at Interest such a
187 principal sum of money as at the time of investing the same will produce by
188 the dividends Interest or annual produce thereof the clear annual sum of one
189 hundred pounds and do and shall stand possessed of the same sum so to be invested
190 as last aforesaid and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends
191 Interest and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
192 and payable unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake and her assigns for her life and from
193 and immediately after her decease In trust to appropriate or layout and invest such a
194 competent and sufficient part of the said principal sum as will at the time of such
195 appropriation or investment produce by the dividends Interest and annual produce
196 thereof the clear annual sum of forty pounds and do and shall stand possessed thereof
197 and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends Interest and annual
198 produce thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable unto
199 the aforesaid Maria Brewer and her assigns for her life provided she shall
200 remain single and unmarried in addition to the annuity of sixty pounds
201 hereinafter given to herIn trust and as to the remainder of the said principal
202 sum and the Stocks Funds and Securities for the same I direct that the same
203 shall immediately on the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake sink into and
204 form part of my Residuary personal Estate and from and immediately after the
205 decease of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer
206 or the marriage of the said Maria Brewer after the death of the said Elizabeth
207 Blake I direct that the whole of the said principal sum and the Stocks Funds
208 and Securities for the same shall sink into and form part of my residuary
209 personal Estate hereinafter disposed of and upon further trust that they my said trustees
210 and trustee do and shall set apart and appropriate and lay out and invest in
211 manner aforesaid such further sum or sums of money as at the time or respective
212 times of investing the same will produce by the dividends Interest or annual
213 produce thereof the several annuities of yearly sums next hereinafter mentioned
214 and directed to be paid thereout and do and shall stand possessed of the same
215 and of the dividends Interest and produce thereof upon the trusts following that
216 is to say In trust to pay to the aforesaid Maria Brewer or her assigns an annuity
217 or clear yearly sum of sixty pounds during her natural life and to pay to my
218 Relative Miss Elizabeth Smith an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty
219 pounds during her natural life which said last mentioned annuity I direct shall
220 be paid into the proper hands of the said Elizabeth Smith and that her receipt
221 alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same and that the same shall
222 not be subject or liable to the control or intermeddling of any husband with
223 whom she may hereafter intermarry and I direct and declare that the
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224 said annuities shall be respectively paid by four equal quarterly payments on
225 the twenty five day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth
226 day of September and the twenty fifth day of December in every year the first of
227 payment thereof respectively to be made on such of the said last mentioned days
228 as shall happen next after my decease provided always and I will and direct that
229 when and as each of the aforesaid annuities or annual sums shall determine
230 by the death of the person or persons to whom such annuities respectively are
231 made payable and all the arrears of the said annuities so determining shall have
232 been discharged up to the day of the decease of the annuitant or respective
233 annuitants then a proportionable part of the monies Stocks Funds and Securities
234 to be set apart and appropriated for the Security of the same annuities shall sink
235 into and become part of my Residuary personal Estate notwithstanding the other
236 or others of the same annuitants may be still living I do not by this my Will
237 leave any annuity to the aforesaid John Spackman as I have sufficiently
238 explained my wishes with regard to him to the aforesaid Mrs Maurice and
239 Elizabeth Price Blake and I am fully assured that such my wishes will be punctually
240 complied with by them and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and
241 remainder of my personal and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and
242 wheresoever not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed or disposed of upon trust that
243 they my said trustees and trustee for the time being do and shall lay out and
244 invest the same in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds of Great Britain
245 or upon some Real Security or Securities in England and stand and be
246 possessed thereof upon and for such and the same trusts and intents and purposes
247 as are hereinafter expressed and declared or referred to touching or concerning any
248 monies which may arise from Sale of any part of my said Freehold or Leasehold
249 Estates during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice provided always and
250 my Will is and I declare that in case my personal Estate shall prove insufficient
251 to pay and satisfy my debts and also all the pecuniary legacies and to supply a
252 sufficient Fund for paying the annuities hereinbefore by me given all my
253 legacies and annuities shall abate proportionably except the legacies and
254 annuities hereinbefore given to or provided for the said Elizabeth Blake and
255 Maria Brewer which I direct shall be paid without any deduction it being
256 my intention that my Real Estate shall in no wise be chargeable there with
257 provided also and I further declare that my said trustees and the Survivors and
258 Survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators of such Survivor
259 during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice with the consent and
260 approbation to be testified in writing under her hand and Seal shall and
261 may absolutely sell and dispose of and grant and convey all or any part of
262 the said Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments so devised to
263 them in trust as aforesaid to any person or persons whomsoever and either
264 by public auction or private contract for such price or prices as to her shall
265 seem reasonable free and absolutely discharged from the uses ad trusts
266 hereinbefore created concerning the same except as to the aforesaid charged
267 thirty pounds for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria
268 Brewer and I do hereby declare that on any Sale of the said Messuages Lands
269 Tenements and hereditaments or any part or parts thereof under any of the
270 power or authorities for that purpose contained in this my Will that the
271 receipt and receipts of them the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and
272 William Brown or the Survivors or Survivors of them or the last executor
273 or administrators of such Survivor alone without the concurrence of any
274 other person whomsoever shall be a sufficient discharge or discharges at all
275 times to any purchaser or purchasers and that such purchaser or purchasers
276 shall not afterwards be required or liable to see to the application of or be
277 answerable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part
278 thereof provided always nevertheless and I do hereby further direct that the
279 surplus of the monies which shall arrive from such Sale or Sales after payment
280 of the expences attending the same shall from time to time with all
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281 convenient speed be laid out and invested by my said Trustees or trustee at Interest in
