Martha Blake the testator mentions her sister Elizabeth Stabback and an Elizabeth Stabback spinster was mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Blake widow of Exeter blogged earlier but dated 1789:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
Was Martha’s maiden name Stabback or was her sister married to a Stabback? In this case the Reverend John Stabback was implied as trustee in this testamentary schedule since it does not name executors and is undated.
In the earlier will I hypothesized that Elizabeth, the then testator, was the wife of a Thomas Blake. The witnesses to her will were John Stabback and William Stabback. Elizabeth Stabback (spinster) provided testimony to prove the signature of the codicil.
It is perhaps just a coincidence that both of these wills signed by Blake widows mention the Stabback family.
There is a marriage in 1738 between Nicholas Blake and Martha Hickman 1738 at St Leonard Exeter. There is also a marriage between William Staback and Elizabeth Hickman in 1713 at St Mary Arches Exeter. This does seem quite a spread in years between the two sisters marrying (25 years) but Martha doesn’t mention any children so was perhaps a late marriage for her.
There is the possibility that Elizabeth Blake (testator in the earlier will mentioning the Stabback family) and married to Thomas Blake likely and Martha Blake (present testator) was married to the brother of Thomas named Nicholas and he would have been 52 years of age when he married Martha in 1738. Both Thomas and Nicholas were the sons of Reverend Thomas Blake mentioned in the earlier will. But this particular tree found online is speculative but it is interesting to discover this link between the two wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1017/267
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Exon, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 21 Mar 1776
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Martha Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 I Martha Blake of the City of Exon Widow do make and ordain
3 This my last Will and Testament in the manner following first I
4 Recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the pardon and
5 Remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my
6 Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Stabback
7 Five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John
8 Stabback the presentation that I bought of Mr Courtise for him and
9 As much Money as will make it up five hundred pounds I give and
10 Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Sturton five hundred pounds I
11 Give and bequeath unto my Niece Juliana Pasley five hundred pounds
12 I give and bequeath unto my Niece Bridgett Rocke five hundred
13 Pounds and I give and bequeath unto Sarah Edwards one hundred
14 Pounds to be paid to her in ten pounds a year to begin to be paid
15 At the time of my death Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
16 John Stabback the sum of fifty pounds upon trust and to the Intent
17 That he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the
18 Time being of a Society who now call themselves the Governors of
19 The Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter which said sum of fifty
20 Pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
21 Charitable designs of the said Society Item I give and bequeath
22 Unto my Nephew John Stabback one hundred pounds upon trust
23 And the intent that he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or
24 Treasurers for the time being of the Charity Schools now in this
25 City for the better carrying on the charity Schools In Witness whereof
26 I have hereunto set my hand
27 But if she should not live till the time of my death I give it to
28 Her Child or Children if Children to be devied be anno
29 In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of the City of Exon
30 Widow do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the
31 Manner following first I recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the
32 Pardon and remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus
33 Christ my Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
34 Stabback five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
35 John Stabback five hundred pound I give unto my Niece Elizabeth
36 Sturton five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Niece
37 Juliana Pasley five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto
38 Mrs Bridgett Rocke five hundred pound
39 On the twenty first day of March in the Year of our Lord
40 One thousand seven hundred and seventy six administration (with
41 The Will or two Testamentary Schedules annexed) of all and singular
42 The Goods Chattels and Credits of Martha Blake late of the City of
43 Exeter Widow deceased was granted to the Revere[n]d John Stabback
44 Clerk
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45 Clerk the Nephew Juliana Pasley Widow and a
46 Jane Ulayut Widow the nieces and only next of kin of the said
47 Deceased (Executor or Residuary Legatee being named in the said Will
48 They having been first Sworn duly to Administer
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Will of Martha Blake, Widow, Yealmpton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/288/221, probated 11 Feb 1659
Martha Blake the testator is the mother of Ferdinando, Samuel, Martha, Grace and Ann and wife of Ferdinando Blake the elder who will was probated 21 May 1646 and blogged by me earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-ferdinando-blake-elder.html
Her maiden name was Berrie and they were married 21 Feb 1613 at Plympton Saint Mary. She also mentions her grandchildren John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth, Ann.
Probably there is only one wife Martha for Ferdinando with them having children from 1613/14 to 1642. Although it seems like a long spread of years a young marriage for both of them could see them in their late teens and by 1642 they would be in their late 40s. Given then Martha lived another 17 years beyond that it is quite plausible that all of the children mentioned are their children. Just to correct that thought of the earlier blog.
The grandchildren mentioned in this will include: John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth and Ann. Mentioned in the earlier blog was information on her grandson Ferdinando that he was born in 1651 and graduated from Oxford in 1669 and was the son of the testator’s son Ferdinando. It could be that Ferdinando the son married twice as his marriage to Ruth Bartlett was 28 Dec 1648 at Yealmpton. I do find a second marriage on Family Search for Fardinando Blake 17 Mar 1633 at Kingston Near Ivybridge, Devon to Agnes Barkley. There was one child at least born – Fordinando baptized 11 Jan 1634 at Modbury. However this is too early for the Ferdinando Blake son of Ferdinando Blake who graduated from Oxford in 1669.
Find My past does have the baptism of Martha’s husband Ferdinando Blake 15 Aug 1591 at Plymstock and the son of John Blake. This fits into the Visitation of Cornwall 1620 where Ferdinand was the second son of John Blake of Coombe married to Grace Cock. Coombe is 0.9 miles NW of Plymstock.
Always nice to have a will fit together with another one and this Blake line found in the Cornwall Visitation of 1620 with Ferdinand being mentioned as the 2nd son married to Martha Berry. John Blake was married to Grace Cock at the time but Ferdinand was the son of Mary Fortescue of Spurwaye. John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Stivolla Weeke daughter of John Weeke of Widicomb, Devon. This John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar (daughter of Robert Lugar of Modbury). Determining the parents of this John would be most interesting. Time wise we know that Ferdinand was born around 1591 so his father John would have been mid 20s perhaps as Ferdinand was his second son and second marriage as he was first married to Elizabeth Slannig of Ley by whom he had at least two children. He could have been 30 years of age and that would put his date of birth circa 1560 with his father (he was the eldest son) being born perhaps around 1535 and then back another generation as again John was the eldest son taking us back to around 1510 which is, of course, prior to Parish Registers.
I have discussed the Blake families in Devon in the Parish Registers that I have but Coomb is in the south of Devon and my parish registers are for Northern Devon. This is prior to the Somerset Blake family at Plymouth. It is quite a mystery these Blake families and why is Blake in the Visitation of the County of Cornwall and not in Devon also produced in 1620?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/288/221
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Yealmpton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Mar 1657, probated 11 Feb 1659
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Martha Blake
1 In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of
2 the parish of Yealmpton in the County of Devon widdowe being
3 sicke of body but of Sound and perfect memory thankes be unto
4 Almighty God doe make and ordeyne this my last will and
5 testament in manner and forme following First I bequeath
6 my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator who gave
7 it me through whose infinite mercy in and through the merits
8 of Jesus Christ my onely redeemer I hope to be saved And my
9 body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken there to
10 be laid in Christian burial Item I give devise and bequeath
11 unto Grace Blake my daughter all that one howse with the
12 appurten[an]cs lyeing and being such in the parish of St Trinitie in
13 Trinity Lane London in the ward of Queenehith London sometimes
14 nowe in the possession of John Rows deceased and now or late in the
15 possession of Thomas Morris his assignee or assignes, To have
16 and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs and
o every part and parcel thereof unto the said Grace Blake her
18 executors admin[istra]tors and assignes immediately from and after
19 my death and decease for and dureing the full tyme and terme of
20 fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
21 fully to be complete and ended if she the said Grace Blake
22 Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters or any or either of
23 them
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24 them doe or shall happen soe long to live Yeilding and paying
25 then therefore yearely unto the heires and assignes of me the said
26 Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money of England at the
27 fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the yeare, that is
28 to say the Five and twentieth daie of March, the fowre and twentieth
29 day of June the nyne and twentieth day of September, and the five
30 and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
31 the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the first daie
32 of the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and
33 decease Item I give devise and bequeath unto Ann Blake my
34 daughter all that my part purpertie and portion of all and every
35 those two howses two orchards and balse an Acre of ground belong-
36 ing thereunto and every parte and parcel thereof with the appur-
37 ten[an]cs lyeing and being in Wandsworth in the County of Surrey
38 sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of William Gerd and Marks Shrimpton
39 To have and to hold the same and every part and parcel thereof with
40 the appurten[an]cs unto the said Ann Blake her exe[cu]tors admin[istr]ators
41 and assignes immediately from and after my death and decease for
42 and dureing the full tyme and terme of fowerscore and nyneteene
43 yeares from thence next following fully to be complete and
44 ended if she the said Ann Blake Grace Blake and Martha Blake
45 my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen soe long
46 to live Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the heires and
47 assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money
48 of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the
49 yeare, that is to say the five and twentieth day of March the fower and
50 twentieth daie of June, the nyne and twentieth day of September and
51 the five and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
52 the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the next day of
53 the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and decease
54 Item I give devise and bequeath unto Martha Blake my daughter all
55 that one howse with the appurten[an]cs lyeing and being within the
56 parish of St Trinitie aforesaid sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of Edm[un]d
57 Herses and now or late in the occupa[t]ion of Hugh Holloway To have
58 and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs unto the said
59 Martha Blake her executors admin[istr]ators and assignes immediately from
60 and after my death and decease, for and dureing the full tyme and terme
61 of fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
62 fully to be complete and ended, if the said Martha Blake, Grace Blake
63 and Ann Blake my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen
64 soe long to live, Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the
65 heires and assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of
66 lawfull money of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes
67 of payment in the yeare that is to say the five and twentieth day of
68 March the fowre and twentieth day of June, the nyne and twentieth
69 daie of September and the five and twentieth day of December by
70 equall por[t]ions dureing the said terme The first paym[en]t thereof to
71 be made at the next day of the dayes of payment aforesaid that shall
72 first happen after my death and decease, Item I give and bequeath
73 unto Ferdinando Blake my sonne Twenty shillings to be paid unto
74 him within six months next after my decease, Item I give and
75 bequeath unto Samuell Blake my sonne one bedsteed and featherbed
76 Performed
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77 Performed now being in the Hall Chamber whereon the
78 said Samuell Blake to lye Item I give unto the said Samuell
79 my pound with all the tymber vessells that are in in the howse
80 thereunto belonging Item I give unto the said Samuell Blake all the tymber worke and vessels in the newehowse Item I give and bequeath unto John
81 Blake my Grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ferdinando
82 Blake my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Mary Blake
83 my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Honor Blake
84 my grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ruth Blake my
85 grandchild five shillings Item I give and bequeath unto Ann
86 Blake my grandchild five shillings Item I give unto Grace Blake
87 my daughter ten pounds Item I give unto Ann Blake my
88 daughter Tenn pounds the rest and residue of all my goods and
89 and Chattells not before given and disposed of I doe give and bequeath
90 unto Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters
91 whom I doe make and ordeyne to be Executors of this my last will
92 and testament desireing them to performe as are orders to my intent
93 and true meaning herein as I trust they will doe, In Witness that
94 this is my last will and testament I have hereunto putt my hand
95 and seale the one and twentieth daie of March in the yeare of our Lord
96 God one thousand six hundred fiftie seaven the signe of the said
97 Martha Blake Sealed Signed and published by the said Martha
98 Blake to be her last will in the presence of us John Avent Thomas
99 Avent, the signe of Thomasine Rowse
100 This will was proved at London the Eleaventh daie
101 of February in the yeare One thowsand six hundred fifty eight
102 English Stile before the Judges for probate of wills and by the oaths
103 of Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake the daughters
104 and Executors named in this will. To whom was Committed
104 administra[t]ion so They being first sworne by Commission truely to
106 administer of the said will being pronounced for by a definitive
107 sentence in that behalf read and promulgated
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-ferdinando-blake-elder.html
Her maiden name was Berrie and they were married 21 Feb 1613 at Plympton Saint Mary. She also mentions her grandchildren John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth, Ann.
