The recording of the testator John Blake as a captain the regiment of Foot of Dublin is perhaps incorrect (from the National Archives website). King William III appointed Lieutenant Colonel Brewer of the 12th or Suffolk Regiment to Colonel by commission dated the 1st of November 1689 (according to Regimental History) and in 1690 this unit was with the King in Ireland. They were involved in the battles around Cavan. The 12th Regiment were also at the Battle of the Boyne. They continued in Ireland with headquarters at Galway for a period of time. They then returned to service in other theatres.
In 1699 the Twelfth were ordered to Ireland and in Dublin. Colonel Brewer was succeeded in the colonelcy by Lieutenant Colonel Livesay by commission 28th of September 1702. This unit then was sent to the West Indies under General Charles Earl of Peterborough. They were involved in the attack on Guadaloupe In 1704 they were sent to Jamaica where the regiment sustained very heavy losses from the effects of the climate. No information is given on the place of death for John Blake, the testator.
Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the East Suffolk, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1847. Parker, Furnivall and Parker, 1848, 103 pages.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=gdQ7AQAAMAAJ&dq=regiment+of+foot+at+dublin+colonel+brewer&source=gbs_navlinks_s
The question at mind for John Blake is where he attested to the 12th Regiment. I searched on Find My Past for a possibility but was not successful. There are records for the Bacton Suffolk Blake family available to me but this John does not fit into that family as known to me. I did not find that he fitted into the Galway Blake family as this unit had spent a period of time at Galway but many of these lines are not traced down.
John mentions in his will his wife Ann and his children John and Ann. His daughter Ann is married to (unknown Nevill) and widowed. He does not name his other right heirs by name unfortunately nor does he give any location information. I could not find a marriage between Ann Blake and (unknown) Nevill.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/479
Name of testator: John Blake, Captain in the Regiment of Foot in Dublin, County Dublin possibly the 12th or Suffolk Regiment of Foot
Place: Dublin, Ireland
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 9 Aug 1701, probated 7 Dec 1704
[In margin] T[e]s[ta]m[entum] Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake Captaine in the Regiment of Foot commanded by the hon[ora]ble
3 Coll[one]ll Brewer being of sound minde and in perfect health and memory (blessed
4 be God) doe make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner as
5 following (that is to say) Imprimis I doe bequeath my Soul into the hands of
6 Allmighty God onely hopeing for Salvation in through the merits of Jesus
7 Christ my dear Saviour Item I doe leave and bequeath to my beloved Wife Ann
8 Blake the Summe of One hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling Item I doe leave and
9 bequeath to my son John Blake the like Summe of One hundred and Fifty pounds
10 Sterling Item I doe alsoe leave and bequeath to my daughter Ann Blake the
11 like Summe of one hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling And if it shall happen
12 that my Wife Ann Blake doe dye that then her proportion One hundred and
13 Fifty pounds to descend and be equally divided between my said Children
14 John and Ann Blake and the survivor of them And in case John Blake my
15 son dye without Issue then his proportion the said One hundred and Fifty
16 pounds to goe and descend to my daughter Ann Blake and the survivor
17 of her the said Ann Blake the younger in case a son and for want of such
18 to the heires Female equally to be divided amongst them be they male or
19 Female And in case my said Wife and Children doe dye leaving noe Issue then
20 it is my Will that the said whole and intire Summe of Four hundred and Fifty
21 pounds doe goe to my next of kin the heires Male always to be preferred
22 before the Females And for want of heires Male then to the heires Female
23 the elder allwaies of each to have preference And I doe also declare and it
24 is my Will that all such summes or summe of money as is or shall appeare
25 hereafter to be due to me for my Service in the Army on the making up
26 my Amounts to be equally divided amongst my said Wife and Children share
27 and share alike and to the heires Male or Female of them And for want of
28 heires to the survivor and survivors of them none to have a greater
29 proportion then other And alsoe I doe declare and it is my Will that all summes
30 of money however due to me or that shall be due to me shall be equally divided
31 as is before expressed And alsoe I doe bequeath to my said Wife and
32 Children all such Estate or Estates reall or personal that I shall dye possessed
33 of and to the survivor and survivors of them and their heires equally to be
34 divided as is before Expressed And lastly I doe appoint that in case my
35 Wife and Son and daughter doe dye Issueless then all the Estate and Estates
36 summe and summes before expressed to goe to my next of kin the Male to be
37 preferred Before the Female the elder allwaies to have preference And alsoe
38 I doe appoint my said Wife son and daughter to be the Executors of this
39 my last Will and Testament declareing all other Wills to be void In Witness
40 whereof I have hereunto putt and affixed my hand and seale this Nineth
41 day of August One thousand seven hundred and one J Blake Signed
42 Sealed and published in Dublin in Ireland the day and year above said in
43 presence of Robt Wayford J Laonst Sam Hersington Ferdin Paris Capt James
44 King Tho: Blount Jos: Billing Scriptsit
45 Probatum fuit hujusmodi Testamentum apud London
46 coram venti viro Henrico Raines Legum doctore Surragato ventis et
47 egregii viri domini Richardi Raines Militis Legum etiam doctoris curiae
48 prerogative Cantuariensis Magistri Custodis sive Comissarij ltime constituti
49 septimo die mensis decembris Anno domini millesimo septingentesimo
50 granto Juramento Anne Blake Relicte dicti definiti ______
51 dicto Testamento nominati cui commissa fuit Administrato omnium et singulorum
52 bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand eadem
53 ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurat Reservata potestate similem commissionem
54 faciendi Johannis Blake filio et Anne Nevill alias Blake vid fili dicti definiti
55 et alterio Executoribus in eodem testamento etiam nominatum veneriti
56 eadem petitur
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Will of James Blake, Gentleman, Preshute, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1733/290, probated 8 Dec 1827
The will of James Blake or Preshute, Wiltshire answers a lot of questions raised by an earlier will probated in the name of Elizabeth Blake spinster of Preshute which was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-elizabeth-blake-spinster.html
Baptismal Records for Lambourne, Berkshire are available online from a rootsweb site (from 1560 to 1837 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Lambrn/Index.html):
Elizabeth Blake daughter of William baptized 3 Oct 1613 of Lambourne
Henry Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized Apr 14 1738
John Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 21 Oct 1739
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
Mary Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 19 Jan 1745/46
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 11 Jan 1746/47 of Woodlands
Sarah Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 23 Jun 1751
Henry Blake son of James and Elizabeth baptized 6 Aug 1774
Lots of Elizabeth Blake entries and from the earlier will she was born in 1781 and there isn’t a baptism that fits for her at Lambourne, Berkshire.
From Find My Past James was buried 3 Aug 1827 at Preshute St George and he was 74 years of age (date of birth circa 1753). He doesn’t mention being married but could he be the father of Henry baptized 6 Aug 1774 at Lambourne? Could he be an unlisted son of Henry and Elizabeth baptizing children between 1738 and 1751 at Lambourne and baptized elsewhere?
Also from Find my past the marriage of James Blake of Hungerford yeoman and widower 2 Sep 1773 to Elizabeth Green of Wokingham a spinster with bondsman John Grasingham a vintner at Wokingham.
Find my past again lists a James Blake son of John and Elizabeth baptized at Burbage 20 Mar 1753, James Blake son of Isaac and Mary baptized 5 Apr 1752 at Warminster St Denys, James Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized at South Newton 5 Apr 1754 and James Blake son of Mr John and Mary baptized at Laverstock 18 Apr 1755. These are several other possibilities so not possible to pin this baptism down at this time. But the Lambourne records are interesting.
Names mentioned in the will:
James Blake, testator, Gentleman, Preshute
Mr Edward Francis, relation and friend, Gracechurch Street, London
Miss Elizabeth Blake, cousin, Preshute
Miss Maria Brewer, friend, Preshute
Captain David Price, tenant, Marlborough
John Spackman, retired servant, Marlborough
John Brown, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough
Thelwall Maurice, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough, husband of Ann Maurice
William Brown (Ruddle in the probate), executor, trustee, gentleman, BroadHinton
Mrs Ann Maurice, wife of Thelwall Maurice, Marlborough
Miss Ann Francis, relation
Mr William Francis, relation
Miss Phillippina Brewer, friend
Mr Henry Smith, Stock Farm
Mr Charles William Valentine Smith, brother of Mr Henry Smith
Martha Blissett Maurice, daughter of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
James Maurice, son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
Elizabeth Davidson
George Madgwick Davidson, Esquire, husband of Elizabeth
Mrs Francis, Lambourne
Mr William Spicer
Mrs Mary Spicer
Mr William Edward
Mrs. Martha Edward
Mr Davison
Mrs Davison
Mr Richards
Mrs Richards
Mr Edward Francis
Mrs Edward Francis
Mr William Francis
Mrs William Francis
Mr Martin
Mrs Martin
Mrs Edward, Reading
Mr T Edward, Reading
Miss Mary Cousins
Mrs Mary Halcomb
Mrs Sarah Nalder
Mrs Mary Sanfear
Mr John Woodman
Mr John Eyre
Mr Thomas Merriman, Marlborough, solicitor
Miss Elizabeth Smith, relation
John Maurice, witness
James R White, clerk to Mr Merriman, witness
J Bullock, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1733/290
Testator: James Blake, Gentleman
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jan 1826, probated 8 Dec 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 57
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
2 of the Parish of Preshute in the County of Wilts Gentleman first I give and devise
3 all my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate at
4 Lamborne in the County of Berks unto my Relation and Friend Mr Edward
5 Francis of Gracechurch Stre[e]t London to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever
6 I give and devise unto my Cousin Miss Elizabeth Blake and to my Friend Miss
7 Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them all my right of holding term Estate
8 and Interest of and in the Messuage or dwellinghouse in which I now reside
9 called Plough Cottage with the Garden Meadow and appurtenances thereto belonging
10 to hold the same to them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer for and
11 during all such Estate term and Interest as I shall be possessed of therein at the time
12 of my decease subject nevertheless to the Rents Covenants Conditions and agreements and or which I now hold or at the time of my decease I shall hold the same also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth
13 Blake and Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them one annuity or clear yearly
14 Rent charge of thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and which I have purchased
15 upon all that Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Yards Gardens and appurtenances
16 situate in Kingsbury Street in Marlborough now in the occupation of Captain David
17 Price with all usual powers of distress and entry and perception of the Rents and profits
18 in case of nonpayment of the said annuity or any part thereof and I direct that the
19 same shall be payable to them during their joint lives to and for their joint use
20 and mutual benefit and from and after the decease of either of them I direct that the
21 same shall be paid and payable to the Survivor of them during her life to and
22 for her sole use and benefit and I direct that the said annuity shall be paid
23 and payable to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer or to the Survivor
24 of them by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the said dwelling
25 house and premises by equal half yearly payments without any deduction or abatement
26 whatsoever with a proportional part of such half yearly payment to be paid to the
27 Executor of administrators of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and
28 Maria Brewer up to and inclusive at the day of the decease of such Survivor provided
29 and I declare that in case the said Maria Brewer shall marry during the lifetime
30 of the said Elizabeth Blake that then all the share estate and Interest of the said Maria
31 Brewer of in and to the said dwelling house called Plough Cottage with the Meadow
32 and appurtenances and also of in and to the said annuity of thirty pounds shall
33 immediately thereupon cease and determine and the same share estate and Interest
34 of the said Maria Brewer shall thenceforth belong to and become the sole in
35 property of the said Elizabeth Blake and in case the said Maria Brewer shall
36 marry after the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake then the same shall sink
37 into and form part of my Residuary Personal Estate hereinafter disposed of I give
38 devise and bequeath unto my late Servant John Spackman the cottage or tenement
39 situate in Kingsbury Street aforesaid now in his occupation together with the use
40 of the household Goods and Furniture in the same Cottage during the term of
41 his natural life and I give and devise unto John Brown of Marlborough aforesaid
42 Gentleman Thelwall Maurice of the same place Gentleman and William
