The testator is John Blake of Ford in the parish of Laverstock. His brother is Zachary Blake of Newton Toney. He has other siblings. His wife is Elizabeth and she was a widow when they married. His children are named John Blake and Anne Carter. Anne is married to William Carter and they have a daughter Anne. John, the testator, is related to a Charles Blake of Wallop. One sister is Debora Sheppard and she has a son John. He has land at Ford, Wallop and Charleton. Hannah Langley is a kinswoman.
Laverstock is one mile east of Salisbury with Ford being one mile north of Laverstock. The testator mentions Lobcome and he possibly means Lopcombe which is near Wallop (nine miles from Laverstock). Great Wishford is just six miles from Laverstock. Newton Toney (Zachary Blake lives here) is just seven miles from Laverstock. Charleton is 16 miles (close to Andover Hampshire). As always I find any Blake family very interesting this close to where my Blake line is located at Andover. That he has property at Charleton is especially interesting along with Wallop. Is he from the Andover Blake line?
There was a Zachary Blake buried 11 Jun 1717 at Newton Toney from Family Search (I065268-8 and others). There was a Zacariah Blake baptized 6 Oct 1681 at Winterslow, Wiltshire son of Zachariah and Christian and buried 12 Oct 1681. There was a second Zacariah Blake baptized 22 Jun 1688 son of Zachariah and Susannah at Winterslow. Winterslow is 4 miles from Laverstock and Ford and close to Lopcombe near Wallop. A son of Zachariah and Susanne named John was baptized at Newton Tony 23 Jan 1693/4.
There is a baptism for Deborah Blake 30 Jan 1679/80 daughter of Zachariah and Christian at Winterslow. Possibly a niece to the testator. Deborah would be 36 years of age when the will was written.
There is a baptism for John Blake son of John 25 Oct 1683 at Winterslow. He would be too young to be the testator. A second baptism for a John Blake at Winterslow 1 Apr 1690 son of John and Ann.
Searching marriages yielded an interesting one between John Blake of Winterslow, widower, yeoman and Ann Truckwell, Wells, Somerset, spinster, 30 years of age, married 29 Dec 1686 possibly at Winterslow with bondsmen Thomas Truckwell, yeoman, Wells and Zacharias Blake, yeoman, Winterslow. An earlier marriage at Winterslow between John Blake, Winterslow, 35 years of age, and Alice Ward, Etchilhampton, spinster, 34 years (daughter of Robert or Edward), married 23 Jan 1684 with bondsman Robert Ward, husbandman, Etchilhampton. The two baptisms for John in the paragraph above could fit into these marriages. The bond mentioned in the will between the testator and Thomas Truckwell of Wells is very interesting.
Possibly the testator is John Blake aged 35 years of age in 1684 giving him a year of birth circa 1649 and hence he would be 67 years of age when he died.
The marriage of Anne Blake (Salisbury St Martin (Ford)) spinster, 22 years of age, to William Carter of Winterbourne Earls, bachelor, carpenter, 27 years of age was celebrated 5 Apr 1714. Bondsman: Timothy Wheeler, weaver, St Martin Salisbury. Anne was thus born circa 1692 and likely baptized 20 Oct 1692 at Winterslow daughter of John and Ann.
Who is Charles Blake of Wallop? Charles is always a rather interesting forename in the Blake family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/556/154
Testator: John Blake the elder, yeoman
Place: Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Apr 1716, probated 24 Jan 1716/17
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 the Nineth day of Aprill in the Year of our Lord God one
3 Thousand Seven hundred and Sixteene I John Blake the Elder
4 of Ford in the parish of Laverstock in the County of Wilts yeoman
5 being weak in body but of sound and perfect sence mind and
6 memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same doe make
7 ordeine and appoint this to be my Last Will and Testament
8 in manner and forme following (revokeing all former Wills
9 and Codicills of Wills by me formerly made) First I recommend
10 my Soul into the handes of Almighty God that gave it me
11 hoping through the Meritts and mediation of my blessed
12 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to be made partaker of
13 Everlasting Life and my body I commit to the Earth from
14 whence it came to be decently buryed by my Executor herein
15 after named in hopes of a joyfull Resurrection and as for
16 what Worldly Estate which Almighty God hath blessed me
17 with I give devise bequeath and dispose as follows, (that is to
18 say) Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Brother Zachary
19 Blake of Newton Toney one Annuity or yeare rent charge of
20 Five pounds cleare of and from all Taxes Charges and
21 deductions whatsoever to be issueing due and payable out
22 of and from my Estate in Ford aforesaid to him dureing his
23 natural Life yearly and every yeare upon the five and Twentieth
24 day of March the four and Twentieth day of June the Nine and
25 Twentieth day of September and the one and Twentieth day of
26 December by even and equall portions The first payment thereof
27 to begin at such of the said days of payment as shall first and
28 next happen after my decease But my Will is that in case my s[ai]d
29 Brother Zachary Blake shall happen to have in possession or
30 enjoy at any time dureing his Life one Estate Situate in Maiden
31 Bradley which he claimes to hold the Rever[s]ion of immediately
32 after the decease of one Nathaniel Still who now enjoys it dureing
33 his Life) That then the said annuity of Five pounds so before
34 bequeathed unto my said Brother shall immediately cease and be
35 no longer paid to him out of my said Estate at Ford I give and
36 bequeath unto my Kinsman Charles Blake of Wallop one shilling
37 Item I give unto my Kinsman John Sheppard Son of my Sister
38 Debora Sheppard the Summe of Twenty pounds to be paid to him
39 by my Executor hereinafter named within one month next after
40 my decease Item I give unto my loving Wife Elizabeth all
41 such Goods and Chattles as were lately her Aunt Cowleys and
42 likewise one Feather bed which was heretofore my said Wifes
43 and all Furniture to him belonging Item I give and bequeath
44 unto my Son in Law William Carter all that bond made from
45 Thomas Truckwell of Wells in the County of Somersett unto me in
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46 the penalty of one hundred and Eighty pounds condi[t]ioned for the
