Isaac Blake, Gent, married Elisabeth Penniston 13 Jun 1678 At St Dunstan in the East, London (Find My Past, England Marriages 1538-1973). They were married by Licence and he was 28 years of age and a bachelor living at Stroud, Kent. She was a widow, 27 years of age, living at Frinsbury, Kent.
Isaack Blake and Elizabeth baptized a son Isaack 23 Apr 1679 at Strood, Kent.
An Administration dated 2 Oct 1684 as an “Ad. To Eliz. B., rel. deceased” was granted to Isaac Blake of Temple, Strood, Kent. There are several lines of text above the probate that I will attempt to decipher but they are in Latin and when the text isn’t pretty much “bookplate” I do find it harder to transcribe.
Boyd’s inhabitants of London has the record for a John Blake of St George Southwark with his father Isaac Blake, gent, of Strood Kent listed. John was born in 1654 and married 6 May 1678 to Hannah Elliston (she was born in 1655). Isaac Blake, mentioned in the will, was only 28 years of age in 1678 so possibly this John is his brother.
An interesting Will for a Susanna Dawes (maiden name Sellman) of St Olave Southwark, widow, at Surrey Archdeaconry Court 1707 mentions Mr John Blake, Mr Isaac Blake, Mrs Hannah Blake and Mrs Mary Blake (they are to receive mourning rings). I did not find a marriage for Isaac and Mary.
William Pennyston married Elizabeth Fortescue 4 Jul 1676 Saint Mary at Hill, London, England.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/365/290
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, Wife
Place: Strood, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Feb 1680, probated 22 Feb 1680/81
[Margin]: Elizabeth Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen:
2 the twelfth day of February in the Three and thirtieth yeare of ye reigne
3 of oure Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God now
4 King of England etc Annoq; domini One thousand six hundred Eighty I
5 Elizabeth Blake wife of Isaac Blake of Strood in the Countie of Kent
6 Gent being sick and weak of bodie but of sound and disposing mynd and
7 memorie doe make and declare this my last Will and Testamt in manner
8 following First, Whereas my late husband William Peniston last of
9 Frendsbury in the Countie aforesaid by his last Will and Testament
10 bearing date the nineteenth day of November which was in nyne and
11 twentieth yeare of the said Majesties Reigne that now is of England etc
12 did therein and thereby make and ordaine mee the said Elizbeth Blake
13 (by the name of Elizabeth his loving wife) full and sole Executrix of the
14 same his last Will and Testament I doe hereby make and ordaine the said
15 Isaac Blake my deare and welbeloved husband to be my full and sole
16 Executor of this my last Will and Testamt and doe give and gequeath
17 unto him the said Isaac All and every my personal estate Goods
18 Rights Interests claimes chattels and demands whatsoever, And doe will
19 and desire him to be Gardian to my daughter Elizabeth Peniston
20 and I doe hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by mee formerly
21 made. In witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Blake hare hereunto
22 set my hand and Seale dated the day and yeare first above written
23 Eliz. Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
24 Elizabeth Blake to be her last Will and Testamt in the presence of
25 John Guy Tho Hayes Fra Brooke
26 Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London
27 vicesimo secundo die Mensis Februarij Anno domini (Stylo Anglia)
28 millesimo sexcentesimo Octogesimo coram venerabili viro Henrico
29 Fauconberge legume d[o]c[t]ore Surrogato venerabilis et egregij domini
30 Leolini Jenkins milite legume etiam d[o]c[t]oris Curiae praerogativae Cantuarien
31 Magistrij Custodis sive Commissarij legitime constituti juramento Isaac
32 Blake ma___ et Executorio in hujusmodi Testamento nominati cui commissa
33 fuit admistratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti de
34 bene et fidel[ite]r administrand eadem ad sancta Dei Evangelia in dicto jurio forma
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Will of Anne King, Widow, Upton Gray, Hampshire - The National Archives PROB 11/198, probated 4 Nov 1646
The next set of wills is actually for members of the King family in the areas around Andover, Hampshire. My 4x great grandmother was Joanna King daughter of Thomas King and Mary Carter and she was baptized at Upper Clatford where her father was a farmer. Locating the parents of Thomas King has proven to be somewhat difficult and so I collected these wills to see if I could find any clues. Thomas himself left a will but does not indicate any other members of his family then his son in law Joseph Blake. There are sixteen King wills.
