The testator, Mary Blake, lives at Stratford, Essex. Her maiden name of Rolph has been helpful in locating that family in Tilty, Essex. William Rolph is identified as the father of Jesse as mentioned in the will below. Jessie was said to be baptized 19 Jan 1755 at Tilty
http://blighty.50megs.com/RonBrand.html
His page continues with the descent of this family through Jesse.
The will of John Blake of Stratford Langthorn was published yesterday
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/will-of-john-blake-gentleman-stratford.html
And I suspect that he is the husband of Mary the present testator as he mentions a niece Elizabeth Rolph and a niece Mary Litchfield. Neither of the wills mentions children. Boyd’s marriage index does provide a marriage for John Blake and Mary Rolf in 1762 in Ham West. No further information but will check the Society of Genealogists (SOG) since they produced Boyd’s marriage index.
The Apprenticeship records SOG volume 8, page 1437 lists a Charles Curtis as an apprentice to John Blake, Baker, at Stratford Langthorne in 1758 (mentioned in this will as a leasee). In 1782 there is an apprentice Robert Barnard to John Blake at Thaxted Essex, Baker. I wonder who the John Blake at Thaxted, Essex is related to.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/982/188
Testator: Mary Blake, widow
Place: Stratford, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 May 1772, probated 7 Nov 1772
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Mary Blake of Stratford in the County of Essex Widow
3 being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
4 do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following
5 Whereas I am intitled to a Leasehold Estate (with Right of
6 Renewal for a further Term) situate at Stratford aforesaid now
7 in the Tenure or Occupation of Mr Charles Curtis Baker Now
8 I do hereby give the said Lease and benefit of Renewall unto
9 my Mother Mary Rolph of Thaxsted in the County of Essex
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10 leases for and during the Term of her natural Life subject
11 to the Rent and Covenants in the said Indenture of Lease and from
12 and after her decease then I give the said Lease and premises
13 unto my Brother William Rolph of Tilty in Essex if he shall be
14 then living subject as aforesaid But in case my said Brother
15 William shall dye in the lifetime of my said Brother then I give
16 the said Lease and premises subject as aforesaid to my Sisters
17 Martha Miller Hannah Litchfield and Jane Schofield either to sell
18 the said Lease or to keep the same if they shall all Agree to
19 sell the same then the Monies arising by such Sale to be equally
20 divided between them or such of them as shall be living at the
21 time of my decease And in case they shall agree to keep the
22 said Lease then I give the Rents and profits of the said Lease
23 and premises to be equally divided between such of my said
24 Sisters as shall be living as aforesaid Item I give unto my
25 said Brother William Rolph Three hundred and Fifty pounds
26 South Sea New annuities to be Transferred to him immediately
27 after my decease Item I give unto his Son Jessey Rolph Fifty
28 pounds like South Sea Annuities to be transferred to him when
29 he shall attain his Age of Twenty two Years Item I give unto
30 my Sister Martha Miller Three hundred pounds like South Sea
31 Annuities to be Transferred to her Immediately after my decease
32 the same to be for her own sole and separate use and no wise
33 subject to the Debts of Controul of her present or any future
34 husband Item I give to my Sister Jane Schofield Two
35 hundred and Fifty pounds like South Sea Annuities to be
36 Transferred to her as aforesaid And the same to be no wise
37 subject to the Debts or Controul of her present or any future
38 husband Item I give unto her Son John Schofield One
39 hundred pounds like South Sea Annuities to be Transferred to
40 him when he shall attain his Age of Twenty two Years Item I
41 give one hundred pounds like South Sea Annuities to be equally
42 divided between such of the daughters of my said Sister Schofield
43 as shall be living at the time of my decease Item I give unto
44 my Sister Hannah Litchfield Two hundred pounds like South Sea
45 Annuities for her own sole and separate Use as aforesaid to be
46 Transferred to her immediately after my decease Item I order
47 that my said Sister Martha Miller shall take to herself so
48 much of the best of my Wearing apparel of all sorts as she
49 shall think fit and the Residue thereof I give equally between
50 my said Sister Schofields Children Item I order that my Executors
51 hereinafter named do with all convenient speed after my decease
52 sell and dispose of all my household Goods Linen and
53 Furniture except what I have before disposed of together with
54 all my plate Jewells and China And out of the Monies arising
55 thereby pay all my just Debts and Funeral Expences And then
56 the Rest and Residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and
57 wheresoever I give and bequeath the same unto and between
58 my said Brothers and Sister’s Children as shall be living at the
60 time of my decease equally Share and Share alike and I do
61 hereby revoke all former and other Wills and Testament by me at any time hereto made and do declare this and this only to be my last Will and do
62 constitute and appoint my said Brother William Rolph and my
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63 said Sister Martha Miller joint Executors of this my Will In
64 Witness whereof I the said Mary Blake have to this my last
65 Will and Testament contained in two Sheets of paper set my
66 hand and to the last set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day
67 of September One Thousand seven hundred and seventy two
68 M Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the
69 Testatrix Mary Blake as and for her last Will and Testament
70 in the presence of us who have in her presence and at her
71 request subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto M Fletcher
72 Wm Deyongh
73 This Will was proved at London the Seventh day
74 of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven
75 hundred and seventy two before the worshipful Andrew Coltee
76 Ducarel Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful
77 George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
78 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths
79 of William Rolph the Brother of the deceased and Martha
80 Miller (wife of John Miller) the Sister of the said deceased and
81 Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was
82 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits and
83 Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to
84 administer.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Will of James Blake, late Grocer New Sarum, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/663/213, probated 31 Jan 1733/34
James Blake is the Testator. He names his wife Jane and his sons John and Charles and his daughters Elizabeth, Jane and Susannah.
He is likely the James Blake married to Jane Edwards in 1695 at Urchfont, Wiltshire (Family Search Patron Entry). Free BMD has the licence Bond (Sarum Marriage) giving the following details for the marriage in 1695 between James Blake, Salisbury, bachelor, grocer, 24 years of age and Jane Edwards, Salisbury, spinster, 23 years of age and that they married at Urchfont/Patney. Bondsman was Timothy Edwards, tailor, Salisbury.
Children of James and Jane Blake baptized at Saint Thomas Salisbury (Family Search C15348-2)
James baptized 6 Sep 1696
John baptized 19 Sep 1701
Jane baptized 13 Aug 1702
Charles baptized 28 Aug 1703
Edward baptized 8 Oct 1704
Elizabeth baptized 28 Nov 1705
Susanna baptized 1 Jun 1712
This family grouping does resemble the wife and children of James the Testator mentioned in the will (James, eldest son and Edward, youngest son are not mentioned so possibly deceased). One wonders if Elizabeth has formed a friendship which is not deemed suitable by her father judging by the funding he will provide if she marries.
One possibility for the testator is James Blake baptized 2 Feb 1670 at Great Wishford, Wiltshire son of John Blake. There is also a James Blake baptized 4 Dec 1667 at Burbage, Wiltshire son of John and Jane Blake. A third possibility is James Blake baptized 15 Nov 1665 at Saint Thomas Salisbury son of Thomas and Ann Blake (less likely as no sons are named Thomas). A fourth possibility is James Blake baptized June 1767 at St Edmunds Salisbury son of Nicholas Blake (also less likely given no sons named Nicholas). All of these records from Family Search.
Urchfont where James Blake married Jane Edwards in 1695 is 19 miles north of Salisbury and 14 miles north of Great Wishford. Burbage is 12 miles east.
James age is stated to be 24 years in 1695 so he was born circa 1671 and the most likely candidate from the baptisms is James Blake baptized at Great Wishford and son of John Blake.
