John Blake is the testator. This will matches up with the will of Ann Blake probated in 1848 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/04/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-saint-james.html
Ann in that will mentions her principal legatee as Eliza Bawdon daughter of Mary and John Bawdon. Mary Bowden is mentioned in this will as a niece of the testator. Possibly Eliza is the daughter of the niece of the present testator.
It would appear that John Blake has a brother since he has two nephews William Blake and Joseph Blake and a niece Elizabeth Blake. The relationship of Ann Blake (who lives with the testator) is not stated. His two sisters are Mary Satterley (perhaps mother of Ann Satherley, Eliza Wilcox (one of their children has the middle name of Satterley) and Elizabeth Furse.
Names mentioned in the will:
John Blake, testator
Mary Satterley, sister
Elizabeth Furse, sister
Elizabeth Blake, sister in law
William Blake, nephew
Joseph Blake, nephew
Mary Metherell, niece
Elizabeth Blake, niece
Mary Bowden, niece
Ann Satherley, niece
Eliza Wilcox, niece
Susanna West, niece
Anne Searle, cousin
John Iverson, cousin
Mary Prouse, cousin
Elizabeth Lodovick, cousin
Richard Honnywill, cousin
Mary Maies Hardcastle, daughter in law
Ann Blake
John Breaker Furse, husband of Elizabeth, brother in law
George Strickland, notary public, witness
W.R. Brock, clerk to George Strickland, witness
William Pugh junior, clerk to George Strickland, witness
The Bank of England Will Extract is available for this John Blake of Bristol who was a Mariner and died on or about 8 Nov 1830. The notation to this is that Mary Maies Hardcastle one of the Executors and also a Legatee in Trust is deceased buried 20 Nov 1832. This also does not identify the relationship of Ann Blake to the testator.
In the Will of Mary Maies Hardcastle she mentions that she is a spinster . She mentions her dear friend Ann Blake spinster who resides with her on St James St. She also mentions her aunt Mary Honnywill of Wilder Street, Saint Paul, Bristol. There is also mention of a William Blake of the City of London Master Mariner, nephew of Mr John Blake with whom I now reside. She also remembers Mrs Elizabeth Furze wife of Mr John Furze of London broker. Also remembers Catherine Stockham wife of William Stockham of the City of Bristol Baker. Her will was written 9 May 1827 and witnessed by Jacob Strickland attorney at law and W R Brock his clerk. Proved at London 15 Dec 1832 with Ann Blake, spinster as the sole Executrix.
John Breacker Furse is possibly the son of John Furse and Ann Breacker who married 3 Apr 1766 at Bishopsteignton. Could not find a marriage for Elizabeth Blake and John Breaker Furse.
The will of Mary Satterley probated 8 Oct 1830 verifies that she has three daughters Ann Satterley, Eliza Wilcocks and Mary Bawden.
More work to do on this Blake family which appears to be a family of mariners and I have not yet figured out their “home” base as they are in both London and Bristol. Finding the parents of the present testator would be most helpful.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1778/368
Testator: John Blake
Place: James Place, Bristol, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Aug 1826, probated 14 Dec 1830
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 13
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of James’s Place in the parish of Saint James in the County of
3 Gloucester near the City of Bristol do make this my last Will and Testament as follows
4 namely I give and bequeath to each of my two Sisters Mary Sattlerly and Elizabeth
5 Furse the sum of three hundred pounds of Sterling British money I give and bequeath
6 to my Sister in Law Elizabeth Blake the sum of one hundred pounds of like money I
7 also give and bequeath to my Nephew William Blake the sum of one hundred pounds
8 of like money I also give and bequeath to my Nephew Joseph Blake the sum of
9 three hundred pounds of like money and in consideration of his proper and kind
10 behavior to his parents a further sum of two hundred pounds of like money I also
11 give and bequeath to each of my six Nieces namely Mary Metherell Elizabeth blake
12 Mary Bowdon Ann Satterly Eliza Wilcox and Susanna West the sum of three
13 hundred pounds of like money and to the said Susanna West a further sum of one
14 hundred pounds of like money in consideration of her kind behavior to her Aunt
15 Elizabeth Furse and to the said Ann Satterley a further sum of two hundred pounds of
16 like money to enable her the better to execute the Trust of the Will of her late Aunt
17 Susanna Born I also give and bequeath to each of my four Cousins namely Ann
18 Searle John Iverson Mary Prouse and Elizabeth Lodovick the sum of fifty pounds of
19 like money I also give and bequeath to my Friend and Cousin Richard Honnywill
20 the sum of fifty pounds of like money to buy him a Ring or some other token of
21 remembrance I give and bequeath to the said Richard Honnywill my daughter in
22 law Mary Maies Hardcastle and Ann Blake who has for some years past and now
23 lives with me the sum of four thousand pounds three per cent reduced annuities of
24 the Bank of England now standing in my name upon Trust to receive the dividends
25 to arise therefrom and pay the same half yearly to my Sister Elizabeth Furse for and
26 during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use apart from
27 and not subject to the debts control or engagements power or interference of her present
28 husband John Breaker Furse or any future husband or husbands the same to be
29 paid into her own proper hands and so as her receipt and receipts only from time to
