Edward Blake is the testator and no records were found particularly for him but his will mentions a number of people that help to place him in the family discussed below.
Penelope Blake married Thomas King 30 Apr 1717 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire. She is perhaps the Penelope Blake baptized 7 Sep 1684 at Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire and the daughter of James Blake. The following information fits into the will as well in terms of siblings mentioned.
Other baptisms for the children of James Blake at Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire:
James Blake baptized 6 Jun 1680
Francis Blake baptized 20 Jul 1680
Penelope Blake baptized 7 Sep 1684
Mary Blake baptized 26 Apr 1695
William Blake baptized 26 Apr 1695
James Blake baptized 3 Jan 1696
(daughter) Blake baptized 30 Jan 1699
There are large gaps between these children. A baptism for Edward Blake the testator has not yet been located. Nor has a baptism been located for his brother John Blake mentioned in the will.
There was a marriage for James Blake and Marionye Coulson 15 May 1673 at Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire.
I transcribed a will earlier for John Blake at Easton by Stamford, Northamptonshire:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-john-blake-easton-by-stamford.html
He mentions a son James in his will which is rather interesting (will probated 1652 and he is young enough that another child is expected). There is a marriage for Jhon Blake and Elizabeth Rippon 24 Jun 1634 at Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire. John identifying his wife as Elizabeth in the will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/575
Name of testator: Edward Blake
Place: Benicarlo, Kingdome of Valencia
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 20 Mar 1717/1718, probated 31 Aug 1719/1720
[In margin] Tm Edwardi Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 in the fifth year of the Reign as I judge of our Soveraigne Lord King
3 George of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the Faith I
4 Edward Blake now in Benicarlo in the Kingdome of Valencia this
5 twentieth day of March new Style in the year of our Lord one thousand
6 Seven hundred and eighteen calling to mind the mortality of my body
7 altho in health and in sound memory I do ordain this my last Will and
8 Testament revoking and annulling any other made before by me and
9 as followeth Imprimis I recommend my Soul into the hands of God who
10 gave it me hoping for Salvation through the merits of our Saviour Jesus
11 Christ and desiring my body may be buried according to the Form of
12 the Church of England if the place wherein it Shall please God to call
13 me to himself will allow thereof I abhor all Masses for my Soul neither
14 would I have ought paid to any Roman Catholick Priest Fryer or any
15 one that assist the said Church on account of my future happiness Item
16 I bequeath to my brothers John and James Blake and to my Sister Mary
17 Blake if living each fifty pounds which makes the Summe of one hundred
18 and fifty pounds Sterling Item I bequeath to my Partner Samuel Tucker
19 thirty pounds Sterling my diamond Ring which cost
20 thirty five pounds and Sent me by Sister Penelope I leave and bequeath
21 to the Said Sister Penelope King of Coventry Item It’s my Will and I desire
22 that after paying my just debts that two third of the remaining part of
23 my Estate be given to my Sister Penelope King on condition that the same
24 shall not be at the disposal of her husband Thomas King nor to pay any
25 debts of the aforesaid husband but entirely to be wholly and solely at her
26 own discretion in all respects if in case of her mortality and succession the
27 same to be divided on the foregoing conditions to her heir or heirs each
28 Share and Share alike but in defect of Succession and her mortality then the
29 same to be divided betwixt my brothers John and James Blake and
30 Sister Mary Blake Share and Share alike Item It’s my will and desire
31 that the remaining third part of my Estate be for my brother Francis
32 Blake on Conditions but to be entirely at the Election of my Executors to
33 give him part or all or the interest only as they shall think fit as occasion
34 or occasions may Serve him best if not contented therewith I say consented
35 then the Same to be for Sister Penelope King but in case of her mortality
36 to her heir or heirs if no Succession to be divided betwixt brothers John
37 and James Blake and Sister Mary Blake but Should not my Executors
38 think proper to give my brother Francis Blake the principal of my third
39 part of Estate or part thereof if the said Francis Blake Marrys and
40 has Succession he may at his death dispose of the Same to his heir or
41 heirs but to no other Item I ordain and appoint my partner Samuel
42 Tucker or Mr Thomas Adams in defect of my partner whole and sole
43 Executyor of all my affairs and dependances in Spain or any other
44 part out of England not doubting but will See this my last Will and
45 Testament fulfilled in all respects desiring no judge Justice Alcaldo
46 V[ica]r may interfere in my affairs goods or Estate but as to my worldly
47 goods or Estate dependances Affairs or accounts or ought else in great
48 Britain I do appoint and ordain my brother John and Sister Penelope
49 King Executors to act jointly in all affairs whatsoever may happen this
50 I certifye to be my last Will and testament desiring it may be
51 complye and with in all respects according to the tenor thereof Signed
52 Sealed and delivered as my last Will and Testament in Benicarlo
53 the twentieth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
54 hundred and eighteen (I Say) March ye 20th 1718 N[ew]: S[tyle]: and for
55 the truth thereof I now Sign my Name Edward Blake
56 Probatum fuit hujusmodi Testamentum apud
57 London coram venerabili et Egregio viro Johanne Bettesworth Legum
58 doctore Curiae prerogativae Cantuariensis Magistro Custodis Sive
59 Commissarij legitimo constituto tricesimo primo die Mensis Augusti
60 Anno domini Millesimo Septingentesimo vicesimo Juramento Penelopes
61 King (uxoris Thomas King) mius Executorum in dicto Testamento
62 nonim at Cui comissa fuit Administratio omnium et Singulorum
63 bonorum jurium et Creditorum dicto defuncti infra Reginun magna
64 Britannica tempore mortio Suve tantium existentum Sed non ultra nec
65 aliter de bene et fideliter administrando eadem bona jura et Credita
66 limitat a_ut prefectur sed non ultra ad sancta dei Evangelia vigore
67 Comissoni jurat Reservata potestato Simileni Commissionem limitat
68 faciendi Johannis Blake alteri Executorum in dicto Testamento
69 etiam nominat cum venerit eandem petitur
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Will of Robert Blake of Bridgwater, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/267/111, probated 20 Aug 1657
This is the will of Admiral Robert Blake. Somehow this great and illustrious Admiral of the British Navy doesn’t really need an introduction. His fame and character have transcended the century in which he lived and he is one of the great heroes of England forever remembered by every school child learning of his great victories protecting the shores of England from any and all comers. I remember asking my Grandfather if we were related to Admiral Blake and he said no he did not think so. That was not a tradition that was handed down in his family. In all likelihood he is very correct as I can not find a link between my line in Andover and the Blake family of Calne other than by collateral marriages. The link between the Blake family of Calne and the Blake family first at Over Stowey and Humphry Blake as the first of the line is also obscured by the veils of time. There is a strong conviction on the part of some that the father of Humphry was a John Blake who was descendant of the Blake family of Calne. However, this John is said to be a descendant of John Blake of Nether Wallop son of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop. In his will John does not name a son of his body so one is left to wonder whose son this John is and how he connects with the Blake family of Calne and the Blake family of Overstowey. Is he the stepping stone between? Time may answer that question but at the moment there isn’t any historical proof for this claim.
The yDNA study might do it one day as more people test with a clear paper trail back to Humphry and to the Blake family at Calne. It is a mystery and an exciting one I do believe.
I continue on with the Robert Blake wills as this is now two of them complete. There remains another four Robert Blake wills from 1753, 1782, 1817 and 1836 still to come. After that Roger Blake 1785, Susanna Blake 1653, Thomas Blake 1826, William Blake 1667, 1773, 1799, 1821, and 1832.
Once Somerset is complete I am considering moving on to Wiltshire and doing the 31 wills there since all of these counties (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire) are side by side and then I would move to Hampshire and complete the ten wills there along with twenty older wills that I have acquired from Family Search. Although going through alphabetically is a nice logical path these wills are working together rather nicely at the moment so I think I will keep on this new path.
Then the wills remaining are from Durham (1), Essex (14), Gloucestershire (should perhaps consider doing this next as this area too lies beside Somerset, 19), Hertfordshire (5), Huntingdonshire (2), Kent (26), Lancashire (4), Lincolnshire (3), London (42), Middlesex (150), Norfolk (14), Northamptonshire (6), Northumberland (4), Nottinghamshire (1), Oxfordshire (this too could come before the others, 13), Rutland (4), Shropshire (1), Suffolk (11), Surrey (61), Sussex (7), Warwickshire (7), Worcestershire (1) and Miscellaneous which includes navy wills, other British Isles, and foreign (82). My path is starting to change in my mind away from alphabetical. I believe I will move from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire to London and then work out from London. The Miscellaneous wills I will work on after all the county wills are done.
A long exercise but probably worth while in the long run. Alphabetical worked very well for the first group that I did as I selected particular items from the counties the first trip to Kew and this second trip I acquired all of them. In total there remains 551 wills for the Blake family plus another 100 plus downloaded from Ancestry but these might be duplicated in the London/Middlesex number so will wait to check that out until I am doing London and Middlesex. The Dorset wills which I downloaded I have not yet compared and this is a good reminder to do that as well. There are eight new wills for Dorset - Annabella Blake 1723, Griffin Blake 1608, Hannah Blake 1780, John Blake 1686, John Blake 1761, Katharine Blake 1760, Mary Blake 1776 and Robert Blake 1705. I believe that I will do these eight wills when I finish Somerset before moving on to Wiltshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 27 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/267/111
Testator: Robert Blake
Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Mar 1655, probated 20 Aug 1657
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Top]: The last Will and Testament of me Robert
[Top]: Blake written w[i]th my owne hand as followeth
1 First I bequeath my Soule into the
2 hands of my most mercifull Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ by him to be presented
3 to the heavenly father pure and spotless through the washing of his blood which
4 he shed for the remission of my sinnes, And after a short separation from
5 the bodie to be againe united with the same by the power of his eternall spirit
6 and so to be for ever with the Lord. Item unto the towne of Bridgwater I give
7 One hundred pounds to be distributed among the poore thereof at the discretion
8 of Humphry Blake my brother and of the Mayor for the time being, Item
9 unto the towne of Taunton I give one hundred pounds To be distributed
10 among the poore of both parishes at the discretion of Samuel Perry once-
11 my Lieutenant Colonell And Mr George Newton Minister of the Gospell
12 there and of the Mayor for the time being Item I give unto Humphry
13 Blake my brother the Mannor of Crandon cum Puriton with all the rights
14 thereto apperteyning To him and to his heires for ever Item I give unto
15 my brother Doctor William Blake three hundred pounds, Item unto my
16 Brother George Blake I give three hundred pounds Also unto my brother
17 Nicholas Blake I give three hundred pounds Item unto my brother Beniamin
18 Blake I give my dwelling house situate in Saint Maries’ Street in Bridgwater
19 with the garden and appurtenances As also my other house thereto adioyning
20 purchased of the widdowe Coxe Likewise I give unto him All the claime I have
21 in Eleaven Acres of Meadowe and pasture (more or lesse) lying in the village
22 of Ham in the parish of Bridgwater lately in the possession of the widdowe
23 Vinecombe deceased Item unto my Sister Bridget Bowdich wife of Henry
24 Bowdich one hundred pounds And to the children of the bodie of Henry
25 Bowdich aforesaid I give the summe of Nine hundred pounds to be disposed
26 among them according to the discretion of Humphry William George
27 Nicholas and Beniamin Blake aforesaid my Brothers or of any three
28 of them Item unto my brother Smythes Goldsmith in Cheapside I give
29 the summe of one hundred pounds Item unto my Nephew Robert Blake
30 sonne to Samuell Blake my brother deceased I give the gold chaine
31 bestowed on me by the late Parliament of England Also all the claime I have
32 in an Annuitie of twentie pounds payable out of the farme of Pawlett Item
33 unto my Nephew Samuell Blake younger sonne to Samuell my brother
34 deceased I give two hundred pounds, I give unto Sarah Quarrell daughter of my
35 late Niece Sarah Quarrell by her husband Peter Quarrell now dwelling in Taunton I
36 give the summe of two hundred pounds To be disposed of for the benefit of the said
37 Sarah Quarrell according to the discretion of Humphry Nicholas and Beniamin Blake
38 my brothers aforesaid Item unto my cosin John Blake sonne unto my brother
39 Nicholas Blake I give one hundred pounds Item unto my Cosin John Avery of
40 Pawlett once a Souldier with me in Taunton Castle I give Fiftie pounds Item
41 unto Thomas Blake sonne of my Cosin William Blake once Commander of the Tresco
42 frigott, Deceased, now abord of the Centurion frigott in the service, I give fiftie
43 pounds Item All my Plate Linen Bedding withal my provisions aboard the
44 Shipp Naseby I give unto my Nephews Robert and Samuell Blake aforesaid
45 and unto my Nephew John Blake aforesaid to be divided betweene them by even and
46 equall por[t]ions, Item unto the Negro called domingo my servant I give the
47 summe of fiftie pounds to be disposed of by my aforesaid Nephew Captaine
48 Robert Blake and captaine Thomas Adams for his better education in the knowledge
49 and feare of God Item unto my Servants James Knowles and Nicholas Bartlett,
50 I give to each of them tenn pounds Item unto the widdowe Owen of Bridg-
51 water the Relict of Mr Owen, Minister, I give tenn pounds Item unto
52 Eleanor Potter, widdowe, I give tenn pounds All the rest of my goods and Chattells
53 I doe give and bequeath unto George Nicholas and Beniamin Blake my brothers
54 aforesaid And also to Alexander Blake my brother to be equally divided among
55 them whome I doe appoint and ordaine to be the executors of this my last will
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56 and testament Robert Blake Signed and sealed aboard the Naseby March the thirteenth one
57 thousand sixe hundred Fiftie five in Ellnis Road in the presence of Roger Outton J Hynd
58 Antho: ______ John Bowne
59 This will was proved at London before the Judges for Probate of wills and granting
60 administra[t]iene lawfully authorized the twentieth day of August in the yeare
61 of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fiftie seaven by the oathe of George
62 Blake Beniamin Blake and Alexander Blake the natural and lawfull brothers of the
63 said deceased and three of the Executors named in his said will To whome was
64 p[er]mitted Administra[t]ion of all and singular the said deceased goods Chattells and
65 debts, They being first in due forme of law sworne well and truly to administer the
66 same Power is nevertheless hereby reserved to make the probate and grant like
67 administra[t]ion to Nicholas Blake his brother also and other executor therein named
68 whensoever he shall come and legally desire the same
69 The same will was againe proved at London before the Judges for
70 probate of wills and granting Administra[t]ene lawfully authorized the second day of
71 September in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred Fiftie
72 seaven by the oath of Nicholas Blake the brother also and other executor therein
73 named To whome likewise Administra[t]ion of the said goods Chattells and debts of the
74 said deceased was granted and committed he being in like manner first sworne
75 well and truly to administer
The yDNA study might do it one day as more people test with a clear paper trail back to Humphry and to the Blake family at Calne. It is a mystery and an exciting one I do believe.
