How do I really feel about my eyes

Do I wish that I was seeing all my life as I see now? One can not turn back the clock so no; life is what it is and you must just go with the flow. It is amazing what I now see in actual fact and is a distraction in my old age however I wouldn't say to anyone asking would you have preferred what your eyes do now? I have no idea people have to make their own decisions based on the expert opinions around you. Taking one's time is always the way; preparing for whatever is the best decision - not rushing. When I had the second Cataract removal operation a young person was there and he had had his first eye operated on about four months earlier and really wanted the second done but the Ophthalmologist was saying to take more time to get used to it. At that point only my weak eye had been operated on and it was a little over two weeks later but already I was amazed actually so I can see the value in waiting between the surgeries although I am old and waiting would not really appear to be of any value (the advantage that the  medical world does have is the volume of cases and how they flow and one must listen to their opinions). In essence I still managed to acquire sight that I  never had before the surgery. Was I just lucky? No ideas on that I do not know anyone with eyes like  mine except my father and I wasn't there when he had his cataract surgery back in  his early 80s. He threw his glasses away after his stroke perhaps seven years later and never attempted to read again in his early 90s. He had enjoyed doing his cross puzzles but again I was there so seldom after the mid 1980s as Edward wanted us to go with him to his Conferences and whatever else he wanted to do (usually in the United States) researching at various repositories. I was working full time and it just wasn't possible. When I was with my father I spent the entire day and finally we would chat a little but nothing so intensive as eyes. I had no idea what was in store for me at that time; I had lived with the sight I had all my life so I had no idea really what I was missing nor do I miss anything that I might have missed including all my trips to some of the greatest holdings of art in the world. I am not that sort of person. I could go back but I have goals that do not include running around the world. Was it a fluke that this condition (strabismus) passed from my great grandfather Blake (obvious in this very large picture I saw of him) to my father to me. From my reading since my daughter mentioned congenital cataracts strabismus is thought to be caused by congenital cataracts. So there you go; interesting but I did not end up going into medicine and do not attempt to answer questions best answered by the experts. 

Cleaning all accomplished and I  had a couple of hours to work on Chromosome 15 and all those matches. They continue in the one length to be large (considering how far back they must reach), to all be mine (none of my siblings match these individuals) and all have early American colonial ancestry. Why so large coming down so many generations? What is hidden in the genes in that section - one wonders and the future points to our understanding that. Because it is in understanding our genetic complement that we gain a clearer picture of why everything happens really. But how one lives the life we are given is also so very very important. 

Was it Buller or Taylor that large match in Chromosome 15 (it is in the Buller column because that was the surname of my maternal grandmother)? It looks perhaps like it was Taylor because some of the matches are taking their ancestor back to the Midlands and my suspicion is that the Buller line came out of the southern western counties of England moving to the London/Surrey area in the mid 1700s and then to Birmingham in the 1830s. The Taylor on the other hand I am finding the ancestral lines of that family to be in Warwickshire/Shropshire back into the 1700s and perhaps I will trace it back further. I simply have not done that. The surnames that come into that family are interesting -  Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, Hale, Birch, Asbury (back into the early 1700s). Documented some of them back to Ireland from England (both Eire and Northern Ireland). Finding Taylor can seem like a bit of a dead end but in reality it opens up like a flower showing its lines. I do actually have matches (somewhat large considering how far back the match is) with Lawley that trace back in that line amazingly (and others). But that book is on the back burner for sure - Blake and Pincombe must come first - my parent's surnames and in particular my paternal grandfather's great desire. As he approached the end of his life; he spent more and more time repeating and telling me his stories. I was only seven going on eight but he laid the groundwork in my brain for a good memory teaching me to rhyme off the Kings and Queens of England when I was just five years of age and Bible Verses and so many other little rhymes that he taught me. He knew how to stimulate those brain cells in a small child I realize now. Interesting really how much impact a grandparent can have in a child's life. I would say the same about my grandmother who filled that void in my life when my grandfather died when I was eight years of age. She did it gradually because she knew I was terrified of her; she was very strict but gradually I came to love her as much as I had loved him. I spent hours with her and she did talk about her husband quite a bit giving me a picture of this man I never knew but that she loved with all her heart and looked up to as he was fourteen years older and as fate has it he was over six feet and she was barely five feet!. Their life together just twelve short years but packed full of wonderful times you could tell by her stories and by the stories of my uncle who loved his father very very much and was only ten when his father died. 

 A free day finally and I can work on my projects; do my exercises and hopefully go outside and work on the weeds/leaves as Saturday is pickup day for those leaves. The world around me does control some of my day for sure. My old phone continues to ring probably five or six times a day but I do not answer it and will eliminate it when we move. It has done its task for 47 years and I only have it as an emergency phone not for any other reason. I suppose I should put a message on it but many of the times it is just spam according to the readout and messages that lead to another number just carry that spam on and so I do not. I am considering putting a note on my door once again asking people to not ring as it disturbs me. I know if you are coming if I asked you to come; if the city is going to turn the water off or such things they put a note in mailbox so I do not need to answer that door unless of course the house is burning down in which case I will know that. I can not help people; I am too old. Turning 80 does that to you I think; moving towards 80 does that to you. It is a good thing. 

Tea all drank and time for breakfast. I am very hungry. It was 2 degrees celsius when I woke up and now I can see the daylight and it is  3 degrees celsius and sunny. My furnace barely runs at the moment as the sun heats the house but soon the cold will come; keeping it at 19.5 degrees celsius to be the tipping point when it turns on and brings it up to 20 degrees celsius - a nice working temperature. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will of Barnard Blake, Esquire, of Westerham, Kent - The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/131

The testator, Barnard Blake, was buried 26 Nov 1801 at Westerham. The age was mentioned as 70 years. He served an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker with John West, St Paul Covent Garden Middlesex. His father was named William Blake. Bernard Blake was baptized at Westerham 1 Nov 1731 son of William Blake.

