The Reverend William Blake Clerk at Crewkerne is the son of William Blake of Taunton who died in 1772 at Taunton whose will was blogged yesterday.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-william-blake-of-taunton.html
William, the testator, is also the brother of the Reverend Malachi Blake whose will was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-malachi-blake-esquire-taunton.html
This is a known collateral line of Admiral Robert Blake
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Reverend William-161 Blake [537]
Common Ancestor
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
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* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
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* William-39 Blake [18] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1559-Cir 1642) (Cir 1563-1625)
Anne [84] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1644) ( -1638)
Married [21] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* John-59 Blake [88] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(1597-1645) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth [155]
Married [38]
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* John-86 Blake [158]
(1629-1682)
Mary Wilkins [276]
Married 20 Jun 1648 [84]
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* Reverend Malachi-112 Blake [278]
(1651-1705)
Mary Mico [414]
Married [140]
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* William-140 Blake [419]
(1688-1772)
Jane A'Court [529]
(1689-1769)
Married 21 Oct 1712 [186]
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* Reverend William-161 Blake [537]
(1730-1799)
It is in the will of Malachi Blake that a second daughter is mentioned for William namely Hannah but she must have died between the time of the writing of Malachi’s will and William’s will. Malachi was buried 13 Apr 1795 and the will of William was written 28 May 1795. Possibly the death of his brother spurred on the writing of his own will.
Although this is a lengthy will it mostly deals with William’s own family although he does remember his servants in his will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1321/255
Testator: Reverend William Blake, Clerk
Place: Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 May 1795, probated 22 Apr 1799
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Clerk
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me William Blake of Crewkerne in the
3 County of Somerset Clerk made and published this
4 twenty eighth day of May in the year of Our Lord one
5 thousand seven hundred and ninety five in manner
6 following (that is to say) First I will that all my just debts
7 and Funeral Expences shall be paid and satisfied and
8 I give and bequeath unto my Son Malachi Blake and
9 to his Wife Mary the Sum of fifty pounds a peece to
10 buy their Mourning and I hereby ratify and confirm
11 all and every Surrender and Surrenders that I have
12 lately made to my said Son Malachi of all my Lands
13 Tenements and hereditaments within and parcel of the
14 Manor of Taunton Deane Also I give and bequeath
15 unto my daughter Mary Blake the Sum of One
16 thousand two hundred pounds of lawful Money of
17 Great Britain to be paid her in one year after my
18 decease with Interest at the Rate of four pounds per
19 centum per Annum from my decease and which said
20 Legacy I will shall be paid her over and above the Sum
21 of one hundred pounds given her by her Grand Mother
22 Downings Will and charged on the Estate and Lands
23 called Yatford hereinafter mentioned and for payment
24 of the Said Sum of One thousand two hundred pounds
25 I hereby charge and subject all and every my Lands
26 Tenements and hereditaments residuary Estate and Effects both Real and
27 personal and I do hereby in pursuance and in Exercise
28 of the power and Authority given to and vested in
29 me in and by the last Will and Testament of my late Mother in Law
30 Betty Downing deceased and of all
31 other powers and Authorities whatsoever in thereto
32 enabling give devise and bequeath limit and appoint
33 unto my two Sons William and Downing Blake all
34 that Messuage dwelling house and Tenement and the
35 Outhouses Gardens Orchards Closes Fields hereditaments
36 and
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37 and premises thereto belonging with the appurtenances called
38 Yatfords and the Reversion and Remainder thereof situate in the
39 parish of Ilminster in the County aforesaid in the occupation
40 of Thomas Jugg as Tenant thereof to hold the same unto and
41 to the use of them my said Sons William and Downing
42 Blake their heirs and assigns for ever as Tenants in
43 Common and not as Joint Tenants charged and chargeable
44 nevertheless in and by the said Will of their Grandmother
45 Downing with the payment of the Sum of one hundred
46 pounds to my said Son Malachi and with the like sum
47 of one hundred pounds to my said daughter on her
48 attaining the age of twenty one years Also I do hereby
49 in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority
50 given to and vested in me in and by a certain deed of
51 Settlement bearing date on or about the eighth day of
52 August one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight
53 made after my Marriage with Hannah my late Wife
54 and of all other powers and authorities whatsoever me
55 thereto enabling give devise and bequeath limit and
56 appoint unto my said two Sons William and Downing
57 Blake all and every my Messuages dwelling houses
58 Outhouses Gardens Orchards Closes Lands Tenements and
59 hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances and
60 as well Freehold as Leasehold and Copyhold now in the
61 occupation of David Symes as Tenant thereof called Rapps