Probably there is only one wife Martha for Ferdinando with them having children from 1613/14 to 1642. Although it seems like a long spread of years a young marriage for both of them could see them in their late teens and by 1642 they would be in their late 40s. Given then Martha lived another 17 years beyond that it is quite plausible that all of the children mentioned are their children. Just to correct that thought of the earlier blog.
The grandchildren mentioned in this will include: John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth and Ann. Mentioned in the earlier blog was information on her grandson Ferdinando that he was born in 1651 and graduated from Oxford in 1669 and was the son of the testator’s son Ferdinando. It could be that Ferdinando the son married twice as his marriage to Ruth Bartlett was 28 Dec 1648 at Yealmpton. I do find a second marriage on Family Search for Fardinando Blake 17 Mar 1633 at Kingston Near Ivybridge, Devon to Agnes Barkley. There was one child at least born – Fordinando baptized 11 Jan 1634 at Modbury. However this is too early for the Ferdinando Blake son of Ferdinando Blake who graduated from Oxford in 1669.
Find My past does have the baptism of Martha’s husband Ferdinando Blake 15 Aug 1591 at Plymstock and the son of John Blake. This fits into the Visitation of Cornwall 1620 where Ferdinand was the second son of John Blake of Coombe married to Grace Cock. Coombe is 0.9 miles NW of Plymstock.
Always nice to have a will fit together with another one and this Blake line found in the Cornwall Visitation of 1620 with Ferdinand being mentioned as the 2nd son married to Martha Berry. John Blake was married to Grace Cock at the time but Ferdinand was the son of Mary Fortescue of Spurwaye. John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Stivolla Weeke daughter of John Weeke of Widicomb, Devon. This John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar (daughter of Robert Lugar of Modbury). Determining the parents of this John would be most interesting. Time wise we know that Ferdinand was born around 1591 so his father John would have been mid 20s perhaps as Ferdinand was his second son and second marriage as he was first married to Elizabeth Slannig of Ley by whom he had at least two children. He could have been 30 years of age and that would put his date of birth circa 1560 with his father (he was the eldest son) being born perhaps around 1535 and then back another generation as again John was the eldest son taking us back to around 1510 which is, of course, prior to Parish Registers.
I have discussed the Blake families in Devon in the Parish Registers that I have but Coomb is in the south of Devon and my parish registers are for Northern Devon. This is prior to the Somerset Blake family at Plymouth. It is quite a mystery these Blake families and why is Blake in the Visitation of the County of Cornwall and not in Devon also produced in 1620?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/288/221
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Yealmpton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Mar 1657, probated 11 Feb 1659
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Martha Blake
1 In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of
2 the parish of Yealmpton in the County of Devon widdowe being
3 sicke of body but of Sound and perfect memory thankes be unto
4 Almighty God doe make and ordeyne this my last will and
5 testament in manner and forme following First I bequeath
6 my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator who gave
7 it me through whose infinite mercy in and through the merits
8 of Jesus Christ my onely redeemer I hope to be saved And my
9 body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken there to
10 be laid in Christian burial Item I give devise and bequeath
11 unto Grace Blake my daughter all that one howse with the
12 appurten[an]cs lyeing and being such in the parish of St Trinitie in
13 Trinity Lane London in the ward of Queenehith London sometimes
14 nowe in the possession of John Rows deceased and now or late in the
15 possession of Thomas Morris his assignee or assignes, To have
16 and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs and
o every part and parcel thereof unto the said Grace Blake her
18 executors admin[istra]tors and assignes immediately from and after
19 my death and decease for and dureing the full tyme and terme of
20 fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
21 fully to be complete and ended if she the said Grace Blake
22 Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters or any or either of
23 them
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24 them doe or shall happen soe long to live Yeilding and paying
25 then therefore yearely unto the heires and assignes of me the said
26 Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money of England at the
27 fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the yeare, that is
28 to say the Five and twentieth daie of March, the fowre and twentieth
29 day of June the nyne and twentieth day of September, and the five
30 and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
31 the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the first daie
32 of the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and
33 decease Item I give devise and bequeath unto Ann Blake my
34 daughter all that my part purpertie and portion of all and every
35 those two howses two orchards and balse an Acre of ground belong-
36 ing thereunto and every parte and parcel thereof with the appur-
37 ten[an]cs lyeing and being in Wandsworth in the County of Surrey
38 sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of William Gerd and Marks Shrimpton
39 To have and to hold the same and every part and parcel thereof with
40 the appurten[an]cs unto the said Ann Blake her exe[cu]tors admin[istr]ators
41 and assignes immediately from and after my death and decease for
42 and dureing the full tyme and terme of fowerscore and nyneteene
43 yeares from thence next following fully to be complete and
44 ended if she the said Ann Blake Grace Blake and Martha Blake
45 my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen soe long
46 to live Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the heires and
47 assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money
48 of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the
49 yeare, that is to say the five and twentieth day of March the fower and
50 twentieth daie of June, the nyne and twentieth day of September and
51 the five and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
52 the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the next day of
53 the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and decease
54 Item I give devise and bequeath unto Martha Blake my daughter all
55 that one howse with the appurten[an]cs lyeing and being within the
56 parish of St Trinitie aforesaid sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of Edm[un]d
57 Herses and now or late in the occupa[t]ion of Hugh Holloway To have
58 and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs unto the said
59 Martha Blake her executors admin[istr]ators and assignes immediately from
60 and after my death and decease, for and dureing the full tyme and terme
61 of fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
62 fully to be complete and ended, if the said Martha Blake, Grace Blake
63 and Ann Blake my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen
64 soe long to live, Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the
65 heires and assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of
66 lawfull money of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes
67 of payment in the yeare that is to say the five and twentieth day of
68 March the fowre and twentieth day of June, the nyne and twentieth
69 daie of September and the five and twentieth day of December by
70 equall por[t]ions dureing the said terme The first paym[en]t thereof to
71 be made at the next day of the dayes of payment aforesaid that shall
72 first happen after my death and decease, Item I give and bequeath
73 unto Ferdinando Blake my sonne Twenty shillings to be paid unto
74 him within six months next after my decease, Item I give and
75 bequeath unto Samuell Blake my sonne one bedsteed and featherbed
76 Performed
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77 Performed now being in the Hall Chamber whereon the
78 said Samuell Blake to lye Item I give unto the said Samuell
79 my pound with all the tymber vessells that are in in the howse
80 thereunto belonging Item I give unto the said Samuell Blake all the tymber worke and vessels in the newehowse Item I give and bequeath unto John
81 Blake my Grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ferdinando
82 Blake my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Mary Blake
83 my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Honor Blake
84 my grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ruth Blake my
85 grandchild five shillings Item I give and bequeath unto Ann
86 Blake my grandchild five shillings Item I give unto Grace Blake
87 my daughter ten pounds Item I give unto Ann Blake my
88 daughter Tenn pounds the rest and residue of all my goods and
89 and Chattells not before given and disposed of I doe give and bequeath
90 unto Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters
91 whom I doe make and ordeyne to be Executors of this my last will
92 and testament desireing them to performe as are orders to my intent
93 and true meaning herein as I trust they will doe, In Witness that
94 this is my last will and testament I have hereunto putt my hand
95 and seale the one and twentieth daie of March in the yeare of our Lord
96 God one thousand six hundred fiftie seaven the signe of the said
97 Martha Blake Sealed Signed and published by the said Martha
98 Blake to be her last will in the presence of us John Avent Thomas
99 Avent, the signe of Thomasine Rowse
100 This will was proved at London the Eleaventh daie
101 of February in the yeare One thowsand six hundred fifty eight
102 English Stile before the Judges for probate of wills and by the oaths
103 of Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake the daughters
104 and Executors named in this will. To whom was Committed
104 administra[t]ion so They being first sworne by Commission truely to
106 administer of the said will being pronounced for by a definitive
107 sentence in that behalf read and promulgated
Monday, July 29, 2013
Will of Margery Blake of Rattery, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1902/280, probated 22 Nov 1838
Hatchlands is a large manor house which is still occupied and in the 1700s was the property of the Earle family. Joseph Earle married Mary Blake sister of Margery Blake the testator. They had the following children mentioned in the will: William, Margery, Rachel and Sarah Ann. Children born to the couple and found on Family Search: Rachel (baptized 18 Oct 1807), Nicholas (baptized 19 Jun 1810), Sarah Ann (baptized 4 Apr 1813), and Nathaniel (baptized 29 Oct 1815). The marriage of their daughter Margery Earle to Edward Whesthorp was 14 May 1828 at East Stonehouse, Devon (Find My Past). No luck at finding the marriage between Joseph Hodge Earle and Mary Blake but there is a World Connect record which seems to somewhat match the details.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=a-french&id=I8141
The surname of Mary is unknown in this particular entry and the children listed are William, Samuel, Grace, Nicholas and Sarah Ann. William and Grace born at Diptford and Samuel, Nicholas and Sarah Ann born at Rattery. The parents of Joseph were William Earle and Elizabeth Hodge and they married 24 Sep 1763 at Ugborough, Devon. Possibly the same family but unsure.
