H11 Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 3, 2019

H11 Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 3, 2019

Table of Contents
1.    Percentage occurrence of H11 within Haplogroup H
2.    FT DNA Project
3.    Project Statistics
4.    Changes in how a project administrator can view your results
5.    H11 in the news

1.    Percentage occurrence of H11 within Haplogroup H

FT DNA has the world’s largest mtDNA database containing 150,000 mtFull Sequences from over 180 different countries. HV is the umbrella under which H haplogroup sits. There are 976 downstream branches beneath H haplogroup with these 976 branches representing just 18% of the entire mitochondrial tree (as expressed at FT DNA) at this time of writing.  

H11 is located under the grouping H-T195C! and there are 35 branches under this grouping. H11 is listed as having 16 branches. Members have tested from 21 different countries (source: FT DNA Country Report: mtDNA Haplogroup H11):

Maternal Origin    Branch Participants    Downstream Participants    Distribution
Germany                         5                                         118                              12%
England                          5                                          110                             11%
Finland                           0                                            97                             10%
Sweden                          4                                            85                               9%
United States                 8                                            84                               9%
Poland                           3                                            68                               7%
Ireland                           2                                            61                               6%
Scotland                        1                                            39                               4%
Russian Federation       0                                            30                               3%
Ukraine                         1                                            28                               3%
United Kingdom           0                                            27                               3%
Norway                         0                                            26                               3%
France                           4                                            19                               2%
Canada                          0                                            16                               2%
Italy                               2                                            15                              2%
Hungary                        1                                            15                              2%
Slovakia                        1                                            14                              1%
Czech Republic            1                                             13                              1%
Lithuania                      0                                             11                              1%
Austria                         1                                               9                               1%
Serbia                           0                                               3                             0.2%
Romania                       0                                               3                             0.2%
Belgium                       0                                               2                              0.2%
Latvia                           0                                              2                               0.2%
Portugal                        0                                              1                               0.1%
Moldova                       0                                              1                               0.1%
Slovenia                       0                                               1                               0.1%
Montenegro                 0                                               1                                0.1%
Macedonia                   0                                               1                                0.1%
Albania                        0                                               1                                0.1%
South Africa                0                                               1                                0.1%
French Polynesia         0                                               1                                0.1%
Myanmar                     0                                               1                                0.1%
Unknown Origin       52                                           897                               48%
Total                           98                                         1861                             100%

In total there are 1861 individuals who have tested as H11 or one of its downstream subclades in a database of 150,000 people yielding a percentage of frequency of H11 in the entire database of 1.24%. H haplogroup itself has 67,149 downstream participants yielding a percentage of frequency of H in the entire database at FT DNA of 45%.

If one could extrapolate this to a world view with 7 billion + people but use just 7 billion, the prevalence of H11 and its subclades would be possibly 86,800,000. The problem being that a number of areas are under represented in the database probably due to the cost of testing. Hence, one could perhaps postulate that the number would be higher rather than lower.

Although this project is quite fascinating it does not represent very many people in terms of the actual frequency of H11 unfortunately. I will start to look at the Country Report which FT DNA provides on its website for each of the subclades under H11. As well individual members are self-reporting their origin. But roughly 50% of the individuals who tested have not entered a place of origin.

Looking at my own subclade of H11a2a1 the Country Report is quite revealing.

Maternal Origin    Branch Participants    Downstream Participants    Distribution
England                           16                                     16                                12%
United States                   14                                     14                                11%
Scotland                          10                                     10                                  8%
Ireland                             10                                     10                                  8%
United Kingdom                7                                      7                                   5%
Canada                               4                                      4                                   3%
Germany                            4                                      4                                   3%
Northern Ireland                2                                      2                                   2%
Wales                                 1                                      1                                   1%
Unknown Origin              63                                    63                                 48%
Total                               131                                  131                                100%

The Country Report at FT DNA has excluded the Unknown Origin but I have included it just to show that aspect. The frequency of the United Kingdom + the countries that make up the United Kingdom is quite remarkable (England 12%, Scotland 8%, Northern Ireland 2%, Wales 1%, United Kingdom 5%) totalling 28%. Noting that the frequency in the United States at 11% and Canada 3% with their colonial histories and the known expedition from Northern Ireland to the Carolinas in 1792 which brought members of H11a2a1 to that area increases this percentage to 42%. Adding in Ireland which is part of the Island chain known as the British Isles increased that percentage once again to 50%. There is a likely passage of H11a2a1 through Eastern Europe from the ice refuge at Ukraina and carrying on through the Germanic States which are found to colonize the east side of England thus permitting the addition of Germany with its 3% yielding 53%. The numbers are little eschewed due to rounding up but with the Unknown Origin at 48% all members are included and a likely path proposed for the movement of H11a2a1 out of Ukraina into the British Isles. Now, in my dreams, I could wish that the other 48% who have thus far not identified their origins at FT DNA might do so (if known) as it could be so revealing. One can imagine that in the future we may be able to look at our mitochondrial DNA and predict at least a country of origin.

2.    FT DNA Project:
There are now 357 members in our project. A total of 303 members have added their maternal ancestors information. However, we still only have 49 gedcoms uploaded.

3.    Project Statistics (yDNA statistics removed):

Combined GEDCOMs Uploaded        49
DISTINCT mtDNA Haplogroups        17
Family Finder       254
Genographic 2.0 Transfers         20
Maternal Ancestor Information       303
mtDNA            323
mtDNA Full Sequence        313
mtDNA Plus        320
mtDNA Subgroups          22
Total Members        357
Unreturned Kits          15

Within the study group we have members in every sub-haplogroup except H11a5. I will not do a breakdown of the various groups in this newsletter. Generally I will do that in Issue 1 of each year.

4.    Changes in how a project administrator can view your results

FT DNA has upgraded their access to accounts so that the default is Group Access only. If you wish to have your results included in the project then you must grant Limited Access to the Administrator. Minimum access means that I can not see any earliest ancestor information that you may have added to your project.

5.    H11 in the News

An interesting comment by Stoljarova 2015 in Eupedia.com looking at an Estonian population sample “The discovery of H11a in Narva is a big deal. H11a is more or less East European-specific today. And these mitogenomes from Estonia show there are other forms of H11 in Eastern Europe(H11b, H11*-unclassified).” Narva (a city in Estonia) is at the eastern extreme point of Estonia near the Russian border on the Narva River.

Kevin Alan Brook in his website: Khazaria.com has a page devoted to Polish Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries. He presents a table of the frequency of H haplogroup with the total Polish population and lists H11 as 0.52%. This percentage being less than the 1.24% of H predicted in the overall FT DNA database. He does have some fairly recent papers mentioned on his website.


Any submissions to this newsletter can be submitted to Elizabeth Kipp (kippeeb@rogers.com).

H11 Newsletter in preparation

This particular issue of the H11 Newsletter will not do a summary of rest spots/geographical areas in the world where H11 has been mentioned. I will reserve that for the first issue of each volume. It is quite time consuming but I do mention it separately and within the newsletter in hopes that members of the group who have been able to locate the resting spot for their furtherest back ancestor will add it to their kit.

