This is the will of Mary Blake, wife of Captain John Blake of the Honourable East India Company, and mother of Arabella Blake, spinster, whose will was blogged yesterday:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/03/will-of-arabella-blake-spinster-upton.html
All the details on Mary can be found in this earlier blog after her marriage.
She was the daughter of Charles Tymewell of Peckham, Surrey, Gent and Arabella (widow of John Hitchin, Gent) of Peckham, Surrey.
There is a baptism for a Charles Timewell at Saint Olave, Southwark, Surrey 22 Feb 1694 (also born 22 Feb 1694) son of Charles Timewell and Priscilla (an earlier baptism 31 Dec 1690 also for Charles Timewell with the same parents). Peckham is south of Southwark (a couple of miles).
From the Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general, Volume 2:
25 Oct 1687 Charles Tymewell of St Olave’s Southwark, Surrey, Feltmaker, bachelor about 27 and Mrs Priscilla Collins of Christ Church, Surrey, Spinster about 21 years with the consent of her father Robert Collins, Christ Church.
Another record from the newspaper.com site: Charles Tymewell and Arabella his wife were married 9 May 1721 at St Ann’s Church near Aldersgate. Their daughter Mary Tymewell was born ….. The rest of the text is missing. If this is the present testator then she was born after 1721 and that would have made her less than 76 years of age when she wrote the will. At that time some of her grandsons were over 21 years of age and so the age would seem to fit. She married John Blake in 1743 and with a birth year of 1721 or later her age would be 22 years or less when she married and their first child was born in 1744 (Sally Hitchen Blake baptized 12 Oct 1744).
Is the Charles Tymewell married to Priscilla the father of Charles the father of Mary the testatrix? Mary’s father Charles would have had to be born/baptized 1694 which would make him 27 years of age when he married Arabella but she was named as his third wife. The earliest that he would have married would likely be 1715 plus or minus a couple of years. I am not actually tracing the Tymewell family however, so will leave it with this information gleaned thus far.
The Will of Charles Tymewell was probated 26 Sep 1727 and a quick glance at his will written in Peckham, Surrey and he is mentioned as a Gentleman. He remembered members of the Tudman family. He remembers his daughter Mary and she is a young child. He leaves her three thousand pounds. He also remembers his daughter in law (child of Arabella Hitchin who was a widow when she married him) with a property in Somerset. This will was probated but not administered until Mary Blake (wife of John Blake) was granted administration of her mother’s estate intestate which included administering her father’s estate. Always nice to have these little notes written on the probate to help link families.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 March 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1371/178
Testator: Mary Blake
Place: Goldwell House Speenhill, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 7 Jul 1797, probated 15 Mar 1802
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Blake
1 I Mary Blake
2 of Goldwell house Speenhill in the County of Berks Widow
3 being of sound mind memory and understanding do make
4 this my last Will and Testament in manner Following
5 that is to say, first I will and direct that all my Just debts
6 and Funeral Expences shall be fully paid and satisfied and
7 subject thereto I give and dispose of my Estate and Effects as
8 follows I give devise and bequeath all my Freehold
9 copyhold and leasehold Estates whatsoever and
10 wheresoever with all and every the appurtenances
11 thereto belonging subject nevertheless to the payment
12 of my debts and the pecuniary legacies hereafter given in case my personal Estates not hereafter
13 specifically bequeathed shall not be sufficient to
14 answer and pay the same unto my daughter
15 Arabella Blake and her assigns for and during the
16 term of her natural life and from and after her
17 death then I give devise and bequeath my said Freehold
18 Copyhold and Leasehold Estates unto my Son in Law
19 Henry Hinde Pelly Esq[uie]r his heirs Executors Admors
20 and Assigns for ever or for such Term Estate and
21 Interest as shall then be to come therein I give
22 to my said Son in Law Henry Hinde Pelly Esq[uie]r one
23 hundred pounds I give to my daughter Sally Hitchin
24 Pelly his Wife one hundred pounds I give to my
25 Grand daughter Mary Pelly daughter of the said
26 Henry Hinde Pelly and Sally Hitchin Pelly his Wife
27 the Capital Sum of two hundred pounds South Sea
28 Stock (part of the South Sea Stock) now standing in my Name and I do direct
29 that the same be transferred within twelve Calendar
30 Months after my decease to her the said Mary
31 Pelly I give to my Grandson Raymond Pelly son of the
32 said Henry Hinde Pelly and Sally Hitchin Pelly his
33 Wife the like Capital Sum of two hundred pounds
34 South Sea Stocks now standing in my Name and
35 I do direct that the same together with the dividends
36 to accrue due thereon after my decease shall be
37 transferred and paid to him when he shall attain his
38 age of twenty one years and I do hereby authorize
39 empower and direct my said Executors from time to
40 time during the Minority of my said Grandson to lay
41 out and invest the dividends to accrue due on the said
42 Sum of two hundred pounds South Sea Stock in the
43 purchase of South Sea Stock to accumulate for the
44 benefit of my said Grandson I give to my said
45 daughter Arabella Blake one thousand pounds now
46 lent on Mortgage to Mr John Dearing of Canterbury also
47 the Capital Sum of sixteen hundred pounds three
48 pounds per cent Consolidated Bank Annuitys part of
49 two thousand four hundred pounds three per Cent
50 Consolidated Bank Annuities
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51 now standing in my Name and all my
52 share and Interest in Bricker Barn Turnpike I
53 give to the said Henry Hinde Pelly his Executors and
54 Administrators the Capital Sum of one thousand
55 pounds East India Stock standing in my Name
56 upon Trust that he and they do and shall from
57 time to time during the natural life of my daughter
58 Mary Tymewell the Wife of George Anson Nutt
60 Esq[uie]r pay to or otherwise permit and suffer my said
61 daughter and her assigns to receive and take the
62 Interest dividends and Annual produce thereof to
63 and for her own sole separate and peculiar use
64 independent of and not to be subject or liable to the
