Jane Blake, the testator, was buried at Charles Church Plymouth 17 Jul 1845 at the age of 82 years. She lived on Hoe Street in Plymouth. She would have been born around 1763 and I found a baptism (Find My Past) for Jane 21 Oct 1763 at Charles Plymouth and daughter of William and Jane Keys.
I also found the marriage of John Blake of the Parish of St Andrew Brandy Merchant and a Bachelor to Jane Keys of the Parish of St Andrew Spinster and they were married by Licence the 27 Oct 1793 by John Gandy and they both signed the parish Register in the presence of T Lovell and Margaret Mary Lovell. This was Marriage Number 670 in the Parish Register.
There was a John Blake son of John and Eleanor Blake baptized 11 Jun 1759 at Charles Plymouth Devon and I suspect he is her husband.
A rather interesting article in the London Gazette Issue 15587, page 631: Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a Cause Borkett and others against Redhead, the Creditors of John Blake, late of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Brandy Merchant, (who died in the Year 1795, Intestate,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Peter Holford, Esquire; one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
I did locate Jane on the 1841 Census living in the same household on Hoe Street as Margaret Lovell – both are 75 years of age and independent. They live in St Andrew Parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2020/328
Testator: Jane Blake, Widow
Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Mar 1843, probated 24 Jul 1845
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Jane
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Jane Blake of Plimouth in the County of Devon Widow I
3 direct my body to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor
4 hereinafter named in the Church yard of the Parish Church of Charles in
5 Plymouth aforesaid by the side of my deceased husband I give and bequ-
6 eath unto my Cousin Margaret Mary Lovell of Plymouth aforesaid
7 widow the legacy or sum of five pounds to be laid out in the purchase
8 of a ring or some other token of my esteem and regard also I give and
9 bequeath unto my nephew Elias Keys of Devonport in the County
10 of Devon printer my Fathers picture or likeness and I give and bequeath
11 unto the wife of the said Elias Keys all the wearing apparel of which
12 I shall be possessed at the time of my decease And as to and concer-
13 ning all the rest Residue and remainder of my monies securities for
14 money goods chattels articles and effects and personal estate whatsoever
15 not hereinbefore bequeathed I give and bequeath the same and every
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16 part and parcel thereof unto my dear Grandson Alfred L__aft the
17 younger to and for his own absolute use benefit and disposal and I do
18 hereby nominate constitute and appoint my good friend Charles Cobley
19 Whiteford of Plymouth aforesaid Solicitor Sole Executor of this my Will
20 hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time hereto
21 fore made and declaring this to be my only last Will and Testament In testi-
22 money whereof I the said Jane Blake have to this my last Will and Tes-
23 tament set my hand and Seal the fourth day of March in the year of
24 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Jane Blake
25 Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Jane
26 Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
27 sence of us being present at the same time who at the request and in
28 her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
29 as Witnesses hereto Wm B Lane of Plymouth Gentleman Jas G
30 Ford Clerk to Messrs Whiteford and Bennett Solr Plymouth
31 Proved at London 24th July 1845 before the Worshipful Frederic
32 Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Charles
33 Cobley Whiteford Esquire the sole Executor to whom admon was granted
34 having been first sworn duly to administer
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Will of Maud Blake of Stoverd, South Newton - SWRO P2/8 Reg/307, probated 28 Oct 1616
Maude Blake, widow, tells us a great deal about herself in this will but does not name her husband which would have been helpful She names her children Henry, Severan (possibly), John and Robert. She names Robert Blake with sons Thomas and John, William Blake with sons Henry and daughters Anne, Mary, Henry Blake with sons William and Henry and daughters Gyles and Francis, John Blake with daughters Elizabeth and Anne,
There is a William Blake who married Maude Downe 2 Nov 1591 at Great Wishford, Wiltshire (M15228-1 Family Search). Since Maude is remembering a Robert Blake, a Henry Blake, a John Blake and a William Blake with various children, I wonder who all these men are with respect to her possible husband William Blake.There is a John Blake who married Mawde Heward Nov 1558 at Great Wishford (M15228-1 Family Search) but suspect that that would be too far back as Maude (testator) would likely have been around 20 at marriage or less thus having her born by or after 1538 and hence 78 when her will was written. Not impossible though so worth noting.
