The testator is William Blake, esquire, of Bristol, Gloucestershire. He has been married twice as mentioned in his will. One marriage is Elizabeth Slade to William Blake 15 Dec 1765 at Bristol. Is she the second wife of William Blake with his first wife being Rebecca Milles (married in 1754 at Duloe Cornwall)? The witnesses to this will were the Milles family members.
The will of Clementia Blake, daughter of the present testator, was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/will-of-clementia-blake-spinster.html
I suspect that the transcription of the birth year for Clementia Blake is incorrect or this is not the daughter of the present testator although the will reads as if she is. She is from the younger family of the present testator so likely born after 1765 which would make her about 50 when she died.
Mary Blake married John Marsh 12 Feb 1778 at St James Bristol.
http://theplain.thornburyroots.co.uk/TP%20no10&11.htm
John Marsh - the 1766 conveyance referred to above shows John Marsh was already occupying Porch House at the time it was conveyed to him and the other of John Stone's creditors. The list of property owners made for the 'Assessment for Relief of the Poor' in 1770 shows John Marsh as being 'for late Stones' which indicates he was still in the property previously associated with the Stone family. We understand that John was an attorney at law in Thornbury. In 1763 John married Elizabeth Hollister at Almondsbury. Elizabeth was the daughter of Luke Hollister of Almondsbury. Elizabeth died in 1775. The Bath Chronicle of 12th February 1788 shows that John Marsh attorney of Thornbury then married Mary Blake the daughter of Mr Blake a merchant of Bristol. The Bath Chronicle of 20th October 1825 says that John Marsh died that day at Biddestone House in Wiltshire in his 90th year. The notice of his death adds that he resided many years near Taunton and formerly at Thornbury. The Wiltshire connection leads us to suppose that John was related to Aaron Marsh who lived at Gloucester House in Thornbury. Aaron may have been John's son.
A rather interesting item I did not notice previously. Although it does not assist in finding anything more on William, the present testator, it does mention William. Clementia mentions her sisters Rebecca Mogg, Mary Marsh and her brother William but does not mention Richard her brother or James her full brother (the others being half-siblings).
Having read William’s will now I am still contemplating whether his line is descendant of the Calne Blake line. His properties include land in Cornwall and in Devon. He is possibly the Mr. William Blake named in the will of Richard Blake, gentleman, Bristol blogged earlier:
In the writeup on that will I have mused that William, present testator, might be of the Calne Blake family which is interesting in reflection.
There is a marriage of a William Blake to Rebecca Milles 12 Jun 1754 at Duloe, Cornwall.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/1248-blake-family-gloucestershire-notes.html
Also mentioned in the blog the baptisms of Richard 1 Dec 1760 at Bristol, a son William 3 Dec 1757 and a daughter Rebecca 21 Apr 1759 all at Bristol to William and Rebecca Blake. Only the baptism of Mary is missing. Judging by the coat of arms on the memorial table for Richard Blake husband of Anne Augusta Blake (formerly Hayward), this line uses the same coat of arms as the Blake family of Calne.
Then who is William and how does he relate to the other members of the Ambrose Blake family in Gloucestershire or does he come down from another line also related to the Blake family at Calne?
Perhaps the set of Bristol Diocese Wills will assist with this set of Blake families.