282 the public Funds or on Real Security or Securities in England upon such and the
283 same trusts ends intents and purposes as are hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning
284 the said hereditaments which shall be so sold or as near thereto as circumstances
285 will admit of provided also and I hereby declare that the several legacies bequests
286 rights or Interests hereby given to or in trust for the said Ann Maurice are so
287 given by me and intended for her sole use and that the same shall not be
288 subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her present or any
289 future husband but that the same shall at all times be paid into and
290 consent by her own hands or to the hands of the person or persons she may by
291 writing from time to time but not by way of anticipation appoint and I appoint
292 the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
293 Executors of this my Will for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and I give devise
294 and bequeath unto the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
295 Brown their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively according to
296 the nature of my estate and Interest therein all and singular the Freehold
297 and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments of in or to which
298 either in my own right or otherwise howsoever I am seized possessed interested
299 or in anywise entitled either as mortgagee for my own benefit or for any trust
300 stake or Interest for the benefit of any person or persons whomsoever to the
301 end and intent that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the heirs
302 executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor may have a complete
303 power ofobtaining conveying and transferring the said Messuages Lands
304 Tenements and hereditaments respectively and may be also entitled to perform
305 the trusts upon which the same respectively are held and receive any sum
306 or sums of money which is or are or shall or may hereafter become due
307 upon the Security of the same or any part thereof provided also and I further
308 declare that in case the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
309 Brown or either of them or any trustees or trustee to be appointed under this
310 present provision shall die or become unwilling or unable to act in the
311 aforesaid trusts before the same shall be fully executed and performed then
312 and as often as the same shall happen I direct the said John Brown
313 Thelwall Maurice and William Brown or such of them as shall be
314 then living or willing to act and capable of acting and after the decease
315 of the Survivor the acting trustees or trustee for the time being or the heirs
316 Executors or Administrators for the time being of the last acting trustee
317 under this my Will to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place
318 or places of the trustee or trustees respectively so dying or becoming unwilling
319 or unable to act as aforesaid and immediately after every such appointment
320 the trust Estate monies and premises shall be assigned converted and
321 transferred to and in such manner that the same may vest in such
322 trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or
323 trustees or in such new trustee or trustees solely as the case may require
324 and I direct that such new trustee or trustees shall exercise all the powers and
325 authorities whatsoever hereinbefore contained in the same manner to all
326 intents and purposes as if he or they had been appointed a trustee or trustees by
327 this my Will and I further direct that my said trustees hereby appointed and to
328 be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them their heirs Executors
329 administrators and assigns shall severally and respectively be charged and
330 chargeable only with such monies as they severally and respectively shall
331 actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding
332 he or they respectively shall give or sign or join in giving or signing any
333 receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and also that any one or more
334 of the said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or
335 either of them but each and every of them only and respectively for himself
336 and themselves and his and their own acts neglects receipts and defaults and
337 that they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any
338 loss misfortune or damage which may happen to my trust Estate in the
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339 execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall
340 happen by or through his or their own wilful default respectively and than and
341 in such case such person singly be answerable for his own neglects and
342 defaults only and further that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
343 trustees and trustee for the time being by and out of the monies which shall
344 shall come to their respective hands under the trusts of this my Will to claim
345 and reimburse unto and for themselves respectively and to allow to such other all
346 the costs charges damages and expences to which they respectively shall or may
347 suffer sustain and be put into in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts
348 or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the testator
349 have to this my last Will and Testament contained in nine sheets of
350 paper set my hand and Seal that is to say my hand to the first eight sheets
351 thereof and my hand and Seal to this ninth and last sheet hereof this eleventh
352 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
353 twenty six Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
354 James Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
355 presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the sight and presence
356 of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto John
357 Maurice Mr J Marlborough Mr Merriman Marboro Gent James R White
358 Clerk to Mr Merriman
359 Whereas since the making and publishing of the foregoing Will
360 my late Servant John Spackman hath departed this life now I do hereby
361 give and bequeath unto the before mentioned Elizabeth Blake all my
362 wearing apparel both Linen and Woollen and all other kinds for her own
363 use and benefit and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness
364 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirteenth day of October
365 1826 Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
366 James Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
367 presence of us J. Bullock Tho B Merriman both of Marlboro’ Gent[lemen]
368 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th Dec 1827 before the Judge by the
369 oaths of Thelwall Maurice and William Ruddle (in the Will written William
370 Brown) the Ex[ecut]ors to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Com[missi]on
371 duly to adm[iniste]r power reserved to John Brown the other Ex[ecut]or
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Baptismal Records for Lambourne, Berkshire are available online from a rootsweb site (from 1560 to 1837 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Lambrn/Index.html):
Elizabeth Blake daughter of William baptized 3 Oct 1613 of Lambourne
Henry Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized Apr 14 1738
John Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 21 Oct 1739
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
Mary Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 19 Jan 1745/46
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 11 Jan 1746/47 of Woodlands
Sarah Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 23 Jun 1751
Henry Blake son of James and Elizabeth baptized 6 Aug 1774
Lots of Elizabeth Blake entries and from the earlier will she was born in 1781 and there isn’t a baptism that fits for her at Lambourne, Berkshire.