In the will of John Blake of Stoweford probated 20 Mar 1572 he names his sons John, William and Thomas with John having sons William and Thomas and Thomas with children unmentioned.
In the Will of John Blake husbandman of South Newton probated 6 Feb 1553/54 he mentions his sons Walter, Gylys, William, Edward and Robert. This testator had as witnesses to his will John Blake the elder and John Blake the younger.
The will of John Blake of Stooloford probated1545/46 has him married to Edyth with two sons Thomas and John. Thomas has a son Robert. The testator mentions Robert Blake carpenter at South Newton but no relationship stated.
This has possibilities in that the Blake males mentioned as sons of Maude were: Robert, William, Henry and John.
Still to come are the wills of Richard Blake, 1572, Thomas Blake 1550, 1565, 1573, 1584, William Blake 1538, 1545, and 1610. This set of wills has actually come along quite well. When I acquired them about eight years ago I found them very difficult reading. They are still difficult as wills in the 15th century seem to be using a different alphabet and language but having done so much in the 1500s and 1600s now I find it easier. Taking a course in Palaeography really worked very well for me.
I can see now that I could have separated these wills into locations and worked on them by year but my tendency is to be logical and so working alphabetically worked very well for me and I can still work back and forth looking at them. The advantage is time; each time I read one of these wills I see something else that helps me to look at them with the thought of finding something common between them. However, one can see that the Blake family at South Newton in particular is very very large in 1641 - 25% of the community roughly and this continues and in 1841 they are about 20% of the community.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2012
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8 Reg/307
Name of testator: Maud Blake
Place: Stoverd, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 1 Jul 1616, 28 Oct 1616
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: early 17th century, middle English, copy bleeding through
[Margin] Blake 307
1 In the name of
2 God Amen, I Maud
3 Blake of Stoverd in the p[ar]ishe of
4 Southnewton sicke in body but whole and
5 p[er]fect of mind thanks bee unto God doe
6 make this my last will and testament in manner
7 and forme following: First I give and committ my
8 soule into the hands of Allmightie God my
9 Creator and doe trust to bee saved throughe
10 his free mercy by the onely means and
11 merrits of Jesus Christ my savio[u]r and bequeathe
12 my bodey to bee buried w[i]thin the Churchyard
13 of Southnewton in sure and certeine hope of
14 a ioyfull resurrecton Item I give unto Joane
15 Adlame five pounds thirtene shillings and fower
16 pence of good and lawfull money and one flockbedd
17 and a blew cov[er]led and one brasse panne the
18 best faveinge one and a bell skillett Item
19 I give unto Dorathe Adlame five pounds
20 thirtene shillings and 4 d in good and lawfull
21 money Item I give unto Mary Adlame
22 five pounds thirteene shillings and fower pence
23 of good and lawfull money to bee paide unto them
24 w[i]thin halfe a yeare after my decease: Item I
25 give unto John Blake the eldest sonne of
26 Robert Blake one redd cowe Item I give
27 unto Robert Adlam one sparked cowe. Item
28 I give William Blake the sonne of Henry
29 Blake the little white faced cowe. Item I
30 give unto Anne Blake and Mary Blake
31 twenty shillings a peece and each of them one
32 platter and one pottinger a peece of Item I
33 give unto Giles Blake and Francis Blake the
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34 daughters of Henry Blake twenty shillings a=
35 peece and each of them one platter and one pottinger
36 Item I give unto John Blakes two maydes
37 First I give unto Elizabeth Blake my feather
38 bedd and one bolster and my coffer standing at my
39 beds feete Item I give unto Anne Blake a
40 white cov[er]led the best and a blanket and two sheetes
41 a pillow and a lye for the pillow Item I give
42 unto Robert Blakes two sonnes I give Thomas
43 Blake one sheepe and unto John Blake one
44 sheepe Item I give unto Henry Blake the
45 sonne of Henry Blake one sheepe and one yeareling
46 bullocke Item I give unto my sonne Henry
