The testatrix is Mary Anne Blake and she had lived in Jamaica. Her brother William Williams Blake was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons.
Mary Ann Burton Phillipson is mentioned in a case argued in the High Court of Chancery versus Richard Burton Phillipson (possibly her brother) in 1849 and it involved an indenture to which her mother Eliza Partridge Burton Phillipson had been a signer. I shall investigate this marriage between Richard Burton Phillipson and Eliza Partridge (unknown) as Mary Ann was a god daughter to the testatrix. I did locate that information and the Reverend Richard Burton Burton-Phillipson, rector of Herringswell married Eliza Partridge only daughter of John Thorp of Chippenham Park (Suffolk).
Found an obituary in the Gentleman’s Magazine for 1863 “At his residence, Brighton, aged 83k, Col. William Williams Blake, C.B., formerly of the 20th and 11th Light Dragoons. A slightly longer write up in The United Service Magazine: Colonel William Williams Blake, C.B., late 11th Light Dragoons, died at Brighton on the 21st of February, aged 83. He served with the 20th Dragoons at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1806; proceeded from thence to South America, and was in the action at Maldonado and siege of Monte Video. Served in Portugal in 1808-9, including the battles of Roleia and Vimiera (gold medal); also at the passge of the Douro. In Sicily in 1810-11; subsequently on the eastern coast of Spain, including the battle of Castalla, and action at Villafranca.
From Family Search, William Williams Blake was buried 27 Feb 1863 at St Andrews, Hove, Sussex, England. On his monument (gravestonephoto.com) legible items include Colonel William Williams Blake, age 84, birth year 1779 and burial year 1863 (first name on monument), Susannah Maria Blake, 42 years, born 1826, died 1868 and daughter of William Williams Blake. Also listed Joyce Susannah Blake, wife of William Williams Blake. Also William John Blake son of , born 1823, died 1847, 24 years of age.
William Williams Blake is on the census at Brighton, Sussex. He was born in the British Colonies and is listed as 71 years of age on the census so giving a year of birth of 1780. He is a Colonel Army Retired. His wife Joyce S Blake, 68 years of age and born in the British Colonies. His daughter Sarah unmarried and 30 years of age born in Ireland. Three servants listed Thomas C Baxter, Mary Ann Litchford and Jane Coombs.
The 1861 census is a little more revealing as he is born in Jamaica, 82 years of age so possible year of birth is 1779. His wife Joyce S also born in Jamaica and 75 years of age. His daughter Susan M 42 years of age born in Ireland. Servants present Elizabeth West, Jane Bickell, Jane Manwaring, and William Savage.
The marriage of William Williams Blake in 12 Sep 1814, West Middlesex Marriage Index to Joyce Susannah Hanson at Hampton.
Death Duty Register for William Williams Blake shows his wife as his executrix (Susannah Blake) 1863.
In 1855 he has a passport application 14 Aug 1855 (no further information).
It would appear that this is a Blake family line that died out with William Williams Blake. Discovering the parents of William Williams Blake and Mary Anne Blake would be quite interesting. That she lived in Clifton, Gloucestershire and he in London/Hampshire and then Sussex does not really give a direction to such a search however.
There was a Hodge family at Lacovia plantation in Jamaica and this family married into a Blake family also at Jamaica – namely William and Elizabeth Blake.
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/j-h-james-henry-lawrence-archer/monumental-inscriptions-of-the-british-west-indies-from-the-earliest-date-with--hci/page-24-monumental-inscriptions-of-the-british-west-indies-from-the-earliest-date-with--hci.shtml
And Family search is very helpful with a baptism of William Williams Blake 17 June 1779 at Westmoreland, Jamaica son of William Blake and Elizabeth Blake. The baptism of the present testator 13 Apr 1772, Mary Anne Blake at Westmoreland Jamaica daughter of William Blake and Elizabeth Blake. There was an earlier baptism for William Williams Blake 10 May 1775 and he has likely died. I read through the register from 1766 to 1782 but only found these entries for this family. No marriage shown in this register for this couple between those times.
William Blake was a member of the Assembly in Jamaica for Westmoreland in 1790. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1790al01.htm
In 1796 the Honourable William Blake, Esquire was speaker of the Assembly and an Assistant Judge to the Supreme Court of Judicature. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1796al01.htm
Interesting to see that a James Wedderburn Esquire was also one of the representatives from Westmoreland in the Assembly.
The papers of the Tharp family reveal some new information:
http://www.bromfield.us/archives/Tharp_Papers_1.html
19 Jul 1777 to W. Blake and Elizabeth Anne his wife confirmation of a grant and discharge of Sarah Blake’s right of dower.
9 May 1801 William Williams and Mary Ann Blake of Westmoreland, children of William Blake deceased.
Perhaps in 1801 William Williams Blake and Mary Ann Blake returned to England; William to buy an officer’s position in the Light Dragoons and Mary Ann Blake to Clifton, Gloucestershire. Was Sarah Blake the mother of the father of these two?
Perhaps more revealing for this family the Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date … by James Henry Lawrence-Archer.
Page 29: Monument 17: Sacred to the Memory of the Honourable William Blake Esquire Speaker of the Honourable House of Assembly. He died 24th January 1797 aged 56 years.
Continuing on Page 30: During the illness of Samuel Williams Haughton, Member for Hanover, the Speaker of the House, Mr Blake was twice elected pro tempore. He was re-elected for Westmoreland in the Assembly of 23rd March, 1790, and on the death of Mr. Haughton, (by a fall from his horse in August, 1793) Mr Blake was unanimously chosen Speaker, 22nd October 1793. He was again elected for Westmoreland, and again unanimously chosen Speaker on October 28, 1796. …..In 1755 we find the will of Nicholas Blake, of Jamaica, and in it mention made of his brother Benjamin, and his son Nicholas Allen Blake, etc. In 1766 is recorded the will of Samuel Blake, in which occur the names of his sons and daughters namely Joseph, William, Samuel, Bonella, and Margaret. The will of Nicholas Allen Blake, the nephew of Nicholas as above, is dated July 16, 1789 and contains bequests to his son Matthew Gregory Blake, his brother William, and his cousins the Burkes of Loughrea in Ireland. A few years earlier, in the will of Benjamin William Blake (1785) his nieces are named Jane Gregory and Helen Haughton, his brother-in-law Samuel Williams Haughton, and his brothers Will and Nicholas Allen Blake, etc. The first entry of this name in the parish registers of Jamaica is in 1671, and in 1717 is recorded the birth of Benjamin, the son of Benjamin and ….. Blake. In 1743 is recorded the marriage of Alexander Blake and Hagar Williams (probably a daughter of Williams of Carowena); and still later in the Hodges family the baptism of an Alexander Blake Hodges, the nephew of Robert Francklyn Hodges, who married a daughter of the Honourable Hugh Lewis (Chief Justice). Robert Francklyn Hodges, younger, of Maxfield, was so named after a Mr. Francklyn, who married his aunt, Margaret Blake. In so extensive a family as that of Blake, it is natural to suppose that even uncommon surnames will be frequently adopted instead of ordinary Christian names, to distinguish individuals; but when we find a double combination of this description, we attach more importance to the coincidence. A reference to the pedigree of the Allens of Blackwell Grange, and a comparison of the names of Blake and Burke therein, suggests some connection with the family of Blake in Jamaica; and if so, of necessity it appear with that of Barbados, in the seventeenth century, and of another family of the name in Ireland, one of whose members, Nicholas Blake, is described as of Barbados, at the period to which we allude. On referring, however, to the registers of Andover, we find that Nicholas Blake of that town was also of Barbados; while in the will of the wife of Nicholas Blake of Barbados (1663), we disover that her husband was also of Bishops Mead, near Craford, Kent. Leaving, however, such branches of this family out of the question, and turning to the pedigree of Benjamin, Nicholas, and Alexander, three of the younger brothers of the celebrated Admiral Blake, we find very strong presumptive evidence of its being represented in Jamaica ………. It is probable that there were two families of Blake in Jamaics, which became united in one, about the commencement of the eighteenth century. The will of Elizabeth Blake, wife of Nicholas Blake, merchant, of London, entered (Barbados) Oct 26, 1663, states “I bequeath unto my son Nicholas my land called Bishop’s Mead in the parish of Craford, county of Kent and bought of Wm Borman and to his half-brother my son John Wilson my cousins John Blake and Nicholas Prideaux, etc. Witnesses:…. (Vide also the Baronetage; and Pedigrees of Blake at the Heralds’ College and British Museum, “Notes and Queries,” etc Very extensive private collections of Blake records exist.) .....had had various centres of origin, although, so far as we know, its earliest appearance was in Hampshire and Wilts, whence all the other recorded branches are assumed to have been derived (interesting comment)…… In 1651 Government caused a map of this county to be made, and on the third sheet are, amongst others, the Arms of Blake, and also, with other inscriptions the words (Marilandiae, Carolinae, Verginiae, et Jamaicae being on the second sheet with the name Marline) on the third sheet; Bermude, Barbude, Montserrat et Sancti Christophore.
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From Pedigree of the Reverend J.H.C. Blake (descendant of Humphrey Blake according to the author of this transcript).
Humphrey Blake (s of Robert and Margaret of Bridgewater) had by his wife Sarah Williams 14 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were in the following order (see Ped Her Coll and Harl MSS 1141)
1.Robert; 2. Humphrey; 3. William; 4. George; 5. George; 6. Nicholas; 7. Samuel; 8. Edward; 9. John; 10. Thomas; 11. …. Ob. Inf.; 12. Benjamin.; 13 ……; 14. Alexander
Robert, the celebrated Admiral, 1st son, died s.p.
Humphrey, 2nd son, left issue and was represented by the late Rev J.H.C. Blake
George, 4th son, ob. Inf.
George, 5th son, had issue male: Benjamin
Nicholas 6th son, had issue male: (Nicholas (viv 1695) and the latter had 1. Alexander, 2. John; 3. William
Samuel 7th son, had issue male: 1. Samuel; 2. Robert
John 9th son, died s.p.
Alexander, 14th son.
Admiral Blake’s uncle, Benjamin Blake m 1614 Elizabeth daughter of Sidrach Blake, Stepney, Middlesex.
An interesting finding for this Blake family. That Mary Anne returned to Somerset is perhaps very interesting as well. The father of William Williams Blake and Mary Anne Blake died in 24 Jan 1797 at the age of 57 giving his a birth year of circa 1740. Linking this family back would be an interesting task. The above text implies he might be the son of Samuel Blake or the son of Nicholas Blake (no positive decision made).
From another site http://negril.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-7841.html
In the 1760s Dean's Valley Water Works Estate passed out of the Williams family, possibly by descent, into the possession of the Hon. William Blake (1741-1797), a young Sugar Planter who was to become an important figure in 18th Century Jamaica. Blake was elected as a Member of Assembly for St. James in the House of Assembly of Jamaica from 1770 to 1787 and later as a Member of Assembly for Westmoreland from 1787 to 1797. He also went on to become Speaker of the House of assembly of Jamaica from 1793 to 1797, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica, Lt-Colonel of the St. James Regiment of Militia and eventually Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of Jamaica in 1796.
