John Blake, the testator, identifies his brother as Isaac Blake and his children as John Blake, Isaac Blake, Robert Blake, Stephen Blake, and Mary Blake. His wife is not mentioned (perhaps he is a widower)
Strood Parish Registers:
Isaack Blake baptized 10 Apr 1614 at Strood son of Andrewe
John Blake baptized 15 Sep 1609 at Strood
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011805
An interesting website which mentions that a convent at Strood known as Denny as dissolved in 1539 and just before the Civil War (prior to 1640) the property was sold to Isaac Blake and his family. This Blake family held the estate until the 18th century at which time it was sold.
No other information found as I do not own the Parish Registers for Strood parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Dec 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/219/40
Testator: John Blake, Yeoman
Place: Frindsbury, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 1 Sep 1651, probated 5 Nov 1651
[Margin]: The will of John Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 the first day of September in the yeare of our God one thousand six hundred
3 Fifty and one I John Blake of the parish of Frinsbury in the County of Kent yeoman
4 being very sicke and weake But of perfect remembrance thankes be given to god do
5 hereby make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and following that
6 First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my only Maker and
7 Creater hopeing to be saved by the merritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour and
8 Redeemer And my body to be buried at the discretion of my executer And for those
9 Lands and goods which god in mercy hath bestowed upon me I give and bequeath
10 them in manner and forme following First I give and bequeath unto my loving
11 brother Isaac Blake that my Land in Stroud Frinsbury and Cuxton that is to say
12 one Farme called Read wherein I now dwell and the house barnes and Stables
13 and Orchards and all and singular the Lands thereunto belonging with ten acres
14 of Land at Brometon hill And one field called Lewgus containing by estimation
15 six acres be it more or less And one Farme called or knowne by the name of Hawkins al[ia]s Hangkins
16 with the horse barne stable and eight score acres of Land thereunto belonging with
17 all and singular the appurtenances whatsoever lately purchased of the Feoffees Sir
18 John Woolestone Knight and others in my said brothers name but only my p[ro]per
19 right now in the tener and occupation of Olive Young or her assignes And one
20 Farme in the parish of Cuxstone now in the tener and occupation of Emanuell
21 Gillett with the house Mault house and Orcharde barnes and stables whatsoever
22 thereunto belonging and some certaine land which is now in the occupation of the
23 said Emmanuell Gillett in Cuxtone and Stroud And some certaine Messuages and
24 tenements within the parish of Stroud that is to say one Messuage or tenement now
25 in the tener or occupation of one Richard Pickers Blacksmith and one other
26 tenement now in the tener or occupation of Geoffery Myles house carpenter
27 And an other tenement now in the tener or occupation of Henry Gamage husbandman
28 with all and singular the yards gardens thereunto belonging with all and singular
29 the appurtenances whatsoever And thirteene acres of Land situate lyeing and
30 Being neere a Farme called Wickham in the parish of Stroud together with all
31 my goods and chattels whatsoever to my said brother there and to his heires for ever
32 Allwayes Provided that my said brother shall have full power to sell all my goods
33 And chattels and soe much of the said tenements and Lands as will pay all my
34 debts And my will is that after all my debts is paid that all the residue of the said
35 Lands should be settled upon my foure sonnes that is to say John Blake and Isaac
36 Blake Robert Blake and Stephen Blake to be equally devided between my foure
37 sonnes aforesaid Item I make my said loving brother Isaac Blake my full and
38 whole executor of this my last will and testament Item I give and bequeath unto my
39 daughter Mary one hundred poundes which is already settled upon her to be paid
40 unto her at her day of marriage or when she shall attaine unto her age of one and
41 twenty years which shall happen first according to the as settlement by a certaine
42 deed Item I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary all that my linen
43 at my brother Isaac Blakes and all my goods atmy mother Blake and a wattle
44 head ring of gold Item I give my sonne John one silver bowle Item I give to my
45 sonne Isaac Blake one silver salt Item I give unto my sonne Robert Blake
46 one round gold ring Item I give unto my sonne Stephen Blake two or three
47 silver spoones with a little silver porringer My will is that my celme Richard
48 Browne of Cliffe yeoman Overseer of this my last Will and Testament Item I make
49 my loving friend George Maplesden of Stroud Shipwright Overseer of this my
50 last will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I the said John Blake have hereunto sett
51 my hand and seale to this my last will and Testament the day and yeare first above
52 written Anno 1651 John Blake Sealed and delivered in the presence of William
53 Peintle George Parker
54
55 This will was proved at London before Robert Wiseman doctor of Laws
56 and Surrogate of Sir Nathaniel Brent Knight and also doctor of Laws Master or
57 Keeper of the prerogative Court the fifth day of November in the yeare of our
58 Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty one by the oath of Isaac Blake the only
59 Executer named in the said will etc to whom was committed Administration of
60 all and singular the goods chattels and debts of the said deceased he being first
61 legally sworne well and truly to administer the same
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Will of Richard Blake, Gentleman, Stogumber, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/322/491, probated 15 Dec 1666
Another known collateral line to Admiral Robert Blake, Richard Blake the testator is the grandson of John Blake the elder of Over Stowey (brother to Humphrey Blake of Overstowey). There is a Richard Blake son of Richard Blake of Weacombe baptized 11 Oct 1612 at Bicknoller. A son John Blake is baptized 28 Sep 1617 and a son William both of Richard baptized 5 Sep 1619. This is likely Richard the testator of this will. That would make him 31 years of age when he married and if he died in 1666 when the will was probated he would have been 54 years of age. . Richard married Ann Jessop daughter of Robert Jessop, rector of Kilve, 30 Nov 1643 at Kilve, Somerset. The Portbury Admiral Blake website gives the parents of this Richard as Richard Blake and Grace Napcot who married 29 May 1589 at Over Stowey. However the dates of the baptism are so much later 1612, 1617, and 1619. I do wonder if there is a missing generation. The baptism of Richard married to Grace Napcot is available in the Over Stowey parish records but not available on line as far as I can see. The website mentioned has his baptism as 29 Jan 1562 and his marriage to Grace Napcot as 29 May 1589 at Over Stowey. That would make him 27 at marriage but 50 when his son Richard was born. Now is it possible for there to be a generation in there? If Richard and Grace had a baby in 1589 then that child would be 23 in 1612. So it is not an unreasonable thought.
