No information could be located on the testator, Elizabeth Graham Blake of Belmont, Galway.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1882
Name of testator: Elizabeth Graham Blake
Place: Belmont, Galway, Ireland
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 19 April 1836, probated 19 Aug 1837
[In margin] Elizabeth Graham Blake 6
1 This is my Will I give and bequeath All my Property
2 and rights moveable and unmoveable in whatever place they may exist without any deception
3 or reserve that is to say in d’enfunt to Miss Marie Seontine Graham born at Paris on the
4 twentieth of January 1825 who shall enjoy the same during her life and until her decease
5 reckoning from the day of the opening of my succession and in reversion to Mr Pierre Alphonse
6 Gauthier working at Paris No 36 in the Rue de Baidy who shall receive the d’enfunt thereof
7 on the decease of Miss Graham Consequently I appoint Miss Marie Seontine Graham and
8 Mr Pierre Alphonse Gauthier my Universal Legatees conjointly between them the first in
9 d’enfunt and the second in reversion I appoint as Testamentary Executor Mr Auguste
10 Barot residing at Paris No 26 in the Rue de la Monnaie upon whom I confer the possession
11 of my property for a year and a day in conformity to the Civil Code I revoke every other
12 previous disposition and Will Such is my desire Paris the 19th April 1836 Signed
13 E Graham Blake of Belmont County of Galway Ireland
14 Beneath is written Registered at Paris the sixth of March one thousand eight hundred
15 and thirty seven fol 131 Vol C9 Received five francs fifty centines the tenth included Signed
16 Nestier Thus it is in the Original of the said autograph Will signed and marked by the
17 president of the Court of the First Instance of the Seine and deposited as a Maniere with
18 Mr Esnee Notary of Paris signed underneath in pursuance of an order of the President
19 aforesaid contained in his verbal process on opening and describing the said Will dated at
20 Paris the twenty seventh of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven Esnee
21 Notarial Sign The present Copy contains one leaf without addition or any word being void
22 Esnee Notarial Sign
23 I William Duff of the City of London Notary Public duly admitted and sworn
24 to hereby ratify that the above is a true and faithful Translation of the document in the
25 French Language hereunto annexed In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
26 and seal of Office at London the twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
27 eight hundred and thirty seven In Testimonium Veritatis Willm Duff Noty Pub
28 Proved at London 19th August 1837 before the Judge by the oath of Auguste
29 Barot the sole Executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Common
30 duly to administer
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Monday, March 9, 2015
George Routledge (1729 - 1816)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 10
Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, unknown, Lambden, Sarah
(unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, Durnford,
Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett, Alderman, Ann (unknown), Sherwood,
unknown, Habberfield, Collings, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood,
Canham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew,
Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge,
Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard,
Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown,
Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown
George Routledge my 4x great grandfather is the second 4x great grandfather with the surname Routledge. He is also the second one to be of the Oakshaw Routledge family as it is generally referred to in the Dodgson Manuscript. He is also listed in the Dodgson Manuscript unlike my earlier ancestor challenge written about Henry Routledge. A good deal is known about the descendants of this George Routledge.
George was baptized 17 Apr 1729 whilst living at Todhills, Bewcastle, Cumberland the son of George Routledge (mother's name missing but I am hoping that a document that I am going to review today will help with that particular item). He died 12 Jun 1816 living at Row also in Bewcastle. He was married twice and I am descendant of his first family with Grace Routledge (and the third of my three Routledge 4x great grandparents thus far known to me) and they were married 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle. His second marriage which is recounted in The Dodgson Manuscript was to Elizabeth Armstrong 1 Jun 1768 at Lanercost. Elizabeth Armstrong was also descendant of the Oakshaw Routledge family as her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of John Routledge and Elizabeth Dodgson. Mary was their eldest daughter. John and Elizabeth were married 11 May 1710 at Stepleton, Cumberland and they baptized ten children (eight of them at Bewcastle but the baptism of Mary has not yet been located). Mary's brother William (baptized at Lanercost) and married to Jane Routledge 14 Nov 1753 at Brampton is also interesting because of their two sons John and Richard Routledge with Richard having purchased the property of my ancestor Thomas at Parkhead before he emigrated to Canada. They are referred to in a letter that George, son of my Thomas, wrote back to Archibald Armstrong in 1839 from London Township, Ontario, Canada. Mary Routledge married Joseph Armstrong 15 Nov 1735 at Bewcastle just to round out the story and their daughter Elizabeth was baptized at Lanercost 3 Jan 1738. George Routledge and Elizabeth baptized six children at Bewcastle. I will discuss the children of George and Grace (George's first wife) when I write about Grace Routledge.
Who was George Routledge baptized 1729.