Bank of England Wills Extracts Folio 27206 21 Apr 1807 which is an adjustment to the will below.  There is the sum of £1500. Annuities in the names of Master Marmaduke Lewis of Farmingham Kent. Richard Board of Westerham Kent. Alexander Roby of Bush Lane Merchant. Barnard Blake of Shipbourne Kent Gent.

Folio 27272 has a second extract. There is also the sum of £1500. Annuities in the names of The Reverend Marmaduke Lewis of Farmingham. Rev Richard Board of Westerham.

The Reverend Marmaduke Lewis is deceased as appears by Probate dated 8th August 1806 these Annuities are therefore at the Disposal of the Survivors in the respective Accounts. Registered 12th Nov 1806.

Barnard Blake married Ann Lewis 19 Feb 1760 at Barking, Essex. Ann was buried 24 May 1776 at Westerham. Susan Blake, their daughter, was baptized 26 Oct 1764 and buried 19 Apr 1765. Penelope Rebecca Blake, their daughter was buried 26 Jun 1773. There was a marble monument which can be seen on gravestone photos

https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=339598

A very sad tale is recounted in the will as Barnard asked to be buried in the same vault as his wife and children.

Barnard Blake was likely the son of William Blake and Rebecca Brooker who married 11 Feb 1728 at Westerham, Kent. Rebecca was buried 24 Jun 1789 at Westerham as the widow of William). William may have been buried 28 Jan 1771. They baptized the following children at Westerham:

Sarah Blake was baptized 9 Dec 1729
Thomas Blake was baptized 18 Dec 1730 (there was a Thomas Blake buried 29 Dec 1730)
Bernard Blake was baptized 1 Nov 1731
Rebecka Blake was baptized 29 Jun 1733
Mitchell Blake was baptized 12 Apr 1735 (there was a Mitchell Blake buried 25 Aug 1736)
Elizabeth was baptized 22 Nov 1736
William Blake was baptized 17 Nov 1738 (there was a William Blake buried 1 Sep 1792)
Edmund Blake was baptized 19 Mar 1740 (there was an Edmund Blake buried 6 Sep 1756)
Dorithy Blake was baptized 28 Feb 1742
Mary Blake was baptized 20 Feb 1743
Anne Blake was baptized 22 Jun 1747 (there was an Ann Blake buried 12 Jan 1791)
Jane Blake was baptized 22 Jun 1747
Alice Blake was baptized 11 Apr 1749
Penelope Blake was baptized 4 Jun 1751

Dorothy Blake married Peter Tow 6 Jul 1782 at Westerham. Two of their children are mentioned in the will below: Barnard Tow and Mary Ann Tow.

A William Blake married Mary Humphery 5 Aug 1765 at Westerham and described as William Blake junior.

I couldn’t locate parents for William Blake marrying Rebecca Brooker at Westerham.

There are still another 24 wills for the Blake family in Kent. Perhaps something will show up in another will that will link this family back.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 7 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/131
Testator: Barnard Blake, Esquire
Place: Westerham, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 14 Apr 1801, probated 2 Dec 1801

[Margin]: Barnard Blake, Esquire

1    This is the Will of me
2    Barnard Blake of Westerham in the County
3    of Kent I desire to be decently buried in the same
4    Vault in the Church of Westerham as my late
5    dear Wife and Children are buried at the
6    discretion of my Executor herein named and I do
7    direct him to place a marble Monument in
8    memory of my said family not to exceed Fifty pounds
9    in Value I give and bequeath to Rich[ar]d Packham
10    of the Parish of Wrotham in the County of
11    Kent Esq[uie]r and to Renwill Oldaker of the
12    Parish of Barking in the County of Essex
13    Gentleman and to their heirs and to the heirs
14    of the Survivor of them all my freehold and
15    copyhold Estates in the parish of Westerham in
16    the County of Kent with all other my real
17    Estates wheresoever and whatsoever upon
18    Trust to receive the rents and profits thereof
19    And pay the same to my three Sisters share and
20    share alike for and during their natural lives
21    and to the live of the longest liver of them and from
22    and after their decease I give the same to my
23    Nephew Thomas Deane his heirs and assigns
24    and I do recommend my said Trustees to permit
25    my Sister Dorothy to occupie all the premises
26    I have in my occupation in Westerham at
27    the yearly Rent of Fifteen pounds during her
28    natural life likewise I recommend to my said
29    Trustees to permit my Sister Mary to occupie
30    at the present rent she pays three pounds a year
31    during her life for all the premises she now
32    has I give to my Sister Dorothy all such
33    Furniture and plate as was my late Aunt _____
34    and I do give her also the use of all this my
35    Furniture in my house if she choses to occupie
36    it during her life and after her decease I give
37    The same to my Nephew Thomas Deane I
38    give to my said Sisters Ten pounds Each to
39    William Langridge Sarah Wallis Barnes
40    Martin five pounds Each to any servants that
41    are with me and have been with me
42    one full year Five pounds
43    each and my Wearing apparel to the poor of
44    Westerham Five pounds To such has have
45    Received no alums therefrom all the rest of my
46    personal I give to my above named Trustees
47    to receive the Interest therefrom and pay the
48    same to my said three sisters during their
49    natural lives and to the Survivor of them and
50    after the death of such Survivor I give to my
51    niece Martha Oldaker the sum of two hundred
52    pounds to Nephew William Blake three hundred
53    pounds to my niece Mary Blake one hundred
54    pounds to my Nephew Barnard Tow five hundred
55    pounds to my Niece Mary Ann Tow one hundred
56    pounds to my Niece Penelope Butler one hundred
57    And Fifty pounds to the Reverend Marmaduke
58    Lewis Fifty pounds to Jno Werham Lewis Esqr
59    twenty pounds to my above named Trustees
60    Ten pounds Each to all other my Nieces and
61    Nephews Five pounds each all the rest of my
62    said personal Estates whatsoever give to my said
63    Nephew Thos Dean and I do make him Sole
64    Executor of this my Will dated this fourteenth
65    day of April one thousand Eight hundred and
66    one Barn[ar]d Blake Signed Sealed
67    published and declared by Barn[ar]d Blake to
68    be his last Will and Testament in presence
69    of us who at his request and in presence of
70    each other have subscribed our Names as
71    Witnesses thereof Sah Diplock Mary Payton
72    Thomas Coleman
73    This Will was proved at London the
74    second day of December in the year of our Lord
75    One thousand Eight hundred and one before
76    the Worshipful John Sewell doctor of Laws
77    and Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir
78    William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master
79    Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
80    of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath
81    of Thomas Deane the Nephew and Sole Executor
82    named in the said Will to whom Administration
83    was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattles
84    and Credits of the said deceased having been first
85    sworn duly to administer