Looking at Find My Past there was a marriage for Thomas King 2 May 1694 to Anne Winch at Upton Gray. The bride from Bray, Berkshire with bondsmen Symon Winch and Richard Winch.
There are another fifteen wills which include a Robert King in 1652. This is unlikely to be my King family located at Upper Clatford as it is 27 miles between them but will wait and see.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Feb 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/198
Name of testator: Anne King
Place: Upton Gray, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 20 Jul 1637, probated 4 Nov 1646
[In margin] T[estamentu]m Anne King
1 In the Name of God Amen The twentith
2 day of July Ano Domini one thousand six hundred thirty seven And
3 in the thirteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lorde Charles by
4 the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King
5 defender of the faith etc I Anne King of Upton Gray in the County of
6 South[amp]t[on] widow being weake in bodie but of good and perfect memory
7 And understanding thanks be given to Almighty God therefore doe make
8 and declare this my present last will and testament in manner and forme
9 following That is to say first I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty
10 God my Creator assuredly trusting through the onely merits death and
11 passion of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ to have life everlasting And my
12 bodie I commend to the earth from whence it came to be buried in decent manner
13 in the Church of Upton Gray aforesaid neere unto the place where my husband
14 was buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named Item I give
15 devise and bequeath unto Robert King my sonne all that Messuage or Tenement
16 newly built wherein he the sayd Robert now dwelleth and all my lands Tene
17 ments and hereditaments hereunto belonging or therewith now used occupied
18 or enioyed with theappurtances called or known by the name of the Farme sett
19 lying and being in the parrish of Upton gray aforesaid And all these my
20 lands and Tenements called Biddin with theappurtances in Up Nately in the County aforesaid
21 To have and to hold the same unto him the sayd Robert King my sayd sonne
22 for and during the terme of his natural life without impeachment of or for
23 any manner of waste And from and after his decease then to such issue as
24 the sayd Robert my sonne shall hereafter happen to have of his bodie lawfully
25 begotten and to be begotten and to the heires of such issue for ever But if it shall
26 happen that the sayd Robert my sayd sonne shall dye without such yssue
27 Then my will and meaning is and I hereby give and devise the sayd Messuage
28 and Tenement and all and singular the sayd lands and hereditaments and other
29 the premises with thappurtenances unto my Cozen Barnard Hunt the sonne
30 of my sister Margarett and to his heires for ever Item I give devise and
31 bequeath unto the sayd Barnard Hunt all my barnes and lands called
32 Lipscombs with thappurtenances in Upton Gray aforesaid which I heretofore pur
33 chased and are now in the tenure or occupations of William Cleeke and
34 Robert Lee or one of them or their Assignes to have and to hold the same
35 unto him the sayd Barnard Hunt for and during the Tearme of his natural
36 life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste
37 Then from and after his decease then I give and devise one block
38 of the said land and lands with the appurtenances called Lipscombs in foure parts to
39 be devised unto my kinsman Humfrie Hunte one of the sonnes of the said Bernard
40 Hunte and to the heires of him the said Humfrie for ever And allsoe on the other parte of