"Elizabeth Armstrong one of the Female line of the Routledges of the Flatt and second Wife of George Routledge the former owner of Raw and Murrayholm in Bewcastle. (1768. June 1. Geo. Routledge of the parish of Bewcastle, and Eliz: Armstrong of this parish married by Lic. Wit. Thos Armstrong. Marge Routledge [Lanercost par. register]). Elizabeth Armstrong above named whose ancestors farmed Parknook, Bewcastle, and were from the Birkbush Armstrongs parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland. She was Cousin to the late Christopher Armstrong owner of Birkbush. (1735. Nov. 15. Marr. Bond at Carlisle. Joseph Armstrong, Flowry Hurst, p Lanercost, bach, age 30, and Mary Routledge, Flatt, p Bewcastle, spinster.) (1739. Jan. 3. Elizabeth dau of Joseph Armstrong of Flowry hurst, bap [Lanercost par. reg.]) She Died at Murrayholm in or about aged years (missing but her age would have been 91 as she died 14 Oct 1829 at Murrayholm). The said Elizabeth Armstrong informed her Grandson George Routledge who in 1843 is the Owner of Raw, Murrayholm and Bankhead Estates, That her Grandfather John Routledge above named as being the Owner of Flatt in 1700. And a younger Brother named Thomas was Owner of Highonset and an Estate at Flatt were descended from the Routledges of Oakshaw (formerly Akeshaw) and came from the Oakshaw in or about 1700 as before stated and that John Routledge her Grandfather was generally called Old Akeshaw of the Flatt and the Ancestors of the present Owner of the Flatt. (1700. Nov. 18. Will: Routledge Alias Akeshaw buried. [Bewcastle B. T.]) And that Thomas Routledge his younger Brother was Father to John Routledge Owner of Scotchtown formerly of Highonset Bewcastle and Grandfather to Thomas Routledge the only son of John who still holds a life Interest in Scotchtown Estate and now in 1843 residing with his Wife Margaret Little at Garthside parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland, and the said above named Thomas Routledge Brother of John Routledge commonly called Akeshaw of the Flatt was also Greatgrandfather on the Maternal side to the above named George Routledge residing on his Estate at Bankhead before named in 1843.
Thomas Routledge who came from Oakshaw to Flatt was Uncle to Grace Routledge the Wife of John Dodgson of Stoneknowe and the said Grace Routledge was Aunt to Elizabeth Armstrong above named Elizabeth Armstrong’s Mother being a Sister to Grace and the Daughters of John Old Akeshaw of the Flatt before named."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
From this document Elizabeth has given the relationship of George to the Oakshaw Routledge family as being a great grandson of Thomas Routledge who was brother to John Routledge commonly known as Akeshaw of the Flatt whose father was William Routledge the son of James Routledge who died in 1700 at The Flatt, Bewcastle.
From a Will abstract the following can be gleaned:
Carlisle Record Office Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased poss. The mother of John Routledge
John Forrester, Wit
Adam Routledge s o Mary, Wid
George Routledge, of Oakshaw, Bc, father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of [d o ] Mary Routledge, Wid
Henry Routledge, s o Mary R*
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, dec., father of 3 children
John Routledge s o Mary R*, Wid
John Routledge, my "sister's son, possibly s o Grace
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Wid, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John & Henry
Mary Routledge, d o Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William R*
William Routledge of Oakshaw s o late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Wit
Catherine Dowglass of Ash w o Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson d o Robert & Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor & father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, d o Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside w o Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
One day I must get hold of the original will as it could give me a little more wording around these references to my 2 4x great grandfathers. But the will captures a moment in time just before George's wife Grace died in 1768 and just after Henry Routledge died in 1765. George at that time was living at Oakshaw. His wife Grace Routledge's parentage is not of Oakshaw directly so he is living there on hios own account as the maternal greatgrandson of Thomas Routledge mentioned above.
The document which I do have is from the National Archives of the UK and reference C 11/2598/24 and was created in 1721. It is a Bill and answer with plaintiffs George Routledge, yeoman of Raw and the defendant Allan Routledge. There was, according to The Dodgson Manuscript an Allan Routledge in Row in 1630 and checking this particular set of documents the reference is likely to an Indenture dated 1630. The following information (an exerpt and the entire copy can be seen in blog post: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/search/label/1630%20Indenture%20of%20the%20Manor%20of%20Bewcastle
can be gleaned on Allen Routledge:
Allan Routledge, of Cum Crooke
Allan Routledge for a Tenement, without a house at Saughs, rent 3s 4d, a day
mowing, a day shearing, and for Carriages 2s.
In the Protestation Returns of 1641-42 there is no mention of an Allan Routledge. But there is a George Routledge son of James and Elener of the Ash (Francis is a second son), another George Routledge.
Earlier in the 1604 Land Survey of Bewcastle can be found:
Bayley Ashes Routledge, James Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Jerrat Routledge, George Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, Quintain Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Adam Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, James Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Thomas Routledge, James Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, William Routledge, James Father
Is this the same James father of Adam, James, Thomas and William but also son of George along with Jerrat and Quintain? On The Protestation Returns just 37 years later there is James and Elener of the Ash with sons Francis and George and could this be James son of James as the father of Francis and George. Putting these Routledge families together is a major task.
Looking at the 1604 Land Survey the following are listed as fathers and sons:
Adam with son Adam
Allen with son John
Andrew with sons John, Thomas, Archibald, James and Adam
Archibald with son William
George with sons James, Jerrat and Quintain
James with sons Adam, James, Thomas, and William
Jarret with son Thomas
Jeffery with sons Thomas and Richard
John with sons Cuthbert, Jerrat, Thomas, Cuthbert, Thomas, William, George, Clement, George and Quint (Is there more than one John as Father?)
Martin with son James
Nicholas with son Edward
Quintain with sons Simon, Andrew, Simon, Francis, Andrew and John (two with forename Quintain?)
Richard with sons Jenkin, George, and John
Robert with son Jock (listed on another document and likely the Laird of the Routledge Clan)
Rowland with sons Anthony, Edward, Cuthbert
Thomas with sons Richard and William
William with sons Edward, Alexander and John
The possibility exists that there are some grandfather/son/grandson relationships in this listing.
There is a very large difference in the numbers of Routledge males in 1604 as compared to the 1630 Indenture. There are 51 names in the 1604 list and only 21 in the 1630 Indenture and only 23 in the Protestation Returns of 1641.