Will of Edward Blake, Butcher, on board the Ship Royal George - The National Archives PROB 11/698, probated 6 Sep 1739

Edward Blake identifies his sister as Mary Cussins of Greenwich.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Apr 2017
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/698
Name of testator: Edward Blake, Butcher
Place: on board the Ship Royal George
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 13 Sep 1737, probated 6 Sep 1739

[In margin]: Edward Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Edward Blake now belonging to the Royal George Capt
3    William Jobson Commander Butcher being in Bodily health and
4    of sound and disposing mind and memory And considering the
5    Perills and dangers of the Seas and other uncertaintys of this
6    transistory Life do for avoiding controversys after my decease
q    make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner
8    following that is to say First I recommend my Soul to God that gave it
9    and my Body I Commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to
10    order and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate I give
11    bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth that is to say After all my
12    debts are fully paid and Satisfyed I give and bequeath unto my
13    Sister Mary Cussins of Greenwich in the County of Kent all my
14    Wages Sum and Sums of money Lands Tenements Goods Chattells and
15    Estate whatsoever as Shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto
16    me at the time of my decease I do give devise and bequeath the same
17    unto Mary Cussins and I do hereby nominate and appoint James
18    Lewis of St John Wappin Gentleman Sole Executor of this my last
19    Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills
20    Testaments and deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made
21    And I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and
22    as my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this
23    my said Will I have sett my hand and Seal the thirteenth day of
24    September Anno domini 1737 and in the Eleventh year of the reign
25    of his Majesty King George the Second over Great Britain etc. Edward
26    Blake his mark Signed Sealed published and declared in the
27    presence of us Ann Farmer Mattw Hall
28    This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
29    William Strahan doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull
30    John Bettesworth doctor of Laws Master keeper or Commissary of
31    the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the Sixth
32    day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
33    hundred and thirty nine By the Oath of James Lewis Sole Executor
34    in the said Will named to whom administration was granted of
35    all and Singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said deceased
36    being first Sworn duly to administer

Will of John Lywood, Esquire, Barton Stacey - The National Archives PROB 11/1776/81, probated 3 Sep 1830

John Lywood (testator) was married to Elizabeth Bennett 6 Dec 1798 at Froyle, Hampshire.

Their children (and all are mentioned in the will below):

John baptized 7 Nov 1799 (born 4 Oct 1799) Andover
Elizabeth baptized 29 Sep 1803 (born 30 Aug 1803) Andover
Leonard baptized 23 Feb 1802 (born 18 Aug 1801) Andover
Mary baptized 25 Jul 1806 (born 4 Apr 1806) Andover

John Lywood married Elizabeth Dowling 1 Jan 1823 at Goodworth Clatford
Elizabeth Lywood married John Lewis 10 Jan 1822 at Barton Stacey
Leonard Lywood married Anne Courtney 9 Nov 1830 at Barton Stacey
Mary Lywood married Anthony Mist Lewis 7 Jul 1825 at Barton Stacey

There are four possibilities for the parents of John Lywood (Testator) on Find My Past (and the first one is eliminated by the last leaving two possibilities one at Knights Enham and one at Chawton):

John Lywood baptized 16 Aug 1752 and the son of Jesse and Mary Lywood at Nether Wallop (married 22 Dec 1760 Jesse Lywood and Mary Cook (widow) at Nether Wallop)
John Lywood baptized 15 Sep 1757 and the son of John and Mary Lywood at Knights Enham (married 21 Oct 1756 John Lywood and Mary Pearce at Knights Enham)
John Lywood baptized 9 May 1760 and the son of John and Ann Lywood at Chawton (married 10 Jul 1759 John Lywood and Ann Cousins at Chawton)
John Lywood baptized 2 Mar 1777 and the son of John and Ruth Lywood at Houghton (married 13 May 1776 John Lywood and Ruth Warwick at Nether Wallop)

Knights Enham is interesting being so close to Andover. However, Froyle where they married is only 4.3 miles NE of Chawton and Andover is 25 miles East of Froyle. So no guesses here on that one!

The will might give us some information on his origins if he mentions siblings. Barton Stacey is 5.5 miles south east of Andover just to place this location. He does not however mention any family other than his children and wife in his will below.

