The testator, George Archer Blake, was buried in London at St James Garlick Hill (Garlickhythe) the 24th February 1830. He was born (according to his burial registration) circa 1787. There is a records of his baptism 19 Apr 1790 son of Benjamin Blake at Fort St George, St Mary Church, Madras, India (Find My Past).
A Benjamin Blake was baptized 2 Mar 1789 at Fort St George, St Mary Church, Madras son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Blake.
A John Blake was baptized 19 Apr 1790 at Fort St George, St Mary Church, Madras son of Benjamin and Mary Blake.
A Mary Anna Blake was baptized 12 Nov 1793 at Fort St George, St Mary Church, Madras daughter of Benjamin and Mary Blake.
A Charles Henry Blake was baptized 26 Oct 1795 in Bengal son of Benjamin and Mary Blake.
A James Blake was baptized 2 Sep 1800 at Lucknow, Bengal son of Benjamin Blake.
In the will below the testator mentions a brother Benjamin and a brother Charles Henry (signed Charles Edward in the probate).
There is a burial for Benjamin Blake born 1790 and buried 25 Aug 1833 at the age of 43 years at St Mary Church, Madras.
An online tree at World Connect has been produced by laura foenander where she has the parents of George Archer Blake as Benjamin Blake and Mary Ann Powney. Benjamin said to be born 1754 in England. The death of Benjamin is said to be in 1820 in Poorneah, Bengal. He is said to be the son of John Blake (born circa 1713). Benjamin’s second wife has the name Mary Ann Powney in this tree on World Connect. His first wife appears to be Elizabeth (unknown).
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lauza002&id=I7368
There is a Benjamin Blake baptized 14 Dec 1755 at Walton on the Hill, Surrey son of John and Ann Blake.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1769
Name of testator: George Archer Blake, Esquire
Place: District of Poorneah, Province of Bengal in the East Indies
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 7 Feb 1828, probated 7 Apr 1830
[In margin] George Archer Blake, Esquire 12
1 In the Name of God Amen, I
2 George Archer Blake merchant of the District of Poorneah in the province
3 of Bengal in the East Indies but now about to embark from Calcutta to England
4 do make this my last Will and Testament (hereby revoking any other Will or
5 Wills heretofore by me made of subscribed to) in form and manner following
6 Imprimis Being possessed of a half share with Mr Alexander Abberlee (also
7 of Poorneah) who has the other moiety of several Indigo Factories (named
8 Rajah, Bissonpoor and Bimbang) all situated in the said District of Poorneah
9 I will and devise that my said share and interest therein shall be disposed of to
10 the best advantage as soon as my decease shall be ascertained but in conformity
11 with the Terms of an Agreement entered into between me and the said Alexander
12 Abberlee which Agreement (of which he holds a Counterpart Copy) is lodged
13 in the hands of my agents Messrs Alexander and Co of Calcutta and when the
14 proceeds thereof shall be ascertained or collected together with any other money
15 effects or property real or personal belonging to me or that may accrue to me from
16 Bequests or otherwise whether in England or in India I will that the same
17 shall be disposed of as follows 1st I bequeath to Mrs Mary Blake (widow of
18 my lamented Father now in England so much in cash or money as will purchase
19 for her a clear Annuity in the English Funds of Sixty pounds Sterling (60 £ S[terli]ng) per
20 annum for her natural life and I strictly enjoin my Executors or Administrators
21 that the same is without fail purchased immediately and secured to her for her
22 sole use and behoof 2nd I bequeath to Harriet (now Mrs Woodward Wife of
23 Lieut Woodward of the Madras Army) Sister to Celina the Wife of my Brother
24 Benjamin Blake the sum of Five thousand Sicca Rupees (SaR 5000) to be
25 paid to her upon her sole receipt 3rd I give and bequeath to Helen Napier
26 daughter of the late Adam Napier (late a Surgeon in the Service of the hon[ourab]le
27 Company) and a Ward of the Bengal Orphan Institution now in England the
28 sum of five thousand Sicca Rupees (SaR 5000) to be held in Trust by my
29 constituted Executors for her use until she be married when the principal
30 amount together with any Interest that has accumulated thereon shall be
31 paid to her as a marriage portion Should the said Helen Napier die before
32 marriage then the said Sum of SaR 5000 shall go to and be divided between
33 my Brothers Benjamin and Charles Henry Blake and in case of their or
34 either of their deaths to their respective Offspring heirs or Survivors to be
35 shared in equal portions between then 4th I give and bequeath to my
36 Godson Horatio George Cowan Share Son of Thos A Share Esquire of
37 the Hon[oura]ble Companys Civil Service the sum of Three thousand Sicca Rupees
38 (SaR 3000) and if the said Horatio George Share be yet an infant at the
39 time of my decease the said Sum of 3000 Rs shall be paid to his Father or
40 Mother Mrs Emma Share in Trust for his use 5th I give and bequeath all
41 the Residue of my property real or personal remaining after the above