30 time and not the receipt or receipts of any person or persons under any authority to be
31 derived from her and not by way of anticipation shall be good and sufficient discharges for
32 the same and from and after her decease upon Trust to pay and divide the sum of three
33 thousand pounds part of the said sum of four thousand pounds unto and equally
34 between my said Nieces Mary Metherell Elizabeth Blake Mary Bowden Ann
35 Satterley Eliza Wilcox and Susanna West with benefit of Survivorship and accrue to
36 and between them of the share or shares of such one or more of them as shall
37 happen to depart this life before the decease of my said Sister Elizabeth Furse without
38 bearing any Children or Child her surviving and in case of the death of either of my
39 said Nieces who shall leave a Child or Children her surviving then upon Trust as to the
40 share or shares of such one or more of them as dying as aforesaid for the benefit of such
41 Child or Children and if more than one equally between and amongst them and as to the
42 remaining sum of one thousand pounds residue of the said sum of four thousand pounds
43 hereinbefore mentioned Upon Trust to
44 pay assign and transfer the same to my said Nephew Joseph Blake in testimony of my
45 approval of his uniform good conduct I give devise and bequeath all that my Freehold
46 Messuage or Dwellinghouse with the appurtenances thereto belonging situate in James’s
47 Place aforesaid wherein I now reside unto and equally between my daughter in Law
48 the said Mary Maies Hardcastle and the said Ann Blake to hold to them and their
49 assigns for and during the term of their joint natural lives in equal moieties and from
50 and after the decease of either of them I give devise and bequeath the same
51 messuage or dwellinghouse and premises with the appurtenances unto the survivor of them
52 her heirs and assigns for ever I give and bequeath unto my Servant Mary Coleman who
53 has already lived with me eleven years in case she resides with me at the time of my
54 decease the sum of fifty pounds of Sterling British money All the rest residue and
55 remainder of my real and personal Estate of what nature kind or sort soever or
56 wherever situate and being I give devise and bequeath the same and every part
57 thereof unto and equally between the said Mary Maies hardcastle and Ann Blake
58 and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns according to my estate and
60 interest therein respectively as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and I do
61 hereby make nominate constitute and appoint my Friend and Cousin the said
62 Richard Honnywill the said Mary Maies Hardcastle and the said Ann Blake joint
63 Executor and Executrixes of this my Will and hereby revoking and making void all
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64 other Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore made I declare this only to be my last
65 Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Blake the Testator have to this
66 my said last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of paper to the first two
67 sheets thereof set my hand and to this third and last my hand and seal this ninth day
68 of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty six John Blake Signed
69 sealed published and declared by the said Testator John Blake as and for his last Will
70 and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the
71 presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Geo: Strickland
72 Noty Pub Bristol W. R. Brock Will: Pugh Jun[io]r his Clerks
73 Proved at London 14th December 1830 before the Judge by the Oaths of Richard
74 Honnywill Esquire and Mary Maies Hardcastle and Ann Blake Spinsters the executors to whom
75 administration was granted having been first sworn (by Commission) duly to administer
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Will of Ann Blake, Spinster, Saint James Place, Bristol - The National Archives PROB 11/2068/349, probated 5 Feb 1848
Ann Blake is the testatrix and the bulk of her estate is left to her adopted daughter Eliza Bawdon (the names of Eliza’s parents are also given namely John and Mary Bawdon of Little Bovey, Devon).
On Find My Past Census of Shaldon 1841 there is a Joseph Blake, 44, merchant, born in Devon with wife Elizabeth, 40, born in Devon.
The 1830 Pigot’s Directory of Gloucester shows a John Blake, Gent, living at St James’ Place, Kingsdown Bristol. There is also a John Blake, Surgeon, Colston Parade, Bristol.
There are too many Thomas Willcocks marrying Eliza(beth) to separate out this line.
Further searching for a John Blake, surgeon, Bristol did not help to link this Ann Blake with any particular family.
Elizabeth Blake is living with John and Mary Metherell on the 1841 Census at North Bovey in District 7. She is independent and John is a Miller. All three are born in Devon. Elizabeth is 55, John is 55 and Mary is 60. The 1851 Census Elizabeth Blake is living at North Bovey at Aller Farm where William Shears (born at North Bovey, 44 years)) and Susan Blake Shears (40 Years) are the head and his wife. There is a large group living there which includes their son George 19, daughter Susan 15, daughter Elizabeth Blake 12, Mary Grace 11, son John 9, Richard Metherel 7 and Edward 4 and daughter Eliza Metherel 1 (all surname Shears). Susan Blake Shears was born at Combeinteignhead. Also living there George Shears (Father of William, widower and 70 years and he is an annuitant). Elizabeth Blake the Aunt, unmarried and 65 years is an Annuitant and she was born at Bishops Teignton. There are several servants: William Mortimer, John Hill, Eliza Langworthy and William Bond.