I continue on with the Robert Blake wills as this is now two of them complete. There remains another four Robert Blake wills from 1753, 1782, 1817 and 1836 still to come. After that Roger Blake 1785, Susanna Blake 1653, Thomas Blake 1826, William Blake 1667, 1773, 1799, 1821, and 1832.
Once Somerset is complete I am considering moving on to Wiltshire and doing the 31 wills there since all of these counties (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire) are side by side and then I would move to Hampshire and complete the ten wills there along with twenty older wills that I have acquired from Family Search. Although going through alphabetically is a nice logical path these wills are working together rather nicely at the moment so I think I will keep on this new path.
Then the wills remaining are from Durham (1), Essex (14), Gloucestershire (should perhaps consider doing this next as this area too lies beside Somerset, 19), Hertfordshire (5), Huntingdonshire (2), Kent (26), Lancashire (4), Lincolnshire (3), London (42), Middlesex (150), Norfolk (14), Northamptonshire (6), Northumberland (4), Nottinghamshire (1), Oxfordshire (this too could come before the others, 13), Rutland (4), Shropshire (1), Suffolk (11), Surrey (61), Sussex (7), Warwickshire (7), Worcestershire (1) and Miscellaneous which includes navy wills, other British Isles, and foreign (82). My path is starting to change in my mind away from alphabetical. I believe I will move from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire to London and then work out from London. The Miscellaneous wills I will work on after all the county wills are done.
A long exercise but probably worth while in the long run. Alphabetical worked very well for the first group that I did as I selected particular items from the counties the first trip to Kew and this second trip I acquired all of them. In total there remains 551 wills for the Blake family plus another 100 plus downloaded from Ancestry but these might be duplicated in the London/Middlesex number so will wait to check that out until I am doing London and Middlesex. The Dorset wills which I downloaded I have not yet compared and this is a good reminder to do that as well. There are eight new wills for Dorset - Annabella Blake 1723, Griffin Blake 1608, Hannah Blake 1780, John Blake 1686, John Blake 1761, Katharine Blake 1760, Mary Blake 1776 and Robert Blake 1705. I believe that I will do these eight wills when I finish Somerset before moving on to Wiltshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 27 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/267/111
Testator: Robert Blake
Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Mar 1655, probated 20 Aug 1657
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Top]: The last Will and Testament of me Robert
[Top]: Blake written w[i]th my owne hand as followeth
1 First I bequeath my Soule into the
2 hands of my most mercifull Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ by him to be presented
3 to the heavenly father pure and spotless through the washing of his blood which
4 he shed for the remission of my sinnes, And after a short separation from
5 the bodie to be againe united with the same by the power of his eternall spirit
6 and so to be for ever with the Lord. Item unto the towne of Bridgwater I give
7 One hundred pounds to be distributed among the poore thereof at the discretion
8 of Humphry Blake my brother and of the Mayor for the time being, Item
9 unto the towne of Taunton I give one hundred pounds To be distributed
10 among the poore of both parishes at the discretion of Samuel Perry once-
11 my Lieutenant Colonell And Mr George Newton Minister of the Gospell
12 there and of the Mayor for the time being Item I give unto Humphry
13 Blake my brother the Mannor of Crandon cum Puriton with all the rights
14 thereto apperteyning To him and to his heires for ever Item I give unto
15 my brother Doctor William Blake three hundred pounds, Item unto my
16 Brother George Blake I give three hundred pounds Also unto my brother
17 Nicholas Blake I give three hundred pounds Item unto my brother Beniamin
18 Blake I give my dwelling house situate in Saint Maries’ Street in Bridgwater
19 with the garden and appurtenances As also my other house thereto adioyning
20 purchased of the widdowe Coxe Likewise I give unto him All the claime I have
21 in Eleaven Acres of Meadowe and pasture (more or lesse) lying in the village
22 of Ham in the parish of Bridgwater lately in the possession of the widdowe
23 Vinecombe deceased Item unto my Sister Bridget Bowdich wife of Henry
24 Bowdich one hundred pounds And to the children of the bodie of Henry
25 Bowdich aforesaid I give the summe of Nine hundred pounds to be disposed
26 among them according to the discretion of Humphry William George
27 Nicholas and Beniamin Blake aforesaid my Brothers or of any three
28 of them Item unto my brother Smythes Goldsmith in Cheapside I give
29 the summe of one hundred pounds Item unto my Nephew Robert Blake
30 sonne to Samuell Blake my brother deceased I give the gold chaine
31 bestowed on me by the late Parliament of England Also all the claime I have
32 in an Annuitie of twentie pounds payable out of the farme of Pawlett Item
33 unto my Nephew Samuell Blake younger sonne to Samuell my brother
34 deceased I give two hundred pounds, I give unto Sarah Quarrell daughter of my
35 late Niece Sarah Quarrell by her husband Peter Quarrell now dwelling in Taunton I
36 give the summe of two hundred pounds To be disposed of for the benefit of the said
37 Sarah Quarrell according to the discretion of Humphry Nicholas and Beniamin Blake
38 my brothers aforesaid Item unto my cosin John Blake sonne unto my brother
39 Nicholas Blake I give one hundred pounds Item unto my Cosin John Avery of
40 Pawlett once a Souldier with me in Taunton Castle I give Fiftie pounds Item
41 unto Thomas Blake sonne of my Cosin William Blake once Commander of the Tresco
42 frigott, Deceased, now abord of the Centurion frigott in the service, I give fiftie
43 pounds Item All my Plate Linen Bedding withal my provisions aboard the
44 Shipp Naseby I give unto my Nephews Robert and Samuell Blake aforesaid
45 and unto my Nephew John Blake aforesaid to be divided betweene them by even and
46 equall por[t]ions, Item unto the Negro called domingo my servant I give the
47 summe of fiftie pounds to be disposed of by my aforesaid Nephew Captaine
48 Robert Blake and captaine Thomas Adams for his better education in the knowledge
49 and feare of God Item unto my Servants James Knowles and Nicholas Bartlett,
50 I give to each of them tenn pounds Item unto the widdowe Owen of Bridg-
51 water the Relict of Mr Owen, Minister, I give tenn pounds Item unto
52 Eleanor Potter, widdowe, I give tenn pounds All the rest of my goods and Chattells
53 I doe give and bequeath unto George Nicholas and Beniamin Blake my brothers
54 aforesaid And also to Alexander Blake my brother to be equally divided among
55 them whome I doe appoint and ordaine to be the executors of this my last will
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56 and testament Robert Blake Signed and sealed aboard the Naseby March the thirteenth one
57 thousand sixe hundred Fiftie five in Ellnis Road in the presence of Roger Outton J Hynd
58 Antho: ______ John Bowne
59 This will was proved at London before the Judges for Probate of wills and granting
60 administra[t]iene lawfully authorized the twentieth day of August in the yeare
61 of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fiftie seaven by the oathe of George
62 Blake Beniamin Blake and Alexander Blake the natural and lawfull brothers of the
63 said deceased and three of the Executors named in his said will To whome was
64 p[er]mitted Administra[t]ion of all and singular the said deceased goods Chattells and
65 debts, They being first in due forme of law sworne well and truly to administer the
66 same Power is nevertheless hereby reserved to make the probate and grant like
67 administra[t]ion to Nicholas Blake his brother also and other executor therein named
68 whensoever he shall come and legally desire the same
69 The same will was againe proved at London before the Judges for
70 probate of wills and granting Administra[t]ene lawfully authorized the second day of
71 September in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred Fiftie
72 seaven by the oath of Nicholas Blake the brother also and other executor therein
73 named To whome likewise Administra[t]ion of the said goods Chattells and debts of the
74 said deceased was granted and committed he being in like manner first sworne
75 well and truly to administer
Friday, October 25, 2013
Will of Rice Blake, Linen Draper, Taunton, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/2238/299, probated 13 Sep 1856
Rice Blake (of Falmouth, Cornwall according to his marriage lines) is the testator and he married Elizabeth Newberry 22 Aug 1822 at Saint Mary, Taunton, Somerset.
Rice mentions three children in his will will: Rice, Catharine Alice wife of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake.
Children born to this couple (Family Search):
Elizabeth born 6 Jul 1827, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Catharine Alice born 8 Sep 1829, living at High Street, Taunton
Rice born 5 Oct 1835, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Mary Ann born 17 Jun 1833, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Ellen Elizabeth is missing from this list and she would have been born around 1841 according to the census below.
The 1851 census Rice Blake lives at 14 High Street in St Mary Magdalen parish, Borough of Taunton. He is listed as head, married 50 years of age a Linen and woolen draper and he was born at St Mawes Cornwall. His wife Elizabeth is 53 years of age and was born at Holborn Camden, Middlesex. With them, all born in Taunton Somerset, is 21 year old Catherine their daughter, Maryann 13 years of age, Ellen their daughter 10 years of age, and one of their assistants Thomas Jago Blake age 19 from St Just Cornwall.
Living next door at 15 High Street is Demas Hatcher, draper, 27 years of age born at Marnhull, Dorset. Demas’ wife is from St Mawes Cornwall interestingly enough. The marriage of Demas Hatcher and Catherine Mary Blake was celebrated 20 Jul 1848 at St Just in Roseland. He was a draper of Taunton Somerset son of Thomas Hatcher a farmer. Catherine Mary Blake was resident at St Mawes and the daughter of Robert Blake a merchant with witnesses Mary Symons Blake and H Blake. Catharine Mary was baptized 18 Jul 1822 at St Just in Roseland daughter of Robert and Ursula Blake. Robert Blake and Ursula Symons were married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland with witnesses William Blake, Sarah Blake, Catharine Symons, George Davey.
He has a sister Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey, Cornwall.
He is Rice Blake baptized 7 Aug 1800 at St Just in Roseland son of William and Catherine Blake.
St Mawes is close to St Just in Roseland
Other children baptized by this couple at St Just in Roseland (OPC Cornwall site)
Hannah baptized 15 Sep 1791; buried 22 Apr 1830 (residence Mevagissey), 38 years
Sarah baptized 18 Apr 1794; buried 1 Aug 1794
Thomas Jago baptized 28 Oct 1796; buried 8 Aug 1797
Thomas Jago baptized 22 Apr 1798
Sarah Rice baptized 29 May 1799
James baptized 30 Jul 1803, born 21 Nov 1802 and received into church 5 Aug 1804
Burials at St Just in Roseland
William Blake, residence St Mawes, 54 years of age 24 Jan 1816
Catherine Blake, residence St Mawes, 74 years of age 9 Mar 1840
Marriages
William Blake married Catherine Jago at Mevagissey 22 Sep 1790, his residence was St Mawes and he was a merchant with witnesses Ann Jago and Thomas Jago.
