Margaret Blake, the testator, was married to George Blake (will transcription published earlier today) but no marriage was found (Margaret’s maiden surname of Steele was found on Family Search with the baptism of James).
George and Margaret Blake baptized their children at Oldham Street Presbyterian, Liverpool (records from Family Search):
Isabella born 19 Jun 1814 and baptized 31 Jul 1814
George born 10 Feb 1816 and baptized 18 Apr 1816
James born 30 Jul 1818 and baptized Aug 1818
William Blake born 16 Jun 1823 and baptized 29 Jan 1824
Margaret born 22 Dec 1826 and baptized 10 Feb 1827
Matthew born 6 Mar 1829 and baptized 21 Apr 1829
Isabella Blake married Arthur Oughterson and her son George Blake Oughterson was born 22 Nov 1837 at Liverpool and baptized 21 Dec 1837 at Oldham Street Presbyterian, Liverpool.
Margaret Blake married Henry Torrens Browne Jun quarter 1846 in West Derby Registration District (Liverpool is in West Derby). Record located on Find My Past.
An online website for the Stewart family notes that: Anne [Stewart], ….. baptized 30 Mar 1820 at St Peter’s Liverpool was married 9 Sep 1841 (verified on Find My Past) at St Peter’s, Liverpool, to James who was the second son of George Blake and his wife Margaret (Steele) Blake. James Blake was baptized Aug 1818 at Oldham Street Presbyterian Church, Liverpool and owned soap works in Great George Square, Liverpool, which was later incorporated into Lever Brothers. He died circa 1872 and she died 6 May 1911 having had issue.
This particular record appears under John Stewart but it is difficult to follow on the website (John Stewart named as a JP, architect and surveyor) (a John Stewart is one of the trustees in the will below). http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/stewart.htm
On Find My Past (Record set England Marriages 1538-1973) John Stewart is given as the father of Anne Stewart and George Blake as the father of James Blake. A second record in England Births and Baptisms 1538-1975 lists the baptism as 30 Mar 1820 at Liverpool for Anne daughter of John and Mary Anne Stewart.
The London Gazette, Part 2, 1847 on page 1509 notes: Richard Stevenson, Esq one of Her Majesty’s Commissioners authorized to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy, bearing date the 31st day of December 1847, awarded and issued forth against George Blake and James Blake, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and also of the city of Dublin, Soap Manufacturers, carrying on business under the firm of G. and J. Blake, will sit on the 27th day of June instant, at eleven in the forenoon precisely, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, in Liverpool, in order to make a Dividend of the estate and effects of George Blake, one of the said bankrupts; when and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend. (Google Book search)
Does this record point to a possible ancestry for Margaret Blake? Is she from Ireland originally (there is a soapworks attributed to her children (George and James Blake) in Dublin, Ireland)? There is a record in the 1841 census of Liverpool of a George Blake (independent) married to Margaret and with them James Blake (24 years) Merchant (born in Lancashire). Both George and Margaret are born in Ireland. They are living in Wavertree (District 9), Childwall, Lancashire. George is listed as 76 years of age and Margaret is 57 years of age on this census. Childwall is a suburb of Liverpool.
Margaret names her sisters in this will Isabella Mary Jessie Sarah and Jane so it could be possible to look at Irish records in Dublin but would be a rather time consuming task. Being interested only in the Blake line for the one name study I will pass on that one!
