Mary Blake is the testatrix and within her will below she mostly quotes from the will of her husband Henry Blake who was a victualler at Hungerford and his will was probated within the diocese of Windsor and not at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. It is available and I shall acquire it to go along with this will of Mary Blake his widow. P23/809 – it is a scanned will of six pages and he was located on Charnham Street in Hungerford. The Wiltshire record office has wills available for £5.00. Most of my comments are with this will since I transcribed it first but also some commenting on Henry’s will which will also be posted today.
I am becoming enthusiastic again that I will complete the Wiltshire Wills by the end of December and hence move on to Hampshire wills in January. I have quite a number for Hampshire since I will receive 14 of my most wanted oldest wills for Blake in Hampshire for a Christmas present, I already have ten from the PCC not yet done and another twenty one of the oldest wills from Hampshire Record office. One of my coveted 14 wills is for a William Blake at Andover in 1831 and he is possibly the brother of my Thomas Blake of Upper Clatford (and I will likely at least read that one first of all). That remains to be seen of course but it would be a nice fit and give me details I am currently missing perhaps. In total I appear to have 45 Hampshire wills at hand and another ten to 15 during the time period that it will take to transcribe them (60 wills in total). I always think in terms of one will per day but can sometimes do two so looking at two months work before moving on to Gloucestershire where there are about twenty wills. From there I move back to Durham and then Essex just to bring me back to my alphabetization system. I dither on my path actually and will let it flow as it seems best at the time.
A James Blake of Overton is mentioned in this will and will also be mentioned in Henry’s will which is now downloaded and ready to transcribe when this one is complete. This one is lengthy, eight pages in total.
The children of Henry Blake and Mary Williams all baptized at Baydon, Wiltshire (Mary’s brothers live at Baydon):
Mary baptized 28 Oct 1769
Martha baptized 17 Jul 1774
Mary baptized 7 Feb 1776
Ann baptized 5 Sep 1779
Hannah baptized 28 Nov 1782
One of these Mary baptisms is perhaps Elizabeth and an error in transcription since the daughters are Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann and Hannah.
An interesting marriage shows up on Find My Past for Henry Blake and Ann Dismore at Ramsbury, Wiltshire 7 Aug 1749; Henry is a yeoman and Anne a widow. Bondsman was James Blake, yeoman of Ramsbury.
Is James the brother of Henry? Is this Henry the father of Henry who later marries Mary Williams? Then found the marriage of Henry Blake, gent of Froxfield, Wiltshire and Mary Williams of Lambourn, Berkshire 22 Apr 1765 and the bondsman William Williams, gent of Lambourn. So not the parents of Henry who married Mary Williams. Interesting to find Mary from Lambourn and I begin to wonder if the James Blake at Preshute who left his will is the same James as the executor of Henry’s will. Henry asks in his will to be buried near his parents in Ramsbury Churchyard.
Marriages for the daughters of Henry and Mary Blake:
Elizabeth Blake of Baydon spinster married Thomas Gould of Aldbourne 25 Apr 1796. Bondsman William Warman, Aldbourne.
Mary Blake of Hungerford, spinster, married William Pike, of Hungerford 27 Jun 1791 with bondsman Robert Holloway, Hungerford
Martha Blake of Hungerford, spinster, married William Lye of Hungerford 7 Oct 1797 with bondsman Robert Miller of Ramsbury, Wiltshire.
Ann Blake of Hungerford, spinster, married Stephen Pullen of Bray, labourer 26 Jul 1802 with bondsman Timothy Webb, gent, Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
Mary Pike of Wantage, widow, married Francis Bartholomew of Wantage bachelor 28 Apr 1800 with John Reynolds, baker, Wantage as bondsman.
