Charles Blake is the testator and he has been identified in the earlier wills of Wiltshire which I blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-john-blake-yeoman-of-stoverd.html
Entered into this blog are baptisms at South Newton from the IGI for the children of Charles Blake:
Agnes Blake baptized 7 Nov 1624
Joane Blake baptized 8 Apr 1626
Anne Blake baptized 1 May 1629; buried 2 Jul 1629
Charles Blake baptized 2 Oct 1631
Edith Blake baptized 2 Jul 1634 (mother was Joane)
As well the will of John Blake mentions interesting marriages which include Joane Blake married to Alexander Percye (overseer named in will below). There is also an Edward Blake married to Sarah Webbe which is rather interesting given the will of Ann Blake yesterday.
Another will blogged earlier from Wiltshire identifies the father of the testator Charles:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-william-blake-of-chilhampton.html
William Blake of Chilhampton, South Newton, is the father of John and Charles and has daughters Edith, Dorathie, Anconett, Agnis and Margaret. His wife was named Joane as was the wife of Charles it appears from the baptism of Edith.
Interestingly William has named his neighbor Henry Blake as overseer and likewise his son in this will appoints a Henry Blake as overseer.
From the will of Maud Blake we do know who Henry Blake is:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-maud-blake-of-stoverd-south.html
Henry Blake mentioned in Maud’s will has a son Henry. Plus Maud has a son Henry whether or not they are the same Henry is not answered by the will but is somewhat suspicious..
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/209/485
Testator: Charles Blake
Place: Chilhampton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 1 Mar 1646, probated 24 Oct 1649
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Caroli
[Margin]: Blake
1 In Nomine Dei Amen I Charles
2 Blake of Chilhampton sick and weake in body but of good and perfect memory thankes
3 bee to Almighty god doe make and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and
4 forme following Imprimis I bequeath and commend my Soule and sprit into the hands
5 of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in the Church or churchyard
6 of my parish of South Newton Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne Lawes forty
7 markes Item I give to my grandchild Joane the daughter twenty pounds Item I give to my
8 daughter Joane Hewes of Wilton twenty pounds Item I give to my daughter Mary three
9 score and ten pounds Item I give to my daughter Edith threescore and ten pounds Item
10 I give to my two daughters Mary and Edith five pounds apiece to be paid them out of the
11 Money till my sonne Charles come to the age of one and twenty yeares Item I give to my
12 Neece Warborowe Hayter five pounds Item I give to the poore of my parish of South
13 Newton ten shillings Item I make my sonne Charles Blake Executor of this my last will and
14 testament to whom I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods moveable and immoveable Item
15 I make Henry Blake and Alexander Pearcy both of them of South Newton Overseers of
16 this my will and testament and to each of them I give three Shillings foure pence a peece In
17 wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written
18 in the presence of Charles Blake his mark and seale Lees Dickenson Henry Blake
19 Math: Fewes
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Will of William Pecke, Shepherd, Milston - Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/109B, probated 14 May 1610 and Peck family at Milston
Martha Peck married George Lywood 26 Oct 1817 at Milston. George had fought at the Battle of Waterloo 18 Jun 1815 and was discharged 6 Oct 1816 (his discharge was for a medical reason - he had asthma). One year later he is back in Milston and marrying Martha.
Martha was baptized 1 Jul 1792 at Milston the daughter of Elizabeth Peck and she was buried 17 Feb 1867 also at Milston. Their daughter Elizabeth Lywood was my 2x great grandmother.
Whilst we were at the WDYTYA Conference in London this past February, I purchased the Milston Baptisms and Burials from the Wiltshire Family History Society.
The earliest baptismal entry is for Anna Pecke in 1578 and the last entry is for Martha Peck in 1792. The earliest burial entry is for Mater Pecke in 1559 and the last entry is for Elizabeth Peck in 1830 (mother of Martha). The cutoff for the entries is 1837.
I do have a will for William Peck from 1610 and an Administration for Bridget Peck his wife in 1611. I did blog the will of William. William and Bridget Peck were my 12 x great grandparents.