Using the new GRO Index for searching, the death of Margaret Blake December quarter 183 in Liverpool at the age of 63 years was located. Given her age of 57 years in 1841, 63 years of age in 1853 is quite reasonable and likely the census record above is correct for this Margaret Blake. It is also prior to the marriage of his son James who is living with them. However both Margaret, their daughter, and William and Matthew, their sons, are not with them on this census and are perhaps in school or visiting.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2181
Name of testator: Margaret Blake, widow
Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 14 Oct 1853, probated 4 Dec 1853
[In margin] Margaret Blake 12
[top of page] Extracted from the Public Episcopal Registry of Chester
1 This is the Last Will and Testament of
2 me Margaret Blake of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster widow I
3 first direct payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expences I bequeath
4 to each of my domestic servants Elizabeth Bruce and Elizabeth Rows the sum
5 of five pounds I bequeath to each of my sisters Isabella Mary Jessie Sarah
6 Jane and to my kind friends Mary Murray and Mary Raze an article of
7 Jewellery as a token of my remembrance I bequeath to my daughter Margaret
8 Brown the contents of my wardrobe and wearing Apparel all articles belonging to
9 my late daughter Isabella the remainder of my jewellery my Epergne the
10 looking glass in my drawing room and the Royal glass in my bedroom I
11 bequeath to my son George such of the Family portraits as he may desire and
12 direct that the remainder of them shall be at the disposal of my executor
13 also to my son George his late Father’s watch I bequeath to my daughter
14 in law Anne Blake my Silver Tea Urn and six Silver salt Cellars and to my
15 son James I give the following books Johnsons Works, Davis Dictionary
16 Illustrated work on Botany and the Illustrated Shakespeere I bequeath
17 to my son William my bookcase and my wardrobe my large sized Tea
18 Coffee Pots the remainder of my books the stock of Wines, Spirits and malt liquor
19 existing in my Wine Cellar and I confirm my gift to him during my life of
20 £400 and request him to accept it in lieu of a disposition in his favour by this
21 my Will I bequeath to my Grandson George Blake Oughterson the sum of
22 £100 one hundred pounds and direct that his receipt shall be a sufficient
23 discharge to my executor I direct that my bed linen Silver and plates
24 shall be divided equally between my children George James William and
25 Margaret and that with respect to those Sketches that are indivisible my
26 executor shall cause a valuation to be made of them and that anyone of
27 my Children shall have the opportunity of purchasing such Article at their
28 valuation and that the purchase money shall lapse into the residue of my
29 estate and I direct that should any of my children desire any Article of
30 furniture he or she may have the opportunity of obtaining it on this prin
31 ciple After these dispositions are effected I direct my executor to cause all
32 remaining Articles of furniture and property of every occupation to be sold
33 and converted into money all debts due to me to be seized the balance of
34 the legacy due to me under my late husbands Will to be received and to
35 make a final disposition of my property by dividing the sum appearing to
36 bring to my estate into four equal parts one fourth part is to be paid
37 to my son George, two such fourth parts are to be paid to my son James
38 Blake and one remaining fourth part to my daughter Margaret Browne
39 to be for her own sole use and disposal and free from the control of her husband
40 and the receipt of my daughter shall be a sufficient discharge to my executor
41 I nominate and appoint James Blake my son to be sole Executor of this
42 my Will which I make and publish this fourteenth October 1853
43 Margaret Blake In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
44 seal the day and year above written in the presence of Hy T Brown
45 Bicker Liverpool Elizabeth Bruce
46 In the Consistory Court of Chester
47 In the Goods of Margaret Blake deceased
48 the twenty second day of November 1853
49 Appeared Personally Henry Torrens Browne
50 of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Broker Elizabeth Bruce of No 23
51 Fleet Street Liverpool aforesaid Spinster and James Blake of Mount Plea
52 sant Liverpool aforesaid Son and Manufacturer and being sworn upon the
53 holy Gospels made oath as follows And first these deponents Henry Torrens
54 Browne and Elizabeth Bruce for themselves say that they are the subscribed
55 witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Margaret Blake late of Liverpool
56 aforesaid Widow deceased bearing date the fourteenth day of October 1853 and
57 hereto annexed that they were present on the said fourteenth day of October
58 and saw the said Margaret Blake deceased duly execute the same as and for
59 her last will and Testament by signing her name Margaret Blake at the