Relationship Chart
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd Cousin of Richard-60 Blake [94]
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
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* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
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* Richard-40 Blake [19] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1562- ) (Cir 1563-1625)
Grace Napcot [92] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
Married 29 May 1589 [23] ( -1638)
Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* Richard-60 Blake [94] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
( -Cir 1666) (1598-1657)
From the Bicknoller parish registers (http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/parish-records-in-overstowey-somerset.html) John Blake son of Richard and Ann baptized 26 Dec 1645 and Richard son of Richard and Anne baptized 7 Sep 1648 (of Weacombe, born 23 Aug 1648). Richard was not buried at Bicknoller.
National Archives (UK)
STOGUMBER deeds DD\BR\py/112 1626-1764
9 docts.
Contents:
Leases, conveyances, mortgages of various properties, incl. houses and land in Nether Weacombe, belonging originally to the Stallenge family of Laverstock, Wilts., later to the Blakes of Nether Weacombe, 1634-1734, and the Green Dragon Inn, belonging to George Gore, innholder, of Stogumber, 1739-1755. Other families involved: Rowl, Conibere of Stogumber, Wood of Exeter, Gatchell of Monksilver, Graham of Williton, Cridland and Sibley of Combe Florey.
There is a marriage of Richard Blake, gent and Sarah Sealy 19 Aug 1672 at Kilton and this is likely the son of Richard and Anne Blake at Neather Weacombe.
The Chart for the Blake Family held at the Admiral Robert Blake Museum in Bridgwater does not list the descendants of John Blake the elder of Over Stowey.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/322/491
Testator: Richard Blake, Gentleman
Place: Stogumber, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 17 Sep 1657, probated 15 Dec 1666
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Richardj
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen The
2 The seaventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand
3 six hundred fiftie and seaven I Richard Blake of Nether Weacombe
4 in the parish of Stogumber and County of Somersett gent being
5 weake in body But of good and perfect memory praised be god doe
6 make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and
7 forme following First I commend my soule into the hands of
8 god my maker hopeing assuredly through the only merritts
9 of Jesus Christ my Saviour to be made partaker of life everlasting
10 And alsoe whereas I have by law and good conveyance in the lawe
11 setled and conveyed upon Anne my wife an estate for termes of her
12 life of and in one Capitall messuage dwelling house and outhouses
13 orchards gardens lands meadowes pastures com[m]ons woodes with and
14 all singular the appurtenances in Nether Weacombe aforesaid to the
15 sev[er]al messuage belonging unto my wife appertaining to commence
16 after my decease, now therefore if the said Anne my said wife
17 shall happen to dye before John Blake my eldest sonne and heire
18 shall attayne and accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares my
19 will is and I doe hereby give grant and bequeath unto John
20 Byneham of Stogumber aforenamed Clerke Nicholas Hawkins
21 of the same parish and County yeoman And Nathaniell Jessepp
22 of East Quantoxhead in the County afore named gentleman and unto
23 the survivor of them and unto the executors administrators and assignes
24 of the survivor of them full power and authority for them to receave and
25 Take all the rents issues and proffitts of the foresaid Capitall messuage
26 and all other the premises with the appurtenances until my said sonne shall
27 attayne and accomplish the age of one and Twenty yeares And therewith
28 all shall pay such debts as I doe owe and such Legacies as hereafter in
29 this my last will and Testament shalbee conteyned and Issue forth as
30 the proffitts thereof will extend and after my such debts and Lega-
31 cies shalbe payd my will is That the said rents issues and proffetts there-
32 of shalbe paid unto the said John Blake my said sonne when hee
33 shall accomplish the age of one and Twenty yeares And alsoe I give and
34 bequeath unto Richard Blake my second sonne The somme of five hundred
35 pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him by the said
36 Anne my wife And by the aforenamed John Bineham Nicholas Haw-
37 kins and Nathaniell Jesope or the survivor of them or the executors
38 administrators or assignes of the survivor of them when hee shall
39 attayne and accomplish the age of three and twenty yeares or before
40 if they shall contracte the somme to be convenient profitable and
41 needfull for him and not otherwise And for the more certaintie and
42 Better inabling of my said wife and of my said Misters John Bineham
43 Nicholas Hawkins Nathaniell Jessop and for the survivor of them and
44 for the executors administrators and assignes of the survivor of them to
45 doe and performe the same And for the arising a convenient somme
46 of money yearely for the educa[t]ion maintenance and Breeding of my
47 said Two sonnes of mee shall require and not otherwise And alsoe
48 for
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49 for the better and more certayne grounds for the payment and satisfaction
50 of such and true debts and I doe owe unto all persons whatsoever I have by
51 deed of Indenture bearing date with this my last will and Testament un-
52 der my hand and seale given granted and devised unto the said Nicholas
53 Hawkins John Bineham and Nathaniell Jessoppe and to the survivor of
54 them, and to the executors administrators and assignes of the survivor of them
55 Certayne messuages lands and Tenements lying and being within the
56 Parish of Burneham and County aforenamed herein men[t]ioned for the
57 Terme of one hundred yeares as in and by the same rela[t]ion being land
58 nowe at large doth and may appeare And alsoe my will is that the
59 Said Anne Blake my said wife, John Bineham Nicholas Hawkins and
60 Nathaniell Jeesoppe and the survivor of them and the executors adminis-
61 trators and assignes of the survivor of them shall ymmediatly after my decease
62 have hold convey possessed and enioye all other my rents lands and tenements
63 whatsoever and wheresoever not before herein men[t]ioned for and until
64 the said John Blake my said sonne and heire shall attaine unto the age