However despite his impressive political career, Blake was not very shrewd when it came to business and finance and he became deeply mired in Debt. In 1770 he was forced to mortgage the 1,400 acre Dean's Valley Waterworks Estate, including its Slaves and Cattle, to his brother-in-law, the Hon. Simon Taylor, who owned the Good Hope Estates in Trelawny. When Blake died in 1797, after his horse threw him while he was reviewing the St. James Regiment of Militia at a Military Parade in Montego Bay, it was due to this mortgage that the Dean's Valley Waterworks Estate passed entirely into the possession of the Hon. John Tharp.
From another website: http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/GreatBritain/Challis/Images51-100/063.pdf
Blake, William Williams
Maj. 20 LD 21 Mar’05, Bt Lt Col. 1 Jan ‘12
Pa. Aug’03 – Sep ’09, Jan – Nov ‘13
Rob., Vinc., Douro, East Coast, Carta, Ordal
Md: Douro
G.M. Rol., Tinc., C.B.,
Also served West Indies ‘97/02, C of Good Hope ’05, S America ’07 ____
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Names mentioned in the will:
Mary Anne Blake, testatrix, Clifton, Gloucestershire
Reverend John Hall, Clifton, clerk, trustee
Reverend John Kempthorne, Northleach, curate, trustee
Reverend John Edmund Jones, St Nicholas, curate, trustee
Mary Ann Blake, reputed daughter of William Williams Blake
William Williams Blake, Lieutenant Colonel 20th Dragoons, Grove near Horndean, Hampshire, executor
Emma Louisa Blake, reputed daughter of William Williams Blake
Mary Ann Phillipson, daughter of Robert Burton Phillipson, Bath, god daughter
Richard Burton Phillipson, Bath
Eliza Phillipson, Bath
Cinderilla Jordan, maid servant
Harriet Hamilton, Bristol, witness
Henry Ball, Sol[icito]r Bristol, witness
Charles Gough, clerk to Henry Ball, witness
Robert Traill, witness
A B Clifton, witness
Richard Biggs, Flatwell, witness
Henry H Ball, Barrister, Temple, London, trustee
Andrew Wedderburn Colville, merchant, London, trustee
John Fisher, witness
Susannah Chalfont, witness
R. C. Kirkpatrick, Newport I W, Solicitor, witness
Eliza Read, witness
Henry Sewell, Newport, Isle of Wight, Solicitor, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1814/66
Testator: Mary Anne Blake, spinster
Place: Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jul 1825, probated 24 Apr 1833
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Anne
[Margin]: Blake
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1 I Mary Ann Blake late of the Island of
2 Jamaica in the West Indies but now of the Hotwells in the Parish of Clifton in
3 the County of Gloucester Spinster being of sound and disposing mind memory and
4 understanding but knowing the uncertainty of life do make this my last will and
5 Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I resign my Soul unto
6 Almighty God and direct my Body to be decently interred in sure and certain hope of
7 its Resurrection to eternal Life and in humble faith and confident of the Mercy of
8 God through the merits of my Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ and
9 as to my Worldly Estate I give and bequeath after payment of my Funeral
10 expences the expence of proving this my Will and all my just debts as hereinafter is
11 mentioned unto my friends the Reverend John Hall of Clifton in the County of
12 Gloucester Clerk Batchelor of Divinity the Reverend John Kempthorne Vicar of
13 Northleach in the diocese of Gloucester Clerk Batchelor of Divinity and the Reverend
14 John Edmund Jones Curate of Saint Nicholas Gloucester Clerk Master of Arts the
15 Principal sum of ten thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be
16 transferred to them or the survivor of them by my Executor hereinafter named out of
17 any stock of funds standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of
18 the Bank of England at my decease Upon the trusts and to and for the several intents
19 and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same
20 that is to say Upon trust as to five thousand pounds being one moiety of the said ten
21 thousand pounds to invest the same in their names or in the names or name of the
22 survivors or survivor of them in the Parliamentary stocks or Public funds of Great
23 Britain or at Interest on Government or real Securities in England such securities to
24 be altered and varied by my said trustees from time to time as they shall think proper
25 and to pay and apply the Interest and dividends thereof or as much as my said trustees
26 shall think proper for the benefit of Mary Ann Blake the reputed daughter of my
27 Brother William Williams Blake of the Grove near Horndean in the County of Hants
28 Esquire late Lieutenant Colonel in his Majestys 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons for
29 the use maintenance and education of the said Mary Ann Blake until the first day of
30 January One thousand eight hundred and thirty three when she will have attained the
31 age of twenty one years or until she shall previously marry with the consent of my
32 trustees and that the Savings and accumulations of the interest and dividends of the said
33 five thousand pounds (if any) shall in the meantime be laid out to accumulate in
34 such securities as aforesaid for the benefit of the said Mary Ann Blake in the way
35 of compound interest and when and as soon as the said Mary Ann Blake shall attain
36 the age of time aforesaid or shall in the meantime marry with such Consent as afore-
37 said Upon trust to pay to or permit and suffer or fully authorize and impower the said
38 Mary Ann Blake to have receive and take all the interest and dividends of the said Five
39 thousand pounds and of the accumulations thereof as and when the same shall become
40 due and payable (but not by way of anticipation) to and for her own sole and separate
41 use esclusively and independently of any husband she may happen to marry and free from
42 his debts control intermeddling and engagements and her receipt alone to be a sufficient
43 discharge for the same and from and after the decease of the said Mary Ann Blake In
44 trust as to the principal and accumulated sum for her Child lawfully begotten and if
45 more than one for all her children so begotten share and share alike with benefit of
46 survivorship among them and to become an interest vested in and payable to such child
47 or children whether male or female on attaining the age or respective ages of twenty one
48 years or on the day or days of marriage with the consent of my said trustees for the time
49 being which shall first happen But in Case the said Mary Ann shall happen to die
50 without having been married or having married shall not have any Child who shall
51 live to attain the age of twenty one years or be married with such Consent as afores[ai]d
52 then from and after her death and failure of such children as aforesaid Upon trust to assign
53 transfer and pay the said Five thousand pounds and all accumulations if any as afores[ai]d
54 unto my Brother the said William Williams Blake his executors admors and assigns
55 to and for his and their own use And upon further trust as to five thousand pounds being
56 the residue of the said ten thousand pounds In Trust for and for the maintenance and
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57 benefit of Emma Louisa Blake another reputed daughter of my said Brother whose
58 age of twenty one years shall be accounted on the first day of January one thousand
60 eight hundred and thirty four exclusive of the debts control or engagements of any
61 husband she may happen to marry and of her issue lawfully begotten in such and
62 the same manner and to be vested at such time under the same or the like restrictions
63 as I have before directed concerning the five thousand pounds to her sister the said Mary
64 Ann Blake and her lawfully begotten issue But in case the said Emma Louisa Blake
65 shall happen to die without having been married or having married shall not leave
66 any child lawfully begotten who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years or be
67 married with such consent as aforesaid then from and after the decease of the said Emma
68 Louisa Blake and failure of such Children as aforesaid Upon trust to assign transfer and
69 pay the last mentioned sum of five thousand pounds and all such accumulations (if any)
70 as aforesaid unto my said Brother William Williams Blake his executors admors and
71 assigns to and for his and their own use and benefit I also give and bequeath unto the
72 said Mary Ann Blake and Emma Louisa Blake all my furniture linen wearing
73 Apparel Books Plate Watches Rings Trinkets and Pictures that I may be possessed of
74 to be divided equally between them when either of them shall attain the age before
75 specified or be married with such consent as aforesaid I give and bequeath unto my God
76 child Mary Ann Phillipson daughter of Richard Burton Phillipson of the City of Bath
77 Esquire by Eliza his Wife the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great
78 Britain I Give and bequeath unto my Maid Servant Cinderilla Jordan the sum of
79 one hundred pounds of like lawful money I Give and bequeath unto each of my afore-
80 said trustees the Reverend John Hall the Reverend John Kempthorne and the Reverend
81 John Edmund Jones the sum of twenty five pounds I give devise and bequeath all
82 my Real Copyhold and Leasehold Estates whatsoever and wheresoever and all the rest
83 and Residue of my money in the Public Stocks of funds together with all other my
84 Personal Estate and Effects of whatsoever nature the same shall or may be unto my
85 said Brother William Williams Blake his heirs executors admors and assigns according
86 to the nature and quality thereof respectively And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint
87 my said Brother sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I hereby
88 as far as I lawfully may or can appoint my said Trustees the Guardians and request
89 them to undertake the Care Tuition and Guardianship of the Persons of them the said
90 Mary Ann Blake and Emma Louisa Blake during their said Minorities Provided
91 always that if any of the trustees hereby appointed or to be appointed as hereinafter
92 is mentioned shall depart this life or decline to act in the trusts hereby in them reposed then
93 and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving or continuing
94 trustees or trustee to appoint one or more trustee or trustees in the room of the trustee or
95 trustees so dying or declining to act and thereupon the said trust estates monies and premises
96 shall be bested in the same trustee or trustees solely or jointly with the surviving or
97 continuing trustee or trustees as occasion shall require and that such new trustee or trustees
98 shall have the same powers and authorities to all intents and purposes whatsoever
99 as if he or they has been originally nominated a trustee or trustees in this my Will
100 Provided also that the trustees hereby appointed or to be appointed as hereinafter is
101 mentioned shall not be answerable the one for the other or others of them nor for the
102 signing receipts for the sake of Conformity nor for any involuntary loss and that it shall
103 and may be lawful for them and for my said Executor respectively to reimburse
104 themselves all their costs and expences in discharging their trusts and Lastly I do hereby
105 revoke all former Wills Codicils and other Testamentary dispositions made by me at
106 any time or times heretofore and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
107 witness whereof I the said Testatrix Mary Ann Blake have to this my last will and
108 Testament contained in six sheets of paper set my hand and seal to wit my hand to the
109 first five sheets my seal to the top of the first sheet where all the said sheets are affixed
110 together and my hand and seal to this sixth and last sheet this fifth day of July in the
111 Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five Mary Anne
112 Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said testatrix Mary Ann
113 Blake as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence
114 at her request and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed as Witnesses
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115 Harriet Hamilton Bristol Spinster Henry Ball Sol[icito]r
116 Bristol Charles Gough his Clerk
117 Whereas by my Will dated the fifth day of July One thousand eight
118 hundred and twenty five I have given unto my late Maid Servant Cinderilla
119 Jordan the sum of one hundred pounds Now I do by this Codicil to my last Will and
120 Testament revoke the said bequest and I direct that the said sum of one hundred
121 pounds be considered as part of my Residuary Personal estate and I do ratify and
122 confirm my said Will in all other respects In Witness whereof I have to this Codicil
123 to my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of July
124 one thousand eight hundred and twenty six Mary Anne Blake
125 Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Mary Anne Blake as and
126 for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in the presence of us Robert Traill
127 A B Clifton Richard Biggs Flatwell Henry Ball
128 Sol[icito]r Bristol
129 This Codicil made by me Mary Anne Blake now residing at
130 Ventnor hotel Undercliff in the Isle of Wight and published this nineteenth day of
131 December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two is part of and to be annexed
