A William Blake Pridgeon was baptized 25 Jun 1805 at Whaplode son of Abraham and Mary Pridgeon. Abraham Pridgeon married Mary Blake 13 Nov 1804 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire (Family Search). This is not the sister of the testator and William his brother.
William Blake of Whaplode and Mary Gladsdale of Whaplode had published their banns commencing 12 May 1782 at Whaplode, Lincolnshire. They were married 30 May 1782 at Whaplode, Lincolnshire. Their son James Gladsdale Blake was baptized 23 Feb 1783 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire son of William and Mary (Gladsdale) Blake. James Gladsdale Blake married Ann Richardson 10 May 1808 at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. James died 19 Sep 1845 Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. Ann widow of James Gladsdale Blake of Godmanchester died 13 Dec 1867 (aged 83 years) (Find My Past).
William and Mary (Gladsdale) Blake baptized the following children:
James Gladsdale Blake baptized 23 Feb 1783 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire
William baptized 29 Jul 1784 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire
Martha baptized 16 Dec 1788 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire; buried 1 May 1791
Mary baptized 19 Sep 1790 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire
John baptized Mar 1794 at Whaplode Drove; buried 21 Sep 1794 Whaplode Drove
William brother of the testator is mentioned in the will below along with a Mary (Blake) Pridgeon who had married Abraham Pridgeon.
Trees online have William (father of the testator) as the son of James Blake (of Crowland or Whaplode Drove) and Elizabeth Bernard. Crowland borders the parish of Whaplode Drove. James and Elizabeth married 23 Jun 1742 at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire (Find My Past) and the following children were baptized:
Sarah 28 May 1746 at Crowland, Lincolnshire
John baptized 28 Feb 1755 at Crowland, Lincolnshire
Michael 4 Sep 1761 at Crowland, Lincolnshire
William baptized 4 Sep 1761 at Crowland, Lincolnshire
There was a James Blake baptized 23 Mar 1719 at Crowland, Lincolnshire son of James and Sarah Blake. There was a James Blake married 13 Jul 1717 to Sarah Dixon at Cowbit, Lincolnshire. It is 6.5 miles from Crowland to Cowbit. No other children were discovered for this couple.
Online there is an Inventory for James Blake Senior of Crowland published 17 October 1743
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/1318492.record?ImageId=564464&pt=S
At this time, his son James would have been 24 years of age and already married to Elizabeth Bernard.
Decided to investigate James Senior to see if I could find his parents/baptism. No discovery of Blake family at Crowland/Cowbit/Whaplode Drove prior to this marriage in 1719.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2023
Name of testator: James Gladsdale Blake
Place: Huntingdonshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 30 Dec 1841, probated 19 Sep 1845
Read: Electronic file images
[In margin] James Gladsdale Blake 7
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I James Gladsdale Blake of Godmanchester in the county of
3 Huntingdon Gentleman being of sound and disposing mind, memory and
4 understanding do make publish and declare this my last will and
5 Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I give
6 devise and bequeath unto my Brother William Blake all those my
7 freehold messuages lands tenements hereditaments and premises with
8 the appurtenances situate lying and being in Whaplode Drove in the
9 Parish of Whaplode in the County of Lincoln and now in the tenure of
10 the said William Blake and his undertenants Mary Pridgeon and
11 William Blake Pridgeon to have and to hold all and every the said
12 lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances situate as
13 aforesaid to him the said William Blake his heirs and assignes for
14 ever and I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Blake all the
15 plate linen china household goods and Furniture of all kinds which
16 shall be in my dwelling house at the time of my death and also I
17 give and bequeath to my said wife by and out of the rents issues and
18 profits of all my said estates an annuity or yearly sum of Fifty pounds
19 for and during her natural life and the said annuity to be paid and payable
20 by half yearly payments on the first day of May and on the first day of
21 November in each year by even and equal portions the first payment of the same to
22 begin and be made on such of the said days as shall first happen after
23 my decease And also I give and bequeath to my Sister Mary Griffin the
24 Wife of Richard Griffin of Easton in the County of Northampton by and
25 out of the said rents issues and profits of all my said Estates an annuity
26 or yearly sum of Ten pounds for and during her natural life And the
27 said annuity to be paid and payable by half yearly payments on the
28 first day of May and on the first day of November in each year by even
29 and equal portions the first payment of the same to begin and be made
30 on such of the said days as shall first happen after my decease And I give