47 payment of Ninety pounds with the interest Together with all the
48 principall and interest thereon due Item I give unto my Granddaughter
49 Anne Carter the Summe of one hundred pounds to be put out at Interest
50 by my Executor herein after named and my Said Son in Law William
51 Carter within Twelve Months next after my decease until she shall
52 attain the age of one and Twenty years or be married or in case She
53 my said Grandaughter happens to dye before She attains the Age of
54 one and Twenty years or be married Then the said Summe of one
55 hundred pounds and interest thereof to be to and for the use of the
56 next Child of the said William Carter my Son in Law by Anne his Wife
57 my now daughter Item I give unto my daughter Anne now the Wife
58 of the said William Carter the Sume of one hundred pounds to be paid
59 to her by my Executor herein after named within Six months next after
60 my decease and her receipt to be a good discharge for the same not
61 withstanding her Coverture Item I give devise and bequeath unto
62 my said daughter Anne Carter all my Land at Charleton in the County
63 of South[amp]ton (after Elizabeth my said Wife is paid Twenty pounds per
64 annum for her Life out of the same according to my Marriage agreem[en]t)
65 To hold to my said daughter Anne Carter dureing her natural Life and
66 her husband not to have anything to doe therewith and after her
67 decease to the heirs males of the body of my said daughter Lawfully to
68 be begotten according to Seniority of age and priority of birth and to
69 the heirs of such heirs males for ever and for want of such Issue
70 to the heirs female of her body Lawfully begotten or to be begotten
71 and to the heires of such heires female for ever and for want of such
72 issue to my Son John Blake and to the heirs of his body lawfully to be
73 begotten for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Said Son
74 John Blake all my inclosed piece of arable ground lyeing in the Parish
75 of Wallop in the County of South[amp]ton near a place called Lobcombe
76 Corner Together with all Trees hedgerows and other appurten[an]ces there-
77 unto belonging and also all that my Messuage Tenement and Farme
78 with the appurten[an]ces situate in Ford aforesaid to hold to him for
79 and dureing the terme of his natural Life and after his decease then
80 to the first Son of my said Son John Blake which in case his Wife should
81 dye leaveing noe heires) then to the first Son of any Second Wife and
82 the heires of the body of such said first Son (of the said Second Wife if
83 any) Lawfully to be begotten and in default of such issue then to the
84 heires female of my said Son John Blake lawfully to be begotten on
85 such Wives (if any) and the heires of such heires female for ever and
86 in default of such issue to my said daughter Anne Carter and the heirs
87 of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten for ever. And If my said
88 Son and daughter shall happen to dye leaving noe heires of their
89 bodies lawfully issueing Then I give devise and bequeath my said
90 Lands att Ford and Charleton and the said piece of ground att
91 Wallop to be equally divided between such of my Brothers and
92 Sisters Children as shall be then living Share and Share alike as
93 Tenants in common and their heirs for ever Subject nevertheless to the
94 payment of the said Twenty pounds per annum to the said Elizabeth
95 my Wife dureing her life out of the Lands at Charleton and to the
96 payment of the said Five pounds per annum out of the said Lands att
97 Ford unto my said Brother Zachary Blake as aforesaid Item I give
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98 unto my Kinswoman Hannah Langley Twenty Shillings Item I give
99 unto my loving Wife Elizabeth Blake the little possnett and the
100 little Bellmettle Skillett and Two Stock of Bees which was her former
101 husbands Item I give unto my Son John Blake all my Stock of
102 Cattle and Waggons and plows and Corne of what nature soever
103 with the appurten[an]ces thereunto belonging Item I give and bequeath
104 unto my Son John Blake and my daughter Anne Carter all my household
105 goods (not herein before given and bequeathed) equally between
106 then and do make my said Son John Blake sole Executor of this my
107 Last Will and Testament In Wittnesse whereof I the said John Blake
108 the Elder have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare in
109 the Sheet of paper hereunto annexed first above men[t]ioned (the marke
110 of John Blake the Eld[e]r) Signed Sealed published and declared by
111 the Said John Blake the Elder to be his Last Will and Testament
112 in the presence of us who have attested the Same in the presence of
113 the Testator Elizabeth Collier the mark of Elizabeth Tavly Ja:
114 Hayward
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Will of Malachi Blake, Esquire, Taunton St Mary Magdalen, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1260/202, probated 13 May 1795
Malachi Blake is known to me as the son of William Blake and Jane A’Court who were married 21 Oct 1712 at Yeovil, Somerset. This couple had seven children but the place of their birth and baptism I have not yet located. The dates below are from the Portbury website and the chart below produced by using this website with some corrections although for the most part it appears to be correct with a few mixups in the connection) (http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm) and with the caution that these dates need to be verified and all connections which do not include a primary reference checked. Eventually I plan to post the gedcom for this particular legacy file once I have verified all the dates and links:
Children of William Blake and Jane A’Court (married 21 Oct 1712 at Yeovil and Jane was the daughter of William A’Court who lived in Yeovil)):
Jane born 2 May 1714
Abigail born 17 Jun 1715
Mary born 26 Sep 1717; married Samuel Reed circa 1760 (no issue)
Susannah born 2 Aug 1720; married Thomas Towell September 1759
Malachi born circa 1724; married Sarah Biscoe and they had one child Malachi Biscoe Blake (died at 3 years of age)
Catherine born circa 1725
William born 29 Apr 1730; married Hannah Downing 18 Oct 1766 in Bishops Hull and they had five children: Malachi born 20 Jun 1771, William born 31 Mar 1773, Downing born 9 Jan 1775, Hannah (not shown in Crewkerne records but mentioned in will) and Mary born 20 May 1777.
