Edmund Blake, the testator, and his wife Sarah are on the 1841 census at Woolwich. Edmund is listed as 70 years of age and not born in Kent (nor was he said to be born in England, Ireland or Scotland) but his wife Sarah was listed as 60 years and born in Kent.
Obed Blake (born 1806) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (daughter of William Winn) Blake at London with his birth parish being Plumstead Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Obed Blake found on the 1841 census at St Paul Covent Garden Middlesex 30 years of age, with his wife Sarah 25 years of age and Elizabeth Kitchen 20 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1851 census at Plumstead, Kent, 44 years of age, his wife Sarah 36 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 3 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1861 census at St Paul Covent Garden Westminster 54 years of age, his wife Sarah 48 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 13 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1881 census at Woolwich, Kent, retired plate glass maker married to Sarah R and his niece Hannah (Hitchen) Adam (widow) is living with them.
Obed Blake married Sarah Rebecca Kitcher Dec quarter 1838 at Islington, London.
Jonathan Blake (born 1810) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with his birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1851 census at St Luke Old Street, Middlesex, 44 years of age, his wife Ann 40 years of age and a daughter Rosa Jane Blake, 7 years of age. Jonathan is a glass maker.
Rosa Jane Blake was born June quarter 1843 daughter of Ann (Townshend) Blake.
Jonathan Blake married Ann Townshend Sep quarter 1837 at Clerkenwell RD.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1861 Census Islington Middlesex, 51 years of age, Anne 50 years of age, Rosa J 17 years of age and a niece Louisa Hawkins 10 years of age.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1881 census at St Leonard Shoreditch, widower, 72 years of age. He is listed as father in law living with Rosa Jane Lee 36 years of age (married, head of household, husband not listed), William Blake her son 15 years, Rosa Lee 8 years, Lilian Lee 3 years of age and Rebecca Lee 10 months.
Sarah Blake (born 1802) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel daughter of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with her birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Sarah appears to have married someone with the surname Downie but a marriage could not be located.
Edmund Blake married Rebecca Winn 13 Feb 1801 at St Alfege, Greenwich. He was a bachelor and she was a spinster.
No marriage for Edmund Blake and Sarah (unknown) was located.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2063/31
Testator: Edmund Blake
Place: Woolwich, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1840, probated 1 Oct 1847
[Margin]: Edmund Blake 7
1 I Edmund Blake of Woolwich in the County
2 of Kent do hereby make this my last Will and Testament viz I desire
3 that my funeral shall be under the management of my wife that it
4 be conducted without any unnecessary expence and that first all
5 necessary expences in respires to my Will and property be paid or
6 defrayd and then I will and bequeath all in the interest arising from
7 the whole of my Properties to Sarah Blake my lawful wife which she is to
8 have for the remainder of her life at her decease should it be necessary
9 I desire the aforesaid Sarah Blake shall have the funeral conduct-
10 ed upon the same principle as my own as stated above the expences
11 to be defrayd out of my property all my interest and share in a Mill
12 Called the South pro___ths Mill in Mill Lane Woolwich I give and bequeath
13 to my eldest son Obed Blake All the household furniture I give to my
14 son Jonathan Blake at the death of my wife as aforesaid at which
15 period my other property I desire to be disposed of as follows the sum
16 of £20 is to be paid to William Downie £20 to Mat___ Downie my
17 grandchildren whose father is now in the Royal Artillery and in case
18 of either one or the other dying he or she is to be paid the £40 in the
19 event of both dying prior or after the death of my wife then the £40 with
20 my other property after all due expences are defrayd is to be equally
21 divided between my two sons share and part alike my sons being
22 married I desire that in the event of either dying the share belonging to
23 the husbands is to be paid or enjoyed by the wife as the case may be This in
24 conclusion I declare to be my last Will and Testament dated this seven
25 tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
26 hundred and forty Signed Edmund Blake Witness John Hopkins
27 John Gall
28 In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
29 In the Goods of Edmund Blake deceased
30 Appeared Personally John Hopkins of No 2
31 Parliament Street Westminster in the County of Middlesex Surrveyor and
32 made oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to the last Will and
33 Testament of the said Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County
34 of Kent but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place Bethnal Green in the County