I blogged on the Peck family when I first started my rotation through family surnames:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/04/peck-family-of-milston-and-blake-one.html
I still can not really add anything although the will of William Peck I will definitely proofread and update as I see at least one blank. My skill at reading old wills has improved steadily over the past two years. The will itself is probated in the Parochial Court at Fisherton Anger which is a bit of a surprise as Milston is ten miles north of Fisherton Anger. The administration of Bridget Peck will follow on the next research day.
Transcribed: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 23 Sep 2008
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/109B
Testator: William Peck
Place: Milston, Wiltshire, England
Type of record: Will
Dated: 14 Feb 1610, probated 14 May 1610
Condition: early 17th century, legible
[Margin]: Pecke
[Margin]: 1098
[Margin]: Valor I iiij
[Margin]: £ xxv vij s iij d
1 In the name of God Amen,
2 The fourteenth day of February in the yeare of our
3 Lord god one thousand six hundred and nine. I William
4 Peake of Mylston, in the Countie of Wilts Shephard
[Page 2]
5 being sicke of bodie but of p[er]fect mynde and memorie, doe ordayne
6 and make this my last will and testamente in manner and forme
7 followinge viz[ a v]it. First I bequeath my sowle into the hands of
8 Christ Jesus my saviour trustinge to have redemption through his
9 merits and my bodie to be buried in the p[ar]ish churchyard of
10 Milston aforesaid, and as touchinge my worldly goods I give
11 and bequeath them in manner and forme following viz[ a v]it Imprimis
12 I give unto the Cathedrall Church of New Sarum the some of
13 Fower pence. Then I give unto Cecely Worte, daughter of John
14 Worte of Amsburie in the Countie aforesaid wheeler, one chilner
15 sheepe. Then all the rest of my goods and chattels moveable
16 And not moveable not given and bequeathed, my debtes legacies,
17 And funeralls discharged I give and bequeath unto Brigett my
18 wife and William Pecke my sonne, whome I make my full
19 and whole executors ioyntly the one as forforth at the other
20 and further my Will is that my said wife shall have the use
21 of all towards the keepinge of my said sonne untill he shalbe
22 of the age of twentie and one yeares, and I request Roger
23 Pinckney of Milston and William Lawes of the same to be
24 my ov[er]seers to see this my last will and testament p[er]formed
25 accordingly Those being witnesses John Pecke, William
26 Lawes, Thomas Lawes, and Roger Pinckney
27 Probatum fuit testamentum supra scriptum
28 Coram veneli viro Mr Willimo Wilkinson Legum doctore
29 Offili dni Archini Sarum et c[etra] in dictia pa[ro]chiali de Fisherton
30 Anger ratione pisitationis dicti dni Archini Sarum et c[etra]
31 die veneris viz[ a v]it quarto die mensis Maij Anno d[omi]ni 1610
32 Co[m]missaq[u]e fuit et c[etra] Executrici et c[etra] iurait et c[etra] Salvo
33 iure Cuiuscumq[u]e
Martha was baptized 1 Jul 1792 at Milston the daughter of Elizabeth Peck and she was buried 17 Feb 1867 also at Milston. Their daughter Elizabeth Lywood was my 2x great grandmother.
Whilst we were at the WDYTYA Conference in London this past February, I purchased the Milston Baptisms and Burials from the Wiltshire Family History Society.
The earliest baptismal entry is for Anna Pecke in 1578 and the last entry is for Martha Peck in 1792. The earliest burial entry is for Mater Pecke in 1559 and the last entry is for Elizabeth Peck in 1830 (mother of Martha). The cutoff for the entries is 1837.
I do have a will for William Peck from 1610 and an Administration for Bridget Peck his wife in 1611. I did blog the will of William. William and Bridget Peck were my 12 x great grandparents.
I blogged on the Peck family when I first started my rotation through family surnames:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/04/peck-family-of-milston-and-blake-one.html
I still can not really add anything although the will of William Peck I will definitely proofread and update as I see at least one blank. My skill at reading old wills has improved steadily over the past two years. The will itself is probated in the Parochial Court at Fisherton Anger which is a bit of a surprise as Milston is ten miles north of Fisherton Anger. The administration of Bridget Peck will follow on the next research day.
