The wife of Ezekiel Blake whose will was transcribed a couple of days ago:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/01/will-of-ezekiel-blake-spirit-merchant.html
Always nice to find wills that fit together. This is the family that includes the following children:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake married Robert Brice Dec quarter 1841 at Hemel Hempstead.
Elizabeth Blake married Tom Flood Cutbush Sep quarter 1842 at Hemel Hempstead. Tom Flood Cutbush died Sep quarter 1846 at Dover, Kent.
Susannah is likely the Susannah Blake listed in December quarter deaths of 1848 at Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2114
Name of testator: Susannah Blake
Place: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 26 Sep 1846, probated 11 Jun 1850
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[In margin] Susannah Blake 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Susannah Blake of Hemel Hempstead in the County of
3 of Hertford Widow I nominate and appoint Joseph Baldwin of Berkamp-
4 stead St Mary in the County of Hertford Currier and Thomas Woodman
5 of Dunsley near Tring Farmer joint Executors of this my Will and I give
6 to each of them the sum of five pounds for the trouble they may have in
7 the execution of this my Will provided they accept the trusts thereof and
8 I direct that all my just debts burial and testamentary expences be
9 paid by my said executors immediately after my decease And I give
10 and bequeath to my four daughters Charlotte, Caroline Wife of Robert
11 Brice, Maria the wife of Stephen Lepine and Elizabeth Cutbush Widow
12 all my clothes wearing apparel and linen equally between them share
13 and share alike I also give and bequeath to my said daughter Charlotte
14 my silver spoons and my watch and all my household goods furniture
15 and household effects and the rest and residue of my personal estate
16 and effects I give and bequeath unto my said four daughters Charlotte,
17 Caroline Wife of Robert Brice, Maria the Wife of Stephen Lepine and
18 Elizabeth Cutbush and my Sons James and Ezekiel equally to be divided
19 between them share and share alike (my youngest Son Joseph having
20 been already provided for is intended to be excluded from any partici-
21 pation in any property And I do hereby declare that my said exec
22 utors shall not be answerable one for another nor for involuntary loss
23 and they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse them
24 selves all their costs charges damages and expences to be occasioned by
25 the true execution of this my Will or of the trusts thereby in them
26 reposed or in any wise relating thereto And hereby revoking all former
27 Wills by me made I do publish and declare this to be my last In wit
28 ness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand
29 this twenty sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and
30 forty six Susannah Blake Signed and acknowledged
31 by the said Susannah Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will
32 and Testament in the presence of us who being present at the same
33 time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
34 subscribe our names as Witnesses Chad Ehret Grocer Sol[r] Hemel
35 Hempstead Jno Worley Clerk to Messrs Smith and Grover Hemel Hempstead
36 On the 11th June 1850 administration (with the Will annexed) of
37 the goods, chattels and credits of Susannah Blake late of Hemel
38 Hempstead in the County of Hertford Widow deceased was granted
39 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Joseph
40 Baldwin and Thomas Woodman the executors having first sworn
41 duly the probate and execution of the said Will.
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
Will of Ezekiel Blake, Spirit Merchant of Hemel Hempstead - The National Archives, Prob 11/1819 - 20 Aug 1833
The Phillimore Hertfordshire Parish Registers for Hemel Hempstead have the marriage of Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead marrying Susanna Austin of Berkhamsted 30 July 1793 (the Banns are published on Find My Past and indicate that they were published the 14th , 21st and 28th of July). The marriage took place at Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire.
Ezekiel Blake’s burial was listed in the non-comformist burials on Find My Past for Hemel Hempsted on the 19th of May 1833 and his age was listed as 62 years of age (giving a likely birth year 1771).
The Death Duty Registers indicate that Susannah Blake, his Widow, was his executor.
Susanna Blake is listed in the Death Duty Register of 1850 with James Blake listed as her Executor.