132 to my last Will and Testament bearing date the fifth day of July one thousand eight
133 hundred and twenty five Whereas the Reverend John Hall and the Reverend
134 John Edmund Jones two of the trustees named in my said Will are since dead and
135 the Reverend John Kempthorne the other trustee is desirous of giving up the trusteeship
136 now I do hereby revoke the appointment of trustees made in my said Will and in the
137 place of the said trustees I do hereby nominate and appoint my friends Henry Ball
138 of the Temple London Esquire Barrister at Law and Andrew Wedderburn Colville of
139 London Merchant as trustees and Guardians with all the same powers and
140 authorities as by my said Will were vested in the said trustees and Guardians
141 therein named as fully and completely in all respects as if the said Henry Ball and
142 Andrew Wedderburn Colville had been originally named and appointed trustees and
143 Guardians in my said Wills and I give to each of them the sum of twenty
144 Guineas as a token of regard for their kindness in undertaking the Trusteeship
145 and Guardianship and whereas I have in my said Will given to my trustees the
146 sum of ten thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain as to five thousand
147 pounds part thereof upon certain trusts in favor of Mary Ann Blake therein
148 named and as to the remaining five thousand pounds upon certain trusts in favor
149 of Emma Louisa Blake therein named Now I do hereby give to the said Henry Ball
150 and Andrew Wedderburn Colville their executors admors and assigns the further sum of two
151 thousand pounds of like lawful money to be placed out and invested by them in like
152 manner as the said sum of ten thousand pounds Upon trust as to one thousand
153 pounds part thereof for the said Mary Ann Blake in like manner in all respects
154 as the said sum of five thousand pounds with the same remainder over and as to the
155 remaining One thousand pounds Upon trust for the said Emma Louisa Blake in the
156 same manner in all respects as the said sum of five thousand pounds with the same
157 remainder over In Witness where I have to this Codicil subscribed my name and set
158 my seal this nineteenth day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty two
159 Mary Anne Blake Signed sealed published and declared by
160 Mary Ann Blake as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in the presence
161 of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto
162 subscribed our names as witnesses John Fisher Susannah
163 Chalfont R. C. Kirkpatrick Newport I W Sol[icito]r
164 This is a third Codicil to the Will of me Mary Ann
165 Blake at present residing at Ventner in the Isle of Wight made the first day of January
166 One thousand eight hundred and thirty three whereas in a Codicil to my Will made on the
167 nineteenth day of December last I have by mistake subscribed the Reverend John Hall
168 as dead now I do nevertheless declare my intention to be to revoke the appointment of
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169 the said John Hall to be a trustee and Guardian of my Will and to confirm the
170 appointment made by the same Codicil of my friends Henry Ball and Andrew
171 Wedderburn Colville to be the only Trustees and Guardians of my Will and Codicils and
172 Whereas I have by my Will dated the 5th day of July 1825 bequeathed two sums of five
173 thousand pounds each to Trustees upon certain trusts for the benefit of Mary Ann Blake
174 and Emma Louisa Blake therein named and their issue respectively But in Case of their
175 respectively dying without being married or having married without any Child who shall
176 live to attain the age of twenty one years or be married as therein mentioned I have bequeathed
177 the same respective sums of five thousand pounds to my Brother William Williams Blake
178 Now I do hereby direct and declare that in Case either of them the said Mary Ann Blake and
179 Emma Louisa Blake shall die without having been married or having married without
181 having any child lawfully begotten who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years or be
182 married as therein mentioned in that case the sum of money and estate by my said Will
183 given for the benefit of such one so dying shall be held Upon trust for the survivor of them
184 and the children of such survivor for the like interest as the money and estate originally bequeathed
185 for her and their benefit and with a remainder over in the same event to my Brother the said
186 William Williams Blake as is in my Will expressed and declared concerning such original
187 sum of money and estate I ratify and confirm my said Will and also the Codicils thereto
188 of the fifth day of July 1825 and the nineteenth day of December last and direct this to be
189 taken as a Codicil to and as part of my Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
190 my name and affixed my seal the day and year first above written Mary Anne
191 Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said Mary Anne Blake
192 as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in the presence of us together who in her
193 presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as
194 witnesses Henry Sewell of Newport in the Isle of Wight Sol[icito]r
195 the Mark X of Eliza Read
196 Proved at London with three Codicils 24th April 1833 before the Worshipful Jesse
197 Addams doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of William Williams Blake Esquire the
198 Brother the sole Executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to
199 administer
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#1248 The Blake Family - Gloucestershire Notes and Queries Volume 3
1248. The Blake Family (Discussion inserted)
1. In St. Stephen's Church, Bristol, there is a marble tablet with the following inscription: "Near this place, in the same vault with his father and mother, William and Rebecca Blake, lie the remains of Richard Blake, Esquire, who died August 6th, 1829, aged 69." And above, on a small tablet, is an inscription to his widow, Anne Augusta, described as the daughter of the Very Reverend Charles Harward, of Hayne, County Devon, Dean of Chichester, etc. She died November 4th, 1847, aged 84. Arms - Ar. a chev. between 3 garbs sa. empaling gu. a crosse crosslet or. Creet - On a cap of maintenance gu. turned up erm. a martlet sa.
The will of Anne Augusta Blake was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/will-of-anne-augusta-blake-widow.html
Richard Blake, husband of Anne Augusta Blake, was the son of William and Rebecca Blake according to the memorial in St Stephen's Church, Bristol. Now, the question is, can I discover the parents of William Blake. Richard would have been born circa 1760. The coat of arms mentioned on the memorial tablet do not appear to be the registered arm of the Harward family. The first mentioned coat of arms does belong to the Blake family. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families ....., volume 2 has "Gu. on a cross croslet arg. betw. four gouttes d'eau five annulets az. Harward, Hayne, Co. Devon; a heiress m. Blake." I have little knowledge of heraldry although I am starting to look at a little because of the Blake coats of arms. I did find on Family Search the baptism of Richard Blake 1 Dec 1760 at Bristol with parents William and Rebecca Blake. They also baptized a son William 3 Dec 1757 and a daughter Rebecca 21 Apr 1759 both at Bristol. Interestingly there is a marriage of a William Blake to Rebecca Milles 12 Jun 1754 at Duloe, Cornwall. Since this is a known Blake area it is possible that this line is from Cornwall. There is a will for William Blake (1792) at Bristol to come.
2. In St. Werburgh's Church, Bristol, there was this inscription: "To the memory of Mr Richard Blake, many years an inhabitant of this parish, who died the 3rd day of January, 1771, aged 70. In the same vault where his remains are deposited, also are interred Mary Blake, his mother, Samuel and Mary Greenway, whose ony daughter he married, and five of his children, who died in their infancy. Likewise the remains of Mary, his wife, who died the 21st October, 1781, aged 82."
I found this reference most interesting as I am in the midst of transcribing the will of Mary, the widow of this Richard Blake who was the father of Susanna Woodward and Hannah Deverell. The mother of this Richard was Mary Greenway and in the will of Mary there is mention of a Joseph Greenway. Put together with the reference at Chipping Sodbury, is this the same family? That Richard would have been born circa 1646, died 1724 (aged 78). Chipping Sodbury is nine miles ENE of Bristol. Still to come is the will of Richard Blake who died in 1771 and another Richard Blake will from 1642 which may help to fill this family line in.
3. In Chipping Sodbury Church there are (or were) the following inscriptions: " To the memory of his father, Richard Blake, late of this town, and of his brothers Joseph and Samuel, whose remains are interred near this place. This monument is erected by Richard Blake, of the city of Bristol." "In memory of Richard Blake, Senior, who was buried April 19th, A.D. 1724, aged 78." "In memory of Joseph Blake, son of Richard and Mary Blake, of this borough, who deceased the 18th day of May, A.D. 1715, in the 23rd year of his age." "Thomas Coombe died September 26th, 1724, aged 42. Joanna Coombe, his wife, died February 27, 1748/49, aged 63. Joanna Blake, relict of Robert Blake, and daughter of Thomas and Joanna Coombe, died April 20th, 1790, aged 82."
From Aubrey's Collections for North Wilts I find that Robert Hungerford, of Studley, near Calne, by his will (1754) bequeated his parsonage of Avon (between Chippenham and Christian Malford) to his nephew George, after of Studley, for his life - in tail to Robert Blake, of Sodbury, who had married one of his nieces.
4. In St. John's Church, Glastonbury, there was an inscription to Elizabeth, the wife of Francis Blake, of Clifton, Gent.; she died January 1st, 1736, aged 50. This Francis Blake died at Glastonbury in 1768, having been ten times mayor of that borough, from 1717 to 1768. He had a son William, who predeceased him, having resided in the parish of Clifton.
For Francis Blake buried at Glastonbury this is a known Blake line which is collateral to the Admiral Robert Blake line according to the Potbury Blake website: http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm . This Francis Blake who was married to Elizabeth Porch 14 Feb 1708 at Wells. He was the son of Roger Blake and Susannah Taylor with Roger's father being Humphry the elder who married Elizabeth Upton. This Humphry was the son of Humphry Blake who married Elizabeth Giles. Continuing back this Humphrey was the son of Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James. Then John Blake the elder and his wife Johan were the parents of Humphrey and this John Blake was a brother to Admiral Robert Blake. I have blogged on this line several times and I am confident that indeed this Francis Blake is related to Admiral Robert Blake.
I shall be glad to be supplied with any information relative to any of these Blakes, and particularly as to the parentage of Francis and Elizabeth Blake, and whether they were connected with the Bristol and Gloucestershire family. Francis was, I know, related to the Blakes of Spaxton, Somerset, and bore for arms, Ar. a chev. between 3 garbs, sa.
Edward Fry Wade, Axbridge, Somerset.
1. In St. Stephen's Church, Bristol, there is a marble tablet with the following inscription: "Near this place, in the same vault with his father and mother, William and Rebecca Blake, lie the remains of Richard Blake, Esquire, who died August 6th, 1829, aged 69." And above, on a small tablet, is an inscription to his widow, Anne Augusta, described as the daughter of the Very Reverend Charles Harward, of Hayne, County Devon, Dean of Chichester, etc. She died November 4th, 1847, aged 84. Arms - Ar. a chev. between 3 garbs sa. empaling gu. a crosse crosslet or. Creet - On a cap of maintenance gu. turned up erm. a martlet sa.
The will of Anne Augusta Blake was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/will-of-anne-augusta-blake-widow.html
Richard Blake, husband of Anne Augusta Blake, was the son of William and Rebecca Blake according to the memorial in St Stephen's Church, Bristol. Now, the question is, can I discover the parents of William Blake. Richard would have been born circa 1760. The coat of arms mentioned on the memorial tablet do not appear to be the registered arm of the Harward family. The first mentioned coat of arms does belong to the Blake family. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families ....., volume 2 has "Gu. on a cross croslet arg. betw. four gouttes d'eau five annulets az. Harward, Hayne, Co. Devon; a heiress m. Blake." I have little knowledge of heraldry although I am starting to look at a little because of the Blake coats of arms. I did find on Family Search the baptism of Richard Blake 1 Dec 1760 at Bristol with parents William and Rebecca Blake. They also baptized a son William 3 Dec 1757 and a daughter Rebecca 21 Apr 1759 both at Bristol. Interestingly there is a marriage of a William Blake to Rebecca Milles 12 Jun 1754 at Duloe, Cornwall. Since this is a known Blake area it is possible that this line is from Cornwall. There is a will for William Blake (1792) at Bristol to come.