65 of one and Twenty yeares and the proffitts benefits somme and sommes
66 of money thereof made they shall employ and bestowe in dischargeing of my
67 aforenamed iust and lawe debts and in raising and paying of the aforesaid
68 legacie of five hundred pounds before herein given to Richard Blake
69 aforenamed my second sonne shalbe And that the residue thereof which
70 shall remayne if any shall bee to by them paid unto the said Richard
71 Blake my sonne for the increase of his foresaid por[t]ion or Legacy of five
72 hundred pounds when he shall accomplishe the age of three and twenty
73 yeares And alsoe I doe hereby give and bequeath unto the foresaid Anne
74 Blake my wife the use and occupa[t]ion of all my goods and household stuffe for
75 the Terme of her life And after her decease I give and bequeath the
76 same unto the forenamed John Blake my said sonne And lastly I doe
77 hereby appoint and nominate my deare and loving wife Anne Blake
78 before herein named my executrix of this my last will and Testament
79 And I doe alsoe appoynt and entreate the aforenamed John Bineham
80 Nicholas Hawkins and Nathaniell Jessuppe To be the overseers and Super-
81 visors of this my last will and Testament and for their paynes herein I doe
82 give and bestowe unto each one of them one gold ring with my name
83 Therein engraven or Colt of such a price and value as my executors
84 before herein named in her discre[t]ion shall thinke fit In Testimony
85 whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale The day and yeare be-
86 fore herein men[t]ioned Richard Blake Signed Sealed published and de-
87 clared in the presence of us The marke of Henry Burd Robert Conibeare
Relationship Chart
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd Cousin of Richard-60 Blake [94]
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
|
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| |
| |
* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
| |
| |
* Richard-40 Blake [19] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1562- ) (Cir 1563-1625)
Grace Napcot [92] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
Married 29 May 1589 [23] ( -1638)
Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* Richard-60 Blake [94] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
( -Cir 1666) (1598-1657)
From the Bicknoller parish registers (http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/parish-records-in-overstowey-somerset.html) John Blake son of Richard and Ann baptized 26 Dec 1645 and Richard son of Richard and Anne baptized 7 Sep 1648 (of Weacombe, born 23 Aug 1648). Richard was not buried at Bicknoller.
National Archives (UK)
STOGUMBER deeds DD\BR\py/112 1626-1764
9 docts.
Contents:
Leases, conveyances, mortgages of various properties, incl. houses and land in Nether Weacombe, belonging originally to the Stallenge family of Laverstock, Wilts., later to the Blakes of Nether Weacombe, 1634-1734, and the Green Dragon Inn, belonging to George Gore, innholder, of Stogumber, 1739-1755. Other families involved: Rowl, Conibere of Stogumber, Wood of Exeter, Gatchell of Monksilver, Graham of Williton, Cridland and Sibley of Combe Florey.
There is a marriage of Richard Blake, gent and Sarah Sealy 19 Aug 1672 at Kilton and this is likely the son of Richard and Anne Blake at Neather Weacombe.
The Chart for the Blake Family held at the Admiral Robert Blake Museum in Bridgwater does not list the descendants of John Blake the elder of Over Stowey.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/322/491
Testator: Richard Blake, Gentleman
Place: Stogumber, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 17 Sep 1657, probated 15 Dec 1666
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Richardj
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen The
2 The seaventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand
3 six hundred fiftie and seaven I Richard Blake of Nether Weacombe
4 in the parish of Stogumber and County of Somersett gent being
5 weake in body But of good and perfect memory praised be god doe
6 make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and
7 forme following First I commend my soule into the hands of
8 god my maker hopeing assuredly through the only merritts
9 of Jesus Christ my Saviour to be made partaker of life everlasting
10 And alsoe whereas I have by law and good conveyance in the lawe
11 setled and conveyed upon Anne my wife an estate for termes of her
12 life of and in one Capitall messuage dwelling house and outhouses
13 orchards gardens lands meadowes pastures com[m]ons woodes with and
14 all singular the appurtenances in Nether Weacombe aforesaid to the
15 sev[er]al messuage belonging unto my wife appertaining to commence
16 after my decease, now therefore if the said Anne my said wife
17 shall happen to dye before John Blake my eldest sonne and heire
18 shall attayne and accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares my
19 will is and I doe hereby give grant and bequeath unto John
20 Byneham of Stogumber aforenamed Clerke Nicholas Hawkins
21 of the same parish and County yeoman And Nathaniell Jessepp
22 of East Quantoxhead in the County afore named gentleman and unto
23 the survivor of them and unto the executors administrators and assignes
24 of the survivor of them full power and authority for them to receave and
25 Take all the rents issues and proffitts of the foresaid Capitall messuage
26 and all other the premises with the appurtenances until my said sonne shall
27 attayne and accomplish the age of one and Twenty yeares And therewith
28 all shall pay such debts as I doe owe and such Legacies as hereafter in
29 this my last will and Testament shalbee conteyned and Issue forth as
30 the proffitts thereof will extend and after my such debts and Lega-
31 cies shalbe payd my will is That the said rents issues and proffetts there-
32 of shalbe paid unto the said John Blake my said sonne when hee
33 shall accomplish the age of one and Twenty yeares And alsoe I give and
34 bequeath unto Richard Blake my second sonne The somme of five hundred
35 pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him by the said
36 Anne my wife And by the aforenamed John Bineham Nicholas Haw-
37 kins and Nathaniell Jesope or the survivor of them or the executors
38 administrators or assignes of the survivor of them when hee shall
39 attayne and accomplish the age of three and twenty yeares or before
40 if they shall contracte the somme to be convenient profitable and
41 needfull for him and not otherwise And for the more certaintie and