There is a William Blake baptized 24 Jan 1762 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Hannah James who were themselves married there 17 Jul 1759 with witnesses William James and Mark Tiddy.
Children baptized to Robert and Hannah at St Just in Roseland
James baptized 1 Jun 1760
William baptized 24 Jan 1762
Robert baptized 24 Jun 1764
Robert Blake was perhaps baptized 11 Aug 1729 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Thomasin. There was a second child baptized to this couple John 17 Feb 1737 same place.
This Robert Blake was perhaps the Robert baptized 16 Aug 1702 at Saint Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Elizabeth.
How does Catharine Mary Hatcher relate to the testator? The will names her as his niece. Somewhat of a mystery perhaps there. Her father Robert Blake and mother Ursula Symons married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland. Robert was perhaps the Robert baptized son of John and Hannah Blake 26 Oct 1788 at Saint Endellion, Cornwall. Also baptized by this couple at Saint Endellion were Robert 12 Mar 1786, William 12 Feb 1792, and Samuel Brown 13 Apr 1794. There was a William who was a witness to the marriage of Robert and Ursula. But does this family relate to the Blake family at St Mawes? John Blake married Hannah Brown 1 Mar 1780 at St Endellion. But I did not find a baptism yet for John. Possibly he was born between 1740 and 1760 and Robert and Thomasin Blake did baptize a son John at Saint Just in Roseland 17 Feb 1737. Along with Robert mentioned above baptized 11 Aug 1729 Elizabeth was baptized 12 Mar 1731 by Robert Blake and Thomasin at Saint Just in Roseland. This would be a fairly distant cousinship since Rice and Catharine Mary would have in common his great grandfather was a brother to her grandfather. John married fairly late at 43 whereas Robert married at 30 and was eight years older than John.
Now is it possible to work this Blake line into any of the Blake wills in Cornwall. The answer to that is no wills for this family line in Cornwall.
There is an abstract of administration for Robert Blake of St Just in Roseland in the Internal Revenue records 1 Jun 1799 which could be rather interesting. I do not happen to have that document but is downloadable from The National Archives website (UK). There appears to be an article in one of the British Newspapers so will check that out on Find my Past.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2238/299
Testator: Rice Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Apr 1856, probated 13 Sep 1856
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Rice
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 20
1 I Rice Blake of Taunton in the County of Somer-
2 set Linen Draper hereby revoke all wills codicils and other testamen-
3 tary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last
4 will and testament I bequeath unto my dear wife Elizabeth Blake all
5 the household goods and furniture plate china wine and other liquors
6 brewing utensils books trinkets and household stores which shall be in
7 or about my dwelling house at the time of my decease I bequeath
8 unto my niece Catherine Hatcher the wife of Mr. Demas Hatcher of
9 Taunton aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds I bequeath unto my sister
10 Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey in the County of Cornwall the sum of
11 fifty pounds as a mark of my remembrance All the rest residue and
12 remainder of my Estate and Effects as well real as personal I give devise
13 and bequeath unto my said wife her heirs executors and administrators
14 according to the natures and tenures thereof respectively upon trust
15 that she my said wife do and shall during my present term and inter-
16 est in the messuage and premises which I now occupy for the purpose
17 of my business as a Linen and Woollen Draper in Taunton aforesaid
18 carry on the aforesaid business for her own absolute benefit if she
19 shall so long live and for that purpose to employ therein all of any
20 part of my said Estate and Effects And upon trust after the expiration of
21 the said term either to convert into money the capital employed in the
22 said business or otherwise to employ the same or any part thereof
23 in carrying on the said business either in the aforesaid premises or
24 elsewhere and either alone or in partnership with any other person
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25 or persons for such period and in such manner in all respects as she shall
26 think fit for her own benefit during her life And I direct that from and after
27 the decease of my said wife all of my said residuary real and personal estate
28 shall be held upon the trusts following (that is to say) Upon trust in the
29 first place to pay to my son Rice Blake the sum of one thousand pounds
30 and after payment thereof to pay and divide the clear residue thereof
31 amongst my three Children the said Rice Blake Catharine Alice the wife
32 of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake in equal shares and proporti-
33 ons But I direct that in case the said Ellen Elizabeth Blake she die under
34 the age of twenty one years and unmarried her said share shall go and
35 belong to my said two other Children in equal shares Provided always
36 and I hereby direct that for the purpose of ascertaining my capital employ-
37 ed in my said business and the amount of that part of my trust estate for the
38 purpose of the division as aforesaid after the decease of my said wife a
39 general stock taking Inventory and account of my stock in trade debts and receipts
40 shall be taken and made at the usual period (namely in the month of
41 August) after my decease and in the manner and form and with the deducti-
42 ons usually adopted by me by the said Demas Hatcher with the assistance
43 and inspection of my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
44 and I direct that the clear balance of such stock taking and account (after
45 allowing for all debts and liabilities then due) shall be treated and consider-
46 ed as my capital employed in the said business at the time of my decease and
47 such account shall be signed bv my said wife admitting the amount thereof
48 to be correct and that that part of my said trust estate amounts to such sum
49 Provided always and I hereby direct that it shall be lawful for my said
50 wife at any time during the term of my occupation of my present shop
51 and premises but at her sole discretion to take my said son into my said
52 business as a partner with her on such terms as to the profits of the said
53 business and otherwise as to her shall seem fit and also at any time after
54 the expiration of such term to employ my said business capital or
55 part thereof in business either alone or in partnership with my son or
56 with my son and any other person or persons or (if she shall so think fit
57 wholly to relinquish the aforesaid business in favor of my said son do
58 that the same may be carried on by him either alone or in partner-
59 ship with any other person or persons But I direct that in case of any
60 such partnership or in case of such relinquishment of the said business my
61 said son shall give to my said wife a bond for securing such part of my
62 said trust capital with interest as may be advanced to him either for
63 entering into any such partnership as aforesaid with my said wife or for
64 carrying on the said business alone or in partnership with any other
65 person or persons other than my said wife and I authorize my said
66 wife to lend and advance any part of my said trust estate for any such
67 purpose or purposes to my said son if she in the absolute discretion
68 should so think fit without prejudice nevertheless to any absolute advance-
69 ment which may be made to my said son by virtue of the power herein-
70 after contained Provided also and I recommend my said wife to retain
71 Mr Demas Hatcher as her assistant during the term hereinbefore mention-
72 ed and so long thereafter as she shall carry on my said business alone at
73 a salary of not less than three hundred pounds per annum from the August
74 preceding my decease And also that the said Demas Hatcher should be
75 allowed in addition to such salary from such month of August out of
76 the profits of the said business the sum of ten shillings and six pence
77 for every funeral which he shall personally attend and superintend
78 but I direct that such recommendation shall not be construed or consider-
79 ed as an absolute direction or trust for his benefit And I particularly ask
80 and request that my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
81 will as circumstances may arise advise my said wife with reference to
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82 my said business and the accounts and affairs thereof Provided also and I hereby de-
83 clare that it shall be lawful for my said wife at any time during her life but at
84 her absolute discretion to advance to either of my said children all or any part
85 of his or her expectant share of my said trust property for or towards his or her
86 advancement or preferment in life or marriage or otherwise for his or her bene-
87 fit Provided also and I hereby direct that the residue of my said trust estate and
88 property not employed by my said wife in my said business or such part
89 thereof as shall from time to time be in her hands and not required therein
90 shall be converted into money and invested by her in her own name in or
91 upon any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest upon govern-
92 ment or real securities and be varied altered and transposed from time to time
93 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
94 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
95 upon the trusts of this my will hereinbefore declared or on trusts correspond-
96 ing hereto And I further direct and declare that it shall be lawful for my said
97 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
98 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
99 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
100 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
101 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
102 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
103 said wife so as to relieve my general trust estate from all trusts attaching in
104 favor of the child or children for whom such investment shall be made
105 but I direct that such investments as last aforesaid shall be made in the name
106 of my said wife and some other person or persons to be chosen by her and not
107 in her own name alone and that the trusts of any such investment shall be
108 relayed by some deed or writing And I appoint my said wife Elizabeth Blake
109 Executrix of this my will and I declare that the receipts of my said wife her
110 executors and administrators for all monies due to me or to my estate shall be
111 effectual discharges for the same and from all liability to see to the application
112 thereof I empower my said wife her executors and administrators to com-
113 pound or allow time or accept security real or personal for the payment of
114 any debts due to my estate and to adjust by arbitration or otherwise dis-
115 perce in relation thereto or in relation to debts or demands against my
116 ____ and in the content and management of my said business to give such
117 receipt as she shall think fit I devise to my said wife Elizabeth Blake and her
118 heirs all the estates which may happen at my decease to be vested in me
119 as trustee or mortgagee subject to the equities and upon the trusts affecting
120 the same respectively but so that the monies secured by such mortgages
121 be considered part of my trust estate I declare that my said wife shall be
122 answerable only for such monies as shall come to her actual hands and
123 not for involuntary losses and I appoint my said wife Guardian of my
124 children during their respective minorities In witness whereof I have here-
125 under set my hand this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one
126 thousand eight hundred and fifty six Rice Blake Signed by the
127 said Testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us present at
128 the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of
129 each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Richard Easton
130 Solicitor Taunton Arthur Adams of Taunton
131 Proved at London 13th Sept[embe]r 1856 before the Judge by the oath of Elizabeth
132 Blake widow the relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted
133 having been first sworn by Com[miss]ion duly to administer.
Rice mentions three children in his will will: Rice, Catharine Alice wife of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake.
Children born to this couple (Family Search):
Elizabeth born 6 Jul 1827, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Catharine Alice born 8 Sep 1829, living at High Street, Taunton
Rice born 5 Oct 1835, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Mary Ann born 17 Jun 1833, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Ellen Elizabeth is missing from this list and she would have been born around 1841 according to the census below.
The 1851 census Rice Blake lives at 14 High Street in St Mary Magdalen parish, Borough of Taunton. He is listed as head, married 50 years of age a Linen and woolen draper and he was born at St Mawes Cornwall. His wife Elizabeth is 53 years of age and was born at Holborn Camden, Middlesex. With them, all born in Taunton Somerset, is 21 year old Catherine their daughter, Maryann 13 years of age, Ellen their daughter 10 years of age, and one of their assistants Thomas Jago Blake age 19 from St Just Cornwall.
Living next door at 15 High Street is Demas Hatcher, draper, 27 years of age born at Marnhull, Dorset. Demas’ wife is from St Mawes Cornwall interestingly enough. The marriage of Demas Hatcher and Catherine Mary Blake was celebrated 20 Jul 1848 at St Just in Roseland. He was a draper of Taunton Somerset son of Thomas Hatcher a farmer. Catherine Mary Blake was resident at St Mawes and the daughter of Robert Blake a merchant with witnesses Mary Symons Blake and H Blake. Catharine Mary was baptized 18 Jul 1822 at St Just in Roseland daughter of Robert and Ursula Blake. Robert Blake and Ursula Symons were married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland with witnesses William Blake, Sarah Blake, Catharine Symons, George Davey.
He has a sister Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey, Cornwall.
He is Rice Blake baptized 7 Aug 1800 at St Just in Roseland son of William and Catherine Blake.
St Mawes is close to St Just in Roseland
Other children baptized by this couple at St Just in Roseland (OPC Cornwall site)
Hannah baptized 15 Sep 1791; buried 22 Apr 1830 (residence Mevagissey), 38 years
Sarah baptized 18 Apr 1794; buried 1 Aug 1794
Thomas Jago baptized 28 Oct 1796; buried 8 Aug 1797
Thomas Jago baptized 22 Apr 1798
Sarah Rice baptized 29 May 1799
James baptized 30 Jul 1803, born 21 Nov 1802 and received into church 5 Aug 1804
Burials at St Just in Roseland
William Blake, residence St Mawes, 54 years of age 24 Jan 1816
Catherine Blake, residence St Mawes, 74 years of age 9 Mar 1840
Marriages
William Blake married Catherine Jago at Mevagissey 22 Sep 1790, his residence was St Mawes and he was a merchant with witnesses Ann Jago and Thomas Jago.
There is a William Blake baptized 24 Jan 1762 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Hannah James who were themselves married there 17 Jul 1759 with witnesses William James and Mark Tiddy.