Perhaps a breakthrough. William Shears married Susanna Blake Metherell 27 Jul 1830 at North Bovey (Find my Past). Is Susan the daughter of John and Mary Metherell? Are Mary Metherell and Elizabeth Blake sisters? Impossible to tell if the testatrix is a sister to Mary and Elizabeth; she doesn’t state any relationship. Tracing this Blake family has not been very successful but will set aside in case another will is helpful although I have done all the Devon wills at the PCC and the rest were lost in WWII bombing. However I could check my indexes for Metherell.
An interesting record mentioned in the National Archives and held at the Devon Record Office:
Joseph Collings 3419 A/PO9/73 1832
These documents are held at Devon Record Office
Contents:
Now residing in Combeinteignhead. Born in Bishopsteignton. When aged about 12 yrs, he hired himself and served Thomas Blake of the parish, as a yearly servant about 3 yrs. He returned with Thomas Blake, served him by the week about 12 months. Then went to Combeinteignhead, hired himself to serve William Frost under a written agreement for 3 yrs for meat, drink and clothes, to go as a sailor in the William and Nancy sloop out of the port of Teignmouth, which he served out 3 yrs. Remained in the sloop about 16 yrs afterwards. Then he returned to Combeinteignhead where he has resided ever since, about 30 yrs. Further says that about 9 yrs since, he had given to him under the will of the late Elizabeth Brimblecombe, a cellar (worth about 5s per year) during his lifetime. He occupied the cellar in Combeinteignhead about 7 yrs, when it fell down. Then he agreed with Joseph Morgan to give him all the right the examinant had to the cellar if Morgan would rebuild the same, and allow him to lodge in it for his lifetime, which he has done ever since
Another interesting site: http://www.gramstedt.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F6956&tree=England
A John Blake Metherell was born 1815 at Combeinteignhead, Devon but no parents are given. Could he be a brother to Susan Blake Metherell? I was not successful in learning anything further about this Blake line.
Names mentioned in the will:
Ann Blake, testatrix, Bristol
Eliza Bawdon, adopted daughter
John Bawdon, natural father of Eliza, Little Bovey, Devon
Mary Bawdon, natural mother of Eliza, Little Bovey, Devon
Catherine Stockham, widow
William Stockham, husband of Catherine, deceased
Elizabeth Blake, North Bovey, Devon
Mary Russell, cook to the testatrix
Joseph Blake, Shaldon, Devon now of Liverpool, shipowner
Ann Saterley, Devonport, Devon, spinster
Joseph Blake West
John Blake West
Thomas West
Susannah West, wife to Thomas
William Satterley Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Mary Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Emma Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Thomas Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Thomas Willcocks, Devonport, Devon, deceased
Eliza Willcocks, wife to Thomas, Devonport, Devon, deceased
Elizabeth Grindon (Grindson), friend
Elizabeth Wood, servant
Ann Weaver, housemaid
Henry Woodford, Executor and Trustee, Clevedon, Somerset
William Henry Honnywill, Executor and Trustee, Atherington, Gloucestershire
Mary Metherell, North Bovey
John Metherell, husband to Mary, North Bovey
Mary Langdon, Clifton, Gloucestershire
Lucy Grey Earle, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2068/349
Testator: Ann Blake, Spinster
Place: Saint James Place, Bristol, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Dec 1847, probated 5 Feb 1848
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23
1 I Ann Blake of No 18 Saint James’s Place in the
2 out parish of Saint James in the Borough of the City of Bristol and
3 county of the same City spinster do make my last Will and Testament in
4 manner and form following (that is to say) First I direct my Executors
5 hereinafter named to pay and satisfy all my just debts and funeral
6 and testamentary expenses and the expenses of proving this my will I
7 give and devise unto my dear adopted daughter Eliza Bawdon the
8 daughter of John and Mary Bawdon of Little Bovey in the County of
9 Devon All that my messuage or dwelling house and premises wherein
10 I now reside situate in Saint James’s Place aforesaid And also the
11 plot piece or parcel of garden ground lately purchased by me lying be-
12 hind the said dwelling house To hold the same with the appurtenances
13 unto and to the use of the said Eliza Bawdon her heirs and assigns
14 for ever Also I give and bequeath unto the said Eliza Bawdon All
15 my household goods and furniture wine and other liquors plate
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16 linen china glass books paintings and wearing apparel of which
17 I now am or shall or may be possessed at the time of my decease
18 Also I give and bequeath unto the said Eliza Bawdon the sum of
19 four thousand pounds and also all my notes and shares in the
20 Bristol dock Company and the monies secured thereby Also I give
21 and bequeath unto Catherine Stockeham the widow of William
22 Stockham an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty pounds for and
23 during the term of her natural life Also I give and bequeath unto
24 Elizabeth Blake of North Bovey in the County of Devon spinster a like annu-
25 ity of clear yearly sum of twenty pounds for and during the term of her natu-
26 ral life Also I give and bequeath unto my Cook Mary Russell in considera-
