Philip Blake is the testator and he lived at Penquite in Landrake. He names his sons John, Henry, Philip, Richard and Thomas and his daughters Grace (unmarried), Catherine (unmarried) and Elizabeth Denham. Philip’s daughter Thomasine was married to Nicholas Littleton and perhaps deceased at the time of writing the will as not mentioned. Another daughter Mary (baptism not found) was married to Samson Rendle; Mary died in 1795. Ursula the only other daughter not mentioned in the will was married to Jonathan Palmer and grandchildren Elizabeth and Ursula Palmer are mentioned (and Ursula is perhaps deceased).
Looking at the marriage records for Landrake
Philip Blake married Joan Palmer 14 Jul 1791 with witnesses C (senior) Blake and Jonathan Palmer. This Philip is the son of the testator. Philip is listed as a farmer. And his condition has not been inserted (the bride was a spinster).
Philip Blake married Mary Raw 5 May 1712
Mr Richard Blake married Mrs Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732
Walter Blake married Mary Parsons 25 Jul 1743
Nicholas Littleton married Thomasin Blake 30 May 1782
Jonathan Palmer married Ursula Blake 1 Mar 1786
Samson Rundle married Mary Blake 2 Aug 1791
Thomas Blake married Maria Elizabeth Palmer 7 Aug 1800
Henry Blake married Emma Palmer 8 Jun 1831
There are 67 baptisms at Landrake between 1606 and 1872
Henry Blake and his wife Margery baptized seven children between 1606 and 1625 namely: Mary, Nicholas, Anne Urcilla, Dorathy, Bridgett, and Phillipp.
Then a Henry, John, Richard, Walter and John are shown with baptisms for one child each between 1689 and 1743 with two Philip Blake baptisms one the son of John and Thomazin and the second the son of Mr Richard and Mrs. Elizabeth (8 Jul 1733 and 1 Jan 1734 respectively).
Followed by eight baptisms for the children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake at Landrake with St Erney namely:
Ursula 29 Feb 1760
Elizabeth 16 Apr 1762
Henry 20 Jul 1767
Grace 7 Aug1769 (buried 17 Mar 1826 at the age of 56 living at Cutivet, spinster)
Richard 26 Jul 1771
Catharine 6 Aug 1773 (buried 24 Sep 1827 at the age of 54 living at Cutivet, spinster)
George 19 Nov 1775 (buried as an infant in 1776)
Thomas 1 Mar 1778
This accounts for all the sons mentioned in the will except for John and Philip.
This is then followed by the baptisms for the grandchildren of Philip and Elizabeth likely and they number nine for Philip and Joan/Jane, nine for Thomas and Maria, nine for Richard and Philadelphia.
The testator Mr Philip Blake was buried at Landrake (living at Penquite) 25 Feb 1808 at the age of 74 giving him a likely year of birth of 1734 but having two baptisms one in 1733 and one in 1734 that doesn’t help to decide his parents although he is perhaps the son of Mr. Richard and Elizabeth Blake given his subsequent status. The testator Philip’s wife Elizabeth was buried 30 Jan 1794 at the age of 59 giving her a year of birth of 1735.
Looking at the LDS I found a couple more baptisms for children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake:
Thomazin 10 Jan 1755 at St Erney
John 4 Dec 1757 at Landrake
On Find My Past there was a marriage celebrated at Plymouth, Devon 21 Mar 1754 between Philip Blake and Elizabeth Denstowe.
World Connect has a partial family tree with Philip Blake having a year of birth circa 1768. I suspect this is fairly accurate as he was likely born after Henry (born 1767) as he is named after him in the will. Grace was born in 1769.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dalmanic&id=I79449
From “A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Compiled Volume 2 by Joseph Poisue (on Google Books: http://books.google.ca/books?id=MRsiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22philip+blake%22+%2B+landrake&source=bl&ots=xJ--ab7aXF&sig=HziwzoJUL8l5KSqwIKMDW9XSOP8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=706vUeeCO4i5rgHjtIDADg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22philip%20blake%22%20%2B%20landrake&f=false)\ and on page 400
The tombstone for Philip Blake: Near this place lie deposited the remains of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish, gent., who departed this life the 20th day of February, A.D., 1808; aged 74 years. Also the remains of Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life the 27th day of January, A.D. 1794; aged 60 years. And also the remains of George their son who departed this life the 4th day of November, 1776; aged 12 months.