Searching for Blake births at Hemel Hempstead between 1793 and 1813:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
An Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead married Elizabeth Saunders 21 Mar 1763 at Hemel Hempstead. The witnesses were John Turner and Joseph Hill. They were both of the parish of Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1819
Name of testator: Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant
Place: Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 4 May 1833, probated 20 Aug 1833
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[In margin] Ezekiel Blake
[In margin] 9
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempsted in the County of Hertfordshire and spirit
3 Merchant I nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Furnivall late of Hemel
4 Hempsted aforesaid Linen Draper and Francis Warren of that place Mealman
5 joint Executors of this my will and I give to each of them the sum of five
6 pounds for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my will provided
7 they accept the trusts thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executor
8 all my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whether freehold
9 copyhold or leasehold and also all my leasehold goods furniture plate linen china
10 and household effects and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever To hold
11 to them their heirs Executors Administrators and assigns according to the nature
12 and quality thereof respectively upon trust to permit my Wife Susannah to enjoy
13 the same for the term of her natural life and to pay to or permit and suffer her to
14 receive the rents issues and profits dividends and income thereof And from and
15 after her decease Upon trust to sell and dispose of either by public Auction
16 private Contract and either together on in parcels all my said messuages
17 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments to any person or persons who
18 shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof at or for
19 the best price or prices that can be reasonably obtained for the same And
20 I do hereby declare that upon the sale of all or any part of my said Estate
21 the receipt of my said trustees shall be a good and sufficient discharge or
22 discharges to the purchaser or purchasers thereof for the purchase money
23 which in every such receipt shall be expressed to be received and that such
24 purchaser or purchasers shall not after payment by him or them
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25 of this purchase money and such receipt given as aforesaid and be obliged
26 to see to the application of such purchase money or be answerable for any
27 loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof provided nevertheless that in
28 case my said trustees shall deem it advisable to sell the whole or any
29 part of my said messuages cottages lands tenements and hereditaments
30 during the life time of my said Wife and my said Wife shall signify
31 her consent thereto by writing under her hand it shall be lawful for
32 them to make such sale and to give discharges for the purchase money
33 as aforesaid And the money to arise from the sale I direct shall be
34 invested by my said trustees on Government or real security and the
35 dividends interest and annual produce thereof paid to my said Wife for
36 and during the term of her natural life if such sale shall take place
37 during her life time as aforesaid And here and after her decease I give
38 and bequeath the money arising from the said of my said messuages
39 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments and the rents issues and
40 profits thereof until sale and all my personal Estate unto and equally
41 between all my children equally to be divided between then share
42 and share alike and I declare that my said trustees and executors shall
43 not be answerable one for another and by no means for involuntary
44 losses and that they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse
45 themselves all their costs, charges, damages, and expenses to be occasioned
46 by the due execution of this my Will or the trusts hereby in them
47 reposed And I hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me
48 made and publish and declare this to be my last In Witness whereof
49 I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourth day of May one
50 thousand eight hundred and thirty three Ezekiel Blake
51 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator Ezekiel
52 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
53 his presence and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as
54 Witnesses thereof Will[ia]m Smith Hemel Hempsted Henry Donning
55 George Tipping J Clerk of Messrs Grover Smith and Grover Hemel Hempsted
56 On the 20th August 1833 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods
57 Chattels and Credits of Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead the County of
58 Herefordshire and Spirit Merchant deceased was granted to Susannah Blake
59 Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will
60 having been first sworn by Comm duly to administer Thomas Furnivall
61 and Francis Warren the Ex[ecut]ors and Residuary Legatees In trust named in the
62 said Will having first renounced the probate and execution thereof and also
63 the Letters of Admon (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said
64 deceased
[In margin]
65 On the 8th July 1850 Admon with the Will annexed of the saide Chattels and credits of
66 Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertfordshire and Spirit Merchant
67 deceased with administration by Susannah Blake Widow deceased while living this Relict
68 and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will was granted to James Blake one of the
69 natural and lawful Children and as such one of the Residuary Legatees mentioned
70 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Thomas Furnivall and Francis Warren
71 the executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in the said Will having heretofore
72 renounced the Probate and execution thereof and also the Letters of Admon with the said Will
73 annexed of the Goods of the said deceased
Ezekiel Blake’s burial was listed in the non-comformist burials on Find My Past for Hemel Hempsted on the 19th of May 1833 and his age was listed as 62 years of age (giving a likely birth year 1771).