42 Better inabling of my said wife and of my said Misters John Bineham
43 Nicholas Hawkins Nathaniell Jessop and for the survivor of them and
44 for the executors administrators and assignes of the survivor of them to
45 doe and performe the same And for the arising a convenient somme
46 of money yearely for the educa[t]ion maintenance and Breeding of my
47 said Two sonnes of mee shall require and not otherwise And alsoe
48 for
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49 for the better and more certayne grounds for the payment and satisfaction
50 of such and true debts and I doe owe unto all persons whatsoever I have by
51 deed of Indenture bearing date with this my last will and Testament un-
52 der my hand and seale given granted and devised unto the said Nicholas
53 Hawkins John Bineham and Nathaniell Jessoppe and to the survivor of
54 them, and to the executors administrators and assignes of the survivor of them
55 Certayne messuages lands and Tenements lying and being within the
56 Parish of Burneham and County aforenamed herein men[t]ioned for the
57 Terme of one hundred yeares as in and by the same rela[t]ion being land
58 nowe at large doth and may appeare And alsoe my will is that the
59 Said Anne Blake my said wife, John Bineham Nicholas Hawkins and
60 Nathaniell Jeesoppe and the survivor of them and the executors adminis-
61 trators and assignes of the survivor of them shall ymmediatly after my decease
62 have hold convey possessed and enioye all other my rents lands and tenements
63 whatsoever and wheresoever not before herein men[t]ioned for and until
64 the said John Blake my said sonne and heire shall attaine unto the age
65 of one and Twenty yeares and the proffitts benefits somme and sommes
66 of money thereof made they shall employ and bestowe in dischargeing of my
67 aforenamed iust and lawe debts and in raising and paying of the aforesaid
68 legacie of five hundred pounds before herein given to Richard Blake
69 aforenamed my second sonne shalbe And that the residue thereof which
70 shall remayne if any shall bee to by them paid unto the said Richard
71 Blake my sonne for the increase of his foresaid por[t]ion or Legacy of five
72 hundred pounds when he shall accomplishe the age of three and twenty
73 yeares And alsoe I doe hereby give and bequeath unto the foresaid Anne
74 Blake my wife the use and occupa[t]ion of all my goods and household stuffe for
75 the Terme of her life And after her decease I give and bequeath the
76 same unto the forenamed John Blake my said sonne And lastly I doe
77 hereby appoint and nominate my deare and loving wife Anne Blake
78 before herein named my executrix of this my last will and Testament
79 And I doe alsoe appoynt and entreate the aforenamed John Bineham
80 Nicholas Hawkins and Nathaniell Jessuppe To be the overseers and Super-
81 visors of this my last will and Testament and for their paynes herein I doe
82 give and bestowe unto each one of them one gold ring with my name
83 Therein engraven or Colt of such a price and value as my executors
84 before herein named in her discre[t]ion shall thinke fit In Testimony
85 whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale The day and yeare be-
86 fore herein men[t]ioned Richard Blake Signed Sealed published and de-
87 clared in the presence of us The marke of Henry Burd Robert Conibeare
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Will of Elizabeth Blake, widow, of Over Stowey, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/255/325, probated 16 May 1656
Elizabeth Blake, the testatrix, was the wife of Robert Blake and this Robert probably the son of Robert Blake, yeoman of Halse, who left his will which was probated 15 Jun 1639. Is this family descendant of Thomas Blake of Wedmore since Robert (will probated 1639) mentions John Blake of Kingston as one of his Executors in Trust:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-robert-blake-of-halse-national.html
In this will Robert mentions his sons Robert, Edmond, John, and Richard and daughters Grace, Jane and Edith.
The will of Robert (husband of Elizabeth the testatrix and will still to be transcribed) mentions his brother Edmund and the same children as below in the will of his widow Elizabeth, John, Robert and Grace.
Perhaps the clue lies in John Selleck one of the overseers in the will below. He is named as brother in the will and brother in law in the probate so probably brother in law. Now is he the husband of one of Elizabeth’s sister(s) or married to one of Robert’s sisters Grace, Jane or Edith?
Agnes Blake was married to Robert whose will was probated in 1639 and her will also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-agnis-blake-widow-of-halse_17.html
She too mentions Robert, Edmond, John and Richard as sons and Grace, Jane and Edith as daughters. Her will was probated in 1641. She does not mention grandchildren so the marriage of Robert Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) must be in 1641 or after which would mean that none of the three children of Robert and Elizabeth was older than 15 when Elizabeth wrote her will or older than 11 when Robert wrote his will.
Returning again to the Visitations of Somersetshire 1623 and the entry for the Perry family. Elizabeth Perry daughter of John Perry and Joane James married first John Smith and second Robert Blake. Since the visitation was taken in 1623 this Elizabeth is an aunt to the children of her sibling Robert married to Elizabeth Warren. The children of Robert and Elizabeth Perry are married and have children of their own. This is not the Elizabeth Blake who has left the present will as she would be too elderly to be her. The Elizabeth Perry in the visitations would be born circa 1550-1560. That helps to eliminate this family at Halse as being part of the present Blake family being examined although I wonder who Robert Blake married to Elizabeth Perry was.
Perhaps this is the time to look at the articles published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Clifford L. Stott. I had found the published accounts for the Blake Family of Andover, Hampshire linking that family to the Somerset Blake family and knew them to be absolutely incorrect since wills existed to disprove the connection first suggested by Horatio Gates Somerby and stated to be erroneous in this article published in the April Register of 2009. Finding this verification of what I had found from the wills is possibly what led me onwards into eventually taking on the Blake-one-name study at the Guild of one name studies.
