The testator is the Reverend John Blake living at Yeovilton. He names his wife Elizabeth but does not name his children in his will. He does appear in the Clergy of the Church of England Database. He did his BA at St John’s College, Cambridge as well as his MA. He was ordained deacon 24 Dec 1801 (Richard Beadon at Gloucester, special ordination 25 Dec 1801 at St George Hanover Square) and ordained priest 7 Oct 1804 (John Fisher at Exeter). He served as Curate at Oare and Preston 1 Apr 1802, then Creacombe 8 Oct 1804 and finally Rector at Yeovilton 20 Nov 1805 to 19 Jan 1813. He died 19 Jan 1813. He was Vicar at Pilton 16 Apr 1812 to 5 Jun 1813. He died at Heavitree. Looking at The Monthly Magazine 1813 (Hants, Berks, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, etc on page 187) Died: The Reverend John Blake, A.M. nephew of the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, rector of Yeovilton, and vicar of Pilton.
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It would appear that the testator is the nephew of Richard Beadon who was Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1802 until 1824. From his will his wife may be a sister to Charles Steer mentioned as his brother in law.
John Blake (father of the testator) married Agnes Beadon 11 Jun 1777 at Oakford, Devon and according to Wikipedia page for Richard Beadon, Richard was born at Pinkworthy, Devon son of the Reverend Robert Beadon, Rector of Oakford. Agnes was baptized 5 Apr 1745 at Oakford daughter of Robert and Mary (Squire) Beadon. The testator is probably the John Blake baptized 26 Apr 1779 at Chittlehampton, Devon son of John and Agnes Blake.
Children of John and Agnes (Beadon) Blake:
John baptized 26 Apr 1779 at Chittlehampton
Agnes baptized 9 Oct 1785 at North Molton
James baptized 21 Sep 1788 at North Molton
Mary baptized 29 Jan 1792 at North Molton
OPC site for Yeovilton, Somerset, church dedication is St Bartholomew.
Blake families in the parish registers
John (buried 19 Jan 1813, 34 years) and Elizabeth Blake
Elizabeth baptized 4 Aug 1809; married? William Field 26 Jul 1835
John Harold baptized 22 May 1810
It would appear that the John and Elizabeth baptizing children in Yeovilton were perhaps this couple and two children were baptized Elizabeth and John Harold. Elizabeth perhaps married William Field 26 Jul 1835 or perhaps it is the daughter of James and Elizabeth although she would have been just 17 years of age. John, the testator, died 19 Jan 1813 and he would have been 36 years of age.
James (buried 30 May 1845, 70 years) and Elizabeth (buried 18 Jan 1857, 82 years) Blake. James Blake and Elizabeth Hunt married 12 Oct 1813
Thomas baptized 17 Jul 1814
Elizabeth baptized 24 Mar 1816; married? William Field 26 Jul 1835
John (buried 16 May 1852, 55 years) and Charlotte (buried 11 Sep 1881, 80 years) Blake. John Blake and Charlotte Hunt married 2 Nov 1824.
Ann baptized 3 Feb 1825; married? James Kingston 10 Mar 1850
George baptized 3 Nov 1826; buried 22 Nov 1826, 2 weeks 5 days
George baptized 29 Jun 1828; buried 29 Mar 1829, 9 months
William baptized 9 Feb 1830; married Jane Perry 2 Dec 1852
George baptized 2 Oct 1831; buried 17 Mar 1837, 5 years
Mary baptized 11 May 1834
Philip baptized 17 Mar 1837; buried 7 Jul 1839, 2 years
Sarah baptized 19 Jun 1842; buried 6 Sep 1857, 15 years
James (buried 18 Mar 1877, 72 years) and Leah (buried 7 May 1882, 77 years) Blake. James Blake and Leah Gaylard married 1 Jun 1829.
Anna baptized 23 May 1830; buried 9 May 1841, 11 years
Susan baptized 6 May 1832
Jane baptized 28 Sep 1834
James baptized 30 Jul 1837; married? Rebecca Elizabeth Reed 15 Aug 1874 or Anna in the listing below
Elizabeth baptized 11 Jan 1841
Susanna baptized 12 Mar 1843; buried 14 Dec 1856, 14 years
George baptized 8 Oct 1845
Philip baptized 24 Oct 1847
Thomas and Edith (buried 29 Jun 1841, 39 years) Blake
Harriett baptized 11 Jun 1840
William and Jane (buried 22 Jan 1871, 43 years) Blake. William Blake and Jane Perry married 2 Dec 1852.
