It just seemed rather untidy not to do the will of John Blake, 1775, at Salisbury so acquired that one yesteday morning from the website instead of going back through my downloads. That was going to be a long process and it would be nice to finish Wiltshire by the end of December. The last will was not too bad for reading and this one looks pretty good thus far although it is five pages.
Again the Testator John Blake is known in that he was the father of John Blake whose will was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-john-blake-esquire-of-new-sarum.html
Is this the son of James Blake who left his will in 1733/34 which was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-james-blake-late-grocer-new.html
James does mention property on Castle Street in New Sarum. If James is the father of the present testator then the testator would be 74 years of age. Given that he already has a number of grand children that is entirely possible. Plus one of the marriage records for John’s children show him to be a grocer at Salisbury. In that case then this family is likely from Great Wishford (James baptism), which is only 5 miles northwest of Salisbury. How far back does this family go in this area of Great Wishford?
John, the Testator, has greatly increased his holdings during his lifetime compared to the will of his possible father James.
The marriage of John Blake, bachelor, grocer, 25 years of age, of Salisbury St Thomas and Margaret Westley, spinster, 20 years of age of Salisbury St Thomas was celebrated 15 Jun 1726 at Choulderton. Bondsman John Westley, clothier, St Thomas Salisbury. Cholderton is close to the Hampshire border about ten miles from Salisbury. Why Cholderton? A mystery but one that registers in the back of my mind since it is close to the areas in which my Blake line lived
The Blake family of Andover area was moving away from the Andover area in the mid 1600s. But equally this could also be a Blake family moving away from the Calne area which they certainly did as well in the 1600s.
The marriage of Mary Blake, spinster, 26 years of age, of Salisbury St Thomas married to James Rothwell, bachelor, grocer, 22 years of age of Salisbury St Thomas celebrated 13 Jul 1756 with John Blake, grocer, Salisbury St Thomas as bondsman. This gives Mary a year of birth circa 1730 which is a reasonable date to have a father born in 1701. Plus John was a grocer as James was.
The marriage of Susanna Blake, spinster, 23 years of age of Salisbury St Thomas to William Sterne, bachelor, gentleman, 34 years of age of Salisbury St Edmund celebrated 28 Sep 1761. Susannah would have been born circa 1738. Bondsman James Lewis, clerk, Salisbury St Martin.
Both of these marriages from the Bonds issued by the Bishop of Salisbury (record created by the Wiltshire Family History Society through Find My Past).
Names mentioned in the will:
John Blake, Gentleman, testator, New Sarum
Margaret Blake, wife, executrix, New Sarum
Mr John Blake, son, trustee, New Sarum
Mr William Stern, son in law, trustee, New Sarum
Mary Rothwell, daughter
Margaret Ann Rothwell, grand daughter
Mary Rothwell, grand daughter
John Cartwright Blake, grandson, son of John
Mary Blake, grand daughter, daughter of John
Robert Blake, grandson, son of John
Margaret Blake, grand daughter, daughter of John
William Stern, grandson
Beatrice Stern, grand daughter
Susanna Stern, grand daughter
Susanna Stern, daughter
Peggy Blake, daughter
Mr John Cooper, partner
Letitia Hayter, witness
Robert Lilly, witness
William Slater, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1004/155
Testator: John Blake, Gentleman
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 1 Feb 1771, probated 17 Jan 1775
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of the City of New Sarum in the County of
3 Wilts Gentleman considering the uncertainty of this Life do make
4 publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament for
5 the disposing of my Worldly Estate and Effects with which it hath
6 pleased Almighty God to bless me in manner following that is
7 to say First I will and direct that all my debts and Funeral
8 Expences be paid and discharged and also all that my Freehold
9 Messuage or Tenement Lands hereditaments and Premises with
10 their Appurtenances situate in West Grimsteed in the said County
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11 of Wilts and also all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement
12 Garden and Premises with their appurtenances situate in Brown
13 Street in New Sarum aforesaid And also all that my Freehold
14 Messuage or Tenement and Inn called the White horse with the
15 Garden hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances
16 situate in Castle Street in New Sarum aforesaid and also all those
17 my two Freehold Messuages or Tenements Gardens and Premises
18 with their Appurtenances situate in Scots Lane in New Sarum
19 aforesaid and adjoining to the said Inn I do give devise and
20 bequeath unto my beloved Wife Margaret for and during her
21 natural life only also all those my Leasehold Messuages or
22 Tenements Lands hereditaments and Premises with their Appurt[enance]s
23 situate in West Grimsteed aforesaid and called or known by the
24 name of Dennis’s I do give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife
25 Margaret for and during her natural life only Also I do give