42 mentioned Bequests are paid or disposed of to my Brothers Benjamin Blake
43 now a Captain in the Hon[our]able Company’s Military Service and Charles Henry
44 Blake late of Bengal Indigo planter and now in England to be divided between
45 then share and share alike their lawful Offspring heirs or Survivors
46 respectively It is my meaning and intention that should my said Brothers
47 Benjamin and Charles Henry Blake or either of them die before me or before
48 the operation of this Will this share of the residue of my property that would
49 fall or go to them respectively shall devolve or descend to their respective
50 Children (Sons and Daughters alike) in equal proportions or to whomsoever of
51 them shall be surviving at the time of my decease or of the execution of this
52 my Will and Testament I do hereby constitute nominate and appoint my
53 Brother Charles Henry Blake George Ballard Esquire of Calcutta of the Firm
54 of Alexander and Company and John Archer Esquire of Busear Indigo planter to
55 be Executors of this my last Will and Testament In Witness and
56 confirmation whereof I have hereunto put my Seal and Signature this
57 Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
58 and twenty eight G A Blake Signed sealed and declared to be the
59 Testators last Will and Testament in the presence of us (Signed) James Hay
60 Jas Meliss Hissen Mohun Bhosr of Baug Barar
61 Additional Clause to my Will from the circumstance
62 of my property and Cash funds being partly in India and partly in England and
63 considering that some time may elapse before the amount thereof might be
64 realized and collected for payment and distribution as bequeathed in any Will I
65 hereby enjoin my Executors hereinbefore named that they will immediately on
66 the realization of every item or sum of my property when the same shall
67 amount to 1000 £ in England and 5000 Rs in India place or invest the same in
68 the Government Funds for security and for the eventual benefit of those concerned
69 in the disposition of my Will and Testament Wittness my hand this 9th day of
70 February in the year of our Lord above written G A Blake
71 Copy of my last Will and Testament left in the hands of Messrs Alexander and Co my
72 agents at Calcutta G A Blake Feby 1829
73 Proved at London with a Codicil 7th April 1830 before the Worshipful
74 Jesse Addams doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oaths of Charles Edward
75 Blake Esquire the Brother and George Ballard Esquire two of the Executors by whom
76 Administration was granted Limited until the Original Will and Codicil or a more
77 authoritive Copy thereof shall be brought into and left in the Registry of the
78 Prerogative Court of Canterbury having been first sworn duly to Administer
79 power reserved of making the like Grant to John Archer Esquire the other Executor
80 when he shall apply for the same The Original Will and Codicil being in the
81 hands of Messrs Alexander and Co the deceaseds Agents at Calcutta in the East
82 Indies as by Acts of Court appears
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Will of John Buller, Esquire, Westminster, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/1144/353, probated 2 Aug 1786
An interesting linking will and this is the Buller family of Pelynt as they are referred to on the Visitation of Cornwall. John Buller (the testator) was the 2nd son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawny. He almost disappears from view as he is listed as C on page 58 and of course his details are on page 59 of the Visitation. The family of John Francis Buller was large (will blogged for John Francis Buller):
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-john-francis-buller-esquire-of.html
and included his eldest son James (James Buller of Kings Nympton - will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-james-buller-esquire-of-kings.html), John Buller 2nd son (the present testator), Francis Buller 3rd son (blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-francis-buller-esquire-of_27.html), William Buller 4th son (his daughter Anne married the eldest son of James Buller of Kings Nympton and his wife left a will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-anne-buller-widow-of-exeter.html) and then daughters Rebecca married to Sir Charles Watson (mentioned in the will as a trustee), Elizabeth married the Reverend John Sturges, Ann married Reginald Pole, Mary married Sir Joseph Copley, Baronet. Just to place this will in the time period of the Cornwall Buller family. The will for the fourth son William who was Lord Bishop of Exeter and Dean of Canterbury was probated 28 Jan 1797 and I have not yet transcribed his will (I lately discovered it in my purchases and not transferred to the Buller file along with one for a a Benjamin Buller written in 1701). Again it does not fit into my Christopher Buller line as his children are being born about the same time as Christopher. It does however help to fill out the story for the Buller family of Cornwall especially the children of John Francis Buller as he had a very large family.