41 the said barnes and lands with the appurtenances called Lipscombs in foure parts to be
42 devised unto my kinsman William Hunte one other of the sonnes of the said Bernard Hunte
43 and to the heires of him the said William for ever And from and
44 after his decease for the one parte of the sayd barnes and lands
45 called Lipscombs with thappurtances in foure parts to be devided) unto my
46 kinsman John Hunt and other of the sonnes of the sayd Barnard Hunt
47 and to the heires of him the sayd John for ever And the residue and other
48 parte of the said Barnes and lands with thappurtenances called Lipscombes unto
49 my kinsman Barnard Hunt the younger one other of the sonnes of the
50 sayd Barnard Hunt and to the heires of him the sayd Barnard the yonger
51 for ever Item I give and bequeath unto Anne King my servant one
52 flockbedd one fether bolster one paire of blancketts and one paire of sheets
53 and fortie shillings in money Item I give and bequeath unto Edward
54 Dy___nce heretofore my servant fortie shillings And to my kinsman James
55 Kinge twentie shillings and to my Cozen Johan Shoare twentie shillings And
56 to her sonne James Hunt twenty shillings And to my servant Roger Gregory
57 six shillings and eight pence Item I give and bequeath unto the Cathedrall
58 Church of Winchester twelve pence And to the Church of Upton gray
59 aforesaid six shillings and eight pence Item I give and bequeath to the poore
60 of the parrish of Upton Gray aforesaid twentie shillings to be distributed
61 amongst them at the discretion of my sayd Executors All which sayd legacies
62 and summes of money by me hereto before given I will shall be delivered
63 and payd by my Executors within the space of three moneths next
64 after my decease The residue of all and singular my goods Chattells debts
65 Credit and personal estate whatsoever over and besides the guifts and
66 legacies aforesaid I give and bequeath unto my sayd sonne Robert Kinge
67 and the sayd Barnard Hunt the father whome I make joynt Executors of
68 this my present last will and testament And I make and ordayne and appoint
69 my loving friends and neighbours John Nashe and Richard Guy Overseers
70 of this my sayd will to whome I give and bequeath thirteene shillings and
71 four pence apiece for their care and paines in that behalf to be taken of in
72 Witnes whereof I the sayd Anne Kinge have hereunto set my hands and
73 seale the day and yeare first above written The marke of the sayd Anne
74 Kinge Signed sealed and published after the interlining of these words
75 vizt (the name of) his) pence) in the presence of Robert Savoer John Cooke
76 John Aylcoyn Humfrey Sutton The marke of Roger Gregory
77 Probatum fuit testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram ingro
78 Francisco Ringsteed legum Baccho Surrogato venerabili et egregij viro
79 domini Nathanielie Brent militis et legume doctoris Curie Prerogative
80 Magistri sive Custodis Quarto die Mensis Novembris Anno domini 1646
81 Juramento Barnardi Hunt primo Executorum in testamento predicto nominat
82 cui Commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et Credi
83 torum dicti defuncti et onis testamentum quatri ______ de bene et
84 fideliter etc Ad Sancta dei Evangelia in debita Juris forma Jurat ______ Commissa
85 in _____ Reservato potestate similem Commissionem facienda Roberto King
86 filio die defuncta et alteri Executori in dicto testamenta nominat in venerit
87 eadem petitur Ex
Looking at Find My Past there was a marriage for Thomas King 2 May 1694 to Anne Winch at Upton Gray. The bride from Bray, Berkshire with bondsmen Symon Winch and Richard Winch.