Her brother in law Daniel Freeman and his daughter Grace Marks and Joseph Freeman are also mentioned. Daniel Freeman and Grace Blake were married 17 Jan 1806 at Rattery, Devon, England. Children born to this couple: Grace (baptized 1 Feb 1807), Daniel (baptized 5 Mar 1809), Mary Ann (baptized 22 Mar 1812), Joseph (baptized 18 Sep 1814), George (baptized 17 Nov 1816), and Elizabeth (baptized 19 Aug 1821). Grace Freeman married John Marks 30 Oct 1834 at Rattery (Find My Past).
There was an Ezekiel Blake baptized 11 Nov 1810 at Plympton St Mary and the son of Ezekiel and Alice Blake. The marriage of Ezekiel Blake and Allice Lethbridge was celebrated 15 Mar 1798 at Plympton St Mary. Peter Lethbridge and John Sullock were witnesses to the marriage. Children listed in the will include: Elizabeth Hilson, James, Grace Sanders, Peter Lethbridge and Ezekiel. Betty Blake married Henry Hilson 5 Apr 1822 at Plympton St Mary. Grace Blake married George Sanders 6 Mar 1829 at Plympton St Mary.
An earlier marriage for an Ezekiel Blake to Thomasin Ash is recorded 18 Jul 1760 at Cornwood Devon (Cornwood is 4.5 miles ENE of Plympton St Mary).
Ezekiel Blake is found on the 1861 census at the home of his son Peter at Plympton St Mary. Also living there is Alice the daughter of Peter (18 years of age). Ezekiel was a widower born circa 1770 at Sidford Devon. His son Peter was born circa 1807.
Ann Ball may be the mother found on the census in 1881 with son in law Francis Shute and daughter Margaret Shute with their child Sarah Shute. They lived at Diptford and Ann was born 1797 at East Allington, Devon. On the 1851 Census there is a James Ball married to Ann with daughter Margaret 15. Ann is said to be 50 years of age and born at East Allington. Margaret is said to be born at Rattery.
The siblings of Margery named in the will: [Grace] Freeman (deceased and not mentioned but assumed), Mary Earle, Ezekiel and the mother of Ann [Ball]. An interesting will and the forename Ezekiel is found in other Blake families in Devon.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1902/280
Testator: Margery Blake
Place: Rattery, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1837, probated 22 Nov 1838
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Margery
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me Margery Blake now residing at Hatchland in the parish of Rattery in
3 the County of Devon being of a sound mind and Memory do this tenth day of June One
4 thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven and in the eighth year of the Reign of his
5 Majesty King William the fourth make this my Will as follows viz [a vi]t First I will and
6 direct that all my just debts and funeral Expences which is to be at Diptford be paid and
7 discharged by my Executors hereinafter named as well as the legacies herein
8 after named I give and bequeath to my
9 Sister Mary Earle ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother
10 Ezekiel Blake of the parish of Plympton St Mary fifty pounds of lawful money I
11 give and bequeath unto the five children of the aforesaid Ezekiel Blake namely Elizabeth
12 Hilson James Blake Grace Sanders Peter Lethbridge Blake and Ezekiel Blake ten pounds
13 each of lawful Money I give and bequeath unto Grace Marks and Joseph the children
14 of David Freeman of the parish of Rattery fifty poun each of lawful money I give and
15 bequeath unto my Nephew William Earle Son of Joseph Earle of the parish of Rattery
16 ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother in law Joseph Earle
o Of the parish of Rattery aforesaid One hundred pounds of lawful money Upon trust to
18 be applied to the use and disposal of his daughter Margery Westhorp now residing
19 at Sheerness in the County of Kent Free from the power control debts and encumbrances
20 of her husband or any other purpose whatever I give and bequeath unto my Niece
21 Ann Ball of the parish of Rattery aforesaid Thirty pounds of lawful money Free from
22 the power and control of her husband and her Receit alone to be a discharge for the
23 same I give and bequeath unto Margarett the daughter of the aforesaid Ann Ball
24 my six silver tea spoons All the aforesaid legacies heretofore given and bequeathed
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25 are to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named within one calendar months
26 after my decease I give and bequeath unto Rachel and Sarah Ann the daughters
27 of the aforesaid Joseph Earle All my household Furniture of every description
28 consisting of Bed Bedding chest drawers and Sundrys of other articles Silver Tea
29 spoons already bequeathed excepted I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Margery
30 Westhorp all my Wearing apparel of every description All the Rest and Residue
31 of my property of every description in the funds money securities for money Goods Chattels
32 not hereinbefore given or bequeathed I give to my two brothers in law Joseph Earle and
33 Daniel Freeman both of the parish of Rattery aforesaid with power to one for all debts Either
34 at Law or in Equity and I also Nominate and appoint the aforesaid Joseph Earle and
35 Daniel Freeman whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
36 hereby revoking all other Will or Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have here set
37 my hand and seal the day and year above written Margery Blake
38 Signed Sealed published and declared by the testator as and for her last Will and
39 Testament in the presence of us who have hereinto subscribed our names as Witnesses
40 in her presence and in the presence of each other Jno Kingston Elizabeth
41 Kingston
42 Proved at London 22nd November 1838 before the Judge by the Oaths
43 of Joseph Earle and Daniel Freeman the Ex[ecut]ors to whom admon was granted
44 having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=a-french&id=I8141
The surname of Mary is unknown in this particular entry and the children listed are William, Samuel, Grace, Nicholas and Sarah Ann. William and Grace born at Diptford and Samuel, Nicholas and Sarah Ann born at Rattery. The parents of Joseph were William Earle and Elizabeth Hodge and they married 24 Sep 1763 at Ugborough, Devon. Possibly the same family but unsure.
Her brother in law Daniel Freeman and his daughter Grace Marks and Joseph Freeman are also mentioned. Daniel Freeman and Grace Blake were married 17 Jan 1806 at Rattery, Devon, England. Children born to this couple: Grace (baptized 1 Feb 1807), Daniel (baptized 5 Mar 1809), Mary Ann (baptized 22 Mar 1812), Joseph (baptized 18 Sep 1814), George (baptized 17 Nov 1816), and Elizabeth (baptized 19 Aug 1821). Grace Freeman married John Marks 30 Oct 1834 at Rattery (Find My Past).
There was an Ezekiel Blake baptized 11 Nov 1810 at Plympton St Mary and the son of Ezekiel and Alice Blake. The marriage of Ezekiel Blake and Allice Lethbridge was celebrated 15 Mar 1798 at Plympton St Mary. Peter Lethbridge and John Sullock were witnesses to the marriage. Children listed in the will include: Elizabeth Hilson, James, Grace Sanders, Peter Lethbridge and Ezekiel. Betty Blake married Henry Hilson 5 Apr 1822 at Plympton St Mary. Grace Blake married George Sanders 6 Mar 1829 at Plympton St Mary.
An earlier marriage for an Ezekiel Blake to Thomasin Ash is recorded 18 Jul 1760 at Cornwood Devon (Cornwood is 4.5 miles ENE of Plympton St Mary).
Ezekiel Blake is found on the 1861 census at the home of his son Peter at Plympton St Mary. Also living there is Alice the daughter of Peter (18 years of age). Ezekiel was a widower born circa 1770 at Sidford Devon. His son Peter was born circa 1807.
Ann Ball may be the mother found on the census in 1881 with son in law Francis Shute and daughter Margaret Shute with their child Sarah Shute. They lived at Diptford and Ann was born 1797 at East Allington, Devon. On the 1851 Census there is a James Ball married to Ann with daughter Margaret 15. Ann is said to be 50 years of age and born at East Allington. Margaret is said to be born at Rattery.
The siblings of Margery named in the will: [Grace] Freeman (deceased and not mentioned but assumed), Mary Earle, Ezekiel and the mother of Ann [Ball]. An interesting will and the forename Ezekiel is found in other Blake families in Devon.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1902/280
Testator: Margery Blake
Place: Rattery, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1837, probated 22 Nov 1838
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Margery
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me Margery Blake now residing at Hatchland in the parish of Rattery in
3 the County of Devon being of a sound mind and Memory do this tenth day of June One
4 thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven and in the eighth year of the Reign of his
5 Majesty King William the fourth make this my Will as follows viz [a vi]t First I will and
6 direct that all my just debts and funeral Expences which is to be at Diptford be paid and
7 discharged by my Executors hereinafter named as well as the legacies herein
8 after named I give and bequeath to my
9 Sister Mary Earle ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother
10 Ezekiel Blake of the parish of Plympton St Mary fifty pounds of lawful money I
11 give and bequeath unto the five children of the aforesaid Ezekiel Blake namely Elizabeth
12 Hilson James Blake Grace Sanders Peter Lethbridge Blake and Ezekiel Blake ten pounds
13 each of lawful Money I give and bequeath unto Grace Marks and Joseph the children
14 of David Freeman of the parish of Rattery fifty poun each of lawful money I give and
15 bequeath unto my Nephew William Earle Son of Joseph Earle of the parish of Rattery
16 ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother in law Joseph Earle
o Of the parish of Rattery aforesaid One hundred pounds of lawful money Upon trust to
18 be applied to the use and disposal of his daughter Margery Westhorp now residing
19 at Sheerness in the County of Kent Free from the power control debts and encumbrances
20 of her husband or any other purpose whatever I give and bequeath unto my Niece
21 Ann Ball of the parish of Rattery aforesaid Thirty pounds of lawful money Free from
22 the power and control of her husband and her Receit alone to be a discharge for the
23 same I give and bequeath unto Margarett the daughter of the aforesaid Ann Ball
24 my six silver tea spoons All the aforesaid legacies heretofore given and bequeathed
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25 are to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named within one calendar months
26 after my decease I give and bequeath unto Rachel and Sarah Ann the daughters
27 of the aforesaid Joseph Earle All my household Furniture of every description
28 consisting of Bed Bedding chest drawers and Sundrys of other articles Silver Tea
29 spoons already bequeathed excepted I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Margery
30 Westhorp all my Wearing apparel of every description All the Rest and Residue
31 of my property of every description in the funds money securities for money Goods Chattels
32 not hereinbefore given or bequeathed I give to my two brothers in law Joseph Earle and
33 Daniel Freeman both of the parish of Rattery aforesaid with power to one for all debts Either
34 at Law or in Equity and I also Nominate and appoint the aforesaid Joseph Earle and
35 Daniel Freeman whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
36 hereby revoking all other Will or Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have here set
37 my hand and seal the day and year above written Margery Blake
38 Signed Sealed published and declared by the testator as and for her last Will and
39 Testament in the presence of us who have hereinto subscribed our names as Witnesses
40 in her presence and in the presence of each other Jno Kingston Elizabeth
41 Kingston
42 Proved at London 22nd November 1838 before the Judge by the Oaths
43 of Joseph Earle and Daniel Freeman the Ex[ecut]ors to whom admon was granted
44 having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Will of John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty's Ship Malborough but now to His Majesty's Ship Temeraire, Blackawton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/892/618, probated 31 Oct 1763
John Blake is the Testator and he is a seaman with two daughters Ann and Elizabeth Blake.