2. In St. Werburgh's Church, Bristol, there was this inscription: "To the memory of Mr Richard Blake, many years an inhabitant of this parish, who died the 3rd day of January, 1771, aged 70. In the same vault where his remains are deposited, also are interred Mary Blake, his mother, Samuel and Mary Greenway, whose ony daughter he married, and five of his children, who died in their infancy. Likewise the remains of Mary, his wife, who died the 21st October, 1781, aged 82."
I found this reference most interesting as I am in the midst of transcribing the will of Mary, the widow of this Richard Blake who was the father of Susanna Woodward and Hannah Deverell. The mother of this Richard was Mary Greenway and in the will of Mary there is mention of a Joseph Greenway. Put together with the reference at Chipping Sodbury, is this the same family? That Richard would have been born circa 1646, died 1724 (aged 78). Chipping Sodbury is nine miles ENE of Bristol. Still to come is the will of Richard Blake who died in 1771 and another Richard Blake will from 1642 which may help to fill this family line in.
3. In Chipping Sodbury Church there are (or were) the following inscriptions: " To the memory of his father, Richard Blake, late of this town, and of his brothers Joseph and Samuel, whose remains are interred near this place. This monument is erected by Richard Blake, of the city of Bristol." "In memory of Richard Blake, Senior, who was buried April 19th, A.D. 1724, aged 78." "In memory of Joseph Blake, son of Richard and Mary Blake, of this borough, who deceased the 18th day of May, A.D. 1715, in the 23rd year of his age." "Thomas Coombe died September 26th, 1724, aged 42. Joanna Coombe, his wife, died February 27, 1748/49, aged 63. Joanna Blake, relict of Robert Blake, and daughter of Thomas and Joanna Coombe, died April 20th, 1790, aged 82."
From Aubrey's Collections for North Wilts I find that Robert Hungerford, of Studley, near Calne, by his will (1754) bequeated his parsonage of Avon (between Chippenham and Christian Malford) to his nephew George, after of Studley, for his life - in tail to Robert Blake, of Sodbury, who had married one of his nieces.
4. In St. John's Church, Glastonbury, there was an inscription to Elizabeth, the wife of Francis Blake, of Clifton, Gent.; she died January 1st, 1736, aged 50. This Francis Blake died at Glastonbury in 1768, having been ten times mayor of that borough, from 1717 to 1768. He had a son William, who predeceased him, having resided in the parish of Clifton.
For Francis Blake buried at Glastonbury this is a known Blake line which is collateral to the Admiral Robert Blake line according to the Potbury Blake website: http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm . This Francis Blake who was married to Elizabeth Porch 14 Feb 1708 at Wells. He was the son of Roger Blake and Susannah Taylor with Roger's father being Humphry the elder who married Elizabeth Upton. This Humphry was the son of Humphry Blake who married Elizabeth Giles. Continuing back this Humphrey was the son of Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James. Then John Blake the elder and his wife Johan were the parents of Humphrey and this John Blake was a brother to Admiral Robert Blake. I have blogged on this line several times and I am confident that indeed this Francis Blake is related to Admiral Robert Blake.
I shall be glad to be supplied with any information relative to any of these Blakes, and particularly as to the parentage of Francis and Elizabeth Blake, and whether they were connected with the Bristol and Gloucestershire family. Francis was, I know, related to the Blakes of Spaxton, Somerset, and bore for arms, Ar. a chev. between 3 garbs, sa.
Edward Fry Wade, Axbridge, Somerset.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Will of John Blake the Elder, Weaver, Chesham, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/501/397, probated 22 Jun 1708
This will too was misfiled and is for John Blake the Elder of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. This will adds greatly to the knowledge of the earlier will of Job Blake published earlier as a blog:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-job-blake-elder-clothier.html
The present testator John (married to Rebecca perhaps as his second wife since Job calls her his mother in law) names two sons John and Job and a son in law John Payne so perhaps his daughter has died.
This brings us back closer to the time of the will of Alexander Blake 1600 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-alexander-blake-of-chesham.html
also of Chesham and he mentions his children Samuel, Joshua, Thomas, Mary, and Martha. All of these children were born between 1588 and 1598 and one of the two sons Joshua or Thomas could be the father of the present testator. Samuel was buried 8 Feb 1604. Alexander Blake married Elizabeth Hick 17 May 1587 at Chesham.
There was a marriage of John Blake, testator, to Rebecca Wheeler 28 Oct 1686 at Chesham (Family Search (M02080-2).
There was a baptism of John Blake son of William and Martha Blake baptized 22 Jan 1625 at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Who is William?
Some new information taking Job back another generation but still the mystery of Alexander and whether he was the ancestor of this John.
I have included the latin probate although there are likely errors as I do not recognize a couple of the words. But it does explain that Job's wife Mary probated both wills with the permission of the court because her husband Job had died before probating his father's will over which he was executor.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/501/397
Testator: John Blake the Elder, Weaver
Place: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Jul 1704, probated 22 Jun 1708
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Joh[ann]is Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake the Elder of Chesham in the County of
3 Bucks Weaver being of a sound and perfect disposing
4 mind memory and understanding (thanks be therefor
5 given to Almighty God) do make and ordain this my
6 Last Will and Testament in manner and form following
7 (that is to say) First and principally I commend my
8 soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
9 trusting to Enjoy Everlasting Life through the Meritts
10 of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer
11 And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in
12 the Church Yard of Chesham aforesaid in such manner as
13 to my Executor herein after Named shall seem meet And
14 as to the worldly Estate wherewith God in his mercy hath
15 blessed me withal I do hereby give devise and dispose the
16 same in manner and form following viz[ a vi]t Imprimis I
17 give and devise unto my Son in Law John Payne of
18 Chesham aforesaid Brewer Yearly and every Year during
19 the Term of his natural Life the summe of Five and
20 Thirty shillings of lawfull English Money to be paid to
21 him by my Executor herein after Named by equall quarterly
22 payments at the Four usuall Feasts or dayes of payment
23 in the Yeare (that is to say) at the Feast of St Michael the
24 Archangell St Thomas the Apostle the Annunciation of
25 our blessed Lady St Mary the Virgin and St John the
26 Baptist the first payment to begin and be made at
27 such of the said Feasts or dayes of payment which
28 shall First and next happen after my decease Item I
29 give and bequeath unto my Son John Blake of Chesham
30 aforesaid Clothworker my Standing Bedsted with the
31 Matt and Cord one Flock Bed two bolsters two blankets
32 one Coverlett my drawing Table and Frame my joined
33 Form my boowded Chest two paire of sheets and my best
34 brass Kettle provided he suffer my Son Job Blake and
35 his Assignes quietly to take down and carry a way to and
36 for his own use the little Furnace hanging in the now
37 dwelling house of my said Son John (the which my said
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38 Son Job bought and sett there at his own charge) together
39 with the frame of bricks wherein it hangs and also his
40 Racks or Conters now standing on my Coippyhold Land
41 Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son John Blake
43 after the decease of Rebecca my Wife my Jack with the
44 Lines and weights and one Firkin Item I give and
45 bequeath unto my said Son John Blake the summe of
46 Twenty pounds of lawfull English Money to be paid unto
47 him by my Executor herein after Named within six
48 Months next after my decease Item I give unto the
49 Four Children of my said Son John Blake (viz[ a vi]t) to
50 John Job George and Edward the summe of Four
51 pounds a peece of like lawfull English Money to be paid
52 unto them respectively by my Executor herein after
53 Named within one Year next after my decease Item
54 I give and devise unto my Son Job Blake and to his
55 Heires and Assignes for ever all that my Cottage or
56 Tenement with the Appurtenances in Chesham
57 aforesaid wherein I now dwell with all Outhouses Edificies
58 buildings Yards gardens and backsides thereto belonging
59 Item I give to my Grandchildren Job Mary Lydia
60 Caleb Joshua Ursula and Sarah Children of my said
61 Son Job Blake the summe of Four pounds a peece of
62 like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my said
63 Wife Rebecca all such household Goods Furniture
64 and implements of household which were her own
65 before our intermarriage Item I give to my said
66 Wife Rebecca the use of three pairs of my Sheets which
67 she shall choose two kettles two Skilletts one warming pan
68 one scummer one pottage pott three pewter platters
69 two fruit dishes one pewter Flaggon one quart pott
70 one Table three Joyned Stools one little Table with a
71 drawer Five Chairs one pott hanger one pair of
72 Bellows fire shovel and Tongs one paire of Andirons
73 one Jack with the Lines and weights one Spitt two small
74 drink before the three Rivers two Boles one Flannell blanket
75 Six Napkins one pillow and pillowbear one Chest and
76 one box during her natural Life if she shall continue a
77 Widow sole and unmarried and continue her hatita[t]ion
78 and abode in the house wherein wee now dwell but if it
79 shall so happen that she shall Marry again or remove
80 her habitation out of the said house that then in either
81 of the said Cases my Executor herein after Named shall
82 take into his Custody all the said Goods last mentioned
83 and forthwith dispose the same or such of them as are
84 herein before directed to be disposed of after my said
85 Wifes decease to my said respective Legatees wording as
86 they were to have had the same after her decease Item I
87 give to my said Wife the summe of Forty shillings of like
88 Money to be paid to her by my Executor herein after
89 Named forthwith after my decease All the Rest and
90 Residue of my goods chattles moneys and personal Estate
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91 whatsoever undisposed of after my debts Legacies and
92 Funeral Expences shall be thereout first satisfied paid and
93 discharged I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Son
94 Job Blake And I do Nominate constitute ordain and
95 appoint my said Son Job Blake to be sole Executor of this
96 my Will And I do hereby revoke anull and make void all
97 former and other Wills by me made In Witness whereof
98 to this my last Will and Testatment contained in three Sheets
99 of paper to each sheet have sett my hand and to the First
100 and last sheets have sett my Seal the Eighteenth day of July in
101 the third Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by
102 the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland
103 Queen defender of the Faith etc Anno d[omi]ni One thousand Seven
104 hundred and Four the mark of John Blake the Elder Signed
105 and sealed and by the above Named John Blake the
106 Testator published and declared to be his last Will and
107 Testament in the presence of us whose Names are under
108 written and were subscribed as Wittnesses thereunto in the
109 presence of the said Testator Willim Hill Jno Smith
110 Anne Clifton
111 Vicesimo Secundo die Mensis Junij Anno
112 d[omi]ni Millesimo Septinantisimo Octavo Einanavit Commissio
113 Maria Blake Vidua Relictae et Executrici Nominata in
114 Testamento Job Blake defuncti (dum vixit) Filij et Extoris
115 inici Nominati in Testamento Johannis Blake weaver de
116 Chesham in Com Bucks defuncti habentis etc ad adstrandinn
117 bona juxa et credita dicti defuncti juxta tenorem et effectum
118 Testamenti ipenis defuncti (eo quod dictus Job Blake Executor
119 in dicto Testamento Nominatus antegnam omis Executioris
120 dicti Testamenti in se atteptasset mortem etiam abut) de bene
121 et fideliter administrando eadem ad Sancta dei Evangelia
122 Jurat
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-job-blake-elder-clothier.html
The present testator John (married to Rebecca perhaps as his second wife since Job calls her his mother in law) names two sons John and Job and a son in law John Payne so perhaps his daughter has died.
