Mary Blake the testatrix is possibly an aunt of John Blake whose will was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-john-blake-gentleman-st-james.html
In the will of John Blake, he left his property to his sister Anne for life and then to the Taylor family. The John Blake nephew is likely this John Blake which gives us the name of the father of John, Valentina, Anne and possibly Charles from the writeup on the will of John Blake. This lends more credence to the idea that this is the family of John Blake, apothecary at Bath mentioned in the writeup of Charles Blake in Canadian Bibliography.
William Taylor (brother in law) is still living at this time and she mentions the children of her niece Valentia Taylor and William Taylor namely Anna, Mary, Valentina, Julia and son William. Anna has married George John Savage at the time that she gave witness as deponent.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1464/79
Testator: Mary Blake, Spinster
Place: Bath, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 17 Sep 1790, probated 8 Jul 1807
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me Mary Blake of the City of
3 Bath Spinster in the first I will that all my Just
4 debts funeral Expences together with the costs of proving
5 this my will shall be paid and then I give
6 and bequeath to my Nephew John Blake my
7 Silver Coffee pot to my Niece Anna Taylor daughter
8 of Mr William Taylor Bookseller my Silver Writing
9 Stand to Mary Taylor daughter of the said William
10 Taylor my six silver Table spoons my six best
11 Tea Spoons and Tea Tongs my Silver Cream Jug
12 and my pair of plates candlesticks together with all
13 my wearing apparel to Valentina Taylor all the
14 remainder of my Silver plate not hereinbefore disposed
15 of and my China Horn I give to Mrs Mary Horseman
16 of No. 18 Windmill Street West ___tives the Sum of
17 fifty pounds in case she shall be living at the
18 time of my death but in case she shall be then
19 dead then I will and direct that the said fifty pounds
20 shall be equally divided betwixt her Son and
21 daughter and paid to them respectively but in case either
22 of them shall be dead at the decease of their
23 said Mother then the said fifty pounds to be paid
24 to the Survivor his or her Executors or administrators
25 I also give and bequeath to the said Mary horseman
26 my Silver Watch Chain and Seals thereto belonging
27 Item I give to William Taylor Son of the said
28 William Taylor and to his Sister Julia Taylor
29 the Sum of fifty pounds apiece to be by my Executors
30 hereinafter named paid to them on their respectively
31 attaining their respective ages of twenty one years
32 together with the Interest thereof as it is my Will
33 that the same respective Sums shall be placed
34 out at Interest and in the mean time improved
35 to the best advantage Item as to all the rest residue
36 and remainder of my Estate and Effects Estates Goods
37 Chattels and Effects together with my ready money and
38 securities for money not before given or disposed of
39 I do hereby give devise and bequeath to the said
40 John Blake and William Taylor and to the
41 survivor of them his Executors and administrators
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43 In Trust for them and the Survivor of them
44 his Executors and administrators to divide the same
45 as near as may be equally betwixt the said
46 Anna Taylor Mary Taylor and Valentina Taylor
47 as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants
48 and to the Survivors and Survivor of them her
49 executors and administrators but in case this
50 could be done amicably to the satisfaction of my
51 said Executors then I will and direct them and
52 the Survivor of them his Executors and admors
53 to convert my said residuary Estate into money and
54 for that purpose to sell all and singular my said
55 my said residuary Estate and Estates Goods Chattels and Effects by auction or
56 otherwise as they in their discretion shall think
57 best and the produce thereof after paying all Expences
58 attendant on such Sale as aforesaid I do hereby
59 direct my said Trustees and the Survivor of them
60 his Executors and administrators to divide the
61 same together with my said residuary ready
62 moneys and Securities for money equally betwixt
63 the said Anna Taylor Mary Taylor and Valentina
64 Taylor and the Survivors and Survivor of them her
65 executors and administrators and I will that the
66 purchaser or purchasers in case of such Sale as
67 aforesaid of any part of my said residuary Estate or
68 Estates shall not be answerable or accountable for
69 the misapplication or nonapplication of his her
70 or their purchase money and the receipt or receipts
71 of my said Executors and the Survivor of them his
72 executors of administrators shall be a full discharge
73 to such purchaser or purchasers for his her or
74 their purchase money respectively Item it is my
75 will and I do hereby direct that my said
76 Trustees and Executors hereinafter named and