There are another fifteen wills which include a Robert King in 1652. This is unlikely to be my King family located at Upper Clatford as it is 27 miles between them but will wait and see.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Feb 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/198
Name of testator: Anne King
Place: Upton Gray, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 20 Jul 1637, probated 4 Nov 1646
[In margin] T[estamentu]m Anne King
1 In the Name of God Amen The twentith
2 day of July Ano Domini one thousand six hundred thirty seven And
3 in the thirteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lorde Charles by
4 the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King
5 defender of the faith etc I Anne King of Upton Gray in the County of
6 South[amp]t[on] widow being weake in bodie but of good and perfect memory
7 And understanding thanks be given to Almighty God therefore doe make
8 and declare this my present last will and testament in manner and forme
9 following That is to say first I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty
10 God my Creator assuredly trusting through the onely merits death and
11 passion of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ to have life everlasting And my
12 bodie I commend to the earth from whence it came to be buried in decent manner
13 in the Church of Upton Gray aforesaid neere unto the place where my husband
14 was buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named Item I give
15 devise and bequeath unto Robert King my sonne all that Messuage or Tenement
16 newly built wherein he the sayd Robert now dwelleth and all my lands Tene
17 ments and hereditaments hereunto belonging or therewith now used occupied
18 or enioyed with theappurtances called or known by the name of the Farme sett
19 lying and being in the parrish of Upton gray aforesaid And all these my
20 lands and Tenements called Biddin with theappurtances in Up Nately in the County aforesaid
21 To have and to hold the same unto him the sayd Robert King my sayd sonne
22 for and during the terme of his natural life without impeachment of or for
23 any manner of waste And from and after his decease then to such issue as
24 the sayd Robert my sonne shall hereafter happen to have of his bodie lawfully
25 begotten and to be begotten and to the heires of such issue for ever But if it shall
26 happen that the sayd Robert my sayd sonne shall dye without such yssue
27 Then my will and meaning is and I hereby give and devise the sayd Messuage
28 and Tenement and all and singular the sayd lands and hereditaments and other
29 the premises with thappurtenances unto my Cozen Barnard Hunt the sonne
30 of my sister Margarett and to his heires for ever Item I give devise and
31 bequeath unto the sayd Barnard Hunt all my barnes and lands called
32 Lipscombs with thappurtenances in Upton Gray aforesaid which I heretofore pur
33 chased and are now in the tenure or occupations of William Cleeke and
34 Robert Lee or one of them or their Assignes to have and to hold the same
35 unto him the sayd Barnard Hunt for and during the Tearme of his natural
36 life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste
37 Then from and after his decease then I give and devise one block
38 of the said land and lands with the appurtenances called Lipscombs in foure parts to
39 be devised unto my kinsman Humfrie Hunte one of the sonnes of the said Bernard
40 Hunte and to the heires of him the said Humfrie for ever And allsoe on the other parte of
41 the said barnes and lands with the appurtenances called Lipscombs in foure parts to be
42 devised unto my kinsman William Hunte one other of the sonnes of the said Bernard Hunte
43 and to the heires of him the said William for ever And from and
44 after his decease for the one parte of the sayd barnes and lands
45 called Lipscombs with thappurtances in foure parts to be devided) unto my
46 kinsman John Hunt and other of the sonnes of the sayd Barnard Hunt
47 and to the heires of him the sayd John for ever And the residue and other
48 parte of the said Barnes and lands with thappurtenances called Lipscombes unto
49 my kinsman Barnard Hunt the younger one other of the sonnes of the
50 sayd Barnard Hunt and to the heires of him the sayd Barnard the yonger
51 for ever Item I give and bequeath unto Anne King my servant one
52 flockbedd one fether bolster one paire of blancketts and one paire of sheets
53 and fortie shillings in money Item I give and bequeath unto Edward
54 Dy___nce heretofore my servant fortie shillings And to my kinsman James
55 Kinge twentie shillings and to my Cozen Johan Shoare twentie shillings And
56 to her sonne James Hunt twenty shillings And to my servant Roger Gregory
57 six shillings and eight pence Item I give and bequeath unto the Cathedrall
58 Church of Winchester twelve pence And to the Church of Upton gray
59 aforesaid six shillings and eight pence Item I give and bequeath to the poore