Ann is possibly the Anne Blake who married Robert Leach 30 Sep 1783 at Blackawton. No marriage for an Elizabeth Blake.
His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire was cvaptured from the French Navy having been launched by them in 1749. It was a 74 gun ship of the line. HMS Warspite captured Temeraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 Aug 1759 and she was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HSM Temeraire. This ship was then sold out of the navy in 1784.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/892/618
Testator: John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Malborough but now to His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire
Place: Blackawton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 29 Oct 1760, probated 31 Oct 1763
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of Blackawton in the County of Devon Seaman
3 late belonging to his Majesties Ship Marlborough but now to
4 his Majesty’s Ship Temaire being in good health of Body
5 and of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory (blessed be
6 God for the same) Do this twenty ninth day of October in the
7 year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixty
8 take this opportunity to make this my last Will and Testament
9 in manner and form following that is to say First and
10 principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty
11 God who gave and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall
12 please God and as touching all such worldly Estate as it
13 hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with I give and
14 dispose thereof as follows Imprimis I will and direct that
15 all my just debts and Funeral charges be first paid and
16 discharged Item all such salary wages Tickets Bounty
17 Money prize Money short allowances Money outstanding pensions and
18 all other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever as now is
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19 or at any time or times hereafter shall be due owing payable
20 and belonging unto me by any Ways or Means Right or
21 title whatsoever or howsoever And also all my Goods
22 Chattels personal and testamentary Estate and Effects
23 whatsoever and wheresoever I do hereby give and bequeath
24 unto my good friend Lewis Oldrieve of Street within the
25 Parish of Blackawton aforesaid Gentleman his Executors
26 and Administrators In Trust nevertheless and for the only
27 benefit and Advantage of my daughters Ann Blake and
28 Elizabeth Blake to be equally divided between them Share
29 and Share alike at their attaining their respective ages
30 of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage which shall
31 first happen and in the mean time and before that I will
32 and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and
33 Administrators shall put out the same or any part thereof
34 at Interest or pay apply and dispose thereof or any part
35 thereof to and for the use and Benefit of my said daughters
36 and the Survivor of them from time to time as he the
37 said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and Administrators shall
38 think proper and in case either of my said daughters shall
39 dye before her said Share shall become due and payable
40 that then the Share of her so dying shall go and be paid to
41 the Survivor of them at the time such Survivors own
42 share becomes due and payable as aforesaid And
43 lastly I Will and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his
44 Executors and Administrators do and shall from time to time before
45 any such Division or Divisions as aforesaid shall be made
46 shall reimburse and satisfy him and themselves for all
47 reasonable Charges Trouble and Expences that may happen
48 or be occasioned in and about the Management and
49 execution of the said Trust And I do hereby constitute and
50 appoint the said Lewis Oldrieve whole and sole Executor
51 in Trust as aforesaid of this my last Will and Testament
52 in Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal
53 the day and year first above written 1760 John Blake
54 Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named John
55 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
56 in presence of us John Brown Wm Neal
57 This Will was proved at London before the Right
58 worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master
59 Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
60 lawfully constituted on the thirty first day of October in the
61 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three
62 by the Oath of Lewis Oldrieve the Executor named in the said
63 will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
64 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
65 been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
Ann is possibly the Anne Blake who married Robert Leach 30 Sep 1783 at Blackawton. No marriage for an Elizabeth Blake.
His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire was cvaptured from the French Navy having been launched by them in 1749. It was a 74 gun ship of the line. HMS Warspite captured Temeraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 Aug 1759 and she was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HSM Temeraire. This ship was then sold out of the navy in 1784.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/892/618
Testator: John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Malborough but now to His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire
Place: Blackawton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 29 Oct 1760, probated 31 Oct 1763
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of Blackawton in the County of Devon Seaman
3 late belonging to his Majesties Ship Marlborough but now to
4 his Majesty’s Ship Temaire being in good health of Body
5 and of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory (blessed be
6 God for the same) Do this twenty ninth day of October in the
7 year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixty
8 take this opportunity to make this my last Will and Testament
9 in manner and form following that is to say First and
10 principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty
11 God who gave and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall
12 please God and as touching all such worldly Estate as it
13 hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with I give and
14 dispose thereof as follows Imprimis I will and direct that
15 all my just debts and Funeral charges be first paid and
16 discharged Item all such salary wages Tickets Bounty
17 Money prize Money short allowances Money outstanding pensions and
18 all other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever as now is
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19 or at any time or times hereafter shall be due owing payable
20 and belonging unto me by any Ways or Means Right or
21 title whatsoever or howsoever And also all my Goods
22 Chattels personal and testamentary Estate and Effects
23 whatsoever and wheresoever I do hereby give and bequeath
24 unto my good friend Lewis Oldrieve of Street within the
25 Parish of Blackawton aforesaid Gentleman his Executors
26 and Administrators In Trust nevertheless and for the only
27 benefit and Advantage of my daughters Ann Blake and
28 Elizabeth Blake to be equally divided between them Share
29 and Share alike at their attaining their respective ages
30 of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage which shall
31 first happen and in the mean time and before that I will
32 and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and
33 Administrators shall put out the same or any part thereof
34 at Interest or pay apply and dispose thereof or any part
35 thereof to and for the use and Benefit of my said daughters
36 and the Survivor of them from time to time as he the
37 said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and Administrators shall
38 think proper and in case either of my said daughters shall
39 dye before her said Share shall become due and payable
40 that then the Share of her so dying shall go and be paid to
41 the Survivor of them at the time such Survivors own
42 share becomes due and payable as aforesaid And
43 lastly I Will and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his
44 Executors and Administrators do and shall from time to time before
45 any such Division or Divisions as aforesaid shall be made
46 shall reimburse and satisfy him and themselves for all
47 reasonable Charges Trouble and Expences that may happen
48 or be occasioned in and about the Management and
49 execution of the said Trust And I do hereby constitute and
50 appoint the said Lewis Oldrieve whole and sole Executor
51 in Trust as aforesaid of this my last Will and Testament
52 in Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal
53 the day and year first above written 1760 John Blake
54 Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named John
55 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
56 in presence of us John Brown Wm Neal
57 This Will was proved at London before the Right
58 worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master
59 Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
60 lawfully constituted on the thirty first day of October in the
61 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three
62 by the Oath of Lewis Oldrieve the Executor named in the said
63 will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
64 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
65 been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Will of Jane Blake, Widow, Plymouth, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/2020/328, probated 24 Jul 1845
Jane Blake, the testator, was buried at Charles Church Plymouth 17 Jul 1845 at the age of 82 years. She lived on Hoe Street in Plymouth. She would have been born around 1763 and I found a baptism (Find My Past) for Jane 21 Oct 1763 at Charles Plymouth and daughter of William and Jane Keys.
I also found the marriage of John Blake of the Parish of St Andrew Brandy Merchant and a Bachelor to Jane Keys of the Parish of St Andrew Spinster and they were married by Licence the 27 Oct 1793 by John Gandy and they both signed the parish Register in the presence of T Lovell and Margaret Mary Lovell. This was Marriage Number 670 in the Parish Register.
There was a John Blake son of John and Eleanor Blake baptized 11 Jun 1759 at Charles Plymouth Devon and I suspect he is her husband.
A rather interesting article in the London Gazette Issue 15587, page 631: Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a Cause Borkett and others against Redhead, the Creditors of John Blake, late of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Brandy Merchant, (who died in the Year 1795, Intestate,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Peter Holford, Esquire; one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
I did locate Jane on the 1841 Census living in the same household on Hoe Street as Margaret Lovell – both are 75 years of age and independent. They live in St Andrew Parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2020/328
Testator: Jane Blake, Widow
Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Mar 1843, probated 24 Jul 1845
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Jane
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Jane Blake of Plimouth in the County of Devon Widow I
3 direct my body to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor
4 hereinafter named in the Church yard of the Parish Church of Charles in
5 Plymouth aforesaid by the side of my deceased husband I give and bequ-
6 eath unto my Cousin Margaret Mary Lovell of Plymouth aforesaid
7 widow the legacy or sum of five pounds to be laid out in the purchase
8 of a ring or some other token of my esteem and regard also I give and
9 bequeath unto my nephew Elias Keys of Devonport in the County
10 of Devon printer my Fathers picture or likeness and I give and bequeath
11 unto the wife of the said Elias Keys all the wearing apparel of which
12 I shall be possessed at the time of my decease And as to and concer-
13 ning all the rest Residue and remainder of my monies securities for
14 money goods chattels articles and effects and personal estate whatsoever
15 not hereinbefore bequeathed I give and bequeath the same and every
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16 part and parcel thereof unto my dear Grandson Alfred L__aft the
17 younger to and for his own absolute use benefit and disposal and I do
18 hereby nominate constitute and appoint my good friend Charles Cobley
19 Whiteford of Plymouth aforesaid Solicitor Sole Executor of this my Will
20 hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time hereto
21 fore made and declaring this to be my only last Will and Testament In testi-
22 money whereof I the said Jane Blake have to this my last Will and Tes-
23 tament set my hand and Seal the fourth day of March in the year of
24 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Jane Blake
25 Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Jane
26 Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
27 sence of us being present at the same time who at the request and in
28 her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
29 as Witnesses hereto Wm B Lane of Plymouth Gentleman Jas G
30 Ford Clerk to Messrs Whiteford and Bennett Solr Plymouth
31 Proved at London 24th July 1845 before the Worshipful Frederic
32 Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Charles
33 Cobley Whiteford Esquire the sole Executor to whom admon was granted
34 having been first sworn duly to administer
I also found the marriage of John Blake of the Parish of St Andrew Brandy Merchant and a Bachelor to Jane Keys of the Parish of St Andrew Spinster and they were married by Licence the 27 Oct 1793 by John Gandy and they both signed the parish Register in the presence of T Lovell and Margaret Mary Lovell. This was Marriage Number 670 in the Parish Register.