I continue brickwalled in Birmingham with my great grandmother Ellen Taylor wife of Edwin Denner Buller. Although I have done a fair amount of research and attempted to eliminate as many Ellen Taylors born in Birmingham in the 1859 to 1862 time period, my thoughts with regard to her parents remains a possibility rather than a probability. I do not on any site or with any of my siblings have a conclusive match with a descendant of Thomas Taylor and Ellen (Roberts) Taylor the possible parents of my Ellen Taylor.

That isn't actually what brought me to the administration of the H11 haplogroup nearly ten years ago however. I was intensely interested and remain thus in the deep ancestry of my particular line. There are several distinct mutations placing me into H11a2a1 with one further mutation that is familial that have assisted me in my quest. For instance I am confident that my line has deep ancestry in Ayrshire/Argyllshire, Scotland. This particular grouping is also found in Country Antrim (and nearby counties in Northern Ireland) as well as in the south of Ireland. It will be the further mutation that will perhaps point more directly to the ancestry of my line.

This haplogroup H11 wintered during the Last Glacial Maximum at Ukraina. H11 is found quite extensively in Russia, the Baltic States, and the Ukraine placing the descendants of those early peoples in the same area in which their ancestors have lived for 20,000 years or more. There is a trek for H11 into Western Europe and the British Isles both across the Channel and via Scandinavia (Doggerland perhaps). In some cases H11 also went south in Europe and can be found in small numbers in Southern Europe.

H11 is a very small portion of Haplogroup H and I will once again discuss that in this newsletter as there have been newer articles since I last wrote about the size of H11 within Haplogroup H.

Will of Henry Blake, late Bailiff, Keston, Kent - PROB 11/1906/421, probated 6 Feb 1839

Interestingly there was a James Blake son of Henry and Lucy Blake baptized at Bromley RD in Kent 8 Jul 1792. Keston is in Bromley RD.

Other children baptized at Keston by this Henry and Lucy Blake:

John Blake baptized 4 Feb 1798

A Henry Blake married Lucy Covell at St Mary the Virgin Hayes Kent 17 Sep 1797 (by Banns).

There was a Henry Blake baptized 25 Jul 1773 at Saint Werburgh Hoo, Kent son of Edward and Anne Blake. An Edward Blake married an Ann Greenhill 14 Jul 1760 at St Mary Chatham Kent.

Since Henry was a Bailiff to Sir Vicary Gibbs it may be possible to look at the papers of Sir Vicary to discover more about Henry. There are 60 records held at the National Archives.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/bdbc975a-a62e-4669-9904-037b13128a93

This is the prescription account book of Dr Thomas Ilott a local medical practitioner (the parish of Keston is mentioned in this set of documents)   .

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1906/421
Testator: Henry Blake, late Bailiff
Place: Keston, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 14 Jan 1839, probated 6 Feb 1839

[Margin]: Henry Blake 5

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    Of me Henry Blake of the parish of Keston in the County of Kent (late Bailiff to
3    Sir Vicary Gibbs) Whereas I am possessed of a certain share in the Government Stock
4    Or fund called Bank Long annuities and also other property as lent money to
5    Persons well known by my Executors hereinafter named and for which I receive
6    Interest I give and dispose of the same in the manner following First I give
7    And bequeath unto
8    William Eyles of Knockholt in Kent labourer the sum of Ten pounds also I give
9    And bequeath unto Henry Chapman of the parish of Keston in Kent Schoolmas
10    ter the sum of Five pounds also I give and bequeath unto William Purday of
11    Keston in Kent Wheelwright the sum of forty pounds my watch seal and key also
12    Night stool and a chest also I give and bequeath unto Charles Banks of Bexley in
13    Kent Gentleman one of my executors hereinafter mentioned the sum of Ten pounds
14    For the trouble he will have in executing this my Will and as to all the Rest
15    Residue and Remainder of my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of
16    What nature kind and quality soever the same may be and not herein before
17    Given and disposed of after payment of my debts legacies funeral expences and
18    The expence of proving this my Will I do hereby give and bequeath the same
19    Being all personal unto my Son James Blake of Penrith in New South Wales
20    His executors admors and assigns to and for his own use and benefit absolutely
21    And I do hereby make ordain constitute and appoint Charles Banks of Bexley
22    Kent Gentleman and William Purday of Keston in Kent Wheelwright Executors
23    Of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Henry Blake
24    The Testator have to this my Will and Testament set my hand and seal this
25    Fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
26    And thirty nine Henry Blake Signed sealed published and declared
27    By the said Testator Henry Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
28    Presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
29    Other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto Willm Iverson
30    Robert Wood
31    Proved at London the 6th Feb 1839 before the Worshipful Herbert
32    Downer doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Charles Banks and William
33    Purdny in the will written Purday the Execdutors to admon was granted having
34    Been first sworn duly to administer

Will of Frances Blake, Widow, Deptford, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/2100/232, probated 4 Oct 1849

Frances Stacy married a William Blake 15 Nov 1790 at Saint Bride Fleet Street in London by Licence. Frances Hunter married a Benjamin Stacy 25 Aug 1785 at St Botolph without Aldersgate in London. Frances Hunter was baptized 14 Apr 1758 in London daughter of George and Jane Hunter.

Children baptized in London by George and Jane Hunter:

Elizabeth Hunter 30 Jun 1751 at Shoreditch
Jane Hunter 26 Nov 1752 at London
Mary Hunter 28 Mar 1756 at London
Frances Hunter 14 Apr 1758 at London
George Hunter 19 Mar 1760 at London
Joseph William Hunter 18 Jun 1762 at London
Sarah Hunter 13 Sep 1764 at London
Ursula Hunter 11 May 1766 at London

Bolded sisters appear in the will below.

There was a William Blake baptized at St Botolph Aldersgate 2 Dec 1792 (born 15 November 1792) son of William and Frances Blake.

Also baptized at St Botolph Aldersgate children of William and Frances Blake:

Frances Blake baptized 31 Jul 1791
John Blake baptized 4 Dec 1796
Joseph Blake baptized 22 Dec 1799

A William Blake was buried 4 Jan 1809 at St Botolph Aldersgate. He was 52 years of age (born circa 1757).

Interesting there was a Thomas Blake and a Widow Blake at St Botolph, Aldgate in 1638 (The Inhabitants of London).

William Blake is found on the 1841 Census in Deptford Kent living on the High Street and with him his wife Sarah, children William, Frances, Martha, George and Benjamin. As well his mother Frances is living with them and she is listed as 83 years of age and independent, not born in Kent.

William Blake 45 years Oilman and Coal Dealer, not born in Kent
Sarah Blake 45 years , not born in Kent
William Blake 14, Tailor Ap, born in Kent
Frances Blake  13 (female), born in Kent
Martha Blake 10, born in Kent
George Blake 8, born in Kent
Benjamin Blake 6, born in Kent
Frances Blake 83, not born in Kent

Possibly William Blake and Sarah Bohn married 6 Mar 1826 at St Giles Cripplegate, London. She may have died Sep quarter 1842 at Walthamstow Essex as this family on the 1851 Census appears to have a new mother Mary Ann. William Blake married Mary Ann Field Jun quarter 1843 in West Ham RD.