60 of the parrish of Upton Gray aforesaid twentie shillings to be distributed
61 amongst them at the discretion of my sayd Executors All which sayd legacies
62 and summes of money by me hereto before given I will shall be delivered
63 and payd by my Executors within the space of three moneths next
64 after my decease The residue of all and singular my goods Chattells debts
65 Credit and personal estate whatsoever over and besides the guifts and
66 legacies aforesaid I give and bequeath unto my sayd sonne Robert Kinge
67 and the sayd Barnard Hunt the father whome I make joynt Executors of
68 this my present last will and testament And I make and ordayne and appoint
69 my loving friends and neighbours John Nashe and Richard Guy Overseers
70 of this my sayd will to whome I give and bequeath thirteene shillings and
71 four pence apiece for their care and paines in that behalf to be taken of in
72 Witnes whereof I the sayd Anne Kinge have hereunto set my hands and
73 seale the day and yeare first above written The marke of the sayd Anne
74 Kinge Signed sealed and published after the interlining of these words
75 vizt (the name of) his) pence) in the presence of Robert Savoer John Cooke
76 John Aylcoyn Humfrey Sutton The marke of Roger Gregory
77 Probatum fuit testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram ingro
78 Francisco Ringsteed legum Baccho Surrogato venerabili et egregij viro
79 domini Nathanielie Brent militis et legume doctoris Curie Prerogative
80 Magistri sive Custodis Quarto die Mensis Novembris Anno domini 1646
81 Juramento Barnardi Hunt primo Executorum in testamento predicto nominat
82 cui Commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et Credi
83 torum dicti defuncti et onis testamentum quatri ______ de bene et
84 fideliter etc Ad Sancta dei Evangelia in debita Juris forma Jurat ______ Commissa
85 in _____ Reservato potestate similem Commissionem facienda Roberto King
86 filio die defuncta et alteri Executori in dicto testamenta nominat in venerit
87 eadem petitur Ex
Monday, October 28, 2013
Abstract of the will of Robert Blake, Yeoman of St Minver - CRO Ref AP/B/3686, probated 10 May 1742
Interesting query concerning the Blake family in Cornwall brought up this abstract of a will for Robert Blake at St Minver:
Robert Blake, Yeoman of St Minver d 1742 CRO Ref AP/B/3686
Will written 10 March 1742
Proved 10 May 1742
Son John Blake
Daughter Elisabeth Mably
John and Robert Mably her sons
Daughter Ann Blake
Godson John Rundall and his sister Elizabeth living with RB
Daughter Rebecca Blake sole executor
Witnesses Michaell Rickard, Thomas Barry
Source: http://www.stminveropc.fsworld.co.uk/Wills_1700_to_1799.htm
Another will which mentions a Robert Blake on this same OPC site for St Minver
Susanna Rounsevall CRO Ref AP/R1807/1
Written 22 January 1716 (Old Calendar)
Brother William Kent
Sister Jane Hodge
Uncle Nicholas Kent
Alice Guy, dtr of Charles Guy
William Kent, son of brother John Kent
Three children of Robert Blake
Brother George Kent
Brother Phillip Kent
Sister Mary Kent and
Brother John Kent
Witnesses Mary Rounsevall, John Kent, Robert Blake
Robert Blake, Yeoman of St Minver d 1742 CRO Ref AP/B/3686
Will written 10 March 1742
Proved 10 May 1742
Son John Blake
Daughter Elisabeth Mably
John and Robert Mably her sons
Daughter Ann Blake
Godson John Rundall and his sister Elizabeth living with RB
Daughter Rebecca Blake sole executor
Witnesses Michaell Rickard, Thomas Barry
Source: http://www.stminveropc.fsworld.co.uk/Wills_1700_to_1799.htm
Another will which mentions a Robert Blake on this same OPC site for St Minver
Susanna Rounsevall CRO Ref AP/R1807/1
Written 22 January 1716 (Old Calendar)
Brother William Kent
Sister Jane Hodge
Uncle Nicholas Kent
Alice Guy, dtr of Charles Guy
William Kent, son of brother John Kent
Three children of Robert Blake
Brother George Kent
Brother Phillip Kent
Sister Mary Kent and
Brother John Kent
Witnesses Mary Rounsevall, John Kent, Robert Blake
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Will of John Blake, Yeoman, Bucklebury, Berkshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1341/276, probated 27 May 1800
A rather interesting will for John Blake of Bucklebury, Berkshire. I could not find any evidence that there was a Blake family at Bucklebury other than this John. His one brother Nathaniel lives at Hursborne Hampshire and the other brother Richard lives at Aldbourn Wiltshire.
Richard Blake has left his will at Aldbourne P1/1814/84 in the Wiltshire Archives and it is three pages. Eventually I will acquire some of these Blake wills from Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office. His will may help to locate this Blake family as there was a Blake family at Ogbourne St George in Wiltshire and Aldbourne is just four miles ENE of Ogbourne St George. The Blake family at Ogbourne St George did use the forename Nathaniel although the Blake family being so large this could just be a coincidence.