43 Brown of Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts Gentleman all and every my
44 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments subject only to the annuity hereinbefore
45 given to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer and the life estate of the
46 said John Spackman and all the rest residue and remainder of my real Estate
47 and Leasehold Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold the same unto and to
48 the use of the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
49 their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and
50 quality of the said several Estates upon the trusts and to and for the ends intents
51 and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes and declarations in
52 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say
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53 upon trust to permit and suffer Mrs Ann Maurice the Wife of the aforesaid Thelwall
54 Maurice to have receive and take the Rents Issues and profits thereof during the
55 term of her natural life she keeping the same in a good and sufficient state of
56 tenantable repair and from and immediately after her decease upon trust to
57 permit and suffer the said Thelwall Maurice and his assigns to have receive
58 and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to and for his own use during
59 the term of his natural life provided he shall remain single and unmarried
60 he keeping the same in a state of good and sufficient repair and from and
61 immediately after his decease or second marriage upon trust for all and every
62 or any one or more of the Children of the said Ann Maurice at such age or
63 ages time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form
64 and with under and subject to such conditions charges restrictions and limitations
65 ever for the benefit of such Children some or one of them or their issue as the
66 said Mrs Maurice by her last Will and Testament in writing or such writing
67 in the nature thereof to be by her signed and published in the presence of
68 and attested by three or more credible Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint and
69 in default of such direction limitation or appointment and as far as any such
70 if incomplete shall not extend the same shall be upon trust as soon as it
71 conveniently may be after the decease of the Survivor of them the said Thelwall
72 Maurice and Ann Maurice or the second marriage of the said Thelwall Maurice as aforesaid to make Sale and absolutely dispose of all and singular my said
73 Residuary Real Estate and my said Leasehold Estate or such part or parts thereof
74 whereof no such appointment as aforesaid shall have been made either by a
75 Public Auction or private Contract for the most money and best price that
76 can be reasonably had and gotten for the same and I direct and declare that
77 my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the executors
78 and administrators of such Survivor do and shall in the first place deduct pay
79 and satisfy out of the monies which shall arise from such Sale or Sales the costs
80 charges or expences attending such Sale or Sales or in any manner incident
81 to the execution of the trusts hereby in them and him reposed and do and
82 shall stand possessed of and interested in the clear residue of the same monies
83 and also of and in the clear yearly proceeds rents and profits of the same my
84 hereditaments and premises until such Sale or Sales thereof shall be completed
85 upon trust for all and every or any one or more of the Children of the said
86 Ann Maurice at such age or ages time or times and in such shares and
87 proportions manner and form and with under and subject to such conditions
88 charges restrictions or limitations over for the benefit of such Children some
89 or one of them or their issue as the said Ann Maurice shall in her last
90 Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last
91 Will and Testamentin writing or any writing purporting to be her last Will
92and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last Will and
93Testament direct or appoint and in default of such last mentioned direction
94 or appointment and as far as any such shall not extend upon trust for all
95 and every the Children of the said Ann Maurice who either have attained or
96 shall attain the age of twenty one years and to be divided between or among
97 them in such shares as tenants in common but no Child taking under any
98 appointment to be made in pursuance of any of the powers hereinbefore given
99 to the said Ann Maurice shall be entitled to any share of the unappointed part
100 of the said trust Estate monies or premises without bringing his or her appointed
101 share into hotchpot and accounting for the same accordingly and whereas I have
102 in my possession and stand indebted to the Estate of my late relation Miss Ann
103 Francis deceased in the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds the interest
104 of which was left to me for life by her Will and on my decease the principal
105 was bequeathed between her Sisters but as no Security or memorandum may
106 be found to identify the same I think it proper to mention the circumstance
107 here and I desire my Executors to pay the said sum also I give and bequeath
108 unto the aforesaid Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds and beg
109 he will accept my best thanks for the many attentions he has shown me I give
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110 and bequeath unto my Relation Mr William Francis Brother of the said
111 Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my
112 Friend Miss Phillippina Brewer the sum of two hundred pounds also I give
113 and bequeath unto the aforesaid Thelwall Maurice the sum of five hundred
114 pounds and to his said Wife Ann Maurice the sum of two hundred pounds also
115 I give and bequeath unto Mr Henry Smith of Stock Farm the sum of five
116 hundred pounds and to his Brother Mr Charles William Valentine Smith the
117 sum of two hundred pounds which said several legacies I direct shall be paid
118 but without Interest within twelve Calendar months next after my decease
119 also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake the sum of one
120 thousand pounds and to the aforesaid Maria Brewer the sum of two hundred
121 pounds which said last mentioned legacies I direct shall be paid within six
122 Calendar months next after my decease but without Interest and free from
123 legacy duty which shall be paid by my executors out of my Personal Estate
124 also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Blake for her life the use of the
125 following articles of plate viz [a vit] my Silver Tea pot and Stand Tea Caddy Sugar
126 Basen Cream Ewer my best coffee pot Fish knife punch Ladle and punch
127 Stainer one pair of Gravy Spoons one dozen of Table Spoons one dozen of
128 desert Spoons two dozen or tea spoons my Soup Ladle and my four Sauce Ladles one
129 pair of Sugar Tongs and four round Salts with the spoons belonging to them
130 and after her decease I give the same unto the said Maria Brewer for her
131 life if she shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after
132 the decease or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same
133 unto Martha Blissett Maurice daughter of the said Thelwall and Ann
134 Maurice absolutely all the rest and residue of my plate and Trinkets of every
135 kind I give unto the said Ann Maurice to and for her sole use and absolutely benefit
136 and I give unto the said Elizabeth Blake my poney and poney carriage
137 and harness and when such poney shall become useless from age or
138 otherwise I request that he may be killed and buried and not sold and thereupon
139 I direct my executors to purchase another fit poney for the said Elizabeth
140 Blake out of my personal Estate also I give unto James Maurice Son of the
141 said Thelwall and Ann Maurice my gold Watch with its Chain and Seals
142 Also I give unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice the Table Clock and Mahogany
143 Table and Mahogany Wardrobe in my Bed Room and the Mahogany folding
144 dressing Table now in the Bed Room of the said Elizabeth Blake I give
145 unto Elizabeth the Wife of George Madgwick Davidson Esquire my Encyclopedia
146 Britannia and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake all my Beer Wine Spirits
147 and Liquors of every description and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake for her
148 life all the remainder of my household Goods and Furniture books Linen
149 China Glass articles of Furniture implements of household and Utensils of
150 every description in and about Plough Cottage aforesaid not herein specifically
151 disposed of and from and after her decease I give the same and every part thereof
152 unto the aforesaid Maria Brewer during the term of her natural life if she
153 shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after her decease
154 or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same and every part
155 thereof unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice for her sole use and benefit also I give
156 unto my Servant the aforesaid John Spackman all my Woollen Wearing apparel
157 for his own use I give unto all my domestic Servants living with me at the
158 time of my decease decent mourning and I direct my said executors to present
159 mourning Rings to the following persons viz [a vit] Mrs Francis of Lamborne
160 the said Ann Maurice Phillippina Brewer Maria Brewer Elizabeth Blake
161 Mr William and Mrs Mary Spicer Mr William and Mrs. Martha Edward
162 Mr and Mrs Davison Mr and Mrs Richards Mr and Mrs Edward Francis
163 Mr and Mrs William Francis Mr and Mrs Martin Mrs Edward of Reading
164 Mr T Edward of Reading Miss Mary Cousins Mrs Mary Halcomb Mrs
165 Sarah Nalder Mrs Mary Sanfear Mr John Woodman Mr John Eyre and
166 Mr Thomas Merriman and I request each of my said Executors to accept
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167 of a Ring also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall
168 Maurice and William Brown all my monies and Securities for money and all
169 the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels rights credits personalEstate
170 and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore
171 specifically disposed of upon trust that they my said trustees and the Survivors and
172 Survivor of them his executors and administrators doand at their and his discretion
173 sell and dispose of and convert into money either by public auction or private contract
174 such part or parts of my said personal Estate as shall not consist of money and
175 I will and direct that my said trustees and trustee for the time being shall stand
176 possessed of my said monies and personal Estate in trust in the first place to pay
177 and discharge thereof all my Funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my
178 Will and in the next place to pay and satisfy all such debts as shall be owing by me
179 at the time of my decease or which shall afterwards accrue due and all such costs
180 costs charges and expences as shall be occasioned by or be incidental to the trusts
181 created by this my Will and after full payment of the several matters and things
182 aforesaid and also of the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed upon further trust that
183 they my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his executors or
184 administrators do and shall set apart and appropriate thereout and lay out and
185 invest in their or his names or name in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds
186 of Great Britain or on Real Security of Securities in England at Interest such a
187 principal sum of money as at the time of investing the same will produce by
188 the dividends Interest or annual produce thereof the clear annual sum of one
189 hundred pounds and do and shall stand possessed of the same sum so to be invested
190 as last aforesaid and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends
191 Interest and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
192 and payable unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake and her assigns for her life and from
193 and immediately after her decease In trust to appropriate or layout and invest such a
194 competent and sufficient part of the said principal sum as will at the time of such
195 appropriation or investment produce by the dividends Interest and annual produce
196 thereof the clear annual sum of forty pounds and do and shall stand possessed thereof
197 and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends Interest and annual
198 produce thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable unto
199 the aforesaid Maria Brewer and her assigns for her life provided she shall
200 remain single and unmarried in addition to the annuity of sixty pounds
201 hereinafter given to herIn trust and as to the remainder of the said principal
202 sum and the Stocks Funds and Securities for the same I direct that the same
203 shall immediately on the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake sink into and
204 form part of my Residuary personal Estate and from and immediately after the
205 decease of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer
206 or the marriage of the said Maria Brewer after the death of the said Elizabeth
207 Blake I direct that the whole of the said principal sum and the Stocks Funds
208 and Securities for the same shall sink into and form part of my residuary
209 personal Estate hereinafter disposed of and upon further trust that they my said trustees
210 and trustee do and shall set apart and appropriate and lay out and invest in
211 manner aforesaid such further sum or sums of money as at the time or respective
212 times of investing the same will produce by the dividends Interest or annual
213 produce thereof the several annuities of yearly sums next hereinafter mentioned
214 and directed to be paid thereout and do and shall stand possessed of the same
215 and of the dividends Interest and produce thereof upon the trusts following that
216 is to say In trust to pay to the aforesaid Maria Brewer or her assigns an annuity
217 or clear yearly sum of sixty pounds during her natural life and to pay to my