What is known about George Routledge of Row/Raw mentioned in this document is that he appears to have baptized five children at Bewcastle - Isobel, Jane, George (1726-1729), George and Jane. At the time of the writing of the document only Isobel and Jane have been baptized and they are living at Todhills and not at Row. I am looking for a female Oakshaw Routledge connection according to the Dodgson Manuscript and it is that Thomas Routledge baptized 22 Jul 1695 at Bewcastle baptized 7 children at Bewcastle (wife unknown) including a daughter Jane baptized 14 Oct 1737 at Bewcastle. She married a Routledge and their daughter married George Routledge son of George Routledge and Elizabeth Armstrong. Their son George is the individual mentioned as living at Raw in 1843 in The Dodgson Manuscript.
Routledge marriages in the Bewcastle Parish Register (old style, ie year begins 25 Mar)
18 May 1665 James Noble and Magdalen Routlidge
1 Jun 1665 James Routlidge and Ellinor Routlidge
26 Feb 1666 William Routlidge and Margarett Nixon
15 Nov 1666 Patricke Sanderson and Margarett Routledge
19 Nov 1667 Thomas Routledge and Isobell Nixon
16 Nov 1667 William Bell and Agnes Routledge
28 Apr 1668 Andrew Routledge and Elizabeth Wilson
6 Feb 1669 John Routledge and Elliner Micholson
May 1669 Thomas Routledge and Dorothye Nixon
22 Jul 1676 William Routledge and Isobell Story
16 Nov 1676 William Henderson and Illinor Routledge
3 Jul 1677 Adam Routledge of Belbanke and Elinore Armstrong
10 Jul 1677 Andrew Armstrong and Grizill Routledge
13 Oct 1677 Adam Story and Isobell Routledge
3 Nov 1677 Thomas Routledge of Camolflatt and Mary Routledge
28 Nov James Routledge of Craggs and Ellinor Armstrong
1686 ? Story and Jennet Routledge
3 Feb 1687 Thomas Nixon and Elizabeth Routledge
22 Nov 1691 John Routledge of Bewcastle and Catherine Armstrong
21 Jul 1692 Robert Routledge and Grizzell Foster
7 Nov 1692 Andrew Noble and Jane Routledge
25 Nov 1693 William Taylour and Anne Routledge
8 Jun 1698 William Foster of Ash and Jannet Routledge of Cragges
22 Nov 1698 William Nixon of Slacks and Elizabeth Routledge
26 Jun 1701 John Hetherington and Elizabeth Routledge
11 Jul 1702 Thomas Routledge and Jane Mophett
8 Jul 1704 Archbald Routledge and Elizabeth Nixon
17 Nov 1704 John Routledge and Mary Armstrong
1704 William Routledge and Grissell Routledge
10 Oct 1706 John Scott and Anne Routledge
26 Nov 1708 John Foster and Isobell Routledge
12 Jul 1709 Richard Routledge and Jane Story
13 Feb 1711 John Routledge and Margaret Waugh
6 Jun 1711 Abraham Dixon and Anne Routledge
10 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Doney
24 Aug 1712 Leonard Routledge and Elinor Dodgson
12 Jun 1712 Leonard Story and Anne Routledge
14 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Noble
24 Jul 1712 Christopher Harding and Anne Routledge
31 Jul 1712 Thomas Routledge and Grizell Armstrong
6 Dec 1712 Andrew Forster and Jennat Routledge
11 Jun 1713 Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Allan
22 Jul 1713 Joseph Elliot and Hannah Routledge
14 Jun 1716 Archibald Routledge and Jane Nixon
1 Aug 1717 Arthur Routledge and Katharine Forster
6 Nov 1718 Andrew Kile of Kirkandery and Mary Routledge
28 May 1719 John Breckins and Jane Routledge
19 Nov 1725 John Armstrong and Ellinor Routledge
28 Nov 1725 James Armstrong of Lannercost and Elizabeth Routledge
17 Jun 1726 William Routledge and Blanch Edgar of Carlisle
14 Nov 1727 Robert Routledge and Anne Nixon
29 Jul 1730 John Waugh of Lanercost and Anne Routledge
17 Jan 1733 William Routledge and Esther Athol
5 Feb 1733 Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw and Elizabeth Storye of Lanercost
5 Feb 1733 William Armstrong and Abigail Routledge
2 Aug 1733 Matthew Turner of Sandcrook and Jannet Routledge of Highonset
14 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Flatt and Anne Routledge of Flatt
18 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Hill and Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
7 Jun 1735 Robert Armstrong and Mary Routledge
4 Dec 1735 Joseph Armstrong and Mary Routledge
8 Jul 1737 John Nixon and Frances Routledge
27 Jun 1738 William Forester and Jane Routledge
26 Nov 1741 John Dodgson and Grisel Routledge
25 Nov 1741 John Tweedle and Sybella Routledge
25 May 1743 Richard Pott and Elizabeth Routledge of Lanercost
14 May 1744 John Armstrong and Elizabeth Routledge
22 May John Armstrong and Isobel Routledge
14 Jun 1744 William Nixon and Eleanor Routledge
12 Aug 1744 James Henderson and Jane Routledge
7 Jun 1745 William Routledge and Mary Elliot of Lanercost
16 Jun 1745 Robert Routledge and Jane Armstrong
28 Nov 1745 Francis Forrester of Kirkandrews on Esk and Ann Routledge
23 Nov 1745 Thomas Routledge and Ann Allan of Lanercost
2 Dec 1747 John Forster and Mary Routledge
Baptisms of George Routledge
16 Apr 1667 ? of Thomas Routlidge of Pikehead
24 May 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw
3 Oct 1676 ? son of George Routledge of Know
17 Oct 1767 ? son of John Routledge of Parke
28 Oct 1691 George son of Adam Routledge of Roanstrees
15 Jan 1692 George son of Richard Routledge of Crags
10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub
1715 ? son of John Routledge of Flatt
29 Jan 1726 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
18 Apr 1729 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
Not a lot of George Routledge that could be referred to in the 1721 document. The 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw has always been an interesting individual and then 10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub and that George potentially could be the father of the George Routledge of Todhills baptized in 1729. There are no George Routledge marriages this early in the Bewcastle Parish Register.