60 foot or end thereof as it now appears and these deponents did then in the
61 presence of the said Testatrix and each other set and subscribe their names
62 thereto as witnesses as they now appear And they further made oath that
63 having now carefully viewed the said will they are unable to depose whether
64 the words written on erazures in the seventh line from the top of the first
65 page of the said Will that is to say the words “Elizabeth” and “five” were
66 written or not previous to the execution thereof and this deponent James
67 Blake for himself saith that he is one of the executors appointed by the said
68 Will and the writer thereof and that the words “Elizabeth” and “five” written on
69 the erazures deposed to were so written by him previous to the execution of
70 the said Will exactly as they now appear and that no alteration whatever has
71 been made in the said Will since the execution thereof H T Browne
72 Elizabeth Bruce James Blake Sworn at Liverpool by the said Henry
73 Torrens Browne Elizabeth Bruce and James Blake the day and year aforesaid
74 Before me H Pollock Surrogate
75 On the twenty fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty
76 three the Will of Margaret Blake late of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
77 Widow deceased was Proved at Chester in common form of Law by James
78 Blake the sole Executor of this my Will The right of every person being
79 saved and time allowed to exhibit an inventory H Raikes Registrar
80 Proved at London 4th December 1853 before the Judge by the Oath of
81 James Blake the son the sole Executor to whom Admon was granted having
82 been first sworn by Comon duly to Administer
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Will of Jenkins Buller, Gentleman of Nether Stowey - The National Archives PROB 11/1270/21, probated 8 Jan 1796
Jenkins Buller the testator is the son of Edward and Sarah Buller baptized 25 May 1732. Jenkins Buller buried 8 Oct 1794 (62 years of age). His parents were Mr Edward Buller married to Mrs Sarah Jenkins 12 Jun 1729 at Crowcombe (the Mr. and Mrs. denoting gentry). Their children were as follows:
Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 2 Sep 1730
Jenkins Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 25 May 1732
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 17 May 1734; buried 3 Sep 1735
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Meandering through the Somerset Record Office Catalogue I found a document (DD\AH/2/5/1 (C/2270) Marriage Settlement between William Silke and Anne Buller and it states that Edward, Gregory and Anne Buller are all siblings (20 Jun 1732).
Richard Jenkins Poole was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized 27 Dec 1770. Their daughter Sarah was baptized 17 Aug 1764. Thomas Poole and Elizabeth Buller were married 18 Jul 1763 and all of these services took place at Nether Stowey. I did not find a marriage for his older sister Mary or his brother Richard. There was a Mary Buller buried 23 Sep 1785 and several burials for a Richard Buller at Nether Stowey.
This particular family has daughtered out it would appear as Jenkins Buller has left no heirs and his brother Richard is not mentioned in the will. The nephew inheriting the largest part of the property is Richard Jenkins Poole which does perhaps tell the story. His father Thomas Poole was a tanner and he became quite prominent in Nether Stowey.
Is it possible to determine the parents of Edward Buller father of Jenkins and looking at the Nether Stowey Records :
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
appears to be the only Edward Buller baptized there. The father being Richard is interesting. Certainly Jenkins was named for his mother's family and then the naming of the second son as Richard could perhaps lead us back to Richard Buller and Jane Dyer married 6 Feb 1689. There were three Buller families in this time period at Nether Stowey - Richard and Jane; George and Sarah, and Gregory and Jane. Were these three men brothers - no we know from the marriage agreement that only Edward and Gregory are brothers to Anne who married William Silke 13 Jul 1732 at Nether Stowey? The Visitation for the Buller family still does not come down far enough to link these men back to the Lillesdon Buller family. John Buller who married Elizabeth Rogers and died 12 Jan 1592 (there is an Inquisition Post Mortem which I may just look at the next time we are at Kew) which might assist but he is listed as having sons George (son and heir born circa 1549), John, Robert, Benjamin and Richard. There is still a gap of 50 plus years since Gregory, Richard and George would likely have been born between 1660 and 1670 or earlier so not likely the sons of the above mentioned five brothers. Plus there are other lines coming down on the Visitation that do not extend as far as this particular one. One can see my dilemma as to which line my Christopher Buller belongs or was he descendant of the Warwickshire Buller family?