This line is collateral to Admiral Robert Blake:
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Malachi Blake [605]
Common Ancestor
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
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* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
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* William-39 Blake [18] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1559-Cir 1642) (Cir 1563-1625)
Anne [84] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1644) ( -1638)
Married [21] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* John-59 Blake [88] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(1597-1645) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth [155]
Married [38]
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* John-86 Blake [158]
(1629-1682)
Mary Wilkins [276]
Married 20 Jun 1648 [84]
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* Reverend Malachi-112 Blake [278]
(1651-1705)
Mary Mico [414]
Married [140]
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* William-140 Blake [419]
(1688-1772)
Jane A'Court [529]
(1689-1769)
Married 21 Oct 1712 [186]
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* Malachi-162 Blake [538]
(1724-1795)
Names mentioned in the will
Malachi Blake, Taunton St Mary Magdalen, testator
Malachi Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Reverend William Blake, Crewkerne
James Poole, Esquire, landowner
Mr Philip Maire, landowner
Mr James Gay, tenant
John Bradbeer, tenant
John Norman, sergemaker, Taunton, trustee
Joseph Jeffries, sergemaker, Taunton, trustee
William Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Downing Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Hannah Blake, niece, daughter of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Mary Blake, niece, daughter of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Abigail Blake, sister
Susannah Towell, wife of Thomas Towell, sister
Mr John Collier, nephew in law, Apothecary, City of London
Mr Joseph Biscoe, father in law, deceased
Thomas Emlyn, John Street, London
Bethia Emlyn, John Street, London, wife of Thomas
Edmund Calamy, Lincolns Inn Square, London
Mrs Calamy, Lincolns Inn Square, London
Mr Elisha Biscoe, brother in law, deceased
Mr Vincent Biscoe, brother in law
Mrs Cope, sister in law (sister of wife)
Reverend John Ward, Taunton St James
Mr John Hayne Bovet, attorney
Miss Crokers (two sisters, neighbours)
Joseph Wrightford, servant
Ann Manley, servant
Mary Reed, widow, sister
Nehemiah Bewsey, witness
Edward Hill, witness
Thomas Sabine, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1260/202
Testator: Malachi Blake, Esquire
Place: Taunton St Mary Magdalen, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Apr 1789, probated 13 May 1795
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Malachi
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esq[uie]r
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me Malachi Blake of Taunton St Mary Magdalen in
3 the County of Somerset Esq[uie]r being in good health of body
4 and of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
5 (Blessed be God) made and published this eighteenth day of
6 April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
7 and eighty nine In manner following that is to say
8 whereas I have made or intend shortly to make a surrender
9 called a dormant Surrender of all and singular my Customary
10 Lands of Inheritance parcels of the Manor of Taunton
11 deane To the uses of my last Will and Testament Now I
12 hereby give and bequeath unto my nephew Malachi Blake
13 Son of my Brother the Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
14 in the County of Somerset One Annuity of clear Yearly Rent
15 charge of One hundred Guineas of lawful money of Great
16 Britain to be paid him by even quarterly payments by and
17 out of my several Farms Lands and hereditaments parcels
18 of the Manor of Taunton deane situate lying within the
19 Parish of Taunton St Mary Magdalen afores[ai]d which I
20 lately purchased of James Poole Esq[uie]r or his Trustees and of
21 Mr. Philip Maire now in the several occupations of Mr
22 James Gay and John Bradbeer as my tenants the same
23 to be paid to my said nephew and his assigns during the
24 natural life of my s[ai]d Brother by quarterly payments and
25 on the four most usual days of payment in the year (that
26 is to say) Midsummer, Michaelmas, Christmas and Lady
27 Day in each year the first of such payments to be made on
28 such of the said days as shall first and next happen after
29 my decease and that without any deduction or abatement
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30 whatsoever for Land Tax or otherwise and subject thereto I
31 give and devise all and singular my s[ai]d Customary Farms and
32 Lands Tenements hereditaments and premises with their
33 respective appurtenances unto my said Brother the s[ai]d Will[ia]m
34 Blake for and during the term of his natural life without
35 impeachment of or for any manner of Waste (except
36 voluntary Waste in houses) he yielding paying
37 doing and performing all necessary rents suits and services to
38 the Lord of the Manor for the time being therefore due and
39 of right accustomed and from and after his decease I give
40 and devise all and singular the same Customary Farms
41 Lands and premises with the respective appurt[enance]s unto my
42 s[ai]d nephew Malachi Blake and his assigns for and during
43 the term of his natural life without impeachment of
44 or for any manner of Waste (except as afores[ai]d) he and
45 they yielding paying doing and performing all necessary
46 rents suits and services to the Lord of the Manor as afores[ai]d
47 and after the determination of that Estate remainder
48 to John Norman and Joseph Jeffries both of Taunton
49 afores[ai]d Sergemakers and their heirs according the Custom
50 of the Manor of Taunton deane for and during the natural
51 life of my s[ai]d nephew the s[ai]d Malachi Blake In Trust
52 nevertheless to preserve the contingent remainders
53 hereinafter limited and from and immediately after the
54 death of the said Malachi Blake remainder to all and every
55 or such one or more of the Son or Sons of my s[ai]d Nephew
56 the s[ai]d Malachi Blake lawfully to be begotten for such
57 Estate or Estates at such time and times and in such parts
58 shares and proportions manner and form as he my s[ai]d nephew
59 Malachi Blake by any deed or deeds under his hand and
60 seal with or without power of revocation to be duly executed
61 in the presence of and attested by two or more credible
62 witnesses or by his last Will and Testament in writing to be