One of the testator's sons was Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park (first Buller will blogged), his other two sons (by his first wife) mentioned in the will were Henry Buller (of Bengal, will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/will-of-henry-buller-bengal-east-indies.html) and John. These sons all by his first wife Mary St Aubyn and then his children by his second wife Frederick William Buller (will to come), Caroline who married her cousin William Buller, George and Augustus.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1144/353
Testator: John Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex
Date of document 31 Dec 1784, probated 2 Aug 1786
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Esquire
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me John Buller of Privy Garden
3 Westminster in the County of Middlesex first I give
4 and bequeath unto my Brother the Reverend William
5 Buller Doctor in Divinity Sir Charles Watson Baronet
6 and Reginald Pole Carew Esquire the Sum of three
7 thousand pounds Upon Trust that they the said William
8 Buller Sir Charles Watson and Reginald Pole Carew
9 or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors
10 or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall place
11 layout and invest the same either in public or in
12 private Securities and pay the Interest dividends and
13 proceed thereof from time to time as the same shall
14 be by them received unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth
15 Caroline Buller for and during the term of her
16 natural Life to and for her own use and benefit and
17 from and immediately after her decease upon Trust to
18 pay or Assign and Transfer One thousand and Five
19 hundred pounds part of the said Trust Sum of three
20 thousand pounds unto my Son John Buller and One
21 thousand pounds another part of the said Trust Sum
22 of three thousands unto my Son Henry Buller and Five
23 hundred pounds being the remaining part of the
24 said Trust Sum of three thousand pounds unto my Son
25 Edward Buller which I hereby give them in
26 addition to the provision made for them on my
27 Marriage with their Mother who was my first Wife
28 as to my dear daughter Caroline and my Sons Frederick
30 George and Augustus they are deservedly as much
31 beloved by me as my other Children but the
32 confidence I have in the Goodness and prudence of
33 their
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34 their Mother makes it appear unnessary for me to give
35 them any Specific Legacy as I am sure she will
36 immediately after my decease by Will or otherwise make
37 the best provision in her power for them relying on
38 this and that she will be perfectly kind and good to
39 all my Children I do hereby give devise and bequeath
40 unto my said Wife Elizabeth Caroline her heirs
41 Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns all and singular my real
42 Estate and all the rest and residue of my personal
43 Estate and do hereby constitute and appoint her
44 sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
45 I Witness whereof I the said John Buller have to
46 this my said last Will and Testament set my hand
47 and Seal this thirty first day of December in the
48 Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
49 eighty four J. Buller Signed Sealed and
50 declared by the said John Buller the Testator as and for his
51 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
52 his presence at his request and in the presence of
53 each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses
54 hereto Step[he]n Round, Windsor - Charles Pound - Charles
55 Sam[ue]l Whinfield - Clerks to Mr Round
56 This Will was proved at London the second day
57 of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
58 hundred and eighty six before the Right Worshipful
59 Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
60 Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
61 lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Caroline
62 Buller Widow the Relict of the deceased and Sole
63 Executrix named in the said Will to whom Adm[inistrati]on
64 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
65 and Credits of the said deceased having been first
66 Sworn by Commission duly to Administer
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-john-francis-buller-esquire-of.html
and included his eldest son James (James Buller of Kings Nympton - will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-james-buller-esquire-of-kings.html), John Buller 2nd son (the present testator), Francis Buller 3rd son (blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-francis-buller-esquire-of_27.html), William Buller 4th son (his daughter Anne married the eldest son of James Buller of Kings Nympton and his wife left a will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-anne-buller-widow-of-exeter.html) and then daughters Rebecca married to Sir Charles Watson (mentioned in the will as a trustee), Elizabeth married the Reverend John Sturges, Ann married Reginald Pole, Mary married Sir Joseph Copley, Baronet. Just to place this will in the time period of the Cornwall Buller family. The will for the fourth son William who was Lord Bishop of Exeter and Dean of Canterbury was probated 28 Jan 1797 and I have not yet transcribed his will (I lately discovered it in my purchases and not transferred to the Buller file along with one for a a Benjamin Buller written in 1701). Again it does not fit into my Christopher Buller line as his children are being born about the same time as Christopher. It does however help to fill out the story for the Buller family of Cornwall especially the children of John Francis Buller as he had a very large family.