Mary, the testator, also mentions two of her grand children Mary Ann Pike and Elizabeth Pike.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1496/284
Testator: Mary Blake, widow
Place: Hungerford, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Aug 1808, probated 15 May 1809
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Mary Blake of Charnham
3 Street in the parish of Hungerford but in the
4 County of Wilts widow First I desire that all
5 my just debts Funeral and Testamentary
6 Expences be paid by my Executors herein-
7 after named as soon as Conveniently may
8 be after my decease and Whereas my late
9 husband Henry Blake did in and by his
10 last Will and Testament in writing bearing
11 date the Sixth day of April one thousand
12 seven hundred and ninety seven in trust
13 give and bequeath unto his Friends James
14 Blake of Overton in the County of Wilts
15 Gentleman and Francis Williams of Baydon
16 in the same County Gentleman all that
17 his personal Estate Goods Chattels and
18 Effects of what Nature or kind soever to
19 hold to them the said James Blake and
20 Francis Williams and the Survivor of them
21 his Executors and Administrators upon
22 trust that they his said Trustees and the
23 Survivor of them his Executors and Admors
24 should and would as soon as Convenient
25 next after his decease sell and dispose of
26 his Stock and Effects and Call in and
27 receive all Sum and Sums of money that
28 shall be then due and owing to him and
29 new money arising thereby to place and
30 lay out the same upon Government or
31 other good Securities and pay and apply
32 the Interest dividends and annual
33 produce thereof to me during my Life to
34 and for my sole use and benefit but in
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35 Case his said trustees and the Survivor of them
36 his Executors and administrators should think
37 it more for the advantage of me to Continue
38 in the Business at the Red Lyon Inn or
39 any other that should be for my advancement
40 in Life then my said late husband
41 authorized and impowered his said trustees
42 and the Survivor of them his Executors and
43 administrators to act in such way and
44 manner as they in their Judgement should
45 think most expedient and from and
46 Immediately after my decease he directed
47 this said trustees and the Survivor of them
48 his Executors and administrators to pay
49 unto his daughters Martha Ann and
50 Hannah the Sum of Forty pounds apiece out
51 of his principal Stock or Funds and as to
52 the rest residue and Remainder of his said
53 personal Estate and Effects he gave the
54 same unto all and every his daughter
55 namely Elizabeth Gould Mary Pike and
56 his said daughters Martha, Ann and
57 Hannah to be equally divided between
58 them share and share alike but as to the
59 Share of his said Daughter Mary Pike
60 he desired his said trustees and the Survivor
61 of them his Executors and administrators
62 to place out upon Government or other
63 good Security as aforesaid and permit and
64 suffer his said daughter Mary Pike to
65 receive only the Interest dividends and
66 annual produce thereof for and during her
67 natural Life and from and immediately after
68 her decease he gave and bequeath the part
69 or share of his said daughter Mary Pike
70 unto her children Mary Ann and Elizabeth
71 to be equally divided between them share and
72 share alike but in Case it should happen
73 that any or either of his said daughters should
74 depart this Life before me or they should
75 become intitled to her or their share or
76 shares of his personal Estate and Effects as
77 aforesaid leaving Issue of her or their body
78 or Bodies lawfully begotten then it was his
79 Will and mind and he thereby directed that
80 the Child or Children of her or them so
81 dying as aforesaid should have receive and
82 take the Like share and proportion of
83 his said personal Estate and Effects as his
84 her or their Mothers would be intitled to
85 if living under and by virtue of his said
86 Will and whereas my said late husband
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87 Henry Blake departed this Life on or about the
88 thirty First day of January one thousand Seven
89 hundred and Ninety Eight and the Letters of
90 Administration of his personal Estate and
91 Effects with his Will annexed were afterwards
92 duly granted to the said Francis Williams one
93 of the Joint Executors thereof (reserving the
94 like power to James Blake the other
95 Executor also named in the said Will) who
96 afterwards Caused an account of the personal
97 Estate and Effects of the said Henry Blake
98 to be taken which amounted in this
99 whole to the Sum of Three hundred and
100 sixteen pounds Sixteen Shillings and
101 whereas the several Legacies of Forty
102 pounds each to Martha Ann and Hannah
103 Blake three of the said testators Henry
104 Blake’s daughters amount to the Sum
105 of one hundred and Sixty pounds and the
106 respective shares of the said Martha Ann
107 and Hannah Blake and of the said
108 Elizabeth Gould and Mary Pike (now
109 Mary Bartholomew) respectively of and in
110 the residue and remainder of the said Testator
111 Henry Blake’s personal Estate and Effects
112 amounts to the Sum of thirty one pounds
113 seven Shillings and two pence Farthing
114 making in the whole the Sum of Three
115 hundred and Sixteen pounds Fifteen Shillings
116 and Eleven pence Farthing and whereas my
117 said daughter Elizabeth Blake intermarried
118 with Thomas Gould of Aldbourne in the
119 said County of Wilts Farmer and my said
120 daughter Mary Blake hath also intermarried
121 with Francis Bartholomew of Wantage
122 in the County of Berks Victualler and my
123 said daughter Martha Blake hath
124 also intermarried with William Lye of
125 Hungerford in the said County of Berks late
126 Victualler and my said daughter Ann Blake
127 hath also intermarried with Stephen Pullen
128 of Colnbrook in the County of Bucks Victualler