47 Blake one aker of wheate and one aker of barley
48 growing in the field a cov[er]ledd a paire of blankets
49 and a paire of sheetes and a boulster and a brasse pott
50 and half my wooll in the backside and half my
51 wheate and halfe my maulte that is in the
52 howese at my decease and one little Cowle and a
53 beerell and an yearelinge bullchett one cov[er]ledd
54 that is upon the childrens bed and my greate
55 hogge pigge and a flitch of bacon and a muilinge pigge
56 a shede board bloke and each of your maides
57 one platter and a pottinger Item I give unto
58 John Blake my sonne all the thirds of my
59 corne growinge in the fielde and two meaweling
60 piggs and a flitch of bacon and a board bloke Item
61 I give unto Soveran Blake a blacke trendell
62 and a bowell and a barrell and a brasse kittle and a brasse
63 skillett and a platter and a pottinger Item I give
64 unto my sonne John Blakes wife my best
65 gowen lyned w[i]th blew and a smocke and a double
66 kerrcher and a hollen apron Item I give unto
67 Henry Blakes wife my next best gowne and
68 a smocke and an apron and a kerrcher Item I
69 give unto Marrian Lane my best redd
70 petticoate and a smocke and a kerrcher and an apron
71 and a s[ki]llett and a meuling pigge Item I give
72 unto Lanes three children each of them one
73 sheepe Item I give unto the Cathedrall Church
74 of Sarum xij d Item I give unto my p[ar]ish of
75 Southnewton three shillings and fower pence
76 Item I give unto greate Wisheford church xij d
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77 Item I give unto Henry Blakes two maides
78 Francs and Gyles my three wearinge coates
79 twoo of them to Gyles and one to Francis
80 Item I give unto John the tacker my
81 best candlesticke. Item I give to Henry
82 Blakes two sonnes William Blake and
83 Henry Blake each of them one candlesticke
84 And I appoint George Symes John
85 Horne and Henry Plenty Ov[er]seers of this
86 my last will and testament and I doe give
87 them three shillings and fower pence apeece
88 Item I give unto Mawdelin Blake my
89 white fustian wascoate and to Thomas
90 Abbott my blew wascoate Item I give
91 unto Thomas Lane my best cloake All
92 the rest of my Goods moveable and unmoveable
93 I give and bequeath unto Robert Blake
94 my sonne whom I make my sole and onely
95 Executor of this my last will and testament
96 written the first of July 1616 Maude
97 Blake her marke Witnes George
98 Symes John Horne John Plentie
There is a William Blake who married Maude Downe 2 Nov 1591 at Great Wishford, Wiltshire (M15228-1 Family Search). Since Maude is remembering a Robert Blake, a Henry Blake, a John Blake and a William Blake with various children, I wonder who all these men are with respect to her possible husband William Blake.There is a John Blake who married Mawde Heward Nov 1558 at Great Wishford (M15228-1 Family Search) but suspect that that would be too far back as Maude (testator) would likely have been around 20 at marriage or less thus having her born by or after 1538 and hence 78 when her will was written. Not impossible though so worth noting.
In the will of John Blake of Stoweford probated 20 Mar 1572 he names his sons John, William and Thomas with John having sons William and Thomas and Thomas with children unmentioned.
In the Will of John Blake husbandman of South Newton probated 6 Feb 1553/54 he mentions his sons Walter, Gylys, William, Edward and Robert. This testator had as witnesses to his will John Blake the elder and John Blake the younger.
The will of John Blake of Stooloford probated1545/46 has him married to Edyth with two sons Thomas and John. Thomas has a son Robert. The testator mentions Robert Blake carpenter at South Newton but no relationship stated.
This has possibilities in that the Blake males mentioned as sons of Maude were: Robert, William, Henry and John.
Still to come are the wills of Richard Blake, 1572, Thomas Blake 1550, 1565, 1573, 1584, William Blake 1538, 1545, and 1610. This set of wills has actually come along quite well. When I acquired them about eight years ago I found them very difficult reading. They are still difficult as wills in the 15th century seem to be using a different alphabet and language but having done so much in the 1500s and 1600s now I find it easier. Taking a course in Palaeography really worked very well for me.
