The marriage of Mary Blake and John Collins took place in Ilminster 23 Oct 1806 at St Bartholomew and by license. On the 1841 census, there is a John Baker with wife Mary Blake Baker at Ilminster and he is an attorney at law. She was born circa 1810 and that perhaps answers the question of who is Mary Baker below. She would have been the daughter of John Collins and Mary Blake although I could not find her baptism in the records online. The only baptism I found was for Robert Downing Collins youngest son of John Collins and Mary Blake.
These two wills do not mention the Blake family in Blandford Forum although at this point in time they are becoming distant in relationship with their common Blake ancestor their 3x great grandparents. References that were made in the wills of the Blandford Forum Blake family simply mention the name without alluding to the cousin relationship.
When we visited my second cousins in England, they did think of our relationship as somewhat distant. They had large numbers of first cousins and many many aunts and uncles and you could see how that would happen. For myself I have no first cousins and few second cousins so that even third cousins seem like a close relationship!
The use of the name Malachi makes keeping this family line somewhat easier than most.
Names mentioned in the will:
Malachi Blake, Taunton, Doctor of Physic, testator
Mary Blake, wife of Malachi Blake
William Blake, nephew, son of deceased brother [William Blake of Crewkerne]
Elizabeth Blake, niece, daughter of deceased brother [William Blake of Crewkerne]
Margaret Blake, niece, daughter of deceased brother [William Blake of Crewkerne]
Mary Blake, niece, daughter of deceased brother [William Blake of Crewkerne]
Mary Baker, niece, Ilminster
John Baker the younger, husband of Mary Baker, Ilminster, esquire
Hannah Collins, niece
Eliza Tice Collins, niece
Mary Collins, sister,
Blake Collins, nephew
John Collins, nephew
Malachi Collins, nephew
Robert Collins, nephew
George Stone, Taunton, solicitor
W H Mulford, Clerk
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1976/54
Testator: Malachi Blake, Doctor of Physic, M.D.
Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 7 Feb 1839, probated 21 Mar 1843
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Malachi
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: M.D.
[Margin]: 20
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Malachi Blake of Taunton in the County of Somerset Doctor of
3 Physic which I make and publish for the disposal of all my worldly estate and
4 effects in manner following that is to say First I give and bequeath unto my
5 dear and affectionate wife Mary Blake all my household goods and furniture
6 whatsoever and wheresoever plate jewels linen and china books prints and
7 pictures wines and other liquors carriage with its furniture and appurtenances
8 to and for her own use and benefit All and singular my messuages tenements lands
9 and hereditaments whether freehold customary freehold copyhold or leasehold
10 and wheresoever of which I may be seized or possessed or over which I may
11 have any power of disposition and appointment by virtue of any deed of
12 settlement surrender will or other instrument (and which power without
13 referring particularly thereto I hereby intend fully to exercise) and all my
14 monies and securities for money mortgages in fee and other mortgages and
15 all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever of which I may die
16 possessed I direct and appoint give and devise the same to my said wife Mary
17 Blake and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and
18 immediately after the decease of her my said wife To the use of such person or per-
19 sons for such estate or estates interest or interests and in such parts shares and pro-
20 portions manner and form as she my said wife shall by any deed or deeds wri-
21 ting or writings or by the last will and testament in writing or any writing
22 in the nature thereof or any codicil thereto direct limit or appoint give devise
23 or bequeath the same And in default of any such direction limitation or appoint-
24 ment gift devise or bequest by her my said wife Then as to for and concerning
25 all and singular my said freehold customary freehold copyhold and leasehold messuages tenements
26 lands and hereditaments of which I may be seized or possessed of or entitled to
27 as aforesaid and every of them with their appurtenances I direct and appoint
28 give and devise the same unto my nephew William Blake (son of my late
29 deceased brother) his heirs and assigns for ever according to the nature and
30 tenure thereof respectively And as to my monies and all other my personal
31 estate (except my chattel real hereinbefore disposed of) I give and bequeath
32 the same as follows To my nieces Elizabeth Margaret and Mary Blake all of
33 Crewkerne in the said County daughters of my said late brother the sum of
34 one thousand and five hundred pounds and To my niece Mary Baker the
35 wife of John Baker the younger of Ilminster in the said County Gentleman
36 the sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds for her own sole and separate
37 use and to be by her settled in such way as she my said niece may think fit
38 to my nieces Hannah Collins and Eliza Tice Collins daughters of my sister Mary
39 Collins the sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds each And I hereby direct
40 that all the before mentioned legacies be paid by my executor hereinafter named
41 within twelve months after the decease of my said wife Also I give and bequeath
42 to my nephew Blake Collins the clear yearly sum of seventy pounds for and
43 during his life To my nephew John Collins the clear yearly sum of Seventy pounds for and during the term of his life To my nephew Malachi Collins the like yearly sum of seventy
44 pounds for and during his life and to my nephew Robert Collins the like sum
45 of seventy pounds for and during his life the said several annuities to be paid
46 half yearly by equal payments in every year by my executor and a proportionate
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47 payment (if any) as shall be accruing and not have actually accrued due at the time
48 of the decease of either of the said annuitants respectively the first payment of each