From Find My Past James was buried 3 Aug 1827 at Preshute St George and he was 74 years of age (date of birth circa 1753). He doesn’t mention being married but could he be the father of Henry baptized 6 Aug 1774 at Lambourne? Could he be an unlisted son of Henry and Elizabeth baptizing children between 1738 and 1751 at Lambourne and baptized elsewhere?
Also from Find my past the marriage of James Blake of Hungerford yeoman and widower 2 Sep 1773 to Elizabeth Green of Wokingham a spinster with bondsman John Grasingham a vintner at Wokingham.
Find my past again lists a James Blake son of John and Elizabeth baptized at Burbage 20 Mar 1753, James Blake son of Isaac and Mary baptized 5 Apr 1752 at Warminster St Denys, James Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized at South Newton 5 Apr 1754 and James Blake son of Mr John and Mary baptized at Laverstock 18 Apr 1755. These are several other possibilities so not possible to pin this baptism down at this time. But the Lambourne records are interesting.
Names mentioned in the will:
James Blake, testator, Gentleman, Preshute
Mr Edward Francis, relation and friend, Gracechurch Street, London
Miss Elizabeth Blake, cousin, Preshute
Miss Maria Brewer, friend, Preshute
Captain David Price, tenant, Marlborough
John Spackman, retired servant, Marlborough
John Brown, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough
Thelwall Maurice, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough, husband of Ann Maurice
William Brown (Ruddle in the probate), executor, trustee, gentleman, BroadHinton
Mrs Ann Maurice, wife of Thelwall Maurice, Marlborough
Miss Ann Francis, relation
Mr William Francis, relation
Miss Phillippina Brewer, friend
Mr Henry Smith, Stock Farm
Mr Charles William Valentine Smith, brother of Mr Henry Smith
Martha Blissett Maurice, daughter of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
James Maurice, son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
Elizabeth Davidson
George Madgwick Davidson, Esquire, husband of Elizabeth
Mrs Francis, Lambourne
Mr William Spicer
Mrs Mary Spicer
Mr William Edward
Mrs. Martha Edward
Mr Davison
Mrs Davison
Mr Richards
Mrs Richards
Mr Edward Francis
Mrs Edward Francis
Mr William Francis
Mrs William Francis
Mr Martin
Mrs Martin
Mrs Edward, Reading
Mr T Edward, Reading
Miss Mary Cousins
Mrs Mary Halcomb
Mrs Sarah Nalder
Mrs Mary Sanfear
Mr John Woodman
Mr John Eyre
Mr Thomas Merriman, Marlborough, solicitor
Miss Elizabeth Smith, relation
John Maurice, witness
James R White, clerk to Mr Merriman, witness
J Bullock, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1733/290
Testator: James Blake, Gentleman
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jan 1826, probated 8 Dec 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
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1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
2 of the Parish of Preshute in the County of Wilts Gentleman first I give and devise
3 all my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate at
4 Lamborne in the County of Berks unto my Relation and Friend Mr Edward
5 Francis of Gracechurch Stre[e]t London to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever
6 I give and devise unto my Cousin Miss Elizabeth Blake and to my Friend Miss
7 Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them all my right of holding term Estate
8 and Interest of and in the Messuage or dwellinghouse in which I now reside
9 called Plough Cottage with the Garden Meadow and appurtenances thereto belonging
10 to hold the same to them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer for and
11 during all such Estate term and Interest as I shall be possessed of therein at the time
12 of my decease subject nevertheless to the Rents Covenants Conditions and agreements and or which I now hold or at the time of my decease I shall hold the same also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth
13 Blake and Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them one annuity or clear yearly
14 Rent charge of thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and which I have purchased
15 upon all that Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Yards Gardens and appurtenances
16 situate in Kingsbury Street in Marlborough now in the occupation of Captain David
17 Price with all usual powers of distress and entry and perception of the Rents and profits
18 in case of nonpayment of the said annuity or any part thereof and I direct that the
19 same shall be payable to them during their joint lives to and for their joint use
20 and mutual benefit and from and after the decease of either of them I direct that the
21 same shall be paid and payable to the Survivor of them during her life to and
22 for her sole use and benefit and I direct that the said annuity shall be paid
23 and payable to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer or to the Survivor
24 of them by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the said dwelling
25 house and premises by equal half yearly payments without any deduction or abatement
26 whatsoever with a proportional part of such half yearly payment to be paid to the
27 Executor of administrators of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and
28 Maria Brewer up to and inclusive at the day of the decease of such Survivor provided
29 and I declare that in case the said Maria Brewer shall marry during the lifetime
30 of the said Elizabeth Blake that then all the share estate and Interest of the said Maria
31 Brewer of in and to the said dwelling house called Plough Cottage with the Meadow
32 and appurtenances and also of in and to the said annuity of thirty pounds shall
33 immediately thereupon cease and determine and the same share estate and Interest
34 of the said Maria Brewer shall thenceforth belong to and become the sole in
35 property of the said Elizabeth Blake and in case the said Maria Brewer shall
36 marry after the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake then the same shall sink
37 into and form part of my Residuary Personal Estate hereinafter disposed of I give
38 devise and bequeath unto my late Servant John Spackman the cottage or tenement
39 situate in Kingsbury Street aforesaid now in his occupation together with the use
40 of the household Goods and Furniture in the same Cottage during the term of
41 his natural life and I give and devise unto John Brown of Marlborough aforesaid
42 Gentleman Thelwall Maurice of the same place Gentleman and William
43 Brown of Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts Gentleman all and every my
44 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments subject only to the annuity hereinbefore
45 given to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer and the life estate of the