Mary Ann Blake was born Sep quarter 1844 in West Ham Union.
Henry Fox Blake was born Jun quarter 1849 in West Ham Union.
Sarah Blake was born Sep quarter 1851 in West Ham Union.

On the 1851 Census at Walthamstow (identified as the place where Frances Blake was living at the time of her death prior to 1849),

William Blake, 58 years, Grocer, born City of London, Mdx
Mary Ann Blake, 40 years, born Mdx, Edgeware
Frances Blake, 22 years, Dress Maker, born Deptford Kent
Martha Blake, 20 years, , born Deptford Kent
Benjamin Blake, 16 years, born Deptford Kent
Mary A Blake, 6 years, born Walthamstow Essex
Henrietta   J Blake, 3 years, born Walthamstow Essex
Henry F Blake, 1 year, born Walthamstow Essex

William Blake may have died Jun quarter 1859 in West Ham Union. He would have been 67 years of age.

The 1861 Census lists Mary Ann Blake as a widow, 51 years, General Dealer, born Edgeware, Herts, Mary Ann Blake, 16 years, Assistant in Business, born Walthamstow Essex, Henrietta Blake, 13 years, Assistant in Business, born Walthamstow, Henry F Blake, 11 years, scholar, born Walthamstow and Sarah Blake 9 years born Walthamstow.

No clues in all of this to a possible parentage for William Blake, husband of Frances (Hunter) (Stacy) Blake.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2100/232
Testator: Frances Blake, Widow
Place: Deptford, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 15 Apr 1830, probated 4 Oct 1849

[Margin]: Frances Blake 15

1    In the Name of God Amen:
2    I Frances Blake of Deptford in the County of Kent Widow being of
3    sound mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare
4    this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
5    that is to say I direct that I may be buried in the same grave with
6    my late husband William Blake in the burial ground of Saint
7    Botolph Without Aldersgate in the City of London and that my funeral
8    may be conducted in a plain and decent manner I also direct that my
9    just debts funeral expences and the costs of proving this my Will be
10    paid and satisfied by my executors hereinafter named as soon as may
11    be after my decease from and out of such sums of money as may be
12    due to me as interest on the stock now standing in my name in the
13    books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in the
14    four per cents and that should the amount of interest then due not
15    be sufficient to defray the said expences I direct that the Settlement
16    thereof be delayed until a sum sufficient to the discharge thereof
17    and arising from such interest shall come their hands and the
18    residue if any shall be equally divided between my two Sons George
19    Stacy and William Blake I give and bequeath unto the said George
20    Stacy and Nancy his Wife the sum of one thousand pounds
21    stock in the Navy four per cent the interest whereof to be received
22    by them so long as both of either of them should live the principal
23    to remain in their joint names as long as they or either of them
24    should so long live when I direct that the said one thousand
25    pounds four per cents shall be sold and the produce thereof with
26    any interest then due thereon shall be equally divided amongst
27    the children of the said George Stacy and Nancy his Wife share
28    and share alike such respective portions to be paid to them on his
29    her or their attaining twenty one and each respective share to be
30    invested in the name of the party intitled thereto in some good
31    security either of Government or of the Bank of England as they
32    my said executors shall judge proper thereto remain both princi-
33    pal and interest until the respective parties entitled thereto shall
34    attain such age of twenty one years And I also direct that in
35    case any of the said Children should die before attaining the said
36    age of twenty one years the share or shares of him her or them so
37    dying shall be equally divided amongst the survivors share and
38    share alike and disposed of as already provided unless such child
39    or children should be married and die before he or she should have
40    attained twenty one then the issue of such marriage should be con-
41    sidered as the representative or representatives of such child or
42    children so dying and failing such issue or in the event of such
43    issue failing to attain twenty one the property shall again revert to
44    the remaining children and the representatives of the remaining
45    children of the said George Stacy and Nancy his wife I also give
46    and bequeath all my wearing apparel unto my Sisters Elizabeth
47    Jane and Sarah Hunter or such of them as may be living at my
48    decease for their joint use and benefit And as to all the rest residue
49    and remainder of My estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever
50    and of what nature kind or quality soever the same shall or may
51    consist at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same and
52    every part thereof unto and to and for the sold absolute use and
53    benefit of my Son William Blake for his own use and benefit and to
54    Be disposed of by him in any manner he may judge proper Save and
55    except all such property as may be bequeathed or devised to me by
56    Will or otherwise and not now in my possession but over which
57    the right of disposal is or may be vested in me then I will that all
58    such property shall be equally divided share and share alike
59    between my said two Sons George Stacy and William Blake their
60    heirs executors administrators and assigns And I nominate and appoint
61    my said two Sons George Stacy of Aldersgate Street London and William
62    Blake of High Street Deptford Executors of this my Will Lastly I revoke
63    all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and
64    declare this only to be and contain my last Will and Testament In
65    witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth
66    day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
67    thirty Frances Blake Signed Sealed published and
68    declared by the said Frances Blake the Testatrix as and for her last
69    Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her
70    Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
71    as Witnesses thereto William Brown Printer High St Deptford
72    William Pembroke Butcher High Street Deptford
73    A Codicil to the Will of me the within named Frances
74    Blake Whereas the price of the public funds and the value of money
75    being at this time equal I have given to my Son the within named
76    George Stacy the sum of Three hundred and fifty pounds to enable
77    him to discharge certain obligations incurred by him whilst presenting
78    his claim to the freehold lately held by Mr Joseph Nash of Great Mis
79    senden in the County of Buckingham deceased Now it is therefore my
80    Will that the one thousand pounds stock within mentioned shall be
81    reduced to the sum of Six hundred and fifty pounds stock and which
82    said Six hundred and fifty pounds stock I direct shall be subjected to
83    the same conditions and be disposed of precisely in the same manner
84    as I have directed in the case of the one thousand pounds stock and in
85    all other respects I confirm my said Will In witness whereof I have
86    hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty third day of January in
87    the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
88    Frances Blake Witnesses T B Knott Builder High Street Deptford
89    William Pembroke Butcher High Street Deptford
90    In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
91    In the Goods of Frances Blake widow deceased
92    Appeared Personally William Pembroke of High
93    Street Deptford in the County of Kent Butcher and made oath he is one
94    of the subscribed Witnesses to the Codicil to the last Will and Testament
95    of the said Frances Blake formerly of Deptford in the County of Kent
96    but late of Walthamstow in the County of Essex Widow deceased
97    Bearing date the twenty third day of January one thousand eight
98    hundred and thirty nine and now thereunto annexed And he further
99    made oath that on the twenty third day of January aforesaid the
100    said testatrix duly executed the said Codicil to the said Will by sign
101    ing her name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this
102    deponent and of Thomas Baker Knott thereupon attested and
103    subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said Testatrix and
104    of each other William Pembroke On the first day of October
105    1849 the said William Pembroke was duly sworn to the truth of
106    this affidavit before me F T Pratt Surr Present Montagu G
107    _atriam Notary Public
108    Proved at London with a Codicil the 4th October 1849 before the
109    Worshipful Frederic Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate on
110    the oaths of George Stacy and William Blake the Sons the Executors
111    to whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to
112    administer

Will of Elizabeth Blake, Widow, Dover, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/1041/326

Jesse Curling married Elizabeth Hallum 16 Jun 1770 at Rotherhithe by Licence. There was an Elizabeth Hallum baptized 20 Feb 1734 at Rotherhithe St Mary daughter of Edward and Ann Hallum. There was an Edward Hallum who married an Ann Smith 12 Oct 1728 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey in London.