31 and bequeath all my money securities for money and all my Personal
32 Effects and not before given unto my said Brother William Blake
33 And I do nominate constitute and appoint my said Brother William
34 Blake whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
35 having revoking and making void all and every other Will or Wills at
36 anytime heretofore by me made and do declare this to be my last Will
37 and Testament In witness whereof I the said James Gladsdale Blake
38 have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of December
39 1841 James Gladsdale Blake Signed, sealed published and
40 declared by the within named James Gladsdale Blake as and for
41 his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and
42 in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
43 Jonathan Jacob Thomas Talbot George Edis Huntingdon
44 Proved at London 19th September 1845 before the Worshipful
45 Augustus Frederic Bayford doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath
46 of William Blake the brother the sole Executor to whom admon
47 was granted having been first duly [sworn] to administer
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Will of Peggy Blake, Spinster, Maddington, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1521/471, probated 17 Apr 1811
This will again links a number of the New Sarum wills. Peggy, the testatrix, is the daughter of John and Margaret Blake whose wills were blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-john-blake-gentleman-new-sarum.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-margaret-blake-widow-new-sarum.html
and her niece Ann whose will was also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html
and her sister in law Margaret and brother John whose wills were blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-john-blake-esquire-of-new-sarum.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-margaret-blake-widow-new-sarum_20.html
Peggy mentions her nieces Ann Blake, spinster, Mary [Margaret] Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh and her nephew Robert Blake (these four are siblings and the children of John Blake and Margaret Cartwright. Mary Rothwell is the testatrix’s sister. Susanna Sterne is also her sister and her executrix.
I have not yet explored the Wancbrough family or the Lucas family as to how they relate to Peggy Blake.
People mentioned in the will:
Peggy Blake, spinster, testatrix, Maddington, Wiltshire
Ann Blake, niece
Mary [Margaret] Kitson, niece
Henrietta Shuckburgh, niece
Mary Rothwell, sister
Mary Jacob
Harriet Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Mary Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Carolline Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Mary Lucas
Robert Lucas
Henry Smith, cousin
Mr Miller
Elizabeth Blake
Martha Wancbrough, cousin
Charles Wancbrough
Martha Wancbrough, wife to Charles
John Wancbrough
Suz Wancbrough, wife to John
Susanna Sterne, sister
William Roles
James Roles
Susanna Moore, witness, deponent
Mary Miller, witness
Robert Blake, nephew
Elizabeth Neighbour, deponent
Thomas Neighbour, husband of Elizabeth, cooper
Edward Moore, Commissioner
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1521/471
Testator: Peggy Blake, Spinster
Place: Maddington, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jun 1810, probated 17 Apr 1811
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Peggy
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 Maddington in the County of Wilts 11 June 1810
2 I give to Ann Blake and Mary Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh each two
3 hundred Stock out of the five per con[so]ls and I give Mary Rothwell
4 one Thousand Stock out of the three percent Stock reduced and to
5 Mary Jacob two hundred pounds out of the same stock red[uc]ed I do give
6 to Harriet and to Mary and to Carolline the three youngest daughters of Mary
7 Lucas one hundred out of the three per Cent reduced Stock to each
8 one hundred and to Robert Lucas one hundred out of the same
9 Stock I do give to my Cousin Henry Smith ten Guineas I do give to Mr
10 Miller ten Guineas for ring I do give to my Cousin Elizabeth Blake
11 Twenty Guineas I do give to my Cousin Martha Wancbrough Five
12 Guineas for ring I do give to Charles Wancbrough and Martha his Wife five
13 Guineas to each for rings I do give to John and to Suz Wancbrough to each five
14 Guineas for rings and I do give to Susanna Sterne one hundred out of
15 the four per Cent Stock and I do give Twenty pounds to Twenty poor
16 housekeepers in St Thomas and St Martens Parishes ten shillings
17 and house if I die at Maddington I give the same to Twenty poor
18 housekeepers ten shillings and house and where I die I give the same
19 I do give to the servants of the house five Guineas each and I do give
20 to my Sister Susanna Sterne all the rest for her sole and separate use
21 that I have not gave away and make her my Executrix before Witnesses
22 my hand to William and James Roles five Guineas each for rings
23 Peggy Blake Witness Susannah Moore X the mark of Mary
24 Miller I give to the children of Robert Blake 100 pounds each stock
25 Consols
