Thomas Blake, testator, died 22 Feb 1851 at Winterbourne Earls aged 37 years. This from The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year 1851, Volume 35 (Page 453). This publication by Sylvanus Urban, Gentleman and published at London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. 1851. His father Benjamin Blake’s will is one of the two available at the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office – P2/1838/7 Benjamin Blake 1838 of Ford, Laverstock or P2/1841/19 Benjamin Blake 1841 Yeoman of Winterbourne Gunner. Neither of them have been scanned so are not available to download. Benjamin Blake died March quarter 1838 in Alderbury RD and a second one died March quarter 1841 in Amesbury RD. The census will not help us for these two men. Jane, the mother of the testator and hence the wife of Benjamin died March quarter 1852 in Alderbury RD. All this from Free BMD. So which one is correct?
Looking at Family Search Benjamin Blake married to Jane baptized children at Laverstock, Wiltshire:
Benjamin baptized 4 Jan 1809 (born 15 Nov 1808)
Elizabeth baptized 8 Jan 1810; buried 15 Nov 1811
John baptized 1811
And baptized at Winterbourne Gunner:
Eliza baptized 21 Jun 1812
Richard baptized 26 Jan 1817
From Free BMD there is a Thomas Blake son of Benjamin Blake yeoman and Jane baptized at Winterbourne Gunner 27 Oct 1813. This definitely fits into the time frame as the testator was 37 years of age when he died in 1851. Does it also point the Benjamin Blake who died in 1841 as being the father of the testator?
Jane wife of Benjamin is 66 years old in the census of 1851 at Winterbourne Earls so born circa 1785 and she is likely the mother of these children. There is another Jane on the 1851 census also widowed but she is only 57 and too young to be the mother of these children. At some point in the future I must acquire these two wills to sort the families out.
The marriage of John Blake, only son of Thomas Blake the testator, was celebrated at St Marks Kennington, Lambeth to Maria Howe Farley, youngest daughter of Mr John Farley, Yeovil June quarter 1868. The census entry in 1881 at Christchurch may be this family. John Blake, head, married, 36 years, coal agent, born at Ford Wiltshire; Maria Blake, wife, 37 years, born at Yeovil; Ernest, son 7 years, born at Melksham, Mabel, daughter, 5 years, born at Wales, Ethel, daughter, 3 years, born at Cardiff, Wales, Maud, daughter, 1 year, born at Salisbury. That would give John a year of birth of 1845. I found him on the 1851 census at Winterbourne Earls living with Jane Blake, head, widow, 66 years of age and the mother of Thomas, the testator, and she was born in 1785 and is an Annuitant born at Durnford, Wiltshire. Living with her Sarah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 28 years of age, born in 1823 at Winterbourne Gunner. Also John Blake, grandson, unmarried, 7 years of age, born in 1844 at Laverstock, Wiltshire and listed as Farmer’s son and Scholar.
The 1861 Census is elusive for John Blake. He would be about sixteen years of age.
On FreeBMD there is a Wilfred Sidney Farley Blake born Mar quarter 1872 at Melksham and an Ernest Richard Farley born Dec quarter 1873. The Census in 1871 at Melksham shows John Blake, head 26 years of age, born in 1845 at Ford Wiltshire and he is a Bank Manager. His wife, Maria H Blake, 27 years of age, born at Yeovil and a son Thomas J F Blake 11 months old born at Melksham. On the 1891 Census they are living at Islington, London with John Blake, head, 46 years born at Ford, Wiltshire and he is a Clerk. His wife Maria H is 47 and born at Yeovil. Children: Thomas E Blake 26 years, hosier, born at Melksham, Ernest R 17 years of age and born at Melksham, hosier and Maud 11 years of age born at Salisbury. The other two girls are missing (Mabel and Ethel).
The 1901 census sees him living at East Preston, Sussex, with his son Thomas J Blake, 30 years of age, born at Melksham, Wiltshire, hosier and tailor. John Blake, 56 years of age born at Winterborne Wiltshire, Coal Merchants manager. Maria H Blake is 57 years of age and born at Yeovil, Eva M M Blake is 20 years of age, born at Salisbury. Thomas Blake is still single.
John is on the 1911 census living with his daughter Eva Maude Maria Tomsett, her husband Thomas Walter Neale Tomsett and daughter Ethel Mary Tomsett at Croydon Surrey. He is 66 years of age still married and born at Ford, Wiltshire.
The testator, Thomas, is the son of Benjamin Blake, brother to Thomas Blake whose will was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-thomas-blake-esquire-stratford.html
Some information available for Benjamin Blake from the National Archives website:
BLAKE FAMILY of WINTERBOURNE EARLS AND LAVERSTOCK [no ref. or date]
[no title] 1214/1 1841-1842, 1856
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Benjamin Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, yeo. copy of his will and inventory 1841, vouchers and accounts 1841-1842, release and residuary accounts 1856
[no title] 1214/2 1843-1854
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of John Blake decd., Ford farm, Laverstock. Copy of his will proved 1849, valuation of his live and dead stock and household goods, accounts for the running of the farm, details of debts, vouchers and residuary accounts. Lease of land at Ford granted to him 1843
[no title] 1214/3 1851-1868
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls including residuary accounts; valuations of his property and live and dead stock 1851, accounts of debts, vouchers and releases.
[no title] 1214/4 1851
Contents:
Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, executors' accounts.
[no title] 1214/5 1853-1856
Contents:
Papers about the estate of Jane Blake decd, of Winterbourne Earls, later Wylye wid., [mother of John and Thomas in 2-5]. Release 1853 and residuary accounts.
I definitely need to put these families together in a tree and will come back to that soon. I need to break up my time so that I spend some time transcribing and some time building family trees.
