John Blake, the testator, names his father as Robert Blake of Kingston in Dorsetshire. There was a baptism of a John Blake son of Robert and Mary Blake 29 Jan 1775 at Milton Abbas, Dorset. It is about 20 miles from Milton Abbas to Kingston. I find this somewhat interesting as the testator mentions a Thomas Knight, seaman, as one of his executors. There were a number of Knight families at Milton Abbas, Dorset including my own Knight lines of whom I have several (two of my 3x great grandparents were Knight – Ellis Knight married Eleanor Knight 29 May 1804 at Spetisbury and they were 2nd cousins.
I was unable to find a marriage of a Robert Blake and Mary other than at Tisbury, Wiltshire 23 Sep 1771 (Robert Blake and Mary Ford). This is a distance of 26 miles.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Apr 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1409
Name of testator: John Blake
Place: on board his Majestys Ship Emerald
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 1 Dec 1802, probated 12 Jun 1804
[In margin]: Testament: John Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake Seaman on Board his Majestys
3 Ship Emerald being in Bodily health and of
4 sound and disposing mind and memory and
5 considering the perils and dangers of the Seas
6 and other uncertainties of this transitory Life do
7 for avoiding Controversies after my decease
8 make publish and declare this my last
9 Will and Testament in manner following
10 that is to say First I recommend my Soul to
11 God that gave it and my Body I commit
12 to the Earth or Sea as it shall please
13 God to order and as for and concerning all
11 my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and
15 dipose thereof as followeth (that is to say)
16 all Wages Sum and Sums of money Lands
17 Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever
18 as shall in any ways due owing or belonging
19 unto me at the time of my decease I do give
20 devise and bequeath the same unto my Dear
21 and Beloved Father Robert Blake of
22 Kingston in Dorsetshire in the Kingdom of
23 Great Britain and I do hereby nominate and
24 appoint the aforesaid Robert Blake Thomas
25 Knight Invalid at present in his Majestys
26 Naval hospital Antigua and John Ashfield
27 Seaman of Board his Majestys Ship Emerald
28 Executors of this my last Will and Testament
29 hereby revoking all former and other Wills
30 and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore
31 made and I do ordain and ratify these presents
32 to stand and be for and as my only last
33 Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this
34 my said Will I have set my hand and Seal the
35 first day of December in the year of our Lord
36 one thousand Eight hundred and two and in
37 the Forty second year of the Reign of his Majesty
38 King George the third over Great Britain
39 John Blake his Mark Signed Sealed
40 published and declared in the presence of Wm
41 Brown Seaman John Ashfield Seaman patients
42 in the Hospital attested John Cole appointed to take care
43 of sick and wounded Seaman Antigua
44 This Will was proved at London the
45 twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord One
46 thousand Eight hundred and Four before the Right
47 Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of
48 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
49 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
50 by the Oathes of Robert Blake the Father and
51 one of the Executors named in the said Will to
52 whom administration was granted of all and
53 Singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the
54 said deceased having been first Sworn by
55 Commission duly to administer power reserved of
56 making the like grant to Thomas Knight and
57 John Ashfield the other Executors named in
58 the said Will when they or either of them
59 shall apply for the same
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