In this paper Thomas Blake (son of Humphrey and Agnis Blake) is said to have married Ann Castleton but the records in the Blake Museum at Bridgwater list this Thomas as marrying Isobel and that he was buried 8 Dec 1580 at Wedmore. This couple baptized nine children at Wedmore namely:
1. John baptized 29 Mar 1561; deceased by 1570
2. Joan baptized 7 Aug 1562; deceased by 1572
3. Thomas baptized 21 May 1563 (married to Alice Tutton 10 Feb 1587 at Wedmore) and buried there 16 Apr 1613.
4. Edward baptized 16 Sep 1565 and buried 23 Mar 1569 at Wedmore
5. Lucia baptized 28 Jun 1568 married to Robert Jarvis 11 Jan 1586 at Wedmore
6. John baptized 6 Dec 1570; buried 9 Dec 1570
7. Joan baptized 20 Jan 1572
8. Edward baptized 13 Mar 1575 and buried 17 Oct 1576 at Wedmore
9. Elizabeth baptized 18 Oct 1577
Clifford Stott has stated that this is only a possibility as there were other Blake families and deciding that this Thomas was the son of Humphrey was unclear.
The will of Thomas Blake of Wedmore was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-thomas-blake-of-wedmore.html
and he has written it 17 Dec 1577. Only four of these children have survived to 1577 namely Thomas, Lucia, John and Elizabeth. His elder brother John (the elder) was buried 10 Dec 1576 at Overstowey which leaves his younger brother John Blake the younger to be the John Blake mentioned in the will of Thomas Blake.
Thomas Blake son of the testatrix married Alice Tutton 10 Feb 1587 at Wedmore as mentioned earlier. Thomas buried 16 April 1613 and Alice buried 23 Jul 1632 both at Wedmore.
The following information from Google books:
Baptisms at Wedmore:
John son of Thomas Blake 29 Mar 1561
Johanna Blake 7 Aug 1562
Thomas Blake 21 May 1563
Issebella daughter of John Blake 14 Feb 1564
Edward son of Thomas Blake 16 Sep 1565
Essebella daughter of John Blake de Cocklade 3 Mar 1567
Lucia daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackforde 28 Jun 1568
Christiana daughter of John Blake 2 Feb 1569
John son of Thomas Blake 6 Dec 1570; buried 9 Dec 1570
John son of Thomas Blake 20 Jan 1571
Maria daughter of John Blake 23 Mar 1571
Grace daughter of John Blake 16 Feb 1574
Edward son of Thomas Blake 13 Mar 1574
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Blake 18 Oct 1577
Edith daughter of John Blake 8 Dec 1578
Margaret daughter of John Blake 1 Oct 1581
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Blake 3 Jun 1588
Richard son of Thomas Blake 29 Nov 1590
Maria daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackforde 14 Jul 1596
Joanna daughter of Richard Blake 18 Jan 1599; buried 30 Mar 1606
Joanna daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackford 4 Jun 1600
John son of Richard Blake 29 Sep 1602; buried 1 May 1603
Richard son of Richard Blake 5 Aug 1604
John son of Richard Blake 7 Jun 1607
Benjamin Blake son of Josias Blake 19 Feb 1670; buried 25 Feb 1671
Marriages at Wedmore:
William Hourcombe and Julia Blake 26 Sep 1569
Thomas Wall and Alice Blake 1 Jun 1581
Robert Jarvis and Lucia Blake 1 Nov 1586
Thomas Blake and Alice Tutton 2 Oct 1587
William Yeascombe and Johanne Blake 20 April 1588
William Downe and Johanne Blake 24 May 1593
Thomas Rainold de Blagdonn and Isabella Blake de Cocklake 7 Feb 1594
Richard Blake and Edeth Pytt (widow) 4 Nov 1598
John Coles and Christiana Blake 19 Apr 1599
Richard Adames and Grace Blake 12 Nov 1601
Richard Vowles and Mariam Blake 1 Jul 1602
Edmund Colborne and Mariam Blake 29 Apr 1619
Robert Pope and Joan Blake 6 Feb 1622
Richard Blake and Margery Quicke 11 Jul 1625
John Smith and Margery Blake (widow) 11 Apr 1627
Richard Blake and Joan Champeny (widow) 29 Oct 1629
William Yescombe and Joane Blake 15 Jan 1634
John Blake and Sibbell Warman 10 May 1653
William Tayler and Joana Blake de Cocklake 26 Sep 1678
Thomas Barns and Elizabeth Blake 5 Dec 1719
James Blake and Sarah Beacham 2 Jul 1749
As can be seen the Blake family has virtually disappeared from Wedmore by the 1630s with just the occasional marriage.
This still does not answer the question about Robert and Elizabeth Blake (the testatrix) and their family. That Elizabeth is remembering the poor of Overstowey where she currently lives and the poor of Halse does give one pause to think that she may have moved back to Overstowey after the death of her husband in 1562.
Presumably Thomas and John baptizing children at Wedmore are the sons of Thomas who left his will at Wedmore dated 1577 and probated 1581. Indeed looking at the burials for Wedmore he must be the Thomas Blake buried at Wedmore 8 Dec 1580. Along with Thomas in the 1560s and he lived at Blackford there is a John Blake baptizing children at Wedmore and he lived at Cocklade. This John Blake is John Blake the younger married to Christian Jugg 18 Aug 1558 at Over Stowey.
Looking at the families having children in the latter part of the 1580s and early 1600s at Wedmore:
Thomas Blake and Alice Tutton married 2 Oct 1587 (son of Thomas Blake)
Elizabeth 3 Jun 1588
Richard 29 Nov 1590
Maria 14 Jul 1596
Joanna 4 Jun 1600
Richard Blake and Edeth Pytt (widow) married 4 Nov 1598 (son of John Blake the younger)
Joanna 18 Jan 1599; buried 30 Mar 1606
John 29 Sep 1602; buried 1 May 1603
Richard 5 Aug 1604
John 7 Jun 1607
Having worked through that exercise I can see that there isn’t a Robert Blake born at Wedmore in this time period. There remains only Richard son of Thomas carrying the Blake surname as I do not have any children for his younger brother John.
Richard Blake married to Edith Pitt is the only descendant of John Blake the younger carrying the Blake surname and it is known from the registers that Richard was buried at Wedmore 2 Jan 1630. His son Richard married Margery Quicke and they had a son John who married Sibbell Warman and this John was buried 13 Feb 1673 at Wedmore. This John does not appear to have baptized any children at Wedmore.