27 tion of her great infirmity of body an annuity or clear yearly sum of thirty
28 pounds for and during the term of her natural life And for the purpose
29 of providing a fund for securing payment of the said several annuities
30 it is my Will and I hereby direct my trustees and Executors as soon as
31 convenient after my decease to set apart and transfer into their monies so
32 much of my stock in the three pounds and five shillings per cent Bank
33 Annuities or otherwise lay out and invest such a sum of money in the
34 purchase of like or other Government securities as shall be necessary to pro-
35 duce such annuities And I direct my trustees and executors to apply the
36 dividends of the said stock funds and securities when and as the same
37 shall be received and receivable in and towards payment of the said
38 annuities by two equal half yearly payments the first payment to be made
39 on such one of the half yearly days for the payment of dividends arising
40 from the said stock funds and securities as shall next happen after my decease
41 And until such transfer or investment shall be made the said annuities
42 shall be paid in like manner out of my personal estate And I declare
43 that the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth Blake and Mary Russell
44 shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the same respective annui-
45 ties for the fractional period (if any) of the half year which shall or may
46 be pending or acruant at the time of their respective deceases to be paid
47 immediately on such decease And it is my Will and I hereby direct
48 that at the respective deceases of the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth
49 Blake and Mary Russell the stocks funds and securities constituting the
50 fund for the payment of the said several annuities shall sink into and
51 form part of my residuary personal estate Also I give and bequeath
52 unto Joseph Blake late of Shaldon in the County of Devon Shipowner
53 but now of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster the sum of one thousand
54 pounds but in case he shall happen to die in my life time Then I give
55 and bequeath the same unto between and amongst all and every the
56 child and children of the said Joseph Blake in equal shares and pro-
57 portions as tenants in common Also I give and bequeath unto Ann
58 Satterley of Devonport in the County of Devon spinster the sum of
60 one thousand pounds Also I give and bequeath unto Joseph Blake
61 West and John Blake West (sons of Thomas and Susanna West) the
62 sum of five hundred pounds apiece Also I give and bequeath unto
63 William Satterley Willcocks Mary Willcocks Emma Willcocks and
64 Thomas Willcocks (the children of the late Thomas and Eliza Will-
65 cocks of Devonport aforesaid) the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds
66 apiece Also I give and bequeath unto my friend Elizabeth Grindon
67 the sum of two hundred pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my
68 servant Elizabeth Wood in consequence of her having lived with me
69 upwards of fourteen years the sum of one hundred pounds and in
70 addition thereto the amount of one years wages and also the sum
71 of ten pounds for mourning Also I give and bequeath unto my
72 housemaid Ann Weaver the amount of one years wages and also
73 the sum of ten pounds for mourning Also I give and bequeath
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74 unto Henry Woodford and William Henry Honnywill my Executors here-
75 inafter named the sum of Two hundred pounds apiece as a compensate-
76 on for the trouble they will have in the execution of the trusts of this my
77 Will And it is my Will and I hereby direct my said Executors to pay the
78 said several annuities bequeathed to the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth
79 Blake and Mary Russell and the legacies to the said Elizabeth Grindson
80 Elizabeth Wood and Ann Weaver free of legacy duty Also I give and bequeath
81 unto the said Henry Woodforde and William Henry Honnywill the sum
82 of three thousand pounds Upon trust nevertheless that they do and shall
83 pay the sum of one thousand pounds part thereof unto such person or
84 persons upon such trusts and for such intents and purposes as Mary Meth-
85 erell wife of John Metherell of North Bovey aforesaid shall notwithstand-
86 ing coverture by deed or will to be by her legally executed direct or appoint-
87 And in default of such direction or appointment into her own hands for
88 her own sole separate and peculiar use and benefit apart from her pre-
89 sent or any future husband and so as the same shall not be liable to
90 his control debts or engagements and so as the receipt of the said Mary
91 Metherell shall only and alone be a sufficient discharge for the same
92 But in case the said Mary Metherell shall die during my life time Then
93 upon trust to pay the said legacy or sum of one thousand pounds unto be-
94 tween and amongst all and every her child and children in equal shares and
95 proportions as tenants in common And as to for and concerning the sum of
96 two thousand pounds (residue of the said sum of three thousand pounds)
97 Upon trust that my said trustees do and shall pay the same unto such
98 person or persons upon such trusts and for such intents and purposes as the
99 said Susanna West shall notwithstanding coverture by deed or will to be
100 by her legally executed direct or appoint And in default of such direction or
101 appointment into her own hands for her own use separate and peculiar use