129 and my said other daughter Hannah
130 Blake is now living with me at Hungerford
131 aforesaid and unmarried Now I do hereby give
132 and bequeath unto my two Brothers John
133 Williams of Baydon in the County of Wilts
134 Gentleman and Francis Williams of the same
135 place Gentleman all and Singular my
136 Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever
137 of what Nature or kind soever To hold to
138 them the said John Williams and Francis
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139 Williams and the Survivor of them his Executors
140 and administrators upon trust that they my
141 said trustees or the Survivor of them his
142 Executors or Administrators shall and do as
143 soon as Conveniently may be after my
144 decease sell and dispose of my said Stock in
145 trade Estate and Effects whatsoever and
146 wheresoever (if necessary) and Call in and
147 receive all and every Sum and Sums of
148 money that shall be due and owing to me
149 at the time of my decease and out of the
150 money arising thereby to pay unto my said
151 daughter Martha Lye the Sum of Forty pounds
152 to my said daughter Ann Pullen the Sum of
153 Forty pounds and to my daughter Hannah
154 Blake the Sum of Forty pounds being the
155 Specific Legacys given and bequeathed to
156 them my said daughters in and by the
157 said Last Will and Testament of my said
158 late husband Henry Blake deceased and
159 also to pay unto my said daughters Martha
160 Lye Ann Pullen and Hannah Blake and
161 to the said Elizabeth Gould the Several and
162 respective Sums of thirty one pounds Seven
163 Shillings and two pence Farthing being
164 their Several and respective shares of and
165 in the residue and remainder of my said
166 late husbands personal Estate and Effects
167 so as aforesaid given and bequeath to
168 them in and by his said Last Will and
169 Testament to and for their several uses
170 and Benefit and as to the remaining Sum
171 of thirty one pounds Seven Shillings and
172 two pence Farthing so as aforesaid given
173 and bequeath by my said late husbands
174 Will In trust for my said daughter
175 Mary Pike (now Martha Bartholomew)
176 being her share of and in the residue of
177 my said late husbands Estate and Effects
178 as aforesaid I do hereby direct my said
179 trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or
180 administrators as soon as Conveniently may be
181 after my decease by and out of the monies
182 arising from my said personal Estate
183 and Effects to lay out and invest the said
184 Sum of thirty one pounds Seven shillings and
185 two pence Farthing in the purchase of
186 Government or other good and Sufficient
187 Security in their Names or in the Names
188 of the Survivor of them his Executors or
189 administrators and to pay apply and dispose
190 of the Interest dividend and annual proceeds
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191 thereof from time to time when and as the same
192 shall become due and payable unto my said
193 daughter Mary Bartholomew or her assigns
194 for and during the term of her Natural Life
195 and from and immediately after her decease
196 upon trust to pay assign and transfer the
197 part of share of her my said daughter Mary
198 Bartholomew and the Interest dividends
199 and proceeds thereof unto her Children
200 Mary Ann and Elizabeth Pike in equal Shares
201 and proportions but in Case it shall happen
202 that any or either of my said Daughters shall
203 depart this Life before she or they shall have
204 received her or their Legacy or Legacies given
205 and bequeathed to her or them as aforesaid
206 in and by my said late husbands will or
207 her or their share or shares of and in the
208 residue of the personal Estate and Effects of
209 my said late husband leaving Issue of her
210 or their Body or Bodies lawfully begotten then
211 it is my Will and mind and I do hereby
212 direct that the Child or Children of her or
213 them so dying as aforesaid shall have and
214 receive the like share and proportion thereof
215 as his her or their Mother or Mothers would
216 be intitled to, if living under and by virtue
217 of the will of my said late husband
218 Henry Blake deceased or of this my Will and
219 I do hereby direct my said trustees to transfer
220 and pay the same to her or them accordingly
221 which said Sums of Forty pounds apiece to
222 my said three daughters Martha Lye, Ann
223 Pullen and Hannah Blake and the said
224 Five several Sums of thirty one pounds Seven
225 Shillings and two pence Farthing to my
226 said daughters respectively are to be received
227 and taken by them respectively as and in
228 Full for their several and respective Legacies
229 given and bequeathed to them in and by
230 my said late husbands Will and their
231 respective Shares of and in the residue of my
232 said late husband Henry Blakes personal
233 Estate and Effects and upon further Trust
234 that they my said Trustees or the Survivor
235 of them his Executors or Administrators do
236 and shall in the next place pay thereout
237 unto my said daughter Elizabeth Gould the
238 further Sum of one hundred and Sixty Eight
239 pounds twelve Shillings and Nine pence
240 three Farthings and for her own proper
241 use and Benefit and that the same shall
242 not be liable to the debts Controul Contracts
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243 or Engagements of her present or any other taken
244 husband she may intermarry with and
245 that her own receipt only shall be good and
246 sufficient discharge to my said trustees for the
247 said trustees for the same and upon further
248 trust to pay thereout unto my daughter
249 Mary Bartholomew the like Sum of One
250 hundred and Sixty Eight pounds twelve Shillings
251 and Nine pence three Farthings to and for her
252 own proper use and benefit and that the same
253 shall not be liable to the debts Controul
254 Contracts or Engagements of her present or any