218 Relative Miss Elizabeth Smith an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty
219 pounds during her natural life which said last mentioned annuity I direct shall
220 be paid into the proper hands of the said Elizabeth Smith and that her receipt
221 alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same and that the same shall
222 not be subject or liable to the control or intermeddling of any husband with
223 whom she may hereafter intermarry and I direct and declare that the
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224 said annuities shall be respectively paid by four equal quarterly payments on
225 the twenty five day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth
226 day of September and the twenty fifth day of December in every year the first of
227 payment thereof respectively to be made on such of the said last mentioned days
228 as shall happen next after my decease provided always and I will and direct that
229 when and as each of the aforesaid annuities or annual sums shall determine
230 by the death of the person or persons to whom such annuities respectively are
231 made payable and all the arrears of the said annuities so determining shall have
232 been discharged up to the day of the decease of the annuitant or respective
233 annuitants then a proportionable part of the monies Stocks Funds and Securities
234 to be set apart and appropriated for the Security of the same annuities shall sink
235 into and become part of my Residuary personal Estate notwithstanding the other
236 or others of the same annuitants may be still living I do not by this my Will
237 leave any annuity to the aforesaid John Spackman as I have sufficiently
238 explained my wishes with regard to him to the aforesaid Mrs Maurice and
239 Elizabeth Price Blake and I am fully assured that such my wishes will be punctually
240 complied with by them and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and
241 remainder of my personal and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and
242 wheresoever not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed or disposed of upon trust that
243 they my said trustees and trustee for the time being do and shall lay out and
244 invest the same in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds of Great Britain
245 or upon some Real Security or Securities in England and stand and be
246 possessed thereof upon and for such and the same trusts and intents and purposes
247 as are hereinafter expressed and declared or referred to touching or concerning any
248 monies which may arise from Sale of any part of my said Freehold or Leasehold
249 Estates during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice provided always and
250 my Will is and I declare that in case my personal Estate shall prove insufficient
251 to pay and satisfy my debts and also all the pecuniary legacies and to supply a
252 sufficient Fund for paying the annuities hereinbefore by me given all my
253 legacies and annuities shall abate proportionably except the legacies and
254 annuities hereinbefore given to or provided for the said Elizabeth Blake and
255 Maria Brewer which I direct shall be paid without any deduction it being
256 my intention that my Real Estate shall in no wise be chargeable there with
257 provided also and I further declare that my said trustees and the Survivors and
258 Survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators of such Survivor
259 during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice with the consent and
260 approbation to be testified in writing under her hand and Seal shall and
261 may absolutely sell and dispose of and grant and convey all or any part of
262 the said Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments so devised to
263 them in trust as aforesaid to any person or persons whomsoever and either
264 by public auction or private contract for such price or prices as to her shall
265 seem reasonable free and absolutely discharged from the uses ad trusts
266 hereinbefore created concerning the same except as to the aforesaid charged
267 thirty pounds for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria
268 Brewer and I do hereby declare that on any Sale of the said Messuages Lands
269 Tenements and hereditaments or any part or parts thereof under any of the
270 power or authorities for that purpose contained in this my Will that the
271 receipt and receipts of them the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and
272 William Brown or the Survivors or Survivors of them or the last executor
273 or administrators of such Survivor alone without the concurrence of any
274 other person whomsoever shall be a sufficient discharge or discharges at all
275 times to any purchaser or purchasers and that such purchaser or purchasers
276 shall not afterwards be required or liable to see to the application of or be
277 answerable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part
278 thereof provided always nevertheless and I do hereby further direct that the
279 surplus of the monies which shall arrive from such Sale or Sales after payment
280 of the expences attending the same shall from time to time with all
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281 convenient speed be laid out and invested by my said Trustees or trustee at Interest in
282 the public Funds or on Real Security or Securities in England upon such and the
283 same trusts ends intents and purposes as are hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning
284 the said hereditaments which shall be so sold or as near thereto as circumstances
285 will admit of provided also and I hereby declare that the several legacies bequests
286 rights or Interests hereby given to or in trust for the said Ann Maurice are so
287 given by me and intended for her sole use and that the same shall not be
288 subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her present or any
289 future husband but that the same shall at all times be paid into and
290 consent by her own hands or to the hands of the person or persons she may by
291 writing from time to time but not by way of anticipation appoint and I appoint
292 the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
293 Executors of this my Will for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and I give devise
294 and bequeath unto the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
295 Brown their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively according to
296 the nature of my estate and Interest therein all and singular the Freehold
297 and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments of in or to which
298 either in my own right or otherwise howsoever I am seized possessed interested
299 or in anywise entitled either as mortgagee for my own benefit or for any trust
300 stake or Interest for the benefit of any person or persons whomsoever to the
301 end and intent that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the heirs
302 executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor may have a complete
303 power ofobtaining conveying and transferring the said Messuages Lands
304 Tenements and hereditaments respectively and may be also entitled to perform
305 the trusts upon which the same respectively are held and receive any sum
306 or sums of money which is or are or shall or may hereafter become due
307 upon the Security of the same or any part thereof provided also and I further
308 declare that in case the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
309 Brown or either of them or any trustees or trustee to be appointed under this
310 present provision shall die or become unwilling or unable to act in the
311 aforesaid trusts before the same shall be fully executed and performed then
312 and as often as the same shall happen I direct the said John Brown
313 Thelwall Maurice and William Brown or such of them as shall be
314 then living or willing to act and capable of acting and after the decease
315 of the Survivor the acting trustees or trustee for the time being or the heirs
316 Executors or Administrators for the time being of the last acting trustee
317 under this my Will to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place
318 or places of the trustee or trustees respectively so dying or becoming unwilling
319 or unable to act as aforesaid and immediately after every such appointment
320 the trust Estate monies and premises shall be assigned converted and
321 transferred to and in such manner that the same may vest in such
322 trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or
323 trustees or in such new trustee or trustees solely as the case may require
324 and I direct that such new trustee or trustees shall exercise all the powers and
325 authorities whatsoever hereinbefore contained in the same manner to all
326 intents and purposes as if he or they had been appointed a trustee or trustees by
327 this my Will and I further direct that my said trustees hereby appointed and to
328 be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them their heirs Executors
329 administrators and assigns shall severally and respectively be charged and
330 chargeable only with such monies as they severally and respectively shall
331 actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding
332 he or they respectively shall give or sign or join in giving or signing any
333 receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and also that any one or more
334 of the said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or
335 either of them but each and every of them only and respectively for himself
336 and themselves and his and their own acts neglects receipts and defaults and
337 that they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any
338 loss misfortune or damage which may happen to my trust Estate in the
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339 execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall
340 happen by or through his or their own wilful default respectively and than and
341 in such case such person singly be answerable for his own neglects and
342 defaults only and further that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
343 trustees and trustee for the time being by and out of the monies which shall
344 shall come to their respective hands under the trusts of this my Will to claim
345 and reimburse unto and for themselves respectively and to allow to such other all
346 the costs charges damages and expences to which they respectively shall or may
347 suffer sustain and be put into in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts
348 or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the testator
349 have to this my last Will and Testament contained in nine sheets of
350 paper set my hand and Seal that is to say my hand to the first eight sheets
351 thereof and my hand and Seal to this ninth and last sheet hereof this eleventh
352 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
353 twenty six Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
354 James Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
355 presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the sight and presence
356 of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto John
357 Maurice Mr J Marlborough Mr Merriman Marboro Gent James R White
358 Clerk to Mr Merriman
359 Whereas since the making and publishing of the foregoing Will
360 my late Servant John Spackman hath departed this life now I do hereby
361 give and bequeath unto the before mentioned Elizabeth Blake all my
362 wearing apparel both Linen and Woollen and all other kinds for her own
363 use and benefit and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness
364 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirteenth day of October
365 1826 Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
366 James Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
367 presence of us J. Bullock Tho B Merriman both of Marlboro’ Gent[lemen]
368 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th Dec 1827 before the Judge by the
369 oaths of Thelwall Maurice and William Ruddle (in the Will written William
370 Brown) the Ex[ecut]ors to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Com[missi]on
371 duly to adm[iniste]r power reserved to John Brown the other Ex[ecut]or
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Baptismal Records for Lambourne, Berkshire are available online from a rootsweb site (from 1560 to 1837 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Lambrn/Index.html):
Elizabeth Blake daughter of William baptized 3 Oct 1613 of Lambourne
Henry Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized Apr 14 1738
John Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 21 Oct 1739
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
Mary Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 30 Aug 1742
William Blake son of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 19 Jan 1745/46
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 11 Jan 1746/47 of Woodlands
Sarah Blake daughter of Henry and Elizabeth baptized 23 Jun 1751
Henry Blake son of James and Elizabeth baptized 6 Aug 1774
Lots of Elizabeth Blake entries and from the earlier will she was born in 1781 and there isn’t a baptism that fits for her at Lambourne, Berkshire.
From Find My Past James was buried 3 Aug 1827 at Preshute St George and he was 74 years of age (date of birth circa 1753). He doesn’t mention being married but could he be the father of Henry baptized 6 Aug 1774 at Lambourne? Could he be an unlisted son of Henry and Elizabeth baptizing children between 1738 and 1751 at Lambourne and baptized elsewhere?
Also from Find my past the marriage of James Blake of Hungerford yeoman and widower 2 Sep 1773 to Elizabeth Green of Wokingham a spinster with bondsman John Grasingham a vintner at Wokingham.
Find my past again lists a James Blake son of John and Elizabeth baptized at Burbage 20 Mar 1753, James Blake son of Isaac and Mary baptized 5 Apr 1752 at Warminster St Denys, James Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized at South Newton 5 Apr 1754 and James Blake son of Mr John and Mary baptized at Laverstock 18 Apr 1755. These are several other possibilities so not possible to pin this baptism down at this time. But the Lambourne records are interesting.