The family consists of John, Nathaniel, Richard and their sister Mary Wyes. Nathaniel is married to Mary and they have a number of children mentioned including: Martha Winkworth, Mary Guy, and Elizabeth Worman.
The other recipients of legacies do not appear to be related at least John doesn't mention any relationship but include some people at Bucklebury but not all have a location stated: Sarah Hodges daughter of Nathaniel Hodges, Daniel Always son of Thomas Alway, Rebecca Ball daughter of William Ball, William Law, Walter Law and younger and his wife Isabella.
Martha Blake married William Winkworth 12 Jul 1786 ( no details other than Hampshire and this from Family Search I03915-4) and she was 21 years of age so born circa 1765.
Mary Blake married Lazarus Guy (of Buttermere, Wiltshire) 9 May 1785 at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (Family Search M14667-1).
Elizabeth Blake married Robert Worman 20 Jul 1795 at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (Family Search M14667-1). The Hampshire Marriage Licences, Bishop of Winchester provides further information: Worman, Robert, of Speen, co. Berks, farmer, 18, bachelor with consent of his parents Richard Worman and Prudence and Elizabeth Blake of Hurstbourne, 21, spinster daughter of Nathaniel Blake with licence issued 19 Jul 1795 and bondsman William Worman, Speen, maltster.
The two marriages at Hurstbourne Tarrant may lead one to suspect that it is Hurstbourne Tarrant where Nathaniel Blake lives. However, searching online does not give anything interesting for this Blake family there.
The Hampshire Record Office Catalogue lists a will for Nathaniel Blake of Hurstbourne Tarrant, husbandman dated 1802 (1802A/008). As always I do know that Hampshire Record Office holds 341 Blake wills that I shall one day have a look at but that is in the future.
At a quick glance extracting the Blake wills at Hurstbourne
John Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, 1559
John Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1605*
John Blake, senior, Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1674
Joan Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, widow, 1696
John Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1712
Richard Blake (Blacke) Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1758
Thomas Blake, junior, Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, 1764
Ann Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, widow, 1791
Nathaniel Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, husbandman, 1802
Thomas Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, labourer, 1823
The John Blake who left his will in 1605 is known to me and he was the grandson of Robert Blake brother to Nicholas Blake (my ancestor). He did have a son John Blake but to date I do not have any further information. I do not know the John Blake who left his will in 1559 as his father was John Blake the Elder who died circa 1572 and again this John Blake the Elder was the son of Robert Blake.
I earlier blogged on the will of James Blake, Laborer, Upton Hampshire: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-james-blake-laborer-upton.html
and I note that there is a reference to the granddaughter of this James being married to a James Ball. There was a legacy to a Rebecca Ball in this will surprisingly. But then the name is not uncommon so may not mean a thing. There are many many Blake lines in this area of Hampshire in the 1800s.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1341/276
Testator: John Blake, Yeoman
Place: Buckleberry, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1796, probated 27 May 1800
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me John Blake of Bucklebury
3 in the County of Berks yeoman by which I dispose
4 of my Estate and Effects as follows that is to say
5 I give and bequeath unto my Brother Nathaniel Blake of Hursborne
6 in the County of hants that Sum of Sixty pounds
7 which he now is indebted to me on a Note of
8 hand I give and bequeath unto my Brother
9 Richard Blake of Aldbourn in the County of
10 Wilts that Sum of Ten pounds which he now is
11 indebted to me on a Note of hand I give and
12 bequeath unto my sister Mary Wyes of Hursbone
13 the sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
14 unto Mary Blake wife of my Brother Nathaniel
15 Blake the sum of Ten pounds I give and
16 bequeath unto Martha Winkworth daughter of
17 my Brother Nathaniel Blake the sum of Ten
18 pounds I give and bequeath unto Mary Guy
19 daughter of my Brother Nathaniel Blake the
20 Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath unto
21 Elizabeth
[Page 2]
22 Elizabeth Worman daughter of my Brother Nathaniel