26 Appeared personally Susanna Moore of the Close of New
27 Sarum in the County of Wilts Spinster and Elizabeth Neighbour wife
28 of Thomas Neighbour of the City of New Sarum in the County of
29 Wilts Cooper and made Oath that they know and were well acquainted
30 with Peggy Blake formerly of Salisbury but late of Maddington
31 in the County of Wilts Spinster deceased and also with her manner
32 and character of hand writing and subscription having seen her
33 write and write and subscribe her names and having with care and attention
34 viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting
35 to be a contain the last Will and Testament of the said Peggy Blake
36 Spinster deceased with a Codicil thereunto annexed in writing and
37 particularly the words “for her the rest” interlined between the fourth
38 and fifth lines from the top on the second side of such Will and also the
39 words “make her my executrix” interlined between the sixth and seventh
40 lines from the top on the same second side of such will as also the
41 words “I give to the children of Robert Blake 100 pounds each stock consols”
42 written at the foot or bottom of such Will and being the codicil to such
43 will Truly those appearers do say and in their consciences believe the
44 said words so interlined in such Will and the said recited Codicil to
45 be all of the proper hand writing of the said Peggy Blake
46 Spinster deceased Susanna Moore Eliz Neighbour
47 on the seventeenth day of April 1811 the said Susanna Moore and
48 Elizabeth Neighbour were sworn to the truth of the above written affidavit
49 before me Edward Moore Commissioner
50 Proved at London 2nd May 1811 before the Judge by the
51 Oath of Susannah Sterne Widow sole executrix to whom Admon
52 was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to adm[inister]
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-john-blake-gentleman-new-sarum.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-margaret-blake-widow-new-sarum.html
and her niece Ann whose will was also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html
and her sister in law Margaret and brother John whose wills were blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-john-blake-esquire-of-new-sarum.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/12/will-of-margaret-blake-widow-new-sarum_20.html
Peggy mentions her nieces Ann Blake, spinster, Mary [Margaret] Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh and her nephew Robert Blake (these four are siblings and the children of John Blake and Margaret Cartwright. Mary Rothwell is the testatrix’s sister. Susanna Sterne is also her sister and her executrix.
I have not yet explored the Wancbrough family or the Lucas family as to how they relate to Peggy Blake.
People mentioned in the will:
Peggy Blake, spinster, testatrix, Maddington, Wiltshire
Ann Blake, niece
Mary [Margaret] Kitson, niece
Henrietta Shuckburgh, niece
Mary Rothwell, sister
Mary Jacob
Harriet Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Mary Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Carolline Jacob, daughter of Mary Lucas
Mary Lucas
Robert Lucas
Henry Smith, cousin
Mr Miller
Elizabeth Blake
Martha Wancbrough, cousin
Charles Wancbrough
Martha Wancbrough, wife to Charles
John Wancbrough
Suz Wancbrough, wife to John
Susanna Sterne, sister
William Roles
James Roles
Susanna Moore, witness, deponent
Mary Miller, witness
Robert Blake, nephew
Elizabeth Neighbour, deponent
Thomas Neighbour, husband of Elizabeth, cooper
Edward Moore, Commissioner
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1521/471
Testator: Peggy Blake, Spinster
Place: Maddington, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Jun 1810, probated 17 Apr 1811
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Peggy
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 Maddington in the County of Wilts 11 June 1810
2 I give to Ann Blake and Mary Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh each two
3 hundred Stock out of the five per con[so]ls and I give Mary Rothwell
4 one Thousand Stock out of the three percent Stock reduced and to
5 Mary Jacob two hundred pounds out of the same stock red[uc]ed I do give
6 to Harriet and to Mary and to Carolline the three youngest daughters of Mary
7 Lucas one hundred out of the three per Cent reduced Stock to each
8 one hundred and to Robert Lucas one hundred out of the same
9 Stock I do give to my Cousin Henry Smith ten Guineas I do give to Mr
10 Miller ten Guineas for ring I do give to my Cousin Elizabeth Blake
11 Twenty Guineas I do give to my Cousin Martha Wancbrough Five
12 Guineas for ring I do give to Charles Wancbrough and Martha his Wife five
13 Guineas to each for rings I do give to John and to Suz Wancbrough to each five
14 Guineas for rings and I do give to Susanna Sterne one hundred out of
15 the four per Cent Stock and I do give Twenty pounds to Twenty poor
16 housekeepers in St Thomas and St Martens Parishes ten shillings
17 and house if I die at Maddington I give the same to Twenty poor
18 housekeepers ten shillings and house and where I die I give the same
19 I do give to the servants of the house five Guineas each and I do give