There is one on Family Search:
George Routledge married to Elizabetha Graham 3 Jun 1713 at KirkLinton
Kirklinton is 8 miles from Lanercost and ten miles from Bewcastle.
Looking for George Routledge marriages has been in the past difficult and continues in that state. More records coming on line might assist with discovering the line of George and the names of their wives. Either the mother or one of the Grandmothers of George is surnamed Routledge and a daughter/grand daughter of Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw. But George himself is referred to as of Oakshaw in the will so is he the son of George junior of Stub and is this George in turn a son of Adam of Roanstrees or of James of Raw (otherwise known as Row)?
The 1721 document I mentioned earlier and which I must transcribe one of these days names the wife of George Routledge of Raw as Blanch. The document also names a Robert Routledge and an Andrew Graham. The time periods in the particular item date from 1713 to 1722 at a quick read.
A Blanch Routledge died 23 Feb 1788 at the age of 94 years. No other reference to her in the Bewcastle Parish Register that I have found thus far. There was a Blanch Routledge baptized 3 Jun 1668 daughter of Mr Richard Routledge of Bewcastle.
Possible ancestry of George Routledge
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
The document that I need to transcribe though is rather interesting as it lists both the property at Raw and the property at Borderigg where Henry Routledge farmed. Was there any relationship between these two men whose children eventually married. My mother always commented that the Routledge ancestors were cousins. Still to look at is Grace.
Henry is known to be of Oakshaw but not listed as such in the abstract to the will of Archibald Forrester mentioned above but George is listed as of Oakshaw and he is known to be a great grandson of Thomas Routledge brother of John Routledge Laird of The Flatt.
George Routledge my 4x great grandfather is the second 4x great grandfather with the surname Routledge. He is also the second one to be of the Oakshaw Routledge family as it is generally referred to in the Dodgson Manuscript. He is also listed in the Dodgson Manuscript unlike my earlier ancestor challenge written about Henry Routledge. A good deal is known about the descendants of this George Routledge.
George was baptized 17 Apr 1729 whilst living at Todhills, Bewcastle, Cumberland the son of George Routledge (mother's name missing but I am hoping that a document that I am going to review today will help with that particular item). He died 12 Jun 1816 living at Row also in Bewcastle. He was married twice and I am descendant of his first family with Grace Routledge (and the third of my three Routledge 4x great grandparents thus far known to me) and they were married 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle. His second marriage which is recounted in The Dodgson Manuscript was to Elizabeth Armstrong 1 Jun 1768 at Lanercost. Elizabeth Armstrong was also descendant of the Oakshaw Routledge family as her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of John Routledge and Elizabeth Dodgson. Mary was their eldest daughter. John and Elizabeth were married 11 May 1710 at Stepleton, Cumberland and they baptized ten children (eight of them at Bewcastle but the baptism of Mary has not yet been located). Mary's brother William (baptized at Lanercost) and married to Jane Routledge 14 Nov 1753 at Brampton is also interesting because of their two sons John and Richard Routledge with Richard having purchased the property of my ancestor Thomas at Parkhead before he emigrated to Canada. They are referred to in a letter that George, son of my Thomas, wrote back to Archibald Armstrong in 1839 from London Township, Ontario, Canada. Mary Routledge married Joseph Armstrong 15 Nov 1735 at Bewcastle just to round out the story and their daughter Elizabeth was baptized at Lanercost 3 Jan 1738. George Routledge and Elizabeth baptized six children at Bewcastle. I will discuss the children of George and Grace (George's first wife) when I write about Grace Routledge.
Who was George Routledge baptized 1729.
"Elizabeth Armstrong one of the Female line of the Routledges of the Flatt and second Wife of George Routledge the former owner of Raw and Murrayholm in Bewcastle. (1768. June 1. Geo. Routledge of the parish of Bewcastle, and Eliz: Armstrong of this parish married by Lic. Wit. Thos Armstrong. Marge Routledge [Lanercost par. register]). Elizabeth Armstrong above named whose ancestors farmed Parknook, Bewcastle, and were from the Birkbush Armstrongs parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland. She was Cousin to the late Christopher Armstrong owner of Birkbush. (1735. Nov. 15. Marr. Bond at Carlisle. Joseph Armstrong, Flowry Hurst, p Lanercost, bach, age 30, and Mary Routledge, Flatt, p Bewcastle, spinster.) (1739. Jan. 3. Elizabeth dau of Joseph Armstrong of Flowry hurst, bap [Lanercost par. reg.]) She Died at Murrayholm in or about aged years (missing but her age would have been 91 as she died 14 Oct 1829 at Murrayholm). The said Elizabeth Armstrong informed her Grandson George Routledge who in 1843 is the Owner of Raw, Murrayholm and Bankhead Estates, That her Grandfather John Routledge above named as being the Owner of Flatt in 1700. And a younger Brother named Thomas was Owner of Highonset and an Estate at Flatt were descended from the Routledges of Oakshaw (formerly Akeshaw) and came from the Oakshaw in or about 1700 as before stated and that John Routledge her Grandfather was generally called Old Akeshaw of the Flatt and the Ancestors of the present Owner of the Flatt. (1700. Nov. 18. Will: Routledge Alias Akeshaw buried. [Bewcastle B. T.]) And that Thomas Routledge his younger Brother was Father to John Routledge Owner of Scotchtown formerly of Highonset Bewcastle and Grandfather to Thomas Routledge the only son of John who still holds a life Interest in Scotchtown Estate and now in 1843 residing with his Wife Margaret Little at Garthside parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland, and the said above named Thomas Routledge Brother of John Routledge commonly called Akeshaw of the Flatt was also Greatgrandfather on the Maternal side to the above named George Routledge residing on his Estate at Bankhead before named in 1843.