Names mentioned in the will:
Thomas Blake, testator, yeoman, Winterbourne Earls
Edward Cusse, cousin, Winterbourne Gunner, trustee, executor
George Sutton, brother in law, Winterbourne Gunner, trustee, executor
John Blake, brother, deceased
Thomas Blake, uncle, deceased
Jane Blake, widow, mother
Sarah Blake, sister
Elizabeth Blake, wife of testator
Eliza Sutton, sister, West Dean
Job Sutton, brother in law, husband of Eliza, West Dean, Yeoman
Mary Blake Sutton, niece
Susan Sutton, sister, deceased, mother of Mary Blake Sutton
John Blake, son
R M Wilson, Salisbury, Attorney at Law, witness
Samuel Collins, clerk to R M Wilson, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2143/52
Testator: Thomas Blake, Yeoman
Place: Winterbourne Earl, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Feb 1851, probated 10 Dec 1851
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the Last Will and Testament
2 of me Thomas Blake of Winterbourn Earls in the County of Wilts
3 yeoman I appoint my Cousin Edward Cusse of Winterbourne Gunner in the
4 said County and my brother in law George Sutton of the same place Executors
5 of this my Will and for the purposes thereof I devise my personal estate into
6 three classes and designate it as follows First my share of my late fathers resi-
7 duary estate secondly my interest in the residuary personal estate of my late
8 brother John Blake and thirdly my farming stock household effects money derived
9 from the Will of my late Uncle Thomas Blake and all other my Estate
10 and Effects whatsoever which I call my residuary estate I direct the said
11 Edward Cusse and George Sutton to pay all my just debts and funeral and testa-
12 mentary expences and to enable them to do so I give devise and bequeath
13 unto them and the survivor of them his executors administrators and assigns
14 all my residuary Estate (that is all that I have a disposing power over
15 excepting the stocks monies estate and effects which I may receive under the
16 Wills of my late father and brother) Upon trust to sell such part of it as
17 shall be of a saleable nature and to get in and convert into money the rest of
18 it and thereout to pay all my just debts and funeral and testamentary ex-
19 pences and after payment and satisfaction thereof to pay to my dear mother
20 Jane Blake the sum of Two hundred pounds Sterling and to my Sister Sarah
21 Blake the sum of Two hundred pounds Sterling and also to set apart the sum
22 of One thousand pounds Sterling for my dear Wife Elizabeth Blake and to pay
23 and transfer the same to her or her assigns at the expiration of twelve calen-
24 dar months from the time of my death in case there should be no issue of my
25 marriage with her born in my lifetime or in due time after my death but in
26 case there shall be issue of the said Marriage then I direct the said Edward Cusse
27 and George Sutton and the survivor of them and the executors administrators and
28 assigns of such survivor to invest the said sum of One thousand pounds in their
29 or his names or name in the Government stocks of funds or at interest on real se-
30 curity in England and to pay the interest dividends and yearly produce thereof to
31 my said wife during her life free from the interference or control of any future
32 husband and after her decease then I declare that my said Trustees shall stand
33 possessed of the said sum of one thousand pounds and the stocks and securities
34 on which the same may be invested in trust for the child or children of the
35 said marriage if more than one equally and in the event of their being such
36 child or children of the said marriage and he she or they all dying before at-
37 taining the age of twenty one years then I direct my said Trustees to pay or
38 transfer the said sum of One thousand pounds or the stocks and securities on
39 which the same may be invested to my said wife absolutely And I direct
40 my said Trustees to invest all the remainder of my said residuary estate so
41 defined as aforesaid in the Government stocks of funds or at Interest upon real
43 Security in England and to pay the interest dividends and yearly produce thereof
44 to my dear Mother during her life and after her decease I direct that my said
45 Trustees shall pay to or transfer one moiety of the said principal monies stocks
46 funds and securities to my Sister Eliza the wife of Job Sutton of West Dean
47 Yeoman and the other moiety thereof equally between my said Sister Sarah
48 Blake and my Niece Mary Blake Sutton the daughter of my late Sister
49 Susan Sutton And as regards my share of my late Fathers residuary Estate
50 I give and bequeath the same to the said Edward Cusse and George Sutton
51 and the survivor of them and the executors administrators and assigns of
52 such survivor Upon trust when the same shall come to their or his hands
53 to invest the same in the manner hereinbefore directed with reference to my
54 residuary estate and to accumulate the interest dividends and yearly produce
55 thereof by similar investments until my Son John Blake shall attain the
56 age of twenty one years or die under that age and if he shall attain that
57 age thereupon to transfer to him both the principal monies stocks funds and
58 securities and the accumulations but if he shall die under that age then to
59 pay transfer and divide the same to and equally amongst the said Eliza Sutton
60 Sarah Blake and Mary Blake Sutton And as regards my interest in the
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61 residuary personal estate of my late brother John Blake I give and be-
62 queath the same unto the said Edward Cusse and George Sutton and the
63 survivor of them and the executors administrators and assigns of such survi-
64 vor Upon trust when the same shall come to their or his hands to invest the
65 same in the manner hereinbefore directed with reference to my residuary estate
66 and to pay the interest dividends and yearly produce thereof to my said dear
67 mother during her life in case she should be then living and after her death
68 then into five hundred pounds Sterling part thereof I direct my said trustees
69 to stand possessed thereof upon the same trusts in all respects in favor of my
70 said dear wife and the issue of our marriage if any as I have hereinbefore
71 declared in reference to the sum of one thousand pounds part of my residu-
72 ary estate and as to all the residue of my interest in the residuary estate of
73 my said brother John Blake I direct that my said trustees shall accumulate
74 the interest dividends and yearly produce thereof by investments of a similar
75 character to those hereinbefore directed until my said Son John Blake shall
76 attain the age of twenty one years or be under that age and if he shall
77 attain that age thereupon to transfer to him both the principal monies stocks
78 funds and securities and the accumulations but if he shall be under that age
79 than to pay transfer and divide the same to and equally amongst the said Eliza
80 Sutton Sarah Blake and Mary Blake Sutton I declare that if my said Sister
81 Eliza Sutton shall depart this life before me or before the legacies given to her by
82 this my Will whether contingent or otherwise shall be reduced unto possession
83 then that my said Trustees shall stand possessed thereof In trust for the child
84 if more than one the children equally of my said Sister who shall attain the
85 age of twenty one years and that the legacies in like manner given to my said
86 Sister Sarah Blake and my said Niece Mary Blake Sutton shall be absolutely
87 vested in them respectively at the period of my death I direct that my said
88 Trustees shall have power from time to time or at any time to alter vary or
89 transpose the stocks funds or securities vested in them by this my Will into or
90 for others of the same or a like nature as are hereinbefore provided with respect
91 to the original investments thereof at their or his discretion I declare that