20 to my Sister Susanna Sterne all the rest for her sole and separate use
21 that I have not gave away and make her my Executrix before Witnesses
22 my hand to William and James Roles five Guineas each for rings
23 Peggy Blake Witness Susannah Moore X the mark of Mary
24 Miller I give to the children of Robert Blake 100 pounds each stock
25 Consols
26 Appeared personally Susanna Moore of the Close of New
27 Sarum in the County of Wilts Spinster and Elizabeth Neighbour wife
28 of Thomas Neighbour of the City of New Sarum in the County of
29 Wilts Cooper and made Oath that they know and were well acquainted
30 with Peggy Blake formerly of Salisbury but late of Maddington
31 in the County of Wilts Spinster deceased and also with her manner
32 and character of hand writing and subscription having seen her
33 write and write and subscribe her names and having with care and attention
34 viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting
35 to be a contain the last Will and Testament of the said Peggy Blake
36 Spinster deceased with a Codicil thereunto annexed in writing and
37 particularly the words “for her the rest” interlined between the fourth
38 and fifth lines from the top on the second side of such Will and also the
39 words “make her my executrix” interlined between the sixth and seventh
40 lines from the top on the same second side of such will as also the
41 words “I give to the children of Robert Blake 100 pounds each stock consols”
42 written at the foot or bottom of such Will and being the codicil to such
43 will Truly those appearers do say and in their consciences believe the
44 said words so interlined in such Will and the said recited Codicil to
45 be all of the proper hand writing of the said Peggy Blake
46 Spinster deceased Susanna Moore Eliz Neighbour
47 on the seventeenth day of April 1811 the said Susanna Moore and
48 Elizabeth Neighbour were sworn to the truth of the above written affidavit
49 before me Edward Moore Commissioner
50 Proved at London 2nd May 1811 before the Judge by the
51 Oath of Susannah Sterne Widow sole executrix to whom Admon
52 was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to adm[inister]
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Will of Joseph Blake, Gentleman, New Sarum, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/347/145, probated 8 Feb 1675
Joseph Blake is the testator and it is a rather interesting will. He names his brother as Nicholas and two sisters Bridget and Marie. His mother has either been married before she married Blake or remarried as he has siblings with the surname Chauncery. His grandmother is Joane Pitman and he has an Uncle possibly John Pitman who signed as witness. He mentions Enham and does he mean Knights Enham. I can not find him in Charlou Dolan’s writeup on the Robert Blake family of Enham. I have transcribed the parish registers for Knights Enham but they do not begin until after 1675.
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/elizabethmain.htm
He does not appear in the Andover Parish Registers (transcribed up to 1757 but not yet published).
Interesting that he too is at Salisbury and near Laverstock but he does not fit into the Nicholas Blake/Jone Question family in that his Grandmother has the surname Pitman (and his uncle is also Pitman).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/347/145
Testator: Joseph Blake, Gentleman
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 8 Feb 1675
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Joseph Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Joseph Blake of the Cittie of New Sarum in the Countie of Wilts
3 Gent being sicke of bodie but of sence and good memorie doe make and ordaine this
4 my last will and Testament etc Imprimis I bequeath my Soule unto Almightie
5 God my Creataur trusting through the merits of Christ Jesus my Redeemer
6 that after this life I shall live with him forever Item I desire to be buried in
7 Enham Church as neare as may be unto my deare deceased Mother and I doe
8 allowe Tene pounds to defray the charges of my Funerall out of the moneys
9 due to mee from my brother Nicholas Blake Item I doe give to my Sister Bridgett
10 Blake twentie pounds which is my Uncle Pitmans hand and six Silver
11 Spoones which I have by mee Item I give to my sister Marie Fifteene pounds
12 which is in Master Thomas Brathwaites hands the minister of Clough Inham
13 Item I doe give to my Sister Elizabeth Chauncery my bed with all belong-
14 ing for it Item I doe give to father in Lawe Chauncery fower pounds Item I doe
15 give to my brother Ezziell Chauncery my three Sheepe going with my Grand-
16 Mother Pittman Item I doe give unto my brother Charles Chauncery my Two
17 Trunckes Item I doe give unto my brother Nicholas Blake a five shilling piece in
18 gold Item the residue of the moneys which will be due unto mee from my brother
19 Nicholas Blake at my decease I doe give unto my Grand Mother Pitman whome
20 I nominate Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Witnessed by
21 John Pitman Mary Jacob
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/elizabethmain.htm
He does not appear in the Andover Parish Registers (transcribed up to 1757 but not yet published).