46 said John Spackman and all the rest residue and remainder of my real Estate
47 and Leasehold Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold the same unto and to
48 the use of the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
49 their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and
50 quality of the said several Estates upon the trusts and to and for the ends intents
51 and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes and declarations in
52 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say
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53 upon trust to permit and suffer Mrs Ann Maurice the Wife of the aforesaid Thelwall
54 Maurice to have receive and take the Rents Issues and profits thereof during the
55 term of her natural life she keeping the same in a good and sufficient state of
56 tenantable repair and from and immediately after her decease upon trust to
57 permit and suffer the said Thelwall Maurice and his assigns to have receive
58 and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to and for his own use during
59 the term of his natural life provided he shall remain single and unmarried
60 he keeping the same in a state of good and sufficient repair and from and
61 immediately after his decease or second marriage upon trust for all and every
62 or any one or more of the Children of the said Ann Maurice at such age or
63 ages time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form
64 and with under and subject to such conditions charges restrictions and limitations
65 ever for the benefit of such Children some or one of them or their issue as the
66 said Mrs Maurice by her last Will and Testament in writing or such writing
67 in the nature thereof to be by her signed and published in the presence of
68 and attested by three or more credible Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint and
69 in default of such direction limitation or appointment and as far as any such
70 if incomplete shall not extend the same shall be upon trust as soon as it
71 conveniently may be after the decease of the Survivor of them the said Thelwall
72 Maurice and Ann Maurice or the second marriage of the said Thelwall Maurice as aforesaid to make Sale and absolutely dispose of all and singular my said
73 Residuary Real Estate and my said Leasehold Estate or such part or parts thereof
74 whereof no such appointment as aforesaid shall have been made either by a
75 Public Auction or private Contract for the most money and best price that
76 can be reasonably had and gotten for the same and I direct and declare that
77 my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the executors
78 and administrators of such Survivor do and shall in the first place deduct pay
79 and satisfy out of the monies which shall arise from such Sale or Sales the costs
80 charges or expences attending such Sale or Sales or in any manner incident
81 to the execution of the trusts hereby in them and him reposed and do and
82 shall stand possessed of and interested in the clear residue of the same monies
83 and also of and in the clear yearly proceeds rents and profits of the same my
84 hereditaments and premises until such Sale or Sales thereof shall be completed
85 upon trust for all and every or any one or more of the Children of the said
86 Ann Maurice at such age or ages time or times and in such shares and
87 proportions manner and form and with under and subject to such conditions
88 charges restrictions or limitations over for the benefit of such Children some
89 or one of them or their issue as the said Ann Maurice shall in her last
90 Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last
91 Will and Testament
92
93
94 or appointment and as far as any such shall not extend upon trust for all
95 and every the Children of the said Ann Maurice who either have attained or
96 shall attain the age of twenty one years and to be divided between or among
97 them in such shares as tenants in common but no Child taking under any
98 appointment to be made in pursuance of any of the powers hereinbefore given
99 to the said Ann Maurice shall be entitled to any share of the unappointed part
100 of the said trust Estate monies or premises without bringing his or her appointed
101 share into hotchpot and accounting for the same accordingly and whereas I have
102 in my possession and stand indebted to the Estate of my late relation Miss Ann
103 Francis deceased in the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds the interest
104 of which was left to me for life by her Will and on my decease the principal
105 was bequeathed between her Sisters but as no Security or memorandum may
106 be found to identify the same I think it proper to mention the circumstance
107 here and I desire my Executors to pay the said sum also I give and bequeath
108 unto the aforesaid Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds and beg
109 he will accept my best thanks for the many attentions he has shown me I give
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110 and bequeath unto my Relation Mr William Francis Brother of the said
111 Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my
112 Friend Miss Phillippina Brewer the sum of two hundred pounds also I give
113 and bequeath unto the aforesaid Thelwall Maurice the sum of five hundred
114 pounds and to his said Wife Ann Maurice the sum of two hundred pounds also
115 I give and bequeath unto Mr Henry Smith of Stock Farm the sum of five
116 hundred pounds and to his Brother Mr Charles William Valentine Smith the
117 sum of two hundred pounds which said several legacies I direct shall be paid
118 but without Interest within twelve Calendar months next after my decease
119 also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake the sum of one
120 thousand pounds and to the aforesaid Maria Brewer the sum of two hundred
121 pounds which said last mentioned legacies I direct shall be paid within six
122 Calendar months next after my decease but without Interest and free from
123 legacy duty which shall be paid by my executors out of my Personal Estate
124 also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Blake for her life the use of the
125 following articles of plate viz [a vit] my Silver Tea pot and Stand Tea Caddy Sugar
126 Basen Cream Ewer my best coffee pot Fish knife punch Ladle and punch
127 Stainer one pair of Gravy Spoons one dozen of Table Spoons one dozen of
128 desert Spoons two dozen or tea spoons my Soup Ladle and my four Sauce Ladles one
129 pair of Sugar Tongs and four round Salts with the spoons belonging to them
130 and after her decease I give the same unto the said Maria Brewer for her
131 life if she shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after
132 the decease or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same