Thomas Routledge who came from Oakshaw to Flatt was Uncle to Grace Routledge the Wife of John Dodgson of Stoneknowe and the said Grace Routledge was Aunt to Elizabeth Armstrong above named Elizabeth Armstrong’s Mother being a Sister to Grace and the Daughters of John Old Akeshaw of the Flatt before named."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
From this document Elizabeth has given the relationship of George to the Oakshaw Routledge family as being a great grandson of Thomas Routledge who was brother to John Routledge commonly known as Akeshaw of the Flatt whose father was William Routledge the son of James Routledge who died in 1700 at The Flatt, Bewcastle.
From a Will abstract the following can be gleaned:
Carlisle Record Office Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased poss. The mother of John Routledge
John Forrester, Wit
Adam Routledge s o Mary, Wid
George Routledge, of Oakshaw, Bc, father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of [d o ] Mary Routledge, Wid
Henry Routledge, s o Mary R*
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, dec., father of 3 children
John Routledge s o Mary R*, Wid
John Routledge, my "sister's son, possibly s o Grace
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Wid, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John & Henry
Mary Routledge, d o Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William R*
William Routledge of Oakshaw s o late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Wit
Catherine Dowglass of Ash w o Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson d o Robert & Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor & father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, d o Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside w o Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
One day I must get hold of the original will as it could give me a little more wording around these references to my 2 4x great grandfathers. But the will captures a moment in time just before George's wife Grace died in 1768 and just after Henry Routledge died in 1765. George at that time was living at Oakshaw. His wife Grace Routledge's parentage is not of Oakshaw directly so he is living there on hios own account as the maternal greatgrandson of Thomas Routledge mentioned above.
The document which I do have is from the National Archives of the UK and reference C 11/2598/24 and was created in 1721. It is a Bill and answer with plaintiffs George Routledge, yeoman of Raw and the defendant Allan Routledge. There was, according to The Dodgson Manuscript an Allan Routledge in Row in 1630 and checking this particular set of documents the reference is likely to an Indenture dated 1630. The following information (an exerpt and the entire copy can be seen in blog post: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/search/label/1630%20Indenture%20of%20the%20Manor%20of%20Bewcastle
can be gleaned on Allen Routledge:
Allan Routledge, of Cum Crooke
Allan Routledge for a Tenement, without a house at Saughs, rent 3s 4d, a day
mowing, a day shearing, and for Carriages 2s.
In the Protestation Returns of 1641-42 there is no mention of an Allan Routledge. But there is a George Routledge son of James and Elener of the Ash (Francis is a second son), another George Routledge.
Earlier in the 1604 Land Survey of Bewcastle can be found:
Bayley Ashes Routledge, James Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Jerrat Routledge, George Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, Quintain Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Adam Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, James Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Thomas Routledge, James Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, William Routledge, James Father
Is this the same James father of Adam, James, Thomas and William but also son of George along with Jerrat and Quintain? On The Protestation Returns just 37 years later there is James and Elener of the Ash with sons Francis and George and could this be James son of James as the father of Francis and George. Putting these Routledge families together is a major task.
Looking at the 1604 Land Survey the following are listed as fathers and sons:
Adam with son Adam
Allen with son John
Andrew with sons John, Thomas, Archibald, James and Adam
Archibald with son William
George with sons James, Jerrat and Quintain
James with sons Adam, James, Thomas, and William
Jarret with son Thomas
Jeffery with sons Thomas and Richard
John with sons Cuthbert, Jerrat, Thomas, Cuthbert, Thomas, William, George, Clement, George and Quint (Is there more than one John as Father?)
Martin with son James
Nicholas with son Edward
Quintain with sons Simon, Andrew, Simon, Francis, Andrew and John (two with forename Quintain?)
Richard with sons Jenkin, George, and John
Robert with son Jock (listed on another document and likely the Laird of the Routledge Clan)
Rowland with sons Anthony, Edward, Cuthbert
Thomas with sons Richard and William
William with sons Edward, Alexander and John
The possibility exists that there are some grandfather/son/grandson relationships in this listing.
There is a very large difference in the numbers of Routledge males in 1604 as compared to the 1630 Indenture. There are 51 names in the 1604 list and only 21 in the 1630 Indenture and only 23 in the Protestation Returns of 1641.
What is known about George Routledge of Row/Raw mentioned in this document is that he appears to have baptized five children at Bewcastle - Isobel, Jane, George (1726-1729), George and Jane. At the time of the writing of the document only Isobel and Jane have been baptized and they are living at Todhills and not at Row. I am looking for a female Oakshaw Routledge connection according to the Dodgson Manuscript and it is that Thomas Routledge baptized 22 Jul 1695 at Bewcastle baptized 7 children at Bewcastle (wife unknown) including a daughter Jane baptized 14 Oct 1737 at Bewcastle. She married a Routledge and their daughter married George Routledge son of George Routledge and Elizabeth Armstrong. Their son George is the individual mentioned as living at Raw in 1843 in The Dodgson Manuscript.