There was a John Blake son of John and Eleanor Blake baptized 11 Jun 1759 at Charles Plymouth Devon and I suspect he is her husband.
A rather interesting article in the London Gazette Issue 15587, page 631: Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a Cause Borkett and others against Redhead, the Creditors of John Blake, late of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Brandy Merchant, (who died in the Year 1795, Intestate,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Peter Holford, Esquire; one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
I did locate Jane on the 1841 Census living in the same household on Hoe Street as Margaret Lovell – both are 75 years of age and independent. They live in St Andrew Parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2020/328
Testator: Jane Blake, Widow
Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Mar 1843, probated 24 Jul 1845
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Jane
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Jane Blake of Plimouth in the County of Devon Widow I
3 direct my body to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor
4 hereinafter named in the Church yard of the Parish Church of Charles in
5 Plymouth aforesaid by the side of my deceased husband I give and bequ-
6 eath unto my Cousin Margaret Mary Lovell of Plymouth aforesaid
7 widow the legacy or sum of five pounds to be laid out in the purchase
8 of a ring or some other token of my esteem and regard also I give and
9 bequeath unto my nephew Elias Keys of Devonport in the County
10 of Devon printer my Fathers picture or likeness and I give and bequeath
11 unto the wife of the said Elias Keys all the wearing apparel of which
12 I shall be possessed at the time of my decease And as to and concer-
13 ning all the rest Residue and remainder of my monies securities for
14 money goods chattels articles and effects and personal estate whatsoever
15 not hereinbefore bequeathed I give and bequeath the same and every
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16 part and parcel thereof unto my dear Grandson Alfred L__aft the
17 younger to and for his own absolute use benefit and disposal and I do
18 hereby nominate constitute and appoint my good friend Charles Cobley
19 Whiteford of Plymouth aforesaid Solicitor Sole Executor of this my Will
20 hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time hereto
21 fore made and declaring this to be my only last Will and Testament In testi-
22 money whereof I the said Jane Blake have to this my last Will and Tes-
23 tament set my hand and Seal the fourth day of March in the year of
24 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Jane Blake
25 Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Jane
26 Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
27 sence of us being present at the same time who at the request and in
28 her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
29 as Witnesses hereto Wm B Lane of Plymouth Gentleman Jas G
30 Ford Clerk to Messrs Whiteford and Bennett Solr Plymouth
31 Proved at London 24th July 1845 before the Worshipful Frederic
32 Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Charles
33 Cobley Whiteford Esquire the sole Executor to whom admon was granted
34 having been first sworn duly to administer
Friday, July 26, 2013
Will of James Blake, Yeoman, Honiton Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1817/22, probated 8 Jun 1833
James Blake is the testator living at Honiton and he mentions his daughter Mary married to William Allen and his daughter Betsy (deceased) married to Nathaniel Bishop. [Perhaps a return to normalcy on my part as I am back to transcribing wills!]
Marriage of Mary Blake and William Allin celebrated 19 Jan 1806 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.
Marriage of Betsy Blake and Nathaniel Bishop celebrated 12 Aug 1804 at Honiton on Otter, Devon. Children of Nathaniel and Betsy named in the will: Eliza married to John Husey, Nathaniel Bishop, Margaret married to John Barrett and James Blake Bishop. Marriages found in Family Search ((Family Search M05114-1).
Eliza Bishop married John Browne Hussey 13 May 1828 at Honiton on Otter
Margaret Bishop married John Barrett 17 Jan 1832 at Honiton on Otter
Nathaniel Bishop married Matilda Bustard 3 Jul 1834 at Honiton on Otter
James Blake Bishop married Elizabeth Notley 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton on Otter
I did find an online website (sources not listed unless you register) for the Nathaniel Bishop/Betsy Blake family providing a few details. Namely: http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6284:133&ref2=6284:134
Betsy Blake is listed as the daughter of James Blake and Isabella Kitchen. She was baptized 25 Jan 1781 at Honiton. Her grandparents were listed as William and Elizabeth Blake and James and Aquila Kitchen. The children of William and Elizabeth Blake as listed as Mary Blake (b 6 May 1750), Elizabeth Blake (b 8 Sep 1751), James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753), Thomas Michel Blake (b 2 May 1756), William Blake (b 28 May 1758), Jane Blake (b 25 May 1760 and 13 Mar 1763). The children of Nathaniel Bishop and Betsy Blake are listed as Eliza (b 21 Aug 1804 at Honiton), Nathaniel Bishop (b 15 Dec 1807 at Honiton), Margaret (b 19 Jan 1810 at Honiton) and James Blake Bishop (b 25 Mar 1811 at Honiton with his marriage to Elizabeth Notley added 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton).
This information gives a possible age for James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753) and will probated 8 Jun 1833 with his last Codicil written (2)1 May 1833 giving him a likely age of 80 years of age. William his father would have likely been born by 1730 and is possibly the William Blake who married Elizabeth Michell and is especially given that one of the children of William and Elizabeth was named Thomas Michel Blake. The marriage took place 29 Jan 1748 at Ottery Saint Mary, Devon which is only six miles southwest of Honiton. Unfortunately there aren’t any wills for William Blake at the PCC for this area of Devon nor did I find one on the Devon Genuki Consolidated Wills.
Interesting information on this Blake line at Honiton and likely Ottery Saint Mary.
Page two of the will was blurred somewhat at the top and difficult to read. Perhaps in the future I will try to read once again but for the moment the gist of the will is sufficient and no names are missing.
Chopping Knife Inn is one of the lost pubs of Devon. It was built by 1774 and then known as The Rolling Pin with the name The Chopping Knife becoming the usual name by 1843 (and obviously by 1833 as James mentions it in his will). The website for Lost Pubs Project: http://closedpubs.co.uk/devon/honiton_choppingknife.html . There is a coin depicted for this pub on the webpage which reads White (perhaps the White family were later occupying this inn).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1817/22
Testator: James Blake
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Aug 1832, probated 8 Jun 1833
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 18
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 James Blake of Honiton in the County of Devon yeoman First I give and devise unto
3 Sarah the daughter of Nathaniel Bishop of Honiton aforesaid Innkeeper the sum of
4 thirty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executors hereinafter
5 named when she shall attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath unto my
6 daughter Mary the wife of William Allen all my household goods and Furniture now in
7 my occupation and also I give devise and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary the
8 wife of the said William Allen all that Messuage or Tenement situate in Honiton
9 aforesaid called the Chopping knife Inn with the Garden Fields and appurtenances hereto
10 belonging now in the occupation of Hannah Oak as Tenant thereof and the said Field
11 called Bakers Plot in the occupation of Benjamin Trim as Tenant thereof To hold
12 the same with the appurtenances thereto belonging immediately after my decease unto
13 my said daughter Mary her executors administrators and assigns for and during all
14 my Estate and Interest therein to and for her own use and benefit I give devise and
15 bequeath unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker of Buckewell in the
16 said County Feltmonger two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half per
17 cent Consols Upon Trust that they the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or
18 the survivor of them his executors administrators and assigns do and shall pay and apply
19 the Interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time to the same shall
20 become due and payable unto the proper hands of my said daughter Mary the wife of
21 the said William Allen for her sole and separate use for and during the term of her
22 natural life, the same to be independent of her said husband and not to be subject or liable
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23 to his debts control contracts engagements and the receipt and receipts of my said daughter
24 Mary shall be good and sufficient discharge and discharge to the person and persons who
25 shall pay the same ______________________
26 do ____ such receipt or receipts as shall be _______ be received
27 provided and I do hereby declare that ______ my said daughter Mary the wife of the
28 said William Allen shall ______ after my death ____ of any Monies to put
29 herself ______ in the said sum or _____ for her wants or necessities should so
30 require the same I do hereby authorize and empower my said Trustees or the survivor
31 of them his Executors or administrators should they think it right and necessary so to be
32 and they should consider it would be for her benefit notwithstanding my said limitation
33 to her for her natural life only to sell out and dispose of all or any part of the said two
34 hundred and seventy pounds stock third and half per cent consols and to pay the same to
35 my said daughter Mary the wife of the said William Allen to and for her own use and
36 benefit and after the decease of my said daughter Mary Upon trust that the said
37 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or
38 administrators shall and do stand possessed of said interests in whatever should remain
39 of the said two hundred and seventy pounds Stock three and half per cent Consols In trust
40 for all and every the children of my said daughter Mary who shall be living at the
41 time of her decease and do and shall divide and pay the same equally between them
42 share and share alike at their respective ages of twenty one years if more than one
43 and if there shall be but one Child then to such only one his or their executors
44 administrators and assigns at the age aforesaid and as to for and concerning all the
45 Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels and other Monies and Securities
46 for Money personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and of what nature or kind soever the
47 same may be not by me hereinbefore given and bequeathed my debts legacy and funeral
48 expences being first paid thereout and I do hereby charge the same with the payment
49 thereof I give and bequeath the same unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker their
50 executors administrators and assigns upon such trusts nevertheless as hereinafter
51 mentioned expressed and declared that is to say upon trust that they the said Nathaniel
52 Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or administrators
53 do and shall after payment of the before mentioned legacy and my debts and funeral
54 expences do and shall account for and pay and apply all such Monies equally between my
55 Grandchildren Eliza the wife of John Hussey Nathaniel Bishop Margaret the wife of
56 John Barrett and James Blake Bishop the children of my late deceased daughter Betsy
57 Bishop to and for his her and their own use and benefit his her and their executors
58 administrators and assigns as soon as convenient to my said Trustees after my decease
59 provided also and my will is and I do hereby direct that my said Trustees or the survivor
60 of them his executors or administrators shall not be answerable or accountable for the
61 receipts acts disbursements or default of the other of them or for any more of the
62 trust Monies then shall come to his or their hand or hands respectively but each of them for
63 his own receipts acts disbursements and defaults only and also that they my said trustees
64 and the survivor of them his executors or administrators shall by with and out of
65 my said trust estate and effects be reimbursed satisfied and paid all costs charges damages
66 and expences which they or either of them shall or may pay bear sustain be at or
67 put into in or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed or of their
68 lawful acting therein and I do hereby make nominate constitute and appoint the said
69 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker Executors of this my will hereby revoking
70 all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my
71 last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
72 contained in three sheets of paper to the first and second sheet thereof set my hand
73 and to the last my hand and seal this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord
74 one thousand eight hundred and thirty two James Blake Signed
75 Sealed published and declared by the said James Blake the Testator as and for and to
76 be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
77 our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other
78 Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
79 This
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80 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
81 Honiton in the County of Devon Yeoman bearing date the twenty first day of May one
82 thousand eight hundred and thirty three and which I desire may be annexed to and
83 considered and taken as part thereof whereas I have in and by my said will given and
84 bequeathed unto Nathaniel Bishop Henry Hawker two hundred and seventy pounds
85 stock now three and half per cent consols Upon trust as therein mentioned for my daughter
86 Mary the wife of William Allen Now I do hereby revoke the said bequest as given as
87 aforesaid and instead thereof I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto the said
88 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker two hundred pounds Stock now three and half
89 per cent consols upon the same trusts to and for my said daughter Mary the wife of
90 William Allen and to and for the same purposes as declared in and by my said will
91 respecting the said sum of two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half
92 per cent consols hereby by this codicil revoked and I do hereby confirm in every other
93 respect my said will In witness whereof I the said James Blake have to this Codicil
94 set my hand and seal the day and year first above written James Blake
95 Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator James Blake as and for a
96 Codicil to be annexed to this last Will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof in
97 the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence
98 of the said Testator and of each other Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
99 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th June 1833 before the Judges by the
100 oaths of Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker the Executors to whom admon was
101 granted being first sworn by Commission duly to adm[inister]
Marriage of Mary Blake and William Allin celebrated 19 Jan 1806 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.