77 the Survivor of them his Executors and
78 administrators shall reimburse themselves and himself
79 out of my said Trust Estates all reasonable costs
80 charges and Expences which they may be at or
81 put unto for or by reason of the management
82 thereof or in any wise relating thereunto and
83 that they or either of them shall not be answerable
84 or accountable for the acts or receipts of each
85 other but each for his own acts and receipts
86 only and lastly I do hereby nominate constitute
87 and appoint the said John Blake and William
88 Taylor the elder Executors In trust of this my
89 last Will and Testament contained in three sides
90 of three sheets of paper to the two first sides
91 whereof I have set my hand and to this
92 third and last my hand and Seal this
93 seventeenth day of September in the year of
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94 our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
95 Mary Blake Signed sealed published and declared
96 by the said Testatrix Mary Blake as and for her last
97 Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
98 her presence and in the presence of each other and
99 at her request have subscribed our Names as
100 witnesses Zachary Bayly Tolocombe neer Bater 1790
101 Thos Tuppen Clerk to Mr Bayly
102 Whereas I Mary Blake of Bath in the
103 County of Somerset Spinster have made and duly executed
104 my last Will and Testament in Writing as before
105 mentioned I do hereby declare this present writing to be
106 a Codicil to my said Will and I do direct the same to be annexed to Hereto I give and bequeath to my worthy friend
107 Mary Southwood of Dunster forty pounds as an
108 acknowledgement for her goodness given me in my
109 late Ilness I likewise give to my Nephew John
110 Blake forty pounds I likewise give to Anna Blake his
111 sister forty pounds I likewise give to Julia Rougge
112 my diamond Mourning Ring if I die in Bath its
113 my desire to be buried in the Vault at Saint James’s
114 as near my dear Brother as possible which I beg my
115 nephew the only trust now living to see executed
116 and I do hereby ratify my said Will in all other
117 particulars thereof as witness my hand Mary
118 Blake August 24 1795
119 In addition to the above I revoke the Sum of forty
120 pounds left to Mary Southwood and leave her only
121 twenty pounds and I bequeath my Nephew John
122 Blake Sixty pounds added to the forty above making in
123 the whole one hundred pounds Mary Blake Oct[obe]r 25
124 1805 The additional Codicil was made October twenty
125 fifth one thousand eight hundred and five and
126 to which I am Witness Anna Savage
127 in the prerogative Court of Canterbury
128 in the Goods of Mary Blake Spinster deceased
129 appeared this twenty fifth day of June 1807
130 Anna Savage Wife of John Savage of the Parish
131 of Bathwick in the County of Somerset Bookseller and
132 Mary Taylor of the City of Bath Spinster and made
133 oath that they know and were well acquainted with
134 Mary Blake late of the City of Bath Spinster for
135 several years before and until her death and also
136 with her manner and Character of handwriting and
137 subscription having frequently seen her write and
138 also write and subscribe her name and these deponents
139 having attentively observed the paper writing hereunto
140 annexed the same being attached to the last will
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141 and Testament of the said deceased and purporting
142 to be and contain a Codicil thereto beginning thus
143 “Whereas I Mary Blake of Bath in the County of
144 Somerset Spinster” ending thus “ as witness my hand
145 Mary Blake August twenty fourth 1795 and likewise
146 having observed the subscription Mary Blake written
147 under and additional Codicil to the said Will and
148 appearing written under the aforementioned Codicil
149 severally say that the whole series and contents of
150 the first mentioned Codicil beginning ending and
151 subscribed as aforesaid as well as well the subscription
152 of the additional Codicil aforesaid are of the
153 proper handwriting and subscription of the said
154 Mary Blake Spinster deceased Anna Savage
155 Mary Taylor Same day the said Ann Savage
156 and Mary Taylor were duly sworn to the truth
157 of this affidavit before me William Marshall
158 Commissioner
159 This Will was proved at London
160 with two Codicils on the eighth day of July in the
161 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
162 seven before the Right honorable Sir William
163 Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper or
164 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
165 lawfully constituted by the Oath of John Blake the
166 nephew of the deceased and the surviving Executor
167 named in the said Will to whom administration was
168 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
169 Credits of the said deceased having been first
170 sworn by Commission duly to administer
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