Hester Blake has left an interesting will full of names of the people that she knew. Often the will of a spinster can be a goldmine of information. For anyone in this family line this will is certainly providing the necessary connection mother to child and grandchildren and linking families together by siblings. She mentions a brother but does not list any children for that brother so assume that this is the end of this particular line for Blake. Hester Blake was buried 21 Jul 1781 at St Lawrence Winchester (Find my Past - Hampshire Genealogical Society).
Hester has two sisters living at the time of the writing of her will including Mary Imber and Martha Soley who are both widowed at the time of writing.
Thomas Imber married Mary Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) 10 Jun 1725 at Micheldever, Hampshire (M13667-1 Family Search).
Mary Imber baptized 15 Feb 1727 at Saint Thomas Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search). Mary Imber (their daughter) married Thomas Baddely 7 May 1751 at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (M13691-1 Family Search).
Children of Thomas Baddely and Mary Imber:
Thomas Imber Baddely 29 Jan 1752 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (J13675-1 Family Search)
Mary Baddely 4 Jul 1753 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search)
Joseph Soley married Martha Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) at Old Alresford 23 Jan 1727 (M13651-1 Family Search).
Rebecca Mary Soley was baptized 8 Sep 1728 at Old Alresford (C1365101 Family Search)
Joseph Soley their son was baptized 14 Nov 1729 at Old Alresford (M1365101 Family Search)
Mary Soley their daughter was baptized 25 Feb 1734 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (born 28 Jan 1734).
Catharine Soley their daughter was baptized 2 Feb 1738 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (P01489-1). Catharine Soley married Captain Chaloner Ogle from the baptism of their son Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (J13673-1 Family Search) which the will also verifies.
Children of Catharine Soley and Chaloner Ogle:
Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester
Isabella Catherine Ogle 1770 (Census of 1841 living at Kensington Middlesex)
Joseph Blake Ogle 1771 (Census of 1841 living at St Thomas Winchester)
Charlotte Ann Ogle 27 Oct 1780 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (K13673-1 Family Search)
Catherine Elizabeth Ogle10 Jan 1782 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester(I04100-2 Family Search)
I did not find a great deal of information on the Foyle family. George Foyle (b c 1732) was buried at Southampton All Saints 2 Jun 1802 (70 years of age) from the records of the Hampshire Genealogical Society found on Find My Past.
A verification of the spelling of Mr. Nicholas Baconnean, surgeon, mentioned in the will comes from British History online:
From 1764 the occupier was Nicholas Baconnean, a Winchester surgeon, who by 1767 had assigned his interest to William Hussey of Salisbury.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117079
A Memorial on the Island of Jersey commemorates the Reverend Pain: The Very Rev. Francis Payn, M.A., Dean of Jersey, b. 1699
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-bertrand-payne/armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci/page-40-armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci.shtml
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1081/358
Name of testator: Hester Blake, Spinster
Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 26 Apr 1768, Codicil 30 Oct 1778, probated 4 Sep 1781
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English, late 18th century, smudged but fairly clear copy
[In margin] Hester
[In margin] Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster do make and
3 declare this my last Will and Testament my Body I commit to
4 the Earth to be decently buried in Saint Lawrence Church as
5 near to my late dear Mother as can be and as to my Estates
6 and Effects I dispose of the same as follows first I Give devise
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7 and Bequeath unto my sister Martha Soley widow all that my
8 Freehold Garden situate in Parchment Street in the said City
9 of Winchester and all that my share right Title and Interest
10 of in and to the two Freehold Messuages or Tenements with
11 the appurtenances situate in the same street subject to the
12 mortgage on the same To hold ..... unto my said
13 sister Martha Soley her heirs and assigns for ever to her
14 and their own use and benefit she paying my share of
15 the Money due on Mortgage thereon also I give and
16 Bequeath unto my sister Mary Imber widow the Glass Case
17 that stands in the Dressing Room where I now live and all
18 my China Ware and all my wearing apparel and half my
19 plate all the rest of my household Goods I Give and Bequeath