Children baptized to Robert and Hannah at St Just in Roseland
James baptized 1 Jun 1760
William baptized 24 Jan 1762
Robert baptized 24 Jun 1764
Robert Blake was perhaps baptized 11 Aug 1729 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Thomasin. There was a second child baptized to this couple John 17 Feb 1737 same place.
This Robert Blake was perhaps the Robert baptized 16 Aug 1702 at Saint Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Elizabeth.
How does Catharine Mary Hatcher relate to the testator? The will names her as his niece. Somewhat of a mystery perhaps there. Her father Robert Blake and mother Ursula Symons married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland. Robert was perhaps the Robert baptized son of John and Hannah Blake 26 Oct 1788 at Saint Endellion, Cornwall. Also baptized by this couple at Saint Endellion were Robert 12 Mar 1786, William 12 Feb 1792, and Samuel Brown 13 Apr 1794. There was a William who was a witness to the marriage of Robert and Ursula. But does this family relate to the Blake family at St Mawes? John Blake married Hannah Brown 1 Mar 1780 at St Endellion. But I did not find a baptism yet for John. Possibly he was born between 1740 and 1760 and Robert and Thomasin Blake did baptize a son John at Saint Just in Roseland 17 Feb 1737. Along with Robert mentioned above baptized 11 Aug 1729 Elizabeth was baptized 12 Mar 1731 by Robert Blake and Thomasin at Saint Just in Roseland. This would be a fairly distant cousinship since Rice and Catharine Mary would have in common his great grandfather was a brother to her grandfather. John married fairly late at 43 whereas Robert married at 30 and was eight years older than John.
Now is it possible to work this Blake line into any of the Blake wills in Cornwall. The answer to that is no wills for this family line in Cornwall.
There is an abstract of administration for Robert Blake of St Just in Roseland in the Internal Revenue records 1 Jun 1799 which could be rather interesting. I do not happen to have that document but is downloadable from The National Archives website (UK). There appears to be an article in one of the British Newspapers so will check that out on Find my Past.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2238/299
Testator: Rice Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Apr 1856, probated 13 Sep 1856
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Rice
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 20
1 I Rice Blake of Taunton in the County of Somer-
2 set Linen Draper hereby revoke all wills codicils and other testamen-
3 tary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last
4 will and testament I bequeath unto my dear wife Elizabeth Blake all
5 the household goods and furniture plate china wine and other liquors
6 brewing utensils books trinkets and household stores which shall be in
7 or about my dwelling house at the time of my decease I bequeath
8 unto my niece Catherine Hatcher the wife of Mr. Demas Hatcher of
9 Taunton aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds I bequeath unto my sister
10 Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey in the County of Cornwall the sum of
11 fifty pounds as a mark of my remembrance All the rest residue and
12 remainder of my Estate and Effects as well real as personal I give devise
13 and bequeath unto my said wife her heirs executors and administrators
14 according to the natures and tenures thereof respectively upon trust
15 that she my said wife do and shall during my present term and inter-
16 est in the messuage and premises which I now occupy for the purpose
17 of my business as a Linen and Woollen Draper in Taunton aforesaid
18 carry on the aforesaid business for her own absolute benefit if she
19 shall so long live and for that purpose to employ therein all of any
20 part of my said Estate and Effects And upon trust after the expiration of
21 the said term either to convert into money the capital employed in the
22 said business or otherwise to employ the same or any part thereof
23 in carrying on the said business either in the aforesaid premises or
24 elsewhere and either alone or in partnership with any other person
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25 or persons for such period and in such manner in all respects as she shall
26 think fit for her own benefit during her life And I direct that from and after
27 the decease of my said wife all of my said residuary real and personal estate
28 shall be held upon the trusts following (that is to say) Upon trust in the
29 first place to pay to my son Rice Blake the sum of one thousand pounds
30 and after payment thereof to pay and divide the clear residue thereof
31 amongst my three Children the said Rice Blake Catharine Alice the wife
32 of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake in equal shares and proporti-
33 ons But I direct that in case the said Ellen Elizabeth Blake she die under
34 the age of twenty one years and unmarried her said share shall go and
35 belong to my said two other Children in equal shares Provided always
36 and I hereby direct that for the purpose of ascertaining my capital employ-
37 ed in my said business and the amount of that part of my trust estate for the
38 purpose of the division as aforesaid after the decease of my said wife a
39 general stock taking Inventory and account of my stock in trade debts and receipts
40 shall be taken and made at the usual period (namely in the month of
41 August) after my decease and in the manner and form and with the deducti-
42 ons usually adopted by me by the said Demas Hatcher with the assistance
43 and inspection of my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
44 and I direct that the clear balance of such stock taking and account (after
45 allowing for all debts and liabilities then due) shall be treated and consider-
46 ed as my capital employed in the said business at the time of my decease and
47 such account shall be signed bv my said wife admitting the amount thereof
48 to be correct and that that part of my said trust estate amounts to such sum
49 Provided always and I hereby direct that it shall be lawful for my said
50 wife at any time during the term of my occupation of my present shop
51 and premises but at her sole discretion to take my said son into my said
52 business as a partner with her on such terms as to the profits of the said
53 business and otherwise as to her shall seem fit and also at any time after
54 the expiration of such term to employ my said business capital or
55 part thereof in business either alone or in partnership with my son or
56 with my son and any other person or persons or (if she shall so think fit
57 wholly to relinquish the aforesaid business in favor of my said son do
58 that the same may be carried on by him either alone or in partner-
59 ship with any other person or persons But I direct that in case of any
60 such partnership or in case of such relinquishment of the said business my
61 said son shall give to my said wife a bond for securing such part of my
62 said trust capital with interest as may be advanced to him either for
63 entering into any such partnership as aforesaid with my said wife or for
64 carrying on the said business alone or in partnership with any other
65 person or persons other than my said wife and I authorize my said
66 wife to lend and advance any part of my said trust estate for any such
67 purpose or purposes to my said son if she in the absolute discretion
68 should so think fit without prejudice nevertheless to any absolute advance-
69 ment which may be made to my said son by virtue of the power herein-
70 after contained Provided also and I recommend my said wife to retain
71 Mr Demas Hatcher as her assistant during the term hereinbefore mention-
72 ed and so long thereafter as she shall carry on my said business alone at
73 a salary of not less than three hundred pounds per annum from the August
74 preceding my decease And also that the said Demas Hatcher should be
75 allowed in addition to such salary from such month of August out of
76 the profits of the said business the sum of ten shillings and six pence
77 for every funeral which he shall personally attend and superintend
78 but I direct that such recommendation shall not be construed or consider-
79 ed as an absolute direction or trust for his benefit And I particularly ask
80 and request that my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
81 will as circumstances may arise advise my said wife with reference to
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82 my said business and the accounts and affairs thereof Provided also and I hereby de-
83 clare that it shall be lawful for my said wife at any time during her life but at
84 her absolute discretion to advance to either of my said children all or any part
85 of his or her expectant share of my said trust property for or towards his or her
86 advancement or preferment in life or marriage or otherwise for his or her bene-
87 fit Provided also and I hereby direct that the residue of my said trust estate and
88 property not employed by my said wife in my said business or such part
89 thereof as shall from time to time be in her hands and not required therein
90 shall be converted into money and invested by her in her own name in or
91 upon any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest upon govern-
92 ment or real securities and be varied altered and transposed from time to time
93 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
94 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
95 upon the trusts of this my will hereinbefore declared or on trusts correspond-
96 ing hereto And I further direct and declare that it shall be lawful for my said
97 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
98 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
99 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
100 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
101 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
102 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
103 said wife so as to relieve my general trust estate from all trusts attaching in
104 favor of the child or children for whom such investment shall be made
105 but I direct that such investments as last aforesaid shall be made in the name
106 of my said wife and some other person or persons to be chosen by her and not
107 in her own name alone and that the trusts of any such investment shall be
108 relayed by some deed or writing And I appoint my said wife Elizabeth Blake
109 Executrix of this my will and I declare that the receipts of my said wife her
110 executors and administrators for all monies due to me or to my estate shall be
111 effectual discharges for the same and from all liability to see to the application
112 thereof I empower my said wife her executors and administrators to com-
113 pound or allow time or accept security real or personal for the payment of
114 any debts due to my estate and to adjust by arbitration or otherwise dis-
115 perce in relation thereto or in relation to debts or demands against my
116 ____ and in the content and management of my said business to give such
117 receipt as she shall think fit I devise to my said wife Elizabeth Blake and her
118 heirs all the estates which may happen at my decease to be vested in me
119 as trustee or mortgagee subject to the equities and upon the trusts affecting
120 the same respectively but so that the monies secured by such mortgages
121 be considered part of my trust estate I declare that my said wife shall be
122 answerable only for such monies as shall come to her actual hands and
123 not for involuntary losses and I appoint my said wife Guardian of my
124 children during their respective minorities In witness whereof I have here-
125 under set my hand this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one
126 thousand eight hundred and fifty six Rice Blake Signed by the
127 said Testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us present at
128 the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of
129 each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Richard Easton
130 Solicitor Taunton Arthur Adams of Taunton
131 Proved at London 13th Sept[embe]r 1856 before the Judge by the oath of Elizabeth
132 Blake widow the relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted
133 having been first sworn by Com[miss]ion duly to administer.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Will of Thomas Blake, Southmolton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1594/143
Thomas Blake, the testator names only his son William in his will below (in 1814 his son would have been almost 15 years of age).
There is a marriage of a Thomas Blake and Grace Spencer 26 Apr 1799 at Bishops Nympton. Interestingly there is a baptism of William Adams Blake 30 Oct 1801 (born 18 Dec 1799) at South Molton with parents Thomas Blake and Grace. The marginal note in the will below identifies the son of Thomas William Blake as using the name William Adams in 1841. Although there are two other children born to a Thomas and Grace Blake in this time period they were both at Little Torrington and one was 19 May 1799 (Thomas) which would seem somewhat impossible. Plus, he only identifies the one son William in his will.
I have the transcription of the Bishops Nympton parish Registers and the marriage registration is as follows:
The Year 1799 Registration Number 269
Thomas Blake of the parish of South Molton bachelor
And Grace Spencer of this parish
Spinster were
Married in this Church by Licence
This twenty sixth day of April in the year One Thousand Seven hundred
And Ninety nine by me J. B. Karslake Curate
This marriage was Solemnized Thomas Blake
Between us: Grace Spencer
In the presence George Spencer
Of: John Rodd
The parents of Thomas are a mystery at the moment. Since he is living at Southmolton, I would probably look at Northmolton Blake families first but my transcription for Northmolton only goes to the early 1700s. A future project perhaps to bring that register up further in my transcriptions.
I must admit to wondering why William would use the surname Adams instead of Blake and I suspect that he is on the 1851 census at Barnstaple. He is listed as head, married to Sarah with daughter Elizabeth, son William and daughter Ann. He is a Smith and was born at South Molton as were his wife and children. Could there be descendants of this Adams family still living?
From Find My Past – Devon Marriages – William Adams married Sarah Fooks 5 Aug 1821 at South Molton. Their children baptized: Elizabeth 24 Mar 1826 at South Molton, William baptized 25 Feb 1829 at South Molton, and Ann born in 1832.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1594/143
Testator: Thomas Blake
Place: Southmolton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Jul l814, probated 10 Jul 1817
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 In the Name of God Amen This is the last Will and
2 Testament of me Thomas Blake of Southmolton in the County of Devon being in sound and
3 Disposing mind and understanding thanks be to Almighty God for the same in form and in manner
4 Following I give and bequeath to my Son William Blake all and every part of my property I am
5 Possessed oft at my decease and it is my wish my Wife to take to her jointer according to her marriage
6 Bond It is my wish and desire to appoint the Rev[eren]d W. M. Stawell Mr George Spencer of the
7 Parish of Bishopsnympton and Mr. John Spencer of the parish of Twitchen to act in Trust for
8 The said William Blake until he arrives to the age of twenty one years Witness my hand this
9 Sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Thomas
10 Blake My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing the Rev[eren]d Mr. Stawell may
11 Not like to take the trouble
12 Appeared Personally Francis Trix of Southmolton in the County of Devon
13 And Wm Smith of the same place and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted
14 With Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased for several years before
15 And to the time of his death and have often seen him write and subscribe his name whereby they
16 Have acquired a knowledge of his manner and Character of Hand writing and Subscription and
17 Having now viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be and
18 Contain his last Will and Testament the said Will beginning thus “In the Name of God Amen”
19 Ending thus “Witness my hand this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
20 Hundred and fourteen and thus subscribed “Thomas Blake” and leaving the following Memorandum
21 Written after the said Name as follows “My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing
22 The Reverend Mogridge Stawell may not like the trouble” these deponents say that they verily and
23 In their Conscience believe the whole Series and Contents of the said paper writing and the
24 Name Thomas Blake subscribed to the said Will to have been written and subscribed by and
25 With the proper hand of the said Thomas Blake deceased Francis Trix Wm. Smyth
26 Our the 19th day of October 1816 the said Francis Trix and William Smyth were severally truly sworn
27 To the truth of this Affidavit before me John Huxtable Clerk
28 [Margin] On the 10th day of August 1841 Admon with this Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased laste ____? Mr. John Spencer deceased while living one of the Executors according to the tenor of the said Will was granted to William Adams (in the Will written William Blake the Son and Universal Legatee named in the said Will) having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer The Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk also an Executor according to the tenor of the said Will deceased, the said John Spencer deceased and George Spencer deceased the other Executor according to the terms of the said Will and died without having ________ the said Will (____appears)
29 Proved at London 30th July 1817 before the Judge by the oath of John Spencer one of the Ex[ecut]ors
30 According to the tenor to whom Admon was granted being first sworn by Commission duly to administer
31 Power reserved to the Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk and George Spencer the other Ex[ecut]ors
32 According to the tenor
There is a marriage of a Thomas Blake and Grace Spencer 26 Apr 1799 at Bishops Nympton. Interestingly there is a baptism of William Adams Blake 30 Oct 1801 (born 18 Dec 1799) at South Molton with parents Thomas Blake and Grace. The marginal note in the will below identifies the son of Thomas William Blake as using the name William Adams in 1841. Although there are two other children born to a Thomas and Grace Blake in this time period they were both at Little Torrington and one was 19 May 1799 (Thomas) which would seem somewhat impossible. Plus, he only identifies the one son William in his will.