Names mentioned in the will:
James Blake, testator, Gentleman, Preshute
Mr Edward Francis, relation and friend, Gracechurch Street, London
Miss Elizabeth Blake, cousin, Preshute
Miss Maria Brewer, friend, Preshute
Captain David Price, tenant, Marlborough
John Spackman, retired servant, Marlborough
John Brown, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough
Thelwall Maurice, executor, trustee, gentleman, Marlborough, husband of Ann Maurice
William Brown (Ruddle in the probate), executor, trustee, gentleman, BroadHinton
Mrs Ann Maurice, wife of Thelwall Maurice, Marlborough
Miss Ann Francis, relation
Mr William Francis, relation
Miss Phillippina Brewer, friend
Mr Henry Smith, Stock Farm
Mr Charles William Valentine Smith, brother of Mr Henry Smith
Martha Blissett Maurice, daughter of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
James Maurice, son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice
Elizabeth Davidson
George Madgwick Davidson, Esquire, husband of Elizabeth
Mrs Francis, Lambourne
Mr William Spicer
Mrs Mary Spicer
Mr William Edward
Mrs. Martha Edward
Mr Davison
Mrs Davison
Mr Richards
Mrs Richards
Mr Edward Francis
Mrs Edward Francis
Mr William Francis
Mrs William Francis
Mr Martin
Mrs Martin
Mrs Edward, Reading
Mr T Edward, Reading
Miss Mary Cousins
Mrs Mary Halcomb
Mrs Sarah Nalder
Mrs Mary Sanfear
Mr John Woodman
Mr John Eyre
Mr Thomas Merriman, Marlborough, solicitor
Miss Elizabeth Smith, relation
John Maurice, witness
James R White, clerk to Mr Merriman, witness
J Bullock, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1733/290
Testator: James Blake, Gentleman
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jan 1826, probated 8 Dec 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 57
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
2 of the Parish of Preshute in the County of Wilts Gentleman first I give and devise
3 all my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate at
4 Lamborne in the County of Berks unto my Relation and Friend Mr Edward
5 Francis of Gracechurch Stre[e]t London to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever
6 I give and devise unto my Cousin Miss Elizabeth Blake and to my Friend Miss
7 Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them all my right of holding term Estate
8 and Interest of and in the Messuage or dwellinghouse in which I now reside
9 called Plough Cottage with the Garden Meadow and appurtenances thereto belonging
10 to hold the same to them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer for and
11 during all such Estate term and Interest as I shall be possessed of therein at the time
12 of my decease subject nevertheless to the Rents Covenants Conditions and agreements and or which I now hold or at the time of my decease I shall hold the same also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth
13 Blake and Maria Brewer and to the Survivor of them one annuity or clear yearly
14 Rent charge of thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and which I have purchased
15 upon all that Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Yards Gardens and appurtenances
16 situate in Kingsbury Street in Marlborough now in the occupation of Captain David
17 Price with all usual powers of distress and entry and perception of the Rents and profits
18 in case of nonpayment of the said annuity or any part thereof and I direct that the
19 same shall be payable to them during their joint lives to and for their joint use
20 and mutual benefit and from and after the decease of either of them I direct that the
21 same shall be paid and payable to the Survivor of them during her life to and
22 for her sole use and benefit and I direct that the said annuity shall be paid
23 and payable to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer or to the Survivor
24 of them by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the said dwelling
25 house and premises by equal half yearly payments without any deduction or abatement
26 whatsoever with a proportional part of such half yearly payment to be paid to the
27 Executor of administrators of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and
28 Maria Brewer up to and inclusive at the day of the decease of such Survivor provided
29 and I declare that in case the said Maria Brewer shall marry during the lifetime
30 of the said Elizabeth Blake that then all the share estate and Interest of the said Maria
31 Brewer of in and to the said dwelling house called Plough Cottage with the Meadow
32 and appurtenances and also of in and to the said annuity of thirty pounds shall
33 immediately thereupon cease and determine and the same share estate and Interest
34 of the said Maria Brewer shall thenceforth belong to and become the sole in
35 property of the said Elizabeth Blake and in case the said Maria Brewer shall
36 marry after the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake then the same shall sink
37 into and form part of my Residuary Personal Estate hereinafter disposed of I give
38 devise and bequeath unto my late Servant John Spackman the cottage or tenement
39 situate in Kingsbury Street aforesaid now in his occupation together with the use
40 of the household Goods and Furniture in the same Cottage during the term of
41 his natural life and I give and devise unto John Brown of Marlborough aforesaid
42 Gentleman Thelwall Maurice of the same place Gentleman and William
43 Brown of Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts Gentleman all and every my
44 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments subject only to the annuity hereinbefore
45 given to the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer and the life estate of the
46 said John Spackman and all the rest residue and remainder of my real Estate
47 and Leasehold Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold the same unto and to
48 the use of the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
49 their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and
50 quality of the said several Estates upon the trusts and to and for the ends intents
51 and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes and declarations in
52 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say
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53 upon trust to permit and suffer Mrs Ann Maurice the Wife of the aforesaid Thelwall
54 Maurice to have receive and take the Rents Issues and profits thereof during the
55 term of her natural life she keeping the same in a good and sufficient state of
56 tenantable repair and from and immediately after her decease upon trust to
57 permit and suffer the said Thelwall Maurice and his assigns to have receive
58 and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to and for his own use during
59 the term of his natural life provided he shall remain single and unmarried
60 he keeping the same in a state of good and sufficient repair and from and
61 immediately after his decease or second marriage upon trust for all and every
62 or any one or more of the Children of the said Ann Maurice at such age or
63 ages time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form
64 and with under and subject to such conditions charges restrictions and limitations
65 ever for the benefit of such Children some or one of them or their issue as the
66 said Mrs Maurice by her last Will and Testament in writing or such writing
67 in the nature thereof to be by her signed and published in the presence of
68 and attested by three or more credible Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint and
69 in default of such direction limitation or appointment and as far as any such
70 if incomplete shall not extend the same shall be upon trust as soon as it
71 conveniently may be after the decease of the Survivor of them the said Thelwall
72 Maurice and Ann Maurice or the second marriage of the said Thelwall Maurice as aforesaid to make Sale and absolutely dispose of all and singular my said
73 Residuary Real Estate and my said Leasehold Estate or such part or parts thereof
74 whereof no such appointment as aforesaid shall have been made either by a
75 Public Auction or private Contract for the most money and best price that
76 can be reasonably had and gotten for the same and I direct and declare that
77 my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the executors
78 and administrators of such Survivor do and shall in the first place deduct pay
79 and satisfy out of the monies which shall arise from such Sale or Sales the costs
80 charges or expences attending such Sale or Sales or in any manner incident
81 to the execution of the trusts hereby in them and him reposed and do and
82 shall stand possessed of and interested in the clear residue of the same monies
83 and also of and in the clear yearly proceeds rents and profits of the same my
84 hereditaments and premises until such Sale or Sales thereof shall be completed
85 upon trust for all and every or any one or more of the Children of the said
86 Ann Maurice at such age or ages time or times and in such shares and
87 proportions manner and form and with under and subject to such conditions
88 charges restrictions or limitations over for the benefit of such Children some
89 or one of them or their issue as the said Ann Maurice shall in her last
90 Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be her last
91 Will and Testament
92
93
94 or appointment and as far as any such shall not extend upon trust for all
95 and every the Children of the said Ann Maurice who either have attained or
96 shall attain the age of twenty one years and to be divided between or among
97 them in such shares as tenants in common but no Child taking under any
98 appointment to be made in pursuance of any of the powers hereinbefore given
99 to the said Ann Maurice shall be entitled to any share of the unappointed part
100 of the said trust Estate monies or premises without bringing his or her appointed
101 share into hotchpot and accounting for the same accordingly and whereas I have
102 in my possession and stand indebted to the Estate of my late relation Miss Ann
103 Francis deceased in the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds the interest
104 of which was left to me for life by her Will and on my decease the principal
105 was bequeathed between her Sisters but as no Security or memorandum may
106 be found to identify the same I think it proper to mention the circumstance
107 here and I desire my Executors to pay the said sum also I give and bequeath
108 unto the aforesaid Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds and beg
109 he will accept my best thanks for the many attentions he has shown me I give
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110 and bequeath unto my Relation Mr William Francis Brother of the said
111 Edward Francis the sum of five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my
112 Friend Miss Phillippina Brewer the sum of two hundred pounds also I give
113 and bequeath unto the aforesaid Thelwall Maurice the sum of five hundred
114 pounds and to his said Wife Ann Maurice the sum of two hundred pounds also
115 I give and bequeath unto Mr Henry Smith of Stock Farm the sum of five
116 hundred pounds and to his Brother Mr Charles William Valentine Smith the
117 sum of two hundred pounds which said several legacies I direct shall be paid
118 but without Interest within twelve Calendar months next after my decease
119 also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake the sum of one
120 thousand pounds and to the aforesaid Maria Brewer the sum of two hundred
121 pounds which said last mentioned legacies I direct shall be paid within six
122 Calendar months next after my decease but without Interest and free from
123 legacy duty which shall be paid by my executors out of my Personal Estate
124 also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Blake for her life the use of the
125 following articles of plate viz [a vit] my Silver Tea pot and Stand Tea Caddy Sugar
126 Basen Cream Ewer my best coffee pot Fish knife punch Ladle and punch
127 Stainer one pair of Gravy Spoons one dozen of Table Spoons one dozen of
128 desert Spoons two dozen or tea spoons my Soup Ladle and my four Sauce Ladles one
129 pair of Sugar Tongs and four round Salts with the spoons belonging to them
130 and after her decease I give the same unto the said Maria Brewer for her
131 life if she shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after
132 the decease or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same
133 unto Martha Blissett Maurice daughter of the said Thelwall and Ann
134 Maurice absolutely all the rest and residue of my plate and Trinkets of every
135 kind I give unto the said Ann Maurice to and for her sole use and absolutely benefit
136 and I give unto the said Elizabeth Blake my poney and poney carriage
137 and harness and when such poney shall become useless from age or
138 otherwise I request that he may be killed and buried and not sold and thereupon
139 I direct my executors to purchase another fit poney for the said Elizabeth
140 Blake out of my personal Estate also I give unto James Maurice Son of the
141 said Thelwall and Ann Maurice my gold Watch with its Chain and Seals
142 Also I give unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice the Table Clock and Mahogany
143 Table and Mahogany Wardrobe in my Bed Room and the Mahogany folding
144 dressing Table now in the Bed Room of the said Elizabeth Blake I give
145 unto Elizabeth the Wife of George Madgwick Davidson Esquire my Encyclopedia
146 Britannia and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake all my Beer Wine Spirits
147 and Liquors of every description and I give to the said Elizabeth Blake for her
148 life all the remainder of my household Goods and Furniture books Linen
149 China Glass articles of Furniture implements of household and Utensils of
150 every description in and about Plough Cottage aforesaid not herein specifically
151 disposed of and from and after her decease I give the same and every part thereof
152 unto the aforesaid Maria Brewer during the term of her natural life if she
153 shall so long continue unmarried and from and immediately after her decease
154 or marriage which ever shall first happen I give the same and every part
155 thereof unto the aforesaid Ann Maurice for her sole use and benefit also I give
156 unto my Servant the aforesaid John Spackman all my Woollen Wearing apparel
157 for his own use I give unto all my domestic Servants living with me at the
158 time of my decease decent mourning and I direct my said executors to present
159 mourning Rings to the following persons viz [a vit] Mrs Francis of Lamborne
160 the said Ann Maurice Phillippina Brewer Maria Brewer Elizabeth Blake
161 Mr William and Mrs Mary Spicer Mr William and Mrs. Martha Edward
162 Mr and Mrs Davison Mr and Mrs Richards Mr and Mrs Edward Francis
163 Mr and Mrs William Francis Mr and Mrs Martin Mrs Edward of Reading
164 Mr T Edward of Reading Miss Mary Cousins Mrs Mary Halcomb Mrs
165 Sarah Nalder Mrs Mary Sanfear Mr John Woodman Mr John Eyre and
166 Mr Thomas Merriman and I request each of my said Executors to accept
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167 of a Ring also I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall
168 Maurice and William Brown all my monies and Securities for money and all
169 the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels rights credits personal
170 and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore
171 specifically disposed of upon trust that they my said trustees and the Survivors and
172 Survivor of them his executors and administrators do
173 sell and dispose of and convert into money either by public auction or private contract
174 such part or parts of my said personal Estate as shall not consist of money and
175 I will and direct that my said trustees and trustee for the time being shall stand
176 possessed of my said monies and personal Estate in trust in the first place to pay
177 and discharge thereof all my Funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my
178 Will and in the next place to pay and satisfy all such debts as shall be owing by me
179 at the time of my decease or which shall afterwards accrue due and all such costs
180 costs charges and expences as shall be occasioned by or be incidental to the trusts
181 created by this my Will and after full payment of the several matters and things
182 aforesaid and also of the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed upon further trust that
183 they my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his executors or