63 duly executed in the presence of and attested by a like number
64 of Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the
65 same or any part or parts thereof and for want of such
66 direction limitation or appointment Gift or devise
67 remainder To the first and every other Son and Sons of
68 the s[ai]d Malachi Blake and the heirs of his and their
69 respective body and bodies lawfully to be begotten the
70 eldest of such Sons and the heirs of his body to be preferred
71 and to take before the younger or youngest and the heirs of his
72 and their body and bodies according to the Custom of the s[ai]d
73 Manor of Taunton deane and in default of all such issue
74 remainder To my nephew William Blake (another Son of
75 my said Brother William Blake) and his assigns for his
76 life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste
77 (except as afores[ai]d) he and they in like manner paying
78 doing and performing all necessary rents suits and services
79 to the Lord of the Manor for the time being and from
80 and after the determination of that Estate remainder to the
81 said John Norman and Joseph Jeffries and their heirs according
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82 to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane for and
83 during the natural life of my s[ai]d nephew the s[ai]d William
84 Blake remainder to all and every or such one or more of the
85 Son or Sons of my said nephew the s[ai]d William Blake
86 lawfully to be begotten for such Estate and Estates of such
87 time and times and in such parts shares and proportions
88 manner and form and he my s[ai]d nephew William Blake by
89 any deed or deeds under his hand and seal with or without
90 power of revocation to be duly executed in the presence of
91 and attested by two or more credible Witnesses or by his last
92 Will and Testament in Writing to be by him duly executed
93 in the presence of and attested by a like number of Witnesses
94 shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the same or
95 any part of parts thereof and for want of such direction
96 limitation or appointment gift or devise remainder
97 to the first and every other Son and Sons of my s[ai]d nephew the
98 s[ai]d William Blake and the heirs of his and their respective
99 body and bodies lawfully to be begotten the eldest of such
100 Sons and the heirs of his Body being to be preferred and
101 to take before the younger or youngest and the heirs of
102 his and their body and bodies according to the Custom of the s[ai]d
103 Manor of Taunton deane and in default of all such issue
104 remainder to my nephew Downing Blake (the third Son
105 of my s[ai]d Brother William Blake) and his assigns for and
106 during the term of his natural life without impeachment
107 of or for any manner of waste (except as afores[ai]d) he and they
108 also paying doing and performing all necessary rents
109 suits and services to the Lord of the Manor for the time being
110 and from and after the determination of that Estate
111 remainder to the s[ai]d John Norman and Joseph Jeffries and
112 their heirs according to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of
113 Taunton deane for and during the natural life of my s[ai]d
114 nephew Downing Blake In Trust nevertheless to preserve
115 the contingent remainders hereinafter limited and from
116 and immediately after the death of my s[ai]d nephew Downing
117 Blake remainder to all and every or such one or more of the Son and Sons being Sons of the said Downing Blake lawfully to be begotten for such Estate and Estates at
118 such time and times and in such parts shares and proportions
119 manner and form as he my said nephew Downing Blake
120 by any such his deed or deeds or last Will and Testament
121 as afores[ai]d shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the
122 same or any part thereof and for want of such direction
123 limitation or appointment gift or devise remainder To
124 the first and every other Son and Sons of my s[ai]d nephew Downing
125 Blake and the heirs of his and their respective body and bodies
126 lawfully to be begotten the eldest of such sons and the heirs of
127 his body to be preferred and to take before the younger or
128 youngest and the heirs of his and their body and bodies according
129 to the Custom of the Manor of Taunton deane and in
130 default of all such Issue male of my s[ai]d nephew resp[ective]ly
131 then I give and devise all my s[ai]d Customary Farms and Lands
132 parcels of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane unto my niece
133 Hannah Blake and her assigns for and during the term of her
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134 natural life without impeachment of or for any manner
135 of waste (except only as afores[ai]d) she and they in like manner
136 yielding paying doing and performing all rents suits and services
137 as aforesaid and from and after her decease remainder to my
138 niece Mary Blake for and during the term of her natural life
139 without impeachment of or for any manner of Waste
140 (except as aforesaid) she and they also paying doing and
141 performing all rents Suits and Services as afores[ai]d and from
142 and after the decease remainder to all and every the daughter
143 and daughters of my s[ai]d nephew Malachi Blake and their heirs
144 according to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor Taunton deane
145 and in default of such daughters and daughter remainder
146 to all and every the daughters and daughter of my s[ai]d nephew
147 William Blake and their heirs according to the Custom of the
148 said Manor of Taunton deane and in default of such
149 daughters and daughter of my s[ai]d nephew William Blake
150 remainder to all and every the daughters and daughter of
151 my s[ai]d nephew Downing Blake and their heirs according to
152 the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane And in
153 default of all such issue both Male and Female of my s[ai]d
154 nephews respectively Then I give and devise all my said
155 Customary Farms and Lands parcels of the s[ai]d Manor of
156 Taunton deane unto my own right heirs according to the
157 Custom of the s[ai]d Manor and to or for no other use intent
158 or purpose whatsoever Also I give and bequeath to my Sister
159 Abigail Blake during the term of her natural life an
160 annuity or clear yearly sum of Fifteen pounds to be paid
161 by my Executors hereinafter named out of my Executory
162 Estate by equal half yearly payments the first to be made
163 at the end of Six months next after my decease and to
164 my Sister Susannah the Wife of Mr Thomas Towell during
165 her natural life an annuity or clear yearly sum of