One of the testator's sons was Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park (first Buller will blogged), his other two sons (by his first wife) mentioned in the will were Henry Buller (of Bengal, will blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/will-of-henry-buller-bengal-east-indies.html) and John. These sons all by his first wife Mary St Aubyn and then his children by his second wife Frederick William Buller (will to come), Caroline who married her cousin William Buller, George and Augustus.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1144/353
Testator: John Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex
Date of document 31 Dec 1784, probated 2 Aug 1786
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Esquire
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me John Buller of Privy Garden
3 Westminster in the County of Middlesex first I give
4 and bequeath unto my Brother the Reverend William
5 Buller Doctor in Divinity Sir Charles Watson Baronet
6 and Reginald Pole Carew Esquire the Sum of three
7 thousand pounds Upon Trust that they the said William
8 Buller Sir Charles Watson and Reginald Pole Carew
9 or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors
10 or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall place
11 layout and invest the same either in public or in
12 private Securities and pay the Interest dividends and
13 proceed thereof from time to time as the same shall
14 be by them received unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth
15 Caroline Buller for and during the term of her
16 natural Life to and for her own use and benefit and
17 from and immediately after her decease upon Trust to
18 pay or Assign and Transfer One thousand and Five
19 hundred pounds part of the said Trust Sum of three
20 thousand pounds unto my Son John Buller and One
21 thousand pounds another part of the said Trust Sum
22 of three thousands unto my Son Henry Buller and Five
23 hundred pounds being the remaining part of the
24 said Trust Sum of three thousand pounds unto my Son
25 Edward Buller which I hereby give them in
26 addition to the provision made for them on my
27 Marriage with their Mother who was my first Wife
28 as to my dear daughter Caroline and my Sons Frederick
30 George and Augustus they are deservedly as much
31 beloved by me as my other Children but the
32 confidence I have in the Goodness and prudence of
33 their
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34 their Mother makes it appear unnessary for me to give
35 them any Specific Legacy as I am sure she will
36 immediately after my decease by Will or otherwise make
37 the best provision in her power for them relying on
38 this and that she will be perfectly kind and good to
39 all my Children I do hereby give devise and bequeath
40 unto my said Wife Elizabeth Caroline her heirs
41 Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns all and singular my real
42 Estate and all the rest and residue of my personal
43 Estate and do hereby constitute and appoint her
44 sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
45 I Witness whereof I the said John Buller have to
46 this my said last Will and Testament set my hand
47 and Seal this thirty first day of December in the
48 Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
49 eighty four J. Buller Signed Sealed and
50 declared by the said John Buller the Testator as and for his
51 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
52 his presence at his request and in the presence of
53 each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses
54 hereto Step[he]n Round, Windsor - Charles Pound - Charles
55 Sam[ue]l Whinfield - Clerks to Mr Round
56 This Will was proved at London the second day
57 of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
58 hundred and eighty six before the Right Worshipful
59 Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
60 Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
61 lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Caroline
62 Buller Widow the Relict of the deceased and Sole
63 Executrix named in the said Will to whom Adm[inistrati]on
64 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
65 and Credits of the said deceased having been first
66 Sworn by Commission duly to Administer
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Will of Henry Buller, Bengal, East Indies - The National Archives PROB 11/1366/178, probated 3 Dec 1801
This will for Henry Buller is similar to the preceding one blogged the day before yesterday. However there was a new admon granted and the details follow. The dates are somewhat confusing and will try to sort that out. There are some subtle differences in the will and some added copy in the margin which makes this will slightly different. It is perhaps the first will written although also carries the "word" copy at the top but this has been rewritten and is not in the original hand of Henry Buller. The year of death is stated in a letter from a William John Morgan as occurring on 1 January 1800 at sea off the Cape of Good Hope.