An interesting set of wills that is not exactly answering my question but does point out that the Buller family of Liddesdon other than Alexander Buller who moved to Cornwall has not been investigated to any great degree.
Children of these three couples baptized at Nether Stowey:
John Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 9 Jul 1690
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
Thomasin Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 12 May 1692
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 17 Nov 1692
Gregory Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 6 Jun 1694
Richard Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 20 Dec 1694
George Buller son of George and Sarah baptized 22 Aug 1695
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 26 Oct 1696
Jane Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 3 Oct 1697
Richard Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 18 Aug 1698
Jane Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 24 Jan 1700
Anne Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 8 May 1701
Sarah Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 22 Jul 1702
James Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 27 Jul 1704
Constance Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 28 Mar 1705
An interesting entry in the marriage register at Nether Stowey:
Richard Bullar and Thomasine Gogan of Chedsey married 5 Oct 1654
and one of the daughters of Gregory is named Thomasine.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1270/21
Testator: Jenkins Buller, Gentleman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Date of document: 28 Dec 1792, probated 8 Jan 1796
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Jenkins
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Jenkins Buller of Nether Stowey in the County of
3 Somerset Gentleman do make publish and declare theis
4 my last will and Testament in manner and form following
5 (that is to say) first I desire that I may be decently
[Page 2]
6 Interred if possible on a Sunday in manner following
7 I desire that three pounds and three shillings may
8 be expended in a Coffin and second that the Clergyman
9 of the said parish and the apothecary may attend
10 my funeral and that each of them may have a
11 handsome black wede hat band and a pair of the
12 best Gloves each hatband and Gloves to cost twenty
13 shillings I desire that the six following persons
14 may carry me to Church (if they are to be p___ced)
15 if not any other Men in the payment of the Coffin maker Thomas
16 Cussons David Murray Thomas Verrier Francis Fry
17 and Morris Coles each of them together with the
18 Clerk to have a wede hat band and a pair of
19 good Gloves each hat band and Gloves to cost ten
20 shillings and six pence I desire that the sexton
21 for the Grave and bell may have seven shillings
22 and six pence in money and that my Executor
23 herein after named do give twelve pair of Men's and
24 twelve pair of Women's Gloves to such persons as
25 he may think fit I Give to my Niece Sarah
26 Poole my Gold watch and Seals I Give and Devise
27 unto my Nephew Richard Jenkins Poole his heirs and
28 assigns all that my freehold Messuage or Tenement
29 with the Lands and hereditaments thereto belonging
30 commonly called or known by the name of Chalkoce and
31 also all that my other Messuage or Tenement and
32 hereditaments adjoining or near to the said last
33 mentioned Messuage and premises commonly called Seagers
34 and also all that my one undivided fourth part or
35 share the whole in four equal parts or shares
36 divided of and in all that tenement with the Lands
37 hereditaments and premises thereto belonging commonly
38 called Four heirs ground and also all that my other Tenem[en]t
39 with the Lands hereditaments and premises thereto belonging
40 commonly called or known by the name of Freemans
41 Tenement together with all and singular the appurtenances to the
42 same premises respectively belonging all which properties are
43 situate lying and being in the parish of Spaxton in the said
44 County To hold all and every the above mentioned Messuages or
45 Tenements Lands hereditaments and premises with their several and
46 respective rights Members and appur[te]nants to the said Richard Jenkins
47 Poole his heirs and assigns for ever subject and charged nevertheless
48 to and with the payment of the sum of seven hundred
49 pounds and I do hereby expressly order and direct that the
50 said sum of seven hundred pounds shall be raised and
51 levied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out
52 of the said Freehold Messuages or Tenements and hereditaments
53 before devised to the said Richard Jenkins Poole and be
54 applied by my Executor herein after named as far as the
55 the same will extend towards the payment of my just debts
56 also I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Jenkins
57 Poole all that copyhold piece of Ground commonly called
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58 Popham's ten acres situated within the parish of Stogursey