20 unto my said Sister Martha Soley also I Give and Bequeath
21 unto my niece Mary Baddely my dressing Boxes and
22 twenty Guineas for Mourning also I give and Bequeath
23 unto Gorges Foyle Esquire and my Niece Mary his wife
24 and to Captain Ogle and my Niece Catherine his wife
25 twenty Guineas each for mourning Also I Give and
26 Bequeath unto Mr Nicholas Baconnean Surgeon Ten
27 Guineas to buy him a Ring Also I Give to the Reverend
28 Mr. Pain Dean of Jersey and to Mr. James Bandinell
29 of Jersey and to Mrs Mary Philpot late of Gosport and
30 to Mrs Dorothy Bonham now or late of Warnford and to
31 Miss Mary Hayes and her Sister Mrs. Wooll five Guineas
32 a piece to buy each of them a Ring all which above
33 said Legacies I desire my Executrix to pay as soon as
35 she conveniently can Also I Give and Bequeath unto
36 James Spearman and Jane Spearman son and daughter of my Good friends
37 James Spearman of the City of Winchester Gentleman
38 ten Guineas to be equally divided between them and I
39 order the same to be paid to their Father or Mother or
40 Guardians for their benefit within three months after my
41 decease whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to
42 my Executrix for the same Also I Give to Ann Cobb my
43 servant ten pounds Also I Give unto John Speed Doctor of
44 Physic five Guines to buy him a Ring Also I Give to
45 Miss Letitia Imber ten pounds Also I Give and Bequeath
46 unto Francis son of Francis Swanton of the said City of
47 Winchester Esquire my amythyst Ring which was my Brother
48 Blakes Also I Give and Bequeath the sum of Ten
49 pounds and ten shillings to be divided amongst such poor
50 women as I shall mention in a paper for that purpose
51 and for want of such paper to such poor women as
52 my Executrix shall think fit also all the rest and residue
53 of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I give
54 devise and Bequeath unto my said sister Mary Imber to
55 and for her own use and benefit and I do hereby make
56 and appoint my said Sister Mary Imber whole and sole
57 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
58 all former Wills by me made and I so declare this to be
59 my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
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60 hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty sixth day of April in
61 the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty
62 eight Hester Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed sealed and delivered published and
63 declared by the said Hester Blake the Testatrix as and for her
64 her last Will and Testament in the presence of Charles Guest [signed]
65 Sarah Collis [signed] John Meare [signed]
66 October the 30th 1778
67 As I was seting alone I thought I would desire my
68 Executrix to dispose of these things as I desire the[y] may
69 be given to I desire Mrs. Swanton may have my best
70 work apron and a pair of my best work Ruffles I
71 desire Mrs. Phillpot may have my next best work apron
72 and Ruffles I desire Mrs Chilcott may have five or Six
73 yards of my best black laces and a Minuett Lace
74 handkerchief a Lace Cap and Ruffles and my Brown
75 Silk Gown and one of my best Cotton Gowns and any
76 more you like to give her as one day I told Mr.
77 Swanton I would give him as much as I did Mary
78 Dunn[ac]k I desire he will accept of one Guinea to play
79 at cards with and that he will not swear one oath
80 till he have lost it all as I would not offered Mary
81 Dunnack with any of my cloath I desire she may have
82 One Guinea to buy her a Gown or do what she please
83 with it I desire Mary Cobb may have one of my silk
84 Sagus and Coat one silk Gown and one of my best
85 Cotton Gowns 2 laced Caps and 2 ditto hankershifts 2
86 pair work ruffles 2 muslin aprons and all my common cloath to be
87 divided between her and my other servant if I have one
88 as shifts Gowns quilted pettycoats undercoats pockets stockings
89 stays and I also have promist my silver watch to Mary
90 Cobb which I desire she may have given her Witness
91 my hand Hester Blake [signed], October the 30th, 1778
92 Whereas I had some years ago promist Moly
93 Rowing which live with me when she had live with so
94 many years I would give her a Silk Gown which was
95 not her Fanct she did not I desire she may have two
96 Guineas towards buying her a new one And I allso Give
97 my Green and yellow stuff Bed with the Green lyninn
98 to make any poor woman or Children Gowns or Coats
99 as my sisters shall think wants them and any of my best
100 cloaths my sister or Niece will not weare I desire they
101 will give them to any of my friends I declare this
102 Codicil to my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
103 October the 30 1778
104 I Desire the Ten Guineys I have given in
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105 my will to five poor womans may be if they are living
106 at my deceass may be Mrs Crafton and Mary Mu[r]phy[?]