184 administrators do and shall set apart and appropriate thereout and lay out and
185 invest in their or his names or name in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds
186 of Great Britain or on Real Security of Securities in England at Interest such a
187 principal sum of money as at the time of investing the same will produce by
188 the dividends Interest or annual produce thereof the clear annual sum of one
189 hundred pounds and do and shall stand possessed of the same sum so to be invested
190 as last aforesaid and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends
191 Interest and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
192 and payable unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Blake and her assigns for her life and from
193 and immediately after her decease In trust to appropriate or layout and invest such a
194 competent and sufficient part of the said principal sum as will at the time of such
195 appropriation or investment produce by the dividends Interest and annual produce
196 thereof the clear annual sum of forty pounds and do and shall stand possessed thereof
197 and of the Securities for the same In trust to pay the dividends Interest and annual
198 produce thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable unto
199 the aforesaid Maria Brewer and her assigns for her life provided she shall
200 remain single and unmarried in addition to the annuity of sixty pounds
201 hereinafter given to her
202 sum and the Stocks Funds and Securities for the same I direct that the same
203 shall immediately on the decease of the said Elizabeth Blake sink into and
204 form part of my Residuary personal Estate and from and immediately after the
205 decease of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria Brewer
206 or the marriage of the said Maria Brewer after the death of the said Elizabeth
207 Blake I direct that the whole of the said principal sum and the Stocks Funds
208 and Securities for the same shall sink into and form part of my residuary
209 personal Estate hereinafter disposed of and upon further trust that they my said trustees
210 and trustee do and shall set apart and appropriate and lay out and invest in
211 manner aforesaid such further sum or sums of money as at the time or respective
212 times of investing the same will produce by the dividends Interest or annual
213 produce thereof the several annuities of yearly sums next hereinafter mentioned
214 and directed to be paid thereout and do and shall stand possessed of the same
215 and of the dividends Interest and produce thereof upon the trusts following that
216 is to say In trust to pay to the aforesaid Maria Brewer or her assigns an annuity
217 or clear yearly sum of sixty pounds during her natural life and to pay to my
218 Relative Miss Elizabeth Smith an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty
219 pounds during her natural life which said last mentioned annuity I direct shall
220 be paid into the proper hands of the said Elizabeth Smith and that her receipt
221 alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same and that the same shall
222 not be subject or liable to the control or intermeddling of any husband with
223 whom she may hereafter intermarry and I direct and declare that the
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224 said annuities shall be respectively paid by four equal quarterly payments on
225 the twenty five day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth
226 day of September and the twenty fifth day of December in every year the first of
227 payment thereof respectively to be made on such of the said last mentioned days
228 as shall happen next after my decease provided always and I will and direct that
229 when and as each of the aforesaid annuities or annual sums shall determine
230 by the death of the person or persons to whom such annuities respectively are
231 made payable and all the arrears of the said annuities so determining shall have
232 been discharged up to the day of the decease of the annuitant or respective
233 annuitants then a proportionable part of the monies Stocks Funds and Securities
234 to be set apart and appropriated for the Security of the same annuities shall sink
235 into and become part of my Residuary personal Estate notwithstanding the other
236 or others of the same annuitants may be still living I do not by this my Will
237 leave any annuity to the aforesaid John Spackman as I have sufficiently
238 explained my wishes with regard to him to the aforesaid Mrs Maurice and
239 Elizabeth Price Blake and I am fully assured that such my wishes will be punctually
240 complied with by them and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and
241 remainder of my personal and Testamentary estate and effects whatsoever and
242 wheresoever not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed or disposed of upon trust that
243 they my said trustees and trustee for the time being do and shall lay out and
244 invest the same in the parliamentary Stocks or public Funds of Great Britain
245 or upon some Real Security or Securities in England and stand and be
246 possessed thereof upon and for such and the same trusts and intents and purposes
247 as are hereinafter expressed and declared or referred to touching or concerning any
248 monies which may arise from Sale of any part of my said Freehold or Leasehold
249 Estates during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice provided always and
250 my Will is and I declare that in case my personal Estate shall prove insufficient
251 to pay and satisfy my debts and also all the pecuniary legacies and to supply a
252 sufficient Fund for paying the annuities hereinbefore by me given all my
253 legacies and annuities shall abate proportionably except the legacies and
254 annuities hereinbefore given to or provided for the said Elizabeth Blake and
255 Maria Brewer which I direct shall be paid without any deduction it being
256 my intention that my Real Estate shall in no wise be chargeable there with
257 provided also and I further declare that my said trustees and the Survivors and
258 Survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators of such Survivor
259 during the lifetime of the said Ann Maurice with the consent and
260 approbation to be testified in writing under her hand and Seal shall and
261 may absolutely sell and dispose of and grant and convey all or any part of
262 the said Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments so devised to
263 them in trust as aforesaid to any person or persons whomsoever and either
264 by public auction or private contract for such price or prices as to her shall
265 seem reasonable free and absolutely discharged from the uses ad trusts
266 hereinbefore created concerning the same except as to the aforesaid charged
267 thirty pounds for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Blake and Maria
268 Brewer and I do hereby declare that on any Sale of the said Messuages Lands
269 Tenements and hereditaments or any part or parts thereof under any of the
270 power or authorities for that purpose contained in this my Will that the
271 receipt and receipts of them the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and
272 William Brown or the Survivors or Survivors of them or the last executor
273 or administrators of such Survivor alone without the concurrence of any
274 other person whomsoever shall be a sufficient discharge or discharges at all
275 times to any purchaser or purchasers and that such purchaser or purchasers
276 shall not afterwards be required or liable to see to the application of or be
277 answerable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part
278 thereof provided always nevertheless and I do hereby further direct that the
279 surplus of the monies which shall arrive from such Sale or Sales after payment
280 of the expences attending the same shall from time to time with all
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281 convenient speed be laid out and invested by my said Trustees or trustee at Interest in
282 the public Funds or on Real Security or Securities in England upon such and the
283 same trusts ends intents and purposes as are hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning
284 the said hereditaments which shall be so sold or as near thereto as circumstances
285 will admit of provided also and I hereby declare that the several legacies bequests
286 rights or Interests hereby given to or in trust for the said Ann Maurice are so
287 given by me and intended for her sole use and that the same shall not be
288 subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her present or any
289 future husband but that the same shall at all times be paid into and
290 consent by her own hands or to the hands of the person or persons she may by
291 writing from time to time but not by way of anticipation appoint and I appoint
292 the aforesaid John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William Brown
293 Executors of this my Will for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and I give devise
294 and bequeath unto the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
295 Brown their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively according to
296 the nature of my estate and Interest therein all and singular the Freehold
297 and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments of in or to which
298 either in my own right or otherwise howsoever I am seized possessed interested
299 or in anywise entitled either as mortgagee for my own benefit or for any trust
300 stake or Interest for the benefit of any person or persons whomsoever to the
301 end and intent that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the heirs
302 executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor may have a complete
303 power of
304 Tenements and hereditaments respectively and may be also entitled to perform
305 the trusts upon which the same respectively are held and receive any sum
306 or sums of money which is or are or shall or may hereafter become due
307 upon the Security of the same or any part thereof provided also and I further
308 declare that in case the said John Brown Thelwall Maurice and William
309 Brown or either of them or any trustees or trustee to be appointed under this
310 present provision shall die or become unwilling or unable to act in the
311 aforesaid trusts before the same shall be fully executed and performed then
312 and as often as the same shall happen I direct the said John Brown
313 Thelwall Maurice and William Brown or such of them as shall be
314 then living or willing to act and capable of acting and after the decease
315 of the Survivor the acting trustees or trustee for the time being or the heirs
316 Executors or Administrators for the time being of the last acting trustee
317 under this my Will to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place
318 or places of the trustee or trustees respectively so dying or becoming unwilling
319 or unable to act as aforesaid and immediately after every such appointment
320 the trust Estate monies and premises shall be assigned converted and
321 transferred to and in such manner that the same may vest in such
322 trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or
323 trustees or in such new trustee or trustees solely as the case may require
324 and I direct that such new trustee or trustees shall exercise all the powers and
325 authorities whatsoever hereinbefore contained in the same manner to all
326 intents and purposes as if he or they had been appointed a trustee or trustees by
327 this my Will and I further direct that my said trustees hereby appointed and to
328 be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them their heirs Executors
329 administrators and assigns shall severally and respectively be charged and
330 chargeable only with such monies as they severally and respectively shall
331 actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding
332 he or they respectively shall give or sign or join in giving or signing any
333 receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and also that any one or more
334 of the said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or
335 either of them but each and every of them only and respectively for himself
336 and themselves and his and their own acts neglects receipts and defaults and
337 that they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any
338 loss misfortune or damage which may happen to my trust Estate in the
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339 execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall
340 happen by or through his or their own wilful default respectively and than and
341 in such case such person singly be answerable for his own neglects and
342 defaults only and further that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
343 trustees and trustee for the time being by and out of the monies which shall
344 shall come to their respective hands under the trusts of this my Will to claim
345 and reimburse unto and for themselves respectively and to allow to such other all
346 the costs charges damages and expences to which they respectively shall or may
347 suffer sustain and be put into in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts
348 or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the testator
349 have to this my last Will and Testament contained in nine sheets of
350 paper set my hand and Seal that is to say my hand to the first eight sheets
351 thereof and my hand and Seal to this ninth and last sheet hereof this eleventh
352 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
353 twenty six Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
354 James Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
355 presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the sight and presence
356 of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto John
357 Maurice Mr J Marlborough Mr Merriman Marboro Gent James R White
358 Clerk to Mr Merriman
359 Whereas since the making and publishing of the foregoing Will
360 my late Servant John Spackman hath departed this life now I do hereby
361 give and bequeath unto the before mentioned Elizabeth Blake all my
362 wearing apparel both Linen and Woollen and all other kinds for her own
363 use and benefit and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness
364 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirteenth day of October
365 1826 Ja[me]s Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
366 James Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
367 presence of us J. Bullock Tho B Merriman both of Marlboro’ Gent[lemen]
368 Proved at London with a Codicil 8th Dec 1827 before the Judge by the
369 oaths of Thelwall Maurice and William Ruddle (in the Will written William
370 Brown) the Ex[ecut]ors to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Com[missi]on
371 duly to adm[iniste]r power reserved to John Brown the other Ex[ecut]or
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Will of Elizabeth Blake, Spinster, Preshute, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/2060/316, probated 3 Mar 1848
Elizabeth Blake is the Testatrix and how she relates to the Maurice and Green families mentioned in her will is not obvious at this point. Elizabeth is on the census at Plough Cottage, Manton Tything, Preshute, Marlborough in 1841, 60 years of age (born in 1781), not born in Wiltshire and living with her Philippina Brewer (age 60 years born in Wiltshire), Hanah Pinnegar (35 years of age and born in Wiltshire), Ellenor Dance (15 years of age and born in Wiltshire), James Annetts (35 years of age and born in Wiltshire). At this time Elizabeth is a mystery.
Fascinating story about the Mr David Pierce Maurice of Marlborough Surgeon in the Daily Mail 28 Aug 2009:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209663/GP-hangs-stethoscope-bringing-end-dynasty-doctors-dating-1792.html
He was the first of six generations of doctors who had led the town of Marlborough’s medical practice since 1792. The first being Dr Thelwall Blisset Maurice (born in 1767 and joined the practice in 1792. His widow Ann is mentioned in the will below. From Family search it appears that David Pierce Maurice married Marianne Bullock 3 Aug 1829 at Wroughton, Wiltshire. David Pierce Maurice was born 5 March 1802 and baptized 18 Jun 1803 at St Peter and St Paul, Marlborough son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice. Thelwall Maurice and Ann Brewer were married 21 Jul 1794 at Overton, Wiltshire.