59 in the said County To hold the same to the said
60 Richard Jenkins Poole his Executors Administrators and
61 Assigns for and during all the Estate and Interest I may have
62 therein at the time of my decease I give and bequeath
63 unto my said Niece Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
64 assigns all these my two Leasehold Tenements Closes of land
65 and premises with the appurtenances thereto respectively
66 belonging commonly called or known by the several names
67 of Marlpits and Scores situate lying and being within the
68 parish of Nether Stowey aforesaid To hold the same unto
69 her the said Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns
70 for and during all the Estate right title terms or terms and
71 Interest I may have of all or to the same premises
72 respectively at the time of my death but subject
73 nevertheless and charged to and with the payment of the
and to be charged with the said sum of two hundred pounds and the
74 sum of two hundred pounds shall be raised and levied
75 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out of
76 my said Leasehold Tenements so devised to the said Sarah
77 Poole as aforesaid and be applied as far as the same
78 will extend towards the payment of my just debts I
79 Give and bequeath for and towards the support of the
80 Sunday Schools established in the said Parish of Nether
81 Stowey the sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
82 to be paid by my Executor yearly and every year so
83 long as the instruction shall continue I give and bequeath
84 the like sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
85 towards the support of a benefit Society or poor Mans
86 Chist lately established in the said parish of Nether
87 Stowey to be likewise paid by my Executor yearly and
88 every year so long as the said benefit Society shall
89 continue undissolved and as to for and concerning all and
90 every other my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages Ten[ement]s
91 Lands hereditaments and premises whatsoever and where
92 soever situate whereof I now and or shall or may
93 at the time of my decease be any wise seized
94 possessed of or entitled unto either in possession reversion
95 remand or expectancy or otherwise have power together with
96 all other my personal and Testamentary Estate and Effects what
97 soever and wheresoever not herein before disposed of after
98 payment of my just debts provided the said several
99 sums herein before charged on and to be raised out of
100 my said Freeholds
101 and
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102 and Leaseholds Estates and applied as far as the same
103 sums will extend towards the accomplishment thereof
104 should prove insufficient to discharge then funeral expences
105 and Legacies I Give and Devise and bequeath the same unto
106 my Nephew Thomas Poole the younger his heirs Executors
107 Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns To hold the same unto the said Thomas
108 Poole the younger his heirs Executors Adm[inistrato]rs and assigns
109 for ever and I do hereby make ordaine Constitute and
110 appoint the said Thomas Poole the younger Sole Executor
111 of this my Will In Witness whereof I the said Jenkins
112 Buller the testator have to this my last and Testament
113 comprized in or written on three sheets of paper to
114 the two first sheets set my hand and to this third and
115 last sheet my hand and Seal the eighth day of
116 September in the year of our Lord One thousand
117 Seven hundred and ninety five Jenkins Buller
118 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
119 Jenkins Buller the Testator as and for his last will and
120 Testament in the presence of us who at his request in
121 his presence and in the presence of each other have
122 subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Tho[ma]s Price
123 David Murray Jos R Poole
124 This Will was proved at London on the eighth
125 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
126 seven hundred and ninety six before the Right Honorable
127 Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
128 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
129 lawfully Constituted by the oath of Thomas Poole the
130 younger the Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor
131 named in the said Will to whom administration was
132 Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
133 of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission
134 duly to administer
Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 2 Sep 1730
Jenkins Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 25 May 1732
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 17 May 1734; buried 3 Sep 1735
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Meandering through the Somerset Record Office Catalogue I found a document (DD\AH/2/5/1 (C/2270) Marriage Settlement between William Silke and Anne Buller and it states that Edward, Gregory and Anne Buller are all siblings (20 Jun 1732).