Transcribed: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 23 Sep 2008
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/109B
Testator: William Peck
Place: Milston, Wiltshire, England
Type of record: Will
Dated: 14 Feb 1610, probated 14 May 1610
Condition: early 17th century, legible
[Margin]: Pecke
[Margin]: 1098
[Margin]: Valor I iiij
[Margin]: £ xxv vij s iij d
1 In the name of God Amen,
2 The fourteenth day of February in the yeare of our
3 Lord god one thousand six hundred and nine. I William
4 Peake of Mylston, in the Countie of Wilts Shephard
[Page 2]
5 being sicke of bodie but of p[er]fect mynde and memorie, doe ordayne
6 and make this my last will and testamente in manner and forme
7 followinge viz[ a v]it. First I bequeath my sowle into the hands of
8 Christ Jesus my saviour trustinge to have redemption through his
9 merits and my bodie to be buried in the p[ar]ish churchyard of
10 Milston aforesaid, and as touchinge my worldly goods I give
11 and bequeath them in manner and forme following viz[ a v]it Imprimis
12 I give unto the Cathedrall Church of New Sarum the some of
13 Fower pence. Then I give unto Cecely Worte, daughter of John
14 Worte of Amsburie in the Countie aforesaid wheeler, one chilner
15 sheepe. Then all the rest of my goods and chattels moveable
16 And not moveable not given and bequeathed, my debtes legacies,
17 And funeralls discharged I give and bequeath unto Brigett my
18 wife and William Pecke my sonne, whome I make my full
19 and whole executors ioyntly the one as forforth at the other
20 and further my Will is that my said wife shall have the use
21 of all towards the keepinge of my said sonne untill he shalbe
22 of the age of twentie and one yeares, and I request Roger
23 Pinckney of Milston and William Lawes of the same to be
24 my ov[er]seers to see this my last will and testament p[er]formed
25 accordingly Those being witnesses John Pecke, William
26 Lawes, Thomas Lawes, and Roger Pinckney
27 Probatum fuit testamentum supra scriptum
28 Coram veneli viro Mr Willimo Wilkinson Legum doctore
29 Offili dni Archini Sarum et c[etra] in dictia pa[ro]chiali de Fisherton
30 Anger ratione pisitationis dicti dni Archini Sarum et c[etra]
31 die veneris viz[ a v]it quarto die mensis Maij Anno d[omi]ni 1610
32 Co[m]missaq[u]e fuit et c[etra] Executrici et c[etra] iurait et c[etra] Salvo
33 iure Cuiuscumq[u]e
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Peck Family of Milston and Blake one name Study
Martha Peck married George Lywood 26 Oct 1817 at Milston Wiltshire and the wedding registration shows the name Martha scratched out and Rebecca written in. In the census that follows (1841, 1851, 1861) George's wife is always listed as Martha. The baptisms of the children (1818, 1822, 1826 and 1832) always shows the child as the infant of George and Martha Peck. Why Rebecca was written in is a mystery. Martha was buried 17 Feb 1867 at Milston (75 years of age). After all that George had been through in the Peninsular Wars he outlived Martha although he was buried 15 Apr 1868 at Milston (82 years of age).
Martha was baptized 1 Jul 1792 at Milston the daughter of Elizabeth Peck. No notation on the father is recorded in the original register. Elizabeth Peck was the daughter of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes and baptized 15 April 1758 at Milston. Elizabeth was buried 1 Jan 1830 at Milston. Martha was Elizabeth's only child. Looking at the parish registers Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes. Her father Joseph was baptized 4 Apr 1718 at Milston and he died 7 Oct 1791 at Milston (10 months before Martha was born). Her mother Ann Holmes was possibly baptized 17 Jul 1712 at Figheldean and buried 5 Jul 1778 at Milston (the Holmes family lived principally at Figheldean with a few members at Milston (about 2 kilometres apart). My project for this particular surname is to pull all the Holmes and Peck entries from the Milston and Figheldean Parish Registers transcripts that I hold and put them into family groupings. The parents of Joseph are Thomas Peck and Joanna Holmes. Learning more about the Holmes family will be part of the Peck family project.