Using the surnames Smithers and Rand I was not able to discover anything further.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1041/326
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, Widow
Place: Dover, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 7 Sep 1776, probated 4 May 1778

[Margin]: Elizabeth Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen:
2    I Elizabeth Blake of the Town and Port of Dover in
3    the County of Kent widow being Mindful of my Mortality
4    do make and ordain this my last Will and Testam[en]t
5    in manner and form following (that is to say) First
6    I give and bequeath unto my Kinswoman Mary
7    Rand Spinster Daughter of my late Niece Sarah Rand
8    deceased the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful Money
9    of Great Britain And I also give unto her the said
10    Mary Rand all my wearing apparel whatsoever of every
11    sort and kind Also I give and bequeath unto my Niece
12    Elizabeth Curling the Wife of Jesse Curling of the parish of
13    Saint Mary Rotherhithe in the County of Surry Mariner the
14    sum of one hundred pounds of lawful Money of Great
15    Britain And I give to my Kinswoman Ann Smithers
16    spinster daughter of my late Niece Ann Smithers
17    deceased the sum of fifty pounds of like lawful
18    money the said several Money Legacies to be respectively
19    paid within three Months next after my decease Also
20    I give and bequeath all my silver plate whatsoever
21    of what kind or Nature soever the same may be
22    unto my said Niece Elizabeth Curling and my said
23    Kinswoman Mary Rand equally to be divided between
24    them share and share alike And as to all the rest and
25    residue of my Goods Chattels Effects Debts due and is
26    owing to me Money Securities for Money and all other
27    my personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and
28    of what Kind or Nature soever the same may be at
29    the time of my decease (after payment and Satisfaction
30    of all my just debts Funeral Expences the Legacies
31    aforesaid and the Charges of proving and Executing this
32    my Will I do give and bequeath the same and every
33    part thereof unto my Sister Martha Legard Widow
34    and my said Kinswoman Mary Rand equally to be
35    divided between them the said Martha Legard and Mary
36    Rand share and share alike And I make constitute
37    and Appoint my said Niece Elizabeth Curling and my
38    said Kinswoman Mary Rand Executrices of this my last
39    Will and Testament And lastly I revoke all former
40    Wills by me made In Witness whereof I the said
41    Elizabeth Blake have to this my last Will and
42    Testament set my hand and Seal the seventh day of
43    September in the sixteenth year of the Reign of our
44    Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God
45    of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
46    of the Faith etc and in the year of our Lord one
47    Thousand seven hundred and seventy six Elizabeth Blake
48    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
49    Elizabeth Blake as and for her last Will and Testament
50    in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
51    our Names as Witnesses   thereto in her presence at her
52    request and in the presence of each other Thomas
53    Tournay Thos Middleton
54    This Will was proved at London the fourth
55    day of May in the year of our Lord one
56    thousand Seven hundred and seventy eight before the
57    worshipful Francis Simpson Doctor of Laws and
58    Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay
59    Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
60    Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
61    lawfully constituted by the oaths of Elizabeth Curling
62    Wife of Jesse Curling and Mary Rand Spinster the
63    Executrises named in the said Will to whom
64    administration was granted of all and singular the
65    Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having
66    been first Sworn duly to administer

Will of Elizabeth Blake, wife, Strood, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/365/290

Isaac Blake, Gent, married Elisabeth Penniston 13 Jun 1678 At St Dunstan in the East, London (Find My Past, England Marriages 1538-1973). They were married by Licence and he was 28 years of age and a bachelor living at Stroud, Kent. She was a widow, 27 years of age, living at Frinsbury, Kent.

Isaack Blake and Elizabeth baptized a son Isaack 23 Apr 1679 at Strood, Kent.

An Administration dated 2 Oct 1684 as an “Ad. To Eliz. B., rel. deceased” was granted to Isaac Blake of Temple, Strood, Kent. There are several lines of text above the probate that I will attempt to decipher but they are in Latin and when the text isn’t pretty much “bookplate” I do find it harder to transcribe.

Boyd’s inhabitants of London has the record for a John Blake of St George Southwark with his father Isaac Blake, gent, of Strood Kent listed. John was born in 1654 and married 6 May 1678 to Hannah Elliston (she was born in 1655). Isaac Blake, mentioned in the will, was only 28 years of age in 1678 so possibly this John is his brother.

An interesting Will for a Susanna Dawes (maiden name Sellman) of St Olave Southwark, widow, at Surrey Archdeaconry Court 1707 mentions Mr John Blake, Mr Isaac Blake, Mrs Hannah Blake and Mrs Mary Blake (they are to receive mourning rings). I did not find a marriage for Isaac and Mary.

William Pennyston married Elizabeth Fortescue 4 Jul 1676 Saint Mary at Hill, London, England.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/365/290
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, Wife
Place: Strood, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 12 Feb 1680, probated 22 Feb 1680/81

[Margin]: Elizabeth Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen:
2    the twelfth day of February in the Three and thirtieth yeare of ye reigne
3    of oure Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God now
4    King of England etc Annoq; domini One thousand six hundred Eighty I
5    Elizabeth Blake wife of Isaac Blake of Strood in the Countie of Kent
6    Gent being sick and weak of bodie but of sound and disposing mynd and
7    memorie doe make and declare this my last Will and Testamt in manner
8    following First, Whereas my late husband William Peniston last of
9    Frendsbury in the Countie aforesaid by his last Will and Testament
10    bearing date the nineteenth day of November which was in nyne and
11    twentieth yeare of the said Majesties Reigne that now is of England etc
12    did therein and thereby make and ordaine mee the said Elizbeth Blake
13    (by the name of Elizabeth his loving wife) full and sole Executrix of the
14    same his last Will and Testament I doe hereby make and ordaine the said
15    Isaac Blake my deare and welbeloved husband to be my full and sole
16    Executor of this my last Will and Testamt and doe give and gequeath
17    unto him the said Isaac All and every my personal estate Goods
18    Rights Interests claimes chattels and demands whatsoever, And doe will
19    and desire him to be Gardian to my daughter Elizabeth Peniston
20    and I doe hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by mee formerly
21    made. In witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Blake hare hereunto
22    set my hand and Seale dated the day and yeare first above written
23    Eliz. Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
24    Elizabeth Blake to be her last Will and Testamt in the presence of
25    John Guy Tho Hayes Fra Brooke
26    Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London
27    vicesimo secundo die Mensis Februarij Anno domini (Stylo Anglia)
28    millesimo sexcentesimo Octogesimo coram venerabili viro Henrico
29    Fauconberge legume d[o]c[t]ore Surrogato venerabilis et egregij domini
30    Leolini Jenkins milite legume etiam d[o]c[t]oris Curiae praerogativae Cantuarien
31    Magistrij Custodis sive Commissarij legitime constituti juramento Isaac
32    Blake ma___ et Executorio in hujusmodi Testamento nominati cui commissa
33    fuit admistratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti de
34    bene et fidel[ite]r administrand eadem ad sancta Dei Evangelia in dicto jurio forma

Will of Edmund Blake, Woolwich, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/2063/31, probated 1 Oct 1847

Edmund Blake, the testator, and his wife Sarah are on the 1841 census at Woolwich. Edmund is listed as 70 years of age and not born in Kent (nor was he said to be born in England, Ireland or Scotland) but his wife Sarah was listed as 60 years and born in Kent.