Sacred to the memory of Samson Rundle (late of this village (landrake) who departed this life March the 27 1821, aged 53 years. Also of Mary, his former wife, and daughter of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish. She departed this life in April, 1795; aged 30 years.
Sacred to the memory of Catherine Blake, late of Cutivett, who departed this life September the 20th, 1827; aged 54 years.
I did not find a baptism for Mary (daughter of Philip and Elizabeth) who was married to Samson Rundle/Rendle. They were married 2 Aug 1791 at Landrake and he was of St Mellion (witnesses C (Senior) Blake and Philip (junior) Blake and perhaps this is P (Senior)).
The Visitation of Cornwall provides some information on Thomazine in that her daughter Eleanor Littleton (grand daughter mentioned in the will below) was born 6 July 1791 and married 29 May 1816 to Philip Porter.
But the ancestry of this Blake line eludes me for the moment.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1477/16
Testator: Philip Blake, Gentleman
Place: Landrake, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1808 , probated 2 Apr 1808
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Philip
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me Philip Blake of penquite in the
3 parish of Landrake in the County of Cornwall
4 Gentleman which I make publish and ordain
5 in manner and form following that is to say
6 I direct all my just debts and Funeral Expences
7 to be paid as soon as may be after my decease
8 I give and devise to my Son John Blake his
9 heirs and assigns for ever the undivided Moiety
10 of and in all that Freehold Tenement called
11 North parks and yellow Torr with the appurt[enances]
12 I give and bequeath to my said Son John Blake
13 all that my Tenement called Trelugham situate
14 in the said parish of Landrake for and during
15 the Term of his natural life and after his
16 decease then I give the same Leasehold Tenement
17 to my Son Henry Blake for all my Estate and
18 Interest therein I give devise and bequeath unto my
19 Son Philip Blake his heirs Executors Admors and
20 assigns for ever all that my Freeehold Tenement
21 called Hodges Barah and also all that my
22 Leasehold Tenement called underway in Brightor
23 drews park and Brigham Steps respectively situate
24 in the parish of Landrake aforesaid I give to my
25 said Son Philip Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four
26 hundred pounds and direct the same to be paid to
27 him by my Son Henry Blake out of my Estate
28 of Saint Erney within one year after my decease
29 I give and devise to my said Son Henry Blake his
30 heirs and assigns for ever all that my Freehold
31 Estate called Saint Erney with its appurt[enance]s situate
32 in the said parish of Landrake subject nevertheless
33 to and I do hereby charge the same with the
34 payment of the said Sum of Four hundred pounds
35 to my said Son Philip Blake at the time and
36 in the manner aforesaid I give and devise to my
37 Son Richard Blake his heirs and assigns all
38 this my Freehold Tenements and Fields called
39 respectively Harards Tenement and the Cove and
40 Marsh and Wood all lying in the parish of
41 Landrake aforesaid I give and devise all that my
42 Freehold Estate called Vigurs’s perquite which I
43 purchased of Mr Carew and also all those my two
44 Freehold Fields called Broomball and West Park
45 respectively situate in the parish of Landrake
46 aforesaid unto Peter Palmer of the said parish of
47 Landrake Tanner and Solomon Brown of
48 Landrake aforesaid Farmer and their heirs to
49 upon
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50 upon and for the uses interests and purposes and
51 with and subject to the powers provisiors and
52 limitations hereinafter mentioned and expressed
53 concerning the same (that is to say) to the use of
54 my Son Richard Blake for and during his life
55 and from and after the said end Expiration or other
56 soever determination of that Estate by Forfeiture
57 or otherwise in his lifetime then to the use of
58 the said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and
59 their heirs during the life of my said Son
60 Richard In Trust to support and preserve the
61 contingent uses and Estates hereinafter given or
62 limited from being defeated or destroyed and for
63 that purpose to make entries and bring actions
64 that purpose to make entire and bring actions
65 as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless
66 to permit and suffer my said Son Richard or his
67 assigns to receive and take the Rents and profits