I have the transcription of the Bishops Nympton parish Registers and the marriage registration is as follows:
The Year 1799 Registration Number 269
Thomas Blake of the parish of South Molton bachelor
And Grace Spencer of this parish
Spinster were
Married in this Church by Licence
This twenty sixth day of April in the year One Thousand Seven hundred
And Ninety nine by me J. B. Karslake Curate
This marriage was Solemnized Thomas Blake
Between us: Grace Spencer
In the presence George Spencer
Of: John Rodd
The parents of Thomas are a mystery at the moment. Since he is living at Southmolton, I would probably look at Northmolton Blake families first but my transcription for Northmolton only goes to the early 1700s. A future project perhaps to bring that register up further in my transcriptions.
I must admit to wondering why William would use the surname Adams instead of Blake and I suspect that he is on the 1851 census at Barnstaple. He is listed as head, married to Sarah with daughter Elizabeth, son William and daughter Ann. He is a Smith and was born at South Molton as were his wife and children. Could there be descendants of this Adams family still living?
From Find My Past – Devon Marriages – William Adams married Sarah Fooks 5 Aug 1821 at South Molton. Their children baptized: Elizabeth 24 Mar 1826 at South Molton, William baptized 25 Feb 1829 at South Molton, and Ann born in 1832.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1594/143
Testator: Thomas Blake
Place: Southmolton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Jul l814, probated 10 Jul 1817
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 In the Name of God Amen This is the last Will and
2 Testament of me Thomas Blake of Southmolton in the County of Devon being in sound and
3 Disposing mind and understanding thanks be to Almighty God for the same in form and in manner
4 Following I give and bequeath to my Son William Blake all and every part of my property I am
5 Possessed oft at my decease and it is my wish my Wife to take to her jointer according to her marriage
6 Bond It is my wish and desire to appoint the Rev[eren]d W. M. Stawell Mr George Spencer of the
7 Parish of Bishopsnympton and Mr. John Spencer of the parish of Twitchen to act in Trust for
8 The said William Blake until he arrives to the age of twenty one years Witness my hand this
9 Sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Thomas
10 Blake My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing the Rev[eren]d Mr. Stawell may
11 Not like to take the trouble
12 Appeared Personally Francis Trix of Southmolton in the County of Devon
13 And Wm Smith of the same place and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted
14 With Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased for several years before
15 And to the time of his death and have often seen him write and subscribe his name whereby they
16 Have acquired a knowledge of his manner and Character of Hand writing and Subscription and
17 Having now viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be and
18 Contain his last Will and Testament the said Will beginning thus “In the Name of God Amen”
19 Ending thus “Witness my hand this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
20 Hundred and fourteen and thus subscribed “Thomas Blake” and leaving the following Memorandum
21 Written after the said Name as follows “My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing
22 The Reverend Mogridge Stawell may not like the trouble” these deponents say that they verily and
23 In their Conscience believe the whole Series and Contents of the said paper writing and the
24 Name Thomas Blake subscribed to the said Will to have been written and subscribed by and
25 With the proper hand of the said Thomas Blake deceased Francis Trix Wm. Smyth
26 Our the 19th day of October 1816 the said Francis Trix and William Smyth were severally truly sworn
27 To the truth of this Affidavit before me John Huxtable Clerk
28 [Margin] On the 10th day of August 1841 Admon with this Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased laste ____? Mr. John Spencer deceased while living one of the Executors according to the tenor of the said Will was granted to William Adams (in the Will written William Blake the Son and Universal Legatee named in the said Will) having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer The Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk also an Executor according to the tenor of the said Will deceased, the said John Spencer deceased and George Spencer deceased the other Executor according to the terms of the said Will and died without having ________ the said Will (____appears)
29 Proved at London 30th July 1817 before the Judge by the oath of John Spencer one of the Ex[ecut]ors
30 According to the tenor to whom Admon was granted being first sworn by Commission duly to administer
31 Power reserved to the Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk and George Spencer the other Ex[ecut]ors
32 According to the tenor
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Will of John Blake of Ely, Cambridgeshire - The National Archives PROB 11/66/319, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
John Blake lives at Ely, Cambridgeshire and has brothers Thomas, Francis and Jasper and his mother has remarried and is named Beatrice Killingworth. His Uncle is named Thomas Badgcroft.
Beatrice Killingworth is the wife of Richard Killingworthe and they married 18 Jan 1571 at Wimbotsham, Norfolk. Beatrix Badgcroft married Peter Blake of Wimbotsham, Norfolk. They had four children as mentioned in the will. John the testator, then Thomas followed by Francis and then Jasper. Francis was baptized 19 Dec 1564 at Wimbotsham.
The Visitation of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 does not list the sons in this order. Jasper is named as the eldest son then John, Thomas and Frances. Given that the least amount of money was given to Jasper and the same to Thomas and Frances the possibility is that Jasper has already inherited and Thomas gives him a token sum whilst reserving his funds for his two brothers who have not inherited as eldest son. The linchpin is the mother of John in that Beatrice Killingworth is known to have been the widow of Peter Blake of Wimbotsham.
In Norfolk Archaeology, Volume 2 on page 142 (Google Books with search term will of peter blake wimbotsham) the Manor of Wimbotsham courts:
Peter Blake, gentleman, held his first court 9 Edward 4 (1469/1470)
Jasper Blake held his first court 17 Hen VIII (1525/1526)
Beatrice, widow of Peter Blake (son of Jasper), held her first court 14 Elizabeth (1571/72)
Hence Peter Blake (husband of Beatrice) must have died by 1571. There isn't a date for a court held by Peter Blake the husband of Beatrice but his father Jasper held court first in 1525.
The will of Peter Blake was dated 16 Oct 1570 according to an online website. The will was probated in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Peter was the executor of his father Jasper's will of 17 Jul 1547. The will of Jasper mentioned daughter sAlys, Ele Blyke, sons Harry, Thomas, Peter and John and wife Ann (formerly married to John Bastard). His executors were son Peter Blake and Richard Bachecroft with supervisor Osbert Moundeford. The will of Peter mentioned his sons John, Thomas, Francis and Jasper, wife Beatrice and brother in law Christopher Bachecroft with executors his wife Beatrice and brother in law Thomas Bachecroft with supervisor Francis Gaudy. The will of Jasper apparently allowed for aging of Peter in that he was a minor as of 17 Jul 1547 but would be 21 years of age on Holy Thursday (1 Apr 1548) hence he was born 1 Apr 1527.
Does this help with determining that the Jasper Blake who was the immigrant to Hampton New Hampshire in 1640 was of this line? It at least verifies that there was a Jasper born prior to 1570 at Wimbotsham and that he survived at least until 1583 when his brother John (testator below) wrote his will 12th December.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/66/319
Testator: John Blake
Place: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Dec 1583, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Johins
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of god Amen, The xij th daie of December in the fyve
2 and twentithe yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England
3 Fraunce and Ireland queene defender of the faithe etc: I John Blake of Elye being of p[er]fecte
4 mynde (thankes be to god) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
5 First I bequeathe my sowle unto Allmightie god my maker and Redeemer and my bodye to bee
6 buried in the Churche Yarde of the holy Trinitie in Ely Item I give unto my brother thomas
7 Blake Fourtye poundes of good and lawfull English money Item I give unto Frauncis Blake
8 my brother Fourty poundes of lawfull Englishe money: Item I give unto my brother Jasper
9 Tenne poundes: Item I give unto Beatrice Killingsworth my mother Tenne poundes: Item I
10 gyve unto the poore of Trinitie p[ar]ishe tenne shillinges Item I give unto the poore of Saint Marye
11 parrish twentie shillinges Item I give unto Mathew Prynie my servaunt Three poundes and double
12 apparell Item I give unto William Adams Fortie shillinges Item I make my brother Thomas and my
13 brother Fraunces my Executors And my Uncle Thomas Badgcrofte my Supervisor and I give unto
14 him Fyve poundes for his paines Item all my goods unbequeathed I gyve unto my executors to paye
15 my debtes: In witnes whereof I have putte my hand in the presence of Lawrence Raymond Robt
16 Johnson and William Adams Jun[io]r By me John Blake
Beatrice Killingworth is the wife of Richard Killingworthe and they married 18 Jan 1571 at Wimbotsham, Norfolk. Beatrix Badgcroft married Peter Blake of Wimbotsham, Norfolk. They had four children as mentioned in the will. John the testator, then Thomas followed by Francis and then Jasper. Francis was baptized 19 Dec 1564 at Wimbotsham.
The Visitation of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 does not list the sons in this order. Jasper is named as the eldest son then John, Thomas and Frances. Given that the least amount of money was given to Jasper and the same to Thomas and Frances the possibility is that Jasper has already inherited and Thomas gives him a token sum whilst reserving his funds for his two brothers who have not inherited as eldest son. The linchpin is the mother of John in that Beatrice Killingworth is known to have been the widow of Peter Blake of Wimbotsham.
In Norfolk Archaeology, Volume 2 on page 142 (Google Books with search term will of peter blake wimbotsham) the Manor of Wimbotsham courts:
Peter Blake, gentleman, held his first court 9 Edward 4 (1469/1470)
Jasper Blake held his first court 17 Hen VIII (1525/1526)
Beatrice, widow of Peter Blake (son of Jasper), held her first court 14 Elizabeth (1571/72)
Hence Peter Blake (husband of Beatrice) must have died by 1571. There isn't a date for a court held by Peter Blake the husband of Beatrice but his father Jasper held court first in 1525.
The will of Peter Blake was dated 16 Oct 1570 according to an online website. The will was probated in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Peter was the executor of his father Jasper's will of 17 Jul 1547. The will of Jasper mentioned daughter sAlys, Ele Blyke, sons Harry, Thomas, Peter and John and wife Ann (formerly married to John Bastard). His executors were son Peter Blake and Richard Bachecroft with supervisor Osbert Moundeford. The will of Peter mentioned his sons John, Thomas, Francis and Jasper, wife Beatrice and brother in law Christopher Bachecroft with executors his wife Beatrice and brother in law Thomas Bachecroft with supervisor Francis Gaudy. The will of Jasper apparently allowed for aging of Peter in that he was a minor as of 17 Jul 1547 but would be 21 years of age on Holy Thursday (1 Apr 1548) hence he was born 1 Apr 1527.