The children of David and Marianne Maurice baptized at St Peter and St Paul, Marlborough:
Julia Anna 6 Jul 1833
Thelwall Pierce baptized 30 Jul 1834
Elizabeth Emily 16 Mar 1836
Oliver Calley 15 Jan 1838
James Blake 23 Oct 1840
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2070/316
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, Spinster
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 7 May 1847, probated 3 Mar 1848
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 8
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Elizabeth Blake of Plough Cottage in the parish of Preshute in the County
3 of Wilts Spinster I give and bequeath to my Executrix and Executor hereinafter
4 named the sum of one hundred pounds Upon trust to pay thereout all my just debts
5 funeral and testamentary expences and the expence of proving this my Will and after
6 payment and satisfaction thereof upon trust to pay the residue which shall be left
7 (if any) in aid of my personal estate and in case the said sum of one hundred pounds
8 shall prove insufficient for the purposes aforesaid then I direct that the deficiency
9 shall be made good out of the residue of my personal estate I give and bequeath the
10 following legacies namely To Mr David Pierce Maurice of Marlborough Surgeon
11 the sum of sixty pounds To Mr James Green of No 96 Stock Road Lambeth the sum
12 of nineteen pounds To Mrs Elizabeth Green his Wife the sum of one hundred pounds
13 To Elizabeth Green their daughter the sum of nineteen pounds To Mrs Elizabeth
14 Smith of Great Bedwin the sum of five pounds To Catherine Smith her daughter
15 the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings To the rest of the now unmarried
16 daughter of the said Mr Smith except Charlotte Smith the sum of fifty pounds to be
17 equally divided between them To Mrs Ann Maurice of Marlborough Widow the
18 sum of thirty pounds To Mrs Thelwell Blissett Maurice of Reading the sum of nine-
19 teen pounds and nineteen shillings To Mr James Maurice the sum of forty pounds
20 To Mrs Martha Grainger of Bowery Lane Righgate the sum of forty pounds
21 To Mrs Ellinor Bullock the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings To Miss
22 Mary Maurice of Marlborough the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shil-
23 lings To the Reverend John Maurice the sum of five pounds To the Reverend
24 Thomas Maurice the sum of five pounds as a remembrance to both To my friend
25 Phillippina Brewer residing with me the sum of fifty pounds To my servants
26 Hannah Pinnegar and James Annetts if they shall be living with me at the time
27 of my death ten pounds each and to Ellinor Dance if she shall be living with me
28 at the time of my death the sum of three pounds And I direct that the said sum
29 of one hundred pounds together with the said several legacies hereinbefore
30 bequeathed by me shall be paid by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named
31 out of my money in the funds or elsewhere within twelve months after my decease
32 All the rest Residue and remainder of my money securities for money household
33 furniture goods chattels personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and
34 of what nature and kind soever I give and bequeath unto the said Philippina
35 Brewer her executors administrators and assigns for ever and their own use
36 absolutely And lastly I appoint the said Phillippina Brewer and the said James
37 Maurice Executrix and Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former
38 Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and declaring this to be my
39 last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
40 seal this eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty seven in the
41 presence of the two persons who names are subscribed hereto as witnesses
42 Elizabeth Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
43 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
44 sence of us both present at the same time who in her presence at her request and
45 in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
46 John Lundry Clatford and Daniel Rawlin Clatford
47 Proved at London 3rd March 1848 before the Worshipful Magistrate
48 Frederic Bayford doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of James Maurice
49 Esquire one of the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn
50 duly to administer Power reserved of making the like grant to Philippina Brewer
51 Spinster the other Executor when she shall apply for the same
Fascinating story about the Mr David Pierce Maurice of Marlborough Surgeon in the Daily Mail 28 Aug 2009:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209663/GP-hangs-stethoscope-bringing-end-dynasty-doctors-dating-1792.html
He was the first of six generations of doctors who had led the town of Marlborough’s medical practice since 1792. The first being Dr Thelwall Blisset Maurice (born in 1767 and joined the practice in 1792. His widow Ann is mentioned in the will below. From Family search it appears that David Pierce Maurice married Marianne Bullock 3 Aug 1829 at Wroughton, Wiltshire. David Pierce Maurice was born 5 March 1802 and baptized 18 Jun 1803 at St Peter and St Paul, Marlborough son of Thelwall and Ann Maurice. Thelwall Maurice and Ann Brewer were married 21 Jul 1794 at Overton, Wiltshire.
The children of David and Marianne Maurice baptized at St Peter and St Paul, Marlborough:
Julia Anna 6 Jul 1833
Thelwall Pierce baptized 30 Jul 1834
Elizabeth Emily 16 Mar 1836
Oliver Calley 15 Jan 1838
James Blake 23 Oct 1840
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2070/316
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, Spinster
Place: Preshute, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 7 May 1847, probated 3 Mar 1848
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 8
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Elizabeth Blake of Plough Cottage in the parish of Preshute in the County
3 of Wilts Spinster I give and bequeath to my Executrix and Executor hereinafter
4 named the sum of one hundred pounds Upon trust to pay thereout all my just debts
5 funeral and testamentary expences and the expence of proving this my Will and after
6 payment and satisfaction thereof upon trust to pay the residue which shall be left
7 (if any) in aid of my personal estate and in case the said sum of one hundred pounds
8 shall prove insufficient for the purposes aforesaid then I direct that the deficiency
9 shall be made good out of the residue of my personal estate I give and bequeath the
10 following legacies namely To Mr David Pierce Maurice of Marlborough Surgeon
11 the sum of sixty pounds To Mr James Green of No 96 Stock Road Lambeth the sum
12 of nineteen pounds To Mrs Elizabeth Green his Wife the sum of one hundred pounds
13 To Elizabeth Green their daughter the sum of nineteen pounds To Mrs Elizabeth
14 Smith of Great Bedwin the sum of five pounds To Catherine Smith her daughter
15 the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings To the rest of the now unmarried
16 daughter of the said Mr Smith except Charlotte Smith the sum of fifty pounds to be
17 equally divided between them To Mrs Ann Maurice of Marlborough Widow the
18 sum of thirty pounds To Mrs Thelwell Blissett Maurice of Reading the sum of nine-
19 teen pounds and nineteen shillings To Mr James Maurice the sum of forty pounds
20 To Mrs Martha Grainger of Bowery Lane Righgate the sum of forty pounds
21 To Mrs Ellinor Bullock the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings To Miss
22 Mary Maurice of Marlborough the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shil-
23 lings To the Reverend John Maurice the sum of five pounds To the Reverend
24 Thomas Maurice the sum of five pounds as a remembrance to both To my friend
25 Phillippina Brewer residing with me the sum of fifty pounds To my servants
26 Hannah Pinnegar and James Annetts if they shall be living with me at the time
27 of my death ten pounds each and to Ellinor Dance if she shall be living with me
28 at the time of my death the sum of three pounds And I direct that the said sum
29 of one hundred pounds together with the said several legacies hereinbefore
30 bequeathed by me shall be paid by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named
31 out of my money in the funds or elsewhere within twelve months after my decease
32 All the rest Residue and remainder of my money securities for money household
33 furniture goods chattels personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and
34 of what nature and kind soever I give and bequeath unto the said Philippina
35 Brewer her executors administrators and assigns for ever and their own use
36 absolutely And lastly I appoint the said Phillippina Brewer and the said James
37 Maurice Executrix and Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former
38 Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and declaring this to be my
39 last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
40 seal this eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty seven in the
41 presence of the two persons who names are subscribed hereto as witnesses
42 Elizabeth Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
43 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
44 sence of us both present at the same time who in her presence at her request and
45 in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
46 John Lundry Clatford and Daniel Rawlin Clatford
47 Proved at London 3rd March 1848 before the Worshipful Magistrate
48 Frederic Bayford doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of James Maurice
49 Esquire one of the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn
50 duly to administer Power reserved of making the like grant to Philippina Brewer
51 Spinster the other Executor when she shall apply for the same
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Will of Edmund Blake, Yeoman, Nether Stowey, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1905/481, probated 5 Jan 1839
Edmund Blake at Nether Stowey is the Testator.
There was an Edmund Blake married to Fearnot Shaw 4 May 1727 at Taunton who was buried in 1747 at Nether Stowey. However they had four daughters so not a direct line back. His grandfather Edmund Blake married Christian Street 11 Jun 1663 at Nether Stowey and they had three sons – one died young (John) but Edmund and Arthur appear to have survived to adulthood.
The burial of Edmund Blake (testator) is online: Edmund Blake 24 Dec 1838, 77 y, Nether Stowey. Since he was 77 his year of birth would be circa 1761 and there is a baptism for Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 1 Jan 1762. His marriage to Jane Cole 31 Mar 1785 states that Edmund lived at Kingston. No children are shown as baptized to this couple. His ancestry can perhaps be traced back through the Blake family to Humphrey. Notably there was an Edmund Blake baptized 19 Jan 1666 at Nether Stowey and buried 10 Oct 1726 at Nether Stowey (and he was also from Kingston). However, this is the father of Edmund Blake who was buried in 1747 (his only son) and hence this is not the direct line for this Edmund Blake the current testator. Finding the correct line would be an interesting fact. It would be exciting if there are still descendants of this family in Somerset who would test their yDNA.
The marriage of Edmund Blake and Avise Govier took place 30 Mar 1755 at Nether Stowey. There was an Edmund Blake buried 8 Nov 1811 at Nether Stowey.
There was an Edmund Blake son of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy baptized 3 Feb 1730/31 but no extra details to centre in on the correct individual. They do not appear to have married at Nether Stowey.