166 Twenty pounds to be also paid by my Exors as aforesaid
167 by equal half yearly payments the first payment to be
168 made at the end of six months as aforesaid and in case
169 my brother in Law the said Thomas Towell survives his
170 s[ai]d Wife Then I give him during his natural life an
171 annuity or clear yearly sum of Ten pounds payable
172 in like manner by and out of my Executory Estate by
173 equal half yearly payments The first payment to
174 begin and be made at the end of Six Months next
175 after the decease of his s[ai]d Wife Also I give devise and
176 bequeath unto my nephew in Law Mr John Collier
177 Apothecary All that my sixth part and all other my
178 Estate and Interest of and in a Messuage or dwellinghouse
179 situate in Gloucester Street in the City of London heretofore
181 belonging to my late Father in Law Mr Joseph Biscoe
182 to hold to and to the use of him the said John Collier his
183 heirs Executors administrators and assigns for all my
184 Estate and interest therein and I give to the s[ai]d John Collier and
185 his Wife Mrs Collier the sum of one hundred pounds each
186 also I give to my dear Friends Thomas Emlyn of John Street
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187 in the City of London Esq[uie]r and Bethia his Wife to each of them
188 the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds and to Edmund
189 Calamy of Lincolns Inn Square in the City of London Esq[uie]r
190 and his wife the sum of one hundred pounds each Also I
191 give to and amongst the Children of my late Brother in Law
192 Mr Elisha Biscoe deceased the sum of Two hundred
193 pounds to be equally divided between them share and share
194 alike and to and amongst the Children of my late Brother
195 in Law Mr Vincent Biscoe the like sum of Two hundred
196 pounds to be equally divided between them and to the
197 children of my Sister in Law Mrs Cope my late dear
198 Wife’s Sister the like sum of Two hundred pounds to be
199 equally divided between them and I will and direct that
200 my said Executors shall pay to the s[ai]d Mrs Cope for her life
201 an annuity or clear yearly sum of Five pounds One
202 Moiety of which (viz[ a vi]t) Fifty shillings annually I have
203 always voluntarily paid her since my said late Wife’s
204 decease by her particular desire and that together with
205 an additional Fifty shillings make up together the s[ai]d
206 annuity of Five pounds I will shall be paid her yearly by
207 my Executors And I give it to her accordingly for and during
208 the term of her natural life as afores[ai]d Also I give to the
209 Rev John Ward on whose Ministry I attend the sum of
210 five Guineas and to Mr John Hayne Bovet my Attorney
211 twenty Guineas To my Good Neighbours the two Miss
212 Crokers the sum of Fifty Guineas each and in case my present
213 servants Joseph Wrightford and Ann Manley or either of them
214 shall be living with me at my decease I give to them or such
215 of them as may be then living with me the sum of Fifty
216 pounds and to any other Servants or Servant that may
217 have lived with me more than one year the sum of Twenty
218 pounds each and if less than that time the sum of Ten pounds
219 all which several Legacies I will shall be respectively
220 paid by my s[ai]d Exors hereinafter named by and out of my
221 Executory Estate within six months next after my decease
222 and I also will and direct that my s[ai]d Exors shall within one
223 month next after my decease distribute to and amongst
224 the poor of the several parishes of Taunton St Mary
225 Magdalen and Taunton St James as they shall think
226 proper the sum of Ten pounds and the like sum of Ten
227 pounds yearly for nine years afterwards to the poor of
228 the s[ai]d parishes at the discretion of my s[ai]d Exors as to the
229 proportions and persons who are to be the objects of this my
230 donation making together in the whole the sum of One
231 hundred pounds And all the rest and residue of my Messuages
232 Lands Tenements and hereditaments Mortgages in Fee and other
233 Mortgages Money and Securities or money Goods Chattels
234 and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my
235 Debts Legacies and Funeral expences I give devise and bequeath
236 the same unto my s[ai]d Brother William Blake and my
237 Sister Mary Reed their heirs Exors and Admors share and
238 share alike to take as tenants in Common and not as joint
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239 tenants Also it is my desire to be buried in the Morning
240 in the same Cave or Vault in the parish Church of Taunton
241 St James in which my late dear Wife and Child are interred
242 and that there may be no funeral Sermon and Lastly
243 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Testamentary
244 whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained
245 in five sheets of paper to the four first sheets set my hand
246 and to this fifth and last sheet set my hand and seal the day
247 and year first above written Malachi Blake
248 Signed Sealed published and declared by the s[ai]d Malachi
249 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
250 in the presence of us who have hereunto at his request
251 and in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed
252 our names as Witnesses Nehemiah Bewsey Edward
253 Hill Tho[ma]s Sabine
254 On the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord
255 One thousand seven hundred and ninety five admon
256 with the Will annexed of all and singular the Goods
257 Chattels and Credits of the deceased Malachi Blake late
258 of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen in the County of
259 Somerset Esquire deceased was granted to The Rev
260 William Blake Clerk the Brother and Mary Reed Widow
261 the Sister of the said deceased and the residuary Legatees
262 named in the said Will (no Executor being named therein)
263 having been first Sworn by Commission duly to adm[iniste]r
Children of William Blake and Jane A’Court (married 21 Oct 1712 at Yeovil and Jane was the daughter of William A’Court who lived in Yeovil)):
Jane born 2 May 1714
Abigail born 17 Jun 1715
Mary born 26 Sep 1717; married Samuel Reed circa 1760 (no issue)
Susannah born 2 Aug 1720; married Thomas Towell September 1759
Malachi born circa 1724; married Sarah Biscoe and they had one child Malachi Biscoe Blake (died at 3 years of age)
Catherine born circa 1725
William born 29 Apr 1730; married Hannah Downing 18 Oct 1766 in Bishops Hull and they had five children: Malachi born 20 Jun 1771, William born 31 Mar 1773, Downing born 9 Jan 1775, Hannah (not shown in Crewkerne records but mentioned in will) and Mary born 20 May 1777.