Working through all of this it does make sense that Thomas Blake (son of Humphrey) and John Blake the younger (son of Humphrey) could be brothers and both living at Wedmore. I feel that the Blake Museum at Bridgwater has probably done extensive research on the children of Humphrey Blake (great grandfather of Admiral Robert Blake) and this meander through the data does agree totally with their chart.
The question remains who is Robert Blake at Halse married to the present testatrix Elizabeth Blake of Overstowey. Is it just coincidence that she moves from Halse to Overstowey? Perhaps his will will be helpful when I reach it in a couple of weeks. Did John the second son of Thomas have a son Robert who later lived at Halse?
Looking again at the first paper on the Humphrey Blake family by Clifford Stott the children of John Blake the younger (married to Christian Jugg) I have all the children he has listed plus another 6 daughters baptized at Wedmore. Gradually as all this is pulled together I hope to be able to see the Blake family in Somerset more clearly. I also would like further proof that Thomas Blake of Wedmore and John Blake of Wedmore were siblings.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/255/325
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Over Stowey, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Dec 1655, probated 16 May 1656
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen It
2 Elizabeth Blake of Overstowey in the county of Somersett widowe doe
3 make and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme
4 following First I commend my Soule into the hands of Almightie God
5 my maker hopeing assuredly through the merritts of Jesus Christ my
6 saviour to bee made partaker of life ever lasting And I commit my body
7 to the earth from whence it was taken; Alsoe I give to the poore of Overstowey
8 Five shillings And to the poore of Halse Five shillings To be distributed by my
9 Overseers Alsoe I give to my sonne John Blake Fower score pounds To be disposed
10 of by my Overseers hereafter named according to their discretion for the good and
11 benifitt of my said sonne Alsoe I give to my daughter Grace Blake Fower score
12 pounds To be paid unto her within sixe monthes after her marriage or other age of
13 One and Twentie yeares which shall first happen And my Will is that my said daughter
14 shall have the profit to be raised by her said legacy yearely towards her maintenance
15 in the meanetyme And if she dye before the said Fower score pounds become payable to
16 her I give the same to my said sonne John; And if my sonne John dye before his said
17 legacie shall be disposed of as aforesaid; My will is That soe much as shall remayne
18 thereof at his death shall accrues and redowne to my sonne Robert Blake Alsoe I give
19 to my sonne John Fower silver spoones And to my daughter Grace Five silver spoones
20 my silver salt cellar and gilted Cupp, my gold ring my weareing apparel, my Holland
21 sheetes and Holland drawers for pillows and my lesser silver bowle which was given by
22 my sister Joane her Godmother All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and be-
23 queath to my said sonne Robert Whom I make and ordayne Executor of this my last Will
24 and Testament but in case my sonne Robert dye before hee shall accomplish the age of
25 One and Twentie yeares I doe make my sonne John Executor of this my last Will and
26 Testament And I desire my brother John Selleck and my brother in law William
27 Hawkins and my cozen George Comer to bee Overseers hereof and to manage
28 my two sonnes Estates for the good and benifitt of my said sonnes until they shall
29 respectively attaine to the age of seventeen yeares; And to put my daughters
30 portion to the best profit they can for her; And I further desire my brother John
31 Selleck to take letters of Administration with my will annexed dureing the minority
32 of my Executor And if he dye I desire my said brother in lawe to doe it And to bring
33 upp my Children in the feare of the Lord; And I hope my Children will be loveinge
34 one towards another and very thankefull to there supervisors for theire love and
35 And paines towards and for them In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my
36 hand and seale the two and twentieth day of December in the yeare of our lord one
37 thousand and sixe hundred Fiftie five I give to the said Overseers Twenty shillings
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38 shillings a peece; And I desire the said George Comer (In case the other Overseers before
39 named dye whilst any one of my children is under the age of seventeen years to be an
40 administrator for them If neede be Elizabeth Blake Signed sealed and declared by
41 the Testatrix to bee her last will and Testament in the presence of Robert Blinman Joane
42 Blinman the marke of Joane Morris
43 The sixteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred
44 fiftie and sixe issued forth Letters of Administration (with the will annexed) to John
45 Sellecke the brother in lawe and Testamentary Guardian of Robert Blake the natural
46 and lawfull sonne and sole Executor of Elizabeth Blake late of Overstowey in the county
47 of Somersett widowe deceased To administer all and singular the goods Chattells and debts
48 of the said deceased according to the tenor and effect of the said will dureing the minoritie and
49 for the onely and proper use and behoofe of the said Robert Blake hee the said John Seillicke
50 being first by Commission sworne truly to administer the same
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-robert-blake-of-halse-national.html
In this will Robert mentions his sons Robert, Edmond, John, and Richard and daughters Grace, Jane and Edith.
The will of Robert (husband of Elizabeth the testatrix and will still to be transcribed) mentions his brother Edmund and the same children as below in the will of his widow Elizabeth, John, Robert and Grace.
Perhaps the clue lies in John Selleck one of the overseers in the will below. He is named as brother in the will and brother in law in the probate so probably brother in law. Now is he the husband of one of Elizabeth’s sister(s) or married to one of Robert’s sisters Grace, Jane or Edith?
Agnes Blake was married to Robert whose will was probated in 1639 and her will also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-agnis-blake-widow-of-halse_17.html
She too mentions Robert, Edmond, John and Richard as sons and Grace, Jane and Edith as daughters. Her will was probated in 1641. She does not mention grandchildren so the marriage of Robert Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) must be in 1641 or after which would mean that none of the three children of Robert and Elizabeth was older than 15 when Elizabeth wrote her will or older than 11 when Robert wrote his will.
Returning again to the Visitations of Somersetshire 1623 and the entry for the Perry family. Elizabeth Perry daughter of John Perry and Joane James married first John Smith and second Robert Blake. Since the visitation was taken in 1623 this Elizabeth is an aunt to the children of her sibling Robert married to Elizabeth Warren. The children of Robert and Elizabeth Perry are married and have children of their own. This is not the Elizabeth Blake who has left the present will as she would be too elderly to be her. The Elizabeth Perry in the visitations would be born circa 1550-1560. That helps to eliminate this family at Halse as being part of the present Blake family being examined although I wonder who Robert Blake married to Elizabeth Perry was.