This brings us back closer to the time of the will of Alexander Blake 1600 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-alexander-blake-of-chesham.html
also of Chesham and he mentions his children Samuel, Joshua, Thomas, Mary, and Martha. All of these children were born between 1588 and 1598 and one of the two sons Joshua or Thomas could be the father of the present testator. Samuel was buried 8 Feb 1604. Alexander Blake married Elizabeth Hick 17 May 1587 at Chesham.
There was a marriage of John Blake, testator, to Rebecca Wheeler 28 Oct 1686 at Chesham (Family Search (M02080-2).
There was a baptism of John Blake son of William and Martha Blake baptized 22 Jan 1625 at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Who is William?
Some new information taking Job back another generation but still the mystery of Alexander and whether he was the ancestor of this John.
I have included the latin probate although there are likely errors as I do not recognize a couple of the words. But it does explain that Job's wife Mary probated both wills with the permission of the court because her husband Job had died before probating his father's will over which he was executor.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/501/397
Testator: John Blake the Elder, Weaver
Place: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Jul 1704, probated 22 Jun 1708
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Joh[ann]is Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake the Elder of Chesham in the County of
3 Bucks Weaver being of a sound and perfect disposing
4 mind memory and understanding (thanks be therefor
5 given to Almighty God) do make and ordain this my
6 Last Will and Testament in manner and form following
7 (that is to say) First and principally I commend my
8 soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
9 trusting to Enjoy Everlasting Life through the Meritts
10 of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer
11 And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in
12 the Church Yard of Chesham aforesaid in such manner as
13 to my Executor herein after Named shall seem meet And
14 as to the worldly Estate wherewith God in his mercy hath
15 blessed me withal I do hereby give devise and dispose the
16 same in manner and form following viz[ a vi]t Imprimis I
17 give and devise unto my Son in Law John Payne of
18 Chesham aforesaid Brewer Yearly and every Year during
19 the Term of his natural Life the summe of Five and
20 Thirty shillings of lawfull English Money to be paid to
21 him by my Executor herein after Named by equall quarterly
22 payments at the Four usuall Feasts or dayes of payment
23 in the Yeare (that is to say) at the Feast of St Michael the
24 Archangell St Thomas the Apostle the Annunciation of
25 our blessed Lady St Mary the Virgin and St John the
26 Baptist the first payment to begin and be made at
27 such of the said Feasts or dayes of payment which
28 shall First and next happen after my decease Item I
29 give and bequeath unto my Son John Blake of Chesham
30 aforesaid Clothworker my Standing Bedsted with the
31 Matt and Cord one Flock Bed two bolsters two blankets
32 one Coverlett my drawing Table and Frame my joined
33 Form my boowded Chest two paire of sheets and my best
34 brass Kettle provided he suffer my Son Job Blake and
35 his Assignes quietly to take down and carry a way to and
36 for his own use the little Furnace hanging in the now
37 dwelling house of my said Son John (the which my said
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38 Son Job bought and sett there at his own charge) together
39 with the frame of bricks wherein it hangs and also his
40 Racks or Conters now standing on my Coippyhold Land
41 Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son John Blake
43 after the decease of Rebecca my Wife my Jack with the
44 Lines and weights and one Firkin Item I give and
45 bequeath unto my said Son John Blake the summe of
46 Twenty pounds of lawfull English Money to be paid unto
47 him by my Executor herein after Named within six
48 Months next after my decease Item I give unto the
49 Four Children of my said Son John Blake (viz[ a vi]t) to
50 John Job George and Edward the summe of Four
51 pounds a peece of like lawfull English Money to be paid
52 unto them respectively by my Executor herein after
53 Named within one Year next after my decease Item
54 I give and devise unto my Son Job Blake and to his
55 Heires and Assignes for ever all that my Cottage or
56 Tenement with the Appurtenances in Chesham
57 aforesaid wherein I now dwell with all Outhouses Edificies
58 buildings Yards gardens and backsides thereto belonging
59 Item I give to my Grandchildren Job Mary Lydia
60 Caleb Joshua Ursula and Sarah Children of my said
61 Son Job Blake the summe of Four pounds a peece of
62 like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my said
63 Wife Rebecca all such household Goods Furniture
64 and implements of household which were her own
65 before our intermarriage Item I give to my said
66 Wife Rebecca the use of three pairs of my Sheets which
67 she shall choose two kettles two Skilletts one warming pan
68 one scummer one pottage pott three pewter platters
69 two fruit dishes one pewter Flaggon one quart pott
70 one Table three Joyned Stools one little Table with a
71 drawer Five Chairs one pott hanger one pair of
72 Bellows fire shovel and Tongs one paire of Andirons
73 one Jack with the Lines and weights one Spitt two small
74 drink before the three Rivers two Boles one Flannell blanket
75 Six Napkins one pillow and pillowbear one Chest and
76 one box during her natural Life if she shall continue a
77 Widow sole and unmarried and continue her hatita[t]ion
78 and abode in the house wherein wee now dwell but if it
79 shall so happen that she shall Marry again or remove
80 her habitation out of the said house that then in either
81 of the said Cases my Executor herein after Named shall
82 take into his Custody all the said Goods last mentioned
83 and forthwith dispose the same or such of them as are
84 herein before directed to be disposed of after my said
85 Wifes decease to my said respective Legatees wording as
86 they were to have had the same after her decease Item I
87 give to my said Wife the summe of Forty shillings of like
88 Money to be paid to her by my Executor herein after
89 Named forthwith after my decease All the Rest and
90 Residue of my goods chattles moneys and personal Estate
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91 whatsoever undisposed of after my debts Legacies and
92 Funeral Expences shall be thereout first satisfied paid and
93 discharged I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Son
94 Job Blake And I do Nominate constitute ordain and
95 appoint my said Son Job Blake to be sole Executor of this
96 my Will And I do hereby revoke anull and make void all
97 former and other Wills by me made In Witness whereof
98 to this my last Will and Testatment contained in three Sheets
99 of paper to each sheet have sett my hand and to the First
100 and last sheets have sett my Seal the Eighteenth day of July in
101 the third Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by
102 the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland
103 Queen defender of the Faith etc Anno d[omi]ni One thousand Seven
104 hundred and Four the mark of John Blake the Elder Signed
105 and sealed and by the above Named John Blake the
106 Testator published and declared to be his last Will and
107 Testament in the presence of us whose Names are under
108 written and were subscribed as Wittnesses thereunto in the
109 presence of the said Testator Willim Hill Jno Smith
110 Anne Clifton
111 Vicesimo Secundo die Mensis Junij Anno
112 d[omi]ni Millesimo Septinantisimo Octavo Einanavit Commissio
113 Maria Blake Vidua Relictae et Executrici Nominata in
114 Testamento Job Blake defuncti (dum vixit) Filij et Extoris
115 inici Nominati in Testamento Johannis Blake weaver de
116 Chesham in Com Bucks defuncti habentis etc ad adstrandinn
117 bona juxa et credita dicti defuncti juxta tenorem et effectum
118 Testamenti ipenis defuncti (eo quod dictus Job Blake Executor
119 in dicto Testamento Nominatus antegnam omis Executioris
120 dicti Testamenti in se atteptasset mortem etiam abut) de bene
121 et fideliter administrando eadem ad Sancta dei Evangelia
122 Jurat
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Will of Thomas Blake, Esquire, Bath, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1710/445, probated 18 Apr 1826 and 5 Jul 1842
Thomas Blake is the testator living at Bath and I have no ideas on how or if he fits into the Blake families known to be at Bath.
The registers for the abbey at bath are online at Archive.org:
http://archive.org/stream/registersofabbey28abbe/registersofabbey28abbe_djvu.txt
Robert Sumption, Esquire was buried 19 Jan 1778
Mrs Ann Blake was buried in 1798
Ann Blake, niece of the testator and mentioned in his will, married James Barnes (he was 40 and she was 30) 15 Feb 1817 in Hampshire (no more details apparent although that would give Ann a birth date of 1787. Information from LDS I03915-6. A second reference gives Wiltshire as the marrying place with reference I03128-4. Find My Past provides more information with James Barnes being of Tisbury, Wiltshire, a bachelor and gardener and Ann Blake being of Chilmark, Wiltshire and a spinster. Bondsman James Cuffe, butcher, Tisbury. They were married by licence granted by the Bishop of Salisbury – the place of marriage was not given as this is from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds.
An interesting document about the village of Chilmark online:
http://www.history-pieces.co.uk/Docs/Chilmark_1851.pdf
William Blake is listed as a lodger of 71? years and was an agricultural labourer now pauper. There is also a John Blake born 1821 at Chilmark and an agricultural labourer. The paper above is an analysis of the 1851 census for Chilmark. I pulled up this census to see if there was anything more to glean from it. The nephew of the testator was Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. However, Thomas is in will does express that there is a need for money on the part of his relatives.
The 1851 Census for Chilmark (listed in Tisbury RD) has the following entry:
John Blake, head, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton, Wiltshire
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years Scholar, born at Chilmark
Anna Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Keziah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 4 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Ann Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 2 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
They are household 42 living on Street.
I also found William Blake, lodger, widower, 71 years, agricultural labourer/pauper, born at Teffont Magma. Household 94 living on Street. He is living with John Mould who is the head and next door is possibly his son John Mould with his family. All members of the Mould family except the younger head born at Chilmark (the other was born at Ridge).
The 1861 census for Chilmark (Tisbury) listed:
John Blake, head, married 44 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 42 years, , born at Dinton
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 19 years, servant, born at Chilmark
Kezia Blake, daughter, unmarried, 14 years, , born at Chilmark
Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 12 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Sarah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Leah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
The 1871 Census at Chilmark (Tisbury):
John Blake, head, married, 57 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 52 years, , born at Dinton
Edward Durnford, head, married, 31 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton
Ellen Durnford, wife, married, 29 years, , born at Chilmark
Elizabeth Durnford, daughter, 9 years, , born at Chilmark
John F Durnford, son, 6 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
William G Blake, son, 3 years, , born at Chilmark
(infant) Blake, son, less than 1 month, , born at Chilmark
Edward Durnford married Ellen Blake at Tisbury RD December quarter 1861 (Free BMD).
There was a marriage in December quarter 1840 between John Blake and Jane Yates in Wilton RD which includes Dinton.
But was John Blake the son of Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy? Impossible to say but interesting none the less. The grandsons named John and William are also rather interesting and do tend to lead me to think this is not the family of Thomas Blake the testator but recorded none the less as a Blake family at Chilmark.