Does this help with determining that the Jasper Blake who was the immigrant to Hampton New Hampshire in 1640 was of this line? It at least verifies that there was a Jasper born prior to 1570 at Wimbotsham and that he survived at least until 1583 when his brother John (testator below) wrote his will 12th December.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/66/319
Testator: John Blake
Place: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Dec 1583, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Johins
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of god Amen, The xij th daie of December in the fyve
2 and twentithe yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England
3 Fraunce and Ireland queene defender of the faithe etc: I John Blake of Elye being of p[er]fecte
4 mynde (thankes be to god) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
5 First I bequeathe my sowle unto Allmightie god my maker and Redeemer and my bodye to bee
6 buried in the Churche Yarde of the holy Trinitie in Ely Item I give unto my brother thomas
7 Blake Fourtye poundes of good and lawfull English money Item I give unto Frauncis Blake
8 my brother Fourty poundes of lawfull Englishe money: Item I give unto my brother Jasper
9 Tenne poundes: Item I give unto Beatrice Killingsworth my mother Tenne poundes: Item I
10 gyve unto the poore of Trinitie p[ar]ishe tenne shillinges Item I give unto the poore of Saint Marye
11 parrish twentie shillinges Item I give unto Mathew Prynie my servaunt Three poundes and double
12 apparell Item I give unto William Adams Fortie shillinges Item I make my brother Thomas and my
13 brother Fraunces my Executors And my Uncle Thomas Badgcrofte my Supervisor and I give unto
14 him Fyve poundes for his paines Item all my goods unbequeathed I gyve unto my executors to paye
15 my debtes: In witnes whereof I have putte my hand in the presence of Lawrence Raymond Robt
16 Johnson and William Adams Jun[io]r By me John Blake
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Will of Richard Buller Esquire of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB 11/422/262, probated 1 Sep 1694
When this Richard Buller dies and leaves his estate to Francis and James Buller (sons of his brother Francis), I am left to think he is the last of his line save his two nephews. Later James died as the last in the line and the properties of this branch passed to John Buller of Morval and he was a younger brother of Sir Richard. However there are a couple of lines not accounted for in the Visitation. Can one assume that they have died out? Possibly not because Francis was the next eldest to Sir Richard followed by John (Mathew appears to have died). I have one line to keep an eye on in the future but I may have answers to that by the next couple of wills in Cornwall.
It really isn't unusual that so many of them did not marry. There was no advantage to them in marrying if they did not have sufficient property to bring up their children in the style to which they were accustomed. However, with the advent of America in the 1600s younger sons could and did go there to make their fortune and even earlier they were involved with the trading companies.
No answers yet on my Buller line but then they are in London in the 1760s and I have not yet reached that time period with these wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/422/262
Testator: Richard Buller
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 8 Apr 1686, probated 1 Sep 1694
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Richardi Buller
1 In the name of God Amen
2 Richard Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall Esquire
3 doe make constitute and ordaine this my last Will and Testament
4 in manner following First I bequeath my soul to my blessed Lord
5 and Saviour in hopes of obtaining a Life Everlasting my Body
6 to the Earth to bee Buried as my Executor hereafter shall appoint
7 I give to my Sister Russell Twenty pounds to my Sister Herle
8 Twenty pounds Item I give to my Nephew James Buller Twenty
9 pounds Item I give all my Goods and Chattells Deeds Sum[m]e and Sum[m]s
10 of money to mee owing or due unto my Nephew Francis Buller
11 and I make and constitute Sir Walter Moyle Knight to bee my
12 Executor but In Trust for the use and benefit of my said Nephew
13 Francis and if hee shall happen to dye before his Age of Eighteene
14 yeares then In Trust for my said Nephew James and if both of
15 Them shall happen of my said Nephews to dye before their
16 respective Ages of Eighteene then the said Sir Walter to bee in
17 Trust for my Neice Katherine Buller to whom I give five
18 pounds Item I give to my Cussin Margarett Hals to my Cossin
19 Thomazin and Anna Buller to each of them Tenn pounds to
20 buy them Mourning Item I give unto my Lady Maynard
21 Twenty pounds to my Sister Adams Tenn Guineas I give to
22 John Wipple and Joan his Wife to same of them Five pounds
23 to my Man Thomas Millers I give five pounds In Witness
25 whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this Eight
26 day of Aprill in the second yeare of King James the Second
27 Annoqz d[omi]ni One Thousand six hundred Eighty Six Richard
28 Buller Signed Sealed and published in the presence of
29 John Buller James Burdwood Ivan Tutnill
It really isn't unusual that so many of them did not marry. There was no advantage to them in marrying if they did not have sufficient property to bring up their children in the style to which they were accustomed. However, with the advent of America in the 1600s younger sons could and did go there to make their fortune and even earlier they were involved with the trading companies.
No answers yet on my Buller line but then they are in London in the 1760s and I have not yet reached that time period with these wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/422/262
Testator: Richard Buller
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 8 Apr 1686, probated 1 Sep 1694
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Richardi Buller
1 In the name of God Amen
2 Richard Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall Esquire
3 doe make constitute and ordaine this my last Will and Testament
4 in manner following First I bequeath my soul to my blessed Lord
5 and Saviour in hopes of obtaining a Life Everlasting my Body
6 to the Earth to bee Buried as my Executor hereafter shall appoint
7 I give to my Sister Russell Twenty pounds to my Sister Herle
8 Twenty pounds Item I give to my Nephew James Buller Twenty
9 pounds Item I give all my Goods and Chattells Deeds Sum[m]e and Sum[m]s
10 of money to mee owing or due unto my Nephew Francis Buller
11 and I make and constitute Sir Walter Moyle Knight to bee my
12 Executor but In Trust for the use and benefit of my said Nephew
13 Francis and if hee shall happen to dye before his Age of Eighteene
14 yeares then In Trust for my said Nephew James and if both of
15 Them shall happen of my said Nephews to dye before their
16 respective Ages of Eighteene then the said Sir Walter to bee in
17 Trust for my Neice Katherine Buller to whom I give five
18 pounds Item I give to my Cussin Margarett Hals to my Cossin
19 Thomazin and Anna Buller to each of them Tenn pounds to
20 buy them Mourning Item I give unto my Lady Maynard
21 Twenty pounds to my Sister Adams Tenn Guineas I give to
22 John Wipple and Joan his Wife to same of them Five pounds
23 to my Man Thomas Millers I give five pounds In Witness
25 whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this Eight
26 day of Aprill in the second yeare of King James the Second
27 Annoqz d[omi]ni One Thousand six hundred Eighty Six Richard
28 Buller Signed Sealed and published in the presence of
29 John Buller James Burdwood Ivan Tutnill
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Will of Francis Buller of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB 11/445/264, probated 23 May 1698
The Francis-4 Buller will was a puzzle initially because I had a first page that didn't match the rest of the will. Working through the Visitation I realized that I was actually missing one of the Francis wills and at that time I also numbered the Frauncis Buller will as Francis-1 and it will be forthcoming after this one. I discovered the missing Francis Buller will in Cambridgeshire at Isleham. This was the will of the Father of Francis-3. He outlived his son Francis-3 and his grandson Francis-4 (this testator) died just four years after his grandfather.
This set of five wills is giving me a complete picture of this family and I can eliminate all the sons in this family that did not survive to adulthood and the ones who did did not marry and leave heirs since the property passed to a brother of Francis-5 which will be the will I am downloading. Negative results are often as good as Positive results!
Francis-4 leaves the bulk of his property to his brother James who did not marry. I also have the will of James.
The next will is by Francis-1 and this is the will of Francis Buller who died in 1615 and he was also of Tregarrick and Shillingham and was married to Thomasine Williams. His son Francis (married to Sybill Nicholls) was Francis-2. Sir Richard Buller of Shillingham was the heir of Francis-1.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/445/264
Testator: Francis Buller
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 26 Jan 1697, probated 23 May 1698
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Franci[s]
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: ar
[Header]: This is the last will and Testament
[Header]: of me Francis Buller of Shillingham in the County of
[Header]: Cornwall Esq[uie]r
1 I give unto Sir Rushout
2 Cullen of Upton in the County of Warwick Barr[one]t
3 and unto John Buller of Morvall in the County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r
4 the sum[m]e of six hundred pounds To be paid them within six months
5 after my death Upon the trusts herein after mentioned that is to say
6 upon trust that they the said Sir Rushout Cullen and John Buller Esq[uie]r
7 and the Survivor of them and his Executors and Administrators shall
8 from time to time dureing the life of my sister Katherine Carent put
9 the said sum[m]e out upon interest To such person or persons and upon
10 such Securities as they and the Survivor of them and his Executors or
11 Administrators (haveing the assent of my said sister verifyed under
12 her hand) shall thinke fitt And that they my said Trustees shall dispose
13 of all the interest and product thereof as the same can be made and
14 received unto my said sister dureing her life To her sole and
15 separate use and disposall exclusive of her present and of any and
16 every hereafter taken husband And upon this farther trust that
17 in case my said sister shall leave any child or children at the time
18 of her death That then my said Trustees shall as soone as they
19 shall have a convenient opportunity by and with the approba[t]ion and
20 consent of my brother James Buller lay out the said sum[m]e of six
21 hundred pounds in the purchase of Lands or other hereditaments
22 which said Lands or other hereditaments when purchased I hereby
23 direct shall be settled To the use of such child or children of my said
25 sister and of the heyres of such child or children's body and bodyes
26 the remainder thereof unto my said brother James and his heyres
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27 for ever to the use of him and his heyres But in case my
28 said sister shall happen to dye leaving noe child or children then
29 my will is that my said Trustees shall pay the said sum[m]e of Six hundred
30 pounds unto my said brother James his Executors or Adm[instrator]s
31 or Assignes the securityes which my said Trustees shall then have for
32 the said summe in case it be then out at interest Provided alwayes
33 and it is my true intent and meaning that my said Trustees nor
34 either of them nor the Executors or Administrators of either of them
35 shall be charged with or lyable to any loss that may happen of the
36 said sum[m]e or any parte thereof nor be compelled to answer for
37 any more thereof then shall come to theire respective hands And
38 also that they may out of the said summe of Six hundred pounds or the
39 interest thereof satisfye and reimburse unto him or themselves all
40 such charges damages and loses as they shall sustaine or be putt
41 unto in or about the performance of the trust herein and hereby as
42 reposed in them and that they shall be allowed the same out of
43 the same sum[m]me wherewith they are hereby intrusted Item I give
44 unto my sister Jane Adams the sum[m]e of One hundred pounds and
45 unto my sister Mary Cullen Fifty pounds unto my Aunt Margarett
46 Williams I give Fifty pounds and the like sum[m]e unto my Aunt
47 Sarah Harle To my Friend Salwey Wilington Esq[uir]e I give One
48 hundred pounds To my servant George Baily I give tenn pounds
49 To my servant John Hibbley I give tenn pounds To my Coachman
50 Joseph Morse Five pounds and unto my boy Thomas Robins
51 I give tenn pounds to binde him out an Apprentice to some trade
52 all other my goods chattells arrears of rent dues personall and
53 Testamentary estates interests whether in Lawe or Equity whether
54 in possession or action or of what nature and kinde soever the
55 same be I give and bequeath unto my said brother James
56 Buller whome I constitute sole Executor of this my last Will
57 and Testament Injoyning him to pay all my just debts and legacies
58 and also to make good all such leases as have bin sealed by me
59 since my comeing of age In Testimony that this is my last Will
60 and Testament I have hereunto this six and Twentieth day of
61 January 1697 sett my hand and seale Fran: Buller. Signed, sealed
62 declared and publisht by Francis Buller Esq[uie]r to be his last Will
63 and Testament the Six and Twentieth day of January 1697 in
64 presence of Fr: Pengelly Wm Asheindon George Bailly
This set of five wills is giving me a complete picture of this family and I can eliminate all the sons in this family that did not survive to adulthood and the ones who did did not marry and leave heirs since the property passed to a brother of Francis-5 which will be the will I am downloading. Negative results are often as good as Positive results!
Francis-4 leaves the bulk of his property to his brother James who did not marry. I also have the will of James.