Routledge marriages in the Bewcastle Parish Register (old style, ie year begins 25 Mar)
18 May 1665 James Noble and Magdalen Routlidge
1 Jun 1665 James Routlidge and Ellinor Routlidge
26 Feb 1666 William Routlidge and Margarett Nixon
15 Nov 1666 Patricke Sanderson and Margarett Routledge
19 Nov 1667 Thomas Routledge and Isobell Nixon
16 Nov 1667 William Bell and Agnes Routledge
28 Apr 1668 Andrew Routledge and Elizabeth Wilson
6 Feb 1669 John Routledge and Elliner Micholson
May 1669 Thomas Routledge and Dorothye Nixon
22 Jul 1676 William Routledge and Isobell Story
16 Nov 1676 William Henderson and Illinor Routledge
3 Jul 1677 Adam Routledge of Belbanke and Elinore Armstrong
10 Jul 1677 Andrew Armstrong and Grizill Routledge
13 Oct 1677 Adam Story and Isobell Routledge
3 Nov 1677 Thomas Routledge of Camolflatt and Mary Routledge
28 Nov James Routledge of Craggs and Ellinor Armstrong
1686 ? Story and Jennet Routledge
3 Feb 1687 Thomas Nixon and Elizabeth Routledge
22 Nov 1691 John Routledge of Bewcastle and Catherine Armstrong
21 Jul 1692 Robert Routledge and Grizzell Foster
7 Nov 1692 Andrew Noble and Jane Routledge
25 Nov 1693 William Taylour and Anne Routledge
8 Jun 1698 William Foster of Ash and Jannet Routledge of Cragges
22 Nov 1698 William Nixon of Slacks and Elizabeth Routledge
26 Jun 1701 John Hetherington and Elizabeth Routledge
11 Jul 1702 Thomas Routledge and Jane Mophett
8 Jul 1704 Archbald Routledge and Elizabeth Nixon
17 Nov 1704 John Routledge and Mary Armstrong
1704 William Routledge and Grissell Routledge
10 Oct 1706 John Scott and Anne Routledge
26 Nov 1708 John Foster and Isobell Routledge
12 Jul 1709 Richard Routledge and Jane Story
13 Feb 1711 John Routledge and Margaret Waugh
6 Jun 1711 Abraham Dixon and Anne Routledge
10 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Doney
24 Aug 1712 Leonard Routledge and Elinor Dodgson
12 Jun 1712 Leonard Story and Anne Routledge
14 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Noble
24 Jul 1712 Christopher Harding and Anne Routledge
31 Jul 1712 Thomas Routledge and Grizell Armstrong
6 Dec 1712 Andrew Forster and Jennat Routledge
11 Jun 1713 Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Allan
22 Jul 1713 Joseph Elliot and Hannah Routledge
14 Jun 1716 Archibald Routledge and Jane Nixon
1 Aug 1717 Arthur Routledge and Katharine Forster
6 Nov 1718 Andrew Kile of Kirkandery and Mary Routledge
28 May 1719 John Breckins and Jane Routledge
19 Nov 1725 John Armstrong and Ellinor Routledge
28 Nov 1725 James Armstrong of Lannercost and Elizabeth Routledge
17 Jun 1726 William Routledge and Blanch Edgar of Carlisle
14 Nov 1727 Robert Routledge and Anne Nixon
29 Jul 1730 John Waugh of Lanercost and Anne Routledge
17 Jan 1733 William Routledge and Esther Athol
5 Feb 1733 Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw and Elizabeth Storye of Lanercost
5 Feb 1733 William Armstrong and Abigail Routledge
2 Aug 1733 Matthew Turner of Sandcrook and Jannet Routledge of Highonset
14 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Flatt and Anne Routledge of Flatt
18 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Hill and Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
7 Jun 1735 Robert Armstrong and Mary Routledge
4 Dec 1735 Joseph Armstrong and Mary Routledge
8 Jul 1737 John Nixon and Frances Routledge
27 Jun 1738 William Forester and Jane Routledge
26 Nov 1741 John Dodgson and Grisel Routledge
25 Nov 1741 John Tweedle and Sybella Routledge
25 May 1743 Richard Pott and Elizabeth Routledge of Lanercost
14 May 1744 John Armstrong and Elizabeth Routledge
22 May John Armstrong and Isobel Routledge
14 Jun 1744 William Nixon and Eleanor Routledge
12 Aug 1744 James Henderson and Jane Routledge
7 Jun 1745 William Routledge and Mary Elliot of Lanercost
16 Jun 1745 Robert Routledge and Jane Armstrong
28 Nov 1745 Francis Forrester of Kirkandrews on Esk and Ann Routledge
23 Nov 1745 Thomas Routledge and Ann Allan of Lanercost
2 Dec 1747 John Forster and Mary Routledge
Baptisms of George Routledge
16 Apr 1667 ? of Thomas Routlidge of Pikehead
24 May 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw
3 Oct 1676 ? son of George Routledge of Know
17 Oct 1767 ? son of John Routledge of Parke
28 Oct 1691 George son of Adam Routledge of Roanstrees
15 Jan 1692 George son of Richard Routledge of Crags
10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub
1715 ? son of John Routledge of Flatt
29 Jan 1726 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
18 Apr 1729 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
Not a lot of George Routledge that could be referred to in the 1721 document. The 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw has always been an interesting individual and then 10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub and that George potentially could be the father of the George Routledge of Todhills baptized in 1729. There are no George Routledge marriages this early in the Bewcastle Parish Register.
There is one on Family Search:
George Routledge married to Elizabetha Graham 3 Jun 1713 at KirkLinton
Kirklinton is 8 miles from Lanercost and ten miles from Bewcastle.