I did find James and Ann Barnes on the 1841 census at Tisbury:
James Barnes, 70 years, gardener, born in Wiltshire
Ann Barnes, 55 years, , not born in Wiltshire
Mary, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
Ann, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
In 1851 still in Tisbury RD but at New Sarum, there is an Ann Barnes:
Ann Barnes, head, widow, 65 years, fundholder (she made probate of her uncle’s will in 1844), born in Reynham, Kent
William Blake, son, unmarried, 28 years, farmer of 23 acres, born at Tisbury, Wiltshire
Have I perhaps solved the mystery of this Blake family? Could they be from the Kent Blake family? The Kent wills are still to come for the Blake family but will follow in due courser my doing the Wiltshire Blake and the Hampshire Blake family wills that I have acquired. There are 26 wills for Kent. I shall try to remember this will when I am doing Kent!
In 1861 Ann Barnes is still living at Tisbury, she is head of the household, widowed, 76 years of age, an annuitant and born at Raynham Kent.
Her son William is still farming at Tisbury, he is 38 years of age, farmer of 27 acres and married to Elizabeth, 50 years of age.
On the 1871 census Ann Barnes is a visitor at the home of Frederick Sibert (schoolmaster born in South America (British Subject)), also visiting an Ann Green, 52 years, widow, retired grocer of Tisbury Wiltshire, with her son Albert 12 years, born at Tisbury, Ann is widowed, 87 years of age, an annuitant, born at Rainham, Kent. Ann Green is perhaps the daughter of Ann Barnes mentioned in the 1841 census. On Free BMD March quarter 1849 Ann Barnes married Edward Green at Salisbury RD. On the 1851 Census at Tilbury, Edward Green is found on the census, head, married 53 years, grocer and baker, born at Tisbury, and with him Ann Green, wife, married 33 years, born at Tisbury. Although I did not notice it when I was looking up Ann Barnes on the 1861 census, living next door to Ann was the Edward Green family and Ann appears to be living with Phoebe Green, head, unmarried, 68 years, formerly lady’s maid, born at Tisbury:
Edward Green, head, married 64 years, grocer / malster, born at Tisbury
Ann Green, wife, married, 40 years, , born at Tisbury
Cecily Green, daughter, 8 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Alice B Green, daughter, 6 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
William Green, son, 4 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Edward A Green, son, 2 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Ann has perhaps solved the mystery of who Thomas Blake, the testator, was and will wait to see the Kent Blake wills to see if anything further can be gleaned for this family. What has happened to Ann’s brother Thomas remains a mystery. I can not find him on the 1841 census. I did find one reference that he served as a Lieutenant (achieving that rank in 1808) but no other information yet. http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_person.php?nid=1&id=8629
This is a rather interesting page and will extract for future reference the Blake entries:
Blake, Edgar Henry, son of Henry and Martha Louisa (née Attersoll) Blake, achieved rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1845.
Blake, George, died in April 1822. He served in the Royal Navy. Sons who served as naval officers: George Hans Blake.
Blake, George Charles served in the Royal Navy. Ranks attained Lieutenant (1806) and Commander (1819).
Blake, George Hans, son of George Blake, was born in August 1791. He served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant (1815).
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Rear Admiral of the White in 1799. Promoted directly to Rear-Admiral of the White from Post Captain.
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1665.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained rank of Lieutenant in 1787.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1666.
Blake, Patrick John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant in 1823, Attained rank of Commander in 1830, attained rank of Captain in 1841. Nephew of William Hall Gage (Marshall (Volume IV – Part II, page 349).
William Hall Gage was born on 2 Oct 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1864. He served in the Royal Navy. Honors: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (GCH) on 19 Apr 1834. Attained Ranks: Lt (1796), Capt (1797), RAdm B (1821), RAdm R (1830), Adm B (1846), Adm W (1847), Adm Fleet (1862). Notes: Son of General Hon. Thomas and Margaret (née Kemble) Gage. Uncle of Patrick John Blake. Brother-in-Law of Charles Ogle.
Blake, Peter served in the Royal Navy.
Blake, Thomas died on Canterbury on 27 Nov 1703 when she was lost during the Great Storm of 1703. He served in the Royal Navy.
All this searching has given me the history of Lieutenant Thomas Blake, 1808.
A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and Services of Every Living Officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant, inclusive. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. By William R O’Byrne, Esquire, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, Publisher to the Admiralty, 1849. Can be downloaded from Google Books.
Page 88 has the information and there are a number of Blake entries and I rather think I will record this information in another blog (there are a number of Blake entries). But for the moment I will record Thomas Blake in this blog. Since he entered the navy as midshipman 27 Feb 1802, he was likely a teenager between 14 and 18 years of age giving him a year of birth in the latter part of the 1780s. Ann, his sister, was born in the mid 1780s from the various census.
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Blake, (Lieutenant, 1808. F-P, 11; H-P., 34.)
Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he removed, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the Pitt (afterwards Salsette)36, Capt. Walter Bathurst. The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of that month was much injured by a fire from Fort Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake, who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the Calliope 20, Capt. John McKeslie, under whom he witnessed the reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and the capture, besides numerous other vessels, of the Comtesse d’Hambourg, French privateer, of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict, 25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope, 27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed – 25 June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return in Feb. 1812 – 14 Nov. in the same year, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel – and 29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson. The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a few days afterwards he again invalided. He has since been on half-pay. Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue.
From the Family Search website, the birth of Ann Blake 27 Jan 1784 at Rainham, Kent daughter of John and Mary Blake (C16511-1). Also Thomas Blake baptized 19 Nov 1786 All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent, England with father John and mother Jane Blake (I01225-8). Is this the same John Blake, is this the correct Thomas? There is a marriage for John Blake and Jane Greenstreet 20 Feb 1785 at All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent. The testator, Thomas Blake, did identify his brother as John.
Another interesting document on line is the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5 and I will record the website for future reference:
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/071.htm
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1710/445
Testator: Thomas Blake, Esquire
Place: Bath, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Aug 1824, probated 18 Apr 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23 Esquire
1 In the Name of my Lord and Saviour
2 Jesus Christ whose I am and whom I desire to love honour and obey Amen I Thomas
3 Blake of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset being by the merit and goodness
4 of God at this time of sound mind and memory and desiring to make such a disposition
5 of my Worldly property as is consistent with the duty I owe to those with whom I am
6 connected by blood or friendship hereby revoking any former Will by me heretofore at any
7 time made do make constitute and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner
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8 Following that is to say first in humble trust in the mercy of God through the redemption
9 that is in Christ Jesus the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the World I cheerfully
10 commit my Soul into his hands firmly persuaded that whosoever believeth in him shall
11 not perish but have everlasting life to him who I humbly hope hath loved me and
12 given himself for me I would ascribe all honour glory and praise for his great and precious
13 Salvation and for having graciously called me a poor guilty and perishing Sinner out of
14 darkness into his marvelous light and given me the blessed hope of an Inheritance
15 among the Saints in light secondly I will and direct that my mortal remains be interred
16 with all decent frugality in the abbey Church at Bath in the same Grave with my late
17 beloved Wife on the North side of the Great Western door near the entrance and that
18 my name the date of my death and my age be added to the inscription on the Stone
19 that covers her ashes and those of her Uncle the late Rob[er]t Sumption Esq[uie]r the first
20 Service I would request of my Executors hereinafter named is that they do as soon as
21 possible after my decease pay and fully discharge all my lawful debts which are but few
22 and small and also all charges and expences on account of my Funeral out of the money
23 I may leave either at home or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co. Milsom Street
24 Bath at the time of my death to my old and worthy friends Lieut General Sir William
25 Cockburn of Bath aforesaid Baronet and to Eliza Lady Cockburn his wife to each of them
26 I give five pounds for the purchase of a Ring which I request them to accept as a token
27 of my love and Friendship as an acknowledgement of the pleasure and comfort I have
28 during many years received from their kind Friendship and domestick Society also to
29 William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn Esquire their Son and to Miss Catherine Harriet
30 Catherine their daughter I give to each of them two pounds for a Ring and to the said
31 William S. R. Cockburn I also give my Copy of Homer in Greek commonly called
32 the Grenville Homer in 4 volumes small 4th printed at oxford 1800 and which was
33 the property of the late Lord Glenbernie and to the before named Catherine h
34 Cockburn I also give my Copy of Carys Dante in 3 volumes 8vo London 1819 those I
35 request my young Friends to accept as memorials of a departed Friend who loved them
36 to my Friend Charles Claude Clifton Esquire Son of the before named Eliza Lady Cockburn
37 I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of my gratitude for his benevolent Services
38 when by the perfidy of a professed Friend I was involved in distress and difficulties
39 to the Reverend William Say Minister of the Church of Christ assembling for the public
40 Worship of God in Argyle Chapel Bath I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of
41 my gratitude for the beneficial interest inspiration I have received under his Ministry and of
42 my esteem and respect of him as an able and faithful Minister of the Gospel
43 of Christ these small bequests to my Friends before mentioned are very inadequate
44 returns for which I owe them for the many acts of kindness with which they
45 have favored me but a sense of the duty I owe to my relations whose necessities
46 have indispensable claims on my consideration and assistance restrains me from
47 being more and obliges me to implore their indulgence and to allow me to substitute
48 the Will for the deed and in case the money I may die possessed of whether at home
49 or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co should not be sufficient for the payment
50 of my lawful debts my Funeral charges and the several small sums given and
51 bequeathed to my Friends before named for Rings etc then and in that case I will and
52 direct that the first monies due and receivable from my annuity of £85 Long
53 annuities in the Bank of England be applied to the payment of my said debts
54 Funeral charges and small bequests to my Friends and that neither the said
55 annuity nor any part thereof shall be appropriated or applied to the purposes and
56 bequests of this my Will which are hereinafter mentioned until my said lawful
57 debts my Funeral charges and the several small gifts and bequests to my Friends
58 for Rings etc be paid and fully discharged by my Executors hereinafter named with
59 regard to my Worldly property which consists principally of an annuity of eighty five
60 pounds in the Long annuities of the Bank of England of a Library of books of about
61 2000 volumes the particulars of which are specified in a written Catalogue of my
62 Silver plate my Iron Chest with its contents my pictures and prints framed and
63 glazed the Furniture in my apartments at No 1 Lion Hill Bath my China Glass
64 Kitchen utensils a large India Chest with its contents Linen of various sorts wearing apparel
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65 apparel philosophical and optimal Instruments a fine violoncello by Forster Sen[io]r with
66 its appurtenances in a Case with my name engraved on a brass plate my eight day grand
67 Clock by Grant on a carved bracket my gold duplex Watch with the gold Chain Seals and
68 key thereto appendant whatever money I may die possessed of whether it be at my home or
69 at my Bankers in short the whole of my property wheresoever and of what kind soever it