I can see now that I could have separated these wills into locations and worked on them by year but my tendency is to be logical and so working alphabetically worked very well for me and I can still work back and forth looking at them. The advantage is time; each time I read one of these wills I see something else that helps me to look at them with the thought of finding something common between them. However, one can see that the Blake family at South Newton in particular is very very large in 1641 - 25% of the community roughly and this continues and in 1841 they are about 20% of the community.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2012
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8 Reg/307
Name of testator: Maud Blake
Place: Stoverd, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 1 Jul 1616, 28 Oct 1616
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: early 17th century, middle English, copy bleeding through
[Margin] Blake 307
1 In the name of
2 God Amen, I Maud
3 Blake of Stoverd in the p[ar]ishe of
4 Southnewton sicke in body but whole and
5 p[er]fect of mind thanks bee unto God doe
6 make this my last will and testament in manner
7 and forme following: First I give and committ my
8 soule into the hands of Allmightie God my
9 Creator and doe trust to bee saved throughe
10 his free mercy by the onely means and
11 merrits of Jesus Christ my savio[u]r and bequeathe
12 my bodey to bee buried w[i]thin the Churchyard
13 of Southnewton in sure and certeine hope of
14 a ioyfull resurrecton Item I give unto Joane
15 Adlame five pounds thirtene shillings and fower
16 pence of good and lawfull money and one flockbedd
17 and a blew cov[er]led and one brasse panne the
18 best faveinge one and a bell skillett Item
19 I give unto Dorathe Adlame five pounds
20 thirtene shillings and 4 d in good and lawfull
21 money Item I give unto Mary Adlame
22 five pounds thirteene shillings and fower pence
23 of good and lawfull money to bee paide unto them
24 w[i]thin halfe a yeare after my decease: Item I
25 give unto John Blake the eldest sonne of
26 Robert Blake one redd cowe Item I give
27 unto Robert Adlam one sparked cowe. Item
28 I give William Blake the sonne of Henry
29 Blake the little white faced cowe. Item I
30 give unto Anne Blake and Mary Blake
31 twenty shillings a peece and each of them one
32 platter and one pottinger a peece of Item I
33 give unto Giles Blake and Francis Blake the
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34 daughters of Henry Blake twenty shillings a=
35 peece and each of them one platter and one pottinger
36 Item I give unto John Blakes two maydes
37 First I give unto Elizabeth Blake my feather
38 bedd and one bolster and my coffer standing at my
39 beds feete Item I give unto Anne Blake a
40 white cov[er]led the best and a blanket and two sheetes
41 a pillow and a lye for the pillow Item I give
42 unto Robert Blakes two sonnes I give Thomas
43 Blake one sheepe and unto John Blake one
44 sheepe Item I give unto Henry Blake the
45 sonne of Henry Blake one sheepe and one yeareling
46 bullocke Item I give unto my sonne Henry
47 Blake one aker of wheate and one aker of barley
48 growing in the field a cov[er]ledd a paire of blankets
49 and a paire of sheetes and a boulster and a brasse pott
50 and half my wooll in the backside and half my
51 wheate and halfe my maulte that is in the
52 howese at my decease and one little Cowle and a
53 beerell and an yearelinge bullchett one cov[er]ledd
54 that is upon the childrens bed and my greate
55 hogge pigge and a flitch of bacon and a muilinge pigge
56 a shede board bloke and each of your maides
57 one platter and a pottinger Item I give unto
58 John Blake my sonne all the thirds of my
59 corne growinge in the fielde and two meaweling
60 piggs and a flitch of bacon and a board bloke Item
61 I give unto Soveran Blake a blacke trendell
62 and a bowell and a barrell and a brasse kittle and a brasse
63 skillett and a platter and a pottinger Item I give
64 unto my sonne John Blakes wife my best
65 gowen lyned w[i]th blew and a smocke and a double
66 kerrcher and a hollen apron Item I give unto
67 Henry Blakes wife my next best gowne and