133 unto Martha Blissett Maurice daughter of the said Thelwall and Ann
134 Maurice absolutely all the rest and residue of my plate and Trinkets of every
135 kind I give unto the said Ann Maurice to and for her sole use and absolutely benefit
136 and I give unto the said Elizabeth Blake my poney and poney carriage
137 and harness and when such poney shall become useless from age or
138 otherwise I request that he may be killed and buried and not sold and thereupon
139 I direct my executors to purchase another fit poney for the said Elizabeth
140 Blake out of my personal Estate also I give unto James Maurice Son of the
141 said Thelwall and Ann Maurice my gold Watch with its Chain and Seals
142 Also I give unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice the Table Clock and Mahogany
143 Table and Mahogany Wardrobe in my Bed Room and the Mahogany folding
144 dressing Table now in the Bed Room of the said Elizabeth Blake I give
145 unto Elizabeth the Wife of George Madgwick Davidson Esquire my Encyclopedia
146 Britannia and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake all my Beer Wine Spirits
147 and Liquors of every description and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake for her
148 life all the remainder of my household Goods and Furniture books Linen
149 China Glass articles of Furniture implements of household and Utensils of
150 every description in and about Plough Cottage aforesaid not herein specifically
151 disposed of and from and after her decease I give the same and every part thereof
152 unto the aforesaid Maria Brewer during the term of her natural life if she
153 shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after her decease
154 or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same and every part
155 thereof unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice for her sole use and benefit also I give
156 unto my Servant the aforesaid John Spackman all my Woollen Wearing apparel
157 for his own use I give unto all my domestic Servants living with me at the
158 time of my decease decent mourning and I direct my said executors to present
159 mourning Rings to the following persons viz [a vit] Mrs Francis of Lamborne
160 the said Ann Maurice Phillippina Brewer Maria Brewer Elizabeth Blake
161 Mr William and Mrs Mary Spicer Mr William and Mrs. Martha Edward
162 Mr and Mrs Davison Mr and Mrs Richards Mr and Mrs Edward Francis
163 Mr and Mrs William Francis Mr and Mrs Martin Mrs Edward of Reading
164 Mr T Edward of Reading Miss Mary Cousins Mrs Mary Halcomb Mrs
165 Sarah Nalder Mrs Mary Sanfear Mr John Woodman Mr John Eyre and
166 Mr Thomas Merriman and I request each of my said Executors to accept
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167 of a Ring also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall
168 Maurice and William Brown all my monies and Securities for money and all
169 the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels rights credits personal
170 and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore
171 specifically disposed of upon trust that they my said trustees and the Survivors and
172 Survivor of them his executors and administrators do
173 sell and dispose of and convert into money either by public auction or private contract
174 such part or parts of my said personal Estate as shall not consist of money and
175 I will and direct that my said trustees and trustee for the time being shall stand
176 possessed of my said monies and personal Estate in trust in the first place to pay
177 and discharge thereof all my Funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my
178 Will and in the next place to pay and satisfy all such debts as shall be owing by me
179 at the time of my decease or which shall afterwards accrue due and all such costs
180 costs charges and expences as shall be occasioned by or be incidental to the trusts
181 created by this my Will and after full payment of the several matters and things
182 aforesaid and also of the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed upon further trust that
183 they my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his executors or
184 administrators do and shall set apart and appropriate thereout and lay out and
185 invest in their or his names or name in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds
186 of Great Britain or on Real Security of Securities in England at Interest such a
187 principal sum of money as at the time of investing the same will produce by
188 the dividends Interest or annual produce thereof the clear annual sum of one
189 hundred pounds and do and shall stand possessed of the same sum so to be invested
190 as last aforesaid and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends
191 Interest and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
192 and payable unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake and her assigns for her life and from
193 and immediately after her decease In trust to appropriate or layout and invest such a
194 competent and sufficient part of the said principal sum as will at the time of such
195 appropriation or investment produce by the dividends Interest and annual produce
196 thereof the clear annual sum of forty pounds and do and shall stand possessed thereof
197 and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends Interest and annual
198 produce thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable unto
199 the aforesaid Maria Brewer and her assigns for her life provided she shall
200 remain single and unmarried in addition to the annuity of sixty pounds
201 hereinafter given to her
202 sum and the Stocks Funds and Securities for the same I direct that the same
203 shall immediately on the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake sink into and
204 form part of my Residuary personal Estate and from and immediately after the
205 decease of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer
206 or the marriage of the said Maria Brewer after the death of the said Elizabeth
207 Blake I direct that the whole of the said principal sum and the Stocks Funds
208 and Securities for the same shall sink into and form part of my residuary
209 personal Estate hereinafter disposed of and upon further trust that they my said trustees
210 and trustee do and shall set apart and appropriate and lay out and invest in
211 manner aforesaid such further sum or sums of money as at the time or respective
212 times of investing the same will produce by the dividends Interest or annual
213 produce thereof the several annuities of yearly sums next hereinafter mentioned
214 and directed to be paid thereout and do and shall stand possessed of the same
215 and of the dividends Interest and produce thereof upon the trusts following that