There was a James Blake mayor of Salisbury in 1716 and 1718 and in 1757 a John Blake was mayor of Salisbury. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Salisbury
I will return to this Blake line to investigate the sons John and Charles and their marriages at a later date as well as any marriages for their sisters Jane, Elizabeth and Susanna.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/663/213
Testator: James Blake, late Grocer
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 8 Feb 1732/33, probated 31 Jan 1733/34
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 the eighth day of February 1732 in the sixth year of the
3 reign of our Soveraigne Lord King George the second over
4 Great Britaine etc I James Blake of the City of New Sarum
5 in the County of Wilts late Grocer calling to mind my own
6 mortality and that eer Long this body of Clay will be dissolved
7 I do now in m y health and good memory (thanks be to
8 Allmighty God) make and declare this my last Will and
9 Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I
10 will and require that my debts and Funerall Expences be first
11 paid and discharged Item I give and bequeath to my dear
12 and loving wife Jane half my pewter and brass and Linnen and
13 my best bed and furniture of the Room I now lodge in
14 which is over my son John’s Warehouse the Furniture of the
15 parlous as it now is and all my plate Item I do give unto her
16 during her life those two Tenements in Castle Street lately
17 bought of Mrs Jane Munday belonging to the Fabrick
18 provided always and it is my Will and meaning that my
19 wife shall deliver up to be cancelled one Bond which I gave
20 before marriage to secure payment of the summe of two
21 hundred pounds to her use after my decease and in case she
22 will not deliver up such Bond to be cancelled as aforesaid
23 Then my will is that those two Tenements above mentioned
24 and given her during her life and Legacys or Goods so given
25 as aforesaid shall be void and that then she shall be intituled
26 only to the summe of ten pounds to buy her mourning Item I
27 give unto my Son James Blake and his wife twenty pounds to
28 buy them mourning Item I give unto my Son John Blake and
29 his wife twenty pounds to buy them mourning Item I give unto
30 my Son Charles Blake and his wife twenty pounds to buy them
31 mourning Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth ten pounds to
32 buy her mourning and twelve pounds per Annum to be paid
33 by my Executrixes hereafter mentioned during the time she
34 continue unmarryed and if she ever do marry that then she
35 shall be paid only two Shilling a week during her life Item all
36 the rest residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattells and
37 personal Estate of what nature kind quality soever notherein
38 before given and bequeathed I do give and bequeath unto
39 my two daughters Jane Blake and Susanna Blake equally
40 between them whom I do appoint Executrixes of this my
41 last Will and Testament and I do hereby injoyn them to the
42 due performance of the same and I do hereby nominate and
43 appoint my good friends Mr Wm Naish of this City Apothecary
44 Mr Danell Oland of Wishford and Mr Thomas Martan in
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45 Dragon Street in this City to be Trustees and assisting to my
46 Executrixes in discharging and performing this my last Will
47 and Testament and I do give and bequeath to each of them
48 my Trustees a Ring of twenty shillings and I do hereby
49 declare this to be my last Will and Testament and I do revoke
50 all other Wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto
51 sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written
52 James Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
53 Testator to be his last Will and Testament who subscribed and
54 executed the same in the presence of us whose names are
55 hereunto sett as witnesses who subscribed the same in the presence
56 of the Testator and of each other those words (ten pounds to buy
57 her mourning and) at the two and twentieth line downward
58 was interlined before executed Jno King Hen: Bennet Thos
59 Curtis at the Roe Buck
60 This will was proved at London the thirty first day
61 of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
62 and thirty three before the Worshipfull John Andrew doctor of
63 Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth
64 doctor of Laws Master keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
65 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Jane
66 Blake and Susannah Blake the daughters and Executrixes named
67 in the said Will to whom Administration of all and singular
68 the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said deceased was
69 committed they being first sworn duely to administer
He is likely the James Blake married to Jane Edwards in 1695 at Urchfont, Wiltshire (Family Search Patron Entry). Free BMD has the licence Bond (Sarum Marriage) giving the following details for the marriage in 1695 between James Blake, Salisbury, bachelor, grocer, 24 years of age and Jane Edwards, Salisbury, spinster, 23 years of age and that they married at Urchfont/Patney. Bondsman was Timothy Edwards, tailor, Salisbury.
Children of James and Jane Blake baptized at Saint Thomas Salisbury (Family Search C15348-2)
James baptized 6 Sep 1696
John baptized 19 Sep 1701
Jane baptized 13 Aug 1702
Charles baptized 28 Aug 1703
Edward baptized 8 Oct 1704
Elizabeth baptized 28 Nov 1705
Susanna baptized 1 Jun 1712
This family grouping does resemble the wife and children of James the Testator mentioned in the will (James, eldest son and Edward, youngest son are not mentioned so possibly deceased). One wonders if Elizabeth has formed a friendship which is not deemed suitable by her father judging by the funding he will provide if she marries.
One possibility for the testator is James Blake baptized 2 Feb 1670 at Great Wishford, Wiltshire son of John Blake. There is also a James Blake baptized 4 Dec 1667 at Burbage, Wiltshire son of John and Jane Blake. A third possibility is James Blake baptized 15 Nov 1665 at Saint Thomas Salisbury son of Thomas and Ann Blake (less likely as no sons are named Thomas). A fourth possibility is James Blake baptized June 1767 at St Edmunds Salisbury son of Nicholas Blake (also less likely given no sons named Nicholas). All of these records from Family Search.
Urchfont where James Blake married Jane Edwards in 1695 is 19 miles north of Salisbury and 14 miles north of Great Wishford. Burbage is 12 miles east.
James age is stated to be 24 years in 1695 so he was born circa 1671 and the most likely candidate from the baptisms is James Blake baptized at Great Wishford and son of John Blake.
There was a James Blake mayor of Salisbury in 1716 and 1718 and in 1757 a John Blake was mayor of Salisbury. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Salisbury
I will return to this Blake line to investigate the sons John and Charles and their marriages at a later date as well as any marriages for their sisters Jane, Elizabeth and Susanna.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/663/213
Testator: James Blake, late Grocer
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 8 Feb 1732/33, probated 31 Jan 1733/34
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 the eighth day of February 1732 in the sixth year of the
3 reign of our Soveraigne Lord King George the second over
4 Great Britaine etc I James Blake of the City of New Sarum
5 in the County of Wilts late Grocer calling to mind my own
6 mortality and that eer Long this body of Clay will be dissolved
7 I do now in m y health and good memory (thanks be to
8 Allmighty God) make and declare this my last Will and
9 Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I
10 will and require that my debts and Funerall Expences be first
11 paid and discharged Item I give and bequeath to my dear
12 and loving wife Jane half my pewter and brass and Linnen and
13 my best bed and furniture of the Room I now lodge in
14 which is over my son John’s Warehouse the Furniture of the
15 parlous as it now is and all my plate Item I do give unto her
16 during her life those two Tenements in Castle Street lately
17 bought of Mrs Jane Munday belonging to the Fabrick
18 provided always and it is my Will and meaning that my
19 wife shall deliver up to be cancelled one Bond which I gave
20 before marriage to secure payment of the summe of two
21 hundred pounds to her use after my decease and in case she
22 will not deliver up such Bond to be cancelled as aforesaid
23 Then my will is that those two Tenements above mentioned
24 and given her during her life and Legacys or Goods so given
25 as aforesaid shall be void and that then she shall be intituled
26 only to the summe of ten pounds to buy her mourning Item I
27 give unto my Son James Blake and his wife twenty pounds to
28 buy them mourning Item I give unto my Son John Blake and
29 his wife twenty pounds to buy them mourning Item I give unto
30 my Son Charles Blake and his wife twenty pounds to buy them
31 mourning Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth ten pounds to
32 buy her mourning and twelve pounds per Annum to be paid
33 by my Executrixes hereafter mentioned during the time she
34 continue unmarryed and if she ever do marry that then she
35 shall be paid only two Shilling a week during her life Item all
36 the rest residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattells and
37 personal Estate of what nature kind quality soever notherein
38 before given and bequeathed I do give and bequeath unto
39 my two daughters Jane Blake and Susanna Blake equally
40 between them whom I do appoint Executrixes of this my
41 last Will and Testament and I do hereby injoyn them to the
42 due performance of the same and I do hereby nominate and
43 appoint my good friends Mr Wm Naish of this City Apothecary
44 Mr Danell Oland of Wishford and Mr Thomas Martan in
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45 Dragon Street in this City to be Trustees and assisting to my
46 Executrixes in discharging and performing this my last Will
47 and Testament and I do give and bequeath to each of them
48 my Trustees a Ring of twenty shillings and I do hereby
49 declare this to be my last Will and Testament and I do revoke
50 all other Wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto
51 sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written
52 James Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
53 Testator to be his last Will and Testament who subscribed and
54 executed the same in the presence of us whose names are
55 hereunto sett as witnesses who subscribed the same in the presence
56 of the Testator and of each other those words (ten pounds to buy
57 her mourning and) at the two and twentieth line downward
58 was interlined before executed Jno King Hen: Bennet Thos
59 Curtis at the Roe Buck
60 This will was proved at London the thirty first day
61 of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
62 and thirty three before the Worshipfull John Andrew doctor of
63 Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth
64 doctor of Laws Master keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
65 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Jane
66 Blake and Susannah Blake the daughters and Executrixes named
67 in the said Will to whom Administration of all and singular
68 the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said deceased was
69 committed they being first sworn duely to administer
Monday, December 2, 2013
Will of Henry Blake, Yeoman, Mere, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1724/331, probated 21 Apr 1827
Henry Blake is the testator. There is a marriage between Henry Jupe and Jemima Blake which was celebrated at Mere, Wiltshire 1820. There were a number of children baptized to this couple at Mere (Family Search C39680-9):
Jemima baptized 16 Jan 1823
Mary Taylor baptized 18 Jan 1825
Elizabeth Ann baptized 25 Jan 1826
Henry Blake baptized 27 Jun 1827
James baptized 29 Dec 1828
Jane baptized 2 May 1832
Giles baptized 30 Dec 1835
John baptized 30 Dec 1835
On the 1841 census at Causeway, Mere,
Henry Jupe, 40, Farmer, born in Wiltshire
Jemima Jupe, 35, , born in Wiltshire
Jemima Jupe, 17, , born in Wiltshire
Mary Jupe, 15, , born in Wiltshire
Elizabeth Jupe, 13, , born in Wiltshire
Henry Jupe, 12, , born in Wiltshire
John Jupe, 9, , born in Wiltshire
Giles Jupe, 6, , born in Wiltshire
Thomas Jupe, 9 months, , born in Wiltshire
Anne Blake, 75, independent, born in Wiltshire
Jemima Blake Jupe married 20 May 1850 at Mere Uriah Carter
Giles Jupe married 1858 at Mere Harriet Ann Moore and both of these marriages from Family Search. I did not find the Henry and Jemima Jupe family on the 1851 or 1861 census. I did not check all the individual children as I do not follow the daughters much past the marriage date and the children born to them. I could not find the mother Anne Blake on later census. There is a death for Ann Blake at Mere June quarter 1844. There is a death for a Jemima Jupp September quarter 1859 at Hartlepool, Durham. But I couldn't relate this to any census material.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1724/331