70 may be those articles only excepted which are before disposed of and appropriated in this my
71 Will I do hereby give and bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County
72 of Wilts a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England and the Son of my late beloved
73 Brother John Blake subject nevertheless to the conditions and purposes hereinafter expressed and
74 enjoined that is to say that he my said Nephew Thomas Blake shall faithfully and regularly pay
75 or cause to be paid to my Niece Ann Barnes the Sister of my said Nephew Thomas Blake and
76 daughter of my late Brother John Blake an annuity of forty pounds by equal half yearly
77 payments to be by her received and enjoyed during her natural life and this said annuity of
78 forty pounds before mentioned I hereby give and bequeath to my Niece the said Ann Barnes to be
79 received and enjoyed by her during the whole time of her natural life and not to be by any means
80 subject to the Will and control of her Husband and for which the receipt along shall be a sufficient
81 discharge to my Executors and in order to secure to my said Niece Ann Barnes the certain enjoyment
82 and receipt of the said annuity of forty pounds I do hereby charge my annuity of eighty five pounds
83 Long annuities bequeathed to my said Nephew Tho[ma]s Blake with the payment of forty pounds
84 annually to my said Niece Ann Barnes bequeath so to her in the manner before expressed and
85 this said annuity of forty pounds by this my Will bequeath and given to my said Niece Ann
86 Barnes I do give and bequeath upon this express condition and with this positive restriction that
87 she the said Ann Barnes shall not at any time during her natural life directly or indirectly
88 transfer mortgage or sell or promise or engage to transfer mortgage or sell to any person or persons
89 whatsoever the said annuity of forty pounds or any part thereof by me bequeathed and give to her
90 my said Niece by this my Will and should she the said Ann Barnes contrary to my Will and
91 purpose herein expressed do or cause to be done any act and deal whereby she may invalidate
92 or dispossess herself of her right and title in and to the receipt and enjoyment of the said annuity
93 of forty pounds hereby bequeathed and given to her my said Niece by me in this my Will that and
94 in that case I do hereby revoke and entirely make null and void my said bequest of the said annuity
95 of forty pounds to my said Niece Ann Barnes and I hereby charge and require my Executors
96 hereinafter named to with hold and discontinue the payment of the said annuity or any part
97 thereof and to consider this my bequest to my Niece the said Ann Barnes as null and void
98 and as ineffectual as if it had never been made and I do hereby nominate and appoint my
99 dear and faithful Friend Lieutenant General Sir William Cockburn of Bath in the County of
100 Somerset Baronet and my said Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County of Wilts
101 a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
102 not doubting that they will jointly and individually and faithfully and effectually discharge the
103 trust hereby reposed and bested in them according to the best of their judgement and ability and
104 I do hereby direct and authorize my said Executors jointly and separately to reimburse and indemnify
105 themselves for and on account of any expences charges or demands that they may be put to
106 or become subject and liable to by or in consequence of the execution and performance of this
107 my Will the whole of which is written by my own hand and I humbly and earnestly beseech
108 my most gracious Lord and Saviour that his blessing may attend it and that it may be beneficial
109 and satisfactory to all those who have any Interest or concern therein In Witness whereof I have
110 to the preceding pages subscribed my name and to this last page subscribed my name and affixed
111 my Seal this eighteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
112 twenty four and in the seventy seventh year of my age T. Blake Signed Sealed published
113 and declared by the Testator Thomas Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
114 of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have signed our
115 names as Witnesses hereto Chas. Lawder of Bath Banker J B Munday his Clerk
116 Proved at London 18th april 1826 before the Judge by the oath of Sir William
117 Cockburn Bart one of the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn
118 by Comon duly to admr power reserved to Thomas Blake Esquire the Nephew the other Exor
119 On the 5th July 1842 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattles and Credits of
120 Thomas Blake late of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset Esquire deceased
121 ____ by Sir William Cockburn Baronet deceased which ______ one of the Exors
122 named in the said Will was granted to Ann Barnes (Wife of James Barnes) a Legatee
123 named in the said Will having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer Thomas
124 Blake the Nephew and other Surviving Exor and the Residuary Legatee named in the said
125 Will having been first duly cited to accept or refuse as well the probate and execution of
126 the said Will as Letter of Admin with the said Will annexed of the said nam[e[d Goods with
127 the usual admonition but in no ______ as by Acts of Commt appearing
The registers for the abbey at bath are online at Archive.org:
http://archive.org/stream/registersofabbey28abbe/registersofabbey28abbe_djvu.txt
Robert Sumption, Esquire was buried 19 Jan 1778
Mrs Ann Blake was buried in 1798
Ann Blake, niece of the testator and mentioned in his will, married James Barnes (he was 40 and she was 30) 15 Feb 1817 in Hampshire (no more details apparent although that would give Ann a birth date of 1787. Information from LDS I03915-6. A second reference gives Wiltshire as the marrying place with reference I03128-4. Find My Past provides more information with James Barnes being of Tisbury, Wiltshire, a bachelor and gardener and Ann Blake being of Chilmark, Wiltshire and a spinster. Bondsman James Cuffe, butcher, Tisbury. They were married by licence granted by the Bishop of Salisbury – the place of marriage was not given as this is from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds.
An interesting document about the village of Chilmark online:
http://www.history-pieces.co.uk/Docs/Chilmark_1851.pdf
William Blake is listed as a lodger of 71? years and was an agricultural labourer now pauper. There is also a John Blake born 1821 at Chilmark and an agricultural labourer. The paper above is an analysis of the 1851 census for Chilmark. I pulled up this census to see if there was anything more to glean from it. The nephew of the testator was Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. However, Thomas is in will does express that there is a need for money on the part of his relatives.
The 1851 Census for Chilmark (listed in Tisbury RD) has the following entry:
John Blake, head, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton, Wiltshire
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years Scholar, born at Chilmark
Anna Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Keziah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 4 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Ann Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 2 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
They are household 42 living on Street.
I also found William Blake, lodger, widower, 71 years, agricultural labourer/pauper, born at Teffont Magma. Household 94 living on Street. He is living with John Mould who is the head and next door is possibly his son John Mould with his family. All members of the Mould family except the younger head born at Chilmark (the other was born at Ridge).
The 1861 census for Chilmark (Tisbury) listed:
John Blake, head, married 44 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 42 years, , born at Dinton
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 19 years, servant, born at Chilmark
Kezia Blake, daughter, unmarried, 14 years, , born at Chilmark
Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 12 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Sarah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Leah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
The 1871 Census at Chilmark (Tisbury):
John Blake, head, married, 57 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 52 years, , born at Dinton
Edward Durnford, head, married, 31 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton
Ellen Durnford, wife, married, 29 years, , born at Chilmark
Elizabeth Durnford, daughter, 9 years, , born at Chilmark
John F Durnford, son, 6 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
William G Blake, son, 3 years, , born at Chilmark
(infant) Blake, son, less than 1 month, , born at Chilmark
Edward Durnford married Ellen Blake at Tisbury RD December quarter 1861 (Free BMD).
There was a marriage in December quarter 1840 between John Blake and Jane Yates in Wilton RD which includes Dinton.
But was John Blake the son of Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy? Impossible to say but interesting none the less. The grandsons named John and William are also rather interesting and do tend to lead me to think this is not the family of Thomas Blake the testator but recorded none the less as a Blake family at Chilmark.
I did find James and Ann Barnes on the 1841 census at Tisbury:
James Barnes, 70 years, gardener, born in Wiltshire
Ann Barnes, 55 years, , not born in Wiltshire
Mary, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
Ann, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
In 1851 still in Tisbury RD but at New Sarum, there is an Ann Barnes:
Ann Barnes, head, widow, 65 years, fundholder (she made probate of her uncle’s will in 1844), born in Reynham, Kent
William Blake, son, unmarried, 28 years, farmer of 23 acres, born at Tisbury, Wiltshire
Have I perhaps solved the mystery of this Blake family? Could they be from the Kent Blake family? The Kent wills are still to come for the Blake family but will follow in due courser my doing the Wiltshire Blake and the Hampshire Blake family wills that I have acquired. There are 26 wills for Kent. I shall try to remember this will when I am doing Kent!
In 1861 Ann Barnes is still living at Tisbury, she is head of the household, widowed, 76 years of age, an annuitant and born at Raynham Kent.
Her son William is still farming at Tisbury, he is 38 years of age, farmer of 27 acres and married to Elizabeth, 50 years of age.
On the 1871 census Ann Barnes is a visitor at the home of Frederick Sibert (schoolmaster born in South America (British Subject)), also visiting an Ann Green, 52 years, widow, retired grocer of Tisbury Wiltshire, with her son Albert 12 years, born at Tisbury, Ann is widowed, 87 years of age, an annuitant, born at Rainham, Kent. Ann Green is perhaps the daughter of Ann Barnes mentioned in the 1841 census. On Free BMD March quarter 1849 Ann Barnes married Edward Green at Salisbury RD. On the 1851 Census at Tilbury, Edward Green is found on the census, head, married 53 years, grocer and baker, born at Tisbury, and with him Ann Green, wife, married 33 years, born at Tisbury. Although I did not notice it when I was looking up Ann Barnes on the 1861 census, living next door to Ann was the Edward Green family and Ann appears to be living with Phoebe Green, head, unmarried, 68 years, formerly lady’s maid, born at Tisbury:
Edward Green, head, married 64 years, grocer / malster, born at Tisbury
Ann Green, wife, married, 40 years, , born at Tisbury
Cecily Green, daughter, 8 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Alice B Green, daughter, 6 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
William Green, son, 4 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Edward A Green, son, 2 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Ann has perhaps solved the mystery of who Thomas Blake, the testator, was and will wait to see the Kent Blake wills to see if anything further can be gleaned for this family. What has happened to Ann’s brother Thomas remains a mystery. I can not find him on the 1841 census. I did find one reference that he served as a Lieutenant (achieving that rank in 1808) but no other information yet. http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_person.php?nid=1&id=8629
This is a rather interesting page and will extract for future reference the Blake entries:
Blake, Edgar Henry, son of Henry and Martha Louisa (née Attersoll) Blake, achieved rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1845.
Blake, George, died in April 1822. He served in the Royal Navy. Sons who served as naval officers: George Hans Blake.
Blake, George Charles served in the Royal Navy. Ranks attained Lieutenant (1806) and Commander (1819).
Blake, George Hans, son of George Blake, was born in August 1791. He served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant (1815).
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Rear Admiral of the White in 1799. Promoted directly to Rear-Admiral of the White from Post Captain.
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1665.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained rank of Lieutenant in 1787.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1666.
Blake, Patrick John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant in 1823, Attained rank of Commander in 1830, attained rank of Captain in 1841. Nephew of William Hall Gage (Marshall (Volume IV – Part II, page 349).
William Hall Gage was born on 2 Oct 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1864. He served in the Royal Navy. Honors: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (GCH) on 19 Apr 1834. Attained Ranks: Lt (1796), Capt (1797), RAdm B (1821), RAdm R (1830), Adm B (1846), Adm W (1847), Adm Fleet (1862). Notes: Son of General Hon. Thomas and Margaret (née Kemble) Gage. Uncle of Patrick John Blake. Brother-in-Law of Charles Ogle.
Blake, Peter served in the Royal Navy.