Mary Anne baptized 18 Jun 1854; buried 16 Sep 1857, 3 years
Elizabeth Jane baptized 22 Feb 1857; buried 14 May 1857, 8 months
John baptized 30 May 1858
Sarah Anne baptized 25 Dec 1860
George buried 6 Jul 1862, 1 week
George William baptized 25 Dec 1864
Philip James baptized 16 Mar 1867; buried 23 Apr 1867, 3 days
Jordan Henry baptized 24 May 1868
James (buried 16 Apr 1878, 43 years) and Anna Blake
William James baptized 11 Aug 1872
Emily Jane baptized 27 Dec 1874
Frederick baptized 25 Dec 1876
Other Blake marriages:
John Hunt and Ann Blake 16 May 1842
John Payne and Ruth Blake 16 Nov 1862
All of the Blake families except for that of the testator are perhaps related. Will wait to see if there is a will for this Blake grouping.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1543/165
Testator: The Reverend John Blake, Clerk
Place: Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 1812, probated 3 Apr 1813
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 30
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of Yeovilton in the County of Somerset Clerk do make
3 publish and declare this writing to be my last Will and Testament
4 in manner following that is to say First I give and bequeath unto
5 my dear Wife Elizabeth all my Books and such parts of my household
6 Goods plate China pictures Furniture and articles of household as
7 she my said Wife shall select without any estim[a]tion as to the
8 amount or value to and for her absolute use and benefit and I
9 request my dear Wife will signify what part of my household
10 Goods Plate China Pictures Furniture and Articles of household
11 she has selected for her own use by a Memorandum in Writing
12 containing a Schedule containing of my household Goods Plate
13 China Pictures Furniture and Articles of household to be delivered to
14 my Trustees and Executors herein after named or one of them within
15 two Months after my death also I give and bequeath unto my Wife
16 the sum of Fifty pounds to be paid to her by my Executors within
17 one Month after my death I give devise and bequeath all and
18 singular my Real and Personal Estate of what nature or kind
19 soever (except as aforesaid) unto and to the use of my Brother in
20 law the Reverend Charles Steer and Henry Karslake their heirs
21 Exors admors and Assigns for ever nevertheless upon the several
22 trusts and to and for the several ends intents and purposes hereinafter
23 expressed and declared concerning the same that is to say upon Trust
24 that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs
25 executors administrators or Assigns of such survivor do and shall with
26 all and singular convenient speed after my death make Sale and
27 absolutely dispose of all and singular my Real Estate and sell and
28 convert into Money all such part or parts of my personal Estate as
29 shall not consist of Monies or Securities for Money and do and shall
30 get in all such part or parts of my Personal Estate as shall consist
31 of Monies or Securities for Money and do and shall in the first place
32 by and out of the Monies to arise by such Sale of my real and personal
33 Estate Monies in the Funds or sum or sums of Money due and owing
34 upon any Security or Securities and to be collected in and received as
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35 aforesaid pay and discharge all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary
36 expences and do and shall in the next place by and out of the same Trust Monies
37 or Funds pay unto the Reverend William Moggridge Stawell and the Reverend William
38 Karslake or the Trustee or Trustees for the time being entitled to receive the
39 same under and by virtue of the Settlement made on my Marriage with my
40 said Wife the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds of lawful Money
41 current in Great Britain to be held by the said William Moggridge Stawell
42 and William Karslake or the Trustee or Trustees for the time being upon
43 the Trusts declared by my said Marriage Settlement of and concerning
44 that sum and in satisfaction of my Covenant in that behalf contained in
45 the same Marriage Settlement and upon the further Trust that they the
46 said Trustees of this my Will or the survivor of them or the Exors or Admors
47 of such surviving do and shall with all convenient speed place lay out or
48 invest the residue of the said Trust Monies in their or his names or name
49 either as ____ or one of the public Stocks of Funds of the Kingdom or on good
50 Real or Personal Security or Securities or on the request and with the consent
51 and approbation of my said Wife to be testified in Writing under her hand and
52 with a view to increase the Amount lay out and invest all or any part of
53 the remaining Trust Monies in the purchase of any Ground Rent or
54 Ground Rents reserved on any Building or other Leases or in the purchase
55 of one or more Annuity or Annuities for several lives or years determinable
56 on a life or lives or for the life or lives of the Grantor or Grantors respectively
57 as for years determinable on his her or their decease and from time to time
58 also to transpose such Securities and make Sale of such Ground Rents
59 and annuities as they or he shall seem expedient and lay out the