Obed Blake (born 1806) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (daughter of William Winn) Blake at London with his birth parish being Plumstead Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.

Obed Blake found on the 1841 census at St Paul Covent Garden Middlesex 30 years of age, with his wife Sarah 25 years of age and Elizabeth Kitchen 20 years of age.

Obed Blake found on the 1851 census at Plumstead, Kent, 44 years of age, his wife Sarah 36 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 3 years of age.

Obed Blake found on the 1861 census at St Paul Covent Garden Westminster 54 years of age, his wife Sarah 48 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 13 years of age.

Obed Blake found on the 1881 census at Woolwich, Kent, retired plate glass maker married to Sarah R and his niece Hannah (Hitchen) Adam (widow) is living with them.

Obed Blake married Sarah Rebecca Kitcher Dec quarter 1838 at Islington, London.

Jonathan Blake (born 1810) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with his birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.

Jonathan Blake found on the 1851 census at St Luke Old Street, Middlesex, 44 years of age, his wife Ann 40 years of age and a daughter Rosa Jane Blake, 7 years of age. Jonathan is a glass maker.

Rosa Jane Blake was born June quarter 1843 daughter of Ann (Townshend) Blake.

Jonathan Blake married Ann Townshend Sep quarter 1837 at Clerkenwell RD.

Jonathan Blake found on the 1861 Census Islington Middlesex, 51 years of age, Anne 50 years of age, Rosa J 17 years of age and a niece Louisa Hawkins 10 years of age.

Jonathan Blake found on the 1881 census at St Leonard Shoreditch, widower, 72 years of age. He is listed as father in law living with Rosa Jane Lee 36 years of age (married, head of household, husband not listed), William Blake her son 15 years, Rosa Lee 8 years, Lilian Lee 3 years of age and Rebecca Lee 10 months.

Sarah Blake (born 1802) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel daughter of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with her birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812.  Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.

Sarah appears to have married someone with the surname Downie but a marriage could not be located.

Edmund Blake married Rebecca Winn 13 Feb 1801 at St Alfege, Greenwich. He was a bachelor and she was a spinster.

No marriage for Edmund Blake and Sarah (unknown) was located.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2063/31
Testator: Edmund Blake
Place: Woolwich, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1840, probated 1 Oct 1847

[Margin]: Edmund Blake 7

1    I Edmund Blake of Woolwich in the County
2    of Kent do hereby make this my last Will and Testament viz I desire
3    that my funeral shall be under the management of my wife that it
4    be conducted without any unnecessary expence and that first all
5    necessary expences in respires to my Will and property be paid or
6    defrayd and then I will and bequeath all in the interest arising from
7    the whole of my Properties to Sarah Blake my lawful wife which she is to
8    have for the remainder of her life at her decease should it be necessary
9    I desire the aforesaid Sarah Blake shall have the funeral conduct-
10    ed upon the same principle as my own as stated above the expences
11    to be defrayd out of my property all my interest and share in a Mill
12    Called the South pro___ths Mill in Mill Lane Woolwich I give and bequeath
13    to my eldest son Obed Blake All the household furniture I give to my
14    son Jonathan Blake at the death of my wife as aforesaid at which
15    period my other property I desire to be disposed of as follows the sum
16    of £20 is to be paid to William Downie £20 to Mat___ Downie my
17    grandchildren whose father is now in the Royal Artillery and in case
18    of either one or the other dying he or she is to be paid the £40 in the
19    event of both dying prior or after the death of my wife then the £40 with
20    my other property after all due expences are defrayd is to be equally
21    divided between my two sons share and part alike my sons being
22    married I desire that in the event of either dying the share belonging to
23    the husbands is to be paid or enjoyed by the wife as the case may be This in
24    conclusion I declare to be my last Will and Testament dated this seven
25    tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
26    hundred and forty Signed Edmund Blake Witness John Hopkins
27    John Gall
28    In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
29    In the Goods of Edmund Blake deceased
30    Appeared Personally John Hopkins of No 2
31    Parliament Street Westminster in the County of Middlesex Surrveyor and
32    made oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to the last Will and
33    Testament of the said Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County
34    of Kent but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place Bethnal Green in the County
35    of Middlesex deceased the said Will bearing date the seventeenth
36    day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty now hereunto
37    annexed And he further made oath that the said deceased duly
38    executed the said Will on the seventeenth day of January aforesaid
39    by signing his name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this
40    deponent and of John Gall the other subscribed Witness thereto who
41    was also present at the same time and that he the deponent and the
42    said John Gall thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the
43    presence of the said deceased Jno Hopkins On the 29th day of
44    September 1847 the said John Hopkins was duly sworn to the truth
45    of this Affidavit Before me J Parker Deane Varr ______ Geo Fielder Not Publ
46    On the 1st Oct 1847 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels
47    and Credits of Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County of Kent
48    but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place in the parish of Saint Matthew
49    Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex deceased was granted to
50    Sarah Blake Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life as
51    named in the said Will have been first sworn duly to administer No
52    Executor
53    On the 2nd July 1856
54    Admon annexed the will annexed
55    of the Goods Chattels and Credits
56    of Edmund Blake formerly
57    of Woolwich in the County
58    of Kent and late of No 3
59    Elizabeth Place in the
60    Parish of Saint Matthew
61    Bethnal Green in the
62    County of Middlesex deceased
63    last administered by
64    Sarah Blake Widow the
65    Relict and the Residuary
66    Legatee for life named in
67    the said Will
68    was granted to Jonathan
69    Blake the Son and one
70    of the Residuary Legatees
71    Subscribed in the said will and the said
72    son Having been first sworn
73    duly to administer
74    the executor being named
75    in the said Will

Will of Catharine Blake, Spinster, Canterbury, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/1301/232, probated 14 Feb 1798

Catharine Blake, the Testatrix, was buried 6 Feb 1798 at St Mildred Canterbury, Kent. She was said to be 85 years of age so born in 1713.

There was a Catherine Blake baptized 4 Nov 1712 at St Mary Breadman, Canterbury, Kent daughter of Thomas and Ann Blake.

Alice Blake was baptized 19 Jun 1709 at St Andrew, Canterbury, Kent daughter of Thomas and Ann Blake.

Elizabeth Blake was baptized 12 Dec 1706 at St Andrew, Canterbury, Kent, daughter of Thomas and Ann Blake.