Testator: Henry Blake, Yeoman
Place: Mere, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 27 Feb 1824, probated 21 Apr 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 18
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Henry
2 Blake of Mere in the County of Wilts Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind
3 memory and understanding praised be to God for the same First I direct that all my
4 just debts funeral expences and the expence of proving this my will be first paid
5 and satisfied I give and bequeath unto my wife Ann Blake the sum of one hundred
6 pounds for her own use and benefit I give and devise unto my said wife my two
7 houses and appurtenances in Mere aforesaid now occupied by James Down and
8 Thomas Chalk To hold unto my said wife during her widowhood and from and
9 immediately after her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and
10 devise the same houses and appurtenances unto my daughter Jemima the wife
11 of Mr Henry Jupe Junior for and during her life and to receive the rents and profits
12 thereof for her own sole use and benefit and from and immediately after her
13 decease I give and devise the same unto my granddaughter Jemima Jupe her
14 executors administrators and assigns for all the remainder of the estate to run or interest
15 which shall then be to come and unexpired therein I give and bequeath unto my
16 said wife all my household goods Furniture plate linen china and dairy utensils
17 for and during her widowhood all the rest residue and remainder of my estate
18 and Effects of what nature or kind soever after payment of my debts funeral expences
19 the expence of proving this my will and legacy of one hundred pounds to my said
20 wife I give and bequeath unto Mr John Phillips Mr John Curtis the Elder and
21 Mr John Curtis the younger all of Mere aforesaid To hold to them their executors
22 administrators and assigns upon this special trust and confidence that is to say that I
23 they my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them his executors or administrators
24 do and shall as soon as convenient after my decease sell and dispose thereof and call
25 in and receive all such debts sum or sums of money as shall be due or coming to me
26 at
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27 at the time of my death and place the money arising by such sale or disposal
28 and the monies so to be called in and received upon Government or other good and
29 sufficient security in their own names and in such manner as they shall think
30 proper And also In trust that they do and shall receive the interest and dividends
31 thereof from time to time as the same shall become payable and pay the same
32 unto my said wife for her use during her widowhood and from and immediately
33 after her decease or marriage which shall first happen Then in trust to receive
34 the interest and dividends thereof from time to time as the same shall become
35 payable and pay the same unto my said daughter Jemima the Wife of the said
36 Henry Jupe to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit and my mind is
37 that the present or any future husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither
38 shall the same be subject or liable to his control debts or engagements and her
39 receipt alone shall be a good discharge for so much of the interest as shall be
40 therein expressed to have been received and from and after the decease of my said
41 daughter Jemima then upon trust that my said trustees or the survivors or
42 survivor of them his executors or administrators shall and do pay and apply my
43 said personal Estate so give and bequeathed to them In trust as aforesaid or any
44 part thereof or assign or transfer the stake and securities in which the same shall
45 be then invested to and amongst all and every the child and children of my said
46 daughter Jemima Jupe who shall be living at the death to be equally divided
47 between them if more than one share and share alike and if there shall be but
48 one such child then to such only child to be paid at his her or their age or ages of
49 twenty one years and if any such child or children shall depart this life under the
50 age of twenty one years then the share of him her or them so dying shall go
51 and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them at such time or times as his or her
52 original share shall become payable and as to for and concerning my said household
53 Goods Furniture plate linen china and diary utensils given as aforesaid to my
54 wife for her widowhood I give and bequeath the same from and after the
55 decease or marriage of my said wife which shall first happen unto the said John
56 Phillips John Curtis the Elder and John Curtis the younger their executors
57 administrators and assigns Upon trust as soon as convenient after my said wifes
58 death or marriage which shall first happen to sell and dispose thereof and to
59 place the monies arising by such sale upon Government or other good security
60 and the interest arising therefrom the pay to my said daughter Jemima Jupe for her
61 benefit and not to be subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her
62 present or any future husband and from and immediately after her decease Then
63 upon trust that my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them his executors
64 administrators or assigns do and shall assign and transfer the stocks and securities
65 in which the same shall be then invested unto and amongst all and every the child
66 or children of my said daughter Jemima Jupe which shall be living at her death
67 to be equally divided between them if more than one share and share alike and
68 if there shall be but one such child then to such only child to be paid at his her
69 or their age or ages of twenty one years and if any such child or children shall
70 depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the share of him her or
71 them so dying to go and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them at such
72 time or times as his or her original share shall become payable and it is my will
73 that my said trustees or either of them their or either of their executors admors
74 or assigns shall not be liable to answer or make good any loss of losses that shall
75 or may happen in placing out any of the net monies unless the same shall
76 happen by or through their or either of their wilful neglect or default nor with
77 any sum of sums of money other than such as shall actually come to their or
78 his hands respectively by virtue of this my will not shall either of them be
79 answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts of disbursements of the other
80 of them but each for his own separate acts deeds receipts and disbursements And I
81 direct that my said trustees shall and may pay and reimburse themselves and
82 himself out of the aforesaid personal estate and effects or the interest and
83 dividends arising from the same all reasonable and necessary costs charges and
84 expences
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85 expences that they or either of them shall or may be put unto or sustain in or
86 about the execution of this my will or the trust hereby in them reposed And lastly
87 I nominate and appoint my said Wife Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
88 and I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other will and wills by me at
89 any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
90 Witness whereof I have at the bottom of the two first sheets of this my will (the
91 whereof is contained in three sheets of paper) subscribed my name and to this
92 third and last sheet set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of February
93 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four The mark
94 and seal of X Henry Blake the Testator Signed sealed declared and published
95 by the above named Henry Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
96 presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names
97 as witnesses thereto Jere[mia]h Seymour Sol[icito]r Edw[ar]d Seymour Cha[rle]s Baker Jun[io]r
98 Proved at London 21st April 1827 before the Judge by the Oath of Ann Blake
99 Mere the Relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted being first
100 sworn by Commission duly to administer
Jemima baptized 16 Jan 1823
Mary Taylor baptized 18 Jan 1825
Elizabeth Ann baptized 25 Jan 1826
Henry Blake baptized 27 Jun 1827
James baptized 29 Dec 1828
Jane baptized 2 May 1832
Giles baptized 30 Dec 1835
John baptized 30 Dec 1835
On the 1841 census at Causeway, Mere,
Henry Jupe, 40, Farmer, born in Wiltshire
Jemima Jupe, 35, , born in Wiltshire
Jemima Jupe, 17, , born in Wiltshire
Mary Jupe, 15, , born in Wiltshire
Elizabeth Jupe, 13, , born in Wiltshire
Henry Jupe, 12, , born in Wiltshire
John Jupe, 9, , born in Wiltshire
Giles Jupe, 6, , born in Wiltshire
Thomas Jupe, 9 months, , born in Wiltshire
Anne Blake, 75, independent, born in Wiltshire
Jemima Blake Jupe married 20 May 1850 at Mere Uriah Carter
Giles Jupe married 1858 at Mere Harriet Ann Moore and both of these marriages from Family Search. I did not find the Henry and Jemima Jupe family on the 1851 or 1861 census. I did not check all the individual children as I do not follow the daughters much past the marriage date and the children born to them. I could not find the mother Anne Blake on later census. There is a death for Ann Blake at Mere June quarter 1844. There is a death for a Jemima Jupp September quarter 1859 at Hartlepool, Durham. But I couldn't relate this to any census material.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1724/331
Testator: Henry Blake, Yeoman
Place: Mere, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 27 Feb 1824, probated 21 Apr 1827
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 18
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Henry
2 Blake of Mere in the County of Wilts Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind
3 memory and understanding praised be to God for the same First I direct that all my
4 just debts funeral expences and the expence of proving this my will be first paid
5 and satisfied I give and bequeath unto my wife Ann Blake the sum of one hundred
6 pounds for her own use and benefit I give and devise unto my said wife my two
7 houses and appurtenances in Mere aforesaid now occupied by James Down and
8 Thomas Chalk To hold unto my said wife during her widowhood and from and
9 immediately after her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and
10 devise the same houses and appurtenances unto my daughter Jemima the wife
11 of Mr Henry Jupe Junior for and during her life and to receive the rents and profits
12 thereof for her own sole use and benefit and from and immediately after her
13 decease I give and devise the same unto my granddaughter Jemima Jupe her
14 executors administrators and assigns for all the remainder of the estate to run or interest
15 which shall then be to come and unexpired therein I give and bequeath unto my
16 said wife all my household goods Furniture plate linen china and dairy utensils
17 for and during her widowhood all the rest residue and remainder of my estate
18 and Effects of what nature or kind soever after payment of my debts funeral expences
19 the expence of proving this my will and legacy of one hundred pounds to my said
20 wife I give and bequeath unto Mr John Phillips Mr John Curtis the Elder and
21 Mr John Curtis the younger all of Mere aforesaid To hold to them their executors
22 administrators and assigns upon this special trust and confidence that is to say that I
23 they my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them his executors or administrators
24 do and shall as soon as convenient after my decease sell and dispose thereof and call
25 in and receive all such debts sum or sums of money as shall be due or coming to me
26 at
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27 at the time of my death and place the money arising by such sale or disposal
28 and the monies so to be called in and received upon Government or other good and
29 sufficient security in their own names and in such manner as they shall think
30 proper And also In trust that they do and shall receive the interest and dividends
31 thereof from time to time as the same shall become payable and pay the same
32 unto my said wife for her use during her widowhood and from and immediately
33 after her decease or marriage which shall first happen Then in trust to receive
34 the interest and dividends thereof from time to time as the same shall become
35 payable and pay the same unto my said daughter Jemima the Wife of the said
36 Henry Jupe to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit and my mind is