23 Blake the Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
24 unto Sarah Hodges daughter of Nathaniel Hodges the younger
25 of Bucklebury the Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
26 unto Daniel Alway Son of Thomas Alway the Sum of
27 Five pounds I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Ball
28 daughter of William Ball the sum of five pounds
30 I give and bequeath unto William Law of Bucklebury
31 the Sum of five pounds I give and bequeath unto
32 Isabella Law wife of Walter Law the younger of Bucklebury
33 the Sum of five pounds I give and bequeath unto
34 Walter Law the younger of Bucklebury the Sum of Twenty
35 pounds and all the Rest residue and remainder of my
36 worldly Goods and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever
37 if any shall remain after paying my Just debts
38 Funeral and Testamentary Expences I give devise and
39 bequeath unto the said Nathaniel Blake Richard
40 Blake Mary Wyes and Walter Law the younger to be
41 parted equally amongst them Share and Share
42 alike and I do hereby Nominate and appoint the said
43 Walter Law the younger to be Sole Executor of this
44 my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all
45 other Wills by me heretofore made In witness whereof
46 I the said John Blake have hereunto set my
47 hand and seal this nineteenth day of February
48 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
49 hundred and ninety six John Blake
50 Signed Sealed published and declared by the
51 Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
52 in the presence of us who in his presence and
53 in the presence of each other have hereunto
54 set our hands as witnesses hereto The Mark X of
55 John Louch Robert Wyatt
56 This Will was proved at London
57 the twenty seventh day of May in the year of
58 our Lord one thousand Eight hundred before the
59 worshipful Alexander Crote doctor of Laws Surrogate
60 of the Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight
61 also doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
62 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
63 constituted by the oath of Walter Law the
64 younger the Sole Executor named in the said
65 Will to whom administration was granted
66 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
67 Credits of the deceased having been first sworn
68 duly to administer
Richard Blake has left his will at Aldbourne P1/1814/84 in the Wiltshire Archives and it is three pages. Eventually I will acquire some of these Blake wills from Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office. His will may help to locate this Blake family as there was a Blake family at Ogbourne St George in Wiltshire and Aldbourne is just four miles ENE of Ogbourne St George. The Blake family at Ogbourne St George did use the forename Nathaniel although the Blake family being so large this could just be a coincidence.
The family consists of John, Nathaniel, Richard and their sister Mary Wyes. Nathaniel is married to Mary and they have a number of children mentioned including: Martha Winkworth, Mary Guy, and Elizabeth Worman.
The other recipients of legacies do not appear to be related at least John doesn't mention any relationship but include some people at Bucklebury but not all have a location stated: Sarah Hodges daughter of Nathaniel Hodges, Daniel Always son of Thomas Alway, Rebecca Ball daughter of William Ball, William Law, Walter Law and younger and his wife Isabella.
Martha Blake married William Winkworth 12 Jul 1786 ( no details other than Hampshire and this from Family Search I03915-4) and she was 21 years of age so born circa 1765.
Mary Blake married Lazarus Guy (of Buttermere, Wiltshire) 9 May 1785 at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (Family Search M14667-1).
Elizabeth Blake married Robert Worman 20 Jul 1795 at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (Family Search M14667-1). The Hampshire Marriage Licences, Bishop of Winchester provides further information: Worman, Robert, of Speen, co. Berks, farmer, 18, bachelor with consent of his parents Richard Worman and Prudence and Elizabeth Blake of Hurstbourne, 21, spinster daughter of Nathaniel Blake with licence issued 19 Jul 1795 and bondsman William Worman, Speen, maltster.
The two marriages at Hurstbourne Tarrant may lead one to suspect that it is Hurstbourne Tarrant where Nathaniel Blake lives. However, searching online does not give anything interesting for this Blake family there.
The Hampshire Record Office Catalogue lists a will for Nathaniel Blake of Hurstbourne Tarrant, husbandman dated 1802 (1802A/008). As always I do know that Hampshire Record Office holds 341 Blake wills that I shall one day have a look at but that is in the future.