I did not find any information that was helpful using the nephews names.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1301/232
Testator: Catharine Blake, spinster
Place: Canterbury, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1796, probated 14 Feb 1798

[Margin]: Catherine Blake

1    This is the last Will
2    and Testament of me Catharine Blake of the City
3    of Canterbury Spinster made this Eleventh day of
4    November in the year of Our Lord one thousand
5    Seven hundred and Ninety Six as follows First I
6    desire to be buried in a decent and private manner
7    in the Burial Ground called Chapel Church Yard in
8    the said City as near the remains of my late
9    Father and Mother as may be and my Worldly
10    Estate I dispose of as follows: I give and bequeath
11    unto my nephew Richard Robert Sanders One
12    hundred pounds stock part of my Capital
13    Stock in the three per Centum Consolidated Annuities
14    in the Bank of England to be transferred unto him
15    within six calendar months next after my decease
16    Also I give and bequeath unto the four sons of my
17    Nephew Thomas Sanders now lately deceased the
18    sums of five pounds apiece of lawful money of
19    Great Britain Also I give and bequeath unto the
20    several persons the ________ Effects and Legacies
21    following (that is to say) unto John Hodges Gentleman
22    One of the Alderman of the said City the picture of
23    the Late Thomas Hanson Esquire as the same is
24    now framed and Glazed and unto my friends Mary
25    D Poirer Wife of John J Poirer of the said City
26    ________ and my silver pint pot and unto my
27    _______ Henry Mayor my watch and unto my nephew
28    William Mayor the Mourning Ring ______
29    for the late Mr Harrison and a Crown piece which
30    is now kept with it And unto Rebecca the Wife
31    of my Nephew William Major my Green damask
32    Gown my brood Lace Handkerchief and my Lace
33    apron and unto my Maid Servant Mary Stagg
34    (if she shall be Living with me at the Time of my
35    decease) over and above what Wage if any be then
36    due to her the Sum of thirty five pounds of Lawful
37    Money of Great Britain my Green Bed with
38    the Bedstead Blankets Quilt and Furniture to
39    the same belonging and all the rest and Residue
40    of my Wearing Apparel of every Kind not by
41    me hereinbefore otherwise disposed of for her
42    faithful Services to me during my Long Illness
43    And also the further Sum of Five pounds of like
44    Lawful Money for Mourning all which said Several
45    Effects and Legacies I Order and direct shall be
46    delivered and paid to the Legatees thereof respectively
47    within Six Months next after my decease and
48    as to all the rest remainder and Residue of my
49    Capital Stock in the said three per Centum
50    Consolidated Bank Annuities Effects and personal
51    Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not by me hereinbefore
52    otherwise disposed of after and Subject to the payment
53    of my just Debts Legacies Funeral Expences the Charges
54    of proving this my Will and all other incident
55    Expences I give and bequeath the same and
56    every part thereof unto my said Nephew William
57    Major his executors and Administrators for his and
58    their Own use and benefit and I appoint him my
59    said Nephew William Major the Sole Executor of this
60    my Last Will and Testament And Lastly I do hereby
61    revoke all former Wills by me at any time made and
62    declare this duly to be and contain my Last Will
63    and Testament In Witness whereof I the said
64    Catharine Blake the testatrix have here unto set
65    my hand and Seal the day and year first before
66    Written Catharine Blake Signed Sealed and
67    Published and declared by the said Catharine Blake
68    the Testatrix as and for her Last Will and Testament
69    in the presence of us who at her Request and in
70    her presence and in the presence of each other
71    have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses
72    George Goreley Edwd Dering
73    This Will was proved at London the
74    Fourteenth day of February in the year of Our
75    Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety
76    Eight before the Worshipful Charles Coote doctor of
77    Laws and Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir
78    William Wynne Knight doctor of laws Master
79    Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of
80    Canterbury Lawfully constituted by the Oath of
81    William Major the Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor
82    named in the said Will to whom administration
83    was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
84    and credits of the said deceased having been first
85    Sworn duly to Administer

1085 Emails

I have 1085 emails in my Inbox and I have responded to all the new queries. If you are waiting a longer response from me it may take me a while to get through everything. This is just 1.5 months worth of emails. Quite shocking really but I do not eliminate or file emails until I have had a chance to deal with them at length or as needed.

Gardening, as always, has first dibs on my time in the summer. Not because I am an avid gardener. Really I am far from it but my husband is and he needs my help these days to keep up with the property although he still does a lot himself. Then I need to clean the house regularly because he has asthma. Consequently emails tend to take a back bench a lot of the time especially in the summer.

I have though managed to eliminate a number of emails coming in now with my downsizing of memberships. That will continue over the next year although I have a few memberships that I want to continue - certainly Ancestry, Find My Past and My Heritage are at the top of the list and also FT DNA, 23 and Me and Living DNA. Although I am spending less time on DNA it still forms an important nucleus of my research although these days FT DNA, 23 and Me and My Heritage are dominating my DNA research time. Living DNA is a future resource in my mind but I am highly supportive of them. They need a much larger database before they can do a lot of matching. Myself and my siblings are there and we all match as siblings (as we do everywhere else) but finding matches even with my 100% English Heritage back a number of generations I do not have any other matches yet. But then I know that none of my 2nd or 3rd cousins have tested there. There may be some 4th cousins but I do not know of any thus far. All the Gedmatch entries for Living DNA tend to be 4th or 5th cousins or likely greater.

This is a cleaning day so back to cleaning and taking breaks transcribing the next Kent will. For me, at the moment, will transcription is my high priority. The reading is going not too badly and I am trying to do some research to go with the wills.

Will of Caleb Blake, Gentleman, Faversham, Kent - National Archives PROB 11/1850/164, probated 17 Aug 1835

The testator, Caleb Blake of Preston Street, was buried 6th August 1835 at Faversham, St Mary of Charity, Kent, and his age was entered as 64 years. The Bank of England Wills Extracts provides some detail on the disbursement of monies but no mention of Charles Cheesman.

There was a marriage for a Caleb Blake and Susanna Collier 29 Nov 1767 at Faversham. The marriage was by Licence: Caleb Blake of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex a Batchelor and Susanna Collier of the Parish of Faversham a Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence (No 274) Twenty ninth day of November in the Year One thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty seven by me Richard Marsh Vicar. This Marriage was solemnized between us Caleb Blake, Susanna Collier (both signed) In the presence of Edward Smith and Robt Collier.

A quick check for trees about this family revealed that no one has published any information on this family.

A baptism was located for a Caleb Blake 10 Nov 1771 at St George Bloomsbury, Camden, Middlesex with parents Caleb Blake and Susannah Blake. There had been an earlier baptism 21 Aug 1768 for a Caleb Blake to this same couple at the same Church.

Other children baptized by Caleb Blake and Susannah Blake.

Sarah Mary Blake was baptized 1 Oct 1769 at St George Bloomsbury. She married Isaac Topping Packman 21 Feb 1790 at Faversham, Kent, England. Henry John Rush married Mary Ann Packman at Selling Kent 26 Jul 1814. Witnesses were Isaac Topping Packman, Charles Packman and Emily Packman. Mary Ann was baptized 29 Dec 1790 daughter of Isaac and Sarah Packman.

Eleanor Blake was baptized 22 May 1774 at St George Bloomsbury. She was buried 13 Dec 1776 at Faversham, Kent.

I was not able to locate any information on Charles Cheesman.

The will of Susannah Blake, mother of the testator, will be transcribed later as it is also located in Kent. She was a widow in 1828 when her will was probated.