Marriage of Betsy Blake and Nathaniel Bishop celebrated 12 Aug 1804 at Honiton on Otter, Devon. Children of Nathaniel and Betsy named in the will: Eliza married to John Husey, Nathaniel Bishop, Margaret married to John Barrett and James Blake Bishop. Marriages found in Family Search ((Family Search M05114-1).
Eliza Bishop married John Browne Hussey 13 May 1828 at Honiton on Otter
Margaret Bishop married John Barrett 17 Jan 1832 at Honiton on Otter
Nathaniel Bishop married Matilda Bustard 3 Jul 1834 at Honiton on Otter
James Blake Bishop married Elizabeth Notley 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton on Otter
I did find an online website (sources not listed unless you register) for the Nathaniel Bishop/Betsy Blake family providing a few details. Namely: http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6284:133&ref2=6284:134
Betsy Blake is listed as the daughter of James Blake and Isabella Kitchen. She was baptized 25 Jan 1781 at Honiton. Her grandparents were listed as William and Elizabeth Blake and James and Aquila Kitchen. The children of William and Elizabeth Blake as listed as Mary Blake (b 6 May 1750), Elizabeth Blake (b 8 Sep 1751), James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753), Thomas Michel Blake (b 2 May 1756), William Blake (b 28 May 1758), Jane Blake (b 25 May 1760 and 13 Mar 1763). The children of Nathaniel Bishop and Betsy Blake are listed as Eliza (b 21 Aug 1804 at Honiton), Nathaniel Bishop (b 15 Dec 1807 at Honiton), Margaret (b 19 Jan 1810 at Honiton) and James Blake Bishop (b 25 Mar 1811 at Honiton with his marriage to Elizabeth Notley added 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton).
This information gives a possible age for James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753) and will probated 8 Jun 1833 with his last Codicil written (2)1 May 1833 giving him a likely age of 80 years of age. William his father would have likely been born by 1730 and is possibly the William Blake who married Elizabeth Michell and is especially given that one of the children of William and Elizabeth was named Thomas Michel Blake. The marriage took place 29 Jan 1748 at Ottery Saint Mary, Devon which is only six miles southwest of Honiton. Unfortunately there aren’t any wills for William Blake at the PCC for this area of Devon nor did I find one on the Devon Genuki Consolidated Wills.
Interesting information on this Blake line at Honiton and likely Ottery Saint Mary.
Page two of the will was blurred somewhat at the top and difficult to read. Perhaps in the future I will try to read once again but for the moment the gist of the will is sufficient and no names are missing.
Chopping Knife Inn is one of the lost pubs of Devon. It was built by 1774 and then known as The Rolling Pin with the name The Chopping Knife becoming the usual name by 1843 (and obviously by 1833 as James mentions it in his will). The website for Lost Pubs Project: http://closedpubs.co.uk/devon/honiton_choppingknife.html . There is a coin depicted for this pub on the webpage which reads White (perhaps the White family were later occupying this inn).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1817/22
Testator: James Blake
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Aug 1832, probated 8 Jun 1833
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 18
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 James Blake of Honiton in the County of Devon yeoman First I give and devise unto
3 Sarah the daughter of Nathaniel Bishop of Honiton aforesaid Innkeeper the sum of
4 thirty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executors hereinafter
5 named when she shall attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath unto my
6 daughter Mary the wife of William Allen all my household goods and Furniture now in
7 my occupation and also I give devise and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary the
8 wife of the said William Allen all that Messuage or Tenement situate in Honiton
9 aforesaid called the Chopping knife Inn with the Garden Fields and appurtenances hereto
10 belonging now in the occupation of Hannah Oak as Tenant thereof and the said Field
11 called Bakers Plot in the occupation of Benjamin Trim as Tenant thereof To hold
12 the same with the appurtenances thereto belonging immediately after my decease unto
13 my said daughter Mary her executors administrators and assigns for and during all
14 my Estate and Interest therein to and for her own use and benefit I give devise and
15 bequeath unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker of Buckewell in the
16 said County Feltmonger two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half per
17 cent Consols Upon Trust that they the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or
18 the survivor of them his executors administrators and assigns do and shall pay and apply
19 the Interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time to the same shall
20 become due and payable unto the proper hands of my said daughter Mary the wife of
21 the said William Allen for her sole and separate use for and during the term of her
22 natural life, the same to be independent of her said husband and not to be subject or liable
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23 to his debts control contracts engagements and the receipt and receipts of my said daughter
24 Mary shall be good and sufficient discharge and discharge to the person and persons who
25 shall pay the same ______________________
26 do ____ such receipt or receipts as shall be _______ be received
27 provided and I do hereby declare that ______ my said daughter Mary the wife of the
28 said William Allen shall ______ after my death ____ of any Monies to put
29 herself ______ in the said sum or _____ for her wants or necessities should so
30 require the same I do hereby authorize and empower my said Trustees or the survivor
31 of them his Executors or administrators should they think it right and necessary so to be
32 and they should consider it would be for her benefit notwithstanding my said limitation
33 to her for her natural life only to sell out and dispose of all or any part of the said two
34 hundred and seventy pounds stock third and half per cent consols and to pay the same to
35 my said daughter Mary the wife of the said William Allen to and for her own use and
36 benefit and after the decease of my said daughter Mary Upon trust that the said
37 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or
38 administrators shall and do stand possessed of said interests in whatever should remain
39 of the said two hundred and seventy pounds Stock three and half per cent Consols In trust
40 for all and every the children of my said daughter Mary who shall be living at the
41 time of her decease and do and shall divide and pay the same equally between them
42 share and share alike at their respective ages of twenty one years if more than one
43 and if there shall be but one Child then to such only one his or their executors
44 administrators and assigns at the age aforesaid and as to for and concerning all the
45 Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels and other Monies and Securities
46 for Money personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and of what nature or kind soever the
47 same may be not by me hereinbefore given and bequeathed my debts legacy and funeral
48 expences being first paid thereout and I do hereby charge the same with the payment
49 thereof I give and bequeath the same unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker their
50 executors administrators and assigns upon such trusts nevertheless as hereinafter
51 mentioned expressed and declared that is to say upon trust that they the said Nathaniel
52 Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or administrators
53 do and shall after payment of the before mentioned legacy and my debts and funeral
54 expences do and shall account for and pay and apply all such Monies equally between my
55 Grandchildren Eliza the wife of John Hussey Nathaniel Bishop Margaret the wife of
56 John Barrett and James Blake Bishop the children of my late deceased daughter Betsy
57 Bishop to and for his her and their own use and benefit his her and their executors
58 administrators and assigns as soon as convenient to my said Trustees after my decease
59 provided also and my will is and I do hereby direct that my said Trustees or the survivor
60 of them his executors or administrators shall not be answerable or accountable for the
61 receipts acts disbursements or default of the other of them or for any more of the
62 trust Monies then shall come to his or their hand or hands respectively but each of them for
63 his own receipts acts disbursements and defaults only and also that they my said trustees
64 and the survivor of them his executors or administrators shall by with and out of
65 my said trust estate and effects be reimbursed satisfied and paid all costs charges damages
66 and expences which they or either of them shall or may pay bear sustain be at or
67 put into in or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed or of their
68 lawful acting therein and I do hereby make nominate constitute and appoint the said
69 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker Executors of this my will hereby revoking
70 all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my
71 last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
72 contained in three sheets of paper to the first and second sheet thereof set my hand
73 and to the last my hand and seal this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord
74 one thousand eight hundred and thirty two James Blake Signed
75 Sealed published and declared by the said James Blake the Testator as and for and to
76 be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
77 our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other
78 Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
79 This
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80 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
81 Honiton in the County of Devon Yeoman bearing date the twenty first day of May one
82 thousand eight hundred and thirty three and which I desire may be annexed to and
83 considered and taken as part thereof whereas I have in and by my said will given and
84 bequeathed unto Nathaniel Bishop Henry Hawker two hundred and seventy pounds
85 stock now three and half per cent consols Upon trust as therein mentioned for my daughter
86 Mary the wife of William Allen Now I do hereby revoke the said bequest as given as
87 aforesaid and instead thereof I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto the said
88 Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker two hundred pounds Stock now three and half
89 per cent consols upon the same trusts to and for my said daughter Mary the wife of
90 William Allen and to and for the same purposes as declared in and by my said will
91 respecting the said sum of two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half
92 per cent consols hereby by this codicil revoked and I do hereby confirm in every other
93 respect my said will In witness whereof I the said James Blake have to this Codicil
94 set my hand and seal the day and year first above written James Blake
95 Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator James Blake as and for a
96 Codicil to be annexed to this last Will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof in
97 the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence
98 of the said Testator and of each other Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
99 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th June 1833 before the Judges by the
100 oaths of Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker the Executors to whom admon was
101 granted being first sworn by Commission duly to adm[inister]
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge
What a wonderful choice of name for the new prince. May he be in his own time King of Canada and remind those who are under his Head of State of his wonderful great grandfather King George VI whom I remember from my childhood. I had a lisp as a child and his overcoming his stutter was a constant encouragement to me to also eliminate the lisp from my speaking.