Names mentioned in the will:
William Blake, Esquire, Bristol, testator
John Smith, tenant
Richard Blake, (married), son, child of first marriage
William Blake, (married), son, child of first marriage
____ Coriton Esquire, landlord
James Blake, son, child of second marriage
Mr Higgins, brazier, tenant
Mrs Hellier, tenant
John Marsh, Esquire, son in law
Clementia Blake, daughter, child of second marriage
Mr Hall, tenant
Mr Jeremiah Osborne, trustee (not for this testator)
Benjamin Pike, coach painter, tenant
Rebecca Mogg, daughter, wife of Jacob Mogg the younger
Jacob Mogg, the younger, gentleman, son in law
Mrs Tyler, tenant
Mr Jenkins, tenant
Mary Marsh, daughter, wife of John Marsh, Esquire
Maria Marsh, grand daughter
Carolina Marsh, grand daughter
Henry Marsh, grandson
Harriott Marsh, grand daughter
Mr Biggs, tenant
Mr Room, tenant
Mr Whitby, artist
____ Crattle
Mrs Dean, tenant
Mrs Blake, tenant
Joseph Dyer, distiller, tenant
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 May 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1213/141
Testator: William Blake, esquire
Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Mar 1791, probated 14 Jan 1792
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esq[uie]r
1 The Last Will and Testament
2 of me William Blake of the City of Bristol Esquire made
3 the twenty first day of March one thousand seven
4 hundred and ninety one (that is to say) Whereas I
5 am seized or possessed of two Estates part of the Manor
6 of Salcomb Regis in the County of Devon which I hold
7 by Copy of Court Roll of the Dean and Chapter
8 of Exeter for Lives and Widowhoods consisting of
9 Messuages or Tenements and Lands part whereof is
10 in my own possession and other part let to John
11 Smith I give the said Copyhold Estates with their
12 Rights and appurtenances to my Son Richard Blake
13 To hold to him for his life and the life of his widow
14 according to the Custom of the said Manor and
15 after his decease I give the said Estates with their
16 Rights and appurtenances to my Son William Blake
17 To hold to him for his life and the life of his widow
18 according to the said Custom of I give and devise unto
19 my said Son Richard all and singular my Messuages
20 Lands and hereditaments called Hole in the parish
21 of Saint Veep in the County of Cornwall part
22 whereof is Freehold and other part Leasehold held of
23 _______ Coriton Esquire for ninety nine Years
24 determinable with lives To hold to my said Son
25 Richard his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
26 for all my Estate Term or Terms and Interest therein
27 respectively I give and devise to my Son James all those
28 three Messuages or Tenements adjoining and Garden
29 Ground behind the same with their appurtenances
30 situate in a place called Turnagain Lane leading from
31 Saint James’s Churchyard in Bridewell Bridge in the
32 parish of Saint James and City of Bristol in the
33 occupations of Mr Higgins Brazier and others and also
34 all that Messuage or Tenement with its appurtenances
35 situate on the East Side of Saint James’s Church
36 Yard in the Occupation of Mrs Hellier To hold to my
37 said Son James his heirs Executors Administrators and
38 Assigns for all my Estate and Interest therein respectively
39 and I acquit release and discharge my Son James
40 his heirs Executors and Administrators and also his Estate
41 and Effects Real and Personal from all claims and
42 demands which I my heirs Executors or Administrators
43 can or may have on him or them I give to my
44 Son Richard and Son in Law John Marsh Esquire
45 three hundred pounds upon Trust that they or the
46 Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do
47 and shall best the same in an annuity for the
48 life and for use of my daughter Clementia Blake
49 the said annuity to be secured on Land and made
50 payable to her and her assigns by quarterly payments
51 and until such annuite shall be purchased to place
52 out the said Sum of three hundred pounds on Land
53 or Government Security in the Joint Names of my
54 said Trustees and the Interest or Dividends ensuing
55 their from shall be paid to my said Daughter I
56 give and devise to my said Daughter Clementia her
57 heirs and assigns a freehold Messuage or Tenement
58 situate on the East Side of Saint James’s Church
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60 Yard in the occupation of Mr. Hall Whereas the
61 Sum of two hundred and seventy pounds or thereabouts
62 which was placed out at Interest in the Name of
63 Mr Jeremiah Osborne a Trustee on that occasion
64 on Security of a Messuage in Kingswood Street
65 Bath now or late in the occupation of Benjamin
66 Pike Coach painter the possession of which is since
67 surrendered up to the Mortgagee also the Rents
68 received for the use of my said Daughter Clementia
69 It is my Will as far as I have any power or
70 Controul respectring the same that the Principal and
71 Interest Money due and to grow due therein shall