35 of Middlesex deceased the said Will bearing date the seventeenth
36 day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty now hereunto
37 annexed And he further made oath that the said deceased duly
38 executed the said Will on the seventeenth day of January aforesaid
39 by signing his name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this
40 deponent and of John Gall the other subscribed Witness thereto who
41 was also present at the same time and that he the deponent and the
42 said John Gall thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the
43 presence of the said deceased Jno Hopkins On the 29th day of
44 September 1847 the said John Hopkins was duly sworn to the truth
45 of this Affidavit Before me J Parker Deane Varr ______ Geo Fielder Not Publ
46 On the 1st Oct 1847 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels
47 and Credits of Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County of Kent
48 but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place in the parish of Saint Matthew
49 Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex deceased was granted to
50 Sarah Blake Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life as
51 named in the said Will have been first sworn duly to administer No
52 Executor
53 On the 2nd July 1856
54 Admon annexed the will annexed
55 of the Goods Chattels and Credits
56 of Edmund Blake formerly
57 of Woolwich in the County
58 of Kent and late of No 3
59 Elizabeth Place in the
60 Parish of Saint Matthew
61 Bethnal Green in the
62 County of Middlesex deceased
63 last administered by
64 Sarah Blake Widow the
65 Relict and the Residuary
66 Legatee for life named in
67 the said Will
68 was granted to Jonathan
69 Blake the Son and one
70 of the Residuary Legatees
71 Subscribed in the said will and the said
72 son Having been first sworn
73 duly to administer
74 the executor being named
75 in the said Will
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Will of William Blake, Gentleman of Saint Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire - National Archives PROB 11/635/263, probated 7 Feb 1730
William Blake has basically left his entire estate to charity. According to the Burials at St Matthew's Church, Weeke Mr. William Blake was buried 11 Dec 1729 and he was said to be of St Thomas in Winchester. This same online register does not list the burial of his wife although he mentions that she was buried at Weeke in his will. Genuki only lists the one Church of England with a graveyard (St Matthew on Stockbridge Road). Weeke is only ten miles from Goodworth Clatford which is just south of Upper Clatford and Andover is just across the main road from Upper Clatford. I need to do that to put these places into perspective with my own Blake line.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41984#s6 (Hinton Ampner)
Charity of William Blake for Charity School.
In 1738, William Blake by his will proved in the P.C.C. founded and endowed a charity school in this parish. (fn. 21) The endowments consist of school, schoolhouse and premises in hand; a farm at Sheet in the parish of Petersfield, of 53 acres of arable land, and 6 acres of meadow; 11 acres or thereabouts of common allotted under Sheet Inclosure Award in respect of the above lands; a farm at Noah Hill in the parish of Newton Valence, consisting of 81 a. 2 r. 29 p. of arable land, 4½ acres of coppice, and 5¼ acres of pasture. The farms produce an annual income of about £145. The official trustees also hold £288 17s. 10d. consols arising in part from sale of land and in part from investment of accumulations.
The trust is administered under a scheme approved 1 May, 1890.
Charity of William Blake for Poor.
The same testator by his will directed that £200 should be laid out in the purchase of land, the yearly income to be applied for the benefit of the poor of the parish. This was laid out in the purchase of 10½ acres at Rogate, Sussex, let at £15 a year. The official trustees also hold a sum of £120 6s. 10d. consols in trust for this charity. The income is applied in the distribution of coal, 5s. being paid to the sexton for tolling the church bell as per will of donor.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42026 (Weeke)
CHARITIES
The Parliamentary Returns of Charities for the poor dated 1786 mention that — Godwin gave £40 for the poor. In 1729 William Blake by his will left £100, the income to be disposed of among the poor on 22 July yearly, in memory of his wife's death, the clerk to have 5s. for his pains.
This William Blake has a nephew Henry Blake and a niece Ruth Blake and a god daughter Alice Fielder plus a cousin John Goldfinch. Searching find my past there is a marriage of a John Goldfinch to Sarah Cornish at Compton Hampshire in 1697. Compton is 2 miles south west of Winchester so definitely in the area of Weeke which is just 1.25 miles north west of Winchester. There is a John Goldfinch buried at Compton 3 Apr 1744. There are two burials for Sarah Goldfinch 18 May 1742 and 3 Dec 1746 both at Compton. No births for John Goldfinch that would fit into this area. Likely looking for a mother whose surname was Blake but not necessarily.