216 is to say In trust to pay to the aforesaid Maria Brewer or her assigns an annuity
217 or clear yearly sum of sixty pounds during her natural life and to pay to my
218 Relative Miss Elizabeth Smith an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty
219 pounds during her natural life which said last mentioned annuity I direct shall
220 be paid into the proper hands of the said Elizabeth Smith and that her receipt
221 alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same and that the same shall
222 not be subject or liable to the control or intermeddling of any husband with
223 whom she may hereafter intermarry and I direct and declare that the
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224 said annuities shall be respectively paid by four equal quarterly payments on
225 the twenty five day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth
226 day of September and the twenty fifth day of December in every year the first of
227 payment thereof respectively to be made on such of the said last mentioned days
228 as shall happen next after my decease provided always and I will and direct that
229 when and as each of the aforesaid annuities or annual sums shall determine
230 by the death of the person or persons to whom such annuities respectively are
231 made payable and all the arrears of the said annuities so determining shall have
232 been discharged up to the day of the decease of the annuitant or respective
233 annuitants then a proportionable part of the monies Stocks Funds and Securities
234 to be set apart and appropriated for the Security of the same annuities shall sink
235 into and become part of my Residuary personal Estate notwithstanding the other
236 or others of the same annuitants may be still living I do not by this my Will
237 leave any annuity to the aforesaid John Spackman as I have sufficiently
238 explained my wishes with regard to him to the aforesaid Mrs Maurice and
239 Elizabeth Price Blake and I am fully assured that such my wishes will be punctually
240 complied with by them and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and
241 remainder of my personal and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and
242 wheresoever not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed or disposed of upon trust that
243 they my said trustees and trustee for the time being do and shall lay out and
244 invest the same in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds of Great Britain
245 or upon some Real Security or Securities in England and stand and be
246 possessed thereof upon and for such and the same trusts and intents and purposes
247 as are hereinafter expressed and declared or referred to touching or concerning any
248 monies which may arise from Sale of any part of my said Freehold or Leasehold
249 Estates during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice provided always and
250 my Will is and I declare that in case my personal Estate shall prove insufficient
251 to pay and satisfy my debts and also all the pecuniary legacies and to supply a
252 sufficient Fund for paying the annuities hereinbefore by me given all my
253 legacies and annuities shall abate proportionably except the legacies and
254 annuities hereinbefore given to or provided for the said Elizabeth Blake and
255 Maria Brewer which I direct shall be paid without any deduction it being
256 my intention that my Real Estate shall in no wise be chargeable there with
257 provided also and I further declare that my said trustees and the Survivors and
258 Survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators of such Survivor
259 during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice with the consent and
260 approbation to be testified in writing under her hand and Seal shall and
261 may absolutely sell and dispose of and grant and convey all or any part of
262 the said Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments so devised to
263 them in trust as aforesaid to any person or persons whomsoever and either
264 by public auction or private contract for such price or prices as to her shall
265 seem reasonable free and absolutely discharged from the uses ad trusts
266 hereinbefore created concerning the same except as to the aforesaid charged
267 thirty pounds for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria
268 Brewer and I do hereby declare that on any Sale of the said Messuages Lands
269 Tenements and hereditaments or any part or parts thereof under any of the
270 power or authorities for that purpose contained in this my Will that the
271 receipt and receipts of them the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and
272 William Brown or the Survivors or Survivors of them or the last executor
273 or administrators of such Survivor alone without the concurrence of any
274 other person whomsoever shall be a sufficient discharge or discharges at all
275 times to any purchaser or purchasers and that such purchaser or purchasers
276 shall not afterwards be required or liable to see to the application of or be
277 answerable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part
278 thereof provided always nevertheless and I do hereby further direct that the
279 surplus of the monies which shall arrive from such Sale or Sales after payment
280 of the expences attending the same shall from time to time with all
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281 convenient speed be laid out and invested by my said Trustees or trustee at Interest in
282 the public Funds or on Real Security or Securities in England upon such and the
283 same trusts ends intents and purposes as are hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning
284 the said hereditaments which shall be so sold or as near thereto as circumstances
285 will admit of provided also and I hereby declare that the several legacies bequests
286 rights or Interests hereby given to or in trust for the said Ann Maurice are so
287 given by me and intended for her sole use and that the same shall not be
288 subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her present or any
289 future husband but that the same shall at all times be paid into and
290 consent by her own hands or to the hands of the person or persons she may by
291 writing from time to time but not by way of anticipation appoint and I appoint
292 the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
293 Executors of this my Will for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and I give devise
294 and bequeath unto the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
295 Brown their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively according to
296 the nature of my estate and Interest therein all and singular the Freehold
