This next set of wills is for the Devon Buller family and for ease of transcription will be alphabetical beginning with Anne Buller, widow of Exeter whose will was probated 16 Sep 1800.
Anne Buller, widow, Exeter, PROB 11/1347/83, probated 16 Sep 1800
Dame Susan Buller, widow, Churston Court, PROB 11/1517/130, probated 3 Dec 1810
Husey Buller, wife, Downes, PROB 11/945/349, probated 20 Feb 1769
James-1 Buller, Kings Nympton, PROB 11/908/371, probated 23 May 1765
James-2 Buller, Downes, PROB 11/975/309, probated 3 Mar 1772
James-3 Buller, Downes, PROB 11/1731/161, probated 10 Oct 1827
Mary Buller, Honiton, PROB 11/1011/73, probated 6 Sep 1775
William-1 Buller, Surgeon, Honiton, PROB 11/894/43, probated 15 Dec 1763
William-2 Buller, Exeter, PROB 11/1541/14/probated 1 Feb 1813
There are a variety of wills here (some again very long) which may provide information on my Buller family. I do not know if all of these wills are for individuals who descend from the Cornwall line although definitely James Buller of Downes is a descendant of the Cornwall family.
James Buller of Downs (died 1765) was the son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawny. He married first Elizabeth daughter and coheir of William Gould of Downes (she died 1742) and their single child was James Buller who left his will in 1772. His second wife was Lady Jane Bathurst and their sons included John-2 Buller of Morval and Sir Francis Buller, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (of whom more later). The will for the James Buller dying in 1765 is perhaps the James Buller at Kings Nympton. I have listed below the Buller wills on Genuki for Devon. There are quite a few that would have been rather interesting but all of these were lost during the bombing of the Exeter Record Office in WWII. Some are still available located in other documents and if I find that I am still pursuing the Buller family of my own following all of this transcription I may yet look at these to see if I can find other documents that might help me. Again Christopher was born circa 1763.
List of Wills from Genuki Devon for the Buller family:
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonWillsProject/DWP-Br-By.html
Buller [DEV?] 17C W ab PWDRO-A 1/642/66 17th century page from a draft will
Buller [Plymouth?] [DEV?] 17C W ab PWDRO-C 1/642/66 page from a draft will
Buller Anna Sophia Exeter DEV widow 1845 W co PCC PROB11 2010
Buller Anne Exeter DEV widow 1800 W co PCC PROB11 1347
Buller Anne Exmouth [Littleham (near Exmouth) or Withycombe Raleigh] DEV widow 1851 W co PCC PROB11 2128
Buller Anthony St Dominick CON 1680 W le EPRE SOG Glencross Index
Buller Audley Cecil Crediton DEV 1894 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/7 also of Mexico
Buller Audley Cecil Downes [Crediton] DEV 1894 W co DRO-A 2065M/F2/7 2 copies, copy will; (pr. in Mexico)
Buller Charles Reginald 1879 W ab MUR1 Vol. 4
Buller Emma H 1845 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F3/7
Buller Emma H. (Miss) [DEV?] 1845 W co DRO-A 2065M/F3/7 will
Buller Francis Dartmoor DEV judge 1800 W co PCC PROB11 1345 of the Court of Common Pleas
Buller Francis Launceston CON esquire 1615 O ab TAPS 13 James. I. Ser. II. Vol. 356 (108) Inquisition post Mortem; See also Ser.II. Vol.105 (5), Richard Buller
Buller Francis (Sir) London LND 1800 W co DRO-W 1496 M/Settlements 2
Buller George William Ipplepen DEV 1846 W co PCC PROB11 2029
Buller Georgiana Exmouth [Littleham (near Exmouth)] DEV 1875 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/8
Buller Gertrude Torquay [Tormoham] DEV widow 1849 W co PCC PROB11 2102
Buller Husey Downes [Crediton] DEV wife 1769 W co PCC PROB11 945
Buller Husey [Downes, Crediton?] DEV 1768 I co DRO-A 2065M/E6/1 inventory; wife of James Buller
Buller J W [Downes, Crediton?] DEV 1861 W co DRO-A 2065M-1 will
Buller James Cliffden, Teignmouth DEV 1879 W co DRO-W DD.59829
Buller James Crediton DEV 1772 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/10
Buller James Downes [Crediton] DEV 1772 W co PCC PROB11 975
Buller James Downes [Crediton] DEV 1827 W co PCC PROB11 1731
Buller James Downes [Crediton] DEV 1827 W co PCC MISC Berkshire RO - Miscellaneous Unofficial Collections, Cat. No. 7 Ref. D/EX 636/34 office copy of the will
Buller James Downes [Crediton] [DEV] 1843 W ab PWDRO-W 1276/113 abstract of will and settlement
Buller James [Downes, Crediton?] DEV 1772 I co COC DRO-A 2065M/E6/2 inventory of goods and furniture
Buller James Kings Nympton DEV 1765 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/9