37 that the present or any future husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither
38 shall the same be subject or liable to his control debts or engagements and her
39 receipt alone shall be a good discharge for so much of the interest as shall be
40 therein expressed to have been received and from and after the decease of my said
41 daughter Jemima then upon trust that my said trustees or the survivors or
42 survivor of them his executors or administrators shall and do pay and apply my
43 said personal Estate so give and bequeathed to them In trust as aforesaid or any
44 part thereof or assign or transfer the stake and securities in which the same shall
45 be then invested to and amongst all and every the child and children of my said
46 daughter Jemima Jupe who shall be living at the death to be equally divided
47 between them if more than one share and share alike and if there shall be but
48 one such child then to such only child to be paid at his her or their age or ages of
49 twenty one years and if any such child or children shall depart this life under the
50 age of twenty one years then the share of him her or them so dying shall go
51 and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them at such time or times as his or her
52 original share shall become payable and as to for and concerning my said household
53 Goods Furniture plate linen china and diary utensils given as aforesaid to my
54 wife for her widowhood I give and bequeath the same from and after the
55 decease or marriage of my said wife which shall first happen unto the said John
56 Phillips John Curtis the Elder and John Curtis the younger their executors
57 administrators and assigns Upon trust as soon as convenient after my said wifes
58 death or marriage which shall first happen to sell and dispose thereof and to
59 place the monies arising by such sale upon Government or other good security
60 and the interest arising therefrom the pay to my said daughter Jemima Jupe for her
61 benefit and not to be subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of her
62 present or any future husband and from and immediately after her decease Then
63 upon trust that my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them his executors
64 administrators or assigns do and shall assign and transfer the stocks and securities
65 in which the same shall be then invested unto and amongst all and every the child
66 or children of my said daughter Jemima Jupe which shall be living at her death
67 to be equally divided between them if more than one share and share alike and
68 if there shall be but one such child then to such only child to be paid at his her
69 or their age or ages of twenty one years and if any such child or children shall
70 depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the share of him her or
71 them so dying to go and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them at such
72 time or times as his or her original share shall become payable and it is my will
73 that my said trustees or either of them their or either of their executors admors
74 or assigns shall not be liable to answer or make good any loss of losses that shall
75 or may happen in placing out any of the net monies unless the same shall
76 happen by or through their or either of their wilful neglect or default nor with
77 any sum of sums of money other than such as shall actually come to their or
78 his hands respectively by virtue of this my will not shall either of them be
79 answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts of disbursements of the other
80 of them but each for his own separate acts deeds receipts and disbursements And I
81 direct that my said trustees shall and may pay and reimburse themselves and
82 himself out of the aforesaid personal estate and effects or the interest and
83 dividends arising from the same all reasonable and necessary costs charges and
84 expences
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85 expences that they or either of them shall or may be put unto or sustain in or
86 about the execution of this my will or the trust hereby in them reposed And lastly
87 I nominate and appoint my said Wife Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
88 and I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other will and wills by me at
89 any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
90 Witness whereof I have at the bottom of the two first sheets of this my will (the
91 whereof is contained in three sheets of paper) subscribed my name and to this
92 third and last sheet set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of February
93 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four The mark
94 and seal of X Henry Blake the Testator Signed sealed declared and published
95 by the above named Henry Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
96 presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names
97 as witnesses thereto Jere[mia]h Seymour Sol[icito]r Edw[ar]d Seymour Cha[rle]s Baker Jun[io]r
98 Proved at London 21st April 1827 before the Judge by the Oath of Ann Blake
99 Mere the Relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted being first
100 sworn by Commission duly to administer
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Will of Robert Blake of Churchill, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1861/275, probated 19 May 1836
Robert Blake is the testator and is already known. He is married to Francis Poole and there are a number of wills which mention this family. This is a collateral line to Admiral Robert Blake.
The will of his youngest son John was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-reberend-john-blake-clerk-of.html
He remembers his sisters Francis, Jane and Elizabeth in his will. His elder brother Robert is already deceased at the time of his death. There are no Blake surname descendants to this family as only the daughter Jane has children.
Robert, the testator, was the son of Reverend Roger Blake and Jane St Albyn and they married 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey. The father of Roger was also Reverend Roger Blake but wife is unknown thus far. The father of this Roger was also Roger Blake married to Susannah Taylor and they had a large family of eleven children. This Roger was the son of Humphry Blake the elder and Elizabeth Upon then back to Humphry Blake and Elizabeth Giles continuing back to Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James who married 23 Oct 1578 at Over Stowey. This Humphrey the son of John Blake the elder and Johan and thence back to the founder Humphrey Blake and his wife Agnis.
Relationship Chart
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 5 times removed of Robert-173 Blake [569]
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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* Humphrey-38 Blake [16] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1556-Cir 1619) (Cir 1563-1625)
Agnus/Ann James [73] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1645) ( -1638)
Married 23 Oct 1578 [19] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
| |
| |
* Humphry-54 Blake [74] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(Cir 1580- ) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth Giles [129]
Married [33]
|
|
* Humphry-77 the elder Blake [131]
(1611-1665)
Elizabeth Upton [205]
( -1683)
Married [57]
|
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* Roger-105 Blake [210]
(1651-1702)
Susannah Taylor [226]
( -1718)
Married 1672 [62]
|
|
* Reverend Roger-129 Blake [225]
(1681-1721)
Unknown [477]
Married [165]
|
|
* Reverend Roger-150 Blake [481]
(1719-1785)
Jane St Albyn [567]
(1725-1761)
Married 21 Oct 1747 [197]
|
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* Robert-173 Blake [569]
(1750-1836)
Nether Stowey Parish Registers (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/ ) 1 miles NE of Overstowey)
Baptisms
Robert Blake son of Robert and Frances 27 Dec 1787
Frances St Albyn daughter of Robert and Frances 12 Feb 1789
Jane Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 20 Aug 1790
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 26 Oct 1791
Marriage
Robert Blake and Frances Poole 23 Nov 1786
Burials
Rev. Robert Blake 19 Jun 1820, 32 y, Churchill
Rev. John Blake 16 Mar 1832, 34 y, B. Lydeard
Robert Blake 11 Mar 1836, 85 y, Churchill
Frances Blake 8 Nov 1848, 88 y, Churchill
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1861/275
Testator: Robert Blake
Place: Churchill, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1836, probated 19 May 1836
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 8
1 I Robert Blake of Churchill in the County
2 of Somerset do declare this to be my last will and testament I hereby give to
3 William Atkinson of the City of Bristol should his present wife my daughter
4 Jane die before him a clear annuity of fifty pounds from the decease of my
5 said daughter Jane to be paid him by my wife hereafter Named or she
6 being dead or at her decease by my daughter Elizabeth also hereafter named
7 or her heirs executors admors or assigns for and during his natural life I
8 hereby give to my dear wife Frances Blake my Cottage and Orchard at
9 Churchill Green and also the Sum of one thousand pounds and also all
10 the money I may have by me at the time of my decease and also all
11 rents dividends or interests of monies or balance in Bankers
12 hands then due or shall become due during her lifetime and also all
13 plate linen and china alis also all my goods and furniture and stock
14 if any and out door property if any and every kind to her my said wife
15 her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever I also hereby give to my said
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16 wife the whole or entire income of all the property I shall die possessed of for
17 and during her natural life subject to William Atkinsons contingent annuity
18 is hereby give to my daughter Elizabeth and such other trustee or trustees as she
19 I hereby empowerd to elect appoint or exchange one or more at any time
20 or from time to time either to act in conjunction with or to succeed her the
21 following * hereby vested property in trust nevertheless for my daughters Frances
22 St Albyn and Jane and Elizabeth Frances and Jane for their lives with
23 reversion to Elizabeth
24 The vested property for Frances St Albyn
25 * Sixteen acres of land late Mr James Gawes in Mark Liberty Moor and also
26 fifteen acres of land 2 fields late Jonas Coles also in Mark Liberty Moor and
27 also the sum of six hundred pounds
28 The vested property for Jane
29 * all my estate at Bicknoller held by Copy of Court Roll under the Dean and
30 Chapter of Wells for her own life and others and also seven acres of land in Land Moor
31 and parish of Huntspill late B[a]wderips and also a field ab[ou]t 4 acres at Woolavington
32 lately bought of Miss Hales and also the sum of eight hundred pounds
33 The entire or whole neat income of all the vested property as well as all
34 other the property I shall die possessed of to be received by my said wife for
35 and during her natural life and from and after her decease a whole or entire
36 neat income of the said vested property to be paid by the said trustees or trustee
37 into the hands of my said daughters Frances St Albyn and Jane and their
38 receipts _ing be accepted in discharge thereof and should my said daughters
39 Frances St Albyn and Jane or either of them die before their sister Elizabeth
40 the said recited property of either or both so dying shall be considered as
41 having vested at the time of their or either of their decease to their sister
42 Elizabeth her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever but subject to the
43 payment of half the neat income of the said recited property of the deceased
44 to the surviving sister for her life all the rest residue and
45 remainder of the property I shall die possessed of both real and
46 personal I hereby give to my said daughter Elizabeth her heirs executors
47 admors and assigns for ever I hereby appoint my dear wife and my daughter
48 Elizabeth joint Executrixes to this my last will and testament Robert
49 Blake Signed sealed and declared to be my last will and testament this
50 eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty six in the
51 presence of us as witnesses Joseph Curtis Susan Hemans
52 Thomas Shorland
53 Proved at London 19th May 1836 before the Judge by the Oaths
54 of Frances Blake widow the relict and Elizabeth Blake Spinster the daughter
55 the executrixes to whom administration was granted having been first sworn
56 in Comon duly to admr
The will of his youngest son John was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-reberend-john-blake-clerk-of.html
He remembers his sisters Francis, Jane and Elizabeth in his will. His elder brother Robert is already deceased at the time of his death. There are no Blake surname descendants to this family as only the daughter Jane has children.