I have no ideas on the ancestry of this Lywood family but I vaguely recall Warwick mentioning that this Hampshire Lywood family may not share ancestry until back before the 1600s. I haven't spoken to him in at least seven years (via email) so he may have more information now and can be found on the Guild of one name studies website.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1776/81
Testator:  John Lywood, Esquire
Place: Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1826, probated 3 Sep 1830
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Lywood
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 54

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me John Lywood of Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey in the County
3    of Southampton Esquire made in sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
4    as follows that is to say First I will and direct that all my just debts the expences of my
5    Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me herein
6    after given shall be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate And it is my will that
7    if such Residue of my personal Estate shall not be sufficient for that purpose the
8    deficiency shall be made good by my Children in equal shares and proportions out of the
9    Estates and property hereinafter devised and bequeathed to them Also I do hereby give and
10    bequeath unto the following persons the under mentioned specific Legacies that is to say To
11    my dear wife Elizabeth Lywood my Single Horse Chaire and Harness and such Horse as
12    shall have been usually driven therein a short time before or at the time of my decease
13    To my eldest Son John Lywood my Gold watch To my youngest Son Leonard Lywood
14    my Silver Watch my Silver Soup Ladle and my Silver Quart Tankard To my eldest
15    daughter Elizabeth Lewis one of my Silver pint Cups and one of my silver half pint
16    Cups To my youngest daughter Mary Lewis my other silver pint Cup and an other silver
17    half pint Cup Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my household Goods and
18    Furniture household Implements plate (not hereinbefore disposed of) Silver and China now
19    being or which at the time of my decease shall be in and about my present dwelling
20    house and premises at Barton Stacey aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my Son
21    Leonard Lywood all the household Goods and furniture household Implements plate not
22    hereinbefore disposed of Silver and China now being in and about my late dwellinghouse
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23    at Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and now in the permitted
24    possession of the said Leonard Lywood Also I give and bequeath unto my present Servant
25    William Hamborn whether he shall be in my Service at the at the time of my decease or not the
26    Legacy or Sum of Twenty pounds To Ann the wife of James Smith of Barton Stacey afores[ai]d
27    the Legacy or Sum of one guinea and to James Bower five pounds if in my Service or that
28    of my Son Leonard Lywood at the time of my decease And whereas my Son in Law
29    John Lewis is indebted to me Two hundred pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath
30    one hundred pounds part of the said debt to the said John Lewis And I give and bequeath
31    one hundred pounds residue thereof to my Son in Law Anthony Lewis Also I give and
32    bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
33    nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned one annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds over
34    and besides all Taxes or Duties payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof
35    and free and clear from such duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
36    said Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds I do hereby charge upon and make
37    payable out of my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the
38    appurtenances situate at Upper Clatford in the said County of Southampton called Norman
39    Court Farm by four equal quarterly payments in every year that is to say the twenty fifth
40    day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the
41    twenty fifth day of December the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said
42    quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after my decease Also I give and
43    bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
44    nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned One other Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty
45    pounds over and besides all Taxes or duties payable or to be payable for or in respect of
46    the same or any part thereof and free and clear from such Taxes duties and all charges
47    and deductions whatsoever which said last mentioned Annuity or clear yearly Sum of
48    Sixty pounds I do hereby charge upon and make payable out of my Freehold Messuages
49    Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Barton
50    Stacey aforesaid by the like four quarterly payments in every year by which the said last
51    mentioned Annuity of Ninety pounds hereinbefore charged upon the said hereditaments and
52    premises at Upper Clatford aforesaid to make payable provided always that if the said
53    annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds or either of them
54    shall be in arrear and unpaid in part or in all for the space of twenty one days next
55    over or after either of the said days of payment on which the same respectively ought to
56    be paid as aforesaid Then and in such case and as often as the same shall happen it shall
57    and may be lawful to and for my said wife Elizabeth Lywood and her assigns over and
58    besides all other remedies which she may be entitled to have or take for recovery of
59    the same to enter into and upon the said several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements and
60    hereditaments with the appurtenances charged with the payment of the same respectively
61    or any part thereof and distrain for such of the said respective annuity or annuities or
62    such part of parts thereof respectively which shall be so in arrear and unpaid as afores[ai]d
63    and the distress and distresses then and there find to impound take lead drive and carry
64    away sell and dispose of according to Law in like manner as in case of Rent in
65    arrear until such Annuity and Annuities respectively and all arrears of the same
66    together with all costs charges and expences attending the making keeping sale and disposal
67    of such distress or distresses shall be fully paid and satisfied provided also that when
68    and as soon as the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
69    hereinafter given to my said Wife shall become payable and my said wife shall be in
70    the actual receipt and perception thereof by virtue of the bequest hereinafter contained
71    Then the said several Annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds and each of them
72    shall be no longer paid or payable to her and the same severally together with the powers
73    and remedies for recovery of the same respectively shall cease and be determined and void
74    provided also that the said two several annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds
75    and Sixty pounds and the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds
76    hereinafter given to my said Wife instead of and in lieu of the same in the event of the
77    death of Thomas Bennett Gentleman hereinafter named and as hereinafter mentioned
78    are given and bequeathed to her and shall be by her accepted and taken in full and entire
79    bar and satisfaction of all Dower and right and Title to Dower and Thirds at the
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80    Common Law which she may have or claim to have into or out of all or any or either
81    of my Freehold Estates but not of her widowhood or Freehold in any Copyhold Estate or
82    Estates which I may be seized or possessed of which it is my will and desire she shall and
83    may hold and enjoy over and besides the said several Annuities or such of them as
84    remain and shall be payable according to the custom of the respective Manor or Manors
85    under which the said Copyhold Estate or Estates are or may be held by me at the time
86    of my decease and subject to the first mentioned Annuity of clear yearly sum of Ninety
87    pounds and the remedies for the recovery of the same determinable nevertheless as herein
88    before and hereinafter mentioned I give and devise my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands
89    hereditaments and premises situate at Upper Clatford aforesaid unto and to the use of
90    my said eldest Son John Lywood his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give bequeath and
91    confirm unto my said Son John Lywood his executors administrators and assigns all the
92    live and dead Stock and Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other
93    my Farming Stock and Effects whatsoever now in the possession of the said John
94    Lywood and which have been for some time past or now art or may at the time of my decease
95    be in or upon or used by my said Son John Lywood by my permission in or about my said
96    Farm Lands hereditaments and premises or any part thereof at Upper Clatford aforesaid and
97    also all such monies as have arisen or been received by my said Son John Lywood or his
98    assigns or which shall or may arise or be raised by him or them by the sale and disposal
99    thereof and subject (as to the said Freehold premises charged therewith) to the said last one
100    mentioned annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty pounds and the remedies for recovery of the
101    same determinable nevertheless as hereinbefore and hereinafter is mentioned I give devise and
102    bequeath my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and also all and singular my Leasehold Titles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances which I hold under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester my Lease of
103    which or part of which I am about to renew with the said Dean and Chapter and all other
104    my leasehold property situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
105    unto and to the use of my said Son Leonard Lywood his heirs executors administrators and
106    assigns forever for and during my present or any renewed Estates or Estate and interest in the
107    same respectively according to the nature description and quality of the same Also I give
108    bequeath and confirm unto my said Son Leonard Lywood all the live and dead Stock and
109    Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other my Farming Stock and Effects
110    save and except such are hereinbefore specifically otherwise disposed of which have been for some
111    time past or now are or at the time of my decease may be in or upon or used by my said Son
112    Leonard Lywood by my permission in or about the Farms Lands and premises late in my
113    occupation and now in the occupation of my said Son Leonard Lywood at Newton Stacey and
114    in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid or any part thereof and also all such monies as
115    have arisen or been received by the said Leonard Lywood or his assigns or shall or may
116    arise and be received by him or them by the sale and disposal thereof  Also I give and devise
117    unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several heirs and
118    assigns All that my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with
119    the appurtenances situate at or near Leckford in the County of Southampton To hold the
120    same with their and every of their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said daughters
121    Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally
122    share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants And whereas as heir at
123    Law of my late Sister Mary the late Wife of the said Thomas Bennett or otherwise I am
124    also entitled to an Estate of Inheritance in fee simple expectant upon the decease of the
125    said Thomas Bennett in and to several Freehold Messuages and a Freehold Estate Farm
126    Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate lying and being at or near Martyr
127    Worthy aforesaid Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth Lywood an annuity or
128    clear year Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds over and besides all Taxes and duties
129    payable or to be payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof and free and
130    clear of and from such Taxes duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
131    said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds I do hereby charge
132    upon and make payable out of my said Freehold Messuages Estate Farm Lands heredit-ament]s
133    and premises with the appurtenances at or near Martyr Worthy aforesaid To hold the
134    said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds unto my said wife
135    Elizabeth Lywood from and after the death of the said Thomas Bennett for and
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136    during the term of her natural life and to be paid and payable to her by the like quarterly
137    payments and with the like remedies and powers for recovery of the same as is hereinbefore
138    mentioned and expressed respecting the said several annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty
139    pounds herein before mentioned and subject to the said annuity or clear yearly Sum of one
140    hundred and fifty pounds to my said Wife during her life as aforesaid and to the remedies and
141    powers for recovery of the same I do hereby give and devise the said Freehold Messuages
142    Estate Farm Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances at or near
143    Martyr Worthy aforesaid unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and
144    their several heirs and assigns To hold the same with their and every of their appurtenances
145    unto and to the use of my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their
146    several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally share and share alike as tenants
147    in common and not as joint tenants Also I give and bequeath all the ready money and
148    cash Notes which I may have in m y house at the time of my decease unto and
149    amongst my said wife and children equally share and share alike to be divided between
150    them as soon as may be after my decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder of
151    my Monies Securities for Money and all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
152    not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said wife and children upon
153    trust to apply the same and the produce thereof in and towards payment of my just debts
154    Legacies Funeral and Testamentary Expences and in case the same shall be more than
155    sufficient for that purpose to divide the surplus thereof to and amongst them my said
156    wife and children equally share and share alike And I do hereby nominate my said
157    Wife and Children Executors of this my last Will and Testament provided always and I
158    do hereby declare my will to be that in case the said Residue of my personal Estate
159    shall not be sufficient for payment of my pecuniary Legacies just debts and funeral and
160    testamentary expences that any deficiency which  may happen or be in such residue of
161    my said personal Estate for the said purposes or any or either of them shall be paid
162    and made good by my said Children equally share and share alike out of the several
163    devised bequests and other provisions hereinbefore made for them respectively and that
164    the Estates property and Effects hereinbefore given to them respectively shall be chargeable
165    with and subject and liable to the payment of his her or their respective several shares
166    and proportions of such deficiency according to the intent and meaning of this my will and
167    that my said pecuniary Legatees or the pecuniary Legacies to them respectively given
168    shall not be affected thereby or any abatement made from the same in consequence of
169    such deficiency provided also that my said Executors or either of them shall not
170    be answerable or accountable for more of my Estate and Effects than what they shall
171    respectively receive nor with any loss which shall of may happen of the same or any
172    part thereof except such loss happen through their his or her wilful default or neglect
173    nor one of them for the other of them or the acts receipts defaults or disbursements of
174    the other of them and I declare it to be my will and intention that my said Executors
175    and each of them shall and may from time to time by without out of my personal
176    Estate retain and reimburse to himself herself and themselves and also pay to his her
177    or their co-executors all such costs charges damages and expences as they any or
178    either of them shall or may pay sustain lay out expend or be put unto in and about