Blake, Thomas died on Canterbury on 27 Nov 1703 when she was lost during the Great Storm of 1703. He served in the Royal Navy.
All this searching has given me the history of Lieutenant Thomas Blake, 1808.
A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and Services of Every Living Officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant, inclusive. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. By William R O’Byrne, Esquire, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, Publisher to the Admiralty, 1849. Can be downloaded from Google Books.
Page 88 has the information and there are a number of Blake entries and I rather think I will record this information in another blog (there are a number of Blake entries). But for the moment I will record Thomas Blake in this blog. Since he entered the navy as midshipman 27 Feb 1802, he was likely a teenager between 14 and 18 years of age giving him a year of birth in the latter part of the 1780s. Ann, his sister, was born in the mid 1780s from the various census.
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Blake, (Lieutenant, 1808. F-P, 11; H-P., 34.)
Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he removed, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the Pitt (afterwards Salsette)36, Capt. Walter Bathurst. The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of that month was much injured by a fire from Fort Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake, who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the Calliope 20, Capt. John McKeslie, under whom he witnessed the reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and the capture, besides numerous other vessels, of the Comtesse d’Hambourg, French privateer, of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict, 25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope, 27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed – 25 June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return in Feb. 1812 – 14 Nov. in the same year, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel – and 29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson. The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a few days afterwards he again invalided. He has since been on half-pay. Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue.
From the Family Search website, the birth of Ann Blake 27 Jan 1784 at Rainham, Kent daughter of John and Mary Blake (C16511-1). Also Thomas Blake baptized 19 Nov 1786 All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent, England with father John and mother Jane Blake (I01225-8). Is this the same John Blake, is this the correct Thomas? There is a marriage for John Blake and Jane Greenstreet 20 Feb 1785 at All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent. The testator, Thomas Blake, did identify his brother as John.
Another interesting document on line is the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5 and I will record the website for future reference:
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/071.htm
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1710/445
Testator: Thomas Blake, Esquire
Place: Bath, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Aug 1824, probated 18 Apr 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23 Esquire
1 In the Name of my Lord and Saviour
2 Jesus Christ whose I am and whom I desire to love honour and obey Amen I Thomas
3 Blake of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset being by the merit and goodness
4 of God at this time of sound mind and memory and desiring to make such a disposition
5 of my Worldly property as is consistent with the duty I owe to those with whom I am
6 connected by blood or friendship hereby revoking any former Will by me heretofore at any
7 time made do make constitute and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner
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8 Following that is to say first in humble trust in the mercy of God through the redemption
9 that is in Christ Jesus the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the World I cheerfully
10 commit my Soul into his hands firmly persuaded that whosoever believeth in him shall
11 not perish but have everlasting life to him who I humbly hope hath loved me and
12 given himself for me I would ascribe all honour glory and praise for his great and precious
13 Salvation and for having graciously called me a poor guilty and perishing Sinner out of
14 darkness into his marvelous light and given me the blessed hope of an Inheritance
15 among the Saints in light secondly I will and direct that my mortal remains be interred
16 with all decent frugality in the abbey Church at Bath in the same Grave with my late
17 beloved Wife on the North side of the Great Western door near the entrance and that
18 my name the date of my death and my age be added to the inscription on the Stone
19 that covers her ashes and those of her Uncle the late Rob[er]t Sumption Esq[uie]r the first
20 Service I would request of my Executors hereinafter named is that they do as soon as
21 possible after my decease pay and fully discharge all my lawful debts which are but few
22 and small and also all charges and expences on account of my Funeral out of the money
23 I may leave either at home or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co. Milsom Street
24 Bath at the time of my death to my old and worthy friends Lieut General Sir William
25 Cockburn of Bath aforesaid Baronet and to Eliza Lady Cockburn his wife to each of them
26 I give five pounds for the purchase of a Ring which I request them to accept as a token
27 of my love and Friendship as an acknowledgement of the pleasure and comfort I have
28 during many years received from their kind Friendship and domestick Society also to
29 William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn Esquire their Son and to Miss Catherine Harriet
30 Catherine their daughter I give to each of them two pounds for a Ring and to the said
31 William S. R. Cockburn I also give my Copy of Homer in Greek commonly called
32 the Grenville Homer in 4 volumes small 4th printed at oxford 1800 and which was
33 the property of the late Lord Glenbernie and to the before named Catherine h
34 Cockburn I also give my Copy of Carys Dante in 3 volumes 8vo London 1819 those I
35 request my young Friends to accept as memorials of a departed Friend who loved them
36 to my Friend Charles Claude Clifton Esquire Son of the before named Eliza Lady Cockburn
37 I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of my gratitude for his benevolent Services
38 when by the perfidy of a professed Friend I was involved in distress and difficulties
39 to the Reverend William Say Minister of the Church of Christ assembling for the public
40 Worship of God in Argyle Chapel Bath I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of
41 my gratitude for the beneficial interest inspiration I have received under his Ministry and of
42 my esteem and respect of him as an able and faithful Minister of the Gospel
43 of Christ these small bequests to my Friends before mentioned are very inadequate
44 returns for which I owe them for the many acts of kindness with which they
45 have favored me but a sense of the duty I owe to my relations whose necessities
46 have indispensable claims on my consideration and assistance restrains me from
47 being more and obliges me to implore their indulgence and to allow me to substitute
48 the Will for the deed and in case the money I may die possessed of whether at home
49 or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co should not be sufficient for the payment
50 of my lawful debts my Funeral charges and the several small sums given and
51 bequeathed to my Friends before named for Rings etc then and in that case I will and
52 direct that the first monies due and receivable from my annuity of £85 Long
53 annuities in the Bank of England be applied to the payment of my said debts
54 Funeral charges and small bequests to my Friends and that neither the said
55 annuity nor any part thereof shall be appropriated or applied to the purposes and
56 bequests of this my Will which are hereinafter mentioned until my said lawful
57 debts my Funeral charges and the several small gifts and bequests to my Friends
58 for Rings etc be paid and fully discharged by my Executors hereinafter named with
59 regard to my Worldly property which consists principally of an annuity of eighty five
60 pounds in the Long annuities of the Bank of England of a Library of books of about
61 2000 volumes the particulars of which are specified in a written Catalogue of my
62 Silver plate my Iron Chest with its contents my pictures and prints framed and
63 glazed the Furniture in my apartments at No 1 Lion Hill Bath my China Glass
64 Kitchen utensils a large India Chest with its contents Linen of various sorts wearing apparel
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65 apparel philosophical and optimal Instruments a fine violoncello by Forster Sen[io]r with
66 its appurtenances in a Case with my name engraved on a brass plate my eight day grand
67 Clock by Grant on a carved bracket my gold duplex Watch with the gold Chain Seals and
68 key thereto appendant whatever money I may die possessed of whether it be at my home or
69 at my Bankers in short the whole of my property wheresoever and of what kind soever it
70 may be those articles only excepted which are before disposed of and appropriated in this my
71 Will I do hereby give and bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County
72 of Wilts a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England and the Son of my late beloved
73 Brother John Blake subject nevertheless to the conditions and purposes hereinafter expressed and
74 enjoined that is to say that he my said Nephew Thomas Blake shall faithfully and regularly pay
75 or cause to be paid to my Niece Ann Barnes the Sister of my said Nephew Thomas Blake and
76 daughter of my late Brother John Blake an annuity of forty pounds by equal half yearly
77 payments to be by her received and enjoyed during her natural life and this said annuity of
78 forty pounds before mentioned I hereby give and bequeath to my Niece the said Ann Barnes to be
79 received and enjoyed by her during the whole time of her natural life and not to be by any means
80 subject to the Will and control of her Husband and for which the receipt along shall be a sufficient
81 discharge to my Executors and in order to secure to my said Niece Ann Barnes the certain enjoyment
82 and receipt of the said annuity of forty pounds I do hereby charge my annuity of eighty five pounds
83 Long annuities bequeathed to my said Nephew Tho[ma]s Blake with the payment of forty pounds
84 annually to my said Niece Ann Barnes bequeath so to her in the manner before expressed and
85 this said annuity of forty pounds by this my Will bequeath and given to my said Niece Ann
86 Barnes I do give and bequeath upon this express condition and with this positive restriction that
87 she the said Ann Barnes shall not at any time during her natural life directly or indirectly
88 transfer mortgage or sell or promise or engage to transfer mortgage or sell to any person or persons
89 whatsoever the said annuity of forty pounds or any part thereof by me bequeathed and give to her
90 my said Niece by this my Will and should she the said Ann Barnes contrary to my Will and
91 purpose herein expressed do or cause to be done any act and deal whereby she may invalidate
92 or dispossess herself of her right and title in and to the receipt and enjoyment of the said annuity
93 of forty pounds hereby bequeathed and given to her my said Niece by me in this my Will that and
94 in that case I do hereby revoke and entirely make null and void my said bequest of the said annuity
95 of forty pounds to my said Niece Ann Barnes and I hereby charge and require my Executors
96 hereinafter named to with hold and discontinue the payment of the said annuity or any part
97 thereof and to consider this my bequest to my Niece the said Ann Barnes as null and void
98 and as ineffectual as if it had never been made and I do hereby nominate and appoint my
99 dear and faithful Friend Lieutenant General Sir William Cockburn of Bath in the County of
100 Somerset Baronet and my said Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County of Wilts
101 a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
102 not doubting that they will jointly and individually and faithfully and effectually discharge the
103 trust hereby reposed and bested in them according to the best of their judgement and ability and
104 I do hereby direct and authorize my said Executors jointly and separately to reimburse and indemnify
105 themselves for and on account of any expences charges or demands that they may be put to
106 or become subject and liable to by or in consequence of the execution and performance of this
107 my Will the whole of which is written by my own hand and I humbly and earnestly beseech
108 my most gracious Lord and Saviour that his blessing may attend it and that it may be beneficial
109 and satisfactory to all those who have any Interest or concern therein In Witness whereof I have
110 to the preceding pages subscribed my name and to this last page subscribed my name and affixed
111 my Seal this eighteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
112 twenty four and in the seventy seventh year of my age T. Blake Signed Sealed published
113 and declared by the Testator Thomas Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
114 of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have signed our
115 names as Witnesses hereto Chas. Lawder of Bath Banker J B Munday his Clerk
116 Proved at London 18th april 1826 before the Judge by the oath of Sir William
117 Cockburn Bart one of the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn
118 by Comon duly to admr power reserved to Thomas Blake Esquire the Nephew the other Exor
119 On the 5th July 1842 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattles and Credits of
120 Thomas Blake late of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset Esquire deceased
121 ____ by Sir William Cockburn Baronet deceased which ______ one of the Exors
122 named in the said Will was granted to Ann Barnes (Wife of James Barnes) a Legatee
123 named in the said Will having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer Thomas
124 Blake the Nephew and other Surviving Exor and the Residuary Legatee named in the said
125 Will having been first duly cited to accept or refuse as well the probate and execution of
126 the said Will as Letter of Admin with the said Will annexed of the said nam[e[d Goods with
127 the usual admonition but in no ______ as by Acts of Commt appearing
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