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
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