This line is collateral to Admiral Robert Blake:
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Malachi Blake [605]
Common Ancestor
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
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* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
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* William-39 Blake [18] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1559-Cir 1642) (Cir 1563-1625)
Anne [84] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1644) ( -1638)
Married [21] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* John-59 Blake [88] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(1597-1645) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth [155]
Married [38]
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* John-86 Blake [158]
(1629-1682)
Mary Wilkins [276]
Married 20 Jun 1648 [84]
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* Reverend Malachi-112 Blake [278]
(1651-1705)
Mary Mico [414]
Married [140]
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* William-140 Blake [419]
(1688-1772)
Jane A'Court [529]
(1689-1769)
Married 21 Oct 1712 [186]
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* Malachi-162 Blake [538]
(1724-1795)
Names mentioned in the will
Malachi Blake, Taunton St Mary Magdalen, testator
Malachi Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Reverend William Blake, Crewkerne
James Poole, Esquire, landowner
Mr Philip Maire, landowner
Mr James Gay, tenant
John Bradbeer, tenant
John Norman, sergemaker, Taunton, trustee
Joseph Jeffries, sergemaker, Taunton, trustee
William Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Downing Blake, nephew, son of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Hannah Blake, niece, daughter of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Mary Blake, niece, daughter of Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
Abigail Blake, sister
Susannah Towell, wife of Thomas Towell, sister
Mr John Collier, nephew in law, Apothecary, City of London
Mr Joseph Biscoe, father in law, deceased
Thomas Emlyn, John Street, London
Bethia Emlyn, John Street, London, wife of Thomas
Edmund Calamy, Lincolns Inn Square, London
Mrs Calamy, Lincolns Inn Square, London
Mr Elisha Biscoe, brother in law, deceased
Mr Vincent Biscoe, brother in law
Mrs Cope, sister in law (sister of wife)
Reverend John Ward, Taunton St James
Mr John Hayne Bovet, attorney
Miss Crokers (two sisters, neighbours)
Joseph Wrightford, servant
Ann Manley, servant
Mary Reed, widow, sister
Nehemiah Bewsey, witness
Edward Hill, witness
Thomas Sabine, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1260/202
Testator: Malachi Blake, Esquire
Place: Taunton St Mary Magdalen, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Apr 1789, probated 13 May 1795
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Malachi
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esq[uie]r
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me Malachi Blake of Taunton St Mary Magdalen in
3 the County of Somerset Esq[uie]r being in good health of body
4 and of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
5 (Blessed be God) made and published this eighteenth day of
6 April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
7 and eighty nine In manner following that is to say
8 whereas I have made or intend shortly to make a surrender
9 called a dormant Surrender of all and singular my Customary
10 Lands of Inheritance parcels of the Manor of Taunton
11 deane To the uses of my last Will and Testament Now I
12 hereby give and bequeath unto my nephew Malachi Blake
13 Son of my Brother the Rev William Blake of Crewkerne
14 in the County of Somerset One Annuity of clear Yearly Rent
15 charge of One hundred Guineas of lawful money of Great
16 Britain to be paid him by even quarterly payments by and
17 out of my several Farms Lands and hereditaments parcels
18 of the Manor of Taunton deane situate lying within the
19 Parish of Taunton St Mary Magdalen afores[ai]d which I
20 lately purchased of James Poole Esq[uie]r or his Trustees and of
21 Mr. Philip Maire now in the several occupations of Mr
22 James Gay and John Bradbeer as my tenants the same
23 to be paid to my said nephew and his assigns during the
24 natural life of my s[ai]d Brother by quarterly payments and
25 on the four most usual days of payment in the year (that
26 is to say) Midsummer, Michaelmas, Christmas and Lady
27 Day in each year the first of such payments to be made on
28 such of the said days as shall first and next happen after
29 my decease and that without any deduction or abatement
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30 whatsoever for Land Tax or otherwise and subject thereto I
31 give and devise all and singular my s[ai]d Customary Farms and
32 Lands Tenements hereditaments and premises with their
33 respective appurtenances unto my said Brother the s[ai]d Will[ia]m
34 Blake for and during the term of his natural life without
35 impeachment of or for any manner of Waste (except
36 voluntary Waste in houses) he yielding paying
37 doing and performing all necessary rents suits and services to
38 the Lord of the Manor for the time being therefore due and
39 of right accustomed and from and after his decease I give
40 and devise all and singular the same Customary Farms
41 Lands and premises with the respective appurt[enance]s unto my
42 s[ai]d nephew Malachi Blake and his assigns for and during
43 the term of his natural life without impeachment of
44 or for any manner of Waste (except as afores[ai]d) he and
45 they yielding paying doing and performing all necessary
46 rents suits and services to the Lord of the Manor as afores[ai]d
47 and after the determination of that Estate remainder
48 to John Norman and Joseph Jeffries both of Taunton
49 afores[ai]d Sergemakers and their heirs according the Custom
50 of the Manor of Taunton deane for and during the natural
51 life of my s[ai]d nephew the s[ai]d Malachi Blake In Trust
52 nevertheless to preserve the contingent remainders
53 hereinafter limited and from and immediately after the
54 death of the said Malachi Blake remainder to all and every
55 or such one or more of the Son or Sons of my s[ai]d Nephew
56 the s[ai]d Malachi Blake lawfully to be begotten for such
57 Estate or Estates at such time and times and in such parts
58 shares and proportions manner and form as he my s[ai]d nephew
59 Malachi Blake by any deed or deeds under his hand and
60 seal with or without power of revocation to be duly executed
61 in the presence of and attested by two or more credible
62 witnesses or by his last Will and Testament in writing to be
63 duly executed in the presence of and attested by a like number