Robert, the testator, was the son of Reverend Roger Blake and Jane St Albyn and they married 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey. The father of Roger was also Reverend Roger Blake but wife is unknown thus far. The father of this Roger was also Roger Blake married to Susannah Taylor and they had a large family of eleven children. This Roger was the son of Humphry Blake the elder and Elizabeth Upon then back to Humphry Blake and Elizabeth Giles continuing back to Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James who married 23 Oct 1578 at Over Stowey. This Humphrey the son of John Blake the elder and Johan and thence back to the founder Humphrey Blake and his wife Agnis.
Relationship Chart
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 5 times removed of Robert-173 Blake [569]
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]
| |
| |
* Humphrey-38 Blake [16] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1556-Cir 1619) (Cir 1563-1625)
Agnus/Ann James [73] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1645) ( -1638)
Married 23 Oct 1578 [19] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
| |
| |
* Humphry-54 Blake [74] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(Cir 1580- ) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth Giles [129]
Married [33]
|
|
* Humphry-77 the elder Blake [131]
(1611-1665)
Elizabeth Upton [205]
( -1683)
Married [57]
|
|
* Roger-105 Blake [210]
(1651-1702)
Susannah Taylor [226]
( -1718)
Married 1672 [62]
|
|
* Reverend Roger-129 Blake [225]
(1681-1721)
Unknown [477]
Married [165]
|
|
* Reverend Roger-150 Blake [481]
(1719-1785)
Jane St Albyn [567]
(1725-1761)
Married 21 Oct 1747 [197]
|
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* Robert-173 Blake [569]
(1750-1836)
Nether Stowey Parish Registers (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/ ) 1 miles NE of Overstowey)
Baptisms
Robert Blake son of Robert and Frances 27 Dec 1787
Frances St Albyn daughter of Robert and Frances 12 Feb 1789
Jane Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 20 Aug 1790
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 26 Oct 1791
Marriage
Robert Blake and Frances Poole 23 Nov 1786
Burials
Rev. Robert Blake 19 Jun 1820, 32 y, Churchill
Rev. John Blake 16 Mar 1832, 34 y, B. Lydeard
Robert Blake 11 Mar 1836, 85 y, Churchill
Frances Blake 8 Nov 1848, 88 y, Churchill
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1861/275
Testator: Robert Blake
Place: Churchill, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1836, probated 19 May 1836
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 8
1 I Robert Blake of Churchill in the County
2 of Somerset do declare this to be my last will and testament I hereby give to
3 William Atkinson of the City of Bristol should his present wife my daughter
4 Jane die before him a clear annuity of fifty pounds from the decease of my
5 said daughter Jane to be paid him by my wife hereafter Named or she
6 being dead or at her decease by my daughter Elizabeth also hereafter named
7 or her heirs executors admors or assigns for and during his natural life I
8 hereby give to my dear wife Frances Blake my Cottage and Orchard at
9 Churchill Green and also the Sum of one thousand pounds and also all
10 the money I may have by me at the time of my decease and also all
11 rents dividends or interests of monies or balance in Bankers
12 hands then due or shall become due during her lifetime and also all
13 plate linen and china alis also all my goods and furniture and stock
14 if any and out door property if any and every kind to her my said wife
15 her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever I also hereby give to my said
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16 wife the whole or entire income of all the property I shall die possessed of for
17 and during her natural life subject to William Atkinsons contingent annuity
18 is hereby give to my daughter Elizabeth and such other trustee or trustees as she
19 I hereby empowerd to elect appoint or exchange one or more at any time
20 or from time to time either to act in conjunction with or to succeed her the
21 following * hereby vested property in trust nevertheless for my daughters Frances
22 St Albyn and Jane and Elizabeth Frances and Jane for their lives with
23 reversion to Elizabeth
24 The vested property for Frances St Albyn
25 * Sixteen acres of land late Mr James Gawes in Mark Liberty Moor and also
26 fifteen acres of land 2 fields late Jonas Coles also in Mark Liberty Moor and
27 also the sum of six hundred pounds
28 The vested property for Jane
29 * all my estate at Bicknoller held by Copy of Court Roll under the Dean and
30 Chapter of Wells for her own life and others and also seven acres of land in Land Moor
31 and parish of Huntspill late B[a]wderips and also a field ab[ou]t 4 acres at Woolavington
32 lately bought of Miss Hales and also the sum of eight hundred pounds
33 The entire or whole neat income of all the vested property as well as all
34 other the property I shall die possessed of to be received by my said wife for
35 and during her natural life and from and after her decease a whole or entire
36 neat income of the said vested property to be paid by the said trustees or trustee
37 into the hands of my said daughters Frances St Albyn and Jane and their
38 receipts _ing be accepted in discharge thereof and should my said daughters
39 Frances St Albyn and Jane or either of them die before their sister Elizabeth
40 the said recited property of either or both so dying shall be considered as
41 having vested at the time of their or either of their decease to their sister
42 Elizabeth her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever but subject to the
43 payment of half the neat income of the said recited property of the deceased
44 to the surviving sister for her life all the rest residue and
45 remainder of the property I shall die possessed of both real and
46 personal I hereby give to my said daughter Elizabeth her heirs executors
47 admors and assigns for ever I hereby appoint my dear wife and my daughter
48 Elizabeth joint Executrixes to this my last will and testament Robert
49 Blake Signed sealed and declared to be my last will and testament this
50 eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty six in the
51 presence of us as witnesses Joseph Curtis Susan Hemans
52 Thomas Shorland
53 Proved at London 19th May 1836 before the Judge by the Oaths
54 of Frances Blake widow the relict and Elizabeth Blake Spinster the daughter
55 the executrixes to whom administration was granted having been first sworn
56 in Comon duly to admr
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Will of William Blake Esquire of Fulmer Buckinghamshire - The Natiional Archives PROB 11/1280/183, probated 24 Oct 1796
The last will from Buckinghamshire for the Blake family and the next county will be Cambridgeshire where there is only one will for the Blake family.
William Blake (testator) names his wife Jane and his daughter Frances Thackthwaite. Frances was baptized 30 Sep 1775 at Fulmer, Buckingham. Frances appears to be their only child and this information from the Family Search website.
From The European Magazine and London Review, Volume 30 on Page 311, Obituary for Mr. William Blake, Fulmer, Bucks, aged 73 years on the 12th of July 1796. He lived to see his first grandchild Jane born and baptized. William would have been born circa 1723. There is a William Blake baptized 18 Jan 1724 at Eton, Buckinghamshire and son of William Blake. Eton is six miles SSW of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.
Michael Thackthwaite is the father of William Allen Thackthwaite. There is an apprenticeship for a William A Thackthwaite to Matthew Winter Citizen and Weave of London 4 Apr 1786. William Allen Thackthwaite was baptized 1770 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England son of Michael and Penelope Thackthwaite. Michael Thackthwaite was married to Penelope Insley 10 Feb 1763 at Saint James, Westminster, London and he was buried 18 Jan 1822 at the age of 85 years. He is likely the Michael Thackthwait baptized 19 Dec 1736 (born 2 Dec 1736) at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England son of Dan Thackthwait and Mary Asbridge who were themselves married 4 Aug 1733 at Bromfield, Cumberland, England).