Richard Jenkins Poole was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized 27 Dec 1770. Their daughter Sarah was baptized 17 Aug 1764. Thomas Poole and Elizabeth Buller were married 18 Jul 1763 and all of these services took place at Nether Stowey. I did not find a marriage for his older sister Mary or his brother Richard. There was a Mary Buller buried 23 Sep 1785 and several burials for a Richard Buller at Nether Stowey.
This particular family has daughtered out it would appear as Jenkins Buller has left no heirs and his brother Richard is not mentioned in the will. The nephew inheriting the largest part of the property is Richard Jenkins Poole which does perhaps tell the story. His father Thomas Poole was a tanner and he became quite prominent in Nether Stowey.
Is it possible to determine the parents of Edward Buller father of Jenkins and looking at the Nether Stowey Records :
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
appears to be the only Edward Buller baptized there. The father being Richard is interesting. Certainly Jenkins was named for his mother's family and then the naming of the second son as Richard could perhaps lead us back to Richard Buller and Jane Dyer married 6 Feb 1689. There were three Buller families in this time period at Nether Stowey - Richard and Jane; George and Sarah, and Gregory and Jane. Were these three men brothers - no we know from the marriage agreement that only Edward and Gregory are brothers to Anne who married William Silke 13 Jul 1732 at Nether Stowey? The Visitation for the Buller family still does not come down far enough to link these men back to the Lillesdon Buller family. John Buller who married Elizabeth Rogers and died 12 Jan 1592 (there is an Inquisition Post Mortem which I may just look at the next time we are at Kew) which might assist but he is listed as having sons George (son and heir born circa 1549), John, Robert, Benjamin and Richard. There is still a gap of 50 plus years since Gregory, Richard and George would likely have been born between 1660 and 1670 or earlier so not likely the sons of the above mentioned five brothers. Plus there are other lines coming down on the Visitation that do not extend as far as this particular one. One can see my dilemma as to which line my Christopher Buller belongs or was he descendant of the Warwickshire Buller family?
An interesting set of wills that is not exactly answering my question but does point out that the Buller family of Liddesdon other than Alexander Buller who moved to Cornwall has not been investigated to any great degree.
Children of these three couples baptized at Nether Stowey:
John Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 9 Jul 1690
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
Thomasin Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 12 May 1692
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 17 Nov 1692
Gregory Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 6 Jun 1694
Richard Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 20 Dec 1694
George Buller son of George and Sarah baptized 22 Aug 1695
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 26 Oct 1696
Jane Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 3 Oct 1697
Richard Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 18 Aug 1698
Jane Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 24 Jan 1700
Anne Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 8 May 1701
Sarah Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 22 Jul 1702
James Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 27 Jul 1704
Constance Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 28 Mar 1705
An interesting entry in the marriage register at Nether Stowey:
Richard Bullar and Thomasine Gogan of Chedsey married 5 Oct 1654
and one of the daughters of Gregory is named Thomasine.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1270/21
Testator: Jenkins Buller, Gentleman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Date of document: 28 Dec 1792, probated 8 Jan 1796
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Jenkins
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Jenkins Buller of Nether Stowey in the County of
3 Somerset Gentleman do make publish and declare theis
4 my last will and Testament in manner and form following
5 (that is to say) first I desire that I may be decently
[Page 2]
6 Interred if possible on a Sunday in manner following
7 I desire that three pounds and three shillings may
8 be expended in a Coffin and second that the Clergyman
9 of the said parish and the apothecary may attend
10 my funeral and that each of them may have a
11 handsome black wede hat band and a pair of the
12 best Gloves each hatband and Gloves to cost twenty
13 shillings I desire that the six following persons