49 of the said sums to begin and be made at the expiration of twelve months after the
50 decease of my said wife and I charge the residue of my personal estate with the
51 payment thereof respectively provided nevertheless and my will further is that
52 each of the said annuities shall be paid into the proper hands of each of my
53 said nephews from time to time as the same shall become due and that the receipt
54 of my said nephews only shall be good and sufficient discharges to my executor
55 for payment thereof And my will also is And I declare that in case either of
56 my said nephews shall grant bargain sell transfer assign alien encumber or
57 in any manner dispose of or anticipate his said annuity or any part thereof
58 the annuity of such of my said nephews so being shall immediately cease
59 and be void to all intents and purposes in such manner as if the same had not
60 been mentioned in this my will or as if my said nephew were actually
61 dead provided also and I declare my will to be that in case either of my
62 said nephews shall become bankrupt or take the benefit of any act made or to
63 be made for the relief or discharge of insolvent debtors that then and in either
64 of the said cases the said annuity of such of my said nephews so becoming
65 bankrupt or taking the benefit of such act shall cease and be at an end unless
66 or until my said nephew who shall so become bankrupt or take the benefit
67 of such act shall or may be entitled to or shall be in a capacity to receive the
68 said annuity for his own private use notwithstanding such events or either
69 of them may have happened it being my intention that the said annuity
70 shall be for the private use and benefit of my said nephews and not be in
71 any manner transferrable to or for the use of any other person or persons
72 whomsoever provided also and it is my will that in case any or either of
73 my said nephews shall depart this life leaving any child or children lawful-
74 ly begotten living at the time of his death Then I give and bequeath the sum
75 of one thousand and five hundred pounds unto and equally between the
76 children of my said nephew so dying as tenants in common and not as joint
77 tenants and if but one such child then to such only child And I hereby direct
78 that the said sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds shall be paid
79 and payable on their his or her attaining the age of twenty one years and
80 in case of the death of any or either of the child or children of my said nephew
81 so dying as aforesaid under the age of twenty one years then all and every
82 the share and shares of him her or them so dying shall accrue to the survivors
83 or survivor or others or other of the said children if more than one and the
84 same shall become vested and payable at such ages days or times as
85 their or his or her original shares respectively become vested and payable
86 as aforesaid and shall together with the original share or shares until
87 such age be subject to a similar choice or condition of accrue and survivor
88 ship And in case any or either of my said nephews shall die leaving any child
89 or children lawfully begotten as aforesaid and all such children or if only one
90 such child shall die under the age of twenty one years then the said sum
91 of one thousand and five hundred pounds so given shall sink into and form
92 part of my residuary estate and be subject to such disposition thereof as is
93 hereinafter expressed And it is my will and I hereby direct that in case any
94 or either of my said nephews shall die leaving any child or children
95 lawfully begotten under the age of twenty one years it shall be lawful for
96 my executor to pay and apply the interest dividends and proceeds of the said
97 sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds in or towards his or her
98 maintenance education and advancement in the world during his or her
99 minority And I do declare it to be my will that no family of any or either of
100 my said nephews so dying shall receive more than the sum of one thousand and five
101 hundred pounds under this my will All the rest residue and remainder of my
102 estate and effects (after payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary
103 expences the said several legacies by me hereinbefore given and also the said
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104 annuities of whatever nature or kind the same may be and wheresoever) I
105 give and bequeath unto my said nephew William Blake his heirs executors adminis-
106 trators and assigns to and for his and their own absolute use and benefit And I
107 hereby nominate constitute and appoint him my said nephew William Blake sole
108 Executor and Residuary Legatee of this my will And I hereby confirm the
109 settlement made on my said wife at the time of her marriage And declare that
110 the provision made for her by this my will is in addition to any she may be
111 entitled under such settlement And I hereby revoke all other wills by me at any
112 time heretofore made and declare this to be my last will and testament In witness
113 whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in four sheets of
114 paper to three first sheets thereof set my hand and to this fourth and last sheet
115 set my hand and affixed my seal this seventh day of February
116 hundred and thirty
117 ed by the said Malachi Blake the testator as and for his last will and testament in
118 the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
119 other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses the words “copyhold and
120 leasehold” between the ninth and tenth lines from the bottom of the first sheet the
121 words “so dying” between the eight and ninth lines from the top of the fourth
122 sheet and the word “given” between the
123 sheet having been first interlined the word “December” being struck
124 through and the word “February” also first interlined and the word “eight”
125 being also first struck through Geo: Stone of Taunton Sol[icito]r W H Mulford
126 his Clerk
127 Proved at London 21st March 1843 before the Judge by the oath of
128 William Blake Esquire the nephew the sole Executor to whom Administra-
129 tion was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer.
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