26 devise and bequeath unto my Son Mr John Blake and my Son
27 in Law Mr William Stern the Sum of Eight hundred pounds to
28 be paid unto them in one year after my death Upon Trust that
29 my said Son John Blake and the said William Stern and the
30 Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall immediately
31 vest the same in some of the Publick Funds and from time to
32 time pay the dividend and the Interest thereof unto my
33 daughter Mary Rothwell for and during her natural life by
34 half yearly payments and equal portions to and for her own
35 sole and separate use and her receipt along notwithstanding her
36 Coverture from time to time to be a sufficient discharge for the
37 same and from and after the death of my said daughter Mary
38 Rothwell Upon Trust that the Stock to be purchased with the
39 said Sum of Eight hundred pounds and the Dividend or Interest
40 as shall be then due for the same and not paid to my said
41 Daughter Rothwell shall be to and for the use and behoof of
42 all the Children of my said Daughter Rothwell as she shall
43 leave at her death in such manner and by such proportions
44 as my said Daughter Mary Rothwell shall by any deed or deeds
45 or by her last Will and Testament to be by her duly Executed
46 in the presence of two or more Credible Witnesses notwithstanding
47 her Coverture give devise direct or appoint the same and for want
48 of such Gift devise direction or appointment then to the use
49 and behoof of all the Children of my said Daughter Rothwell as
50 shall Survive her equally between them and in case she shall
51 leave but one Child then to such Child Also I do give and bequeath
52 unto my beloved Grandchildren Margaret Ann and Mary
53 Rothwell the Sum of Fifty pounds each to be paid unto them at
54 their several attainments to the age of one and twenty years
55 And I do will and direct that Interest after the rate of three
56 Per Cent shall be paid to my said Daughter Mary Rothwell
57 for the use of my said Grandaughters Margaret Ann and
58 Mary Rothwell to be computed from the end of three months
59 after my death until they severally attain their ages of one
60 and twenty years Also I do give and bequeath unto my beloved
61 Grandchildren John Cartwright Blake Mary Blake Robert
62 Blake and Margaret Blake the Sum of fifty pounds each to
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63 be paid unto them at their several attainments to the Age of
64 one and twenty years and I do will and direct that Interest
65 after the rate of three Per Cent shall be paid to my said
66 Son John Blake for the use of my said Grandchildren John
67 Cartwright Blake Mary Blake Robert Blake and Margaret
68 Blake to be computed also from the end of three months
69 after my death until they severally attain their ages of one
70 and twenty years Also I do give and bequeath unto my
71 beloved Grandchildren William Stern Beatrice Stern and
72 Susanna Stern the Sum of fifty pounds each to be paid unto
73 them at their several attainments to the age of one and
74 twenty years and I do will and direct that Interest after
75 the rate of three Per Cent shall be paid to my said Son in
76 Law William Stern or my Daughter Susanna Stern for the
77 use of my said Grandchildren William Beatrice and Susanna
78 Stern to be computed also from the end of three months next
79 after my death until they severally attain their ages of one and
80 twenty years Also I do give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter
81 Peggy Blake the Sum of fifteen hundred pounds to be paid
82 unto her in six months next after she shall marry with
83 her Mothers Consent if her Mother shall be then living And
84 I do will and direct that Interest shall be paid unto my said
85 daughter Peggy Blake for the said Legacy of fifteen hundred
86 pounds to be computed from the end of three months next after
87 my death by my Executrix hereinafter named until the same
88 shall be paid her at and after such rates of Interest as my
89 moneys in general shall bring in and in case my said
90 daughter Peggy shall die unmarried then I will and direct that
91 she shall have the disposal of the said Sum of fifteen hundred
92 pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
93 Peggy Blake All that my said Freehold Messuage or Tenement
94 Garden and Premises with their Appurtenances situate in
95 Brown Street in New Sarum aforesaid To hold from and after
96 my said loving Wifes death unto my said Daughter Peggy
97 Blake her heirs and Assigns for ever But if my said Daughter
98 Peggy shall not live in Sarum or in the said last mentioned
99 house in which case I do will and direct that my said
100 Daughter Peggy shall sell my said last mentioned Messuage
101 Garden and Premises unto my said Son John Blake or either
102 of my said Daughters for the Sum of three hundred pounds in
103 case either of them shall choose to buy the same my said
104 Son John Blake to have the first joyce whereas I did on the
105 Marriage of my Daughter Susanna Stern give her the Sum
106 of five hundred pounds and did by Articles bind my heirs
107 Executors or Administrators to pay within Six months next
108 after my death unto her husband the said William Stern or to
109 Trustees named in the same Articles the further Sum of
110 one thousand pounds in full of her Marriage fortune I
111 do therefore by this my Will ratify and confirm the said