No luck looking for baptisms/births for Ruth and Henry Blake. The Fielder is interesting but again nothing conclusive. Perhaps there will be another will that might help link William Blake with one of the families in this area.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Sep 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/635/263
Name of testator: William Blake, Gentleman
Place: Saint Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 5 Dec 1729, probated 7 Feb 1730
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: middle English writing, 18th century
[In margin] T[estato]r
[In margin] Gulielmi Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 William Blake of the parish of St Thomas in the City of
3 Winchester in the County of Sout[h]a[mp]ton Gent being mindfull of
4 mortallity doe make this my last will and Testament in manner
5 and form following Imprimis I commend my Soul to almighty
6 God beseeching him for the sake of his son Jesus Christ to pardon
7 all my sins and to receive me to his mercy desireing that my body may
8 be interred in the parish Church of Weeke in the Grave Close by the
9 body of my dear wife lying there and as for my worldly Goods I
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10 dispose thereof as followeth Item I give unto my Executor herein
11 afternamed the sum of Two hundred pounds and desire he
12 will cause a monument to be erected in memory of my dear wife
13 in Week Church where she now lyes Item I give unto my nephew
14 Henry Blake the sume of one hundred pounds together with all my
15 wearing apparrel Item I give unto my neice Ruth Blake the
16 sume of one hundred pounds Item I give unto the Reverend Mr
17 Murret Clerk late Rector of Winall the sume of one hundred
18 pounds Item I give unto Mr Thomas Massant of Alresford the
19 sume of fifty pounds Item I give unto my Servant Jane Young the
20 sume of two hundred pounds together with all my wife's wearing
21 apparrel and all my plate and household Goods Item I give
22 unto Mr Daniel Baily of Bramdeane the sume of ten pounds
23 Item I give unto my friend Mr Robert Burnet one large brilliant
24 Diamond Ring now in his possession Item I give unto my Servant
25 Jane Young my wife's Gold watch and chain Item I give unto
26 my God daughter Anne Fielder the sume of ten pounds Item I
27 give unto Nurse Spoare the sume of five pounds Item I give
28 unto the poor of the parish of Sparsholt not receiving almes
29 the sume of ten pounds to be distributed by the Minister and
30 Church wardens in such sort as they shall think fit Item I give
31 to the poor of the parish where I now live not receiving almes
32 the sume of five pounds to be distributed by the minister and
33 Churchwardens in such sort as they shall think fit Item I
34 give to the minister and Churchwardens of Hinton Ampner
35 the sume of two hundred pounds in trust and Confidence that
36 with the said money the purchase Lands or Rents of Lands
37 and that they dispose of the yearly Income or produce thereof
38 among such poor persons of the same parish not receiving
39 almes as to them shall seem meet upon the two and twentyeth
40 day of July yearly for ever being the unhappy day of my wife's death
41 except five shillings which my will is the Clerk of the parish
42 for the time being shall have thereout for tolling the Bell that
43 day yearly from eight of the Clock in the morning till nine at
44 which time the poor people to come and receive the money
45 Item I give unto the minister and Churchwardens of the
46 parish Weeke one hundred pounds in trust and confidence that
47 with the said money they purchase Lands or Rents of Lands
48 and dispose of the yearly Income or produce thereof among
49 such poor persons of the said parish of Weeke not receiving
50 almes as to them shall soon meet upon the two and
51 twentyeth day of July yearly for ever in memory of the day
52 of my dear wife's death at which time my will is that the
53 Bell be tolled from eight of the Clock in the morning till nine
54 and that the Clarke of the same parish have for his paines
55 out of the yearly Income the sume of five shillings at which
56 time the poor people to come and receive the money Item I
57 give unto my Cousin John Goldfinches wife the sume of ten
58 pounds Item I give unto my good friend Mr Stephen
59 Westcott the sume of one hundred pounds and I do hereby
60 nominate constitute and appoint the said Stephen Westcot
61 sole Executor of this my will lastly all the rest and residue
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62 of my Goods Chattles real and personal Estate whatsoever not herein
63 before disposed of after my debts Legacys and funeral Expences for
64 which I will that my Executor be allowed the sume of fifty pounds
65 and all such Costs Charges and Expences as my said Executor shall
66 sustaine or be put into in Execution of this my Will are paid and
67 discharged may be laid out in the purchase of Lands or Rents of Lands
68 the produce of which shall be paid out in erecting and endowing a
69 Charity School in the parish of Honiton Ampner a[s] foresaid wherein
70 the poor Children of the said parish shall be taught to read write
71 and fast account and shall be subject to such Rules and Orders as the
72 Ministers of the parishes of Hinton and Bramdean for the time
73 being shall think fit to order and appoint whom I appoint supervisors
74 thereof In witness whereof I the said William Blake have hereunto
75 set my hand and seal the fifth day of December in the year of our
76 Lord one thousand seven hundred twenty and nine William Blake [signed]
77 signed sealed published and delivered by the Testator as the last
78 Will and Testament in the presence of Mary White [signed] Lucy White [signed]
79 John Alison [signed]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41984#s6 (Hinton Ampner)
Charity of William Blake for Charity School.