92 said Trustees shall have power to pay and apply the whole or such part as
93 they shall think fit of the interest dividends and yearly produce of the share
94 to which any child excepting my Son John Blake who is provided for from
95 other sources) shall for the time be either presumptively or otherwise entitled
96 under the trusts hereinbefore declared for or towards his or her maintenance or
97 education until his or her share shall become vested and payable and that
98 said trustees may either themselves so pay or apply the same or may pay the
99 same to the guardian or guardians of such child for the purpose aforesaid without
100 seeing to the application thereof I declare that the receipts of my said Trustees
101 for such monies stocks funds and securities as shall be paid or transferred to them
102 by virtue of this my Will stand effectually discharge the persons paying or trans-
103 ferring the same from liability to see to the application thereof And I declare
104 that my said Trustees shall be answerable for their own respective acts receipts and
105 defaults only and shall be at liberty to retain and to allow to each other out of
106 monies coming to their hands by virtue of this my Will all expences incurred
107 in executing the trusts thereof And I declare that on the death refusal or inca-
108 pacity of the said trustees or either of them or of any trustees or trustee to be ap-
109 pointed under this clause it shall be lawful for the capable trustees or trustee if
110 any for the time being of this my will whether refusing further to act or not
111 or if not for the executors or administrators or either or any of them of the last
112 deceased trustee to appoint a fit person or persons to supply the place of the deceased
113 refusing or incapacitated trustees or trustee and I declare that the previous clauses
114 so far as they concern my trustees hereinbefore named shall extend and be applied to
115 new trustees and trustee for the time being of this my Will In witness whereof I
116 the said Thomas Blake have to this my last Will and Testament contained in
117 this one and preceding three sheets of Paper set my hand this fourteenth day of
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118 February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
119 Thos Blake Signed by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament
120 in the presence of us present at the same to who at his request in his presence
121 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
122 R M Wilson of Salisbury Att[orne]y at Law Sam[ue]l Collins his Clerk
123 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
124 of me Thomas Blake I give and bequeath to my dear wife All my house-
125 hold furniture and other articles of household in and about my house I give and
126 bequeath also to Edward Cusse and George Sutton Nineteen guineas apiece for the
127 trouble they will have as my Executors and as a slight mark of my regard
128 Witness my hand this fourteenth day of February 1851 Thomas Blake
129 Signed by the said Testator as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
130 presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and
131 in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses R M
132 Wilson Sam[ue]l Collins
133 Proved at London with a Codicil 10th Dec[embe]r 1851 before the Judge by
134 the oaths of Edward Cusse and George Sutton the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on
135 was granted having been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer.
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Will of John Blake, Gentleman, Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1607/279, probated 19 Aug 1818
The testator, John Blake, is also of Ford, Laverstock Wiltshire and the will of John Blake probated earlier is interesting in regard to this one. In that will John mentions his son John and his daughter Anne married to William Carter. The Portbury online tree (http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm) has this John leaving the earlier will in probated in 1717 as the son of Nicholas Blake and Joan Question. There is a very large fond at the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives from Wilson’s Solicitors at Salisbury which includes the Blake family of Winterbourne Earls and Laverstock.
[no title] 1214/2 1843-1854
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of John Blake decd., Ford farm, Laverstock. Copy of his will proved 1849, valuation of his live and dead stock and household goods, accounts for the running of the farm, details of debts, vouchers and residuary accounts. Lease of land at Ford granted to him 1843
[no title] 1214/7 1828-1847
Contents:
Farm account book of the Blake family of Ford, Laverstock and Winterbourne Earls; principally sales of grain and wool with household and general farm accounts; valuation of stock, 1828.
[no title] 1214/1 1841-1842, 1856
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Benjamin Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, yeo. copy of his will and inventory 1841, vouchers and accounts 1841-1842, release and residuary accounts 1856
[no title] 1214/3 1851-1868
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls including residuary accounts; valuations of his property and live and dead stock 1851, accounts of debts, vouchers and releases.
[no title] 1214/4 1851
Contents:
Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, executors' accounts.
But how to relate this family at Laverstock back to Nicholas Blake at Dunster?
Protestation Returns for Laverstock and Ford 1641/42:
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Laverstock%20&%20Ford%20-%20Protestation%20Return%201641-1642.pdf
There are no Blake families listed in this parish at that time.
Protestation Returns for Winterbourne Earls 1641-42:
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Winterbourne%20Earls%20-%20Protestation%20Return%201641-1642.pdf
There are no Blake families listed in this parish at that time.
Helpful information as this implies that the Blake family at Ford arrived after 1641-42 which fits the wills and would also fit into Mary Mason’s thought that this family is descendant of Nicholas Blake (brother to Admiral Robert Blake) and Jone Question.
John Blake left his will at Ford, Laverstock in 1717. His brother was Zachary Blake of Newton Toney and his sister was Debora Sheppard. His children were John Blake and Anne Carter (husband William Carter). He was related to Charles Blake of Wallop. I wondered if he was related to the Andover line because they are so close to Andover. Why does the Portbury website (Mary Mason) have this John as a son of Nicholas Blake and Jone Question? I may write to Mary and ask her thoughts on why she made this connection.
If this is correct then this line is collateral to the line of Admiral Robert Blake since Nicholas was his brother. The Portbury website has John as Number 90. Stating that he died in 1716 at Ford, Laverstock. That he was married to Elizabeth and that they had the following children: John born in 1690, Anne married to Carter, Deborah married to Shepherd and Thomas who died in 1703. Looking back in the chart Number 90 is the son of Captain Nicholas Blake, who was born 31 Aug 1609 in Bridgwater and he died in 1696 when he was 86 years of age. Nicholas married Joan Question daughter of John Question and she was born in Dunster and died in 1696. They were said to have had the following children: John (-1717), William (1658-1743), Nicholas, Elizabeth married to Nicholas Rowe and Zachary.
Information on William has him born in 1658 in Dunster and dying in 1743. He was said to have married Margaret Sealey, daughter of William and Mary Sealey and was born in 1710. Margaret died in Minehead 25 Aug 1792 at 82 years of age. They had the following children: Thomas (- 1750), Samuel, Sarah married to Edward Dunne, Elizabeth, Suzanne and William (1697-1743).