102 and benefit apart from her present or any future husband And so as the
103 same shall not be subject or liable to his control debts or engagements and so
104 as the receipt of the said Susanna West shall only and alone be a sufficient
105 discharge for the same But in case the said Susanna West shall die during
106 my life time Then upon trust that my said trustees do and shall pay the
107 said legacy or sum of two thousand pounds unto between and amongst all
108 and every her child and children in equal shares and proportions as tenants
109 in common All the rest residue and remainder of my real and
110 personal estate whatsoever of which I shall be seized or possessed at the time
111 of my decease I give devise and bequeath unto and to the use of the said
112 Eliza Bawdon her heirs executors administrators and assigns for her and their
113 own absolute use and benefit I direct my executors to pay all legacies by me
114 hereby bequeathed within three calendar months next after my decease
115 except to such legatees who shall at that time happen to be minors in
116 which case payment shall be postponed until they respectively attain the
117 age of twenty one years but in the mean time I direct my Executors to in-
118 vest the same in Government securities and to pay the dividends interest
119 and annual produce of their respective legacies unto them during their respect-
120 ive minorities for and towards their maintenance and education Provided
121 always and I hereby declare that in case my said trustees or either of them
122 shall die renounce be desirous of being discharged or neglect or refuse or
123 become incapable to act in the execution of the trusts of this my Will it
124 shall be lawful for the acting surviving or continuing trustee or if
125 there shall be no such trustee than for the renouncing or retiring trustee
126 or trustees and if there shall be no such trustee as last aforesaid or he or
127 they shall decline to exercise this present power then for the executors or
128 administrators of the last acting trustee to nominate and appoint any
129 person or persons to supply the place of the trustee or trustees so dying re-
130 nouncing desiring to be discharged or refusing or neglecting or becoming
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131 incapable to act as aforesaid And that after such appoint the trust
132 estate then vested in the trustee or trustees respectively so dying renounce-
133 ing desiring to be discharged or refusing or neglecting or becoming inca-
134 pable to act as aforesaid shall be assigned and transferred so that the
135 same may vest in such new trustee or trustees jointly with the surviv-
136 ing or continuing trustee or solely as the case may require and in his or
137 their executors administrators or assigns upon such of the said trusts as
138 shall then be subsisting And I hereby declare that no trustee shall be
139 chargeable for more money than he shall actually receive notwith-
140 standing his signing or joining in any receipts for the sake of conform-
141 mity nor be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them
142 nor for any involuntary losses And that it shall be lawful for every
143 trustee to retain and allow to his Co trustee all costs and expenses
144 which he or they shall incur in the execution of the aforesaid trusts or
145 in relation thereto Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint the said
146 Henry Woodforde of Clevedon Somerset Gentleman and William
147 Henry Honnywill of Atherington in the County of Gloucester Gentle-
148 man Joint Executors in trust of this my Will hereby revoking all
149 former Wills and declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
150 In witness whereof I the said Ann Blake the testatrix have to this
151 my last Will and Testament contained in this and four preceding
152 sheets of paper set and subscribed my hand and name at the foot
153 of this and each of the four preceding sheets this second day of decem-
154 ber one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Ann Blake
155 The Writing contained in this and the four preceding sheets of paper was
156 signed by the said Ann Blake the testatrix and by her acknowledged
157 and declared to be and contain her last Will and Testament in the
158 presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
159 hereto in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other
160 the word “fifty” in the second sheet having been first struck out and the
161 words “one hundred” in the same sheet having been first interlined
162 Mary Langdon of the District Parish of St John the Evangelist Clit
163 son Spinster Lucy Grey Earle of Westbury on Trym of Gloucestershire
164 Spinster
165 Proved at London 5th February 1848 before the Judge by the
166 Oaths of Henry Woodforde and William Henry Honnywill the Exe-
167 cutors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by
168 Commission duly to administer
On Find My Past Census of Shaldon 1841 there is a Joseph Blake, 44, merchant, born in Devon with wife Elizabeth, 40, born in Devon.
The 1830 Pigot’s Directory of Gloucester shows a John Blake, Gent, living at St James’ Place, Kingsdown Bristol. There is also a John Blake, Surgeon, Colston Parade, Bristol.
There are too many Thomas Willcocks marrying Eliza(beth) to separate out this line.
Further searching for a John Blake, surgeon, Bristol did not help to link this Ann Blake with any particular family.