255 after taken husband she may intermarry with
256 and that her own receipt only shall be good and
257 Sufficient discharge to my said trustees for the
258 same and upon further trust to pay unto
259 my said daughter Martha Lye the Sum of
260 one hundred and twenty Eight pounds twelve
261 Shillings and Nine Pence three farthings
262 to and for her own proper use and benefit and
263 that the same shall not be Subject or liable to
264 the debts Controul Contracts or Engagements of
265 her present or any after taken husband she
266 may intermarry with and that her own
267 receipt only shall be a good and sufficient
268 discharge to my said trustees for the same
269 and upon further trust to pay to my said
270 daughter Ann Pullen the like Sum of one
271 hundred and twenty Eight pounds twelve Shillings
272 and Nine pence three Farthings to and for
273 her own proper use and Benefit and that the
274 same shall not be Subject or liable to the
275 debts Control Contracts or Engagements of her
276 present or any after taken husband she may
277 intermarry with and that her receipt only
278 shall be a good and Sufficient discharge to
279 my said trustees for the same and upon
280 further trust to pay unto my said daughter
281 Hannah Blake the Sum of one hundred and
282 twenty Eight pounds twelve Shillings and Nine
283 pence three farthings to and for her own
284 proper use and Benefit and upon further
285 trust that they my said trustees or the
286 Survivors of them either Exors or Admors of such Survivor do and shall as soon as Conveniently
287 may be after my decease by and out of the
288 monies to arise from my said personal
289 Estate and Effects lay out and invest the
290 Sum of one hundred pounds in the purchase
291 of 3 p[er] Cent Consolidated securities of
292 the Bank of England or on other good Security
293 or Securities in their Names or in the Name
294 of the Survivor of them his Executors or
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295 administrators upon trust to pay assign
296 and transfer the said annuity or
297 Security so to be purchased unto my two
298 Grand daughters Mary Ann and Elizabeth Pike
299 to and for their own respective use and benefit
300 in equal Shares and proportions when and
301 as they shall respectively attain their age of
302 twenty one years and in the mean time to
303 pay apply and dispose of the Interest dividends
304 and annual produce thereof for and during
305 their Maintenance Education and Support and
306 in Case either of my said Grand Children shall
307 die before she attains the said age of twenty
308 one years then upon Trust to pay assign and
309 transfer the Share of her so dying to the
310 Survivor of my said Grand Children when
311 and as soon as she shall attain her Age
312 of twenty one years the dividends Interest
313 and annual profits thereof in the meantime
314 to be paid applied and disposed of by my said
315 Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors
316 or administrators for and towards the
317 Maintenance Education and Support of the
318 Survivor of my said Grand Children all the
319 rest residue and remainder of my Estate and
320 Effects both real and personal whatsoever and
321 wheresoever I give devise and bequeath the
322 same to my said daughter Hannah Blake
323 her heirs Executors and administrators to
324 and for her and their own use and benefit and
325 I will that my said Trustees and Executors
326 shall not be answerable the one for
327 the other or for the acts deeds or defaults
328 of the other nor shall either of them be
329 answerable or accountable for any part of
330 my Estate and Effects but such as shall
331 Come to his or their respective hands and
332 I do hereby authorize and impower my said
333 Trustees to retain and Satisfy themselves
334 by and out of my said Trustees to retain and
335 satisfy themselves by and out of my said
336 Estate and Effects all such Costs Charges
337 damages and Expences as they or either of them
338 shall be put unto in or about the Execution
339 of the trust of this my Will and I do hereby
340 revoke all other Wills by me heretofore
341 made and declare this only to be and
342 taken as and for my last Will and
343 Testament and I do hereby appoint my said
344 Brother John Williams and Francis
345 Williams joint Executors of this my Will
346 In Witness whereof I the said Mary Blake
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347 have to the five first Sheets of this my Will contained
348 in Six Sheets of paper set my hand and to this
349 the Sixth and last Sheet thereof my hand
350 and Seal the Fourth day of August in the
351 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
352 and Eight Mary Blake Signed Sealed
353 published and declared by the said Testatrix
354 Mary Blake as and for her last Will and
355 Testament in the presence of us who in
356 her presence at her request and in the
357 presence of each other have subscribed
358 our Names as Witnesses thereto (the words
359 or in other good Security or Securities” being
360 first interlined between the twenty Fifth and
361 twenty Sixth Lines from the Top of the Fifth
362 Sheet hereof and the Words “or Securities”
363 written on an Erasure on the Twenty Eighth
364 Line from the Top of the said Fifth
365 Sheet James Hall Joseph Read
366 This Will was proved at London the fifteenth
367 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
368 Eight hundred and Nine before the Right honorable
369 Sir John Nicholl Knight doctor of Laws Master
370 Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
371 of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths
372 of John Williams and Francis Williams the
373 Brother and Executors named in the said
374 Will to whom administration was granted
375 of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and
376 Credits of the said deceased having been first
377 Sworn by Commission duly to administer
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