Information on Nicholas has him as a merchant of London married to Elizabeth Prideaux. They had the following children Alexander, John and Nicholas (-1682).
Information on Zachary Blake is limited to one child Zachary (1692-1757).
It would be interesting to discover whether Mary Mason has linked the wills of this family back to the chart she has for the families collateral to Admiral Blake. None of these lines lead to the current Testator however in Mary’s chart. Is this John a grandson of John who died at Ford in 1716/1717?
The current Testator lists his children as: Thomas, Elizabeth, William, Benjamin, Mary, Richard Michael and Charles and a deceased son John. His wife is named Elizabeth. His grand daughter Susan Blake is a daughter of his deceased son John.
An interesting tree on World Connect looking at a Benjamin Blake who was a son of John Blake. This John was baptized 12 Feb 1724 at St Martin, Salisbury and was buried 7 Jun 1807 at Laverstock. His wife though was named Mary. This John was said to be the son of John Blake born 1690 buried 26 Aug 1766 at Laverstock (from Ford) and his wife Jane Sainsbury born 12 Mar 1692 at West Lavington Wiltshire. John and Jane were married 10 Nov 1712 in Market Lavington. The submitter does not take this family back to Nicholas Blake and Jone Question.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroeder&id=I332057
Certainly Mary Mason’s records more closely match the wills in terms of the names of wives and the children, siblings.
The wife of John is named Elizabeth and their marriage from Find My Past 15 Dec 1767, John junior Blake of Ford, bachelor, gent, 24 years of age married Elizabeth Fanstone, spinster, 21 years of age of Downton (Wick) and married at Downton with Bondsman John Blake, senior, Gentleman, Stratford sub Castle.
I appear to be missing one John Will for Wiltshire and will have to go back through my downloads to see if I can find it. Although I am considering just buying it considering that it will take a long time to check through the downloads. It is John Blake 1775 at Salisbury. I did purchase this will and a transcription will appear shortly.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1607/279
Testator: John Blake, Gentleman
Place: Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Jun 1792, probated 19 Aug 1818
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 38
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me John
2 Blake of Ford in the parish of Laverstock in the County of Wilts
3 Gentleman made the twenty second day of June in the year of our
4 Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two I give to my
5 dear Wife Elizabeth Blake one Moiety or half part of all my household
6 Goods and Furniture Linen Woollen China and plate for the term of
7 her Life and I also give my said Wife the joint use with my son Thomas
8 of my Dwelling house and Garden wherein I now live for and during
9 her life I further give to my said wife for and during the term of her
10 life One annuity or yearly Rent charge of Forty pounds of lawful
11 money of Great Britain clear of and above all rates and
12 taxes whatsoever charges upon and to be issuing and payable
13 to her by four quarterly payments in the year that is to say Lady
14 Day, Midsummer day, Michaelmas Day and Saint Thomas Day
15 out of my Freehold Messuage or tenement Farm Lands and
16 hereditaments at Ford aforesaid the first payment thereof to
17 begin on such of the quarter days aforesaid as shall first and
18 next happen after my death and I empower my said Wife to
19 distrain on the said Freehold messuage or tenement farm Lands
20 and heredi[tamen]ts so charged with the same in case of nonpayment
21 thereof for the space of twenty days after either of the said
22 quarterly days of payment and for want of sufficient distresses to
23 enter upon and enjoy the premises until payment thereof and
24 all arrears thereof and all charges occasioned by the nonpayment of
25 the same I give to my six Children Elizabeth Blake William Blake
26 Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake and
27 Charles Blake the sum of eight hundred pounds each to be payable
28 when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty
29 one years with interest at the rate of four pounds p cent p ann
30 in the maintenance for their support and education and in case
31 any or either of my said six Children Elizabeth Blake William
32 Blake Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake
33 and Charles Blake shall happen to die under the age of twenty one
34 years then and in that case I give the Legacy of him her or them
35 so dying unto the survivors or survivor of my said six children
36 to be equally divided amongst them and be payable when and as
37 their original Legacies become payable with interest in the
38 meantime as aforesaid provided always in case I shall at
39 any time hereafter in my lifetime advance to any or either of
40 my said six children any sum or sums of money by way of
41 marriage portion or for their apprenticeship or other advancement
42 in
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43 in Life then I hereby will and direct that the same shall be considered to be
44 and shall be taken as part of his her or their Legacy or sum of Eight hundred
45 pounds hereinbefore given to them I give to my Grand daughter Susan
46 Blake the daughter of my late son John Blake the Sum of One hundred
47 pounds in case she shall live to attain the age of twenty one years but
48 in case of her death under that age then I give the said sum of one hundred
49 pounds unto my said Six Children Elizabeth Blake William Blake
50 Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake and Charles Blake
51 or such of them as shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally
52 to be divided between them share and share alike I give and devise my
53 Freehold Mansion house and farm at Ford and my Freehold Farm and Lands at Stratford
54 under the Castle and all other my Freehold Lands tenements and hereditaments
55 in Ford Laverstock and Stratford or elsewhere and also all my Leasehold
56 messuages or tenements and heredit[ament]s in Ford Laverstock and Stratford
57 or elsewhere unto my Friends Thomas Cusse of Winterborne and Richard
58 Fanstone of Martin both in the said County of Wilts to hold the said Freehold
59 messuages Lands and hereditaments unto the said Thomas Cusse and Richard
60 Fanstone their Executors admors and assigns for and during the term of Five
61 hundred years to Commence immediately after my death and to hold my
62 said Leasehold messuages Lands and hereditaments unto the said Thomas
63 Cusse and Richard Fanstone their heirs Exors Admors and Assigns respectively
64 according to the different tenures and natures of the said Estates upon the
65 trusts and to and for the ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned
66 expressed and declared of and concerning the same and subject to the said
67 term of Five hundred years I give and devise my said Freehold messuages
68 Farms Lands and hereditaments unto my Son Thomas Blake and his
69 assigns for and during the term of his natural Life and from and immediately
70 after the determination of that estate I give and devise the same to my Friends
71 John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs during the life of my said Son
72 Thomas Blake in trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders hereinafter
73 limited from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after
74 the death of my said Son Thomas Blake I give and devise the same to the
75 first Son of the Body of my said Son Thomas Blake lawfully begotten
76 and the heirs male of the Body of such first son lawfully issuing and
77 in default of such issue to the second third fourth and all and every other