64 of Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the
65 same or any part or parts thereof and for want of such
66 direction limitation or appointment Gift or devise
67 remainder To the first and every other Son and Sons of
68 the s[ai]d Malachi Blake and the heirs of his and their
69 respective body and bodies lawfully to be begotten the
70 eldest of such Sons and the heirs of his body to be preferred
71 and to take before the younger or youngest and the heirs of his
72 and their body and bodies according to the Custom of the s[ai]d
73 Manor of Taunton deane and in default of all such issue
74 remainder To my nephew William Blake (another Son of
75 my said Brother William Blake) and his assigns for his
76 life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste
77 (except as afores[ai]d) he and they in like manner paying
78 doing and performing all necessary rents suits and services
79 to the Lord of the Manor for the time being and from
80 and after the determination of that Estate remainder to the
81 said John Norman and Joseph Jeffries and their heirs according
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82 to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane for and
83 during the natural life of my s[ai]d nephew the s[ai]d William
84 Blake remainder to all and every or such one or more of the
85 Son or Sons of my said nephew the s[ai]d William Blake
86 lawfully to be begotten for such Estate and Estates of such
87 time and times and in such parts shares and proportions
88 manner and form and he my s[ai]d nephew William Blake by
89 any deed or deeds under his hand and seal with or without
90 power of revocation to be duly executed in the presence of
91 and attested by two or more credible Witnesses or by his last
92 Will and Testament in Writing to be by him duly executed
93 in the presence of and attested by a like number of Witnesses
94 shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the same or
95 any part of parts thereof and for want of such direction
96 limitation or appointment gift or devise remainder
97 to the first and every other Son and Sons of my s[ai]d nephew the
98 s[ai]d William Blake and the heirs of his and their respective
99 body and bodies lawfully to be begotten the eldest of such
100 Sons and the heirs of his Body being to be preferred and
101 to take before the younger or youngest and the heirs of
102 his and their body and bodies according to the Custom of the s[ai]d
103 Manor of Taunton deane and in default of all such issue
104 remainder to my nephew Downing Blake (the third Son
105 of my s[ai]d Brother William Blake) and his assigns for and
106 during the term of his natural life without impeachment
107 of or for any manner of waste (except as afores[ai]d) he and they
108 also paying doing and performing all necessary rents
109 suits and services to the Lord of the Manor for the time being
110 and from and after the determination of that Estate
111 remainder to the s[ai]d John Norman and Joseph Jeffries and
112 their heirs according to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of
113 Taunton deane for and during the natural life of my s[ai]d
114 nephew Downing Blake In Trust nevertheless to preserve
115 the contingent remainders hereinafter limited and from
116 and immediately after the death of my s[ai]d nephew Downing
117 Blake remainder to all and every or such one or more of the Son and Sons being Sons of the said Downing Blake lawfully to be begotten for such Estate and Estates at
118 such time and times and in such parts shares and proportions
119 manner and form as he my said nephew Downing Blake
120 by any such his deed or deeds or last Will and Testament
121 as afores[ai]d shall direct limit or appoint give or devise the
122 same or any part thereof and for want of such direction
123 limitation or appointment gift or devise remainder To
124 the first and every other Son and Sons of my s[ai]d nephew Downing
125 Blake and the heirs of his and their respective body and bodies
126 lawfully to be begotten the eldest of such sons and the heirs of
127 his body to be preferred and to take before the younger or
128 youngest and the heirs of his and their body and bodies according
129 to the Custom of the Manor of Taunton deane and in
130 default of all such Issue male of my s[ai]d nephew resp[ective]ly
131 then I give and devise all my s[ai]d Customary Farms and Lands
132 parcels of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane unto my niece
133 Hannah Blake and her assigns for and during the term of her
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134 natural life without impeachment of or for any manner
135 of waste (except only as afores[ai]d) she and they in like manner
136 yielding paying doing and performing all rents suits and services
137 as aforesaid and from and after her decease remainder to my
138 niece Mary Blake for and during the term of her natural life
139 without impeachment of or for any manner of Waste
140 (except as aforesaid) she and they also paying doing and
141 performing all rents Suits and Services as afores[ai]d and from
142 and after the decease remainder to all and every the daughter
143 and daughters of my s[ai]d nephew Malachi Blake and their heirs
144 according to the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor Taunton deane
145 and in default of such daughters and daughter remainder
146 to all and every the daughters and daughter of my s[ai]d nephew
147 William Blake and their heirs according to the Custom of the
148 said Manor of Taunton deane and in default of such
149 daughters and daughter of my s[ai]d nephew William Blake
150 remainder to all and every the daughters and daughter of
151 my s[ai]d nephew Downing Blake and their heirs according to
152 the Custom of the s[ai]d Manor of Taunton deane And in
153 default of all such issue both Male and Female of my s[ai]d
154 nephews respectively Then I give and devise all my said
155 Customary Farms and Lands parcels of the s[ai]d Manor of
156 Taunton deane unto my own right heirs according to the
157 Custom of the s[ai]d Manor and to or for no other use intent
158 or purpose whatsoever Also I give and bequeath to my Sister
159 Abigail Blake during the term of her natural life an
160 annuity or clear yearly sum of Fifteen pounds to be paid
161 by my Executors hereinafter named out of my Executory
162 Estate by equal half yearly payments the first to be made
163 at the end of Six months next after my decease and to
164 my Sister Susannah the Wife of Mr Thomas Towell during
165 her natural life an annuity or clear yearly sum of
166 Twenty pounds to be also paid by my Exors as aforesaid
167 by equal half yearly payments the first payment to be