72 be had and received by my Executors hereinafter
73 named and paid to my said Daughter for her
74 use and benefit I give to my said Daughter
75 Clementia ten pounds per Annum during her life
76 to be paid to her and her assigns by my Son
77 Richard out of the Interest Money on his Bond
78 of Five hundred pounds given by him to me and
79 my Will and intention is that the before mentioned
80 devised and bequests to my Son James and Daughter
81 Clementia are upon Condition that each of them
82 shall hold and enjoy the same in full compensation
83 and discharge of any Claims or pretended Claim by
84 any of them upon me my heirs Executors or Admors
85 in respect to or by virtue of any Deed of Settlement
86 by me entered into for the benefit of the Children
87 or Issue of my first Marriage or otherwise and that
88 my said Son James and Daughter Clementia shall
89 on request to them made by my Executors Execute good and
90 valid Releases and Discharges in the Law to them
91 and also my Estate of all claims and demands
92 against me and my Estate upon any account
93 whatsoever and upon refusal so to do my devise and
94 bequest to them severally made and appointed by
95 this my Will shall be void and what is herein
96 given and devised to each of them I give and
97 devise to my said Son Richard and Son in Law
98 John Marsh To hold to them their heirs Executors
99 Administrators and assigns equally share and
100 share alike I give to the said Richard Blake
101 and John Marsh Five hundred pounds to be by
102 them or the Survivor his Executors or Administrators
103 vested in the publick Funds or on Land Security
104 in their Names In Trust to pay the dividends or Interest
105 thereof to my Daughter Rebecca wife of Jacob
106 Mogg the younger Gentleman during her life separate
107 from her present or any future husband and her
108 Receipt along from time to time shall be a
109 sufficient discharge for the same and after her
110 decease In Trust to pay and divide the said Sum
111 of Five hundred pounds equally between the Issue
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112 or Children of my said Daughter Rebecca at their
113 respective ages of twenty one years and in case of
114 the Death of either of them before attainment to
115 such age to the Survivors or Survivor of them and
116 in default of such Issue to such person or persons
117 said Daughter notwithstanding her Coverture shall
118 by Deed or Will give limit direct or appoint I give
119 to my said Daughter Rebecca Mogg ten pounds
120 per Annum During her life to be paid to her and
121 her Assigns by my Son Richard being the remainder
122 of the Interest Money on his said Bond of Five
123 hundred pounds and after the decease of the said
124 Clementia Blake and Rebecca Mogg I give the
125 Principal Sum of Five hundred pounds secured by
126 such Bond to my Son Richard his Executors or
127 Administrators I give and devise to my Son in Law
128 John Marsh a Freehold Messuage with inclosed
129 pieces of Garden Ground in Front of the said
130 Messuage and used therewith and appurts thereto
131 belonging situate in Dove Street in the Parish
132 of Saint James in the County of Gloucester wherein
133 I now Dwell Also a Freehold Messuage in Duke
134 Street near Kings Square Bristol in the occupation
135 of Mrs Tyler also a Messuage in Dowry Square
136 in the parish of Clifton in the said County of
137 Gloucester in the occupation of Mr Jenkins which I
138 hold for the remainder of a term of one thousand
139 Years To hold the said three Messuages with their
140 Appurtenances to the said John Marsh and his
141 Assigns for life and after his decease I give and
142 devise the same three Messuages Garden Ground
143 and Premises with their appurtenances unto my
144 Daughter Mary Wife of the said John Marsh
145 and her assigns for her life then keeping upholding
146 maintaining the said Messuages and premises
147 and each and every of them in good tenantable
148 repair and after the decease of the Survivor of them
149 the said John Marsh and Mary his Wife I give
150 and devise the Messuage in Dove Street with its
151 appurtenances to my Grand Daughter Maria
152 Marsh her heirs and Assigns and I give and
153 devise the said Messuage in Duke Street with its
154 appurtenances unto my Grand Daughter Carolina
155 Marsh her heirs and Assigns and I give the said
156 Messuage in Dowry Square with its appurtenances
157 to my Grandson Henry Marsh his Executors
158 Administrators and Assigns for all my Estate term
159 and Interest therein I give and devise to my
160 Grand Daughter Harriott Marsh her heirs and Assigns
161 my moiety or half part of a Freehold Messuage
162 or Tenement with the Appurtenances situate in
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163 Charles Street in the parish of Saint James aforesaid
164 in the Occupation of Mr Biggs and also my Moiety or
165 half part of a Messuage or Tenement with the Appurts
166 in Pipe Lane in the parish of Saint Augustine in