The reason for the second probate appears in the first probate. This will was not the original official copy of the will and probate was granted on the basis of looking only at his holdings in England with the proviso that at a later date when the will became available the remainder of the will would be executed. It was somewhat confusing because both entries carry the word "Copy" at the top.
The next set of wills are from Somerset and there are eight of them:
Edward Buller, Gentleman, Nettlecombe, PROB 11/954/363, 19 Feb 1770
George Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1331/22, 1 Oct 1799
Jenkins Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1270/21, 8 Jan 1796
John Buller, Lillesdon, North Currie, PROB 11/79/212, 3 Mar 1592
Mary Buller, Spinster, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1152/355, 31 May 1787
Sarah Buller, Widow, Hether Stowey, PROB 11/951/315, 2 Oct 1769
Thomas Buller, Gentleman, Staple Fitzpayne, PROB 11/51/16, 22 Jan 1569
William Buller, Soap Boiler, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1137/59, 31 Jan 1786
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/178
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 3 Dec 1801
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
[Top]: Copy
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3 I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4 the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5 the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6 with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7 Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8 Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9 thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10 Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11 Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12 give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13 my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14 Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15 Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16 Edward Buller do pay therefrom Five hundred Current
17 Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18 It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19 Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20 of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21 the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22 who shall die within the period above specified
23 shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller his
24 heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns It is
25 further my Intention that in Case of the Demise of
26 Captain Edward Buller - before this Will shall
27 take effect whatever they might if surviving me the
28 Testator be entitled to by it shall be equally divided
29 between his Children lawfully begotten It is my
30 anxious request that my Brother John Buller of
31 Bengal and Stephen Harris of the same will
32 take upon them the Trouble of acting as Executors
33 to this will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
34 and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
35 Harris Executors to this my last Will and
36 Testament And I request that as soon after my
37 decease as they conveniently can they will
38 by public or private sale as they shall judge most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
39 whole of my real Estate and Goods and Chattels
40 for the Benefit of the Legatees And it is moreover
41 my earnest request that my Brother John
42 Buller will have the kindness after my demise to
43 take Henry George Buller and William Buller
44 under his particular protection and see that
45 they be properly educated and set forth unto Life
46 In Witness of the above I the said Henry
47 Buller have to this my last Will and Testament
48 set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of
49 March in the Year of our Lord One thousand
50 seven hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
51 Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
52 and for his last Will and Testament where
53 no stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
54 us who in his presence at his Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as
55 Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet A Seton G Foxcroft
56 In the Goods of Henry Buller Esquire deceased
57 the Seventeenth day of January 1801
58 Appeared Personally
59 Edward Buller Esquire Captain of his Majestys
60 Ship Edgar and now residing at East Stonehouse
61 in the County of Devon and made Oath that
62 On or about the twenty First day of April last
63 he received by the Post a letter from William
64 John Morgan of Cape Town in the East Indies and
65 dated Cape Town January the thirteeneth one thousand
66 and Eight Hundred wherein the said William John
67 Morgan informed him the depondent of the death
68 of his Brother Henry Buller formerly of Bengal
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69 but who died at Sea near the Cape of Good Hope on the
70 first day of January One thousand and Eight
71 hundred and he further informed him that his
72 Will had been Found dated in the year One
73 thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two and
74 enclosed in the said Letter set him an attested
75 Copy of the said Will and the deponent further
76 made Oath that having viewed the paper
77 writing hereto annexed beginning "This is the
78 last Will and Testament of me" Henry Buller
79 of Bengall" and ending "In Witness whereof the
80 above I the said Henry Buller have to this
81 my last Will and Testament set my hand and
82 Seal this Seventeenth day of March in the year
83 of Our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and
84 Ninety two " and with a Notarial attestation
85 as to the authority of the same and Signed
86 by Thomas Witton as a Notary Public he
87 saith that the paper writing is the same which
88 was so Received by him enclosed in the aforesaid
89 letter and the Deponent further made Oath
90 that he verily believes that the Original Will
91 of the said deceased hath been proved by
92 the Executors or one of them in the proper
93 Court at Bengall where where the same now
94 remains and that the annexed Notarial Copy
95 of the said Will is the most authoratie Copy now
96 in England and that he is desirous of obtaining Letters
97 of Administration (with the same annexed)