65 debts Controul or Engagements of her said husband
66 and for that purpose my Will is and I direct that
67 her Receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge
68 for such Interest Dividends and annual produce
69 and from and after the death of my said daughter
70 Mary Tymewell Nutt upon Trust that he and they
71 do and shall transfer assign and pay the said
72 Capital Sum of one thousand pounds East India
73 Stock and the Interest dividends and Annual
74 produce to accrue due after the death of my said
75 daughter unto and among all and every the
76 Child and Children of my said daughter Mary
77 Tymewell Nutt if more than one equally share
78 and share alike and if but one then to such only
79 one the Shares of such Children having a Son or
80 Sons to be assigned transferred and paid to him
81 and them at his and their age or respective ages
82 of twenty one years and of such of them being a
83 daughter or daughters at the like age or ages
84 of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage
85 which shall first happen and if any or either of such
86 Children shall die before such age or Marriage then
87 my Will is and I do direct that the shares of such of them
88 so dying shall go to the Survivors or Survivor of them
89 and be assigned transferred and paid at the same
90 time and be again subject and liable to the same
91 chance of accurer by Survivorship as their original
92 shares of the said Trust Monies due before directed to be
93 assigned transferred and paid and under subject to and
94 in case all such Children shall dye before such age or
95 Marriage of there shall not be any such Child then
96 upon Trust that he and they do and shall assign
97 transfer and pay the said Trust Monies and every
98 part thereof unto such person or persons and at such
99 time or times and in such manner as my said daughter
100 Mary Tymewell Nutt shall notwithstanding her
101 Coverture by any deed or deeds writing or writings
102 or by her last Will and Testament in Writing
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103 duly executed in the presence of and attested by two
104 or more credible Witnesses direct or appoint and in
105 default of such direction or appointment do and shall
106 assign transfer and pay the same and every part
107 thereof unto the Executors or Administrators of my
108 said daughter Mary Tymewell Nutt and my Will is
109 and I do hereby authorize and empower the said
110 Henry Hinde Pelly his Executors or Admors from time
111 to time after the death of my said daughter Mary
112 Tymewell Nutt during the Minority of the Child
113 or Children of my said daughter Mary Tymewell
114 Nutt to lay out and invest the Interest dividends
115 and annual produce of the said Capital Sum
116 of one thousand pounds East India Stock in some or
117 one of the public Stocks or Funds to accumulate for
118 the benefit of the parties who shall be entitled to the
119 Capital of the said Trust Monies and that such
120 accumulated Stocks or Funds shall be assigned and
121 transferred with the Capital of the said Trust Monies
122 to the party or parties who by virtue of this my
123 Will shall be entitled to such Capital I give to my
124 Grandson Henry Anson Nutt Son of George Anson Nutt
125 and Mary Tymewell Nutt his wife the Capital Sum
126 of two hundred pounds South Sea Stock now standing
127 in my Name And I do direct that the same together
128 with the Interest and dividends to accrue due thereon
129 after my death shall be transferred and paid to him
130 when he shall attain his age of twenty one years and
131 I do hereby authorize empower and direct my said
132 Executors from time to time during the Minority of
133 my said Grandson Henry Anson Nutt to lay out and
134 Invest the Interest and dividends to accrue due on the
135 said Sum of two hundred pounds South Sea Stock in
136 the purchase of South Sea Stock to accumulate for the
137 benefit of my said Grandson I give to John Joseph
138 Blake the adopted Son of my Son John Bradby
139 Blake Esq[uie]r the Capital Sum of eight hundred pound
140 three pound per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities
141 I give ti my daughter Mary Tymewell Nutt
142 four hundred pound South Sea Stock I give to Miss
143 Mary See who now lives with me fifty pounds I
144 give to my Maid Servant Eleanor Brenillead
145 the Sum of one hundred pounds and as to all the
146 rest and Residue and Remainder of my Estates and
147 Effects whatsoever and wheresoever which I shall
148 be seized possessed of or intitled unto at the time of
149 my death I give devise and bequeath the same
150 and every part thereof unto my said daughter
151 Arabella Blake her heirs Executors Admors and
152 Assigns for ever or far Estate term and Interest as
153 shall be there to come therein and lastly I do
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154 hereby make constitute and appoint the said
155 Henry Hinde Pelly Esquire and my said daughter
156 Arabella Blake Executor and Executrix of this my last
157 Will and Testament hereby revoking and declaring
158 void all former and other Wills and Codicils by me at
159 any time heretofore made and do declare this only to
160 be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
161 I the said Mary Blake have to this my last Will and
162 Testament set my hand and seal this seventh day of
163 June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
164 hundred and ninety seven Mary Blake Signed
165 Sealed published and declared by the said Mary
166 Blake as and for her last Will and Testament in the
167 presence of us who in her presence at her request
168 and in the presence of each other have hereunto
169 subscribed our Names as Witnesses Margaret Brown
170 Mary Lee Jere[mia]h Flack
171 This Will was proved at London on the
172 fifteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one
173 thousand eight hundred and two before the Right
174 honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
175 Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
176 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths
177 of Henry Hinde Pelly Esq[uie]r and Arabella Blake spinster
178 the daughter of the deceased the Executors named
179 in the said Will to whom administration was granted
181 of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
182 the said deceased they having been first sworn (to wit)
183 the said Henry Hinde Pelly before the Worshipful
184 Charles Cooke and the said Arabella Blake before the
185 Worshipful Samuel Pearce parson doctor of Law and
186 Surrogate duly to administer
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