In 1738, William Blake by his will proved in the P.C.C. founded and endowed a charity school in this parish. (fn. 21) The endowments consist of school, schoolhouse and premises in hand; a farm at Sheet in the parish of Petersfield, of 53 acres of arable land, and 6 acres of meadow; 11 acres or thereabouts of common allotted under Sheet Inclosure Award in respect of the above lands; a farm at Noah Hill in the parish of Newton Valence, consisting of 81 a. 2 r. 29 p. of arable land, 4½ acres of coppice, and 5¼ acres of pasture. The farms produce an annual income of about £145. The official trustees also hold £288 17s. 10d. consols arising in part from sale of land and in part from investment of accumulations.
The trust is administered under a scheme approved 1 May, 1890.
Charity of William Blake for Poor.
The same testator by his will directed that £200 should be laid out in the purchase of land, the yearly income to be applied for the benefit of the poor of the parish. This was laid out in the purchase of 10½ acres at Rogate, Sussex, let at £15 a year. The official trustees also hold a sum of £120 6s. 10d. consols in trust for this charity. The income is applied in the distribution of coal, 5s. being paid to the sexton for tolling the church bell as per will of donor.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42026 (Weeke)
CHARITIES
The Parliamentary Returns of Charities for the poor dated 1786 mention that — Godwin gave £40 for the poor. In 1729 William Blake by his will left £100, the income to be disposed of among the poor on 22 July yearly, in memory of his wife's death, the clerk to have 5s. for his pains.
This William Blake has a nephew Henry Blake and a niece Ruth Blake and a god daughter Alice Fielder plus a cousin John Goldfinch. Searching find my past there is a marriage of a John Goldfinch to Sarah Cornish at Compton Hampshire in 1697. Compton is 2 miles south west of Winchester so definitely in the area of Weeke which is just 1.25 miles north west of Winchester. There is a John Goldfinch buried at Compton 3 Apr 1744. There are two burials for Sarah Goldfinch 18 May 1742 and 3 Dec 1746 both at Compton. No births for John Goldfinch that would fit into this area. Likely looking for a mother whose surname was Blake but not necessarily.