98 to be Granted to him as the Residuary Legatee
99 named in the said Will for the purpose of
100 Collecting in and recovering the Effects of the
101 said deceased in this country and the Deponent
102 Lastly made Oath that John Buller the
103 Brother of the said Deceased and Stephen
104 Harris the Executors named in the aforesaid
105 Will now live and reside at Bengal aforesaid
106 as he verily believes Ed[war]d Buller Same day
107 the said Edward Buller was duly sworn
108 to the Truth of this affidavit by Virtue of the
109 Annexed Commission before me Jonathan
110 Williams Commissioner In the Presence of
111 William Foot Notary Publick
112 On the third day of December in the year of our
113 Lord one thousand Eight hundred and one adm[inistrati]on
114 with the Notarial Copy of the Will annexed of
115 all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of
116 Henry Buller formerly of Bengal but late of the
117 Cape of Good Hope in the East Indies Esquire
118 deceased was granted to Edward Buller the
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119 Brother and Residuary Legatee named in the said
120 Will Lim[ite]d until the Original Will or a more Authoritie
121 Copy thereof should be brought into and left in
122 the Registry of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
123 but no further or otherwise having been first
124 Sworn by Commission duly to administer John
125 Buller the Brother and Stephen Harris the
126 Executors named in the said Will have been
127 first cited with the usual intimation to accept or
128 refuse the probate and Execution of the Notaries
129 Copy of the said last Will and Testament of the
130 said deceased but they not either of them in any
131 wise appeared
The reason for the second probate appears in the first probate. This will was not the original official copy of the will and probate was granted on the basis of looking only at his holdings in England with the proviso that at a later date when the will became available the remainder of the will would be executed. It was somewhat confusing because both entries carry the word "Copy" at the top.
The next set of wills are from Somerset and there are eight of them:
Edward Buller, Gentleman, Nettlecombe, PROB 11/954/363, 19 Feb 1770
George Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1331/22, 1 Oct 1799
Jenkins Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1270/21, 8 Jan 1796
John Buller, Lillesdon, North Currie, PROB 11/79/212, 3 Mar 1592
Mary Buller, Spinster, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1152/355, 31 May 1787
Sarah Buller, Widow, Hether Stowey, PROB 11/951/315, 2 Oct 1769
Thomas Buller, Gentleman, Staple Fitzpayne, PROB 11/51/16, 22 Jan 1569
William Buller, Soap Boiler, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1137/59, 31 Jan 1786
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/178
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 3 Dec 1801
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
[Top]: Copy
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3 I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4 the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5 the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6 with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7 Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8 Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9 thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10 Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11 Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12 give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13 my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14 Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15 Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16 Edward Buller do pay therefrom Five hundred Current
17 Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18 It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19 Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20 of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21 the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22 who shall die within the period above specified
23 shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller his
24 heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns It is
25 further my Intention that in Case of the Demise of
26 Captain Edward Buller - before this Will shall
27 take effect whatever they might if surviving me the
28 Testator be entitled to by it shall be equally divided
29 between his Children lawfully begotten It is my
30 anxious request that my Brother John Buller of
31 Bengal and Stephen Harris of the same will
32 take upon them the Trouble of acting as Executors
33 to this will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
34 and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
35 Harris Executors to this my last Will and
36 Testament And I request that as soon after my
37 decease as they conveniently can they will
38 by public or private sale as they shall judge most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
39 whole of my real Estate and Goods and Chattels
40 for the Benefit of the Legatees And it is moreover
41 my earnest request that my Brother John
42 Buller will have the kindness after my demise to
43 take Henry George Buller and William Buller
44 under his particular protection and see that
45 they be properly educated and set forth unto Life
46 In Witness of the above I the said Henry
47 Buller have to this my last Will and Testament
48 set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of
49 March in the Year of our Lord One thousand
50 seven hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
51 Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
52 and for his last Will and Testament where
53 no stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
54 us who in his presence at his Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as
55 Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet A Seton G Foxcroft
56 In the Goods of Henry Buller Esquire deceased
57 the Seventeenth day of January 1801
58 Appeared Personally
59 Edward Buller Esquire Captain of his Majestys
60 Ship Edgar and now residing at East Stonehouse
61 in the County of Devon and made Oath that
62 On or about the twenty First day of April last
63 he received by the Post a letter from William