Children of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes (married 26 Jul 1740 at Milston).
John baptized 28 Apr 1741 at Milston
Thomas baptized 15 May 1744 at Milston
Samuel baptized 26 Apr 1747 at Milston
Jane baptized 9 Feb 1751 at Milston
Jonah baptized 27 Mar 1753 at Milston
Anne baptized 30 Apr 1755 at Milston
Elizabeth (as above)
Mary baptized 15 May 1761 at Milston
If the Ann Holmes baptized 17 Jul 1712 is their mother than she would have been 49 years old when Mary was born. Since my great grandmother Blake had her last child at the age of 44 it does not seem too far fetched that she may have had a last child at 49. She was 46 when my ancestress Elizabeth was born. On the other hand there is another Ann Holmes baptized 7 Mar 1726. She would have been only 15 when the first child John was baptized so I have tended to regard Ann baptized 1712 as a better possibility.
Carrying on with the Peck family the parents of Joseph
Thomas was baptized 19 Dec 1676 at Milston and buried 22 Jul 1730 at Milston the son of Thomas and Mary Peck.
Joanna Holmes his wife may be the Joanna Holmes baptized 8 Jul 1767 at Figheldean and the daughter of George and Ann Holmes.
At this point we have to look at Thomas (father of Thomas baptized 1676) and his likely baptism is in the late 1630s or early 1640s because the first child of this family at Milston was Mary baptized 28 Jan 1674. However if this Thomas Peck is not the son of William Peck and Elizabeth who baptized six children at Milston then I need to continue searching out Peck families in this area. There is only one Peck family at Milston and William Peck was the only surviving son of William Peck and Bridget Lawes. This William left a will which is a fascinating read. William Peck and Bridget Lawes married 1 Nov 1603 at Milston.
Will of William Peck
and further my will is that my said wife shall have the use
of all towards the keepinge of my said son until he shal[l b]e
of the age of twentie and one yeares, and I request Roger
Pinckney of Milston and William Lawes of the same to be
my overseers to see this my last will and testament p[er]formed
accordingly Those being witnesses John Pecke, William
Lawes, Thomas Lawes, and Roger Pickney.
Still working on the Probate but it looks like it may have been given the 25 February 1610.
William and Bridget baptized only two children:
William (unknown)
John baptized 20 May 1608 at Milston; deceased by 1610.
Bridget was baptized 8 May 1580 at Milston and the daughter of Thomas Lawes.
Pulling out this information out of the transcription will assist in looking at the Peck, Holmes and Lawes families.
I worked on the Blake one name study as well this morning and I am still trying to pull the spouses' names out of the census. It is a slow process.
I want to start looking at writing a short article about the Blake yDNA as descendants of the Theophilus Blake family have now found sufficient evidence to show that their line is not descendant of the Jasper Blake line where it appeared to be a non paternal event. Indeed their Theophilus emigrated from England directly in the mid 1700s.
Martha was baptized 1 Jul 1792 at Milston the daughter of Elizabeth Peck. No notation on the father is recorded in the original register. Elizabeth Peck was the daughter of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes and baptized 15 April 1758 at Milston. Elizabeth was buried 1 Jan 1830 at Milston. Martha was Elizabeth's only child. Looking at the parish registers Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes. Her father Joseph was baptized 4 Apr 1718 at Milston and he died 7 Oct 1791 at Milston (10 months before Martha was born). Her mother Ann Holmes was possibly baptized 17 Jul 1712 at Figheldean and buried 5 Jul 1778 at Milston (the Holmes family lived principally at Figheldean with a few members at Milston (about 2 kilometres apart). My project for this particular surname is to pull all the Holmes and Peck entries from the Milston and Figheldean Parish Registers transcripts that I hold and put them into family groupings. The parents of Joseph are Thomas Peck and Joanna Holmes. Learning more about the Holmes family will be part of the Peck family project.
Children of Joseph Peck and Ann Holmes (married 26 Jul 1740 at Milston).