Long Live Prince George of Cambridge.
Long Live Prince George of Cambridge.
Blake Newsletter posted to The Blake Family Site
24 Jul 2013
The process of working on the Blake family one name study has been very slow this past six months. We have been traveling and although I have transcribed a great number of wills on my blog throughout this time period, I have not been adding to this Blake Family website. I hope to see more changes to the website over the next six months. Working on my own for the most part means that I do not get more than one project done at a time. If anyone is interested in being a co-researcher on the Blake family in particular a member who lives in Australia/New Zealand, the United States of America or South Africa would be most helpful. Although I live in Canada my father was born in England and my studies are primarily there for the moment although I hope to begin work on the Blake families in the Canadian Census but again if anyone is interested in being a Blake researcher for this particular project and is from Canada they would also be most welcomed.
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/blakegoons/2012/07/08/blake-one-name-study/
Although our trips have been quite short, the preparation time has been lengthy. We visited a number of interesting archives including the Historical Society of Connecticut and the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. We have already visited the State Archives of Connecticut which is also a very good site for doing genealogy on your Connecticut ancestors of which my husband has a good many. We also were very lucky to find the gravestone for Doctor Benjamin Burt in Ridgefield which we had been unable to locate the last visit to this area. Earlier we visited Vermont for a family reunion of my husband's Foote family and the Connecticut visit was for the Rathbun Family Reunion which was held in Newport Rhode Island (the birthplace of my husband's furtherest back female ancestor born in the colonies in 1654 - Margaret Carr daughter of Robert Carr (brother to the Royal Governor) and his possible wife Hannah Hale. We have not yet been able to prove the name of his wife nor her place of birth but given the matches of his FGS she was likely British.
The process of working on the Blake family one name study has been very slow this past six months. We have been traveling and although I have transcribed a great number of wills on my blog throughout this time period, I have not been adding to this Blake Family website. I hope to see more changes to the website over the next six months. Working on my own for the most part means that I do not get more than one project done at a time. If anyone is interested in being a co-researcher on the Blake family in particular a member who lives in Australia/New Zealand, the United States of America or South Africa would be most helpful. Although I live in Canada my father was born in England and my studies are primarily there for the moment although I hope to begin work on the Blake families in the Canadian Census but again if anyone is interested in being a Blake researcher for this particular project and is from Canada they would also be most welcomed.
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/blakegoons/2012/07/08/blake-one-name-study/
Although our trips have been quite short, the preparation time has been lengthy. We visited a number of interesting archives including the Historical Society of Connecticut and the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. We have already visited the State Archives of Connecticut which is also a very good site for doing genealogy on your Connecticut ancestors of which my husband has a good many. We also were very lucky to find the gravestone for Doctor Benjamin Burt in Ridgefield which we had been unable to locate the last visit to this area. Earlier we visited Vermont for a family reunion of my husband's Foote family and the Connecticut visit was for the Rathbun Family Reunion which was held in Newport Rhode Island (the birthplace of my husband's furtherest back female ancestor born in the colonies in 1654 - Margaret Carr daughter of Robert Carr (brother to the Royal Governor) and his possible wife Hannah Hale. We have not yet been able to prove the name of his wife nor her place of birth but given the matches of his FGS she was likely British.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son
I decided I had to write a blog today. I have been so busy the last month that I have barely had time to accomplish what absolutely has to be done. Most of the past month I have been home but small trips here and there have used up a lot of that time.
What wonderful news as we return home after a lot of traveling. I have felt like I am in motion about this world for the past six months and it has come to an end for a while. Like a lot of people with 100% British ancestry I have been watching all the news on the newest heir to the throne. It would appear that the world has been watching as well; the excitement following the birth announcement has ringed the world.
A Royal Prince and third in line to the throne and he carries his own Blake genes within him as his grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales (mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge) is a descendant of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall of Eastontown near Andover, Hampshire, UK. The pedigree chart at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office has the ancestry of this couple on a 12 foot by 4 foot chart.
Working down from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall (both buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London) it was their son Thomas Blake married to Dorothy Mayowe and their daughter Mary married to William Newland 20 Feb 1653 St Paul's Church, Covent Garden and their daughter Mary married to Isaac Manley (MP) 20 May 1678 at St Peter's Church, Cornhill and their daughter Dorothy married to William Gore (MP) then their son Colonel John Gore who married Bellamira Munbee and their son Vice Admiral Sir John Gore married to Georgiana Montagu 15 Aug 1808 at St George's Church, Hanover Square and their daughter Anne Frances married to 1st Earl Howe (Richard William Penn Curzon) 9 Oct 1845 at Great Witley, Worcestershire and their daughter Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe married to the 2nd Duke of Abercorn (James Hamilton (MP)) 7 Jan 1869 at St George's Church, Hanover Square) and their son 3rd Duke of Abercorn (James Albert Edward Hamilton) married to Lady Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham 1 Nov 1894 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge and their daughter Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton married to 7th Earl Spencer (Albert Edward John Spencer) 26 Feb 1919 at St James' Church Piccadilly and their son 8th Earl Spencer (Edward John Spencer) married to the Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche 1 Jun 1954 at Westminster Abbey resulting in their daughter Lady Diana Frances who married His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor 29 Jul 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (the parents of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and he is married to Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge).
This line tracing back from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall on the chart shows Thomas to be a son of John Blake and Margaret Blake and both of their fathers was a William Blake according to the Chart but investigating this I believe that Margaret is the daughter of William Blake and Avis Ripley and John is the son of William and Elizabeth Blake (Elizabeth surname is unknown). Margaret's grandfather is said to be Robert Blake and Avis Wallop. John's grandfather (using my logic) would be Nicholas Blake and Margaret (unknown). Both Nicholas and William his son left wills which are quite helpful for this particular Blake line at Andover. I need to investigate the Blake wills held at the Hampshire Record Office before I can really prove that the chart is in error. The wills of Nicholas and William are held at Kew. There is always the possibility that two William Blakes of Eastontown near Andover died in 1582 which is the reference on the chart.
An amazing happening for the Blake family to have yet another Prince (descendant of the Blake family) in line to the throne of the United Kingdom and all the Commonwealth countries that have Queen Elizabeth as their Head of State.
What wonderful news as we return home after a lot of traveling. I have felt like I am in motion about this world for the past six months and it has come to an end for a while. Like a lot of people with 100% British ancestry I have been watching all the news on the newest heir to the throne. It would appear that the world has been watching as well; the excitement following the birth announcement has ringed the world.
A Royal Prince and third in line to the throne and he carries his own Blake genes within him as his grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales (mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge) is a descendant of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall of Eastontown near Andover, Hampshire, UK. The pedigree chart at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office has the ancestry of this couple on a 12 foot by 4 foot chart.
Working down from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall (both buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London) it was their son Thomas Blake married to Dorothy Mayowe and their daughter Mary married to William Newland 20 Feb 1653 St Paul's Church, Covent Garden and their daughter Mary married to Isaac Manley (MP) 20 May 1678 at St Peter's Church, Cornhill and their daughter Dorothy married to William Gore (MP) then their son Colonel John Gore who married Bellamira Munbee and their son Vice Admiral Sir John Gore married to Georgiana Montagu 15 Aug 1808 at St George's Church, Hanover Square and their daughter Anne Frances married to 1st Earl Howe (Richard William Penn Curzon) 9 Oct 1845 at Great Witley, Worcestershire and their daughter Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe married to the 2nd Duke of Abercorn (James Hamilton (MP)) 7 Jan 1869 at St George's Church, Hanover Square) and their son 3rd Duke of Abercorn (James Albert Edward Hamilton) married to Lady Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham 1 Nov 1894 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge and their daughter Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton married to 7th Earl Spencer (Albert Edward John Spencer) 26 Feb 1919 at St James' Church Piccadilly and their son 8th Earl Spencer (Edward John Spencer) married to the Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche 1 Jun 1954 at Westminster Abbey resulting in their daughter Lady Diana Frances who married His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor 29 Jul 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (the parents of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and he is married to Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge).
This line tracing back from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall on the chart shows Thomas to be a son of John Blake and Margaret Blake and both of their fathers was a William Blake according to the Chart but investigating this I believe that Margaret is the daughter of William Blake and Avis Ripley and John is the son of William and Elizabeth Blake (Elizabeth surname is unknown). Margaret's grandfather is said to be Robert Blake and Avis Wallop. John's grandfather (using my logic) would be Nicholas Blake and Margaret (unknown). Both Nicholas and William his son left wills which are quite helpful for this particular Blake line at Andover. I need to investigate the Blake wills held at the Hampshire Record Office before I can really prove that the chart is in error. The wills of Nicholas and William are held at Kew. There is always the possibility that two William Blakes of Eastontown near Andover died in 1582 which is the reference on the chart.