No luck looking for baptisms/births for Ruth and Henry Blake. The Fielder is interesting but again nothing conclusive. Perhaps there will be another will that might help link William Blake with one of the families in this area.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Sep 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/635/263
Name of testator: William Blake, Gentleman
Place: Saint Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 5 Dec 1729, probated 7 Feb 1730
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: middle English writing, 18th century
[In margin] T[estato]r
[In margin] Gulielmi Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 William Blake of the parish of St Thomas in the City of
3 Winchester in the County of Sout[h]a[mp]ton Gent being mindfull of
4 mortallity doe make this my last will and Testament in manner
5 and form following Imprimis I commend my Soul to almighty
6 God beseeching him for the sake of his son Jesus Christ to pardon
7 all my sins and to receive me to his mercy desireing that my body may
8 be interred in the parish Church of Weeke in the Grave Close by the
9 body of my dear wife lying there and as for my worldly Goods I
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10 dispose thereof as followeth Item I give unto my Executor herein
11 afternamed the sum of Two hundred pounds and desire he
12 will cause a monument to be erected in memory of my dear wife
13 in Week Church where she now lyes Item I give unto my nephew
14 Henry Blake the sume of one hundred pounds together with all my
15 wearing apparrel Item I give unto my neice Ruth Blake the
16 sume of one hundred pounds Item I give unto the Reverend Mr
17 Murret Clerk late Rector of Winall the sume of one hundred
18 pounds Item I give unto Mr Thomas Massant of Alresford the
19 sume of fifty pounds Item I give unto my Servant Jane Young the
20 sume of two hundred pounds together with all my wife's wearing
21 apparrel and all my plate and household Goods Item I give
22 unto Mr Daniel Baily of Bramdeane the sume of ten pounds
23 Item I give unto my friend Mr Robert Burnet one large brilliant
24 Diamond Ring now in his possession Item I give unto my Servant
25 Jane Young my wife's Gold watch and chain Item I give unto
26 my God daughter Anne Fielder the sume of ten pounds Item I
27 give unto Nurse Spoare the sume of five pounds Item I give
28 unto the poor of the parish of Sparsholt not receiving almes
29 the sume of ten pounds to be distributed by the Minister and
30 Church wardens in such sort as they shall think fit Item I give
31 to the poor of the parish where I now live not receiving almes
32 the sume of five pounds to be distributed by the minister and
33 Churchwardens in such sort as they shall think fit Item I
34 give to the minister and Churchwardens of Hinton Ampner
35 the sume of two hundred pounds in trust and Confidence that
36 with the said money the purchase Lands or Rents of Lands
37 and that they dispose of the yearly Income or produce thereof
38 among such poor persons of the same parish not receiving
39 almes as to them shall seem meet upon the two and twentyeth
40 day of July yearly for ever being the unhappy day of my wife's death
41 except five shillings which my will is the Clerk of the parish
42 for the time being shall have thereout for tolling the Bell that
43 day yearly from eight of the Clock in the morning till nine at
44 which time the poor people to come and receive the money
45 Item I give unto the minister and Churchwardens of the
46 parish Weeke one hundred pounds in trust and confidence that
47 with the said money they purchase Lands or Rents of Lands
48 and dispose of the yearly Income or produce thereof among
49 such poor persons of the said parish of Weeke not receiving
50 almes as to them shall soon meet upon the two and
51 twentyeth day of July yearly for ever in memory of the day
52 of my dear wife's death at which time my will is that the
53 Bell be tolled from eight of the Clock in the morning till nine
54 and that the Clarke of the same parish have for his paines
55 out of the yearly Income the sume of five shillings at which
56 time the poor people to come and receive the money Item I
57 give unto my Cousin John Goldfinches wife the sume of ten
58 pounds Item I give unto my good friend Mr Stephen
59 Westcott the sume of one hundred pounds and I do hereby
60 nominate constitute and appoint the said Stephen Westcot
61 sole Executor of this my will lastly all the rest and residue
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62 of my Goods Chattles real and personal Estate whatsoever not herein
63 before disposed of after my debts Legacys and funeral Expences for
64 which I will that my Executor be allowed the sume of fifty pounds
65 and all such Costs Charges and Expences as my said Executor shall
66 sustaine or be put into in Execution of this my Will are paid and
67 discharged may be laid out in the purchase of Lands or Rents of Lands
68 the produce of which shall be paid out in erecting and endowing a
69 Charity School in the parish of Honiton Ampner a[s] foresaid wherein
70 the poor Children of the said parish shall be taught to read write
71 and fast account and shall be subject to such Rules and Orders as the
72 Ministers of the parishes of Hinton and Bramdean for the time
73 being shall think fit to order and appoint whom I appoint supervisors
74 thereof In witness whereof I the said William Blake have hereunto
75 set my hand and seal the fifth day of December in the year of our
76 Lord one thousand seven hundred twenty and nine William Blake [signed]
77 signed sealed published and delivered by the Testator as the last
78 Will and Testament in the presence of Mary White [signed] Lucy White [signed]
79 John Alison [signed]
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