The next will is by Francis-1 and this is the will of Francis Buller who died in 1615 and he was also of Tregarrick and Shillingham and was married to Thomasine Williams. His son Francis (married to Sybill Nicholls) was Francis-2. Sir Richard Buller of Shillingham was the heir of Francis-1.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/445/264
Testator: Francis Buller
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 26 Jan 1697, probated 23 May 1698
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Franci[s]
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: ar
[Header]: This is the last will and Testament
[Header]: of me Francis Buller of Shillingham in the County of
[Header]: Cornwall Esq[uie]r
1 I give unto Sir Rushout
2 Cullen of Upton in the County of Warwick Barr[one]t
3 and unto John Buller of Morvall in the County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r
4 the sum[m]e of six hundred pounds To be paid them within six months
5 after my death Upon the trusts herein after mentioned that is to say
6 upon trust that they the said Sir Rushout Cullen and John Buller Esq[uie]r
7 and the Survivor of them and his Executors and Administrators shall
8 from time to time dureing the life of my sister Katherine Carent put
9 the said sum[m]e out upon interest To such person or persons and upon
10 such Securities as they and the Survivor of them and his Executors or
11 Administrators (haveing the assent of my said sister verifyed under
12 her hand) shall thinke fitt And that they my said Trustees shall dispose
13 of all the interest and product thereof as the same can be made and
14 received unto my said sister dureing her life To her sole and
15 separate use and disposall exclusive of her present and of any and
16 every hereafter taken husband And upon this farther trust that
17 in case my said sister shall leave any child or children at the time
18 of her death That then my said Trustees shall as soone as they
19 shall have a convenient opportunity by and with the approba[t]ion and
20 consent of my brother James Buller lay out the said sum[m]e of six
21 hundred pounds in the purchase of Lands or other hereditaments
22 which said Lands or other hereditaments when purchased I hereby
23 direct shall be settled To the use of such child or children of my said
25 sister and of the heyres of such child or children's body and bodyes
26 the remainder thereof unto my said brother James and his heyres
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27 for ever to the use of him and his heyres But in case my
28 said sister shall happen to dye leaving noe child or children then
29 my will is that my said Trustees shall pay the said sum[m]e of Six hundred
30 pounds unto my said brother James his Executors or Adm[instrator]s
31 or Assignes the securityes which my said Trustees shall then have for
32 the said summe in case it be then out at interest Provided alwayes
33 and it is my true intent and meaning that my said Trustees nor
34 either of them nor the Executors or Administrators of either of them
35 shall be charged with or lyable to any loss that may happen of the
36 said sum[m]e or any parte thereof nor be compelled to answer for
37 any more thereof then shall come to theire respective hands And
38 also that they may out of the said summe of Six hundred pounds or the
39 interest thereof satisfye and reimburse unto him or themselves all
40 such charges damages and loses as they shall sustaine or be putt
41 unto in or about the performance of the trust herein and hereby as
42 reposed in them and that they shall be allowed the same out of
43 the same sum[m]me wherewith they are hereby intrusted Item I give
44 unto my sister Jane Adams the sum[m]e of One hundred pounds and
45 unto my sister Mary Cullen Fifty pounds unto my Aunt Margarett
46 Williams I give Fifty pounds and the like sum[m]e unto my Aunt
47 Sarah Harle To my Friend Salwey Wilington Esq[uir]e I give One
48 hundred pounds To my servant George Baily I give tenn pounds
49 To my servant John Hibbley I give tenn pounds To my Coachman
50 Joseph Morse Five pounds and unto my boy Thomas Robins
51 I give tenn pounds to binde him out an Apprentice to some trade
52 all other my goods chattells arrears of rent dues personall and
53 Testamentary estates interests whether in Lawe or Equity whether
54 in possession or action or of what nature and kinde soever the
55 same be I give and bequeath unto my said brother James
56 Buller whome I constitute sole Executor of this my last Will
57 and Testament Injoyning him to pay all my just debts and legacies
58 and also to make good all such leases as have bin sealed by me
59 since my comeing of age In Testimony that this is my last Will
60 and Testament I have hereunto this six and Twentieth day of
61 January 1697 sett my hand and seale Fran: Buller. Signed, sealed
62 declared and publisht by Francis Buller Esq[uie]r to be his last Will
63 and Testament the Six and Twentieth day of January 1697 in
64 presence of Fr: Pengelly Wm Asheindon George Bailly
Monday, September 24, 2012
Will of William Blake of Overton Hampshire formerly Reading Berkshire - The National Archives PROB 11/2117/222, probated 13 Aug 1850
Continuing on with the Hampshire Wills and this one written by William Blake of Overton states that he was formerly of Reading, Berkshire and a Blacksmith. It is perhaps a most interesting will as he bequeathes 1270 pounds sterling to his wife and children. Is he descendant of the Berkshire Blake family that I transcribed wills for earlier in the spring?
In the will William mentioned his wife Martha, son John Adams Blake, daughters Mary Ann Spicer, Diana wife of Samuel Higgott and Jane Blake. His solicitor is Henry Chase the younger of Reading.
His daughter Diana Blake married Samuel Higgott 6 Aug 1839 at St Mary Parish Church, Reading, Berkshire. There is a marriage for a William Blake to Martha Adams listed on the IGI but only by the year 1809 at Thatcham Berkshire but it is from the extracted marriage records (M15779-3). There is a baptism for a John Blake 13 May 1810 at Thatcham and son of William and Martha Blake (I02261-2 Family Search).
On the 1841 census at Windlesham, Surrey (District 9 HO107/1080/5) Samuel Higgott is listed as a Publican not born in Surrey with his wife Diana (both 30 years rounded up), Ann Higgott aged 50 years none born in Surrey and living with them at the Fighting Cocks was Jane Blake 20 years of age not born in Surrey. The 1851 census has the Samuel and Diana Higgott family continuing at the Fighting Cocks Public House and Jane is no longer with them. He is 39 and she is 38. He was born in Rugely Staffordshire and she was born in Ludgershall Wiltshire which is good information. Her father must have moved around somewhat and a timeline would be interesting to establish for this family which may answer some questions. The 1861 census has Samuel Hygott and Diana his wife living at Windlesham but now District 8 and they have a house and he is listed as a Fundholder (same places of birth). On the 1871 Census they are living at Saint Mary, Reading, Berkshire in a house and they are 59 and 58 years of age his birthplace has changed to Beaudesert Staffordshire (quite close to Rugeley) whilst hers remains the same. They are Retired Inn Keepers. There were only three Jane Blake marriages in Surrey between 1841 and 1851 - Farnham and two at Newington. I was not able to place her in any of the possible marriages. Mary Ann Spicer I did not find nor did I find John Adams Blake in any census.
One of the earlier wills that I transcribed for the Blake family in Berkshire was
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/willl-of-mary-blake-widow-of-reading.html
the will of Mary Blake widow of Robert Blake (Mayor of Reading in 1710 and 1720) which was probated 2 Jul 1734 and she mentions daughters only so not a direct ancestor of this William Blake. Going back to the will of William Blake written in 1552 (Yeoman of Speen)
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-william-blake-yeoman-of-speen.html
he does mention his son Anthony and brothers John and Richard Blake as well as other children whom he does not name. The name of the freehold where this William lives was Benham and this is an estate which is mentioned as belonging to a descendant of the Blake family at Calne. Gradually as more and more Blake descendants test their yDNA we will have a clearer picture of this rather interesting family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 September 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/2117/222
Name of testator: William Blake (out of business blacksmith)
Place: Overton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 3 Oct 1849, probated 13Aug 1850
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: bold copy, cramped writing, 19th century
[In margin] William
[In margin] Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me William Blake late of Reading in the County of Berks but now of
3 Overton in the County of Southampton formerly a Blacksmith but now out
4 of business I bequeath to my dear wife Martha two hundred and fifty pounds
5 sterling to be paid to her by my Executors hereinafter named as soon as conveni
6 ently may be after my decease. I also bequeath to my said wife one half of my
7 household goods and furniture. I bequeath to my son John adams Blake one
8 hundred pounds sterling and also all my wearing apparel I bequeath to
9 my daughter Mary Ann Spicer three hundred pounds sterling I bequeath
10 to my Grandson William Spicer my watch and seals thereto belonging I
11 bequeath to my daughter Diana the wife of Samuel Higgott the sum of
12 one hundred and twenty pounds sterling and I give and devise the freehold
13 messuage or dwelling house in which I now reside with the garden and
14 premises thereto belonging situate at Overton in the County of Southamp
15 ton and which I lately purchased from the Trustees of the late Mr Edmund
16 Beale with the appurtenances etc own uses for such estates and generally in
17 such manner as my daughter Diana Higgott by any deed or deeds or by her
18 last will shall whether covert or sole appoint and in default of such appoint
19 ment I devise the same unto my said daughter Diana Higgott her heirs
20 and assigns for ever to and for her sole and separate use I bequeath to my
21 daughter Jane Blake five hundred pounds sterling I also bequeath to my
22 said daughter Jane Blake the other half of my household goods and furniture
23 for her sole and separate use I direct the legacies of such of the pecuniary
24 Legatees as at the time of the actual payment thereof respectively shall be
25 married women to be paid into their respective proper hands in order that
26 the same may be enjoyed and disposed of as their respective property free from
27 marital control and for which Legacies their respective receipts shall be dischar
28 ged I bequeath to Henry Chase the younger of Reading in the County of
29 Berks Gentleman the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings as an
30 acknowledgement for the trouble he will have in the execution of the tenets of
31 this my will And as to the Residue of my Personal Estate after pay
32 ment of all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences and the
33 Legacies hereto before bequeathed I bequeath the same unto and equally
34 amongst such of my children hereinafter named as shall be living at the
35 time of my decease namely the said John Adams Blake Mary Ann Spicer
36 Diana Higgott and Jane Blake I direct my Executor to deliver the specific
37 legacies aforesaid within one calendar month after my decease and to pay
38 the money legacies aforesaid within six calendar months after my decease or sooner
39 if they shall think fit and I appoint the said Henry Chase the younger and
40 Samuel Higgott to be Executors of this my will and I revoke all former
41 and other wills In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this
42 third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
43 forty nine William Blake [signed] Signed by the said Testator as his
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44 last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time
45 who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
46 subscribed our names as witnesses Henry J N Chase Sol. Reading [signed]
47 Thomas Fife Clerk to witness Chase E Chase Reading [signed]
48 Proved at London 13 Aug 1850 before the Worshipful Thomas
49 Spinks Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Henry Chase the younger
50 and Samuel Higgott the Executors to whom Admon was granted having
51 been first sworn duly to administer.
In the will William mentioned his wife Martha, son John Adams Blake, daughters Mary Ann Spicer, Diana wife of Samuel Higgott and Jane Blake. His solicitor is Henry Chase the younger of Reading.
His daughter Diana Blake married Samuel Higgott 6 Aug 1839 at St Mary Parish Church, Reading, Berkshire. There is a marriage for a William Blake to Martha Adams listed on the IGI but only by the year 1809 at Thatcham Berkshire but it is from the extracted marriage records (M15779-3). There is a baptism for a John Blake 13 May 1810 at Thatcham and son of William and Martha Blake (I02261-2 Family Search).
On the 1841 census at Windlesham, Surrey (District 9 HO107/1080/5) Samuel Higgott is listed as a Publican not born in Surrey with his wife Diana (both 30 years rounded up), Ann Higgott aged 50 years none born in Surrey and living with them at the Fighting Cocks was Jane Blake 20 years of age not born in Surrey. The 1851 census has the Samuel and Diana Higgott family continuing at the Fighting Cocks Public House and Jane is no longer with them. He is 39 and she is 38. He was born in Rugely Staffordshire and she was born in Ludgershall Wiltshire which is good information. Her father must have moved around somewhat and a timeline would be interesting to establish for this family which may answer some questions. The 1861 census has Samuel Hygott and Diana his wife living at Windlesham but now District 8 and they have a house and he is listed as a Fundholder (same places of birth). On the 1871 Census they are living at Saint Mary, Reading, Berkshire in a house and they are 59 and 58 years of age his birthplace has changed to Beaudesert Staffordshire (quite close to Rugeley) whilst hers remains the same. They are Retired Inn Keepers. There were only three Jane Blake marriages in Surrey between 1841 and 1851 - Farnham and two at Newington. I was not able to place her in any of the possible marriages. Mary Ann Spicer I did not find nor did I find John Adams Blake in any census.