68 of the said Estate Fields and premises for his own
69 use during his life and from and immediately
70 after the decease of my said Son Richard to the
71 use of my Grandson Philip Blake Son of my
72 said Son Richard and the heirs male of his
73 Body Issuing and for default of such Issue to the
74 use of the second third fourth and fifth Son and
75 Sons and all and every other the Son and Sons
76 of my said Son Richard lawfully to be begotten
77 severally successively and in remainder one after
78 another as they shall severally be in priority of
79 Birth and the heirs Male of the Body and Bodies
80 of all and every such Son and Sons Issuing The
81 Elder of such Sons and the heirs Male of his and
82 their Body and Bodies being always preferred and
83 to take before the younger of the said Sons and
84 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
85 Bodies Issuing and for want or in default of such
86 Issue to the use of my Son Thomas Blake and
87 his assigns for and during his life and from and
88 after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture
89 or otherwise in his lifetime to the use of the
90 said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and their
91 heirs during the life of my said Son Thomas In
92 Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses
93 and Estates hereinafter given or limited from
94 being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose
95 to make Entire and bring Action as occasion shall
96 be and require but nevertheless to suffer my said
97 Son Thomas and his assigns to receive and take
98 the Rents and profits of the said Estate Fields
99 and premises for his own use during his life and
100 from and immediately after the decease of my
101 said Son Thomas to the use of his first Son lawfully
102 begotten and the heirs Male of the Body of
103 such
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104 such first Son Issuing and for default of such
105 Issue to the use of the second third fourth and
106 fifth Son and Sons all and every other the Son
107 and Sons of my Son Thomas lawfully to be
108 begotten severally successively and in remainder
109 one after another as they shall severally be
110 in priority of Birth and the heirs Male of the
111 Body and Bodies of all and every such Sons
112 and Sons Issuing the Elder of such Sons and
113 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
114 Bodies being always preferred and to take
115 before the younger of the said Sons and the
116 heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies
117 issuing and for want or in default of such
118 Issue to my own right heirs for ever I give
119 and devise unto my Son Thomas Blake his
120 heirs and assigns for ever all those my several
121 Freehold Messuages or Tenements Fields or Closes
122 of Land and hereditaments respectively called
123 Smiths Star park Openheads high Park East
124 park and Little Penquite and Grissons Close
125 with their appurt[entance]s situate in the said parish
126 of Landrake The principal part of which I
127 purchased of Lord Viscount Edgecumb I give unto
128 the said Thomas Blake his heirs and assigns
129 all that my Freehold Tenement or dwelling
130 House and Garden being at Wootton Cross and also
131 all my reversionary Freehold Estate and situated
132 of and in all those three Fields called Wootton
133 Cross Grounds situate in the parish of Landrake
134 aforesaid and now held by William Steed I give
135 and devise all that Freehold Tenement called
136 Griggs House and Garden and also all those my
137 two Freehold Fields called Broad Park and
138 __adons respectively lying in Landrake aforesaid
139 to my daughter Grace Blake and her assigns for
140 and during the time of her natural life and
141 after her decease then I give and devise the same
142 to my Grandson Thomas Denham for his life
143 and from and after his decease then I give and
144 devise the said last mentioned Tenement and
145 fields to my said Son Philip Blake his heirs
146 and assigns for ever I give and devise unto my
147 Grandson Henry Blake his heirs and assigns for
148 ever all that my Freehold Tenement called Cross
149 Parks and West Parks situate in the parish of
150 Landrake aforesaid I give and bequeath unto
151 my Grandson Philip Son of the aforesaid
152 Philip Blake my Son his Executors admors
153 and assigns all my reversionary Estate and
154 Interest of and in all that Leasehold Tenement
155 Called Hurslade lying in Landrake aforesaid and on
156 which