At a quick glance extracting the Blake wills at Hurstbourne
John Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, 1559
John Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1605*
John Blake, senior, Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1674
Joan Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, widow, 1696
John Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1712
Richard Blake (Blacke) Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, yeoman, 1758
Thomas Blake, junior, Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, 1764
Ann Blake Upton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, widow, 1791
Nathaniel Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, husbandman, 1802
Thomas Blake Hurstbourne Tarrant, labourer, 1823
The John Blake who left his will in 1605 is known to me and he was the grandson of Robert Blake brother to Nicholas Blake (my ancestor). He did have a son John Blake but to date I do not have any further information. I do not know the John Blake who left his will in 1559 as his father was John Blake the Elder who died circa 1572 and again this John Blake the Elder was the son of Robert Blake.
I earlier blogged on the will of James Blake, Laborer, Upton Hampshire: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-james-blake-laborer-upton.html
and I note that there is a reference to the granddaughter of this James being married to a James Ball. There was a legacy to a Rebecca Ball in this will surprisingly. But then the name is not uncommon so may not mean a thing. There are many many Blake lines in this area of Hampshire in the 1800s.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1341/276
Testator: John Blake, Yeoman
Place: Buckleberry, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1796, probated 27 May 1800
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me John Blake of Bucklebury
3 in the County of Berks yeoman by which I dispose
4 of my Estate and Effects as follows that is to say
5 I give and bequeath unto my Brother Nathaniel Blake of Hursborne
6 in the County of hants that Sum of Sixty pounds
7 which he now is indebted to me on a Note of
8 hand I give and bequeath unto my Brother
9 Richard Blake of Aldbourn in the County of
10 Wilts that Sum of Ten pounds which he now is
11 indebted to me on a Note of hand I give and
12 bequeath unto my sister Mary Wyes of Hursbone
13 the sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
14 unto Mary Blake wife of my Brother Nathaniel
15 Blake the sum of Ten pounds I give and
16 bequeath unto Martha Winkworth daughter of
17 my Brother Nathaniel Blake the sum of Ten
18 pounds I give and bequeath unto Mary Guy
19 daughter of my Brother Nathaniel Blake the
20 Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath unto
21 Elizabeth
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22 Elizabeth Worman daughter of my Brother Nathaniel
23 Blake the Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
24 unto Sarah Hodges daughter of Nathaniel Hodges the younger
25 of Bucklebury the Sum of Ten pounds I give and bequeath
26 unto Daniel Alway Son of Thomas Alway the Sum of
27 Five pounds I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Ball
28 daughter of William Ball the sum of five pounds
30 I give and bequeath unto William Law of Bucklebury
31 the Sum of five pounds I give and bequeath unto
32 Isabella Law wife of Walter Law the younger of Bucklebury
33 the Sum of five pounds I give and bequeath unto
34 Walter Law the younger of Bucklebury the Sum of Twenty
35 pounds and all the Rest residue and remainder of my
36 worldly Goods and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever
37 if any shall remain after paying my Just debts
38 Funeral and Testamentary Expences I give devise and
39 bequeath unto the said Nathaniel Blake Richard
40 Blake Mary Wyes and Walter Law the younger to be
41 parted equally amongst them Share and Share
42 alike and I do hereby Nominate and appoint the said
43 Walter Law the younger to be Sole Executor of this
44 my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all
45 other Wills by me heretofore made In witness whereof
46 I the said John Blake have hereunto set my
47 hand and seal this nineteenth day of February
48 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
49 hundred and ninety six John Blake
50 Signed Sealed published and declared by the
51 Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
52 in the presence of us who in his presence and
53 in the presence of each other have hereunto
54 set our hands as witnesses hereto The Mark X of
55 John Louch Robert Wyatt
56 This Will was proved at London
57 the twenty seventh day of May in the year of
58 our Lord one thousand Eight hundred before the
59 worshipful Alexander Crote doctor of Laws Surrogate
60 of the Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight
61 also doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
62 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
63 constituted by the oath of Walter Law the
64 younger the Sole Executor named in the said
65 Will to whom administration was granted
66 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
67 Credits of the deceased having been first sworn
68 duly to administer
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