Yesterday the cleaning went very well and I was completely finished by noon. Then I went out and cleared the porch and patio of snow and the top of the laneway. The company had cleared the laneway although I do redo it because there had been perhaps another couple of centimetres - it was quick though. The city did not plow the street so no end of the laneway fill up yet but probably soon enough but the company will clear that. I really hire them for that very thing - clearing the end of the laneway after the city plow comes through and of course for big dumps of snow in the laneway.
Continuing working on Chromosome 4 and I did have a Eureka moment when I discovered that several good lengths of the Pincombe was actually Routledge so from the Gray great grandparent. There are a lot of matches (many of them early colonial American which didn't surprise me actually as many dissenters came from Scotland to the colonies in America). I am perhaps half way through the matches probably more on the lean side of that but close enough. I will continue working on the matches today.
I had an interesting email from an individual in Upper Clatford. I had thought that my one place studies for Upper Clatford and Bishops Nympton had been removed but discovered that they are still there. I have not added to them in years because of my husband's illnesses. I had to give up a lot of items in order to stay with the things that I could accomplish which included items for Edward that he wanted me to do. Upper Clatford was the home of my great grandparents Edward Blake and Maria Jane (Knight) Blake. Maria was born at Turnworth nr Blandford in Dorset and as far as I can tell she lived there until her late teens and then I find her in Upper Clatford marrying Edward Blake 29 Oct 1870 at All Saints Parish Church. This is a beautiful old Church which we visited in 2008 with my second cousin Ivan Kent (grandson of the youngest son of Edward and Maria).
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18252/
My Blake line began in Upper Clatford (possibly for the second time as there was an earlier Blake family in Upper Clatford according to the Parish Registers and I believe this family was descendant of Robert Blake's line a brother to Nicholas Blake (the ancestor of my line in as much as I am able to discover plus the word of mouth of my grandfather talking about Nicholas Blake and the fraudulent Genealogist Horatio Gates Somerby misusing information on Nicholas in his rendition of the Blake family). Joseph Blake (the priest recorded that he was of Andover) married Joanna King 8 Jun 1757 at All Saints Upper Clatford. Their mothers both of Andover and both of the Carter families there. Whether or not they were related I have not yet fully determined. One of Joanna's sisters, namely Mary (the eldest) married John Blake, a malster/brewer at Abbotts Ann, and the will of this John Blake mentions Thomas Blake (son of Joseph and Joanna (King) Blake) as his nephew along with Thomas' siblings. This John Blake at Abbotts Ann is also a likely descendant of the Robert Blake line. But I digress from the subject matter.
Along with some interesting information on Upper Clatford, the writer sent me a will which she had transcribed and it belonged to a William King and was dated 22nd Jan 1590 (old style I assume). She thought perhaps it was my ancestor. I am not actually sure of that. I do know that Thomas King (who left a will 29 Sep 1762 in which he brings together his Blake grandchildren from his two daughters). Thomas, in his will never mentions his daughters (who are still living) but leaves his farm and possessions to his son in law Joseph Blake. It amazed me actually. His daughter Joanna does remarry as her husband dies rather young and it is the farmer next door (a widower) Thomas Collins. A most fascinating story actually. Was Thomas King descendant of this William King - I actually have transcribed a lot of the King wills in this area (including this one) and I have not yet firmly settled on any of them as the father or line of Thomas King. But it could be that continuing discussion with the writer would perhaps help to shape that narrative. This William King has a son Thomas mentioned in his will but it is 150 plus years later. Since he has a large number of sons though it is possible that one of these lines farmed at Upper Clatford.
Time is so difficult to find for such individual items not associated with the Blake and Pincombe books so must guard against getting distracted. But definitely it was interesting to hear that so much is being done to look at the early history of Upper Clatford - a perfectly lovely little village nestled just south of Andover below the main London highway. Our first trip past this area revealed many farms and just eight years later that same passage along the London road revealed field after field of solar panels as England becomes green energy.
So today I continue with the cleaning and it is the main floor. I am a little late today I got distracted by my blog and the emails of yesterday. Drinking my tea and will do my solitaire puzzles. Then breakfast. I now do both of my exercise periods in one time period beginning with waking up basically and it takes about an hour to complete all of the exercises but I find that I am very awake and feel quite refreshed to begin the day so did move to that. The cardio load is 48 with 88 zone minutes recorded. My suggested cardio load for the day is 57 to 92. I will vastly exceed that on a cleaning day which happens every week. I am pleased with the FitBit though and this is a new one for Christmas from my daughter and family. Primarily I use it to ensure that I do walk 12,000 steps a day minimum and usually it is closer to 16,000. I think it is healthy to do so. It also reminds me to eat when I see the calories that I have burned as the day passes. I am not a foodie and eating is something I just out of habit more than a strong desire for food. I have favourite dishes and generally eat then consistently week after week. My husband's was a foodie and I must admit all those years of varied meals was interesting but now in widowhood I tend towards my childhood style of living which was to eat the same thing most days and that was easy in a family of nine people (two parents and seven children). I am an exercise fanatic for sure. Edward enjoyed it that I loved to do so much exercise as he was also keen on a busy life style which included lots of walking, biking, skiing, swimming etc. etc. Now in old age I have retreated back to my busy style of life of my teen years before we married (I was just 20 years of age and he was 23 years of age).
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