The Death Duty Registers indicate that Susannah Blake, his Widow, was his executor.
Susanna Blake is listed in the Death Duty Register of 1850 with James Blake listed as her Executor.
Searching for Blake births at Hemel Hempstead between 1793 and 1813:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
An Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead married Elizabeth Saunders 21 Mar 1763 at Hemel Hempstead. The witnesses were John Turner and Joseph Hill. They were both of the parish of Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1819
Name of testator: Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant
Place: Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 4 May 1833, probated 20 Aug 1833
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[In margin] Ezekiel Blake
[In margin] 9
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempsted in the County of Hertfordshire and spirit
3 Merchant I nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Furnivall late of Hemel
4 Hempsted aforesaid Linen Draper and Francis Warren of that place Mealman
5 joint Executors of this my will and I give to each of them the sum of five
6 pounds for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my will provided
7 they accept the trusts thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executor
8 all my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whether freehold
9 copyhold or leasehold and also all my leasehold goods furniture plate linen china
10 and household effects and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever To hold
11 to them their heirs Executors Administrators and assigns according to the nature
12 and quality thereof respectively upon trust to permit my Wife Susannah to enjoy
13 the same for the term of her natural life and to pay to or permit and suffer her to
14 receive the rents issues and profits dividends and income thereof And from and
15 after her decease Upon trust to sell and dispose of either by public Auction
16 private Contract and either together on in parcels all my said messuages
17 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments to any person or persons who
18 shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof at or for
19 the best price or prices that can be reasonably obtained for the same And
20 I do hereby declare that upon the sale of all or any part of my said Estate
21 the receipt of my said trustees shall be a good and sufficient discharge or
22 discharges to the purchaser or purchasers thereof for the purchase money
23 which in every such receipt shall be expressed to be received and that such
24 purchaser or purchasers shall not after payment by him or them
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25 of this purchase money and such receipt given as aforesaid and be obliged
26 to see to the application of such purchase money or be answerable for any
27 loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof provided nevertheless that in
28 case my said trustees shall deem it advisable to sell the whole or any
29 part of my said messuages cottages lands tenements and hereditaments
30 during the life time of my said Wife and my said Wife shall signify
31 her consent thereto by writing under her hand it shall be lawful for
32 them to make such sale and to give discharges for the purchase money
33 as aforesaid And the money to arise from the sale I direct shall be
34 invested by my said trustees on Government or real security and the
35 dividends interest and annual produce thereof paid to my said Wife for
36 and during the term of her natural life if such sale shall take place
37 during her life time as aforesaid And here and after her decease I give
38 and bequeath the money arising from the said of my said messuages
39 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments and the rents issues and
40 profits thereof until sale and all my personal Estate unto and equally
41 between all my children equally to be divided between then share
42 and share alike and I declare that my said trustees and executors shall
43 not be answerable one for another and by no means for involuntary
44 losses and that they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse
45 themselves all their costs, charges, damages, and expenses to be occasioned
46 by the due execution of this my Will or the trusts hereby in them
47 reposed And I hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me
48 made and publish and declare this to be my last In Witness whereof
49 I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourth day of May one
50 thousand eight hundred and thirty three Ezekiel Blake
51 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator Ezekiel
52 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
53 his presence and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as
54 Witnesses thereof Will[ia]m Smith Hemel Hempsted Henry Donning
55 George Tipping J Clerk of Messrs Grover Smith and Grover Hemel Hempsted
56 On the 20th August 1833 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods
57 Chattels and Credits of Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead the County of
58 Herefordshire and Spirit Merchant deceased was granted to Susannah Blake
59 Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will