78 son and sons of the Body of my said Son Thomas Blake lawfully begotten
79 severally successively and in remainder one after the other as they shall
80 be in priority of Birth and to the several and respective heirs male
81 of the body and bodies of all and every such sons lawfully issuing every
82 Elder of such Sons and the heirs male of his body being always preferred
83 and to take before a younger of them and the heirs male of his body issuing
84 and in default of such issue to my Son William Blake and his assigns
85 for and during the term of his natural life and from and immediately
86 after the determination of that estate I give and devise the same to the
87 said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs during the life of my
88 said Son William Blake in trust to preserve the contingent remainders
89 hereinafter limited from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately
90 after the death of my said Son William Blake to the first son of the Body of my
91 said Son William Blake lawfully begotten and the heirs male of the body of
92 such first son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the second
93 third fourth and all and every other son and sons of the Body of my said Son
94 William Blake lawfully to be begotten Severally successively and in remainder
95 one after the other as they shall priority of Birth and to the several
96 and respective heirs male of the Body and Bodies of all and every
97 such Sons lawfully issuing every elder of such Sons and the heirs male
98 of his Body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them
99 and the heirs male of his body issuing and in default of such issue to my
100 son
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101 Benjamin Blake and his assigns for and during the term of his natural
102 life and from and immediately after the determination of that Estate I give
103 and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs
104 during the Life of my said son Benjamin Blake In Trust to preserve
105 the contingent remainders hereinafter limited from being defeated
106 or destroyed and from and immediately after the death of my said Son
107 Benjamin Blake I give and devise the same to the first son of the
108 Body of my said Son Benjamin lawfully begotten and the heirs male
109 of the Body of Such first Son lawfully issuing and in default of such
110 issue to the second third fourth and all and every other son and Sons
111 of the Body of my said son Benjamin lawfully begotten severally
112 successively and in remainder one after the other as they shall be in
113 priority of Birth and to the several and respective heirs male of the
114 Body and Bodies of all and every such Sons lawfully issuing every
115 elder of such Sons and the heirs male of his body being always
116 preferred and to take before a younger of them and the heirs male of
117 his Body issuing and in default of Such issue to my Son Richard
118 Michael Blake and his assigns for and during the term of his natural
119 Life and from and immediately after the determination of that estate
120 I give and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse
121 and their heirs during the life of my said son Richard Michael In
122 trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders hereinafter Limited
123 from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after
124 the death of my said son Richard Michael to the first Son of his Body
125 of my said Son Richard Michael lawfully begotten and the heirs male
126 of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue
127 to the second third fourth and all and every other son and sons of the Body
128 of my said Son Richard Michael lawfully begotten severally successively
129 and in remainder one after another as they shall be in priority of Birth
130 and the several and respective heirs male of the body and bodies of
131 all and every such Sons lawfully issuing every Elder of such sons
132 and the heirs male of his body being always preferred and to take before
133 a younger of them and the heirs male of his body issuing and in default
134 of such issue to my son Charles Blake and his assigns for and during
135 the term of his natural life and from and immediately after the determination
136 of that estate I give and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel
137 Cusse and their heirs during the life of my said son Charles Blake In
138 trust to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited from
139 being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after the death
140 of my said son Charles to the first son of the Body of my said son Charles
141 lawfully begotten and the heirs male of the Body of such first son
142 lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the second third fourth
143 and all and every other Son and sons of the Body of my said Son Charles
144 lawfully begotten severally successively and in remainder one after
145 the other as they shall be in priority of Birth and to the several and
146 respective heirs male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such
147 Sons lawfully issuing every elder of such Sons and the heirs male
148 of his Body being always preferred and to take before a younger
149 of them and the heirs male of his Body issuing and in default of such
150 issue I give and devise the same to the Daughters Elizabeth Blake
151 and Mary Blake and the respective heirs and assigns for ever to
152 take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and I hereby
153 will order and direct that my several Leasehold messuages Farm
154 Lands and hereditaments (Subject to the trusts hereafter mentioned)
155 shall from time to time go pass to and be enjoyed from time to time
156 by the person who for the time being shall be entitled to my said
157 Freeholds messuages Farms Lands and hereditaments by virtue of and
158 under
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159 under this my Will or as near thereto as the rules of Law will admit and
160 I give devise and bequeath the same accordingly I give and bequeath
161 unto my son Thomas Blake all my ready money and securities for
162 money Stock in husbandry and also all my household goods and Furniture
163 (Subject to the bequest hereinbefore made to my wife) and all other my goods
164 Chattels and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore given
165 and bequeath upon Special trust and Confidence that he shall and do
166 by and out of the same in the first place pay and discharge all my just
167 debts and Funeral Expences and also pay and discharge from time to time the
168 Interest of the several Legacies hereby given until the som[m]es respectively
169 shall become paiable and likewise pay and discharge the said Legacies or as
170 much thereof as the same Will extend to pay and in case the same shall become
171 then sufficient to pay the whole thereof then I give the overplus unto my
172 said said Son Thomas Blake to and for his own use and I make and appoint
173 him Sole Executor of this my Will And as to the said term of five hundred years
174 hereinbefore limited in my said Freehold Estates and as to the bequest of
175 my said Leasehold Estates to them the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone
176 their heirs Exors Admors and assigns respectively I hereby will and declare
177 the same to be upon trust that they the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone
178 or the survivor of them or the Executors or Admors of the Survivor of them
179 shall and do by devise or Mortgage of all or any part of my said Freehold
180 and Leasehold Estate respectively raise to make money as shall be
181 sufficient to pay and discharge the Legacies given in and by this my Will