297 and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments of in or to which
298 either in my own right or otherwise howsoever I am seized possessed interested
299 or in anywise entitled either as mortgagee for my own benefit or for any trust
300 stake or Interest for the benefit of any person or persons whomsoever to the
301 end and intent that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the heirs
302 executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor may have a complete
303 power of
304 Tenements and hereditaments respectively and may be also entitled to perform
305 the trusts upon which the same respectively are held and receive any sum
306 or sums of money which is or are or shall or may hereafter become due
307 upon the Security of the same or any part thereof provided also and I further
308 declare that in case the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
309 Brown or either of them or any trustees or trustee to be appointed under this
310 present provision shall die or become unwilling or unable to act in the
311 aforesaid trusts before the same shall be fully executed and performed then
312 and as often as the same shall happen I direct the said John Brown
313 Thelwall Maurice and William Brown or such of them as shall be
314 then living or willing to act and capable of acting and after the decease
315 of the Survivor the acting trustees or trustee for the time being or the heirs
316 Executors or Administrators for the time being of the last acting trustee
317 under this my Will to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place
318 or places of the trustee or trustees respectively so dying or becoming unwilling
319 or unable to act as aforesaid and immediately after every such appointment
320 the trust Estate monies and premises shall be assigned converted and
321 transferred to and in such manner that the same may vest in such
322 trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or
323 trustees or in such new trustee or trustees solely as the case may require
324 and I direct that such new trustee or trustees shall exercise all the powers and
325 authorities whatsoever hereinbefore contained in the same manner to all
326 intents and purposes as if he or they had been appointed a trustee or trustees by
327 this my Will and I further direct that my said trustees hereby appointed and to
328 be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them their heirs Executors
329 administrators and assigns shall severally and respectively be charged and
330 chargeable only with such monies as they severally and respectively shall
331 actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding
332 he or they respectively shall give or sign or join in giving or signing any
333 receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and also that any one or more
334 of the said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or
335 either of them but each and every of them only and respectively for himself
336 and themselves and his and their own acts neglects receipts and defaults and
337 that they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any
338 loss misfortune or damage which may happen to my trust Estate in the
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339 execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall
340 happen by or through his or their own wilful default respectively and than and
341 in such case such person singly be answerable for his own neglects and
342 defaults only and further that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
343 trustees and trustee for the time being by and out of the monies which shall
344 shall come to their respective hands under the trusts of this my Will to claim
345 and reimburse unto and for themselves respectively and to allow to such other all
346 the costs charges damages and expences to which they respectively shall or may
347 suffer sustain and be put into in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts
348 or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the testator
349 have to this my last Will and Testament contained in nine sheets of
350 paper set my hand and Seal that is to say my hand to the first eight sheets
351 thereof and my hand and Seal to this ninth and last sheet hereof this eleventh
352 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
353 twenty six Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
354 James Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
355 presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the sight and presence
356 of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto John
357 Maurice Mr J Marlborough Mr Merriman Marboro Gent James R White
358 Clerk to Mr Merriman
359 Whereas since the making and publishing of the foregoing Will
360 my late Servant John Spackman hath departed this life now I do hereby
361 give and bequeath unto the before mentioned Elizabeth Blake all my
362 wearing apparel both Linen and Woollen and all other kinds for her own
363 use and benefit and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness
364 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirteenth day of October
365 1826 Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
366 James Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
367 presence of us J. Bullock Tho B Merriman both of Marlboro’ Gent[lemen]
368 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th Dec 1827 before the Judge by the
369 oaths of Thelwall Maurice and William Ruddle (in the Will written William
370 Brown) the Ex[ecut]ors to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Com[missi]on
371 duly to adm[iniste]r power reserved to John Brown the other Ex[ecut]or
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Return to blogging
I did promise yesterday that today I would be blogging a new will however that was before I looked at the will of James Blake of Preshute, Wiltshire and amazingly he lived at Plough Cottage which is reminiscent of Elizabeth Blake's will just a short while ago. James's will is 10 pages so it will be tomorrow before that one surfaces as a blog but a couple of hints that it does clarify Elizabeth's will and gives a lot more detail on this Blake family which appears to be from Berkshire since that was unknown when I worked on Elizabeth's will:
The days and weeks pass quickly and I am still working on Wiltshire wills and not accomplishing a lot of Abbots Ann Parish Records. However, we did get the Christmas letter written to go with the Christmas Cards and I always email to my family and do not send Christmas Cards. I stopped sometime in the 1990s and just emailed. Hard to believe it is nearly 20 years since I sent Christmas Cards except to my mother and aunt and uncle as they were not on email (all in their 80s at the time).