60 having been first sworn by Comm duly to administer Thomas Furnivall
61 and Francis Warren the Ex[ecut]ors and Residuary Legatees In trust named in the
62 said Will having first renounced the probate and execution thereof and also
63 the Letters of Admon (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said
64 deceased
[In margin]
65 On the 8th July 1850 Admon with the Will annexed of the saide Chattels and credits of
66 Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertfordshire and Spirit Merchant
67 deceased with administration by Susannah Blake Widow deceased while living this Relict
68 and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will was granted to James Blake one of the
69 natural and lawful Children and as such one of the Residuary Legatees mentioned
70 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Thomas Furnivall and Francis Warren
71 the executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in the said Will having heretofore
72 renounced the Probate and execution thereof and also the Letters of Admon with the said Will
73 annexed of the Goods of the said deceased
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Will of James Blake the Elder, Shoemaker, Chenies, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1331/172, probated 19 Oct 1799
No ideas on this family. I did find Ezekiel Blake in Hemel Hempstead with his wife and a son Ezekiel being baptized. Is this family from Devon where the name Ezekiel Blake is also found? As more of the Buckinghamshire wills are transcribed I might have further information on this family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1331/172
Testator: James Blake the Elder, Shoemaker
Place: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Aug 1799, probated 19 Oct 1799
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Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: the Elder
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me James Blake the Elder of
3 Chenies in the County of Bucks Shoemaker First I
4 give unto my dear wife Sarah Blake all my household
5 Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books and all
6 other Goods and Furniture of every description whatsoever
7 that I may die possessed of for her own use and
8 benefit during the term of her natural life except my
9 wearing apparel which I give at my decease unto
10 James Blake the younger my Nephew of Chenies
11 aforesaid Shoemaker and from and after the decease
12 of my said Wife I give unto my Niece Maria Blake
13 of Chenies aforesaid all the before mentioned household
14 Furniture Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books
15 and all other Goods and Furniture of every description
16 (except my wearing apparel before excepted and also
17 except the desk up Stairs and half my Books which
18 I give and bequeath at the decease of my said Wife
19 unto the said James Blake the younger aforesaid I
20 also give and bequeath unto my dear Wife Sarah
21 Blake aforesaid all the Interest of my Monies whether
22 upon Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England
23 or elsewhere during the term of her natural life to
24 be received by her or her order at any time as they
25 become due after my decease and if my said Wife
26 requires of my hereinafter named Executors any
27 part or parts of my principal Money whether upon
28 Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England or
30 elsewhere from which such Interest shall arise I
31 hereby authorize and commission my said Executors
32 to provide such a sufficiency for her better maintenance
33 as they shall think proper and from and after the
34 decease of my said Wife I give and bequeath the
35 following Legacies to be paid out of the property
36 which then remains within twelve Months next
37 after my said wifes decease to Ezekiel Blake my
38 Nephew of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertford
39 Shoemaker One hundred pounds to my Niece Elizabeth
40 Phillips (wife of Edward Phillips) Officer of Excise
41 One hundred pounds to my aforesaid Niece Maria
42 Blake of Chenies One hundred pounds to my Niece
43 Mary Putnam daughter of James Putnam of
44 Chesham in the county of Bucks aforesaid One
45 hundred pounds to Nathan Sharman of Chenies aforesaid
46 dissenting teacher ten pounds to Richard Wagstaff of
47 Watford in the said County of Hertford Shoemaker Forty
48 pounds to Lucy Mansell Widow of John Mansell deceased
49 now or late of College Street Southwark Ten pounds
50 but in case the said Lucy Mansell shall happen to
51 be dead at the time of my said Wife's decease or if
52 then living shall die before her Legacy of Ten pounds
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53 aforesaid shall become payable I then give the
54 last said Legacy of Ten pounds unto my aforesaid
55 Nephew James Blake and I hereby empower and
56 commission my said after named Executors as soon as
57 conveniently may be after the decease of my said
58 Wife to collect all my Monies whether upon Bonds
59 Notes of hand in the Stocks of the Bank of England
60 or elsewhere and dispose of it agreeable to this my
61 last Will and Testament and when the aforesaid
62 Legacies shall have been paid I give and bequeath
63 all the Remainder and Residue of my property
64 whatsoever and wheresoever unto my aforesaid