Buller James Kings Nympton DEV 1765 W co PCC PROB11 908
Buller James Kings Nympton DEV esquire 1765 W ab PCC DRO-U 5331 [Box 12264] names son John Buller as executor; mentions codicil; no other details
Buller James Plymouth DEV seaman, R.N. 1803 W le NAVY ADM 142/2, f. 208 H.M.S. "Belliquence"; executor - Jenny Buay, wife; [NB - 'Place' shows executor's abode]
Buller James Shillingham [CON] c1710 W ab DRO-A 2065M-4/F42 petition, quoting will
Buller James Shillingham [Saltash] CON esq 1716 O or PWDRO-A 69/M/3/157 case and opinion by Thomas Lutwyehe re: the will
Buller James Howard Crediton DEV 1874 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/11
Buller James Wentworth Downes [Crediton] DEV 1831 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F1/4
Buller John Exeter DEV gentleman 1560 W co PCC PROB11 43
Buller John Exeter DEV the elder; gentleman; alderman 1560 W ab PCC MUR1 Vol. 4; two copies 'duplicate'
Buller John Exeter DEV 1827 W co IRW B 1778
Buller John Winkleigh DEV 1723 [W?] le BARN BECK
Buller Laurence City of Exeter DEV 1562 A co PCC JHA Glencross Vol 1 - 6 November 1562
Buller Louisa Cliffden, Teignmouth DEV 1860 W co DRO-W DD.59828
Buller Margaret Okehampton DEV widow 1576 O ab TAPS 18 Eliz. Ser. II. Vol. 173 (22) Inquisition post Mortem
Buller Mary Honiton DEV 1775 W co PCC PROB11 1011
Buller Mary Keverall CON 1722 A co DRO-A 2065M-8/F6/2 admon (detached from will)
Buller Mary Keverall CON widow 1722 W co DRO-A 2065M/F2/12 will; widow of John Buller
Buller Mary Keverall [St Martin by Looe] CON 1722 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/12
Buller Mary Keverall [St Martin by Looe] CON widow 1722 A co DRO-A 2065M-9/F6/2 admon (detached from will) of will
Buller Mary Keverall [St Martin by Looe] CON widow 1722 A co DRO-W 2065 Madd8/F6/2 admon
Buller Peter Egloshaile [Egloshayle] CON 1697 W ab ECCE VIV Vol 2, f. 201 will made at Pelynt?
Buller Richard Colyton DEV clerk and vicar 1807 A ab EPRE DDR1 IR 26/333
Buller Richard Lanrack [Landrake] CON 1555 O ab TAPS 2-3 Ph. & Mary Ser. II. Vol. 105 (5) Inquisition post Mortem
Buller Richard Tavistock DEV 1555 O ab TAPS 2-3 Ph. & Mary Ser. II. Vol. 109 (20) Inquisition post Mortem; See also Ser.II. Vol.105 (5), Richard Buller
Buller Richard Winkleigh DEV 1725 W le BARN BECK A.
Buller Robert Exeter DEV c1578 O ab MOGT Series 1, p. 31 cause of proof of will between Gentile Buller and Gilbert Dennys
Buller Susan Churston Court [Churston Ferrers] DEV widow 1810 W co PCC PROB11 1517
Buller Thomas Exeter St David DEV 1826 W co IRW B 1779
Buller Thomas Staple Fitzpayn SOM gentleman 1568 W ab PCC MUR1 Vol. 4 1 Sheffeld
Buller Thomas Wentworth Strete Ralegh [Whimple] DEV 1852 W co PCC DRO-A 48/22/21 probate of the will
Buller Thomas Wentworth Strete Ralegh [Whimple] DEV 1852 W co DRO-W 48/22/21
Buller Thomas Wentworth Strete Ralegh [Whimple] DEV 1852 W co PCC PROB11 2162
Buller Thomas Wentworth Strete Raleigh [Whimple] DEV esq 1852 W co PCC DRO-A 48/22/21 probate of the will
Buller Thomasin Ospringe KEN 1677 W co DRO-W 2065 M/F2/13
Buller Thomasin Ospringe KEN widow 1677 W co DRO-A 2065M/F2/13 will and probate; widow of Francis Buller
Buller William Exeter DEV 1813 W co PCC PROB11 1541
Buller William Honiton DEV surgeon 1763 W co PCC PROB11 894
Buller William Honiton DEV surgeon 1765 W co ECC MISC ScotlandsPeople - CC8/8/120: CC000800008-00120-00072 Testament Testamentar
Buller John Exeter [DEV] the elder; gentleman 1560 W co PCC JHW 56 Mellershe
Buller Robert Exeter [DEV] gentleman 1577 W co PCC JHW 35 Daughty
Buller Robert Exon [Exeter] [DEV] gentleman 1577 W co PCC JHW 28 Daughty sentence
Buller(?) Richard Devon DEV esq 1556 W co PCC JHW F.6 Ketchyn Cornwall; died in London
This will for Anne Buller was probated in 1800 and she lived at Exeter. She was widowed at the time of writing the will and names her children Susanna Catherine, Richard and Georgiana. She then also names her daughter Ann married to James Buller of Downes. According to the Visitation this Anne was the daughter of the Bishop of Exeter. James Buller and Anne Buller married 6 Jun 1791. Working back in the visitation this Anne is the daughter of William who married Anne Thomas daughter of the Right Reverend John Thomas, D.D. Bishop of Winchester 19 Apr 1762. This William is a son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawyn. William was a brother to James Buller who was married to Elizabeth Gould and hence they were first cousins. The Anne Buller testator of this will is the daughter of the Bishops of Winchester, the Right Reverend John Thomas, D.D.