Interesting that he too is at Salisbury and near Laverstock but he does not fit into the Nicholas Blake/Jone Question family in that his Grandmother has the surname Pitman (and his uncle is also Pitman).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/347/145
Testator: Joseph Blake, Gentleman
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 8 Feb 1675
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Joseph Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Joseph Blake of the Cittie of New Sarum in the Countie of Wilts
3 Gent being sicke of bodie but of sence and good memorie doe make and ordaine this
4 my last will and Testament etc Imprimis I bequeath my Soule unto Almightie
5 God my Creataur trusting through the merits of Christ Jesus my Redeemer
6 that after this life I shall live with him forever Item I desire to be buried in
7 Enham Church as neare as may be unto my deare deceased Mother and I doe
8 allowe Tene pounds to defray the charges of my Funerall out of the moneys
9 due to mee from my brother Nicholas Blake Item I doe give to my Sister Bridgett
10 Blake twentie pounds which is my Uncle Pitmans hand and six Silver
11 Spoones which I have by mee Item I give to my sister Marie Fifteene pounds
12 which is in Master Thomas Brathwaites hands the minister of Clough Inham
13 Item I doe give to my Sister Elizabeth Chauncery my bed with all belong-
14 ing for it Item I doe give to father in Lawe Chauncery fower pounds Item I doe
15 give to my brother Ezziell Chauncery my three Sheepe going with my Grand-
16 Mother Pittman Item I doe give unto my brother Charles Chauncery my Two
17 Trunckes Item I doe give unto my brother Nicholas Blake a five shilling piece in
18 gold Item the residue of the moneys which will be due unto mee from my brother
19 Nicholas Blake at my decease I doe give unto my Grand Mother Pitman whome
20 I nominate Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Witnessed by
21 John Pitman Mary Jacob
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Will of Ann Blake, Spinster, New Sarum, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1531/151, probated 11 Mar 1812
Ann Blake, Spinster, is the testatrix for this will. I found a tree online for the Kitson family which suggests that the parents of Margaret Blake, sister of Ann, were John Blake and Sarah Cartwright. I have not been able to verify this information. Ann has a brother Robert and two sisters Henrietta and Margaret.
Margaret Blake married the Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson (born circa 1773 and son of Reverend Walter Kitson and Martha Addicott) and Reverend Kitson was vicar of Clyst of St Lawrence and St Mary Church, Torquay. According to Find My Past Edward Addicott Kitson married Margaret Blake 25 Jun 1798 at Salisbury St Martin and they were both 26 years of age and Edward was of Clyst St Lawrence, Devon. The Bondsman was John Henry Jacob Clerk Salisbury Close (licence 21 Jun 1798). Children for this couple named in the World Connect database for the Kitson family:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sandberg&id=I43220&style=TEXT
Margaret
Edward
Walter Cartwright
John Thomas
Henrietta Blake married the Reverend Charles William Shuckburgh, Clerk of Downton, Wiltshire at the time of his decease as he has left a will in 1833. I may purchase this will but for the moment will see what I can discover about Henrietta and her husband. They were married at Saint Martin, Salisbury 16 July 1798 according to Find My Past (license 14 July 1798). He was of the parish of Salisbury Close, Wiltshire and 26 years of age and Henrietta was 23 years of age. This was from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds. Robert James Carr, Clerk, Salisbury Close was bondsman.