179    the execution of this my will In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the
181    Testator have to two parts of this my last will and Testament each of them written and
182    contained in six sheets of paper to the first five sheets of each of the said parts set
183    my hand and to the last sheets thereof set my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of
184    October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six
185    John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator John
186    Lywood as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his
187    request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
188    our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Curate of Barton Stacey Robt Bird
189    Attorney at Law Winchester Charles Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
190    I the said John Lywood the Testator having since the date and
191    publication of my Will above written surrendered the Lease by which I hold my
192    Leasehold Tytles hereditaments and premises at Barton Stacey and in the parish
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193    of Barton Stacey in the County of Southampton under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester
194    given and devised by my said will to my said Son Leonard Lywood and taken a renewed
195    Lease of the saide premises for another Term of years in the said Renewed Lease mentioned I
196    do hereby give and devise the said Tytles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances
197    to the said Leonard Lywood his executors administrators and assigns during all my estate and
198    interest therein and in all other respects I do hereby confirm my said will In witness
199    whereof I have to this codicil to my said will set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of
200    december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six John Lywood
201    Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the Testator as and for a
202    Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
203    and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
204    Robt Bird Jane Bird C Russell
205    I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the county of Southampton
206    Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my last Will and
207    Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty
208    six as follows whereas I have declared in and by my said will that all my just debts the expences
209    of my Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me therein
210    given should be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate and that if such residue of
211    my personal Estate should not be sufficient for that purpose the deficiency should be made
212    good by all my children in equal shares and proportions out of the Estates and properties
213    therein devised and bequeathed to them and I did in and by my said will further declare
214    that any deficiency which might happen or be in such residue of my said personal Estate
215    for payment of the same pecuniary Legacies just debts funeral and testamentary expences
216    should be paid and made good by my said children equally share and share alike out of
217    the several devised bequests and other provisions therein made for them respectively and
218    that the Estates therein given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject
219    and liable to the payment of his her of their respective several shares and proportions of
220    such deficiency Now I do hereby revoke and make void so much and such part and
221    parts only of the said declaration or declarations in my said will contained in which
222    it is declared to be my will that such deficiences should be made good by all my said
223    children equally share and share alike and that the Estates property and Effects therein
224    given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject and liable to the
225    payment of his her or their several shares and proportions of such deficiency and instead
226    and lieu thereof do hereby declare my will to be that such deficiency shall be borne paid and
227    made good by my said children in manner and by the proportions following that is to
228    say one third part thereof by my Son John Lywood one other third part thereof by
229    my Son Leonard Lywood and the remaining third part thereof by my daughters
230    Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis in equal shares and proportions and that such
231    deficiency shall be charged and chargeable upon the Estates property and Effects herein
232    before given to them the said John Lywood Leonard Lywood Elizabeth Lewis and
233    Mary Lewis in such shares and proportions hereby lastly above expressed accordingly
234    and I do hereby confirm my said Will and my other codicil made thereto on the
235    thirteenth day of december one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in all other respects
236    whatsoever In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the Testator have to this
237    codicil to my last will and Testament written and contained in two sheets of paper to the
238    first sheet thereof set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my hand a
239    seal this eighteenth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
240    and twenty seven John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the said
241    John Lywood the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
242    presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
243    hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Robt Bird
244    C Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
245    I the above named Testator John Lywood do make this further codicil to
246    my will that is to say I revoke and make void the Legacy by my said will given to
247    my Servant Ann Smith and in all other respects confirm my said Will Witness my hand
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248    this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
249    Lywood
250    I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the County of
251    Southampton Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my
252    last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight
253    hundred and twenty six as follows whereas in and by my said Will I gave unto Ann
254    the wife of James Smith of Newton Stacy in the Parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
255    the legacy or sum of one guinea Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said legacy
256    and whereas in and by my said Will after writing that my Son in Law John Lewis
257    was indebted to me two hundred pounds I gave and bequeathed one hundred pounds
258    part of the said debt to the said John Lewis and one hundred pounds residue thereof
259    to my Son in Law Anthony Mist Lewis thereby called Anthony Lewis and whereas the
260    said John Lewis is about to pay off the said debt and it is my intention thereupon
261    to give one moiety of the said Two hundred pounds to the said John Lewis and
262    the other moiety to the said Anthony Mist Lewis for their immediate advancement
263    Now I do hereby declare that in case such my intentions shall be carried into effect
264    during my life that the said bequest of the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to the said
265    John Lewis and the said Anthony Mist Lewis in the proportions aforesaid shall be
266    void and of none effect And I confirm my said Will in all respects wherein the same is
267    not altered by this or any other codicil thereto In witness whereof I have to this
268    further codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of
269    October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
270    Lywood signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the testator
271    as and for a further codicil to his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at
272    his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
273    Names in Witness thereto Robt Bird Attorney at Law Winchester C Russell
274    Clerk for Mr Bird
275    Proved at London with 4 Cod[ici]ls 3rd Sept 1830 before the Judge by the oaths of John
276    Lywood and Leonard Lywood the Sons two of the Executors to whom Admon was
277    granted having been first sworn by comm duly to adm[iste]r power reserved of making the
278    like Grant to Elizabeth Lywood widow the Relict Elizabeth Lewis (wife of John Lewis)
279    and Mary Lewis (wife of Anthony Mist Lewis) the daughters the other Executors when they or
280    either of them shall apply for the same