The records for Nether Stowey are online:
Nether Stowey Parish Registers (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/) 1 miles NE of Overstowey)
Baptisms 1690 - 1840
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth 19 Dec 1720
Mary blake daughter of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 2 Nov 1728
Joan blake daughter of Edmund and Dorothy 8 Oct 1729
Edmund Blake son of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 3 Feb 1730/31
Katy Blake daughter of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 2 Jan 1733/34
John Blake son of Roger and Jane 14 Nov 1748
Robert Blake son of Roger and Jane 26 Sep 1750
Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 20 Dec 1755
Robert Blake son of Edmund and Avise 4 Apr 1757
Molly blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 21 Apr 1759
Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 1 Jan 1762
Betty Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 9 Mar 1764
Mary Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 29 Jan 1766
Katy Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 29 Jan 1766
John Blake son of Edmund and Avise 16 Jul 1768
Robert Blake son of Robert and Frances 27 Dec 1787
Frances St Albyn daughter of Robert and Frances 12 Feb 1789
Jane Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 20 Aug 1790
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 26 Oct 1791
Avis Blake daughter of John and Mary 29 Aug 1808, born 28 Aug 1804
Thomas Blake son of John and Sarah 1 Dec 1809, born 27 Oct 1809
Edmund Blake son of John and Sarah 19 Jun 1811 born 20 Apr 1811
Mary Blake daughter of John and Sarah 20 Aug 1813, Nether Stowey, Publican
Christiana Blake daughter of John and Sarah 9 Mar 1815, Nether Stowey, Publican
Christiana Blake daughter of John and Sarah 16 May 1817, Nether Stowey, Publican
John Blake son of John and Sarah 16 May 1817, Nether Stowey, Publican
Marriages 1645 - 1843
Volume 1
Edward Blake and Christian Street 11 Jun 1663
Volume 2
William Lawrence and Joane Blake 30 Nov 1689
Volume 3
Laurence Pool and Anne Blake 27 Dec 1726
John Pool and Elizabeth Blake 22 May 1727
Mr. Roger Blake and Mrs. Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747
Edmund Blake and Avise Govier 30 Mar 1755
Thomas Goodwin and Katy Blake 11 Dec 1760
James May, of Cannington and Avice Blake 15 Sep 1773
Edmund Blake of Kingston and Jane Cole 31 Mar 1785
Robert Blake and Frances Poole 23 Nov 1786
William Baker and Avis Blake 21 Nov 1831
Thomas Govier and Mary blake 21 Dec 1837
Burials 1672 - 1850
Edmond Blake 29 Jul 1672
Emot Blake daughter of Richard and Joane 21 Nov 1685
Richard Blake 7 Apr 1689
Edmund Blake 12 Aug 1692
Edmund Blake 10 Oct 1726
Mary Blake 16 Oct 1742
Mr. Edmund Blake 27 Feb 1748
Mrs. Jane blake 4 Apr 1751
Mrs. Elizabeth blake 23 Oct 1756
Edmund Blake 16 Apr 1757
Molly Blake 25 Jun 1759
Sarah Blake 26 Mar 1762
Mrs. Dorothy Blake 3 Dec 1764
Edmund Blake 26 Dec 1767
Katy Blake 26 Mar 1768
Betty Blake 3 Dec 1770
James Blake 4 Dec 1773
Roger Blake 23 Jul 1785
Ann Blake daughter of Robert 11 Oct 1794
Mary Blake 4 May 1807
Elizabeth Blake 22 Jun 1808
Edmund Blake 8 Nov 1811
Thomas Blake 14 May 1813, age 3, Nether Stowey
Rev. Robert Blake 19 Jun 1820, 32 y, Churchill
Mary Ann blake 24 Dec 1824, 26 y, B. Lydeard
Rev. John Blake 16 Mar 1832, 34 y, B. Lydeard
Robert Blake 11 Mar 1836, 85 y, Churchill
Edmund Blake 24 Dec 1838, 77 y, Nether Stowey
Jane Blake 30 Dec 1840, 80 y, Nether Stowey
Sarah Blake 6 May 1843, 57 y, Nether Stowey
John Blake 8 Nov 1845, 77 y, Nether Stowey
Frances Blake 8 Nov 1848, 88 y, Churchill
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 27 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1905/481
Testator: Edmund Blake, Yeoman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Sepd 1838, probated 5 Jan 1839
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Edmund
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 10
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Edmund Blake of Nether Stowey in the County of Somerset Yeoman written
3 with my own hand and dictated myself and contained on one sheet of paper Whereas
4 among many other Mortgages I have two hundred and fifty pounds out on a Mortgage to James Cole late
5 of London Clockmaker but now lately deceased dated the seventh April one thousand eight
6 hundred and twenty eight and also another one hundred pounds lent on a surcharge of
7 the same premises from his Wife Catherine Cole and their three Children James, Thomas
8 and Elizabeth (but now Elizabeth Bishop) dated first December one thousand eight hundred
9 and twenty nine and secured on the same four acres of meadow and three acres of Orchard
10 and on two Cottages and Garden situate at Stringston aforesaid And I have also a transfer
11 of a Mortgage on Lands in the neighbourhood of Cross near Bristol from a William
12 Rich (who is gone to America) for one thousand six hundred pounds the original mortgage
13 was from Henry Parker now dead and further secured to me by a deed of Covenants of
14 same date as the said Surcharge and Bond entered into by the deceased Parker’s four
15 Children And likewise a Mortgage for one thousand pounds dated fifth September one thou-
16 sand eight hundred and thirty three from Robert Govett of Stringston on fifty five and half
17 acres of Land called Ditch Farm and a surcharge of four hundred pounds on the same
18 lands called Ditch Farm dated twenty third July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
19 made by the said Robert Govett to the said Edmund Blake and likewise Mortgage for one
20 thousand pounds dated seventh May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three from
21 Richard Parsley of West Super Mare secured on about twenty seven acres of Lands and
22 Capital Buildings built thereon and seven hundred pounds on a transfer of a Mortgage from
23 the proper parties as appears thereby the lands are now in the possession of the widow
24 Coates the like Mortgager’s Widow who lives at North Petherton and who pays the Interest half
25 yearly at four and half per cent if not so paid she is to pay lawful Interest And also
26 about four hundred pounds in cash and about two hundred and seventy seven pounds in the
27 Savings Bank of this Town And also five hundred pounds Stock in the three per cent Consols
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28 standing in my own name and bought by me three hundred and fifty pounds of it
29 At 56 on 16th May 1804 and the other one hundred and fifty pounds the remainder on
30 1st March 1805 at 58 ¼ all in the Consols in my own name at No 27 Primrose
31 Street Bishops Gate Street London Now then this is my Will that in case my death shall
32 happen to take place before my Wife Jane Blake that then I give and bequeath to her my
33 said Wife for her life an annuity of one hundred and fifty pounds clear of all deductions
34 outgoings and expences whatsoever and to be paid to her quarterly by my Executor here
35 inafter named the first payment to begin and be made at the end of the first three Calendar
36 months next after my decease and so to continue to be so paid to her during the remainder
37 of her life and I do by this my Will hereby appoint and declare John Knight of Cannington
38 one of the Sons of the late James Knight deceased of the same place my sole Executor
39 to whom I give and bequeath after the decease of my said Wife all and singular my
40 Goods Chattels monies of every sort kind and description whatsoever and wheresoever they
41 may be found together with all and singular Mortgages and Bonds of every description
42 sort of kind already made or to be made at any time hereafter In Witness whereof I
43 the said Edmund Blake the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my
44 hand and Seal this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
45 hundred and thirty eight Edmund Blake Signed Sealed published and
46 declared by the said Edmund Blake the Testator as and for and to be his last Will and
47 Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence
48 of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses the words dated “twenty” in the seven
49 teenth line having been first obliterated William Brewer George Brewer
50 Charles Sellick
51 Proved at London 5th January 1839 before the Judge by the Oath of John
52 Knight Esquire the Sole Executor to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn
53 (by Comm[issi]on duly to administer
There was an Edmund Blake married to Fearnot Shaw 4 May 1727 at Taunton who was buried in 1747 at Nether Stowey. However they had four daughters so not a direct line back. His grandfather Edmund Blake married Christian Street 11 Jun 1663 at Nether Stowey and they had three sons – one died young (John) but Edmund and Arthur appear to have survived to adulthood.
The burial of Edmund Blake (testator) is online: Edmund Blake 24 Dec 1838, 77 y, Nether Stowey. Since he was 77 his year of birth would be circa 1761 and there is a baptism for Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 1 Jan 1762. His marriage to Jane Cole 31 Mar 1785 states that Edmund lived at Kingston. No children are shown as baptized to this couple. His ancestry can perhaps be traced back through the Blake family to Humphrey. Notably there was an Edmund Blake baptized 19 Jan 1666 at Nether Stowey and buried 10 Oct 1726 at Nether Stowey (and he was also from Kingston). However, this is the father of Edmund Blake who was buried in 1747 (his only son) and hence this is not the direct line for this Edmund Blake the current testator. Finding the correct line would be an interesting fact. It would be exciting if there are still descendants of this family in Somerset who would test their yDNA.
The marriage of Edmund Blake and Avise Govier took place 30 Mar 1755 at Nether Stowey. There was an Edmund Blake buried 8 Nov 1811 at Nether Stowey.
There was an Edmund Blake son of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy baptized 3 Feb 1730/31 but no extra details to centre in on the correct individual. They do not appear to have married at Nether Stowey.
The records for Nether Stowey are online:
Nether Stowey Parish Registers (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/) 1 miles NE of Overstowey)
Baptisms 1690 - 1840
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth 19 Dec 1720
Mary blake daughter of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 2 Nov 1728
Joan blake daughter of Edmund and Dorothy 8 Oct 1729
Edmund Blake son of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 3 Feb 1730/31
Katy Blake daughter of Mr. Edmund and Dorothy 2 Jan 1733/34
John Blake son of Roger and Jane 14 Nov 1748
Robert Blake son of Roger and Jane 26 Sep 1750
Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 20 Dec 1755
Robert Blake son of Edmund and Avise 4 Apr 1757
Molly blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 21 Apr 1759
Edmund Blake son of Edmund and Avise 1 Jan 1762
Betty Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 9 Mar 1764
Mary Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 29 Jan 1766
Katy Blake daughter of Edmund and Avise 29 Jan 1766
John Blake son of Edmund and Avise 16 Jul 1768
Robert Blake son of Robert and Frances 27 Dec 1787
Frances St Albyn daughter of Robert and Frances 12 Feb 1789
Jane Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 20 Aug 1790
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 26 Oct 1791
Avis Blake daughter of John and Mary 29 Aug 1808, born 28 Aug 1804
Thomas Blake son of John and Sarah 1 Dec 1809, born 27 Oct 1809
Edmund Blake son of John and Sarah 19 Jun 1811 born 20 Apr 1811
Mary Blake daughter of John and Sarah 20 Aug 1813, Nether Stowey, Publican
Christiana Blake daughter of John and Sarah 9 Mar 1815, Nether Stowey, Publican
Christiana Blake daughter of John and Sarah 16 May 1817, Nether Stowey, Publican
John Blake son of John and Sarah 16 May 1817, Nether Stowey, Publican
Marriages 1645 - 1843
Volume 1
Edward Blake and Christian Street 11 Jun 1663
Volume 2
William Lawrence and Joane Blake 30 Nov 1689
Volume 3
Laurence Pool and Anne Blake 27 Dec 1726
John Pool and Elizabeth Blake 22 May 1727
Mr. Roger Blake and Mrs. Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747
Edmund Blake and Avise Govier 30 Mar 1755
Thomas Goodwin and Katy Blake 11 Dec 1760
James May, of Cannington and Avice Blake 15 Sep 1773
Edmund Blake of Kingston and Jane Cole 31 Mar 1785
Robert Blake and Frances Poole 23 Nov 1786
William Baker and Avis Blake 21 Nov 1831
Thomas Govier and Mary blake 21 Dec 1837
Burials 1672 - 1850
Edmond Blake 29 Jul 1672
Emot Blake daughter of Richard and Joane 21 Nov 1685
Richard Blake 7 Apr 1689
Edmund Blake 12 Aug 1692
Edmund Blake 10 Oct 1726
Mary Blake 16 Oct 1742
Mr. Edmund Blake 27 Feb 1748
Mrs. Jane blake 4 Apr 1751
Mrs. Elizabeth blake 23 Oct 1756
Edmund Blake 16 Apr 1757
Molly Blake 25 Jun 1759
Sarah Blake 26 Mar 1762
Mrs. Dorothy Blake 3 Dec 1764
Edmund Blake 26 Dec 1767
Katy Blake 26 Mar 1768
Betty Blake 3 Dec 1770
James Blake 4 Dec 1773
Roger Blake 23 Jul 1785
Ann Blake daughter of Robert 11 Oct 1794