There was a baptism for a Caleb Blake 25 Sep 1735 St George Bloomsbury son of Henry and Eleanor Blake. Interestingly enough there was a marriage for Henry Blake and Eleanor Dobson 17th Nov 1734 at Hackney, St Leonard, Shoreditch. A Henry Blake was baptized 23 Feb 1698 at St Giles, Cripplegate son of Richard and Elizabeth Blake (one notes that Caleb Blake on the marriage register for his marriage to Susanna Collier was of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex). But there were a lot of Blake families in London in this time period.

An intense look at apprenticeships might reveal more about this family's deep roots. The London Blake families are always very very interesting. Likely this line has daughtered out as no Blake sons named for Caleb.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1850/164
Testator: Caleb Blake, Gentleman
Place: Faversham, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 21 Jul 1828, probated 17 Aug 1835

[Margin]: Caleb Blake 40

1    This is the last Will and Testament of
2    me Caleb Blake of the Town of Faversham in the County of Kent Gentleman
3    made the twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
4    and twenty eight First, I hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore
5    made and of this my last Will and Testament do constitute and appoint the
6    Reverend Henry John Rush Rector of Crowhurst in the County of Sussex Gent and
7    my friend John Payn of the Town of Faversham aforesaid Gent Merchant
8    Executors and I give and bequeath unto the said John Payn the sum of fifty
9    pounds of lawful money of Great Britain as an acknowledgement to him for his
10    trouble Also I desire that my body be interred in the new burial ground belonging
11    to the parish of Faversham that my Executors only follow me to the ground and
12    that a head foot and body stone be placed over my Grave Also I give and devise
13    all that my messuage or tenement and farm commonly called or known by the
14    Name of West Boug Farm and the several pieces or parcels of Land arable
15    Meadow pasture and Marsh thereto belonging with their and every of their
16    Rights Members and Appurtenances situate lying and being in the several
17    parcels of Boug and Murton or one of them in the said County of Kent and
18    and now in the tenure or occupation of William Ely his assigns or undertenants and
19    Also all that my messuage or tenement and farm commonly called or known
20    by the name of Fair Field and the Land and premises thereunto belonging
21    with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances situate lying
22    and being in the parish of Preston next Faversham in the said County of
23    Kent and now in the several tenures or occupations of John Chambers
24    and George Brooke Chambers their assigns or undertenants and also all that
25    my messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell with the buildings stable
26    garden and appurtenances hereunto belonging situate lying and being in the
27    Town of Faversham aforesaid on the west side of a certain Street there called
28    preston Street and also all other my real estate whatsoever and wheresoever
29    unto and to the use of my niece Mary Anne the wife of the said Henry John
30    Rush and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and
31    immediately after her decease in case the said Henry John Rush shall survive
32    her too the use of the said Henry John Rush and his assigns for and
33    during the term of his natural life for the support and maintenance of himself
34    and of all his children begotten and to be begotten on the body of my said niece
35    Mary Anne his wife and from and immediately after the decease of the
36    survivor of them the said Henry John Rush and Mary Anne his wife then
37    to the use of all and every the children and child both male and female
38    of the body of her my said Niece Mary Anne the wife of the said Henry
39    John Rush lawfully begotten and to be begotten equally to be divided between
40    them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants
41    and of their several and respective heirs and assigns for ever Also I give and
42    bequeath all and every my household furniture plate china and linen books
43    watches jewels and trinkets unto my said niece Mary Anne the wife of the
44    said Henry John Rush to and for her own use Also I give and bequeath
45    unto the said Henry John Rush and John Payn their executors and advisors
46    the sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust
47    that they the said Henry John Rush and John Payn or the survivor of
48    them his executors or administrators do and shall put and place the same
49    out at interest in their or his names or name in the parliamentary stocks or
50    public funds of this Kingdom or on good mortgage securities and do and
51    shall from time to time alter and vary such stocks funds and securities as
52    they or he shall see occasion and do and shall from time to time receive
53    the dividends interest and annual products of the same sum of one thousand
54    pounds as the same shall become due and pay out apply the same for the
55    support maintenance and bringing up of my natural or reputed son Charles
56    Cheesman until he shall attain the age of twenty one years and when
57    and so soon as the said Charles Cheesman shall attain that age then do
58    and shall pay the dividends interest and annual product of so much of
59    the said sum of one thousand pounds as shall remain unapplied by value
60    of the previous hereinafter contained unto him the said Charles Cheesman by
61    equal monthly Instalments during his Life and from and after his
62    decease do and shall stand possessed of such part of the said sum of one
63    thousand pounds as shall so remain unapplied as aforesaid upon the same
64    trusts as are hereinafter declared concerning the residuum of my person[al] estate
65    provided always and I do hereby declare my Will and intention to be That
66    it shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustees or trustee at any
67    time by breaking into the said sum of one thousand pounds or the stocks
68    trusts and securities in or upon which the same shall be invested to pay and
69    apply any part thereof not exceeding the sum of One hundred pounds in
70    putting and placing out the said Charles Cheesman apprentice to any trade
71    business or employment notwithstanding he may not have attained the age
72    of twenty one years And further that when he shall have attained the age
73    of twenty one years that they my said trustees or trustee do and shall pay
74    unto him the said Charles Cheesman such further part of the said sum of
75    one thousand pounds as together with the sum that shall have been so
76    paid and applied in putting him out apprentice as aforesaid shall
77    amount to the sum of five hundred pounds and which I then give and
78    bequeath to him the said Charles Cheesman for his own use and benefit
79    Also I give and bequeath unto the Mayor Jurats and Commonalty of
80    the said Town of Faversham for the time being the capital sum of
81    six hundred pounds part of my interest or share in the joint stock of three
82    pounds per Centrum reduced bank annuities to be transferred to them
83    immediately after my decease upon trust that they the said Mayor Jurats
84    and Commonalty and their successors do and shall receive the dividends thereof
85    as they become due and pay divide and distribute one equal moiety of such
86    dividends at such times and in such manner as to them shall seem best unto
87    and equally between such of the six poor widows belonging to Mendfields
88    Almshouses in Preston Street in the said Town who shall constantly reside
89    therein and do and shall pay the remaining out equal moiety of such dividends
90    Unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the said parish of
91    Faversham for the time being to be by them distributed among the poor of the
92    said Parish of Faversham for ever in Bread And as to all the rest and
93    Residue of my Goods Chattels ready money money in the public stocks or
94    funds or due to me on Specialities simple Contract or otherwise and all my other my
95    personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever which I do not by this
96    my Will or shall not by any testamentary dispose of specifically I give
97    and bequeath the same unto the said Henry John Rush and John Payn their
98    Executors and Administrators upon trust that they my said Executors and the
99    survivor of them his executors and administrators do and shall as soon as
100    conveniently may be after my decease sell dispose of and convert into money
101    such part of the said residuum of my said personal estate and effects as shall
102    not consist of money or securities for money and do and shall get in and
103    receive such other part thereof as shall consist of specialties debts or simple
104    Contract or that shall be otherwise due and owing to me and do and shall
105    thereby therewith and thereout pay all my just debts legacies my funeral charges
106    the costs of proving this my will and other incidental Expenses and do and
107    shall thereupon put and place the residue of the money to arise from such
108    sale and to be get in or otherwise received as aforesaid together with my
109    said ready money out at Interest in their or his names or name in the
110    parliamentary stocks or public funds of this Kingdom or on good mortgage