60 produce in the same or the like manner and on the like Funds and Securities as the
61 original Trust Monies might have been invested and do and shall from
62 time to time receive and take the Interest dividends and Income of the
63 said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and pay the same
64 interest dividends and Income unto or otherwise empower permit and
65 suffer my said Wife to have receive and take the same to and for her own
66 use and benefit for and during her natural life and from and after the
67 decease of my said Wife then upon Trust that they my said Trustees and
68 the survivor of them and the Exors and or Admors of such survivor do and
69 shall pay or transfer all and singular the said Trust Monies and the
70 Stocks Fund Securities or property wherein the same shall be invested
71 unto or otherwise stand and be possessed thereof In Trust for all and every
72 my Children living at my decease or born in due time afterwards in
73 equal shares and proportions the share or shares of such of them as
74 shall be a Son or Sons to be a vested Interest or vested Interests in him
75 or them respectively at his or their age or respective ages of 21 years
76 and the share or shares of such of them as shall be a daughter or
77 daughters to be a vested Interest or vested Interests in her of them respectively
78 at her or their age or respective ages of twenty one years or day or
79 respective days of Marriage which shall first happen and to be paid
80 transferred at the same ages or times of the same respectively shall
81 next happen in the lifetime of my said Wife but if the same respectively
82 shall happen in the lifetimes of my said Wife then after the decease of
83 my said Wife unless the same be paid or transferred by and with the
84 direction and consent of my said Wife testified by Writing under her
85 hand by virtue of the power hereinafter for that purpose contained
86 and upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees and the
87 survivor of them and the Exors or admors of such survivors and shall
88 in the mean time and until the said Trust Monies and other
89 property shall become payable and transferrable as virtue of the
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90 trusts aforesaid from time to time receive and take the yearly Interest
91 Dividends and Incomes thereof and pay and apply the same or so
92 much thereof as they or he in their or his direction shall think
93 necessary in and towards the maintenance and education of such
94 Child or Children or other Issues whose share or respective shares of
95 the said Trust Monies shall not have become payable or transferrable
96 as aforesaid and do and shall permit the surplus or residue thereof if
97 any to accumulate for the benefit of such Child or Children or Issue
98 respectively and pay or transfer the same to him or them respectively
99 when his her or their original share or shares shall respectively become
100 payable provided always and my will is that if any one or more
101 of such Child or Children being a Son or Sons shall happen to die
102 under the age of twenty one years leaving Issue lawfully
103 begotten him or them surviving or born within due time afterwards
104 then the share of each children so dying shall go and be paid or
105 transferred to his Issue as Tenants in Common provided also
106 that if any such Child or Children being a daughter or daughters
107 shall die or being a Son or Sons shall die without leaving Issue
108 before the share hereby intended for her him or them shall so
109 become vested as aforesaid then the original and also any additional
110 share of each of such Children so dying of and in the said Trust
111 Monies and property shall from time to time go accrue and
112 belong to the Survivors or Survivor and others or other of the
113 said Children and the Issue of such of them as shall be then dead
114 leaving Issue as Tenants in Common such Issue of each Child to
115 take as Tenants in Common the share or shares of his her or their
116 deceased parent or parents only and to vest in and be paid and
117 transferred to him her and them if more than one at such ages
118 or times and in such manner as is hereinbefore declared concerning
119 his her or their original share or shares and my Will further is
120 that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustee and
121 Trustees for the time being with the direction and consent of my
122 said Wife during her life to be testified in Writing under her hand
123 and after the decease of my said Wife then the said Trustees and Trustee
124 for the time being during the minority or minorities of any Son
125 or Sons living at my death or born in due time afterwards to call
126 in and receive any part or parts of the said Trust Monies not
127 exceeding one half of the then presumptive share or share of each
128 such Son of and in the said Trust Monies and property and to pay
129 and apply the same in placing any such Son or Sons in any
130 Profession or Business or otherwise for his her or their preferment
131 or advancement in the World notwithstanding his or their share
132 or shares of and in the said Trust Monies shall not then have