Another online tree also suggests that Henrietta’s father was the daughter of John Blake (also from A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2 by John Burke (free on Google Books - search on Charles William Shuckburgh)
This online tree suggests children (http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/genealogy/web/boothadam/pafg30.htm):
Diana Christian
Mariana
Henrietta
William Pigott
Robert Shirley
Charles Verney
Walter
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1531/151
Testator: Ann Blake, Spinster
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Feb 1808, probated 11 Mar 1812
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Ann
2 Blake of the City of New Sarum in the County of Wilts Spinster which I
3 make and ordain whilst I am of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
4 in manner following (that is to say) I give devise and bequeath unto the
5 Reverend Henry Jacob of the Close of New Sarum Clerk and my Brother
6 Robert Blake All those my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements
7 and Gardens situate in the City of New Sarum aforesaid in a Street then called or
8 known by the Name of St Ann’s Street otherwise Tanner’s Street now
9 in the Occupation of my Mother and myself And also all that Freehold
10 Messuage or Ten[ament] in the City of New Sarum aforesaid situate at the
11 Corner of St Ann’s Street or Tanner Street and Drayhall Street or Exeter
12 Street with the appurt[ament]s thereto respectively belonging And which said
13 Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements I lately purchased of
14 the devisees named in the Will of my late Father deceased To hold the
15 same unto and to the use of the said Henry Jacob and Robert Blake their
16 heirs Exors Admors and Assigns according to my estate and Interest therein
17 respectively upon the Trusts herein after mentioned (that is to say|) upon
18 Trust to recovery sell and dispose of the same several Freehold and Leasehold
19 Messuages or Tenements and premises hereinbefore mentioned as soon as
20 may be after my decease in such manner and at such times as my
21 said Trustees shall see fit and as to the Money arising from such
22 Sale or Sales Upon Trust to pay and apply the same in such manner and for such
23 purposes as are hereinafter directed or and concerning the Residue of my
24 personal Estate And I hereby direct that the Receipt or Receipts of my
25 said Trustees and the Survivor of them his heirs Exors and Admors shall be
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26 good and sufficient discharges from time to time to the respective purchasers
27 of my said Freehold and Leasehold Estates And such respective purchasers
28 shall not be obliged to see to the application thereof nor be answerable
29 for the Nonapplication of Misapplication of such purchase Monies
30 or of any part thereof Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Sisters
31 Margaret the Wife of the Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson and
32 Henrietta the Wife of the Reverend Charles William Shuckburgh all
33 my reversionary Estate and Interest after the decease of my Mother of and in
34 all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock in the County of Dorset held
35 by my late Father’s Trustees by Virtue of a devise in his Will upon the
36 Trusts therein mentioned. To hold the same unto and to the use of my said
37 Sisters their heirs and Assigns as Tenants in Common and not as joint
38 Tenants equally between them share and share alike I give unto my
39 said Trustees the Sum of twenty pounds each And as to all the rest
40 and residue of my personal Estate and Effects and of the Monies arising
41 from the Sale of my said Freehold and Leasehold Estates so made
42 Saleable by this my Will after payment of my debts Legacies and
43 Funeral Expences the Costs and Charges of proving this my Will and such
44 Costs and Charges as my said Trustees shall be put into in the
45 Execution of this my Will I give and bequeath the same to the said
46 Henry Jacob and Robert Blake and to the Survivor of them his Exors
47 Admors Upon Trust to pay and divide the same unto and equally between
48 my Nephews and Nieces Sons and daughters of my said Brother Robert Blake
49 and of my said two Sisters Margaret Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh
50 Share and Share alike and to their several and respective Exors and Admors And
51 I hereby authorize and direct my said Trustees to retain and reimburse themselves
52 out of my Estate and Effects All such Costs Charges and Expences which they
53 or either of them may be at sustain or be put unto in and about the such
54 Execution of the Trusts of this my Will And that neither of them shall be
55 answerable for the other of them or for the Acts deeds Receipts or
56 disbursements of the other of them but each of them for his own Acts
57 Receipts of disbursements only And I nominate and appoint the said
58 Henry Jacob and Robert Blake Exors of this my Will and I revoke and make
59 void all former Wills by me made and declare this only to be my last Will
60 and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
61 contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet whereof I have
62 set my hand and to this Sheet my hand and Seal the tenth day of
63 February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight
64 Ann Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
65 Ann Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
66 presence of us who have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
67 at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other Margaret
68 Blake Sally Rogers Chr: Millett
69 By this Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me
70 Ann Blake of the City of New Sarum Spinster I declare my Will and
71 Meaning to be that the several Shares of my Nephew’s and Nieces the
72 Children of my Brother and Sisters respectively of the produce to arise from the sale of my Freehold and Leasehold property in my said Will described
73 and also of the Residue of my personal Estate therein mentioned or any
74 of them shall not by Virtue of my said Will vest or become payable
75 or transferable until when and as every of them my said Nephews and
76 Nieces shall respectively attain the Age of twenty five years And in
77 case any of them shall happen to die under that Age without Issue
78 living at or born in due time after his her of their deaths respectively
79 then the Share or respective Shares of him her of them so dying shall
80 go and be transferrable and payable to the Survivors or Survivor of them
81 of them But if any or either of them dying under the said age
82 shall leave or have any such Issue as aforesaid then the Share or
83 Shares which the parent or parents might or would otherwise have been
84 entitled to
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85 entitled to shall go and be transferable and payable to such his her or their
86 Issue so always that such Issue shall stand in the place or places of
87 his her or their parent or respective parents and take a Share or Shares
88 accordingly And I further will and direct that this Codicil be deemed
89 and taken as and for part of my said last Will and Testament In Witness
90 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 17th day of October in
91 in the Year of our Lord 1811 Ann Blake Signed sealed published
92 and declared by the Testatrix Ann Blake as and for a Codicil to her last Will
93 and Testament in the presence of us Sally Rogers Tho[ma]s Chubb
94 Proved at London with a Codicil 11th March 1812 before the
95 W[orshi]pful Augustine Gostling d[octo]r of Laws and Surr[ogat]e by the Oath of Robert
96 Blake Esquire the Brother of the deceased and one of the Executors to whom
97 Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer The
98 Rev[erend] John Jacob Clerk in the Will written Henry Jacob the other Ex[ecut]or
99 having first renounced.