Mary Blake 4 May 1807
Elizabeth Blake 22 Jun 1808
Edmund Blake 8 Nov 1811
Thomas Blake 14 May 1813, age 3, Nether Stowey
Rev. Robert Blake 19 Jun 1820, 32 y, Churchill
Mary Ann blake 24 Dec 1824, 26 y, B. Lydeard
Rev. John Blake 16 Mar 1832, 34 y, B. Lydeard
Robert Blake 11 Mar 1836, 85 y, Churchill
Edmund Blake 24 Dec 1838, 77 y, Nether Stowey
Jane Blake 30 Dec 1840, 80 y, Nether Stowey
Sarah Blake 6 May 1843, 57 y, Nether Stowey
John Blake 8 Nov 1845, 77 y, Nether Stowey
Frances Blake 8 Nov 1848, 88 y, Churchill
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 27 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1905/481
Testator: Edmund Blake, Yeoman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Sepd 1838, probated 5 Jan 1839
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Edmund
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 10
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Edmund Blake of Nether Stowey in the County of Somerset Yeoman written
3 with my own hand and dictated myself and contained on one sheet of paper Whereas
4 among many other Mortgages I have two hundred and fifty pounds out on a Mortgage to James Cole late
5 of London Clockmaker but now lately deceased dated the seventh April one thousand eight
6 hundred and twenty eight and also another one hundred pounds lent on a surcharge of
7 the same premises from his Wife Catherine Cole and their three Children James, Thomas
8 and Elizabeth (but now Elizabeth Bishop) dated first December one thousand eight hundred
9 and twenty nine and secured on the same four acres of meadow and three acres of Orchard
10 and on two Cottages and Garden situate at Stringston aforesaid And I have also a transfer
11 of a Mortgage on Lands in the neighbourhood of Cross near Bristol from a William
12 Rich (who is gone to America) for one thousand six hundred pounds the original mortgage
13 was from Henry Parker now dead and further secured to me by a deed of Covenants of
14 same date as the said Surcharge and Bond entered into by the deceased Parker’s four
15 Children And likewise a Mortgage for one thousand pounds dated fifth September one thou-
16 sand eight hundred and thirty three from Robert Govett of Stringston on fifty five and half
17 acres of Land called Ditch Farm and a surcharge of four hundred pounds on the same
18 lands called Ditch Farm dated twenty third July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
19 made by the said Robert Govett to the said Edmund Blake and likewise Mortgage for one
20 thousand pounds dated seventh May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three from
21 Richard Parsley of West Super Mare secured on about twenty seven acres of Lands and
22 Capital Buildings built thereon and seven hundred pounds on a transfer of a Mortgage from
23 the proper parties as appears thereby the lands are now in the possession of the widow
24 Coates the like Mortgager’s Widow who lives at North Petherton and who pays the Interest half
25 yearly at four and half per cent if not so paid she is to pay lawful Interest And also
26 about four hundred pounds in cash and about two hundred and seventy seven pounds in the
27 Savings Bank of this Town And also five hundred pounds Stock in the three per cent Consols
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28 standing in my own name and bought by me three hundred and fifty pounds of it
29 At 56 on 16th May 1804 and the other one hundred and fifty pounds the remainder on
30 1st March 1805 at 58 ¼ all in the Consols in my own name at No 27 Primrose
31 Street Bishops Gate Street London Now then this is my Will that in case my death shall
32 happen to take place before my Wife Jane Blake that then I give and bequeath to her my
33 said Wife for her life an annuity of one hundred and fifty pounds clear of all deductions
34 outgoings and expences whatsoever and to be paid to her quarterly by my Executor here
35 inafter named the first payment to begin and be made at the end of the first three Calendar
36 months next after my decease and so to continue to be so paid to her during the remainder
37 of her life and I do by this my Will hereby appoint and declare John Knight of Cannington
38 one of the Sons of the late James Knight deceased of the same place my sole Executor
39 to whom I give and bequeath after the decease of my said Wife all and singular my
40 Goods Chattels monies of every sort kind and description whatsoever and wheresoever they
41 may be found together with all and singular Mortgages and Bonds of every description
42 sort of kind already made or to be made at any time hereafter In Witness whereof I
43 the said Edmund Blake the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my
44 hand and Seal this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
45 hundred and thirty eight Edmund Blake Signed Sealed published and
46 declared by the said Edmund Blake the Testator as and for and to be his last Will and
47 Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence
48 of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses the words dated “twenty” in the seven
49 teenth line having been first obliterated William Brewer George Brewer
50 Charles Sellick
51 Proved at London 5th January 1839 before the Judge by the Oath of John
52 Knight Esquire the Sole Executor to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn
53 (by Comm[issi]on duly to administer
Monday, April 9, 2012
Blake family at Aisholt Parish, Somerset
Having extracted all the Blake records that were available online in the transcription sites, on Find My Past and Ancestry, I spent the morning looking at the records by parish. I tried a number of ways of sorting the entries but I found the most meaningful was to work with the Parish and the wills. Humphrey Blake married to Elizabeth Upton appears to be buried at Aisholt 24 Sep 1664 (having left his will dated 17 Jan 1664) in which he wrote "To my son Nathaniel Blake, the Advowson of Aisholt, & an annuity of £30" and indeed Nathaniel was Curate at Aisholt until his death 17 Nov 1705 (buried 22 Nov 1705 at Aisholt). Nathaniel married Sarah Blanchflower 7 Feb 1672 at Fitzhead and they baptized three children at Aisholt Nathaniel (baptized 9 Jan 1681 and buried 8 Aug 1688 at Aisholt), John (baptized 17 Jan 1684 and buried 23 Apr 1686 at Aisholt) and Katherine who was baptized 14 Mar 1689 at Aisholt, married to the Reverend John Brice (incumbent at Aisholt) 3 Apr 1706 and she was buried at Aisholt 8 Apr 1721. John and Katherine had seven children all baptized at Aisholt with the first child being named Nathaniel Blake Brice.
Verification of Nathaniel can be found in the Oxford University Alumni: Nathaniel Blake son of Humphrey of Plainsfield, Somerset, gent. All Soul's College, matriculation, 13 Feb 1664-5, aged 19, BA from Hart Hall 1668, MA 1671, Rector of Aisholt, Somerset 1670 until his death in 1706.
Humphrey Blake in his will of 17 Jan 1664 also mentioned his son Roger: To my son Roger, an annuity of £10 out of ‘the tenement in Lower Aisholt' and in the records of the Parish Church Roger Blake and Susannah (unknown) baptized six children at Aisholt beginning in 1680. Their children: Sarah (baptized 12 Apr 1680), Roger (baptized 26 Aug 1681), Francis (baptized 4 Jul 1685), John (baptized 8 Jul 1687), Nathaniel (baptized 28 Nov 1689) and Robert (baptized 20 May 1693).
Since Humphrey is buried at Aisholt then likely it is his widow Elizabeth buried there 5 Apr 1683. Roger Blake is buried 24 Jul 1702 at Aisholt and his widow Susannah 19 Sep 1718 at Aisholt. Roger their son is the Roger baptized 26 Aug 1681 at Aisholt. The Roger Blake mentioned in the Oxford University Alumni as being Roger Blake son of Roger of Aisholt, Somerset, gent., Balliol College, matriculation 12 June 1700, aged 17. BA 1704, vicar of Kilton, Somerset 1721. The slight discrepancy in age of one year will be kept in mind until I see the original parish registers for Aisholt. The question at mind though is his son Roger Blake who married Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey? I do not find a marriage for Roger Blake baptized 26 Aug 1681 nor have I found a burial for him.
There was another Roger Blake baptized at Aisholt 27 Jul 1723 but he was the son of John Blake and Anne Brewer. Looking at this particular family in Aisholt they appear to descend from John Blake also son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Upton. Humphrey makes mention of his son John Blake and that his wife's name is Elizabeth and that they have a daughter Dorothy. In the Stogursey Parish Registers there is a John Blake, gent of Overstowey and Eliza Farthing married 1 Jan 1662 (old style) by licence. This is likely John mentioned in his father's will. Later in the Overstowey Register there is a John Blake junior who married Hannah Rich 8 May 1690 at Overstowey. We then find a John Blake son of John Blake junior and Hannah baptized 13 Feb 1690 at Aisholt. A second child Hannah is baptized there 20 Sep 1692. This family appears to continue at Aisholt with John marrying Anne (possibly Brewer) and their two children are baptized at Aisholt - Sarah baptized 17 Apr 1720 and Roger, as mentioned earlier, 27 Jul 1723. Sarah married Roger Hill 26 Dec 1745 at Aisholt and Roger married Ann Lane 29 Dec 1750 also at Aisholt. Roger was buried 17 Apr 1803 and Ann 19 Jan 1766 at Aisholt. Their children all baptized at Aisholt were Nathaniel (10 Dec 1751), Mary (8 Dec 1753), Francis (27 Jun 1756), Betty (6 May 1758), and Sarah (21 Jun 1761). The Blake family then disappears from the Parish Registers at Aisholt and do not appear there on the census at a later date either.
Will deal with the parishes and the information that I managed to glean from them one at a time. I have added all the information into my Legacy one name Blake study.
Verification of Nathaniel can be found in the Oxford University Alumni: Nathaniel Blake son of Humphrey of Plainsfield, Somerset, gent. All Soul's College, matriculation, 13 Feb 1664-5, aged 19, BA from Hart Hall 1668, MA 1671, Rector of Aisholt, Somerset 1670 until his death in 1706.
Humphrey Blake in his will of 17 Jan 1664 also mentioned his son Roger: To my son Roger, an annuity of £10 out of ‘the tenement in Lower Aisholt' and in the records of the Parish Church Roger Blake and Susannah (unknown) baptized six children at Aisholt beginning in 1680. Their children: Sarah (baptized 12 Apr 1680), Roger (baptized 26 Aug 1681), Francis (baptized 4 Jul 1685), John (baptized 8 Jul 1687), Nathaniel (baptized 28 Nov 1689) and Robert (baptized 20 May 1693).
Since Humphrey is buried at Aisholt then likely it is his widow Elizabeth buried there 5 Apr 1683. Roger Blake is buried 24 Jul 1702 at Aisholt and his widow Susannah 19 Sep 1718 at Aisholt. Roger their son is the Roger baptized 26 Aug 1681 at Aisholt. The Roger Blake mentioned in the Oxford University Alumni as being Roger Blake son of Roger of Aisholt, Somerset, gent., Balliol College, matriculation 12 June 1700, aged 17. BA 1704, vicar of Kilton, Somerset 1721. The slight discrepancy in age of one year will be kept in mind until I see the original parish registers for Aisholt. The question at mind though is his son Roger Blake who married Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey? I do not find a marriage for Roger Blake baptized 26 Aug 1681 nor have I found a burial for him.
There was another Roger Blake baptized at Aisholt 27 Jul 1723 but he was the son of John Blake and Anne Brewer. Looking at this particular family in Aisholt they appear to descend from John Blake also son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Upton. Humphrey makes mention of his son John Blake and that his wife's name is Elizabeth and that they have a daughter Dorothy. In the Stogursey Parish Registers there is a John Blake, gent of Overstowey and Eliza Farthing married 1 Jan 1662 (old style) by licence. This is likely John mentioned in his father's will. Later in the Overstowey Register there is a John Blake junior who married Hannah Rich 8 May 1690 at Overstowey. We then find a John Blake son of John Blake junior and Hannah baptized 13 Feb 1690 at Aisholt. A second child Hannah is baptized there 20 Sep 1692. This family appears to continue at Aisholt with John marrying Anne (possibly Brewer) and their two children are baptized at Aisholt - Sarah baptized 17 Apr 1720 and Roger, as mentioned earlier, 27 Jul 1723. Sarah married Roger Hill 26 Dec 1745 at Aisholt and Roger married Ann Lane 29 Dec 1750 also at Aisholt. Roger was buried 17 Apr 1803 and Ann 19 Jan 1766 at Aisholt. Their children all baptized at Aisholt were Nathaniel (10 Dec 1751), Mary (8 Dec 1753), Francis (27 Jun 1756), Betty (6 May 1758), and Sarah (21 Jun 1761). The Blake family then disappears from the Parish Registers at Aisholt and do not appear there on the census at a later date either.
Will deal with the parishes and the information that I managed to glean from them one at a time. I have added all the information into my Legacy one name Blake study.
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