112 Articles and do will and direct that the said Sum of one
113 thousand pounds shall be paid in pursuance of and in full
114 discharge of the same Articles and of my said Daughter
115 Susanna
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116 Susanna Marriage Fortune Also all that the Moiety or half
117 part of all that Leasehold Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands
118 hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances situate in
119 West Grimsteed aforesaid commonly called Matons and which I
120 purchased jointly with Mr John Cooper I do give and bequeath
121 unto my said Son John Blake his Executors Administrators
122 and Assigns for and during all my Term Estate and Interest
123 therein Also all those my said Leasehold Messuages or tenements
124 Lands hereditaments and Premises with their appurtenances
125 situate in West Grimsteed aforesaid and commonly called or known
126 by the name of Dennis I do give devise and bequeath unto my
127 said Son John Blake To hold from and after my said loving Wifes
128 death unto my said Son John Blake his Executors Administrators
129 and Assigns for and during all my Term Estate and Interest
130 therein Also all that my said Freehold Messuage or Tenement
131 Lands hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances
132 situate in West Grimsteed aforesaid And also all that my said
133 Freehold Messuage or Tenement and Inn called the White horse
134 and the Garden hereditaments and Premises with their Appurt[enance]s
135 situate in Castle Street in New Sarum aforesaid and also all
136 those my said two Freehold Messuages or Tenements Gardens and
137 Premises with their Appurtenances situate in Scots Lane in
138 New Sarum aforesaid and adjoining to the said Inn I do give
139 devise and bequeath unto my said Son John Blake To hold from
140 and after the decease of my said loving Wife unto my said
141 Son John Blake his heirs and Assigns for ever Also I do beg
142 and request my said Son John Blake that he will be good
143 and Serviceable to his Mother and Sisters and I do also beg
144 and request all my said Children that if any or either of them
145 shall die without leaving any Child or Children that in such
146 case they will give the Legacys and Lane I have here given
147 them unto their Brother or Sisters or their Child or Children
148 and in case my Personal Effects at the time of my decease
149 after payment of my debts and Funeral Expences shall not be
150 sufficient fully to answer and pay all my Legacies herein
151 before given by this my Will Then and in such case I do
152 hereby will and direct that all and every of the Legatees
153 named in this my Will shall abate a proportionable part
154 of his her or their Legacy or Legacies according to the value
155 thereof And that they or any or either of them By no
156 means enter into any Suit at Law or in Equity touching
157 the same and in case any differences or disputes shall happen
158 to arise between my said Children any or either of them
159 then I do earnestly recommend and request them to refer such
160 differences and disputes to two honest Men and if such two
161 Men cannot determine the same then such two persons
162 to nominate and choose a third person whose determination I
163 request and desire may be final and prevent any Suit either
164 in Law or Equity between my said Children touching the
165 Contents of this my Will or anything relating thereunto
166 Also all the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattels Rights
167 and Credits of what nature kind or quality soever or wheresoever
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168 after my just debts Legacies and Funeral Expences are paid and
169 discharged I do give devise and bequeath unto my said beloved
170 Wife Margaret Blake whom I do hereby nominate and appoint
171 full and sole Executrix of this my Will hereby revoking all
172 former Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have to this
173 my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets of paper
174 set my hand to the first three sheets and my hand and Seal
175 to this last Sheet the first day of February in the year of our
176 Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one Jno Blake
177 Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said John Blake the
178 Testator to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who
179 have Subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto in presence
180 of the said Testator and of each other the words Wife
181 notwithstanding her Coverture in the first side the word said in
182 the second side the words therein said Freehold Son in the third
183 side being first interlined Letitia Hayter Rob[er]t Lilly Will[iam] Slater
184 This Will was proved at London the seventeenth day
185 of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred
186 and seventy five before the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay
187 Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
188 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath
189 of Margaret Blake Widow the Relict of the deceased and Sole
190 Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration
191 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
192 of the said deceased having been first Sworn by Commission
193 duly to Administer.
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