111    securities and do and shall from time to time alter and vary such stocks
112    funds and securities as they shall deemn expedient and do and shall from
113    time to time receive and take the dividends interest and annual proceeds of
114    all and every the said trust monies stocks funds and securities as the same
115    shall become due and pay the same into the proper hands of my said
116    niece Mary Anne the wife of the said Henry John Rush during her
117    natural Life for her own sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of
118    her present or any other taken husband and not to be subject to his debts
119    control or intermeddling for which purpose I do declare that her receipt alone
120    notwithstanding her coverture shall at all times be a sufficient discharge to my
121    said Executors for the same and from and immediately after the decease of
122    her my said niece in case the said Henry John Rush shall be then living
123    Do and shall pay the said dividends interest and annual produce of the
124    said trust monies stocks funds and securities as the same shall become due
125    unto him the said Henry John Rush during his natural life for the
126    support and maintenance of himself and of all his Children begotten and
127    to be begotten on the body of my said niece and subject to the trusts aforesaid
128    upon this further trust that they my said trustees and trustee do and shall
129    stand and be possessed of all and every the Residuum of my said personal
130    Estate and Effects and of the stocks funds and securities in or upon which
131    the same is or shall be invested To and for the only use and benefit of
132    all and every the Children and Child of her my said niece Mary Ane the
133    wife of the said Henry John Rush lawfully begotten and to be begotten
134    both male and female equally to be divided between them if more than
135    one share and share alike and if but one then wholly to that one and
136    to be paid assigned and transferred to them him or her respectively (from and
137    after the several deceases of the said Henry John Rush and Mary Anne
138    his wife) when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one
139    years with benefit of accrual or survivorship in case of the death of any
140    or either of them under that age and or their respectively attaining such
141    age to become a vested and transferrable interest and the interest of their
142    respective shares to be in the meantime applied for their respective benefits and
143    in case all and every such Children and Child shall die under the said age of
144    twenty one years and without leaving any lawful Issue of either of their
145    bodies (and which Issue it is my Will and intention shall be entitled to
146    the share and shares which his her of their Father or Father’s Mother or Mothers
147    would if living be entitled to) then from and immediately after the several
148    deceases of them the said Henry John Rush and Mary Anne his wife I
149    trust that they my said trustees and trustee do and shall stand possessed of
150    and interested in all and every the Residuum of my said personal estate and
151    effects and of the stocks funds and securities in or upon which the same
152    shall be then invested To and for the only use and benefit of such person
153    and persons who shall then be the legal personal representatives of her
154    my said niece Mary Anne the wife of the said Henry John Rush of her
155    own proper blood and kindred And lastly I do hereby declare my will to be
156    that they my said Executors and Trustees and their respective executors and
157    administrators shall not be answerable for any more of the said trust
158    monies and premises or of the dividends interest or produce thereof respectively
159    than shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my will nor for
160    involuntary losses nor the one of them for the other of them and that it
161    shall be lawful for them and each of them out of the aforesaid trust
162    monies and premises to deduct and reimburse themselves all such losses costs
163    charges and expences and a suitable and proper allowance for their journies
164    trouble absolute from home and loss of time as they or either of them shall
165    sustain expences or be put into or under by reason of the trusts hereby in
166    them reposed or in any other manner in the execution of this my Will In
167    witness thereof I the said Caleb Blake the testator have to the first four sheets of
168    this my last Will and Testament set my hand and to this fifth and last
169    sheet thereof have set my hand and affixed my seal the day the year
170    first above written Caleb Blake Signed Sealed
171    published and declared by the said Caleb Blake the testator as and for his
172    last Will and Testament (the words and to be begotten) between the first
173    and second lines of the second sheet being first interlined in the presence of us
174    who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
175    hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Willm Jefferys Junr Att
176    at Law Faversham Wm C Morgan Solicitor Faversham
177    Edwin Hills Clerk to Messrs Jefferys and Morgan
178    Caleb Blake The within writing contained
179    in five sheets of paper was again signed sealed published and declared by
181    the within named testator Caleb Blake as and for his last Will and
182    Testament this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand
183    eight hundred and thirty in the presence of us who at his request in his
184    presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
185    as witnesses Fredk F Girand Surgeon Faversham
186    Willm Jefferys Junr Atty at Law Faversham Wm C Morgan
187    Solicitor Faversham
188    This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
189    within written of me the within named Caleb Blake I do hereby revoke and
190    make void the legacy of one thousand pounds by my said Will given to my Executor
191    in Trust for my natural or reputed son Charles Cheesman and the proviso therein
192    contained concerning the same and in lieu and stead of such legacy I do hereby
193    give and bequeath unto him the said Charles Cheesman the sum of five hundred
194    pounds only of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him when he
195    attains the age of twenty one years and the Interest of the said sum of five
196    hundred pounds to be in the meantime applied for and toward his support and
197    maintenance and in case he the said Charles Cheesman shall die under the said
198    age of twenty one years then the said legacy or sum of five hundred pounds shall sink
199    into and become part of the residuary of my personal Estate in and by my said Will
200    bequeathed and disposed of Also I do hereby revoke and make void the Legacy of six
201    hundred pounds three pounds per centum reduced bank annuities by my said Will given
202    and bequeathed to the Mayor Jurats and Commonalty of the Town of Faversham and
203    in lieu and stead thereof I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Mayor Jurats
204    and Commonalty the Capital sum of two hundred pounds three pounds per centum
205    reduced bank annuities only to be transferred to them immediately after my decease
206    upon trust that they the said Mayor Jurats and Commonalty and their successors do and
207    shall waive the dividends thereof as they become due and lay out and expend the same
208    yearly and every year for ever in the Burcham of Goals and distribute the same at such
209    times and in such manner as them shall see best unto and amongst such of the
210    six poor widows belonging to Mendfields Almhouses in Preston Street in the said Town
211    of Faversham who shall constantly reside therein or otherwise do and shall lay out and
212    expend the same dividends for the benefit of the said Widows as to them the said Mayor
213    Jurats and Commonalty shall seem best Also I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
214    Housekeeper  ^original so^ Sarah Filby and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life one annuity or
215    Yearly sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her by two
216    Equal half yearly payments and the first of such half yearly payment to begin and
217    Be made on that day six months which shall next happen after my decease and
218    I do hereby subject and charge my personal Estate to and with the payment of the
219    Said annuity and I do hereby in all other respects ratify and confirm my said Will
220    And desire this Codicil to taken as part thereof In witness whereof I have hereunto
221    Set and affixed my hand and seal the sixth day of February in the year of our
222    Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five Caleb Blake
223    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Caleb Blake the testator as and
224    For a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request
225    In his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
226    As witnesses the name of “Sarah Filby” being first interlined
227    Hariot Lucy Jeritchard Wm C Morgan
228    Proved at London with a Codicil the 17th August 1835 before the Judge
229    By the oaths of The Revd Henry John Rush Glost and John Payn the Executors to
230    Whom Admon was granted they having been first sworn to wit the said Revd Henry
231    John Rush before the worshipful John Danbery doctor of Laws and Surrogate and
232    Also the said John Payn by Common duly to administer