107 Molly Bowing which I have set down in the paper
108 whare I have given some of my Cloath and Betty Cobb
109 and Kitty Turesbury I desire they may have two Guineys
110 each of them Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
111 I hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster
112 do by this Codicil to my last Will and Testament and
113 which I order and direct shall be accepted and taken as and for
114 part of my said last Will and Testament Give to my
115 Servant Ann Cobb forty pounds over and above the sum
116 of ten pounds by me already given her in and by my
117 said last will and Testament Also I Give to my dear
118 friend Mrs. Mary Philpot Widow my little pair of
119 silver candlesticks which I desire her to accept of for
120 this long love and friendship that we have had together
121 and which yet subsist between us over and above the
122 sum of five Guineas already given her in and by my
123 said last Will and Testament Also I Give to my three
124 Nephews Chaloner Ogle Junior Joseph Ogle and George
125 Foyle Junior to each of them five Guineas to buy a Ring
126 or do what they please with it Also I Give to John
127 Meare of Winchester aforesaid and Olive his wife to each
128 of them one Guinea to buy a Ring or what they
129 please In Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil
130 set my hand and seal the twenty second day of
131 January one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Hester
132 Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
133 Hester blake as and for a Codicil to be annexed to and
134 taken for part of her said last Will and Testament in
135 the presence of us who have subscribed our names as
136 Witnesses in her presence and of each other Anthony
137 Mercer [signed] John Burcher [signed]
138 The twenty eight day of August in the
139 year of our Lord one thousand seven
140 hundred and eighty one
141 Which Day appeared personally Richard Kenfield
142 of the City of Winchester in the County of Southampton
143 Watchmaker and Francis Pike of the said City of Winchester
144 Breechesmaker and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists as
145 follows to wit that they were very well acquainted with
146 Hester Blake late of the City of Winchester aforesaid Spinster
147 deceased for several years next before and to the time of
148 her death during all which time they have frequently
149 seen her write and subscribe her name and thereby became
150 very well acquainted with her manner and character
151 of handwriting and having now seen and carefully perused
152 the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the
153 three
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154 three several Codicils of the said Hester Blake deceased written on
155 an half sheet and a slip of paper the one beginning thus
156 "October the 30th 1778 as I was seting alone I thought
157 I would desire my Executrics," and ending thus "I also
158 have promist my silver Watch to Mary Cobb which
159 I desire she may have given her witness my hand
160 Hester Blake [signed] October ye 30th 1778," and the other beginning
161 thus "Whereas I had some years ago promist Mary
162 Bowing" and ending thus " I declare this a codicil to
163 my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake October ye
164 30th 1778" and the other Codicil written on a slip of paper
165 beginning thus "I desire the ten Guineas I have given in my
166 will to five poor Womans" and ending thus "I desire
167 they may have two Guineys each of them Witness
168 my hand Hester Blake," they these deponents do say and expres
169 that they verily and in their consciences believe that
170 the said paper writings and the whole series thereof and
171 also the name Hester Blake set or put to the bottom of
172 the said paper writings were totally wrote and subscribed
173 by and with the proper hand of the said Hester Blake
174 deceased. Rich[ar]d Kenfield [signed] Francis Pike [signed] Sworn at the said
175 City of Winchester the twenty eighth day of August in
176 the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
177 Eighty One Before me Thomas Brereton commissioner
178 This Will was proved at London with four codicils
179 the fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one
180 thousand seven hundred and Eighty One before the right
181 Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
182 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
183 constituted by the Oath of Mary Imber Widow the sole
184 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
185 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
186 Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission
187 duly to administer.
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