64 John Morgan of Cape Town in the East Indies and
65 dated Cape Town January the thirteeneth one thousand
66 and Eight Hundred wherein the said William John
67 Morgan informed him the depondent of the death
68 of his Brother Henry Buller formerly of Bengal
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69 but who died at Sea near the Cape of Good Hope on the
70 first day of January One thousand and Eight
71 hundred and he further informed him that his
72 Will had been Found dated in the year One
73 thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two and
74 enclosed in the said Letter set him an attested
75 Copy of the said Will and the deponent further
76 made Oath that having viewed the paper
77 writing hereto annexed beginning "This is the
78 last Will and Testament of me" Henry Buller
79 of Bengall" and ending "In Witness whereof the
80 above I the said Henry Buller have to this
81 my last Will and Testament set my hand and
82 Seal this Seventeenth day of March in the year
83 of Our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and
84 Ninety two " and with a Notarial attestation
85 as to the authority of the same and Signed
86 by Thomas Witton as a Notary Public he
87 saith that the paper writing is the same which
88 was so Received by him enclosed in the aforesaid
89 letter and the Deponent further made Oath
90 that he verily believes that the Original Will
91 of the said deceased hath been proved by
92 the Executors or one of them in the proper
93 Court at Bengall where where the same now
94 remains and that the annexed Notarial Copy
95 of the said Will is the most authoratie Copy now
96 in England and that he is desirous of obtaining Letters
97 of Administration (with the same annexed)
98 to be Granted to him as the Residuary Legatee
99 named in the said Will for the purpose of
100 Collecting in and recovering the Effects of the
101 said deceased in this country and the Deponent
102 Lastly made Oath that John Buller the
103 Brother of the said Deceased and Stephen
104 Harris the Executors named in the aforesaid
105 Will now live and reside at Bengal aforesaid
106 as he verily believes Ed[war]d Buller Same day
107 the said Edward Buller was duly sworn
108 to the Truth of this affidavit by Virtue of the
109 Annexed Commission before me Jonathan
110 Williams Commissioner In the Presence of
111 William Foot Notary Publick
112 On the third day of December in the year of our
113 Lord one thousand Eight hundred and one adm[inistrati]on
114 with the Notarial Copy of the Will annexed of
115 all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of
116 Henry Buller formerly of Bengal but late of the
117 Cape of Good Hope in the East Indies Esquire
118 deceased was granted to Edward Buller the
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119 Brother and Residuary Legatee named in the said
120 Will Lim[ite]d until the Original Will or a more Authoritie
121 Copy thereof should be brought into and left in
122 the Registry of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
123 but no further or otherwise having been first
124 Sworn by Commission duly to administer John
125 Buller the Brother and Stephen Harris the
126 Executors named in the said Will have been
127 first cited with the usual intimation to accept or
128 refuse the probate and Execution of the Notaries
129 Copy of the said last Will and Testament of the
130 said deceased but they not either of them in any
131 wise appeared
Friday, March 8, 2013
Will of Henry Buller of Bengal - The National Archives PROB 11/1494/16, probated d13 Mar 1809
I am somewhat intrigued by this will as there is a companion will also by Henry Buller still to do. Sir Edward Buller did the probate of this will as Residuary Legatee. The probate states that John Buller outlived his brother Henry but was himself dead in 1809 at the time of probate. John Buller died in 1807 according to the Visitation which means that Henry died between 1792 when he wrote his will and 1807 when John died. The ages of the children in 1792 were less than 21 and in 1809 they would have been seventeen years older so possibly young adults. William Buller married in 1815 according to the Naval Chronicles (blogged yesterday). William Buller and Henry George Buller came back to England since William married there and Henry George Buller was in the army. Sir Edward does mention Henry George Buller (as the son of his brother Henry Buller) in his will but William Buller the other son has died. This is the first mention that the two boys are the sons of Henry Buller and it is in the will of Sir Edward Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1494/16
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 13 Mar 1809
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
[Top]: Copy
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3 I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4 the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5 the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6 with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7 Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8 Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9 thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10 Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11 Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12 give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13 my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14 Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15 Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16 Edward Buller do pay there from Five hundred Current
17 Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18 It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19 Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20 of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21 the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22 who shall die within the period above specified
23 shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller
24 his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
25 It is further my Intention that in Case of the
26 Demise of Captain Edward Buller before this
27 Will shall take effect whatever he might if
28 surviving me the Testator be entitled to by it
29 shall be equally divided between his Children
30 lawfully begotten It is my anxious request
31 that my Brother John Buller of Bengal and