65 Nephew James Blake and my mind and will further
66 is that in case any or either of my said Nephews
67 or Nieces shall happen to die before his her or
68 their Legacy or Legacys become payable without
69 Issue then I direct that the share of such Nephew
70 or Niece Nephews or Nieces so dying be equally
71 divided between the Survivors of them share and share
72 alike and in case any or either of my said Nephews
73 or Nieces shall die before his her or their Legacy or
74 Legacies become payable as aforesaid leaving one or
75 more Child or Children then in that case my Mind
76 and Will is that such Child or Children shall be entitled
77 to their Father or Father's Mother or Mother's share
78 or shares as he she or they would have been
79 intitled to if living at the time of my said Wife's
80 decease And I do hereby nominate constitute and
81 appoint William Davis and my said Nephews James
82 Blake both of Chenies aforesaid Executors of this my
83 last Will and Testament and do direct that they my
84 said Executors and Trustees shall not be answerable
85 for any loss of damage that may happen in the
86 Execution of this Trust hereby in them reposed so that
87 the same be not through their or either of their
88 wilful neglects and that neither of them my said
89 Trustees shall be answerable to the one for the other of
90 them nor for the acts deeds Receipts or wilful neglects
91 of the other of them but each for his own acts,
92 deeds Receipts or wilful neglects only And I do direct
93 that my said Trustees shall reimburse themselves all
94 necessary Charges and Expences that they may be
95 put into in and about the Execution of the said
96 Trusts hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke
97 make null and void all former and other Will or
98 Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
99 And do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
100 only In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will
101 and Testament contained on three sheets of paper
102 to the two first sheets thereof set my hand and to
103 the last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty
104 third day of August in the Year of Our Lord One
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105 thousand seven hundred and ninety nine James
106 Blake S[enio]r Signed Sealed published and declared
107 by the said James Blake as and for his last Will
108 and Testament in the presence of us who in his
109 presence at his request and in the presence of each
110 other Witness the same observing the two words "said
111 Wife" interlined in the fourth line of the second page
112 before the Signing hereof Thos Dell Chenies Joseph
113 Baldwin Baker Chenies
114 This Will was proved at London the
115 nineteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord
116 One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before
117 the Worshipful William Territt Doctor of Laws
118 Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir William
119 Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
120 Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
121 lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Davis
122 and James Blake the Nephew of the deceased and
123 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
124 administration was granted of all and singular
125 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
126 having been first sworn duly to administer
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1331/172
Testator: James Blake the Elder, Shoemaker
Place: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Aug 1799, probated 19 Oct 1799
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Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: the Elder
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me James Blake the Elder of
3 Chenies in the County of Bucks Shoemaker First I
4 give unto my dear wife Sarah Blake all my household
5 Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books and all
6 other Goods and Furniture of every description whatsoever
7 that I may die possessed of for her own use and
8 benefit during the term of her natural life except my
9 wearing apparel which I give at my decease unto
10 James Blake the younger my Nephew of Chenies
11 aforesaid Shoemaker and from and after the decease
12 of my said Wife I give unto my Niece Maria Blake
13 of Chenies aforesaid all the before mentioned household
14 Furniture Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books
15 and all other Goods and Furniture of every description
16 (except my wearing apparel before excepted and also
17 except the desk up Stairs and half my Books which
18 I give and bequeath at the decease of my said Wife
19 unto the said James Blake the younger aforesaid I
20 also give and bequeath unto my dear Wife Sarah
21 Blake aforesaid all the Interest of my Monies whether
22 upon Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England
23 or elsewhere during the term of her natural life to
24 be received by her or her order at any time as they
25 become due after my decease and if my said Wife
26 requires of my hereinafter named Executors any
27 part or parts of my principal Money whether upon
28 Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England or
30 elsewhere from which such Interest shall arise I