Elizabeth Blake is living with John and Mary Metherell on the 1841 Census at North Bovey in District 7. She is independent and John is a Miller. All three are born in Devon. Elizabeth is 55, John is 55 and Mary is 60. The 1851 Census Elizabeth Blake is living at North Bovey at Aller Farm where William Shears (born at North Bovey, 44 years)) and Susan Blake Shears (40 Years) are the head and his wife. There is a large group living there which includes their son George 19, daughter Susan 15, daughter Elizabeth Blake 12, Mary Grace 11, son John 9, Richard Metherel 7 and Edward 4 and daughter Eliza Metherel 1 (all surname Shears). Susan Blake Shears was born at Combeinteignhead. Also living there George Shears (Father of William, widower and 70 years and he is an annuitant). Elizabeth Blake the Aunt, unmarried and 65 years is an Annuitant and she was born at Bishops Teignton. There are several servants: William Mortimer, John Hill, Eliza Langworthy and William Bond.
Perhaps a breakthrough. William Shears married Susanna Blake Metherell 27 Jul 1830 at North Bovey (Find my Past). Is Susan the daughter of John and Mary Metherell? Are Mary Metherell and Elizabeth Blake sisters? Impossible to tell if the testatrix is a sister to Mary and Elizabeth; she doesn’t state any relationship. Tracing this Blake family has not been very successful but will set aside in case another will is helpful although I have done all the Devon wills at the PCC and the rest were lost in WWII bombing. However I could check my indexes for Metherell.
An interesting record mentioned in the National Archives and held at the Devon Record Office:
Joseph Collings 3419 A/PO9/73 1832
These documents are held at Devon Record Office
Contents:
Now residing in Combeinteignhead. Born in Bishopsteignton. When aged about 12 yrs, he hired himself and served Thomas Blake of the parish, as a yearly servant about 3 yrs. He returned with Thomas Blake, served him by the week about 12 months. Then went to Combeinteignhead, hired himself to serve William Frost under a written agreement for 3 yrs for meat, drink and clothes, to go as a sailor in the William and Nancy sloop out of the port of Teignmouth, which he served out 3 yrs. Remained in the sloop about 16 yrs afterwards. Then he returned to Combeinteignhead where he has resided ever since, about 30 yrs. Further says that about 9 yrs since, he had given to him under the will of the late Elizabeth Brimblecombe, a cellar (worth about 5s per year) during his lifetime. He occupied the cellar in Combeinteignhead about 7 yrs, when it fell down. Then he agreed with Joseph Morgan to give him all the right the examinant had to the cellar if Morgan would rebuild the same, and allow him to lodge in it for his lifetime, which he has done ever since
Another interesting site: http://www.gramstedt.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F6956&tree=England
A John Blake Metherell was born 1815 at Combeinteignhead, Devon but no parents are given. Could he be a brother to Susan Blake Metherell? I was not successful in learning anything further about this Blake line.
Names mentioned in the will:
Ann Blake, testatrix, Bristol
Eliza Bawdon, adopted daughter
John Bawdon, natural father of Eliza, Little Bovey, Devon
Mary Bawdon, natural mother of Eliza, Little Bovey, Devon
Catherine Stockham, widow
William Stockham, husband of Catherine, deceased
Elizabeth Blake, North Bovey, Devon
Mary Russell, cook to the testatrix
Joseph Blake, Shaldon, Devon now of Liverpool, shipowner
Ann Saterley, Devonport, Devon, spinster
Joseph Blake West
John Blake West
Thomas West
Susannah West, wife to Thomas
William Satterley Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Mary Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Emma Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Thomas Willcocks, Devonport, Devon
Thomas Willcocks, Devonport, Devon, deceased
Eliza Willcocks, wife to Thomas, Devonport, Devon, deceased
Elizabeth Grindon (Grindson), friend
Elizabeth Wood, servant
Ann Weaver, housemaid
Henry Woodford, Executor and Trustee, Clevedon, Somerset
William Henry Honnywill, Executor and Trustee, Atherington, Gloucestershire
Mary Metherell, North Bovey
John Metherell, husband to Mary, North Bovey
Mary Langdon, Clifton, Gloucestershire
Lucy Grey Earle, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2068/349
Testator: Ann Blake, Spinster
Place: Saint James Place, Bristol, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Dec 1847, probated 5 Feb 1848
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23
1 I Ann Blake of No 18 Saint James’s Place in the
2 out parish of Saint James in the Borough of the City of Bristol and
3 county of the same City spinster do make my last Will and Testament in
4 manner and form following (that is to say) First I direct my Executors
5 hereinafter named to pay and satisfy all my just debts and funeral
6 and testamentary expenses and the expenses of proving this my will I
7 give and devise unto my dear adopted daughter Eliza Bawdon the
8 daughter of John and Mary Bawdon of Little Bovey in the County of
9 Devon All that my messuage or dwelling house and premises wherein
10 I now reside situate in Saint James’s Place aforesaid And also the
11 plot piece or parcel of garden ground lately purchased by me lying be-
12 hind the said dwelling house To hold the same with the appurtenances
13 unto and to the use of the said Eliza Bawdon her heirs and assigns
14 for ever Also I give and bequeath unto the said Eliza Bawdon All
15 my household goods and furniture wine and other liquors plate
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16 linen china glass books paintings and wearing apparel of which