Children of William Allen Thackthwaite and Frances Blake from the Family Search website:
1. baptized at Fulmer, Buckinghamshire:
Jane baptized 1 Jun 1796 (born 3 May 1796)
William baptized 22 Aug 1798 (born 8 Aug 1798)
Michael baptized 30 Dec 1800 (born 30 Nov 1800)
Colchester baptized 12 Mar 1804 (born 11 Mar 1804)
Frances baptized 25 Jan 1818
2. baptized at Fawley, Hampshire
Robert baptized 28 Feb 1809
3. baptized at Dibden, Hampshire
Henry baptized May 1813
Thomas baptized 2 Nov 1814
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1280/183
Testator: William Blake, Esquire
Place: Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 15 Apr 1796, probated 24 Oct 1796
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me William Blake of Fulmer in
3 the County of Buckingham Esquire First I desire that
4 all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Charges
5 and Expences be fully paid and satisfied within Six
6 Months next after my decease and after payment and
7 Satisfaction thereof and Subject thereto I dispose of the
8 Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
9 me in manner following whereas by the Settlement
10 made on my Marriage with my late dear Wife Jane
11 Blake certain Real Estates belonging to me were
12 limited and settled on myself and my said late Wife for
13 our joint Lives and the life of the Survivor of us and
14 after the decease of the Survivor of me and my said
15 wife upon such Children or Child as we might
16 happen to have in such Shares and proportions and
17 for such Estates and Interests as are particularly
18 mentioned and specified in the said Settlement and in
19 default of such children or there being such all of
20 them should happen to die under the age of Twenty
21 one years Then and in such case the Reversion of my
22 said Real Estates comprised and mentioned in the said
23 Settlement was and is limited to me and my heirs and
24 whereas I have one child only living by my said late
25 Wife namely Frances the Wife of William Thackthwaite
26 Esquire now of the age of Twenty years and an half or
27 thereabouts Now I do hereby Give and devise the said
28 Reversion of my said Estates after the death of my
30 said daughter in case of her dying under the age of
31 Twenty one years unto and amongst all and every the
32 Children of my said daughter that shall be living at
33 the time of her decease under that age To hold to
34 them and their heirs as Tenants in Common and
35 not as joint Tenants and if there shall be but one such
36 Child of my said daughter Then I give and devise the
37 said Reversion unto such one child his or her heirs
38 and assigns for ever and in case my said daughter shall
39 happen to die under the said age of Twenty one years
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40 and without leaving any Children or Child living at
41 her death Then I Give and devise the said Reversion of
42 and in the said settled Estates unto my Son in Law the
43 said William Thackthwaite his heirs and assigns for
44 ever and I give and devise all and every other my Real
45 Estates both Freehold and copyhold whatsoever and
46 wheresoever and all Copyholds for life or lives and for
47 years with their and every of their Rights Members
48 and appurtenances unto my said daughter Frances
49 Thackthwaite and her Assigns for and during the Term
50 of her natural life and from and after her decease I
51 Give and devise the same and every part and parcel thereof
52 with the appurtenances unto all and every the Children
53 of my said daughter that shall be living at the time of
54 her decease To hold to them and their heirs as
55 Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants and if
56 there shall be but one such child I give and devise
57 the same unto such only child of my said daughter his
58 or her heirs and assigns for ever and if there shall be
59 no child or Grandchild of my said daughter living at
60 the time of the decease of my said daughter Then I
61 Give and devise all my said Real Estates and Copyholds
62 for life or lives and for years and every part and parcel
63 thereof with their appurtenances unto my said Son in
64 Law the said William Thackthwaite his heirs and
65 Assigns for ever and I give and bequeath unto my said
66 daughter the said Frances Thackthwaite all my Manors
67 or Messuages Bonds and other Securities Monies in the
68 public Funds Ready Monies household Furniture and
69 Implements of household life and dead Stock of every
70 description plate Linen and China and all other my personal
71 Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of
72 what nature or quality soever To hold to her the said
73 Frances Thackthwaite her Executors administrators and
74 Assigns for her and their own absolute use and Benefit
75 Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my good Friend
76 Michael Thackthwaite of Norwood in the County of
77 Middlesex Esquire and my said Son in Law the said
78 William Thackthwaite joint Executors of this my last
79 Will and Testament and revoking and making void all
80 former and other Wills and Testamentary disposition by
81 me at any time heretofore made do publish and declare
82 this alone to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
83 whereof I the said William Blake to the two first
84 sheets of this my will contained in three Sheets of
85 paper have set my hand and to this the third and last
86 Sheet my hand and Seal and also my Seal to the Tape
87 which affixed them together at the Top this fifteenth
88 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
89 hundred and ninety six W Blake Signed Sealed
90 published and declared by the said William Blake the
91 Testator and for his last will and Testament in the
92 presence of us who in his presence and at his Request
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93 and in the presence of each other have subscribed
94 our Names as Witnesses thereto Clarissa Thackthwaite
95 John Curtis Edward Bunce
96 This Will was proved at London the
97 twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord
98 One thousand seven hundred and ninety six before
99 the Worshipful John Sowell Doctor of Laws Surrogate
100 of the Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight
101 also Doctor of Laws Master keeper or commissary of
102 the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
103 constituted by the oaths of Michael Thackthwaite
104 and William Allen Thackthwaite Esquires (by
105 Mistake in the Will called William Thackthwaite)
106 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
107 administration was granted of all and singular the
108 Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased they having
109 been first sworn duly to administer
William Blake (testator) names his wife Jane and his daughter Frances Thackthwaite. Frances was baptized 30 Sep 1775 at Fulmer, Buckingham. Frances appears to be their only child and this information from the Family Search website.
From The European Magazine and London Review, Volume 30 on Page 311, Obituary for Mr. William Blake, Fulmer, Bucks, aged 73 years on the 12th of July 1796. He lived to see his first grandchild Jane born and baptized. William would have been born circa 1723. There is a William Blake baptized 18 Jan 1724 at Eton, Buckinghamshire and son of William Blake. Eton is six miles SSW of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.
Michael Thackthwaite is the father of William Allen Thackthwaite. There is an apprenticeship for a William A Thackthwaite to Matthew Winter Citizen and Weave of London 4 Apr 1786. William Allen Thackthwaite was baptized 1770 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England son of Michael and Penelope Thackthwaite. Michael Thackthwaite was married to Penelope Insley 10 Feb 1763 at Saint James, Westminster, London and he was buried 18 Jan 1822 at the age of 85 years. He is likely the Michael Thackthwait baptized 19 Dec 1736 (born 2 Dec 1736) at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England son of Dan Thackthwait and Mary Asbridge who were themselves married 4 Aug 1733 at Bromfield, Cumberland, England).
Children of William Allen Thackthwaite and Frances Blake from the Family Search website:
1. baptized at Fulmer, Buckinghamshire:
Jane baptized 1 Jun 1796 (born 3 May 1796)
William baptized 22 Aug 1798 (born 8 Aug 1798)
Michael baptized 30 Dec 1800 (born 30 Nov 1800)
Colchester baptized 12 Mar 1804 (born 11 Mar 1804)
Frances baptized 25 Jan 1818
2. baptized at Fawley, Hampshire
Robert baptized 28 Feb 1809
3. baptized at Dibden, Hampshire
Henry baptized May 1813
Thomas baptized 2 Nov 1814
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1280/183
Testator: William Blake, Esquire
Place: Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 15 Apr 1796, probated 24 Oct 1796
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me William Blake of Fulmer in
3 the County of Buckingham Esquire First I desire that
4 all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Charges
5 and Expences be fully paid and satisfied within Six
6 Months next after my decease and after payment and
7 Satisfaction thereof and Subject thereto I dispose of the
8 Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
9 me in manner following whereas by the Settlement
10 made on my Marriage with my late dear Wife Jane
11 Blake certain Real Estates belonging to me were
12 limited and settled on myself and my said late Wife for
13 our joint Lives and the life of the Survivor of us and
14 after the decease of the Survivor of me and my said
15 wife upon such Children or Child as we might
16 happen to have in such Shares and proportions and
17 for such Estates and Interests as are particularly
18 mentioned and specified in the said Settlement and in
19 default of such children or there being such all of
20 them should happen to die under the age of Twenty
21 one years Then and in such case the Reversion of my
22 said Real Estates comprised and mentioned in the said
23 Settlement was and is limited to me and my heirs and
24 whereas I have one child only living by my said late
25 Wife namely Frances the Wife of William Thackthwaite
26 Esquire now of the age of Twenty years and an half or
27 thereabouts Now I do hereby Give and devise the said
28 Reversion of my said Estates after the death of my
30 said daughter in case of her dying under the age of
31 Twenty one years unto and amongst all and every the
32 Children of my said daughter that shall be living at
33 the time of her decease under that age To hold to
34 them and their heirs as Tenants in Common and
35 not as joint Tenants and if there shall be but one such
36 Child of my said daughter Then I give and devise the
37 said Reversion unto such one child his or her heirs
38 and assigns for ever and in case my said daughter shall
39 happen to die under the said age of Twenty one years
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40 and without leaving any Children or Child living at
41 her death Then I Give and devise the said Reversion of
42 and in the said settled Estates unto my Son in Law the
43 said William Thackthwaite his heirs and assigns for
44 ever and I give and devise all and every other my Real
45 Estates both Freehold and copyhold whatsoever and
46 wheresoever and all Copyholds for life or lives and for
47 years with their and every of their Rights Members
48 and appurtenances unto my said daughter Frances
49 Thackthwaite and her Assigns for and during the Term
50 of her natural life and from and after her decease I
51 Give and devise the same and every part and parcel thereof
52 with the appurtenances unto all and every the Children
53 of my said daughter that shall be living at the time of
54 her decease To hold to them and their heirs as
55 Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants and if
56 there shall be but one such child I give and devise
57 the same unto such only child of my said daughter his
58 or her heirs and assigns for ever and if there shall be
59 no child or Grandchild of my said daughter living at
60 the time of the decease of my said daughter Then I
61 Give and devise all my said Real Estates and Copyholds
62 for life or lives and for years and every part and parcel
63 thereof with their appurtenances unto my said Son in
64 Law the said William Thackthwaite his heirs and
65 Assigns for ever and I give and bequeath unto my said
66 daughter the said Frances Thackthwaite all my Manors
67 or Messuages Bonds and other Securities Monies in the
68 public Funds Ready Monies household Furniture and
69 Implements of household life and dead Stock of every
70 description plate Linen and China and all other my personal
71 Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of
72 what nature or quality soever To hold to her the said
73 Frances Thackthwaite her Executors administrators and
74 Assigns for her and their own absolute use and Benefit
75 Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my good Friend
76 Michael Thackthwaite of Norwood in the County of
77 Middlesex Esquire and my said Son in Law the said
78 William Thackthwaite joint Executors of this my last
79 Will and Testament and revoking and making void all
80 former and other Wills and Testamentary disposition by
81 me at any time heretofore made do publish and declare
82 this alone to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
83 whereof I the said William Blake to the two first
84 sheets of this my will contained in three Sheets of
85 paper have set my hand and to this the third and last
86 Sheet my hand and Seal and also my Seal to the Tape
87 which affixed them together at the Top this fifteenth
88 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
89 hundred and ninety six W Blake Signed Sealed
90 published and declared by the said William Blake the
91 Testator and for his last will and Testament in the
92 presence of us who in his presence and at his Request
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93 and in the presence of each other have subscribed
94 our Names as Witnesses thereto Clarissa Thackthwaite
95 John Curtis Edward Bunce
96 This Will was proved at London the
97 twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord
98 One thousand seven hundred and ninety six before
99 the Worshipful John Sowell Doctor of Laws Surrogate
100 of the Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight
101 also Doctor of Laws Master keeper or commissary of
102 the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
103 constituted by the oaths of Michael Thackthwaite
104 and William Allen Thackthwaite Esquires (by
105 Mistake in the Will called William Thackthwaite)
106 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
107 administration was granted of all and singular the
108 Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased they having
109 been first sworn duly to administer
Friday, October 5, 2012
Will of Alexander Blake, Timber Merchant of Southampton - National Archives PROB 11/531/294, probated 11 Feb 1713
From the IGI Alexander Blake was buried 7 Jun 1712 in Hampshire (RG6_1027 The genealogist co uk). Alexander the son of Alexander and Mary Blake was baptized 15 Sep 1706 (RG6_1027 IBID) (both from the non-conformist record indexes). I also found a record of one of Alexander's and Mary's other children: Hannah born 24 Jul 1704 Hampshire (RG6_1027 ibid). I have not yet found a child named "Massey" or a child named "Mary."