133 become absolutely vested or payable and upon this further Trust
134 that in case all such of my Children living at my death or born
135 in due time afterwards as shall be a Son or Sons shall die under the
136 age of twenty one years and without leaving Issue lawfully
137 begotten living at his or their death or deaths or born with due
138 time afterwards and all such of them as shall be a daughter or
139 daughters shall die under the age of twenty one years and without
140 having been Married then and immediately upon such failure of
141 issue as aforesaid they my said Trustees and the survivor of them
142 his Exors or Admors do and shall pay and transfer the said Trust
143 Monies or the Securities Stocks Funds or property wherein the same
144 shall be invested or such part thereof whereof there shall have been no
145 such advancement as aforesaid unto my said Wife her Exors Admors
146 or Assigns provided always and I do hereby direct that the receipt or
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147 receipts of my said Trustees or the survivors of them or the Exors admors or assigns
148 of such survivor from time to time be a good and sufficient discharge to
149 the purchaser or purchasers of all or any part of my Real and Personal Estate
150 and to his her and their heirs Exors admors and assigns for so much of the
151 Purchase Money for which such receipt or receipts shall be so given and
152 that after such receipt or receipts such purchaser or purchasers shall be
153 absolutely discharged of and from the same and shall not be accountable
154 or answerable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication of the
155 said purchase Money or any part thereof provided Lastly and I do hereby
156 direct that my Trustees hereby nominated and appointed and such
157 and every of them and the Exors and admors of each and every of them
158 shall be charged and chargeable respectively only for such Moneys as
159 he and they shall respectively actually receive by virtue of the Trusts
160 hereby in him and them reposed notwithstanding his or their giving
161 or signing or joining in giving or signing any receipt or receipts for
162 the sake of Conformity and that any one or more of them shall not be
163 answerable or accountable for the other or others of them but each of
164 them for his own acts receipts neglects of defaults respectively and that
165 they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any
166 Banker Broker or other person in whose hands any part of the said
167 Trust Monies shall or may be deposited or lodged for safe Custody or
168 otherwise in the execution of the Trust hereinbefore contained nor for
169 the indefficiency or deficiency of any Security or Securities Stocks or Funds
170 nor the validity of any Annuity or Annuities in or upon which the
171 said Trust Monies or any part thereof shall be placed out or invested nor
172 for any loss which may happen in the execution of the Trusts
173 aforesaid unless the same shall happen by or through their or his own
174 wilful neglect or default respectively and also that it shall be lawful for
175 my said Trustees and each of them and each of their Exors and admors
176 by and out of the Trust Monies which shall come to their respective
177 hand by virtue of the Trusts aforesaid to retain and reimburse himself
178 and themselves respectively and also to allow to his or their Co Trustee
179 and CoTrustees all such Costs charges and expences as they or any
181 of them shall or may sustain expend or be put into in or about the
182 execution of the aforesaid Trusts or any act transaction matter or thing in
183 any wise relative thereto Lastly I hereby make constitute and appoint
184 the said Charles Steer and Henry Karslake Executors of this my Will
185 and I nominate and appoint my said Wife during her life and after her
186 death then the said Charles Steer and Henry Karslake and the survivor of
187 them to be the Guardian and Guardians of all my Children Born and to
188 be born as to my Sons until they respectively shall attain their respective ages
189 of twenty one years and as to my daughters until they respectively shall
190 attain that age or be Married and I hereby revoke all former and other wills
191 by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said John
192 Blake the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament which is contained
193 in five sheets of paper set my hand to the four first sheets and my hand
194 and seal to this fifth and last sheet this __ day of __ in the
195 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve John Blake
196 Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Blake the Testator as and
197 for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request
198 in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
199 Witnesses H Reade ______________ Devon Charles Hayman Surgeon
200 Axminster John Taunton Solicitor Axminster
201 Proved at London 3rd April 1813 before the Worshipful Samuel Rudle Magriste d[octo]r
202 of Laws Sur[ogate]s by the oath of Henry Karslake one of the Exors to whom admon was granted
203 being first sworn duly to admin power reserved to Charles Steer the other Exe:
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