Looking for George Routledge marriages has been in the past difficult and continues in that state. More records coming on line might assist with discovering the line of George and the names of their wives. Either the mother or one of the Grandmothers of George is surnamed Routledge and a daughter/grand daughter of Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw. But George himself is referred to as of Oakshaw in the will so is he the son of George junior of Stub and is this George in turn a son of Adam of Roanstrees or of James of Raw (otherwise known as Row)?
The 1721 document I mentioned earlier and which I must transcribe one of these days names the wife of George Routledge of Raw as Blanch. The document also names a Robert Routledge and an Andrew Graham. The time periods in the particular item date from 1713 to 1722 at a quick read.
A Blanch Routledge died 23 Feb 1788 at the age of 94 years. No other reference to her in the Bewcastle Parish Register that I have found thus far. There was a Blanch Routledge baptized 3 Jun 1668 daughter of Mr Richard Routledge of Bewcastle.
Possible ancestry of George Routledge
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
The document that I need to transcribe though is rather interesting as it lists both the property at Raw and the property at Borderigg where Henry Routledge farmed. Was there any relationship between these two men whose children eventually married. My mother always commented that the Routledge ancestors were cousins. Still to look at is Grace.
Henry is known to be of Oakshaw but not listed as such in the abstract to the will of Archibald Forrester mentioned above but George is listed as of Oakshaw and he is known to be a great grandson of Thomas Routledge brother of John Routledge Laird of The Flatt.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Will of James Blake, Yeoman of Speen, Berkshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1457/169, probated 13 Mar 1807
The will of James Blake of Speen, Berkshire was a must read given that I had looked at a will for William Blake of Speen from 1552: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-william-blake-yeoman-of-speen.html.
Whether or not this James Blake is a descendant of William Blake can not be determined from this will. William Blake had a son Anthony and brothers John and Richard.
A look at British History online for the Parish of Speen does not have any Blake entries. The Englefield family held Speen at the time of William Blake in the 1500s. With no mention of Blake and the knowledge that this Blake family also lived at Andover in some time period, I wonder if they have a similar descent to my line prior to Nicholas Blake who left his will in 1547 at Enham.
From the Spanswick one name study there is a marriage of James Blake to Elizabeth Spanswick 13 Dec 1733 at Speen. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/SpansCounty/Berkshire/Speen.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1457/169
Testator: James Blake, Yeoman
Place: Speen, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 May 1805, probated 13 Mar 1807
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me James Blake of Speen
3 in the County of Berks yeoman made this ninth
4 day of May in the year of Our Lord one
5 thousand eight hundred and five as follows (that
6 is to say) First I direct all my Just debts Funeral
7 and Testamentary charges and Expences to be paid and discharged
8 and after payment thereof and of every part
9 thereof and subject thereto I direct that my Estate and
10 and Effects of what nature soever be sold and
11 disposed of and converted into Money in such way
12 so my Executor herein after named shall in his
13 discretion think proper and the Money arising
14 and to be made by Sale thereof as also all my
15 Money in the Stocks or Funds and all other my
16 Monies and personal Estate whatsoever I give
17 and bequeath unto William Graham of Newbury
18 aforesaid Draper his Executors and Administrators
19 Upon Trust the said William Graham his Executors
20 or Administrators shall and do within six Calendar
21 Months next after my decease place out and
22 invest the same or any part thereof upon good
23 security or securities or continue the same or
24 any part thereof in and upon such Stocks Funds
25 or Securities as the same or any part thereof
26 may be invested in or upon at the time of
27 my decease as he in his discretion shall think
28 proper and pay and apply the Interest or
30 proceeds of the said Monies so to be placed
[Page 2]
31 out as aforesaid unto my beloved wife Ann
32 Blake and her assigns or permit and suffer
33 her to receive and take for the same for and
34 during the Term of her natural Life and from
35 and immediately after the decease of my said Wife
36 or as soon after as conveniently m ay be upon
37 Trust that he my said Trustee his Executors or
38 Administrators shall and do call in and pay
39 and divide all and singular the said Monies so to
40 be placed out as aforesaid and all Interest which
41 shall be then due thereon between and amongst my
42 daughter Jane Brown (the Wife of Bartholomew
43 Brown of Newbury aforesaid Pig Cutter whom I
44 had by a former Wife, my Son in Law George
45 Crawford of Grays Inn Lane London Lapidary and
46 Glass Cutter and my daughter Jane Blake) and all
47 and every other Child and Children I may have
48 by my present Wife in equal proportions share
49 and share alike But in case any one or more
50 of them the said Jane Brown George Crawford
51 and Ann Blake or any other Child or Children I
52 may have by my said Wife shall die before
53 his her or their share or shares shall become
54 payable then upon Trust to pay the share or
55 shares of him her or them so dying unto the
56 survivor or survivors of them And I do declare
57 that the Receipt of my said daughter Jane
58 Brown shall be a good discharge to my said
59 Trustee for her share without the concurrence
60 of her husband And I do hereby nominate
61 constitute and appoint the said William Graham
62 sole Executor of this my Will and I do hereby
63 declare that it shall Be lawful for my said Executor
64 and Trustee his Executors and Administrators
65 to deduct and retain to himself and themselves all
66 such costs charges and Expences as he or they
67 shall sustain or be put to in the Execution
68 of the Execution of the Trust of this my
69 my Will and that he or they shall not be
70 answerable or accountable for any more
71 Money than he or they shall actually receive
72 And I do hereby revoke all former and other
73 Wills by me at any time heretofore made and
74 do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
75 In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the
76 Testator have to this my last Will and
77 Testament contained in two Sheets of paper set
78 my hand and Seal to wit my hand at the bottom
79 of the preceding Sheet and my hand and Seal
80 to this Sheet the day and Year mentioned at
81 the beginning of the preceding The Name or Mark
82 of James Blake James Blake the testator The writing
83 contained
[Page 3]
84 contained in this and the preceding Sheet of
85 paper was signed sealed By the said James Blake
86 the Testator and by him published and declared
87 as and for his last Will and Testament in the
88 presence of us who in his presence and in the
89 presence of each other and at his request have
90 subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereof William
91 Woodward Jno Barfield
92 This Will was proved at London the
93 thirteenth day of March in the Year of Our
94 Lord one thousand Eight hundred and seven before
95 the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
96 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of
97 the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
98 constituted by the oath of William the sole executor
99 named in the said Will to whom administration
100 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
101 and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn
102 by Commission duly to administer.