32 Stephen Harris of the same will take upon
33 them the Trouble of acting as Executors to this
34 will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
35 and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
36 Harris Executors to this my last Will and
37 Testament And I request that as soon after
38 my decease as they conveniently can they will
39 by public or private sale as they shall judge
40 most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
41 whole of my real Estate and Goods and
42 Chattels for the Benefit of the Legatees And
43 it is moreover my earnest request that my
44 Brother John Buller will have the kindness
45 after my decease to take Henry George Buller
46 and William Buller under his particular
47 protection and see that they be properly
48 educated and set forth unto Life In Witness
49 of the above I the said Henry Buller have
50 to this my last Will and Testament set my
51 hand and Seal this seventeenth day of March
52 in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
53 hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
54 Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
55 and for his last Will and Testament where no
56 stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
57 us who in his presence at his Request and
58 in the presence of each other have subscribed
59 our Names as Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet
60 A Seton G Foxcroft
61 On the thirteenth day of March in the year
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62 One thousand eight hundred and nine Administration
63 (with the will annexed) of all and singular
64 the Goods Chattels and Credits of Henry Buller
65 late of Calcutta in the East Indies Esquire
66 deceased was granted to Sir Edward Buller
67 Baronet the Brother of the deceased and
68 Residuary Legatee named in the said Will
69 having been first sworn duly to administer
70 John Buller Esquire the Brother of the said
71 deceased and one of the Executors named in
72 the said Will survived the said deceased but
73 is since dead without having taken upon
74 him the probate and Execution of the said
75 Will and Stephen Harris Esquire the surviving
76 Executor having first renounced the probate
77 and Execution thereof
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1494/16
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 13 Mar 1809
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
[Top]: Copy
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3 I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4 the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5 the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6 with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7 Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8 Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9 thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10 Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11 Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12 give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13 my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14 Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15 Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16 Edward Buller do pay there from Five hundred Current
17 Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18 It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19 Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20 of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21 the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22 who shall die within the period above specified
23 shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller
24 his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
25 It is further my Intention that in Case of the
26 Demise of Captain Edward Buller before this
27 Will shall take effect whatever he might if
28 surviving me the Testator be entitled to by it
29 shall be equally divided between his Children
30 lawfully begotten It is my anxious request
31 that my Brother John Buller of Bengal and
32 Stephen Harris of the same will take upon
33 them the Trouble of acting as Executors to this
34 will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
35 and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
36 Harris Executors to this my last Will and
37 Testament And I request that as soon after
38 my decease as they conveniently can they will
39 by public or private sale as they shall judge
40 most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
41 whole of my real Estate and Goods and
42 Chattels for the Benefit of the Legatees And
43 it is moreover my earnest request that my
44 Brother John Buller will have the kindness
45 after my decease to take Henry George Buller
46 and William Buller under his particular
47 protection and see that they be properly
48 educated and set forth unto Life In Witness
49 of the above I the said Henry Buller have
50 to this my last Will and Testament set my
51 hand and Seal this seventeenth day of March
52 in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
53 hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
54 Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
55 and for his last Will and Testament where no
56 stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
57 us who in his presence at his Request and
58 in the presence of each other have subscribed
59 our Names as Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet
60 A Seton G Foxcroft
61 On the thirteenth day of March in the year
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62 One thousand eight hundred and nine Administration
63 (with the will annexed) of all and singular
64 the Goods Chattels and Credits of Henry Buller
65 late of Calcutta in the East Indies Esquire
66 deceased was granted to Sir Edward Buller
67 Baronet the Brother of the deceased and
68 Residuary Legatee named in the said Will
69 having been first sworn duly to administer
70 John Buller Esquire the Brother of the said
71 deceased and one of the Executors named in
72 the said Will survived the said deceased but
73 is since dead without having taken upon
74 him the probate and Execution of the said
75 Will and Stephen Harris Esquire the surviving
76 Executor having first renounced the probate
77 and Execution thereof
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