Monday, December 9, 2013
Pedigree Collapse
Whilst resting my eyes I thought about pedigree collapse as that has been an interesting discussion along with the most recent common ancestor on the lists.
In my family I have a number of cousin marriages so that I have experienced pedigree collapse although not closer than my 3x great grandparents.
The first occasion is my Knight family (Ellis Knight and Eleanor Knight share the same 3x great grandparents Knight (Henry Knight and Mary Oliver). The impact is at the 6x great grandparents level where I have two less because of Ellis and Eleanor being related.
The second occasion is my Routledge family (Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Routledge share the same Oakshaw Routledge line with both of their fathers being of this line and Elizabeth's mother is also Routledge. One generation back 3/4 grandparents are Routledge and two generations back 6/8 grandparents are Routledge surname and three generations back this becomes 13/16 Routledge as one of the other lines has a Routledge further back. Of these 16 individuals only four of them are distinct and the other twelve are the same four repeated three times. Hence at the 6x great grandparents level there are only eight instead of 16 so a reduction of eight more.
The third occasion is my Carter family (Thomas Blake was my 3x great grandfather and two of his grandmothers were sisters). The impact is at the 6x great grandparents level for me (3x for Thomas) and he has Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett as two sets of his great grandparents thus reducing his great grandparents to six so a reduction of two more at the 6x great grandparent level.
The fourth occasion is also in my Blake family although further back so does not affect the 6x great grandparents (Richard Blake married his first cousin Johane Blake and they were my 11x great grandparents). But the impact further down is important as well.
I have a few more lines that I suspect may be cousin marriages but still working away at that. But already at the 6x great grandparent level I have 10 less. Since we have 128 6x great grandparents I only have 118 and possibly less than that as I have not yet determined other possible cousin relationships.
Although all of my ancestors ultimately were either born in England back as far as I have traced them or are one of my three Canadian born ancestors (all of whom have English ancestors - my mother, her father, his mother and all were first generation Canadian on at least one side (both of my great grandmother's parents were born in England)), I do not have any close cousin relationships until I get back to the 3x great grandparent level. My father's families were all clustered in the Hampshire/Dorset/Wiltshire area and my mother's families were on her father's side from Devon/Somerset and Cumberland/Yorkshire and from her mother's side from Warwickshire/Staffordshire/Leicestershire and London/Surrey. There did not seem in any way that they would ever be related until I discovered that my Question family had married into the Blake family of Somerset. However, I have not found any link between the Somerset Blake family and the Hampshire Blake family but the similar name was quite interesting.
In my family I have a number of cousin marriages so that I have experienced pedigree collapse although not closer than my 3x great grandparents.
The first occasion is my Knight family (Ellis Knight and Eleanor Knight share the same 3x great grandparents Knight (Henry Knight and Mary Oliver). The impact is at the 6x great grandparents level where I have two less because of Ellis and Eleanor being related.
The second occasion is my Routledge family (Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Routledge share the same Oakshaw Routledge line with both of their fathers being of this line and Elizabeth's mother is also Routledge. One generation back 3/4 grandparents are Routledge and two generations back 6/8 grandparents are Routledge surname and three generations back this becomes 13/16 Routledge as one of the other lines has a Routledge further back. Of these 16 individuals only four of them are distinct and the other twelve are the same four repeated three times. Hence at the 6x great grandparents level there are only eight instead of 16 so a reduction of eight more.
The third occasion is my Carter family (Thomas Blake was my 3x great grandfather and two of his grandmothers were sisters). The impact is at the 6x great grandparents level for me (3x for Thomas) and he has Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett as two sets of his great grandparents thus reducing his great grandparents to six so a reduction of two more at the 6x great grandparent level.
The fourth occasion is also in my Blake family although further back so does not affect the 6x great grandparents (Richard Blake married his first cousin Johane Blake and they were my 11x great grandparents). But the impact further down is important as well.
I have a few more lines that I suspect may be cousin marriages but still working away at that. But already at the 6x great grandparent level I have 10 less. Since we have 128 6x great grandparents I only have 118 and possibly less than that as I have not yet determined other possible cousin relationships.
Although all of my ancestors ultimately were either born in England back as far as I have traced them or are one of my three Canadian born ancestors (all of whom have English ancestors - my mother, her father, his mother and all were first generation Canadian on at least one side (both of my great grandmother's parents were born in England)), I do not have any close cousin relationships until I get back to the 3x great grandparent level. My father's families were all clustered in the Hampshire/Dorset/Wiltshire area and my mother's families were on her father's side from Devon/Somerset and Cumberland/Yorkshire and from her mother's side from Warwickshire/Staffordshire/Leicestershire and London/Surrey. There did not seem in any way that they would ever be related until I discovered that my Question family had married into the Blake family of Somerset. However, I have not found any link between the Somerset Blake family and the Hampshire Blake family but the similar name was quite interesting.
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