68 a smocke and an apron and a kerrcher Item I
69 give unto Marrian Lane my best redd
70 petticoate and a smocke and a kerrcher and an apron
71 and a s[ki]llett and a meuling pigge Item I give
72 unto Lanes three children each of them one
73 sheepe Item I give unto the Cathedrall Church
74 of Sarum xij d Item I give unto my p[ar]ish of
75 Southnewton three shillings and fower pence
76 Item I give unto greate Wisheford church xij d
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77 Item I give unto Henry Blakes two maides
78 Francs and Gyles my three wearinge coates
79 twoo of them to Gyles and one to Francis
80 Item I give unto John the tacker my
81 best candlesticke. Item I give to Henry
82 Blakes two sonnes William Blake and
83 Henry Blake each of them one candlesticke
84 And I appoint George Symes John
85 Horne and Henry Plenty Ov[er]seers of this
86 my last will and testament and I doe give
87 them three shillings and fower pence apeece
88 Item I give unto Mawdelin Blake my
89 white fustian wascoate and to Thomas
90 Abbott my blew wascoate Item I give
91 unto Thomas Lane my best cloake All
92 the rest of my Goods moveable and unmoveable
93 I give and bequeath unto Robert Blake
94 my sonne whom I make my sole and onely
95 Executor of this my last will and testament
96 written the first of July 1616 Maude
97 Blake her marke Witnes George
98 Symes John Horne John Plentie
Monday, April 9, 2012
Blake family at Aisholt Parish, Somerset
Having extracted all the Blake records that were available online in the transcription sites, on Find My Past and Ancestry, I spent the morning looking at the records by parish. I tried a number of ways of sorting the entries but I found the most meaningful was to work with the Parish and the wills. Humphrey Blake married to Elizabeth Upton appears to be buried at Aisholt 24 Sep 1664 (having left his will dated 17 Jan 1664) in which he wrote "To my son Nathaniel Blake, the Advowson of Aisholt, & an annuity of £30" and indeed Nathaniel was Curate at Aisholt until his death 17 Nov 1705 (buried 22 Nov 1705 at Aisholt). Nathaniel married Sarah Blanchflower 7 Feb 1672 at Fitzhead and they baptized three children at Aisholt Nathaniel (baptized 9 Jan 1681 and buried 8 Aug 1688 at Aisholt), John (baptized 17 Jan 1684 and buried 23 Apr 1686 at Aisholt) and Katherine who was baptized 14 Mar 1689 at Aisholt, married to the Reverend John Brice (incumbent at Aisholt) 3 Apr 1706 and she was buried at Aisholt 8 Apr 1721. John and Katherine had seven children all baptized at Aisholt with the first child being named Nathaniel Blake Brice.
Verification of Nathaniel can be found in the Oxford University Alumni: Nathaniel Blake son of Humphrey of Plainsfield, Somerset, gent. All Soul's College, matriculation, 13 Feb 1664-5, aged 19, BA from Hart Hall 1668, MA 1671, Rector of Aisholt, Somerset 1670 until his death in 1706.
Humphrey Blake in his will of 17 Jan 1664 also mentioned his son Roger: To my son Roger, an annuity of £10 out of ‘the tenement in Lower Aisholt' and in the records of the Parish Church Roger Blake and Susannah (unknown) baptized six children at Aisholt beginning in 1680. Their children: Sarah (baptized 12 Apr 1680), Roger (baptized 26 Aug 1681), Francis (baptized 4 Jul 1685), John (baptized 8 Jul 1687), Nathaniel (baptized 28 Nov 1689) and Robert (baptized 20 May 1693).
Since Humphrey is buried at Aisholt then likely it is his widow Elizabeth buried there 5 Apr 1683. Roger Blake is buried 24 Jul 1702 at Aisholt and his widow Susannah 19 Sep 1718 at Aisholt. Roger their son is the Roger baptized 26 Aug 1681 at Aisholt. The Roger Blake mentioned in the Oxford University Alumni as being Roger Blake son of Roger of Aisholt, Somerset, gent., Balliol College, matriculation 12 June 1700, aged 17. BA 1704, vicar of Kilton, Somerset 1721. The slight discrepancy in age of one year will be kept in mind until I see the original parish registers for Aisholt. The question at mind though is his son Roger Blake who married Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey? I do not find a marriage for Roger Blake baptized 26 Aug 1681 nor have I found a burial for him.