Whether or not this James Blake is a descendant of William Blake can not be determined from this will. William Blake had a son Anthony and brothers John and Richard.
A look at British History online for the Parish of Speen does not have any Blake entries. The Englefield family held Speen at the time of William Blake in the 1500s. With no mention of Blake and the knowledge that this Blake family also lived at Andover in some time period, I wonder if they have a similar descent to my line prior to Nicholas Blake who left his will in 1547 at Enham.
From the Spanswick one name study there is a marriage of James Blake to Elizabeth Spanswick 13 Dec 1733 at Speen. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/SpansCounty/Berkshire/Speen.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1457/169
Testator: James Blake, Yeoman
Place: Speen, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 May 1805, probated 13 Mar 1807
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me James Blake of Speen
3 in the County of Berks yeoman made this ninth
4 day of May in the year of Our Lord one
5 thousand eight hundred and five as follows (that
6 is to say) First I direct all my Just debts Funeral
7 and Testamentary charges and Expences to be paid and discharged
8 and after payment thereof and of every part
9 thereof and subject thereto I direct that my Estate and
10 and Effects of what nature soever be sold and
11 disposed of and converted into Money in such way
12 so my Executor herein after named shall in his
13 discretion think proper and the Money arising
14 and to be made by Sale thereof as also all my
15 Money in the Stocks or Funds and all other my
16 Monies and personal Estate whatsoever I give
17 and bequeath unto William Graham of Newbury
18 aforesaid Draper his Executors and Administrators
19 Upon Trust the said William Graham his Executors
20 or Administrators shall and do within six Calendar
21 Months next after my decease place out and
22 invest the same or any part thereof upon good
23 security or securities or continue the same or
24 any part thereof in and upon such Stocks Funds
25 or Securities as the same or any part thereof
26 may be invested in or upon at the time of
27 my decease as he in his discretion shall think
28 proper and pay and apply the Interest or
30 proceeds of the said Monies so to be placed
[Page 2]
31 out as aforesaid unto my beloved wife Ann
32 Blake and her assigns or permit and suffer
33 her to receive and take for the same for and
34 during the Term of her natural Life and from
35 and immediately after the decease of my said Wife
36 or as soon after as conveniently m ay be upon
37 Trust that he my said Trustee his Executors or
38 Administrators shall and do call in and pay
39 and divide all and singular the said Monies so to
40 be placed out as aforesaid and all Interest which
41 shall be then due thereon between and amongst my
42 daughter Jane Brown (the Wife of Bartholomew
43 Brown of Newbury aforesaid Pig Cutter whom I
44 had by a former Wife, my Son in Law George
45 Crawford of Grays Inn Lane London Lapidary and
46 Glass Cutter and my daughter Jane Blake) and all
47 and every other Child and Children I may have
48 by my present Wife in equal proportions share
49 and share alike But in case any one or more
50 of them the said Jane Brown George Crawford
51 and Ann Blake or any other Child or Children I
52 may have by my said Wife shall die before
53 his her or their share or shares shall become
54 payable then upon Trust to pay the share or
55 shares of him her or them so dying unto the
56 survivor or survivors of them And I do declare
57 that the Receipt of my said daughter Jane
58 Brown shall be a good discharge to my said
59 Trustee for her share without the concurrence
60 of her husband And I do hereby nominate
61 constitute and appoint the said William Graham
62 sole Executor of this my Will and I do hereby
63 declare that it shall Be lawful for my said Executor
64 and Trustee his Executors and Administrators
65 to deduct and retain to himself and themselves all
66 such costs charges and Expences as he or they
67 shall sustain or be put to in the Execution
68 of the Execution of the Trust of this my
69 my Will and that he or they shall not be
70 answerable or accountable for any more
71 Money than he or they shall actually receive
72 And I do hereby revoke all former and other
73 Wills by me at any time heretofore made and
74 do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
75 In Witness whereof I the said James Blake the
76 Testator have to this my last Will and
77 Testament contained in two Sheets of paper set
78 my hand and Seal to wit my hand at the bottom
79 of the preceding Sheet and my hand and Seal
80 to this Sheet the day and Year mentioned at
81 the beginning of the preceding The Name or Mark
82 of James Blake James Blake the testator The writing
83 contained
[Page 3]
84 contained in this and the preceding Sheet of
85 paper was signed sealed By the said James Blake
86 the Testator and by him published and declared
87 as and for his last Will and Testament in the
88 presence of us who in his presence and in the
89 presence of each other and at his request have
90 subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereof William
91 Woodward Jno Barfield
92 This Will was proved at London the
93 thirteenth day of March in the Year of Our
94 Lord one thousand Eight hundred and seven before
95 the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
96 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of
97 the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
98 constituted by the oath of William the sole executor
99 named in the said Will to whom administration
100 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
101 and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn
102 by Commission duly to administer.
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