Margaret Blake married the Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson (born circa 1773 and son of Reverend Walter Kitson and Martha Addicott) and Reverend Kitson was vicar of Clyst of St Lawrence and St Mary Church, Torquay. According to Find My Past Edward Addicott Kitson married Margaret Blake 25 Jun 1798 at Salisbury St Martin and they were both 26 years of age and Edward was of Clyst St Lawrence, Devon. The Bondsman was John Henry Jacob Clerk Salisbury Close (licence 21 Jun 1798). Children for this couple named in the World Connect database for the Kitson family:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sandberg&id=I43220&style=TEXT
Margaret
Edward
Walter Cartwright
John Thomas
Henrietta Blake married the Reverend Charles William Shuckburgh, Clerk of Downton, Wiltshire at the time of his decease as he has left a will in 1833. I may purchase this will but for the moment will see what I can discover about Henrietta and her husband. They were married at Saint Martin, Salisbury 16 July 1798 according to Find My Past (license 14 July 1798). He was of the parish of Salisbury Close, Wiltshire and 26 years of age and Henrietta was 23 years of age. This was from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds. Robert James Carr, Clerk, Salisbury Close was bondsman.
Another online tree also suggests that Henrietta’s father was the daughter of John Blake (also from A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2 by John Burke (free on Google Books - search on Charles William Shuckburgh)
This online tree suggests children (http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/genealogy/web/boothadam/pafg30.htm):
Diana Christian
Mariana
Henrietta
William Pigott
Robert Shirley
Charles Verney
Walter
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1531/151
Testator: Ann Blake, Spinster
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Feb 1808, probated 11 Mar 1812
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Ann
2 Blake of the City of New Sarum in the County of Wilts Spinster which I
3 make and ordain whilst I am of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
4 in manner following (that is to say) I give devise and bequeath unto the
5 Reverend Henry Jacob of the Close of New Sarum Clerk and my Brother
6 Robert Blake All those my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements
7 and Gardens situate in the City of New Sarum aforesaid in a Street then called or
8 known by the Name of St Ann’s Street otherwise Tanner’s Street now
9 in the Occupation of my Mother and myself And also all that Freehold
10 Messuage or Ten[ament] in the City of New Sarum aforesaid situate at the
11 Corner of St Ann’s Street or Tanner Street and Drayhall Street or Exeter
12 Street with the appurt[ament]s thereto respectively belonging And which said
13 Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements I lately purchased of
14 the devisees named in the Will of my late Father deceased To hold the
15 same unto and to the use of the said Henry Jacob and Robert Blake their
16 heirs Exors Admors and Assigns according to my estate and Interest therein
17 respectively upon the Trusts herein after mentioned (that is to say|) upon
18 Trust to recovery sell and dispose of the same several Freehold and Leasehold
19 Messuages or Tenements and premises hereinbefore mentioned as soon as
20 may be after my decease in such manner and at such times as my
21 said Trustees shall see fit and as to the Money arising from such
22 Sale or Sales Upon Trust to pay and apply the same in such manner and for such
23 purposes as are hereinafter directed or and concerning the Residue of my
24 personal Estate And I hereby direct that the Receipt or Receipts of my
25 said Trustees and the Survivor of them his heirs Exors and Admors shall be
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26 good and sufficient discharges from time to time to the respective purchasers
27 of my said Freehold and Leasehold Estates And such respective purchasers
28 shall not be obliged to see to the application thereof nor be answerable
29 for the Nonapplication of Misapplication of such purchase Monies
30 or of any part thereof Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Sisters
31 Margaret the Wife of the Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson and
32 Henrietta the Wife of the Reverend Charles William Shuckburgh all
33 my reversionary Estate and Interest after the decease of my Mother of and in
34 all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock in the County of Dorset held
35 by my late Father’s Trustees by Virtue of a devise in his Will upon the