Perhaps this is the time to look at the articles published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Clifford L. Stott. I had found the published accounts for the Blake Family of Andover, Hampshire linking that family to the Somerset Blake family and knew them to be absolutely incorrect since wills existed to disprove the connection first suggested by Horatio Gates Somerby and stated to be erroneous in this article published in the April Register of 2009. Finding this verification of what I had found from the wills is possibly what led me onwards into eventually taking on the Blake-one-name study at the Guild of one name studies.
In this paper Thomas Blake (son of Humphrey and Agnis Blake) is said to have married Ann Castleton but the records in the Blake Museum at Bridgwater list this Thomas as marrying Isobel and that he was buried 8 Dec 1580 at Wedmore. This couple baptized nine children at Wedmore namely:
1. John baptized 29 Mar 1561; deceased by 1570
2. Joan baptized 7 Aug 1562; deceased by 1572
3. Thomas baptized 21 May 1563 (married to Alice Tutton 10 Feb 1587 at Wedmore) and buried there 16 Apr 1613.
4. Edward baptized 16 Sep 1565 and buried 23 Mar 1569 at Wedmore
5. Lucia baptized 28 Jun 1568 married to Robert Jarvis 11 Jan 1586 at Wedmore
6. John baptized 6 Dec 1570; buried 9 Dec 1570
7. Joan baptized 20 Jan 1572
8. Edward baptized 13 Mar 1575 and buried 17 Oct 1576 at Wedmore
9. Elizabeth baptized 18 Oct 1577
Clifford Stott has stated that this is only a possibility as there were other Blake families and deciding that this Thomas was the son of Humphrey was unclear.
The will of Thomas Blake of Wedmore was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-thomas-blake-of-wedmore.html
and he has written it 17 Dec 1577. Only four of these children have survived to 1577 namely Thomas, Lucia, John and Elizabeth. His elder brother John (the elder) was buried 10 Dec 1576 at Overstowey which leaves his younger brother John Blake the younger to be the John Blake mentioned in the will of Thomas Blake.
Thomas Blake son of the testatrix married Alice Tutton 10 Feb 1587 at Wedmore as mentioned earlier. Thomas buried 16 April 1613 and Alice buried 23 Jul 1632 both at Wedmore.
The following information from Google books:
Baptisms at Wedmore:
John son of Thomas Blake 29 Mar 1561
Johanna Blake 7 Aug 1562
Thomas Blake 21 May 1563
Issebella daughter of John Blake 14 Feb 1564
Edward son of Thomas Blake 16 Sep 1565
Essebella daughter of John Blake de Cocklade 3 Mar 1567
Lucia daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackforde 28 Jun 1568
Christiana daughter of John Blake 2 Feb 1569
John son of Thomas Blake 6 Dec 1570; buried 9 Dec 1570
John son of Thomas Blake 20 Jan 1571
Maria daughter of John Blake 23 Mar 1571
Grace daughter of John Blake 16 Feb 1574
Edward son of Thomas Blake 13 Mar 1574
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Blake 18 Oct 1577
Edith daughter of John Blake 8 Dec 1578
Margaret daughter of John Blake 1 Oct 1581
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Blake 3 Jun 1588
Richard son of Thomas Blake 29 Nov 1590
Maria daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackforde 14 Jul 1596
Joanna daughter of Richard Blake 18 Jan 1599; buried 30 Mar 1606
Joanna daughter of Thomas Blake de Blackford 4 Jun 1600
John son of Richard Blake 29 Sep 1602; buried 1 May 1603
Richard son of Richard Blake 5 Aug 1604
John son of Richard Blake 7 Jun 1607
Benjamin Blake son of Josias Blake 19 Feb 1670; buried 25 Feb 1671
Marriages at Wedmore:
William Hourcombe and Julia Blake 26 Sep 1569
Thomas Wall and Alice Blake 1 Jun 1581
Robert Jarvis and Lucia Blake 1 Nov 1586
Thomas Blake and Alice Tutton 2 Oct 1587
William Yeascombe and Johanne Blake 20 April 1588
William Downe and Johanne Blake 24 May 1593
Thomas Rainold de Blagdonn and Isabella Blake de Cocklake 7 Feb 1594
Richard Blake and Edeth Pytt (widow) 4 Nov 1598
John Coles and Christiana Blake 19 Apr 1599
Richard Adames and Grace Blake 12 Nov 1601
Richard Vowles and Mariam Blake 1 Jul 1602
Edmund Colborne and Mariam Blake 29 Apr 1619
Robert Pope and Joan Blake 6 Feb 1622
Richard Blake and Margery Quicke 11 Jul 1625
John Smith and Margery Blake (widow) 11 Apr 1627
Richard Blake and Joan Champeny (widow) 29 Oct 1629
William Yescombe and Joane Blake 15 Jan 1634
John Blake and Sibbell Warman 10 May 1653
William Tayler and Joana Blake de Cocklake 26 Sep 1678
Thomas Barns and Elizabeth Blake 5 Dec 1719
James Blake and Sarah Beacham 2 Jul 1749
As can be seen the Blake family has virtually disappeared from Wedmore by the 1630s with just the occasional marriage.
This still does not answer the question about Robert and Elizabeth Blake (the testatrix) and their family. That Elizabeth is remembering the poor of Overstowey where she currently lives and the poor of Halse does give one pause to think that she may have moved back to Overstowey after the death of her husband in 1562.
Presumably Thomas and John baptizing children at Wedmore are the sons of Thomas who left his will at Wedmore dated 1577 and probated 1581. Indeed looking at the burials for Wedmore he must be the Thomas Blake buried at Wedmore 8 Dec 1580. Along with Thomas in the 1560s and he lived at Blackford there is a John Blake baptizing children at Wedmore and he lived at Cocklade. This John Blake is John Blake the younger married to Christian Jugg 18 Aug 1558 at Over Stowey.