31 hereby authorize and commission my said Executors
32 to provide such a sufficiency for her better maintenance
33 as they shall think proper and from and after the
34 decease of my said Wife I give and bequeath the
35 following Legacies to be paid out of the property
36 which then remains within twelve Months next
37 after my said wifes decease to Ezekiel Blake my
38 Nephew of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertford
39 Shoemaker One hundred pounds to my Niece Elizabeth
40 Phillips (wife of Edward Phillips) Officer of Excise
41 One hundred pounds to my aforesaid Niece Maria
42 Blake of Chenies One hundred pounds to my Niece
43 Mary Putnam daughter of James Putnam of
44 Chesham in the county of Bucks aforesaid One
45 hundred pounds to Nathan Sharman of Chenies aforesaid
46 dissenting teacher ten pounds to Richard Wagstaff of
47 Watford in the said County of Hertford Shoemaker Forty
48 pounds to Lucy Mansell Widow of John Mansell deceased
49 now or late of College Street Southwark Ten pounds
50 but in case the said Lucy Mansell shall happen to
51 be dead at the time of my said Wife's decease or if
52 then living shall die before her Legacy of Ten pounds
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53 aforesaid shall become payable I then give the
54 last said Legacy of Ten pounds unto my aforesaid
55 Nephew James Blake and I hereby empower and
56 commission my said after named Executors as soon as
57 conveniently may be after the decease of my said
58 Wife to collect all my Monies whether upon Bonds
59 Notes of hand in the Stocks of the Bank of England
60 or elsewhere and dispose of it agreeable to this my
61 last Will and Testament and when the aforesaid
62 Legacies shall have been paid I give and bequeath
63 all the Remainder and Residue of my property
64 whatsoever and wheresoever unto my aforesaid
65 Nephew James Blake and my mind and will further
66 is that in case any or either of my said Nephews
67 or Nieces shall happen to die before his her or
68 their Legacy or Legacys become payable without
69 Issue then I direct that the share of such Nephew
70 or Niece Nephews or Nieces so dying be equally
71 divided between the Survivors of them share and share
72 alike and in case any or either of my said Nephews
73 or Nieces shall die before his her or their Legacy or
74 Legacies become payable as aforesaid leaving one or
75 more Child or Children then in that case my Mind
76 and Will is that such Child or Children shall be entitled
77 to their Father or Father's Mother or Mother's share
78 or shares as he she or they would have been
79 intitled to if living at the time of my said Wife's
80 decease And I do hereby nominate constitute and
81 appoint William Davis and my said Nephews James
82 Blake both of Chenies aforesaid Executors of this my
83 last Will and Testament and do direct that they my
84 said Executors and Trustees shall not be answerable
85 for any loss of damage that may happen in the
86 Execution of this Trust hereby in them reposed so that
87 the same be not through their or either of their
88 wilful neglects and that neither of them my said
89 Trustees shall be answerable to the one for the other of
90 them nor for the acts deeds Receipts or wilful neglects
91 of the other of them but each for his own acts,
92 deeds Receipts or wilful neglects only And I do direct
93 that my said Trustees shall reimburse themselves all
94 necessary Charges and Expences that they may be
95 put into in and about the Execution of the said
96 Trusts hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke
97 make null and void all former and other Will or
98 Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
99 And do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
100 only In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will
101 and Testament contained on three sheets of paper
102 to the two first sheets thereof set my hand and to
103 the last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty
104 third day of August in the Year of Our Lord One
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105 thousand seven hundred and ninety nine James
106 Blake S[enio]r Signed Sealed published and declared
107 by the said James Blake as and for his last Will
108 and Testament in the presence of us who in his
109 presence at his request and in the presence of each
110 other Witness the same observing the two words "said
111 Wife" interlined in the fourth line of the second page
112 before the Signing hereof Thos Dell Chenies Joseph
113 Baldwin Baker Chenies
114 This Will was proved at London the
115 nineteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord
116 One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before
117 the Worshipful William Territt Doctor of Laws
118 Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir William
119 Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
120 Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
121 lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Davis
122 and James Blake the Nephew of the deceased and
123 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
124 administration was granted of all and singular
125 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
126 having been first sworn duly to administer
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