36 Trusts therein mentioned. To hold the same unto and to the use of my said
37 Sisters their heirs and Assigns as Tenants in Common and not as joint
38 Tenants equally between them share and share alike I give unto my
39 said Trustees the Sum of twenty pounds each And as to all the rest
40 and residue of my personal Estate and Effects and of the Monies arising
41 from the Sale of my said Freehold and Leasehold Estates so made
42 Saleable by this my Will after payment of my debts Legacies and
43 Funeral Expences the Costs and Charges of proving this my Will and such
44 Costs and Charges as my said Trustees shall be put into in the
45 Execution of this my Will I give and bequeath the same to the said
46 Henry Jacob and Robert Blake and to the Survivor of them his Exors
47 Admors Upon Trust to pay and divide the same unto and equally between
48 my Nephews and Nieces Sons and daughters of my said Brother Robert Blake
49 and of my said two Sisters Margaret Kitson and Henrietta Shuckburgh
50 Share and Share alike and to their several and respective Exors and Admors And
51 I hereby authorize and direct my said Trustees to retain and reimburse themselves
52 out of my Estate and Effects All such Costs Charges and Expences which they
53 or either of them may be at sustain or be put unto in and about the such
54 Execution of the Trusts of this my Will And that neither of them shall be
55 answerable for the other of them or for the Acts deeds Receipts or
56 disbursements of the other of them but each of them for his own Acts
57 Receipts of disbursements only And I nominate and appoint the said
58 Henry Jacob and Robert Blake Exors of this my Will and I revoke and make
59 void all former Wills by me made and declare this only to be my last Will
60 and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
61 contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet whereof I have
62 set my hand and to this Sheet my hand and Seal the tenth day of
63 February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight
64 Ann Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said
65 Ann Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
66 presence of us who have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
67 at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other Margaret
68 Blake Sally Rogers Chr: Millett
69 By this Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me
70 Ann Blake of the City of New Sarum Spinster I declare my Will and
71 Meaning to be that the several Shares of my Nephew’s and Nieces the
72 Children of my Brother and Sisters respectively of the produce to arise from the sale of my Freehold and Leasehold property in my said Will described
73 and also of the Residue of my personal Estate therein mentioned or any
74 of them shall not by Virtue of my said Will vest or become payable
75 or transferable until when and as every of them my said Nephews and
76 Nieces shall respectively attain the Age of twenty five years And in
77 case any of them shall happen to die under that Age without Issue
78 living at or born in due time after his her of their deaths respectively
79 then the Share or respective Shares of him her of them so dying shall
80 go and be transferrable and payable to the Survivors or Survivor of them
81 of them But if any or either of them dying under the said age
82 shall leave or have any such Issue as aforesaid then the Share or
83 Shares which the parent or parents might or would otherwise have been
84 entitled to
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85 entitled to shall go and be transferable and payable to such his her or their
86 Issue so always that such Issue shall stand in the place or places of
87 his her or their parent or respective parents and take a Share or Shares
88 accordingly And I further will and direct that this Codicil be deemed
89 and taken as and for part of my said last Will and Testament In Witness
90 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 17th day of October in
91 in the Year of our Lord 1811 Ann Blake Signed sealed published
92 and declared by the Testatrix Ann Blake as and for a Codicil to her last Will
93 and Testament in the presence of us Sally Rogers Tho[ma]s Chubb
94 Proved at London with a Codicil 11th March 1812 before the
95 W[orshi]pful Augustine Gostling d[octo]r of Laws and Surr[ogat]e by the Oath of Robert
96 Blake Esquire the Brother of the deceased and one of the Executors to whom
97 Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer The
98 Rev[erend] John Jacob Clerk in the Will written Henry Jacob the other Ex[ecut]or
99 having first renounced.
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