182 and the interest thereof or as much thereof respectively as shall not be
183 paid by and out of the produce of my personal Estate hereinbefore given
184 In trust to my said Son Thomas and that from and after payment of the
185 said Legacies repayment of the money to be raised by mortgage as
186 aforesaid and the Costs and charges attending the raising and repayment
187 thereof then the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone their heirs Exors
188 or Admors shall stand interested and possessed of and in the same premises
189 respectively for the person or persons who shall for the time being be
190 entitled to my said Freehold and Leasehold Estate respectively by virtue
191 of this my Will and I hereby will order and direct that payment of the
192 mortgage money by the person or persons who shall by the Mortgage or
193 Mortgages of my said Estates or any part thereof to the said Thomas Cusse
194 and Richard Fanstone or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors of
195 the survivor of them shall be good and effectual payment and their receipts
196 be good and effectual discharges and that no mortgage or mortgagees shall
197 be obliged to see to the application of such mortgage money or be answerable
198 or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof and I hereby
199 will and direct that my said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable
200 for any more monies than they shall actually respectively receive and
201 shall not be answerable the one for the other of them or for the acts receipts
202 or neglects of the other of them but each of them for his own acts receipts
203 and neglects only In witness whereof I have to this my last will and Testament
204 written and contained in four sheets of paper set my hand and seal to
205 wit to the three first sheets my hand only and to this sheet my hand and
206 seal the day and year first above written Jno Blake Signed sealed
207 published and declared by the said John Blake the testator as and for his last
208 Will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence
209 of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses John Hodding
210 Ann Hodding Martha Hodding
211 Proved at London 19th August 1818 before the Judge by the oath of Thomas Blake
212 the sole Ex[ecut]or to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn (by Com[missi]on duly to adm[inister]r
[no title] 1214/2 1843-1854
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of John Blake decd., Ford farm, Laverstock. Copy of his will proved 1849, valuation of his live and dead stock and household goods, accounts for the running of the farm, details of debts, vouchers and residuary accounts. Lease of land at Ford granted to him 1843
[no title] 1214/7 1828-1847
Contents:
Farm account book of the Blake family of Ford, Laverstock and Winterbourne Earls; principally sales of grain and wool with household and general farm accounts; valuation of stock, 1828.
[no title] 1214/1 1841-1842, 1856
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Benjamin Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, yeo. copy of his will and inventory 1841, vouchers and accounts 1841-1842, release and residuary accounts 1856
[no title] 1214/3 1851-1868
Contents:
Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls including residuary accounts; valuations of his property and live and dead stock 1851, accounts of debts, vouchers and releases.
[no title] 1214/4 1851
Contents:
Thomas Blake decd., Winterbourne Earls, executors' accounts.
But how to relate this family at Laverstock back to Nicholas Blake at Dunster?
Protestation Returns for Laverstock and Ford 1641/42:
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Laverstock%20&%20Ford%20-%20Protestation%20Return%201641-1642.pdf
There are no Blake families listed in this parish at that time.
Protestation Returns for Winterbourne Earls 1641-42:
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Winterbourne%20Earls%20-%20Protestation%20Return%201641-1642.pdf
There are no Blake families listed in this parish at that time.
Helpful information as this implies that the Blake family at Ford arrived after 1641-42 which fits the wills and would also fit into Mary Mason’s thought that this family is descendant of Nicholas Blake (brother to Admiral Robert Blake) and Jone Question.
John Blake left his will at Ford, Laverstock in 1717. His brother was Zachary Blake of Newton Toney and his sister was Debora Sheppard. His children were John Blake and Anne Carter (husband William Carter). He was related to Charles Blake of Wallop. I wondered if he was related to the Andover line because they are so close to Andover. Why does the Portbury website (Mary Mason) have this John as a son of Nicholas Blake and Jone Question? I may write to Mary and ask her thoughts on why she made this connection.
If this is correct then this line is collateral to the line of Admiral Robert Blake since Nicholas was his brother. The Portbury website has John as Number 90. Stating that he died in 1716 at Ford, Laverstock. That he was married to Elizabeth and that they had the following children: John born in 1690, Anne married to Carter, Deborah married to Shepherd and Thomas who died in 1703. Looking back in the chart Number 90 is the son of Captain Nicholas Blake, who was born 31 Aug 1609 in Bridgwater and he died in 1696 when he was 86 years of age. Nicholas married Joan Question daughter of John Question and she was born in Dunster and died in 1696. They were said to have had the following children: John (-1717), William (1658-1743), Nicholas, Elizabeth married to Nicholas Rowe and Zachary.
Information on William has him born in 1658 in Dunster and dying in 1743. He was said to have married Margaret Sealey, daughter of William and Mary Sealey and was born in 1710. Margaret died in Minehead 25 Aug 1792 at 82 years of age. They had the following children: Thomas (- 1750), Samuel, Sarah married to Edward Dunne, Elizabeth, Suzanne and William (1697-1743).
Information on Nicholas has him as a merchant of London married to Elizabeth Prideaux. They had the following children Alexander, John and Nicholas (-1682).
Information on Zachary Blake is limited to one child Zachary (1692-1757).
It would be interesting to discover whether Mary Mason has linked the wills of this family back to the chart she has for the families collateral to Admiral Blake. None of these lines lead to the current Testator however in Mary’s chart. Is this John a grandson of John who died at Ford in 1716/1717?
The current Testator lists his children as: Thomas, Elizabeth, William, Benjamin, Mary, Richard Michael and Charles and a deceased son John. His wife is named Elizabeth. His grand daughter Susan Blake is a daughter of his deceased son John.
An interesting tree on World Connect looking at a Benjamin Blake who was a son of John Blake. This John was baptized 12 Feb 1724 at St Martin, Salisbury and was buried 7 Jun 1807 at Laverstock. His wife though was named Mary. This John was said to be the son of John Blake born 1690 buried 26 Aug 1766 at Laverstock (from Ford) and his wife Jane Sainsbury born 12 Mar 1692 at West Lavington Wiltshire. John and Jane were married 10 Nov 1712 in Market Lavington. The submitter does not take this family back to Nicholas Blake and Jone Question.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroeder&id=I332057
Certainly Mary Mason’s records more closely match the wills in terms of the names of wives and the children, siblings.
The wife of John is named Elizabeth and their marriage from Find My Past 15 Dec 1767, John junior Blake of Ford, bachelor, gent, 24 years of age married Elizabeth Fanstone, spinster, 21 years of age of Downton (Wick) and married at Downton with Bondsman John Blake, senior, Gentleman, Stratford sub Castle.