168 made at the end of six months as aforesaid and in case
169 my brother in Law the said Thomas Towell survives his
170 s[ai]d Wife Then I give him during his natural life an
171 annuity or clear yearly sum of Ten pounds payable
172 in like manner by and out of my Executory Estate by
173 equal half yearly payments The first payment to
174 begin and be made at the end of Six Months next
175 after the decease of his s[ai]d Wife Also I give devise and
176 bequeath unto my nephew in Law Mr John Collier
177 Apothecary All that my sixth part and all other my
178 Estate and Interest of and in a Messuage or dwellinghouse
179 situate in Gloucester Street in the City of London heretofore
181 belonging to my late Father in Law Mr Joseph Biscoe
182 to hold to and to the use of him the said John Collier his
183 heirs Executors administrators and assigns for all my
184 Estate and interest therein and I give to the s[ai]d John Collier and
185 his Wife Mrs Collier the sum of one hundred pounds each
186 also I give to my dear Friends Thomas Emlyn of John Street
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187 in the City of London Esq[uie]r and Bethia his Wife to each of them
188 the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds and to Edmund
189 Calamy of Lincolns Inn Square in the City of London Esq[uie]r
190 and his wife the sum of one hundred pounds each Also I
191 give to and amongst the Children of my late Brother in Law
192 Mr Elisha Biscoe deceased the sum of Two hundred
193 pounds to be equally divided between them share and share
194 alike and to and amongst the Children of my late Brother
195 in Law Mr Vincent Biscoe the like sum of Two hundred
196 pounds to be equally divided between them and to the
197 children of my Sister in Law Mrs Cope my late dear
198 Wife’s Sister the like sum of Two hundred pounds to be
199 equally divided between them and I will and direct that
200 my said Executors shall pay to the s[ai]d Mrs Cope for her life
201 an annuity or clear yearly sum of Five pounds One
202 Moiety of which (viz[ a vi]t) Fifty shillings annually I have
203 always voluntarily paid her since my said late Wife’s
204 decease by her particular desire and that together with
205 an additional Fifty shillings make up together the s[ai]d
206 annuity of Five pounds I will shall be paid her yearly by
207 my Executors And I give it to her accordingly for and during
208 the term of her natural life as afores[ai]d Also I give to the
209 Rev John Ward on whose Ministry I attend the sum of
210 five Guineas and to Mr John Hayne Bovet my Attorney
211 twenty Guineas To my Good Neighbours the two Miss
212 Crokers the sum of Fifty Guineas each and in case my present
213 servants Joseph Wrightford and Ann Manley or either of them
214 shall be living with me at my decease I give to them or such
215 of them as may be then living with me the sum of Fifty
216 pounds and to any other Servants or Servant that may
217 have lived with me more than one year the sum of Twenty
218 pounds each and if less than that time the sum of Ten pounds
219 all which several Legacies I will shall be respectively
220 paid by my s[ai]d Exors hereinafter named by and out of my
221 Executory Estate within six months next after my decease
222 and I also will and direct that my s[ai]d Exors shall within one
223 month next after my decease distribute to and amongst
224 the poor of the several parishes of Taunton St Mary
225 Magdalen and Taunton St James as they shall think
226 proper the sum of Ten pounds and the like sum of Ten
227 pounds yearly for nine years afterwards to the poor of
228 the s[ai]d parishes at the discretion of my s[ai]d Exors as to the
229 proportions and persons who are to be the objects of this my
230 donation making together in the whole the sum of One
231 hundred pounds And all the rest and residue of my Messuages
232 Lands Tenements and hereditaments Mortgages in Fee and other
233 Mortgages Money and Securities or money Goods Chattels
234 and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my
235 Debts Legacies and Funeral expences I give devise and bequeath
236 the same unto my s[ai]d Brother William Blake and my
237 Sister Mary Reed their heirs Exors and Admors share and
238 share alike to take as tenants in Common and not as joint
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239 tenants Also it is my desire to be buried in the Morning
240 in the same Cave or Vault in the parish Church of Taunton
241 St James in which my late dear Wife and Child are interred
242 and that there may be no funeral Sermon and Lastly
243 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Testamentary
244 whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained
245 in five sheets of paper to the four first sheets set my hand
246 and to this fifth and last sheet set my hand and seal the day
247 and year first above written Malachi Blake
248 Signed Sealed published and declared by the s[ai]d Malachi
249 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
250 in the presence of us who have hereunto at his request
251 and in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed
252 our names as Witnesses Nehemiah Bewsey Edward
253 Hill Tho[ma]s Sabine
254 On the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord
255 One thousand seven hundred and ninety five admon
256 with the Will annexed of all and singular the Goods
257 Chattels and Credits of the deceased Malachi Blake late
258 of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen in the County of
259 Somerset Esquire deceased was granted to The Rev
260 William Blake Clerk the Brother and Mary Reed Widow
261 the Sister of the said deceased and the residuary Legatees
262 named in the said Will (no Executor being named therein)
263 having been first Sworn by Commission duly to adm[iniste]r
Friday, February 22, 2013
Will of William Buller of Exeter - The National Archives PROB 11/1541/14, probated 1 Feb 1813
It always pleases me when I can tie wills together and this third will following the will of William Buller, Surgeon and Mary Buller, Widow both of Honiton does just that. This is William, the eldest son of William Buller and his wife Mary and within his will are references that take me back to both of these wills. By this time Ann Buller has married Robert Pearce and there are three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse. He mentions Elizabeth Maynard and Janet Bradbord. A nice linking will but I, at this time, have no ideas on the parentage of William Buller. Living in the Honiton area they are both close geographically to the Buller family in Somerset and the Buller family in Exeter and other parts of Devon.
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
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