Will of Anthony Buller Esquire, Weybridge, Surrey - The National Archives PROB 11/361/7, probated 31 Oct 1679

Anthony Buller the testator is a son of Sir Richard Buller and Alice Hayward of Shillingham Cornwall. He was baptized 14 Nov 16713 and the fifth son of this couple. He is brother to Francis Buller and George Buller and he married Anne daughter of Sir John Wyndham or Orchard Wyndham Somerset and they had 1 son and 2 daughters (John, Anne and Windham) as mentioned in his will below.

The History of Parliament website (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/buller-anthony-1613-79) has a good writeup on Anthony Buller.


BULLER, Anthony (1613-79), of Weybridge, Surr.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Biography Detail

Constituency
Dates
CALLINGTON
1659
SALTASH
1660

Family and Education

bap. 14 Nov. 1613, 5th s. of Sir Richard Buller† (d.1642) of Shillingham, Cornw. by Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, Clothworker, of Elsing Spittal, London, bro. of Francis Buller† and George Buller. m. Anne, da. of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Som., 1s. 2da.1

Offices Held

Capt. of horse (parliamentary) to 1645, maj. 1645-6; gov. Scilly Isles 1647-8, dep. gov. 1666-7; col. of ft. 1654-5; capt. Duke of York’s Horse Gds. July 1660-1, Admiralty Regt. (Duke of York’s Ft.) 1667-d.2

Biography

Buller’s valour in the service of Parliament was well known, though his troopers gave great offence by their disorderly and licentious conduct. He was given the governorship of Scilly after Francis Godolphin surrendered the islands to Parliament in 1646; but he was taken prisoner when the islands revolted to the Royalists two years later, though treated with ‘special kindness’ as ‘a gallant soldier’. During the Protectorate he served on the ill-fated expedition to the West Indies.3

Buller sat for Callington in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament, but transferred to the family borough of Saltash in 1660. Marked as a friend by Lord Wharton, he was probably a court supporter, being commissioned in the Duke of York’s regiment at the Restoration. An inactive Member of the Convention ‘Col. Buller’ was named only to the committee of 6 Sept. to regulate the Post Office, which was earmarked to provide the Duke with an independent income. Parliament accepted his claim of £3,436 for his military service as a charge upon the excise, but interest was still being paid to his executrix after his death. Buller apparently challenged the Robartes interest at Bossiney in 1661, when he was returned by the ‘free burgesses and commonalty’; but his opponents were seated on the merits of the return, and he did not press his case. During the second Dutch war he raised 300 ‘comely, well-apparelled young men’ for the defence of Scilly, and was rewarded with the grant of the newly built sloop Portsmouth and a permanent commission, though despite his long experience he remained an ineffective disciplinarian. In his will, proved on 7 Aug. 1679, he provided for portions of £2,000 each to his daughters, and left the residue of his personal estate in Weybridge and Westminster to his only son. But nothing further is known of his descendants.4

Ref Volumes: 1660-1690
Authors: M. W. Helms / Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

    1. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 56; PCC 125 King.
    2. CSP Dom. 1644-5, p. 411; 1648-9, p. 366; 1655, p. 326; 1665-6, p. 495; 1679-80, p. 232; Parl. Intell. 23 July 166O.
    3. M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 241; CSP Dom. 1644-5, pp. 407, 561; HMC 6th Rep. 184; HMC Pepys, 230, 274; HMC 7th Rep. 571, 574.
    4. CJ, viii. 234; CSP Dom. 1666-7, p 92; 1667, p. 382; 1667-8, p. 435; 1673, p. 439; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 84, 135; vii. 425; PCC 125 King.

Nothing further is known of his descendants from John Buller of Weybridge. However, there are not a lot of marriages on the LDS for John Buller between 1677 and 1700.

John Buller married Susanna Derby 9 Jul 1700 at Church-Stanton, Devon, England
John Buller married Briget Park 9 Jun 1691 at Norwich, Norfolk, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Beaver 10 May 1688 at South Kyme, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Heath 31 Mar 1690 at Saint James Dukes Place, London, England
John Buller married Mary Polisefen 9 Jun 1691 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
John Buller married Anne Ashwin 15 Jul 1688 at New Sleaford, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Johana Howell 7 Apr 1684 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, London, England
John Buller married Katherine Polwheel 1684 at St Kea, Cornwall
John Buller married Rhoda Langdon 19 Nov 1678 at Quethiock, Cornwall
John Buller married Joan Light 1686, Bath & Wells Diocese Marriage Licence

Ten marriages is actually not that many to look at in terms of descendants. I shall contemplate that for my next research day on the Buller family. It was suggested to me by English researchers that I should look at the younger sons of the Cornwall Buller family.

Weybridge is considered part of the greater metropolitan area of present day London although 19 miles southwest of the middle of London (which by the way is considered to be the statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square we learned on our tour of London a few years back). For instance Bermondsey is 19 miles ENE of Weybridge. Would his widow have stayed at Weybridge when her father's home was in Somerset? That is the first thought that comes to mind actually. There is a will for Anne Buller, widow of Saint Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, probated 12 Apr 1688. I have not yet transcribed this one nor do I have it. Too bad I didn't image it when I was there in 2010! Saint Martin in the Fields is the Church that my Henry Christopher Buller attended in London although 150 years later. Is it even possible that this could be a clue? It is nine years since Anthony died. First a quick check in Boyd's Inhabitants of London. There was a John Buller Innkeeper at St Stephen Walbrook.

Baptisms at St Margarets Westminster

13 Sep 1656 John Buller son to Anthony Esq[uie]r by Ann (has a cross by it)
5 Jun 1664 Windham Buller daughter to Antho: by Ann

No record for Ann but by will listing she was probably baptized between 1657 and 1663. This would make John 21 when his father wrote his will and Windham 13 years of age.

Generally these are not productive leads but I probably shouldn't pass it by. Will have a look at the Parish Registers for St Martin in the Fields I have never done that actually. The records do not begin until 1799 on Ancestry which I likely noticed before which is why I have never looked at them. That is on ancestry so will check find my past as well. Find my Past has from 1681 to 1945 for St Martin in the Fields. The Burials are there from 1684 to 1856 so will try to find Anne Buller who left her will in 1688. I notice that St Margaret Westminster is from 1539 to 1996 so will have a more indepth look at those as well.