167 the City of Bristol in the occupation of Mr Room
168 which premises last mentioned are Leasehold and
169 held of the Feoffees of Saint Mary Redcliff parish
170 Lands determinable with lives to hold to my said
171 Grand Daughter Harriott her Executors Administrators ans Assigns
172 for and during all my Estate term and Interest therein
173 I give all my Books in my Dwelling house in Dove
174 Street to my Sons Richard and William Blake I give my
175 Silver Cup and Cover given me by Mr Corsers
176 Executor to my Son William I give the Rest of my
177 Plate to my daughters Mary Marsh and Rebecca
178 Mogg and my Son Richard Blake I give my China
179 in the House in Dove Street to my Daughter’s Mary
181 Marsh and Rebecca Mogg I give to my said Daughter
182 Mary Marsh my Portrait Drawn by Mr Whitby I give the
183 Household Goods and Implements of household and
184 other things appertaining thereto in my house at
185 Sidmouth in the County of Devon to my Son William
186 Blake I give the household Goods and Implements
187 of household and other things appertaining thereto
188 and my Books in my house at Egypt near Sidmouth
189 to my Son Richard Blake I give to my Nephews
190 Charles Blake Forty pounds I give to my now Servant
191 Maids three Guineas each and to my Servant Boy two
192 Guineas I give to the said Richard Blake and John
193 Marsh Fifty pounds to be applied for the benefit of
194 _______ Crattle by annual payments of ten pounds
195 I give and devise to the said Richard Blake and John
196 Marsh one fourth part of the Sugar house and
197 Dwelling house in Redcliff Street in the City of Bristol
198 part hold or Lease under the Chamber of the said
199 City as Feoffees of Forsters Alms houses and other
200 part under the Feoffees of Saint Thomas parish
201 Lands lately occupied by Mrs Dean and Blake as
202 Sugar house And now by Joseph Dyer Distiller together
203 with a Moiety of all the utensils Materials and
204 appurtenances used in carrying on the Sugar Refining
205 Business and one half of the Erections that now remain
206 there and also all my household Goods (except what
207 is herein otherwise disposed of in my house in Dove
208 Street aforesaid Also my three Shares in the Bristol
209 Fire office also my Bank Stock of two thousand three
210 hundred and sixty five pounds in the Four per cents also
211 my two hundred pounds Short Annuities and all and
211 singular other my Estate and Effects Real and personal
213 whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my just
214 Debts Funeral Expences and discharges incident to whit trust
215 To hold to them the said Richard Blake and John Marsh
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216 their heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
217 Upon Trust to sell transfer dispose of and receive
218 the same and every part thereof and the Moneys
219 arising by such Sale transfer disposition and Receipt
220 to pay and divide as hereinafter mentioned (that is to
221 say) One sixth part to my Son William one sixth part
222 to my Daughter Mary Marsh One sixth part to
223 my Daughter Rebecca Mogg one sixth part to my
224 Son Richard Blake one sixth part to be divided equally
225 between my Son James and Daughter Clementia
226 Blake and the remaining sixth part to be divided
227 equally between my Grand Children Son or Sons and
228 Daughters of my Son William Blake And I hereby
229 nominate and appoint the said Richard Blake and
230 John Marsh Executors in Trust of this my Will and
231 revoking all other Wills by me made do declare this
232 to be my last In Witness whereof I have to this my
233 last Will and Testament contained in Five Sheets of
234 paper to the first four Sheets thereof set my hand
235 and to this fifth and last Sheet my hand and
236 Seal the Day and year above written Willm
237 Blake Signed Sealed Published and Declared
238 by the above named William Blake the Testator
239 as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
240 of us who in his presence at his request and in the
241 presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
242 our Names as Witnesses The word “three” being interlined
243 instead of five in the fourth line from the Bottom of
244 the first Sheet hereof Richard Milles Susan Milles
245 Fenwick Bird
246 This Will was proved at London the
247 fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord
248 one thousand seven hundred and ninety two before the
249 Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor
250 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
251 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
252 by the Oaths of Richard Blake the Son of the deceased
253 and John Marsh the Executors named in the said
254 Will to whom Administration was granted of all and
255 singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said
256 deceased having been first sworn (by Commission) duly
257 to administer.
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