There was a John Futcher living in the Romsey/Southampton area with a marriage in the early 1690s from the Non-Conformist Record Indexes. Likewise an Abraham Messer living in a similar area to Alexander also from the Non-Conformist Record Indexes. Richard Burges is perhaps the eldest and he too was living in the Romsey area. All of these men are merchants or tradesmen. The three mentioned have families living in the Romsey and Southampton area.
If the children did survive to adult hood I have not yet found any records of their marriages that I can truly match to this family. What a sad story is contained in this will. Alexander and his wife dying and leaving their four children in the care of their fellow merchants and tradesmen.
No ideas yet on the parents of Alexander Blake.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/531/294
Name of testator: Alexander Blake, Timber Merchant
Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 7 Apr 1712, probated 11 Feb 1713
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English, 18th century, clear copy
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Alexander Blake
1 I Alexander Blake of the Town and
2 County of South[amp]ton Merchant being sick and weake in
3 body (but through the mercies of almighty God) of sound mind
4 perfect sense and disposing memory do make and declare my last
5 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First
6 I desire my friend John Futcher of Romsey Extra in the
7 County of South[amp]ton Clothyer Thomas Curtis of the said Town
8 and County of South[amp]ton Salesman Abraham Messer of the said
9 Town and County Currier and Richard Burges of Romsey Extra
10 aforesaid Clothier to take care that my body be decently interred
11 in Christian like manner And as for my Worldly Estate I dispose
12 thereof as follows Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my
13 daughter Mary Blake a peice of old Gold a Silver Chain and a
14 Bible all which were her deceased Mothers Item I give and
15 bequeath All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Backside
16 outhousing and appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate
17 lying and being on the South side of the Castle Lane within the
18 said Town and County of South[amp]ton now in the possession of
19 Daniel Pennington and his assigns unto the said John Futcher
20 Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer and Richard Burges and to
21 their heirs and assigns to be by them sold and disposed of for the
22 best price or prices that can be got for the same and the moneys
23 arising by the sale thereof to be by them applyed towards the
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24 payment of my debts defraying my Funerall Expences and the
25 educating and breeding up of all my children Item all the rest
26 of my Goods Chattells Shipping and all other my Estate Reall and
27 personall whatsoever I give devise and bequeath unto them the
28 said John Futcher Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer and Richard
29 Burgis and to their heirs Executors administrators and assigns
30 to be by them sold and dispossed of to the best advantage that can
31 be got for the same and every part thereof and the moneys arising
32 by the sale of the same to be by them appropriated towards the
33 payment of my debts discharging my Funerall Expences and for
34 and towards the breeding maintaining and educating of all my
35 children as aforesaid untill they shall attaine to their respective
36 ages of one and twenty years And my will and meaning is that
37 the overplus of all my Estate after my debts and Funerall
38 Expences are paid and defrayed and all my children bred up to
39 their respective ages of one and Twenty years apeice shall be
40 divided amongst my three youngest children viz[ a vi]t Alexander
41 Massey and Hannah Blake or so many of them as shall attaine
42 to their said ages of one and Twenty years untill their and each
43 of their Shares shall amount unto fourty pounds apeice and the
44 Remainder (if any shall be after that) I will shall be equally
45 shared and divided amongst all my four Children Mary Alexander
46 Massey and Hannah Blake or so many of them as shall attain
47 to their said ages of one and Twenty years And I do hereby
48 nominate and appoint the said John Futcher Thomas Curtis
49 Abraham Messer and Richard Burges Executors In Trust of
50 this my Will and Guardians to all my said Children with full
51 power and authority to educate breed up place and dispose them
52 each and every of them untill they each and every of them shall
53 attain to their said severall ages of one and twenty years apeice
54 as they the said John Futcher Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer
55 and Richard Burges their Executors and Administrators shall in
56 their discretions see fitting and convenient In witness whereof
57 revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any
58 time heretofore made I have hereunto set my hand and Seale
59 the seventh day of April in the Eleventh year of the Reigne of
60 Queene Anne of Great Britain etc Anno Domini 1712
61 Alex: Blake [signed] Signed sealed published and declared to be the last
62 Will and Testament of the said Alexander Blake in presence of
63 Arthur Atherley [signed] Jeremiah Dobey [signed] W: Waller [signed]
There was a John Futcher living in the Romsey/Southampton area with a marriage in the early 1690s from the Non-Conformist Record Indexes. Likewise an Abraham Messer living in a similar area to Alexander also from the Non-Conformist Record Indexes. Richard Burges is perhaps the eldest and he too was living in the Romsey area. All of these men are merchants or tradesmen. The three mentioned have families living in the Romsey and Southampton area.
If the children did survive to adult hood I have not yet found any records of their marriages that I can truly match to this family. What a sad story is contained in this will. Alexander and his wife dying and leaving their four children in the care of their fellow merchants and tradesmen.
No ideas yet on the parents of Alexander Blake.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/531/294
Name of testator: Alexander Blake, Timber Merchant
Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 7 Apr 1712, probated 11 Feb 1713
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English, 18th century, clear copy
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Alexander Blake
1 I Alexander Blake of the Town and
2 County of South[amp]ton Merchant being sick and weake in
3 body (but through the mercies of almighty God) of sound mind
4 perfect sense and disposing memory do make and declare my last
5 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First
6 I desire my friend John Futcher of Romsey Extra in the
7 County of South[amp]ton Clothyer Thomas Curtis of the said Town
8 and County of South[amp]ton Salesman Abraham Messer of the said
9 Town and County Currier and Richard Burges of Romsey Extra
10 aforesaid Clothier to take care that my body be decently interred
11 in Christian like manner And as for my Worldly Estate I dispose
12 thereof as follows Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my
13 daughter Mary Blake a peice of old Gold a Silver Chain and a
14 Bible all which were her deceased Mothers Item I give and
15 bequeath All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Backside
16 outhousing and appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate
17 lying and being on the South side of the Castle Lane within the
18 said Town and County of South[amp]ton now in the possession of
19 Daniel Pennington and his assigns unto the said John Futcher
20 Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer and Richard Burges and to
21 their heirs and assigns to be by them sold and disposed of for the
22 best price or prices that can be got for the same and the moneys
23 arising by the sale thereof to be by them applyed towards the
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24 payment of my debts defraying my Funerall Expences and the
25 educating and breeding up of all my children Item all the rest
26 of my Goods Chattells Shipping and all other my Estate Reall and
27 personall whatsoever I give devise and bequeath unto them the
28 said John Futcher Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer and Richard
29 Burgis and to their heirs Executors administrators and assigns
30 to be by them sold and dispossed of to the best advantage that can
31 be got for the same and every part thereof and the moneys arising
32 by the sale of the same to be by them appropriated towards the
33 payment of my debts discharging my Funerall Expences and for
34 and towards the breeding maintaining and educating of all my
35 children as aforesaid untill they shall attaine to their respective
36 ages of one and twenty years And my will and meaning is that
37 the overplus of all my Estate after my debts and Funerall
38 Expences are paid and defrayed and all my children bred up to
39 their respective ages of one and Twenty years apeice shall be
40 divided amongst my three youngest children viz[ a vi]t Alexander
41 Massey and Hannah Blake or so many of them as shall attaine
42 to their said ages of one and Twenty years untill their and each
43 of their Shares shall amount unto fourty pounds apeice and the
44 Remainder (if any shall be after that) I will shall be equally
45 shared and divided amongst all my four Children Mary Alexander
46 Massey and Hannah Blake or so many of them as shall attain
47 to their said ages of one and Twenty years And I do hereby
48 nominate and appoint the said John Futcher Thomas Curtis
49 Abraham Messer and Richard Burges Executors In Trust of
50 this my Will and Guardians to all my said Children with full
51 power and authority to educate breed up place and dispose them
52 each and every of them untill they each and every of them shall
53 attain to their said severall ages of one and twenty years apeice
54 as they the said John Futcher Thomas Curtis Abraham Messer
55 and Richard Burges their Executors and Administrators shall in
56 their discretions see fitting and convenient In witness whereof
57 revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any
58 time heretofore made I have hereunto set my hand and Seale
59 the seventh day of April in the Eleventh year of the Reigne of
60 Queene Anne of Great Britain etc Anno Domini 1712
61 Alex: Blake [signed] Signed sealed published and declared to be the last
62 Will and Testament of the said Alexander Blake in presence of
63 Arthur Atherley [signed] Jeremiah Dobey [signed] W: Waller [signed]
Monday, October 31, 2011
Will of Abraham Pincombe of Stoke Damerel (dated 26 Apr 1830 (probated 5 Dec 1831)) - Source: Inland Revenue Wills p. 882
The will of Abraham Pincombe is the second last of my cache of Pincombe wills (other than those of my 2x great grandfather and great grandfather and the administration for my grandfather which I have not yet published). I need to verify the transcription of these three other wills and will in due course publish them as well but the wills I have thus far completed are all wills published in England.