I appear to be missing one John Will for Wiltshire and will have to go back through my downloads to see if I can find it. Although I am considering just buying it considering that it will take a long time to check through the downloads. It is John Blake 1775 at Salisbury. I did purchase this will and a transcription will appear shortly.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1607/279
Testator: John Blake, Gentleman
Place: Ford, Laverstock, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Jun 1792, probated 19 Aug 1818
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 38
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of me John
2 Blake of Ford in the parish of Laverstock in the County of Wilts
3 Gentleman made the twenty second day of June in the year of our
4 Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two I give to my
5 dear Wife Elizabeth Blake one Moiety or half part of all my household
6 Goods and Furniture Linen Woollen China and plate for the term of
7 her Life and I also give my said Wife the joint use with my son Thomas
8 of my Dwelling house and Garden wherein I now live for and during
9 her life I further give to my said wife for and during the term of her
10 life One annuity or yearly Rent charge of Forty pounds of lawful
11 money of Great Britain clear of and above all rates and
12 taxes whatsoever charges upon and to be issuing and payable
13 to her by four quarterly payments in the year that is to say Lady
14 Day, Midsummer day, Michaelmas Day and Saint Thomas Day
15 out of my Freehold Messuage or tenement Farm Lands and
16 hereditaments at Ford aforesaid the first payment thereof to
17 begin on such of the quarter days aforesaid as shall first and
18 next happen after my death and I empower my said Wife to
19 distrain on the said Freehold messuage or tenement farm Lands
20 and heredi[tamen]ts so charged with the same in case of nonpayment
21 thereof for the space of twenty days after either of the said
22 quarterly days of payment and for want of sufficient distresses to
23 enter upon and enjoy the premises until payment thereof and
24 all arrears thereof and all charges occasioned by the nonpayment of
25 the same I give to my six Children Elizabeth Blake William Blake
26 Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake and
27 Charles Blake the sum of eight hundred pounds each to be payable
28 when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty
29 one years with interest at the rate of four pounds p cent p ann
30 in the maintenance for their support and education and in case
31 any or either of my said six Children Elizabeth Blake William
32 Blake Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake
33 and Charles Blake shall happen to die under the age of twenty one
34 years then and in that case I give the Legacy of him her or them
35 so dying unto the survivors or survivor of my said six children
36 to be equally divided amongst them and be payable when and as
37 their original Legacies become payable with interest in the
38 meantime as aforesaid provided always in case I shall at
39 any time hereafter in my lifetime advance to any or either of
40 my said six children any sum or sums of money by way of
41 marriage portion or for their apprenticeship or other advancement
42 in
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43 in Life then I hereby will and direct that the same shall be considered to be
44 and shall be taken as part of his her or their Legacy or sum of Eight hundred
45 pounds hereinbefore given to them I give to my Grand daughter Susan
46 Blake the daughter of my late son John Blake the Sum of One hundred
47 pounds in case she shall live to attain the age of twenty one years but
48 in case of her death under that age then I give the said sum of one hundred
49 pounds unto my said Six Children Elizabeth Blake William Blake
50 Benjamin Blake Mary Blake Richard Michael Blake and Charles Blake
51 or such of them as shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally
52 to be divided between them share and share alike I give and devise my
53 Freehold Mansion house and farm at Ford and my Freehold Farm and Lands at Stratford
54 under the Castle and all other my Freehold Lands tenements and hereditaments
55 in Ford Laverstock and Stratford or elsewhere and also all my Leasehold
56 messuages or tenements and heredit[ament]s in Ford Laverstock and Stratford
57 or elsewhere unto my Friends Thomas Cusse of Winterborne and Richard
58 Fanstone of Martin both in the said County of Wilts to hold the said Freehold
59 messuages Lands and hereditaments unto the said Thomas Cusse and Richard
60 Fanstone their Executors admors and assigns for and during the term of Five
61 hundred years to Commence immediately after my death and to hold my
62 said Leasehold messuages Lands and hereditaments unto the said Thomas
63 Cusse and Richard Fanstone their heirs Exors Admors and Assigns respectively
64 according to the different tenures and natures of the said Estates upon the
65 trusts and to and for the ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned
66 expressed and declared of and concerning the same and subject to the said
67 term of Five hundred years I give and devise my said Freehold messuages
68 Farms Lands and hereditaments unto my Son Thomas Blake and his
69 assigns for and during the term of his natural Life and from and immediately
70 after the determination of that estate I give and devise the same to my Friends
71 John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs during the life of my said Son
72 Thomas Blake in trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders hereinafter
73 limited from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after
74 the death of my said Son Thomas Blake I give and devise the same to the
75 first Son of the Body of my said Son Thomas Blake lawfully begotten
76 and the heirs male of the Body of such first son lawfully issuing and
77 in default of such issue to the second third fourth and all and every other
78 son and sons of the Body of my said Son Thomas Blake lawfully begotten
79 severally successively and in remainder one after the other as they shall
80 be in priority of Birth and to the several and respective heirs male
81 of the body and bodies of all and every such sons lawfully issuing every
82 Elder of such Sons and the heirs male of his body being always preferred
83 and to take before a younger of them and the heirs male of his body issuing
84 and in default of such issue to my Son William Blake and his assigns
85 for and during the term of his natural life and from and immediately
86 after the determination of that estate I give and devise the same to the
87 said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs during the life of my
88 said Son William Blake in trust to preserve the contingent remainders
89 hereinafter limited from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately
90 after the death of my said Son William Blake to the first son of the Body of my
91 said Son William Blake lawfully begotten and the heirs male of the body of
92 such first son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the second
93 third fourth and all and every other son and sons of the Body of my said Son
94 William Blake lawfully to be begotten Severally successively and in remainder
95 one after the other as they shall priority of Birth and to the several
96 and respective heirs male of the Body and Bodies of all and every
97 such Sons lawfully issuing every elder of such Sons and the heirs male
98 of his Body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them
99 and the heirs male of his body issuing and in default of such issue to my
100 son
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101 Benjamin Blake and his assigns for and during the term of his natural
102 life and from and immediately after the determination of that Estate I give
103 and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse and their heirs
104 during the Life of my said son Benjamin Blake In Trust to preserve
105 the contingent remainders hereinafter limited from being defeated