There was another Roger Blake baptized at Aisholt 27 Jul 1723 but he was the son of John Blake and Anne Brewer. Looking at this particular family in Aisholt they appear to descend from John Blake also son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Upton. Humphrey makes mention of his son John Blake and that his wife's name is Elizabeth and that they have a daughter Dorothy. In the Stogursey Parish Registers there is a John Blake, gent of Overstowey and Eliza Farthing married 1 Jan 1662 (old style) by licence. This is likely John mentioned in his father's will. Later in the Overstowey Register there is a John Blake junior who married Hannah Rich 8 May 1690 at Overstowey. We then find a John Blake son of John Blake junior and Hannah baptized 13 Feb 1690 at Aisholt. A second child Hannah is baptized there 20 Sep 1692. This family appears to continue at Aisholt with John marrying Anne (possibly Brewer) and their two children are baptized at Aisholt - Sarah baptized 17 Apr 1720 and Roger, as mentioned earlier, 27 Jul 1723. Sarah married Roger Hill 26 Dec 1745 at Aisholt and Roger married Ann Lane 29 Dec 1750 also at Aisholt. Roger was buried 17 Apr 1803 and Ann 19 Jan 1766 at Aisholt. Their children all baptized at Aisholt were Nathaniel (10 Dec 1751), Mary (8 Dec 1753), Francis (27 Jun 1756), Betty (6 May 1758), and Sarah (21 Jun 1761). The Blake family then disappears from the Parish Registers at Aisholt and do not appear there on the census at a later date either.
Will deal with the parishes and the information that I managed to glean from them one at a time. I have added all the information into my Legacy one name Blake study.
Verification of Nathaniel can be found in the Oxford University Alumni: Nathaniel Blake son of Humphrey of Plainsfield, Somerset, gent. All Soul's College, matriculation, 13 Feb 1664-5, aged 19, BA from Hart Hall 1668, MA 1671, Rector of Aisholt, Somerset 1670 until his death in 1706.
Humphrey Blake in his will of 17 Jan 1664 also mentioned his son Roger: To my son Roger, an annuity of £10 out of ‘the tenement in Lower Aisholt' and in the records of the Parish Church Roger Blake and Susannah (unknown) baptized six children at Aisholt beginning in 1680. Their children: Sarah (baptized 12 Apr 1680), Roger (baptized 26 Aug 1681), Francis (baptized 4 Jul 1685), John (baptized 8 Jul 1687), Nathaniel (baptized 28 Nov 1689) and Robert (baptized 20 May 1693).
Since Humphrey is buried at Aisholt then likely it is his widow Elizabeth buried there 5 Apr 1683. Roger Blake is buried 24 Jul 1702 at Aisholt and his widow Susannah 19 Sep 1718 at Aisholt. Roger their son is the Roger baptized 26 Aug 1681 at Aisholt. The Roger Blake mentioned in the Oxford University Alumni as being Roger Blake son of Roger of Aisholt, Somerset, gent., Balliol College, matriculation 12 June 1700, aged 17. BA 1704, vicar of Kilton, Somerset 1721. The slight discrepancy in age of one year will be kept in mind until I see the original parish registers for Aisholt. The question at mind though is his son Roger Blake who married Jane St Albyn 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey? I do not find a marriage for Roger Blake baptized 26 Aug 1681 nor have I found a burial for him.
There was another Roger Blake baptized at Aisholt 27 Jul 1723 but he was the son of John Blake and Anne Brewer. Looking at this particular family in Aisholt they appear to descend from John Blake also son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Upton. Humphrey makes mention of his son John Blake and that his wife's name is Elizabeth and that they have a daughter Dorothy. In the Stogursey Parish Registers there is a John Blake, gent of Overstowey and Eliza Farthing married 1 Jan 1662 (old style) by licence. This is likely John mentioned in his father's will. Later in the Overstowey Register there is a John Blake junior who married Hannah Rich 8 May 1690 at Overstowey. We then find a John Blake son of John Blake junior and Hannah baptized 13 Feb 1690 at Aisholt. A second child Hannah is baptized there 20 Sep 1692. This family appears to continue at Aisholt with John marrying Anne (possibly Brewer) and their two children are baptized at Aisholt - Sarah baptized 17 Apr 1720 and Roger, as mentioned earlier, 27 Jul 1723. Sarah married Roger Hill 26 Dec 1745 at Aisholt and Roger married Ann Lane 29 Dec 1750 also at Aisholt. Roger was buried 17 Apr 1803 and Ann 19 Jan 1766 at Aisholt. Their children all baptized at Aisholt were Nathaniel (10 Dec 1751), Mary (8 Dec 1753), Francis (27 Jun 1756), Betty (6 May 1758), and Sarah (21 Jun 1761). The Blake family then disappears from the Parish Registers at Aisholt and do not appear there on the census at a later date either.
Will deal with the parishes and the information that I managed to glean from them one at a time. I have added all the information into my Legacy one name Blake study.
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