Abraham Pincombe allows me to identify him fairly closely by the entries in his will. Looking at the chart prepared by the earlier Pincombe researchers he is Abraham Pincombe baptized 30 May 1764 at Stoke Damerel and a quick check of Find My Past locates the burial for Abraham Pincombe as 4 Dec 1831 at 66 years of age. The earlier chart lists the parents of this Abraham as Abraham Pincombe and Mary (no surname) who were married before the 12th April 1750. This Abraham was said to be the son of Silas Richard Pincombe and Hannah. An interesting website traces the Pincombe family at Northlew:
http://www.speare.org.uk/pincombe_family_of_northlew.htm
This website identifies the descendants of Abraham Pincombe bc 1727; buried 23 Jun 1799 at Northlew Devon and his wife Mary whom he married by 1749 and she was buried 10 Aug 1773 at Northlew. Their children weere: Abraham Pincombe baptized 12 Apr 1750 (buried 16 Oct 1753 in Northlew), Elizabeth Pincombe baptized 30 Sep 1752; buried 27 Dec 1753 in Northlew, Abraham Pincombe baptized 23 Sec 1754; buried 28 Feb 1762 at Northlew, Elizabeth Pincombe baptized 20 Feb 1759 at Northlew, Thomas Pincombe baptized 6 Apr 1761 at Northlew and died Sep quarter 1841 at Northlew, and Abraham Pincombe baptized 30 May 1764 and buried 5 Dec 1831 at Plymouth.
The website identifies the sons of Thomas as Abraham, John, Thomas, William and Stephen. The progeny of William Pincombe is then followed in this chart.
The will mentions only Abraham, Thomas, William and Stephen as sons of Thomas, brother of Abraham (the testator). He also mentions Elizabeth the wife of John Dennis but a search of the IGI, Find my Past and other databases does not reveal if this is his sister Elizabeth or a niece Elizabeth. The same is true of Agnes married to Thomas Curtis. I do not know if there is any relationship between Agnes and Abraham Pincombe although they are named executors.
The will of Abraham Pincombe (probate to follow when I am satisfied with the transcription :) ):
Recorded: 31 Oct 2011
Source: Inland Revenue Wills - p 882
Place: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 26 Apr 1830 (probated 5 Dec 1831)
Condition: photocopy, light, modern English writing
Type: four pages - Original will (2 pages) and Probate (3 pages)
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Abraham Pincombe
2 of the parish of Stoke Damerel in the County of Devon Gentleman made
3 the twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
4 hundred and thirty First I desire and my Will is that my body be decently interred
5 at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named I give unto my nephew Joseph
6 Pincombe the sum of Nineteen Guineas of lawful money current in Great
7 Britain to be paid to him within three months after my decease I give unto Elisabeth
8 Dennis the wife of John Dennis of Northlew in the said County the sum of ten
9 pounds of like lawful money to be paid to her within three months after my
10 decease I give unto Abraham Pincombe William Pincombe Thomas Pincombe
11 and Stephen Pincombe sons of my brother Thomas Pincombe of Northlew aforesaid
12 the sum of two pounds each of like lawful money to be paid as aforesaid I give
u unto my said brother Thomas Pincombe an annuity or yearly sum of five
14 pounds to be paid to him in half yearly payments the first payment thereof
15 to be made within three months after my decease and the same to continue
16 to be paid him for and during the term of his natural life All the rest residue
17 and remainder of my goods and chattels money and securities for many household
18 and other estate and effects whatsoever which I may have or possess at the
19 time of my decease (subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts
20 legacies funeral expences and all other incidental expenses for securing and
21 further execution of this my Will and also to the payment of the said
22 Annuity in manner aforesaid) I give and devise the same and every
23 part thereof unto Thomas Curtis of Devonport in the said County Shipwright
24 and Agnes his wife to and for their own use and benefit and to be disposed of as
25 he she or they shall jointly or severally in their lifetime consider most necessary
26 and needful so as the same be used for and towards the benefit support and
27 maintenance of themselves and each of their children as may for the time being
28 most need the same and shall dispose of the same or whatsoever shall remain
29 though at the time of the death of the survivor of them the said Thomas
30 Curtis and Agnes his wife by any instrument in writing under the hand
31 and seal of such survivor And I do hereby nominate constitute and
32 appoint the said Thomas Curtis and Agnes his wife joint Executor and Executrix
hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made do confirm this to be my last Will and Testament
33 of this my last Will and Testament ^ to which I have set my hand and seal the
34 day and year first above written
35 Abraham Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
Abraham (the testator) is the youngest son in this family. When I look for descendants of his brother Thomas they are all agricultural labourers. One wonders why Abraham is listed as a gentleman (of course this is self-reporting). Did this family undergo a drop in status in this generation? Who is Richard Silas Pincombe the supposed father of Abraham Pincombe married to Mary and the father of the testator Abraham? As always each new will brings up a whole lot of new questions.
The remaining will in this set of wills from Inland Revenue is Elizabeth Pincombe and I will work on her will next.
Abraham Pincombe allows me to identify him fairly closely by the entries in his will. Looking at the chart prepared by the earlier Pincombe researchers he is Abraham Pincombe baptized 30 May 1764 at Stoke Damerel and a quick check of Find My Past locates the burial for Abraham Pincombe as 4 Dec 1831 at 66 years of age. The earlier chart lists the parents of this Abraham as Abraham Pincombe and Mary (no surname) who were married before the 12th April 1750. This Abraham was said to be the son of Silas Richard Pincombe and Hannah. An interesting website traces the Pincombe family at Northlew:
http://www.speare.org.uk/pincombe_family_of_northlew.htm
This website identifies the descendants of Abraham Pincombe bc 1727; buried 23 Jun 1799 at Northlew Devon and his wife Mary whom he married by 1749 and she was buried 10 Aug 1773 at Northlew. Their children weere: Abraham Pincombe baptized 12 Apr 1750 (buried 16 Oct 1753 in Northlew), Elizabeth Pincombe baptized 30 Sep 1752; buried 27 Dec 1753 in Northlew, Abraham Pincombe baptized 23 Sec 1754; buried 28 Feb 1762 at Northlew, Elizabeth Pincombe baptized 20 Feb 1759 at Northlew, Thomas Pincombe baptized 6 Apr 1761 at Northlew and died Sep quarter 1841 at Northlew, and Abraham Pincombe baptized 30 May 1764 and buried 5 Dec 1831 at Plymouth.
The website identifies the sons of Thomas as Abraham, John, Thomas, William and Stephen. The progeny of William Pincombe is then followed in this chart.
The will mentions only Abraham, Thomas, William and Stephen as sons of Thomas, brother of Abraham (the testator). He also mentions Elizabeth the wife of John Dennis but a search of the IGI, Find my Past and other databases does not reveal if this is his sister Elizabeth or a niece Elizabeth. The same is true of Agnes married to Thomas Curtis. I do not know if there is any relationship between Agnes and Abraham Pincombe although they are named executors.
The will of Abraham Pincombe (probate to follow when I am satisfied with the transcription :) ):
Recorded: 31 Oct 2011
Source: Inland Revenue Wills - p 882
Place: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 26 Apr 1830 (probated 5 Dec 1831)
Condition: photocopy, light, modern English writing
Type: four pages - Original will (2 pages) and Probate (3 pages)
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Abraham Pincombe
2 of the parish of Stoke Damerel in the County of Devon Gentleman made
3 the twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
4 hundred and thirty First I desire and my Will is that my body be decently interred
5 at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named I give unto my nephew Joseph
6 Pincombe the sum of Nineteen Guineas of lawful money current in Great
7 Britain to be paid to him within three months after my decease I give unto Elisabeth
8 Dennis the wife of John Dennis of Northlew in the said County the sum of ten
9 pounds of like lawful money to be paid to her within three months after my
10 decease I give unto Abraham Pincombe William Pincombe Thomas Pincombe
11 and Stephen Pincombe sons of my brother Thomas Pincombe of Northlew aforesaid
12 the sum of two pounds each of like lawful money to be paid as aforesaid I give
u unto my said brother Thomas Pincombe an annuity or yearly sum of five
14 pounds to be paid to him in half yearly payments the first payment thereof
15 to be made within three months after my decease and the same to continue
16 to be paid him for and during the term of his natural life All the rest residue
17 and remainder of my goods and chattels money and securities for many household
18 and other estate and effects whatsoever which I may have or possess at the
19 time of my decease (subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts
20 legacies funeral expences and all other incidental expenses for securing and
21 further execution of this my Will and also to the payment of the said
22 Annuity in manner aforesaid) I give and devise the same and every
23 part thereof unto Thomas Curtis of Devonport in the said County Shipwright
24 and Agnes his wife to and for their own use and benefit and to be disposed of as
25 he she or they shall jointly or severally in their lifetime consider most necessary
26 and needful so as the same be used for and towards the benefit support and
27 maintenance of themselves and each of their children as may for the time being
28 most need the same and shall dispose of the same or whatsoever shall remain
29 though at the time of the death of the survivor of them the said Thomas
30 Curtis and Agnes his wife by any instrument in writing under the hand
31 and seal of such survivor And I do hereby nominate constitute and
32 appoint the said Thomas Curtis and Agnes his wife joint Executor and Executrix
hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made do confirm this to be my last Will and Testament
33 of this my last Will and Testament ^ to which I have set my hand and seal the
34 day and year first above written
35 Abraham Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
Abraham (the testator) is the youngest son in this family. When I look for descendants of his brother Thomas they are all agricultural labourers. One wonders why Abraham is listed as a gentleman (of course this is self-reporting). Did this family undergo a drop in status in this generation? Who is Richard Silas Pincombe the supposed father of Abraham Pincombe married to Mary and the father of the testator Abraham? As always each new will brings up a whole lot of new questions.
The remaining will in this set of wills from Inland Revenue is Elizabeth Pincombe and I will work on her will next.
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