Unfortunately the Visitation does not follow all of the children of William and Anne Buller (parents of Anne Buller married to James Buller of Downes). Only Susanna Catherine is mentioned and she married Admiral Sir John Duckworth Baronet, GCB, MP.
Richard Buller married Anna Sophia Marshall and he was the vicar at Colyton, Devon apparently according to an online tree. Their children were Anna Sophia Buller and William Buller (Anna born 26 Oct 1801 and William born 22 Nov 1803). This line then does not lead to my Christopher as Richard would be a contemporary of his having been born circa 1776 as was Georgiana his sister who was also not followed down in the Visitation.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1347/83
Testator: Anne Buller, widow
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Dec 1797, probated 16 Dec 1800
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Anne Buller
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Anne Buller of the City of Exeter Widow
3 as to all and singular my Messuages Tenements
4 and Lands whatsoever Freehold leasehold Goods
5 Chattels Monies in the Funds securities for
6 Monies and all other my real personal and
7 testamentary Estate and Effects whatsoever and
8 wheresoever of which I shall die possessed seized
9 or intitled unto Subject to the payment of my
10 just debts and funeral Expences I give devise
11 and bequeath the same and every part thereof
12 unto and between my beloved children Susanna
13 Catherine Richard and Georgiana and their
14 several heirs Executors and Administrators to
15 be equally divided between them share and
16 share alike as Tenants in Common and not as
17 joint Tenants provided that if the real and
18 personal property and Effects of which I shall
19 die seized or possessed be more than sufficient
20 to pay my said three children the sum of four
21 thousand pounds each after discharging my just
22 debts and Funeral Expences Then and in such case
23 I do hereby direct and my express will is that
24 the overplus or Surplusage of my said Real and
25 personal property and effects after payment to
26 my said three children of the Sum of Four
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27 thousand pounds each as aforesaid and my said debts
28 and funeral Expences shall be equally divided and
29 shared between my said three Children Susanna
30 Catherine, Richard and Georgiana and my beloved
31 daughter Anne Buller wife of James Buller of
32 Downes Esquire and their several
33 heirs Executors and Administrators as Tenants in
34 Common and not as joint Tenants and I do hereby
35 make nominate constitute and appoint my said three
36 children Susanna Catherine Richard and Georgiana
37 Executors of this my last Will and Testament And it
38 is my Will and desire that the said James Buller
39 shall have the sole Management and direction of
40 the Charity called Maynards Charity and I do hereby
41 as far as I lawfully can vest in line the sole
42 Management and direction thereof In Witness whereof
43 I the said Anne Buller have to this my last Will
44 and Testament contained and written on one sheet
45 of paper set my hand and Seal the sixteenth day of
46 December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
47 hundred and ninety seven Anne Buller Signed
48 sealed published and declared by the said Ann Buller
49 as and for her last will and Testament in the presence
50 of us who at her request in like presence and in the
51 presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
52 our Names as Witnesses Samuel Davis Thos
53 Turner Attorney at Law Exeter John Suxin his Clerk
54 This Will was proved at London the sixteenth
55 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
56 Eight hundred before the Right honourable Sir
57 William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
58 keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of
59 Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of the
60 Reverend Richard Buller Clerk the son and Catherine
61 Buller and Georgiana Buller spinsters the daughters
62 of the deceased and the Executors named in the said
63 Will to whom Administration of all and singular the
64 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
65 granted they having been first sworn by Commission
66 duly to administer.
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