106 or destroyed and from and immediately after the death of my said Son
107 Benjamin Blake I give and devise the same to the first son of the
108 Body of my said Son Benjamin lawfully begotten and the heirs male
109 of the Body of Such first Son lawfully issuing and in default of such
110 issue to the second third fourth and all and every other son and Sons
111 of the Body of my said son Benjamin lawfully begotten severally
112 successively and in remainder one after the other as they shall be in
113 priority of Birth and to the several and respective heirs male of the
114 Body and Bodies of all and every such Sons lawfully issuing every
115 elder of such Sons and the heirs male of his body being always
116 preferred and to take before a younger of them and the heirs male of
117 his Body issuing and in default of Such issue to my Son Richard
118 Michael Blake and his assigns for and during the term of his natural
119 Life and from and immediately after the determination of that estate
120 I give and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel Cusse
121 and their heirs during the life of my said son Richard Michael In
122 trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders hereinafter Limited
123 from being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after
124 the death of my said son Richard Michael to the first Son of his Body
125 of my said Son Richard Michael lawfully begotten and the heirs male
126 of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue
127 to the second third fourth and all and every other son and sons of the Body
128 of my said Son Richard Michael lawfully begotten severally successively
129 and in remainder one after another as they shall be in priority of Birth
130 and the several and respective heirs male of the body and bodies of
131 all and every such Sons lawfully issuing every Elder of such sons
132 and the heirs male of his body being always preferred and to take before
133 a younger of them and the heirs male of his body issuing and in default
134 of such issue to my son Charles Blake and his assigns for and during
135 the term of his natural life and from and immediately after the determination
136 of that estate I give and devise the same to the said John Cusse and Samuel
137 Cusse and their heirs during the life of my said son Charles Blake In
138 trust to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited from
139 being defeated or destroyed and from and immediately after the death
140 of my said son Charles to the first son of the Body of my said son Charles
141 lawfully begotten and the heirs male of the Body of such first son
142 lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the second third fourth
143 and all and every other Son and sons of the Body of my said Son Charles
144 lawfully begotten severally successively and in remainder one after
145 the other as they shall be in priority of Birth and to the several and
146 respective heirs male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such
147 Sons lawfully issuing every elder of such Sons and the heirs male
148 of his Body being always preferred and to take before a younger
149 of them and the heirs male of his Body issuing and in default of such
150 issue I give and devise the same to the Daughters Elizabeth Blake
151 and Mary Blake and the respective heirs and assigns for ever to
152 take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and I hereby
153 will order and direct that my several Leasehold messuages Farm
154 Lands and hereditaments (Subject to the trusts hereafter mentioned)
155 shall from time to time go pass to and be enjoyed from time to time
156 by the person who for the time being shall be entitled to my said
157 Freeholds messuages Farms Lands and hereditaments by virtue of and
158 under
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159 under this my Will or as near thereto as the rules of Law will admit and
160 I give devise and bequeath the same accordingly I give and bequeath
161 unto my son Thomas Blake all my ready money and securities for
162 money Stock in husbandry and also all my household goods and Furniture
163 (Subject to the bequest hereinbefore made to my wife) and all other my goods
164 Chattels and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore given
165 and bequeath upon Special trust and Confidence that he shall and do
166 by and out of the same in the first place pay and discharge all my just
167 debts and Funeral Expences and also pay and discharge from time to time the
168 Interest of the several Legacies hereby given until the som[m]es respectively
169 shall become paiable and likewise pay and discharge the said Legacies or as
170 much thereof as the same Will extend to pay and in case the same shall become
171 then sufficient to pay the whole thereof then I give the overplus unto my
172 said said Son Thomas Blake to and for his own use and I make and appoint
173 him Sole Executor of this my Will And as to the said term of five hundred years
174 hereinbefore limited in my said Freehold Estates and as to the bequest of
175 my said Leasehold Estates to them the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone
176 their heirs Exors Admors and assigns respectively I hereby will and declare
177 the same to be upon trust that they the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone
178 or the survivor of them or the Executors or Admors of the Survivor of them
179 shall and do by devise or Mortgage of all or any part of my said Freehold
180 and Leasehold Estate respectively raise to make money as shall be
181 sufficient to pay and discharge the Legacies given in and by this my Will
182 and the interest thereof or as much thereof respectively as shall not be
183 paid by and out of the produce of my personal Estate hereinbefore given
184 In trust to my said Son Thomas and that from and after payment of the
185 said Legacies repayment of the money to be raised by mortgage as
186 aforesaid and the Costs and charges attending the raising and repayment
187 thereof then the said Thomas Cusse and Richard Fanstone their heirs Exors
188 or Admors shall stand interested and possessed of and in the same premises
189 respectively for the person or persons who shall for the time being be
190 entitled to my said Freehold and Leasehold Estate respectively by virtue
191 of this my Will and I hereby will order and direct that payment of the
192 mortgage money by the person or persons who shall by the Mortgage or
193 Mortgages of my said Estates or any part thereof to the said Thomas Cusse
194 and Richard Fanstone or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors of
195 the survivor of them shall be good and effectual payment and their receipts
196 be good and effectual discharges and that no mortgage or mortgagees shall
197 be obliged to see to the application of such mortgage money or be answerable
198 or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof and I hereby
199 will and direct that my said trustees shall not be answerable or accountable
200 for any more monies than they shall actually respectively receive and
201 shall not be answerable the one for the other of them or for the acts receipts
202 or neglects of the other of them but each of them for his own acts receipts
203 and neglects only In witness whereof I have to this my last will and Testament
204 written and contained in four sheets of paper set my hand and seal to
205 wit to the three first sheets my hand only and to this sheet my hand and
206 seal the day and year first above written Jno Blake Signed sealed
207 published and declared by the said John Blake the testator as and for his last
208 Will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence
209 of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses John Hodding
210 Ann Hodding Martha Hodding
211 Proved at London 19th August 1818 before the Judge by the oath of Thomas Blake
212 the sole Ex[ecut]or to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn (by Com[missi]on duly to adm[inister]r
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