Anne Buller was buried 10 Apr 1688 at St Martin in the Fields (Widow).

I am contemplating doing the transcription of the rest of my family surname wills as part of their respective research days rather than continue after I complete the Buller wills (I would begin the cycle on 1st of April with the King family and I am working at the 4x great grandparent level for surnames and so for 50 week days I cycle through the surnames and every 10 weeks I come back to the beginning of the cycle. I also do an hour on our son-in-law's ancestors and I will commence working on his again on April 15 and I am working on his 4x great grandparent level surnames but I do one every day of the week with one day having two names and at that level I have all 64 of his surnames so that the interval is nine weeks. That way I can return to my Blake and Pincombe one name studies as I am quite keen to get into the new images that we brought back from Kew.

My blogs will show these changes as I will likely do three blogs a day - one for the one name studies, one for our son in laws lines and one for my other lines.

Perhaps I should contemplate a slight change in my heading notes where I talk about doing English research from Canada! Perhaps add a line about my French Canadian Research as it will now include my pursuit of Le Blak/Le Blake the originating surname for Blake in England.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/361/7
Testator: Anthony Buller
Place: Weybridge, Surrey
Date of document:  16 Feb 1677, probated 31 Oct 1679
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Anthony
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the name of God Amen The Sixteenth day of Febru-
2    ary in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Seaven
3    I Anthony Buller of Weybridge in the County of Surrey Esq[uie]r being sick and weake of
4    body but of perfect mind and memory thanks being given unto God therefore Calling unto
5    mind the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die doe make
6    and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say
7    First and Principally I give my Soule into the hands of God who gave it mee And for my
8    Body I commend it to the earth to bee buried in Christian and decent like manner nothing
9    doubting but at the generall resurrection I shall receive the same againe by the mighty power
10    of God And as touching such Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to blesse
11    mee in this life I give devise bequeath and dispose the same in manner and forme following
12    Item I give and bequeath all my Estate reall and personall in the Towne of Weybridge in
13    the County of Surrey and in the parish of Saint Margaretts Westminster and elsewhere in all
14    or any other place or places whatsoever unto my deare and wel[l ]beloved Wife Anne Buller but
15    only to the uses intents and purposes hereinafter men[t]ioned in manner and forme as hereinafter is
16    appointed expressed devised and bequeathed that is to say Item I give and bequeath to my sonne
17    John Buller the summe of two Thousand pounds to bee paid him att the day of his marriage
18    which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such his marriage be Agreed and
19    consented unto by his mother my Executrix hereinafter named and untill such his marriage with such
20    consent aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix herein after named
21    to pay yearly and every yeare to my said sonne John Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
22    for his present yearly maintenance untill hee shall dispose of himselfe in marriage with the
23    Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named But my Will is that in Case hee shall dispose of
24    himselfe in marriage withoute the Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named that then I give
25    devise and bequeath the said summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to the
26    said John Buller unto my two daughters Anne and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix
27    equally divided amongst them if they bee both liveing if not I give the same to such one
28    of them as shall Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give
30    and bequeath to my daughter Anne Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her
31    on the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such her
32    marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter named and
33    untill such her marriage with such consent as aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby
34    direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and every yeare to my said daughter Anne
35    Buller the summe of one hundred pounds for her present yearly maintenance untill shee
36    shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the Consent of my Executrix as aforesaid But
37    my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herself in marriage without the Consent
38    of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the said summe
39    of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her to said Anne Buller unto my
40    two other Children John and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided
41    amongst them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall
42    Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give and bequeath to
43    my daughter Windham Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her on
44    the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such
45    her marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter
46    named and untill such her marriage with such Consent as aforesaid I give devise
47    and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and
48    every yeare to my said daughter Windham Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
49    for
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50    for her present yearly maintenance untill she shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the consent
51    of my Executrix aforesaid But my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herselfe in marriage
52    without the Consent of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the
53    said Summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her the saide Windham Buller unto
54    my two other children John and Anne Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided amongst
55    them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall Survive
56    the other and the Children of them soe surviveing Item I give and bequeath to my servant
57    Susan Lucas the summe of tenn pounds Item I give and bequeath and my Will is that
58    my Executrix doe pay to every other Servant and servants which shall live and bee in
59    my service att the time of my decease one full yeares wages or sallary according to the
60    Contract by mee made with them or any of them And my further Will and meaning
61    is that all my Estate reall and personall shall and are hereby charged and made charge=
62    able and lyable and I doe hereby direct my said Executrix to pay the severall ummes
63    of money legacies portions yearly and other payments herein and hereby before by mee
64    given devised and bequeathed to all or any the persons herein before named in manner and
65    forme as herein before is men[t]ioned expressed and [blurred] Item I give devise and
66    bequeath the rest and residue of all my Estate reall and personall that shall bee and
67    remaine after the satisfaction of all my aforesaid Legacies herein before by mee bequeathed
68    together with all my Estate reall and personall in Case all my said Children die unmarried
69    and without Issue to my deare and loveing Wife Anne Buller And of this my last Will
70    and Testament I make ordaine and appoint my said deare and loveing Wife Anne
71    Bukller to bee my full whole and sole Executrix in trust for and to the uses intents
72    and purposes aforesaid and to noe other use intent or purpose whatsoever And I doe
73    hereby Revoake and annull all and other former Testaments Wills and Executors by mee
74    in any wise before this time made or pronounced Ratifyeing and Confirming this and
75    none other to bee my last Will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I have
76    hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare above Written Anth: Buller
77    Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the said Anthony Buller Esq[uie]r
78    as his last Will and Testament in the presence of Mr Duke Gibbs Susanna Lucas
79    Charles Cutts Phil: Lewis