John baptized 28 Apr 1741 at Milston
Thomas baptized 15 May 1744 at Milston
Samuel baptized 26 Apr 1747 at Milston
Jane baptized 9 Feb 1751 at Milston
Jonah baptized 27 Mar 1753 at Milston
Anne baptized 30 Apr 1755 at Milston
Elizabeth (as above)
Mary baptized 15 May 1761 at Milston
If the Ann Holmes baptized 17 Jul 1712 is their mother than she would have been 49 years old when Mary was born. Since my great grandmother Blake had her last child at the age of 44 it does not seem too far fetched that she may have had a last child at 49. She was 46 when my ancestress Elizabeth was born. On the other hand there is another Ann Holmes baptized 7 Mar 1726. She would have been only 15 when the first child John was baptized so I have tended to regard Ann baptized 1712 as a better possibility.
Carrying on with the Peck family the parents of Joseph
Thomas was baptized 19 Dec 1676 at Milston and buried 22 Jul 1730 at Milston the son of Thomas and Mary Peck.
Joanna Holmes his wife may be the Joanna Holmes baptized 8 Jul 1767 at Figheldean and the daughter of George and Ann Holmes.
At this point we have to look at Thomas (father of Thomas baptized 1676) and his likely baptism is in the late 1630s or early 1640s because the first child of this family at Milston was Mary baptized 28 Jan 1674. However if this Thomas Peck is not the son of William Peck and Elizabeth who baptized six children at Milston then I need to continue searching out Peck families in this area. There is only one Peck family at Milston and William Peck was the only surviving son of William Peck and Bridget Lawes. This William left a will which is a fascinating read. William Peck and Bridget Lawes married 1 Nov 1603 at Milston.
Will of William Peck
Recorded: 23 Sep 2008, Elizabeth Kipp
Source: Microfiche
Type of record: Will – William Peck, Milston, Wiltshire
Dated: 14 Feb 1610; Deceased 1610
Holding Library: Wiltshire Record Office
Pecke: In the name of God Amen
The fourteenth day of February in the yeare of our
Lord god one thousand six hundred and nine. I William
Pecke of Milston, in the Countie of Wilts Shepherd
being sicke of bodie but of perfect mynde and memorie, doe ordayne
and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme
followinge visit. First I bequeathe my soule into the hands of
Christ Jesus my saviour trustinge to have redemption through his
merits and my bodie to be buried in the parish Churchyard of
Milston aforesaid, and as touchinge my worldly goods I give
and bequeathe them in manner and forme following vizit Imprimis
I give unto the Cathedrall Church of New Sarum the some of
fouer pence. Then I give unto Cecely Woorte, daughter of John
Woorte of Amsburie in the Countie aforesaid wheeler, one childe
sheepe. Then all the rest of my goods and chattels moveable
and not moveable not given and bequeathed my debtes legacies
and funeralls discharged I give and bequeath unto Bridgett my
wife and William Pecke my sonne, whome I make my full
and whole executors ioyntly the one as _ar_orth as the otherand further my will is that my said wife shall have the use
of all towards the keepinge of my said son until he shal[l b]e
of the age of twentie and one yeares, and I request Roger
Pinckney of Milston and William Lawes of the same to be
my overseers to see this my last will and testament p[er]formed
accordingly Those being witnesses John Pecke, William
Lawes, Thomas Lawes, and Roger Pickney.
Still working on the Probate but it looks like it may have been given the 25 February 1610.
William and Bridget baptized only two children:
William (unknown)
John baptized 20 May 1608 at Milston; deceased by 1610.
Bridget was baptized 8 May 1580 at Milston and the daughter of Thomas Lawes.
Pulling out this information out of the transcription will assist in looking at the Peck, Holmes and Lawes families.
I worked on the Blake one name study as well this morning and I am still trying to pull the spouses' names out of the census. It is a slow process.
I want to start looking at writing a short article about the Blake yDNA as descendants of the Theophilus Blake family have now found sufficient evidence to show that their line is not descendant of the Jasper Blake line where it appeared to be a non paternal event. Indeed their Theophilus emigrated from England directly in the mid 1700s.
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