One of the earlier wills that I transcribed for the Blake family in Berkshire was
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/willl-of-mary-blake-widow-of-reading.html
the will of Mary Blake widow of Robert Blake (Mayor of Reading in 1710 and 1720) which was probated 2 Jul 1734 and she mentions daughters only so not a direct ancestor of this William Blake. Going back to the will of William Blake written in 1552 (Yeoman of Speen)
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-william-blake-yeoman-of-speen.html
he does mention his son Anthony and brothers John and Richard Blake as well as other children whom he does not name. The name of the freehold where this William lives was Benham and this is an estate which is mentioned as belonging to a descendant of the Blake family at Calne. Gradually as more and more Blake descendants test their yDNA we will have a clearer picture of this rather interesting family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 September 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/2117/222
Name of testator: William Blake (out of business blacksmith)
Place: Overton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 3 Oct 1849, probated 13Aug 1850
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: bold copy, cramped writing, 19th century
[In margin] William
[In margin] Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me William Blake late of Reading in the County of Berks but now of
3 Overton in the County of Southampton formerly a Blacksmith but now out
4 of business I bequeath to my dear wife Martha two hundred and fifty pounds
5 sterling to be paid to her by my Executors hereinafter named as soon as conveni
6 ently may be after my decease. I also bequeath to my said wife one half of my
7 household goods and furniture. I bequeath to my son John adams Blake one
8 hundred pounds sterling and also all my wearing apparel I bequeath to
9 my daughter Mary Ann Spicer three hundred pounds sterling I bequeath
10 to my Grandson William Spicer my watch and seals thereto belonging I
11 bequeath to my daughter Diana the wife of Samuel Higgott the sum of
12 one hundred and twenty pounds sterling and I give and devise the freehold
13 messuage or dwelling house in which I now reside with the garden and
14 premises thereto belonging situate at Overton in the County of Southamp
15 ton and which I lately purchased from the Trustees of the late Mr Edmund
16 Beale with the appurtenances etc own uses for such estates and generally in
17 such manner as my daughter Diana Higgott by any deed or deeds or by her
18 last will shall whether covert or sole appoint and in default of such appoint
19 ment I devise the same unto my said daughter Diana Higgott her heirs
20 and assigns for ever to and for her sole and separate use I bequeath to my
21 daughter Jane Blake five hundred pounds sterling I also bequeath to my
22 said daughter Jane Blake the other half of my household goods and furniture
23 for her sole and separate use I direct the legacies of such of the pecuniary
24 Legatees as at the time of the actual payment thereof respectively shall be
25 married women to be paid into their respective proper hands in order that
26 the same may be enjoyed and disposed of as their respective property free from
27 marital control and for which Legacies their respective receipts shall be dischar
28 ged I bequeath to Henry Chase the younger of Reading in the County of
29 Berks Gentleman the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings as an
30 acknowledgement for the trouble he will have in the execution of the tenets of
31 this my will And as to the Residue of my Personal Estate after pay
32 ment of all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences and the
33 Legacies hereto before bequeathed I bequeath the same unto and equally
34 amongst such of my children hereinafter named as shall be living at the
35 time of my decease namely the said John Adams Blake Mary Ann Spicer
36 Diana Higgott and Jane Blake I direct my Executor to deliver the specific
37 legacies aforesaid within one calendar month after my decease and to pay
38 the money legacies aforesaid within six calendar months after my decease or sooner
39 if they shall think fit and I appoint the said Henry Chase the younger and
40 Samuel Higgott to be Executors of this my will and I revoke all former
41 and other wills In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this
42 third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
43 forty nine William Blake [signed] Signed by the said Testator as his
[Page 2]
44 last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time
45 who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
46 subscribed our names as witnesses Henry J N Chase Sol. Reading [signed]
47 Thomas Fife Clerk to witness Chase E Chase Reading [signed]
48 Proved at London 13 Aug 1850 before the Worshipful Thomas
49 Spinks Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Henry Chase the younger
50 and Samuel Higgott the Executors to whom Admon was granted having
51 been first sworn duly to administer.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Siderfin Family and continuing French Canadian Ancestry
My new correspondent and I have been sharing information. She found a new will (new to me!) at The National Archives (London UK) which has illuminated another error in James Sanders book. Definitely John Siderfin married to Joan Adams was John the son of John Siderfin and Joan Greenslade and not the son of Robert Siderfin and Grace Kent. This makes James Sanders chart completely incorrect as he shows his great grandfather as John Siderfin married to Sarah Clark being the son of John Siderfin and Joan Greenslade. This means that my Elizabeth (Betty) Siderfin (sister to John Siderfin married to Sarah Clark) was aunt to his grandfather Robert Siderfin. That means that Elizabeth Rew (Elizabeth Siderfin's daughter) was first cousin to Robert the father of Elizabeth Siderfin (mother to James Sanders). Mind you Robert was born in 1788 and Elizabeth in 1801. Then Elizabeth (daughter of Robert was born in 1817) and William Robert (my great grandfather) wasn't born until 1837. It could be the generational differences that resulted in this loss of knowledge. Plus my family emigrated to Canada in 1850. But it is still surprising that he incorrectly selected his great great grandparents. Mind you he wrote the book in the early 1900s and his mother died in 1882 and his grandfather Robert Siderfin died in 1859. James grew up at South Molton which is quite aways from the Watchett/Selworthy homes of his Siderfin ancestor. Surprisingly my Elizabeth Rew married John Pincombe at Bishops Nympton just five miles from South Molton but the discrepancy in ages may well have resulted in the mistake. In my family, the name Siderfin was never recorded on this side of the Atlantic so that family line was completely lost.
I continued working on my son-in-law's family. I am proving the 3x great grandparents now on his grandfather's side. I have managed to pull out quite a bit of information - census, CMBs and BMDs but a few still elude me. I spent part of the morning reading the 1851 census at St-Polycarpe, Vaudreuil County but did not find the Matte (Mathieu/Matts), Gagnon (Gagné), D'Outre or De La Tour families that I had hoped to find there. There were LaTour families but not the one I needed. I still need to check the marriage registration for Léon Matte and Marie Louise Gagnon at Prescott in 1865. The Geneaogical Society has transcribed the register and listed parents as Olivier Gagnon/Josephte Beruit (census shows de LaTour) and Joseph Matte/Josephte D'Outre (census shows Louis Matte/Josette Doutre). Reading the original at the Archives of Ontario will be helpful for this marriage I suspect. Because all four families were from the Vaudreuil area originally I had hoped to discover some information on the 1851 census but they may have already been moving to the Prescott area of Ontario by then. I do not find them at Prescott so possibly somewhere in between.
Today I will enter the proofs for the 3x great grandparents of the one line and then begin to work on the maternal line back to the 3x great grandparents. Putting the trees on ancestry was very very helpful with all the searching ability of this site. I had some really good hints that were most helpful.
I continued working on my son-in-law's family. I am proving the 3x great grandparents now on his grandfather's side. I have managed to pull out quite a bit of information - census, CMBs and BMDs but a few still elude me. I spent part of the morning reading the 1851 census at St-Polycarpe, Vaudreuil County but did not find the Matte (Mathieu/Matts), Gagnon (Gagné), D'Outre or De La Tour families that I had hoped to find there. There were LaTour families but not the one I needed. I still need to check the marriage registration for Léon Matte and Marie Louise Gagnon at Prescott in 1865. The Geneaogical Society has transcribed the register and listed parents as Olivier Gagnon/Josephte Beruit (census shows de LaTour) and Joseph Matte/Josephte D'Outre (census shows Louis Matte/Josette Doutre). Reading the original at the Archives of Ontario will be helpful for this marriage I suspect. Because all four families were from the Vaudreuil area originally I had hoped to discover some information on the 1851 census but they may have already been moving to the Prescott area of Ontario by then. I do not find them at Prescott so possibly somewhere in between.
Today I will enter the proofs for the 3x great grandparents of the one line and then begin to work on the maternal line back to the 3x great grandparents. Putting the trees on ancestry was very very helpful with all the searching ability of this site. I had some really good hints that were most helpful.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Siderfin - 2
Today I continued with my pursuit of the Siderfin Family. Using Martin Southwood's excellent transcriptions (credit is as given on the webpages), I continued looking at the small villages around Selworthy and discovered, much to my surprise, Symon Mogridge (s/o David and Emmet) baptized at Culbone 28 Mar 1686. There are a number of Mogridge family members there and a number of burials which includes a Simon Mogridge in 1715. I know there was a Simon Mogridge baptized at Porlock in 1645 and it is this Mogridge which I now find at Culbone. Since I know that Symon went on to marry Mary Phelp 9 Feb 1724 at Selworthy and that he was buried at Selworthy 9 Nov 1766 I have no doubt of his existence! Finding him has been more of a challenge so that was a very rewarding search. He had a younger brother who died at a very young age. I could not find a marriage for David and Emmet but this is a usual name for the Mogridge family at Porlock (David). I have two Moggridge lines. Symon Mogridge and Mary Phelp's daughter Sarah married John Rew and his paternal grandmother was Grace Moggeridge (so many different spellings). Grace was baptized at Porlock 2 Dec 1668 and the daughter of Robert Moggeridge and Elizabeth Snow. Robert and Elizabeth were married 26 Nov 1659 at Porlock Somerset. There was a large Moggeridge/Mogridge/Moggridge family at Porlock and I need to draw them out. I bought the Porlock registers a few years back but haven't worked on them very much yet.
I appear to be moving away from the Siderfin family with all of this chit-chat but it was Elizabeth Siderfin who married John Rew (son of John Rew and Sarah Moggridge). Hence the very strong interest plus the Rew family was found at Wootton Courtney where Elizabeth was baptized and the debate is on whether she is baptized at Wootton Courtney because of the Rew family or because of the Siderfin family.
Another researcher believes that James Hooper Sanders (author of the book on the Siderfin Family published in 1912) is descended from Elizabeth's eldest brother John. At the moment I have John married to Joan Adams but there is merit to what he is saying. If John Siderfin married Sarah Clark then the idea that my family is found at Knowle makes sense as this is the John Siderfin at Knowle. However, it then makes the grandfather of the book author Robert Siderfin a second cousin to my 2x great grandmother. For a family that tended to pass down family information this is a surprise. Plus we do not own a copy of the book in our family. However, my family did emigrate to Canada but two of the author's aunts emigrated as well - one to the USA and one to Australia and I know that the Australian family has a copy of the book. I am rather mystified and will continue drawing out the old information on the Siderfin family.
I was concentrating on the 1800s and willing to go with the family tree but definitely I think this does need to be sorted out. Obviously in his family his grandfather had a strong interest in family history and would have known who his grandfather was and that brings us all the way back to 1824 and the father of the groom is on the marriage registration. So we are back to the 1788 Thomas Siderfin and there is a will that helps out there to bring us back one more generation to the John in question. Really the question is who is the father of the John who married Joan Adams and who is the father of the John who married Sarah Clark. That will be something that I will be looking at this next week to try and solve that mystery.
In actual fact it doesn't affect my line at all as I go straight back from Elizabeth (Betsy) Siderfin baptized 19 Jun 1759 at Wootton Courtney whose parents were Robert Siderfin (baptized 23 Jun 1726 at Cutcombe) and Grace Kent (baptized 21 Apr 1731 at Selworthy). Why was Robert baptized at Cutcombe - his mother was from Cutcombe (at least Augustine Siderfin and Mary Davies were married there 29 Apr 1720). Why did Robert and Grace go to Wotton Courtney - Augustine Siderfin was still alive in 1759 at Wootton Courtney although the older children were all baptized at Selworthy. But Augustine's mother was Elizabeth and perhaps my 3x great grandmother was named after her and they decided to take her to Wootton Courtney to baptize her there to please him. Who knows!
Tomorrow I will continue to look at the Siderfin family.
I appear to be moving away from the Siderfin family with all of this chit-chat but it was Elizabeth Siderfin who married John Rew (son of John Rew and Sarah Moggridge). Hence the very strong interest plus the Rew family was found at Wootton Courtney where Elizabeth was baptized and the debate is on whether she is baptized at Wootton Courtney because of the Rew family or because of the Siderfin family.
Another researcher believes that James Hooper Sanders (author of the book on the Siderfin Family published in 1912) is descended from Elizabeth's eldest brother John. At the moment I have John married to Joan Adams but there is merit to what he is saying. If John Siderfin married Sarah Clark then the idea that my family is found at Knowle makes sense as this is the John Siderfin at Knowle. However, it then makes the grandfather of the book author Robert Siderfin a second cousin to my 2x great grandmother. For a family that tended to pass down family information this is a surprise. Plus we do not own a copy of the book in our family. However, my family did emigrate to Canada but two of the author's aunts emigrated as well - one to the USA and one to Australia and I know that the Australian family has a copy of the book. I am rather mystified and will continue drawing out the old information on the Siderfin family.
I was concentrating on the 1800s and willing to go with the family tree but definitely I think this does need to be sorted out. Obviously in his family his grandfather had a strong interest in family history and would have known who his grandfather was and that brings us all the way back to 1824 and the father of the groom is on the marriage registration. So we are back to the 1788 Thomas Siderfin and there is a will that helps out there to bring us back one more generation to the John in question. Really the question is who is the father of the John who married Joan Adams and who is the father of the John who married Sarah Clark. That will be something that I will be looking at this next week to try and solve that mystery.
In actual fact it doesn't affect my line at all as I go straight back from Elizabeth (Betsy) Siderfin baptized 19 Jun 1759 at Wootton Courtney whose parents were Robert Siderfin (baptized 23 Jun 1726 at Cutcombe) and Grace Kent (baptized 21 Apr 1731 at Selworthy). Why was Robert baptized at Cutcombe - his mother was from Cutcombe (at least Augustine Siderfin and Mary Davies were married there 29 Apr 1720). Why did Robert and Grace go to Wotton Courtney - Augustine Siderfin was still alive in 1759 at Wootton Courtney although the older children were all baptized at Selworthy. But Augustine's mother was Elizabeth and perhaps my 3x great grandmother was named after her and they decided to take her to Wootton Courtney to baptize her there to please him. Who knows!
Tomorrow I will continue to look at the Siderfin family.
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