An amazing happening for the Blake family to have yet another Prince (descendant of the Blake family) in line to the throne of the United Kingdom and all the Commonwealth countries that have Queen Elizabeth as their Head of State.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Blake Newsletter - Volume 2 Issue 3, 2013
Blake Newsletter
Blake yDNA Study
We are awaiting two new members’ results for the yDNA study. The perfect match in I2a2b continues to fascinate in that the known genealogical history for these two individuals does appear to be in southern England and in the Republic of Ireland. Does this line represent the Blake known to have accompanied Strongbow to Ireland in the 1270s? An intriguing thought. The Blake yDNA study along with the Calendar of Patent Rolls does seem to me to indicate that there are a number of Blake lines extending back into the 1200s that are distinct from each other. As always, more males with the Blake surname testing can add greatly to our understanding of the Blake family.
Bill Bleak and I are giving some consideration to the idea of purchasing ten 12 marker tests from FT DNA and offering them for free on the Blake study website. All that we would ask for in return would be a five generation chart. We would retain the ability to decide on which tests to support in that we would like to have a variety of testers preferably not all from the same family line. For those who are unable to afford the cost of the yDNA test this would at least “put them on the study” albeit though with only twelve markers but as can be seen from the study it is possible to place a person into their respective haplogroup with twelve markers. More news will be forthcoming in the next newsletter on this project.
Blake Wills
I continue to transcribe the over 700 wills that I have at hand for the Blake family. They appear somewhat regularly on my blog and when fall and winter return once again I will be able to speed up the transcription as I would like to have that project complete by this time next year at the latest. There have been some interesting connections with the wills completed thus far and you can refer to my blog
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/
in order to review completed wills thus far. I am moving through the wills alphabetically by county and have now completed Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and Cornwall. Currently I am working on Devon.
Genealogies
I am also currently going through one of the members of the yDNA studies genealogy. There is a possibility that his line is of the Somerset Blake line and knowing that would be most helpful. Anyone wishing to submit their genealogy to me that has not already done so would be most welcome to do so. I retain privacy on all submitted information and would only use any with your permission. Before archiving my study at some point in the distant future, I would request from you permission to archive your material with the study. I am hopeful that at some point in the future other Blake members or descendants will become interested in the study and be co-researchers with Bill Bleak and myself.
Publications
Studies on the Theophilus Blake family of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and that particular research group has uncovered interesting information on that line. Eventually we would submit it to The American Genealogist (TAG) for possible publication in their journal.
Any submission for this newsletter to: kippeeb@rogers.com
Blake yDNA Study
We are awaiting two new members’ results for the yDNA study. The perfect match in I2a2b continues to fascinate in that the known genealogical history for these two individuals does appear to be in southern England and in the Republic of Ireland. Does this line represent the Blake known to have accompanied Strongbow to Ireland in the 1270s? An intriguing thought. The Blake yDNA study along with the Calendar of Patent Rolls does seem to me to indicate that there are a number of Blake lines extending back into the 1200s that are distinct from each other. As always, more males with the Blake surname testing can add greatly to our understanding of the Blake family.
Bill Bleak and I are giving some consideration to the idea of purchasing ten 12 marker tests from FT DNA and offering them for free on the Blake study website. All that we would ask for in return would be a five generation chart. We would retain the ability to decide on which tests to support in that we would like to have a variety of testers preferably not all from the same family line. For those who are unable to afford the cost of the yDNA test this would at least “put them on the study” albeit though with only twelve markers but as can be seen from the study it is possible to place a person into their respective haplogroup with twelve markers. More news will be forthcoming in the next newsletter on this project.
Blake Wills
I continue to transcribe the over 700 wills that I have at hand for the Blake family. They appear somewhat regularly on my blog and when fall and winter return once again I will be able to speed up the transcription as I would like to have that project complete by this time next year at the latest. There have been some interesting connections with the wills completed thus far and you can refer to my blog
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/
in order to review completed wills thus far. I am moving through the wills alphabetically by county and have now completed Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and Cornwall. Currently I am working on Devon.
Genealogies
I am also currently going through one of the members of the yDNA studies genealogy. There is a possibility that his line is of the Somerset Blake line and knowing that would be most helpful. Anyone wishing to submit their genealogy to me that has not already done so would be most welcome to do so. I retain privacy on all submitted information and would only use any with your permission. Before archiving my study at some point in the distant future, I would request from you permission to archive your material with the study. I am hopeful that at some point in the future other Blake members or descendants will become interested in the study and be co-researchers with Bill Bleak and myself.
Publications
Studies on the Theophilus Blake family of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and that particular research group has uncovered interesting information on that line. Eventually we would submit it to The American Genealogist (TAG) for possible publication in their journal.
Any submission for this newsletter to: kippeeb@rogers.com
Monday, July 8, 2013
Blake Newsletter delayed
Just realized that I haven't produced my Blake Newsletter for 1st of July. It will be forthcoming but probably not before tomorrow. For anyone who reads my newsletter; I haven't forgotten just in a time bind which is hard to believe for a retired person!
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Will of George Blake, Instow, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/711/447, probated 24 Sep 1741
This is the third and last George Blake will from Devon that we collected in our trip of this year.
A search did not reveal this Blake family readily. His sister he identifies as Esther Lee (wife of Bartholomew Lee one of his executors) and they live at Instow. George gives his address as Instow.
Looking at the Protestation Returns for 1641/42 at Instow there is a John Gawen listed and is perhaps an ancestor of Edmund Gewan the other executor named in the will and a friend of the testator. No Blake or Lee family members appear on this protestation return.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/711/447
Testator: George Blake
Place: Instow, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1741, probated 24 Sep 1741
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: George
[Margin]: Blake
1 To all whom these may concern
2 I George Blake of Instow in Devensheire in Consideration of
3 Mortality either by sickness dangers of the Sea or being cut of by
4 An Enemy do constitute and appoint my good friend Edmund
5 Gewan or Berthelomew Lee to be jointly or severally in case
6 Of the abovesaid mortality my lawfull Executors or Executor to
7 Receive all Money due to me viz[ a vit] all pay due to me for his
8 Majesties Ship Chichester all bounty Money prize Money Short
9 Allowance Money all Cloaths Beding or whatsoever belongs to
10 Me on board the said Ship or Elsewhere Reposing a certain and
11 Undoubted friendship in the abovesaid Edm Gewan and Barthw
12 Lee
[Page 2]
13 Lee I do further more Will and request that they or
14 Either of them if it should please Almighty God either of them should
15 Survive me should return or cause to be returned to my
16 Sister Esther Lee of the above said Town the Effects Money or
17 Wearing Aparell that belongs to me whereunto I have my
18 Hand and Seale this 5th day of June 1741 George Blake
19 Being present Dennis Donovan Humphery Gregory
20 This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
21 Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right
22 Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
23 Or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
24 Lawfully constituted on the Twenty Fourth day of September
25 In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seaven hundred forty
26 One by the Oath of Bartholomew Lee one of the Executors
27 Named in the said Will to whom administration was
28 Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
29 The said deceased being first sworn duly to Administer power
30 Reserved of making the like grant to Edmund Gewan the
31 Other Executor when he shall apply for the same
A search did not reveal this Blake family readily. His sister he identifies as Esther Lee (wife of Bartholomew Lee one of his executors) and they live at Instow. George gives his address as Instow.
Looking at the Protestation Returns for 1641/42 at Instow there is a John Gawen listed and is perhaps an ancestor of Edmund Gewan the other executor named in the will and a friend of the testator. No Blake or Lee family members appear on this protestation return.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/711/447
Testator: George Blake
Place: Instow, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1741, probated 24 Sep 1741
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: George
[Margin]: Blake
1 To all whom these may concern
2 I George Blake of Instow in Devensheire in Consideration of
3 Mortality either by sickness dangers of the Sea or being cut of by
4 An Enemy do constitute and appoint my good friend Edmund
5 Gewan or Berthelomew Lee to be jointly or severally in case
6 Of the abovesaid mortality my lawfull Executors or Executor to
7 Receive all Money due to me viz[ a vit] all pay due to me for his
8 Majesties Ship Chichester all bounty Money prize Money Short
9 Allowance Money all Cloaths Beding or whatsoever belongs to
10 Me on board the said Ship or Elsewhere Reposing a certain and
11 Undoubted friendship in the abovesaid Edm Gewan and Barthw
12 Lee
[Page 2]
13 Lee I do further more Will and request that they or
14 Either of them if it should please Almighty God either of them should
15 Survive me should return or cause to be returned to my
16 Sister Esther Lee of the above said Town the Effects Money or
17 Wearing Aparell that belongs to me whereunto I have my
18 Hand and Seale this 5th day of June 1741 George Blake
19 Being present Dennis Donovan Humphery Gregory
20 This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
21 Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right
22 Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
23 Or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
24 Lawfully constituted on the Twenty Fourth day of September
25 In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seaven hundred forty
26 One by the Oath of Bartholomew Lee one of the Executors
27 Named in the said Will to whom administration was
28 Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
29 The said deceased being first sworn duly to Administer power
30 Reserved of making the like grant to Edmund Gewan the
31 Other Executor when he shall apply for the same
Back to work after a short hiatus
I am back to "work" after a week off. Doing things for my family does tend to come first and the past week has been a busy one. I have one will which I will post later today for yet another George Blake from Devon. This one I do not have any ideas on yet.
I need to work on the group presentation for BIGHSGO in the Fall as that got put aside last week and the meeting for that is tomorrow. My the time has passed quickly since that was set up! I have a partial presentation but need to flavour it for this particular presentation.
The weather here has been absolutely marvelous for gardening but perhaps less appealing for the beach as quite a bit of rain. Our grass is so green for July; that is a pleasant picture.
My process continues to be working on the wills for the Blake families in Devon and then moving on to Dorset where I have eleven wills to transcribe for that county.
I need to work on the group presentation for BIGHSGO in the Fall as that got put aside last week and the meeting for that is tomorrow. My the time has passed quickly since that was set up! I have a partial presentation but need to flavour it for this particular presentation.
The weather here has been absolutely marvelous for gardening but perhaps less appealing for the beach as quite a bit of rain. Our grass is so green for July; that is a pleasant picture.
My process continues to be working on the wills for the Blake families in Devon and then moving on to Dorset where I have eleven wills to transcribe for that county.
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