17 I now am or shall or may be possessed at the time of my decease
18 Also I give and bequeath unto the said Eliza Bawdon the sum of
19 four thousand pounds and also all my notes and shares in the
20 Bristol dock Company and the monies secured thereby Also I give
21 and bequeath unto Catherine Stockeham the widow of William
22 Stockham an annuity or clear yearly sum of twenty pounds for and
23 during the term of her natural life Also I give and bequeath unto
24 Elizabeth Blake of North Bovey in the County of Devon spinster a like annu-
25 ity of clear yearly sum of twenty pounds for and during the term of her natu-
26 ral life Also I give and bequeath unto my Cook Mary Russell in considera-
27 tion of her great infirmity of body an annuity or clear yearly sum of thirty
28 pounds for and during the term of her natural life And for the purpose
29 of providing a fund for securing payment of the said several annuities
30 it is my Will and I hereby direct my trustees and Executors as soon as
31 convenient after my decease to set apart and transfer into their monies so
32 much of my stock in the three pounds and five shillings per cent Bank
33 Annuities or otherwise lay out and invest such a sum of money in the
34 purchase of like or other Government securities as shall be necessary to pro-
35 duce such annuities And I direct my trustees and executors to apply the
36 dividends of the said stock funds and securities when and as the same
37 shall be received and receivable in and towards payment of the said
38 annuities by two equal half yearly payments the first payment to be made
39 on such one of the half yearly days for the payment of dividends arising
40 from the said stock funds and securities as shall next happen after my decease
41 And until such transfer or investment shall be made the said annuities
42 shall be paid in like manner out of my personal estate And I declare
43 that the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth Blake and Mary Russell
44 shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the same respective annui-
45 ties for the fractional period (if any) of the half year which shall or may
46 be pending or acruant at the time of their respective deceases to be paid
47 immediately on such decease And it is my Will and I hereby direct
48 that at the respective deceases of the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth
49 Blake and Mary Russell the stocks funds and securities constituting the
50 fund for the payment of the said several annuities shall sink into and
51 form part of my residuary personal estate Also I give and bequeath
52 unto Joseph Blake late of Shaldon in the County of Devon Shipowner
53 but now of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster the sum of one thousand
54 pounds but in case he shall happen to die in my life time Then I give
55 and bequeath the same unto between and amongst all and every the
56 child and children of the said Joseph Blake in equal shares and pro-
57 portions as tenants in common Also I give and bequeath unto Ann
58 Satterley of Devonport in the County of Devon spinster the sum of
60 one thousand pounds Also I give and bequeath unto Joseph Blake
61 West and John Blake West (sons of Thomas and Susanna West) the
62 sum of five hundred pounds apiece Also I give and bequeath unto
63 William Satterley Willcocks Mary Willcocks Emma Willcocks and
64 Thomas Willcocks (the children of the late Thomas and Eliza Will-
65 cocks of Devonport aforesaid) the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds
66 apiece Also I give and bequeath unto my friend Elizabeth Grindon
67 the sum of two hundred pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my
68 servant Elizabeth Wood in consequence of her having lived with me
69 upwards of fourteen years the sum of one hundred pounds and in
70 addition thereto the amount of one years wages and also the sum
71 of ten pounds for mourning Also I give and bequeath unto my
72 housemaid Ann Weaver the amount of one years wages and also
73 the sum of ten pounds for mourning Also I give and bequeath
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74 unto Henry Woodford and William Henry Honnywill my Executors here-
75 inafter named the sum of Two hundred pounds apiece as a compensate-
76 on for the trouble they will have in the execution of the trusts of this my
77 Will And it is my Will and I hereby direct my said Executors to pay the
78 said several annuities bequeathed to the said Catherine Stockham Elizabeth
79 Blake and Mary Russell and the legacies to the said Elizabeth Grindson
80 Elizabeth Wood and Ann Weaver free of legacy duty Also I give and bequeath
81 unto the said Henry Woodforde and William Henry Honnywill the sum
82 of three thousand pounds Upon trust nevertheless that they do and shall
83 pay the sum of one thousand pounds part thereof unto such person or
84 persons upon such trusts and for such intents and purposes as Mary Meth-
85 erell wife of John Metherell of North Bovey aforesaid shall notwithstand-
86 ing coverture by deed or will to be by her legally executed direct or appoint-
87 And in default of such direction or appointment into her own hands for
88 her own sole separate and peculiar use and benefit apart from her pre-
89 sent or any future husband and so as the same shall not be liable to
90 his control debts or engagements and so as the receipt of the said Mary
91 Metherell shall only and alone be a sufficient discharge for the same
92 But in case the said Mary Metherell shall die during my life time Then
93 upon trust to pay the said legacy or sum of one thousand pounds unto be-