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157 which I have put in his life I give and bequeath
158 unto my daughters Catherine Blake and Grace
159 Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds
160 apiece and to my daughter Elizabeth Denham
161 the Sum of Two hundred pounds and which said
162 three Legacies of Four hundred pounds Four
163 hundred pounds and Two hundred pounds I direct to
164 be paid by my Executors within the space of
165 a year after my decease I give and bequeath
166 to my Grand daughters Thomasin Littleton and
167 Eleanor Littleton Mary Denham and Catherine
168 Denham Elizabeth Rundle Elizabeth Palmer
169 And Ursula Palmer Elizabeth Maria and Mary
170 Blake the three daughters of my said son
171 Thomas Blake Elizabeth and Thomasin Blake
172 daughters of my said Son Philip Blake and
173 Elizabeth Blake daughter of my said Son
174 Henry Blake the Legacy or Sum of Fifty pounds
175 apiece and I will and direct that the said
176 several Legacies shall be vested Interests in
177 them respectively and be transmissible to their
178 Several personal Representatives and my will
179 further is that the same shall be payable
181 and paid to them respectively when they
182 attain the ages of Twenty one years respectively
183 and I give all the rest and residue of my Goods
184 Chattels personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
185 which shall remain after payment of my debts
186 Funeral and Testamentary Expences and
187 the before said pecuniary Legacies except the said
188 Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds which
189 I have solely charged on the said Estate called
190 Saint Erney and made payable thereout by
191 my said Son Henry Blake to my said Son
192 Philip Blake as aforesaid unto my said Sons
193 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
194 Thomas Blake their Executors admors equally
195 to be divided between them share and share
196 alike and I Nominate and appoint therin my
197 said Sons Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard
198 Blake and Thomas Blake Executors of this my
199 Will and I do hereby revoke all other Wills
200 and declare this to be my last Will and
201 Testament provided always and my Will is
202 that they the said Philip Blake Henry Blake
203 Richard Blake and Thomas Blake or either of
204 them their or either of their Executors Admors
205 or assigns shall not be charged or chargeable
206 but only each of them for his own respective
207 receipts payments acts and wilful defaults and
208 Not otherwise nor with any Sum or Sums of
209 money other than such as shall actually
210 come
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211 come to their or his own hands respectively by
212 virtue of this my Will In Witness whereof I the
213 said Testator Philip Blake have to this my
214 last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets
215 of paper set my hand and Seal (that is to say)
216 my hand to the two first Sheets thereof and my
217 hand and Seal to this Third and last Sheet thereof
218 this Nineteenth day of February in the year of
219 our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eight
220 Philip Blake Signed Sealed published and
221 declared by the said Testator Philip Blake as
222 and for his last Will and Testament in the
223 presence of us who in his presence at his
224 request and in the presence of each other have
225 hereto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
226 the words “which I purchased of Mr Carew having
227 been first inserted between the Twentieth and
228 Twenty first lines of the first Sheet” and the
229 words daughter of my said Son Henry Blake
230 having been also first Inserted between the
231 Seventh and Eighth lines and the Erazure
232 first made on the Twenty fifth line of the third
233 Sheet Grezy Porter Matthew Anstis Francis Warring
234 This Will was proved at London the
235 second day of April in the year of our Lord One
236 thousand Eight hundred and eight before the Right
237 honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
238 Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
239 of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of
240 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
241 Thomas Blake the Sons of the said deceased and
242 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
243 administration was granted of all and Singular the
244 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
245 having been first sworn by Commission duly to ad[minister]r
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