62 situate within the several parishes of Broadway Hilton and
63 Ashill in the County aforesaid or some or one of them
64 and all other my Lands Tenements and hereditaments
65 whatsoever within the said several parishes of Ilminster
66 Broadway Hilton and Ashill To hold the same unto and to
67 the use of my said Sons William and Downing Blake their
68 heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to the
69 Tenures- and natures of the said premises respectively as
70 Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and I give and
71 bequeath unto my said two Sons William and Downing
72 and to my daughter Mary all my household Goods
73 and Furniture plate China and Books equally to be
74 divided between them Share and Share alike all the rest and
75 residue of my Messuages Lands Tenements and heredit[ament]s
76 whatsoever and wheresoever and Also all the rest and
77 residue of my Monies and Securities for Money Mortgages
78 in Fee and other Mortgages debts sum and Sums of Money
79 personal Estate and Effects whatsoever I give devise and
80 bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my
81 said two Sons William and Downing Blake their heirs
82 Executors Administrators and Assigns equally to be divided
83 between them as Tenants in Common and not as Joint
84 Tenants to and for their own proper use and benefit but
85 charged and chargeable nevertheless with the said sum of
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86 one thousand two hundred pounds to my said daughter Mary
87 as aforesaid) and lastly I do hereby make and appoint my
88 said two Sons William and Downing Blake to be joint
89 Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
90 and making void all former and other wills by me made
91 In witness whereof I the said William Blake the Testator
92 have to ev[er]ie Sheet of this my last Will and Testament
93 contained in two Sheets of paper set my hand and Seal the
94 day and year first above written W[illia]m Blake Signed Sealed
95 published and declared by the said William Blake the
96 Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
97 presence of us who have hereunto at his request in his
98 presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our
99 Names as witnesses hereto Samuel Sparks Joseph Kennaway
100 Isaac Sparks
101 I annex this as a Codicil to my last Will and Testament I
102 give to Susanna Morgan if she lives with me at the time of
103 my death the Sum of thirty pounds besides Mourning and it
104 is my Will that my Executors pay her the thirty pounds
105 within six Months after my decease besides any wages that
106 may be due to her at the time of my decease I give to
107 Joseph Mumford two Guineas and a Sack of my cloathes
108 and I give one Guinea to Sarah Stembridge the Wife of
109 John Stembridge and three of my old Shirts Witness my
110 hand this 29th of May 1795 W[ilia]m Blake
111 Whereas I have by my last Will and Testament
112 dated the twenty eighth day of May one thousand seven
113 hundred and ninety five given and bequeath the Sum of
114 one thousand two hundred pounds unto my daughter
115 Mary Blake and for payment thereof charged all my
116 Lands Tenements hereditaments residuary Estate and effects
117 both Real and personal and I do by this Codicil which I
118 direct Shall be added to and taken as part of my said last
119 Will and Testament annul revoke and make void the Sum
120 of one thousand pounds part of the said Legacy and do
121 direct that the remaining Sum of two hundred pounds
122 which I give and confirm to her shall not be paid or
123 payable to my said daughter until the expiration of three
124 years after my decease and paid without Interest and in
125 lieu of the said Sum of one thousand pounds hereby revoked
126 I give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary the Sum of
127 one thousand two hundred pounds stock which I have
128 in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities and
129 also the Sum of two hundred pounds which I have in
130 the four percent Annuities and do order the Executors of my
131 said Will to transfer the same to her immediately after my
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132 death but should I not have so much Stock as aforesaid at my
133 death then I direct my Executors to purchase so much as shall be
134 deficient of the said Stocks respectively and to transfer the same to
135 my said daughter who it is my Will shall be at the Expence of
136 buying Mourning for my Servant Susanna and not my
137 Executors and I do hereby confirm my said Will and this a
138 Codicil indorsed herein in every other respect In witness
139 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the sixth
140 day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine
141 Wm Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by
142 the said William Blake as and for a Codicil to his last will
143 and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunder
144 subscribed our names in the presence of the said William Blake
145 Samuel Sparks Joseph Kennaway Isaac Sparks
146 This Will was proved at London with two Codicils
147 the twenty second day of April in the year of Our Lord one
148 thousand Seven hundred and ninety nine before the Right
149 Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
150 keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
151 lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Blake and
152 Downing Blake the Sons of the deceased and Executors named
153 in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all
154 and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said
155 deceased having been first Sworn by Commission duly to administer
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