94 tween and amongst all and every her child and children in equal shares and
95 proportions as tenants in common And as to for and concerning the sum of
96 two thousand pounds (residue of the said sum of three thousand pounds)
97 Upon trust that my said trustees do and shall pay the same unto such
98 person or persons upon such trusts and for such intents and purposes as the
99 said Susanna West shall notwithstanding coverture by deed or will to be
100 by her legally executed direct or appoint And in default of such direction or
101 appointment into her own hands for her own use separate and peculiar use
102 and benefit apart from her present or any future husband And so as the
103 same shall not be subject or liable to his control debts or engagements and so
104 as the receipt of the said Susanna West shall only and alone be a sufficient
105 discharge for the same But in case the said Susanna West shall die during
106 my life time Then upon trust that my said trustees do and shall pay the
107 said legacy or sum of two thousand pounds unto between and amongst all
108 and every her child and children in equal shares and proportions as tenants
109 in common All the rest residue and remainder of my real and
110 personal estate whatsoever of which I shall be seized or possessed at the time
111 of my decease I give devise and bequeath unto and to the use of the said
112 Eliza Bawdon her heirs executors administrators and assigns for her and their
113 own absolute use and benefit I direct my executors to pay all legacies by me
114 hereby bequeathed within three calendar months next after my decease
115 except to such legatees who shall at that time happen to be minors in
116 which case payment shall be postponed until they respectively attain the
117 age of twenty one years but in the mean time I direct my Executors to in-
118 vest the same in Government securities and to pay the dividends interest
119 and annual produce of their respective legacies unto them during their respect-
120 ive minorities for and towards their maintenance and education Provided
121 always and I hereby declare that in case my said trustees or either of them
122 shall die renounce be desirous of being discharged or neglect or refuse or
123 become incapable to act in the execution of the trusts of this my Will it
124 shall be lawful for the acting surviving or continuing trustee or if
125 there shall be no such trustee than for the renouncing or retiring trustee
126 or trustees and if there shall be no such trustee as last aforesaid or he or
127 they shall decline to exercise this present power then for the executors or
128 administrators of the last acting trustee to nominate and appoint any
129 person or persons to supply the place of the trustee or trustees so dying re-
130 nouncing desiring to be discharged or refusing or neglecting or becoming
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131 incapable to act as aforesaid And that after such appoint the trust
132 estate then vested in the trustee or trustees respectively so dying renounce-
133 ing desiring to be discharged or refusing or neglecting or becoming inca-
134 pable to act as aforesaid shall be assigned and transferred so that the
135 same may vest in such new trustee or trustees jointly with the surviv-
136 ing or continuing trustee or solely as the case may require and in his or
137 their executors administrators or assigns upon such of the said trusts as
138 shall then be subsisting And I hereby declare that no trustee shall be
139 chargeable for more money than he shall actually receive notwith-
140 standing his signing or joining in any receipts for the sake of conform-
141 mity nor be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them
142 nor for any involuntary losses And that it shall be lawful for every
143 trustee to retain and allow to his Co trustee all costs and expenses
144 which he or they shall incur in the execution of the aforesaid trusts or
145 in relation thereto Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint the said
146 Henry Woodforde of Clevedon Somerset Gentleman and William
147 Henry Honnywill of Atherington in the County of Gloucester Gentle-
148 man Joint Executors in trust of this my Will hereby revoking all
149 former Wills and declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
150 In witness whereof I the said Ann Blake the testatrix have to this
151 my last Will and Testament contained in this and four preceding
152 sheets of paper set and subscribed my hand and name at the foot
153 of this and each of the four preceding sheets this second day of decem-
154 ber one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Ann Blake
155 The Writing contained in this and the four preceding sheets of paper was
156 signed by the said Ann Blake the testatrix and by her acknowledged
157 and declared to be and contain her last Will and Testament in the
158 presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
159 hereto in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other
160 the word “fifty” in the second sheet having been first struck out and the
161 words “one hundred” in the same sheet having been first interlined
162 Mary Langdon of the District Parish of St John the Evangelist Clit
163 son Spinster Lucy Grey Earle of Westbury on Trym of Gloucestershire
164 Spinster
165 Proved at London 5th February 1848 before the Judge by the
166 Oaths of Henry Woodforde and William Henry Honnywill the Exe-
167 cutors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by
168 Commission duly to administer
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