Looking at the families having children in the latter part of the 1580s and early 1600s at Wedmore:
Thomas Blake and Alice Tutton married 2 Oct 1587 (son of Thomas Blake)
Elizabeth 3 Jun 1588
Richard 29 Nov 1590
Maria 14 Jul 1596
Joanna 4 Jun 1600
Richard Blake and Edeth Pytt (widow) married 4 Nov 1598 (son of John Blake the younger)
Joanna 18 Jan 1599; buried 30 Mar 1606
John 29 Sep 1602; buried 1 May 1603
Richard 5 Aug 1604
John 7 Jun 1607
Having worked through that exercise I can see that there isn’t a Robert Blake born at Wedmore in this time period. There remains only Richard son of Thomas carrying the Blake surname as I do not have any children for his younger brother John.
Richard Blake married to Edith Pitt is the only descendant of John Blake the younger carrying the Blake surname and it is known from the registers that Richard was buried at Wedmore 2 Jan 1630. His son Richard married Margery Quicke and they had a son John who married Sibbell Warman and this John was buried 13 Feb 1673 at Wedmore. This John does not appear to have baptized any children at Wedmore.
Working through all of this it does make sense that Thomas Blake (son of Humphrey) and John Blake the younger (son of Humphrey) could be brothers and both living at Wedmore. I feel that the Blake Museum at Bridgwater has probably done extensive research on the children of Humphrey Blake (great grandfather of Admiral Robert Blake) and this meander through the data does agree totally with their chart.
The question remains who is Robert Blake at Halse married to the present testatrix Elizabeth Blake of Overstowey. Is it just coincidence that she moves from Halse to Overstowey? Perhaps his will will be helpful when I reach it in a couple of weeks. Did John the second son of Thomas have a son Robert who later lived at Halse?
Looking again at the first paper on the Humphrey Blake family by Clifford Stott the children of John Blake the younger (married to Christian Jugg) I have all the children he has listed plus another 6 daughters baptized at Wedmore. Gradually as all this is pulled together I hope to be able to see the Blake family in Somerset more clearly. I also would like further proof that Thomas Blake of Wedmore and John Blake of Wedmore were siblings.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/255/325
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Over Stowey, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Dec 1655, probated 16 May 1656
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen It
2 Elizabeth Blake of Overstowey in the county of Somersett widowe doe
3 make and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme
4 following First I commend my Soule into the hands of Almightie God
5 my maker hopeing assuredly through the merritts of Jesus Christ my
6 saviour to bee made partaker of life ever lasting And I commit my body
7 to the earth from whence it was taken; Alsoe I give to the poore of Overstowey
8 Five shillings And to the poore of Halse Five shillings To be distributed by my
9 Overseers Alsoe I give to my sonne John Blake Fower score pounds To be disposed
10 of by my Overseers hereafter named according to their discretion for the good and
11 benifitt of my said sonne Alsoe I give to my daughter Grace Blake Fower score
12 pounds To be paid unto her within sixe monthes after her marriage or other age of
13 One and Twentie yeares which shall first happen And my Will is that my said daughter
14 shall have the profit to be raised by her said legacy yearely towards her maintenance
15 in the meanetyme And if she dye before the said Fower score pounds become payable to
16 her I give the same to my said sonne John; And if my sonne John dye before his said
17 legacie shall be disposed of as aforesaid; My will is That soe much as shall remayne
18 thereof at his death shall accrues and redowne to my sonne Robert Blake Alsoe I give
19 to my sonne John Fower silver spoones And to my daughter Grace Five silver spoones
20 my silver salt cellar and gilted Cupp, my gold ring my weareing apparel, my Holland
21 sheetes and Holland drawers for pillows and my lesser silver bowle which was given by
22 my sister Joane her Godmother All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and be-
23 queath to my said sonne Robert Whom I make and ordayne Executor of this my last Will
24 and Testament but in case my sonne Robert dye before hee shall accomplish the age of
25 One and Twentie yeares I doe make my sonne John Executor of this my last Will and
26 Testament And I desire my brother John Selleck and my brother in law William
27 Hawkins and my cozen George Comer to bee Overseers hereof and to manage
28 my two sonnes Estates for the good and benifitt of my said sonnes until they shall
29 respectively attaine to the age of seventeen yeares; And to put my daughters
30 portion to the best profit they can for her; And I further desire my brother John
31 Selleck to take letters of Administration with my will annexed dureing the minority
32 of my Executor And if he dye I desire my said brother in lawe to doe it And to bring
33 upp my Children in the feare of the Lord; And I hope my Children will be loveinge
34 one towards another and very thankefull to there supervisors for theire love and
35 And paines towards and for them In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my
36 hand and seale the two and twentieth day of December in the yeare of our lord one
37 thousand and sixe hundred Fiftie five I give to the said Overseers Twenty shillings
[Page 2]
38 shillings a peece; And I desire the said George Comer (In case the other Overseers before
39 named dye whilst any one of my children is under the age of seventeen years to be an
40 administrator for them If neede be Elizabeth Blake Signed sealed and declared by
41 the Testatrix to bee her last will and Testament in the presence of Robert Blinman Joane
42 Blinman the marke of Joane Morris
43 The sixteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred
44 fiftie and sixe issued forth Letters of Administration (with the will annexed) to John
45 Sellecke the brother in lawe and Testamentary Guardian of Robert Blake the natural
46 and lawfull sonne and sole Executor of Elizabeth Blake late of Overstowey in the county
47 of Somersett widowe deceased To administer all and singular the goods Chattells and debts
48 of the said deceased according to the tenor and effect of the said will dureing the minoritie and
49 for the onely and proper use and behoofe of the said Robert Blake hee the said John Seillicke
50 being first by Commission sworne truly to administer the same
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