14 may carry me to Church (if they are to be p___ced)
15 if not any other Men in the payment of the Coffin maker Thomas
16 Cussons David Murray Thomas Verrier Francis Fry
17 and Morris Coles each of them together with the
18 Clerk to have a wede hat band and a pair of
19 good Gloves each hat band and Gloves to cost ten
20 shillings and six pence I desire that the sexton
21 for the Grave and bell may have seven shillings
22 and six pence in money and that my Executor
23 herein after named do give twelve pair of Men's and
24 twelve pair of Women's Gloves to such persons as
25 he may think fit I Give to my Niece Sarah
26 Poole my Gold watch and Seals I Give and Devise
27 unto my Nephew Richard Jenkins Poole his heirs and
28 assigns all that my freehold Messuage or Tenement
29 with the Lands and hereditaments thereto belonging
30 commonly called or known by the name of Chalkoce and
31 also all that my other Messuage or Tenement and
32 hereditaments adjoining or near to the said last
33 mentioned Messuage and premises commonly called Seagers
34 and also all that my one undivided fourth part or
35 share the whole in four equal parts or shares
36 divided of and in all that tenement with the Lands
37 hereditaments and premises thereto belonging commonly
38 called Four heirs ground and also all that my other Tenem[en]t
39 with the Lands hereditaments and premises thereto belonging
40 commonly called or known by the name of Freemans
41 Tenement together with all and singular the appurtenances to the
42 same premises respectively belonging all which properties are
43 situate lying and being in the parish of Spaxton in the said
44 County To hold all and every the above mentioned Messuages or
45 Tenements Lands hereditaments and premises with their several and
46 respective rights Members and appur[te]nants to the said Richard Jenkins
47 Poole his heirs and assigns for ever subject and charged nevertheless
48 to and with the payment of the sum of seven hundred
49 pounds and I do hereby expressly order and direct that the
50 said sum of seven hundred pounds shall be raised and
51 levied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out
52 of the said Freehold Messuages or Tenements and hereditaments
53 before devised to the said Richard Jenkins Poole and be
54 applied by my Executor herein after named as far as the
55 the same will extend towards the payment of my just debts
56 also I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Jenkins
57 Poole all that copyhold piece of Ground commonly called
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58 Popham's ten acres situated within the parish of Stogursey
59 in the said County To hold the same to the said
60 Richard Jenkins Poole his Executors Administrators and
61 Assigns for and during all the Estate and Interest I may have
62 therein at the time of my decease I give and bequeath
63 unto my said Niece Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
64 assigns all these my two Leasehold Tenements Closes of land
65 and premises with the appurtenances thereto respectively
66 belonging commonly called or known by the several names
67 of Marlpits and Scores situate lying and being within the
68 parish of Nether Stowey aforesaid To hold the same unto
69 her the said Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns
70 for and during all the Estate right title terms or terms and
71 Interest I may have of all or to the same premises
72 respectively at the time of my death but subject
73 nevertheless and charged to and with the payment of the
and to be charged with the said sum of two hundred pounds and the
74 sum of two hundred pounds shall be raised and levied
75 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out of
76 my said Leasehold Tenements so devised to the said Sarah
77 Poole as aforesaid and be applied as far as the same
78 will extend towards the payment of my just debts I
79 Give and bequeath for and towards the support of the
80 Sunday Schools established in the said Parish of Nether
81 Stowey the sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
82 to be paid by my Executor yearly and every year so
83 long as the instruction shall continue I give and bequeath
84 the like sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
85 towards the support of a benefit Society or poor Mans
86 Chist lately established in the said parish of Nether
87 Stowey to be likewise paid by my Executor yearly and
88 every year so long as the said benefit Society shall
89 continue undissolved and as to for and concerning all and
90 every other my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages Ten[ement]s
91 Lands hereditaments and premises whatsoever and where
92 soever situate whereof I now and or shall or may
93 at the time of my decease be any wise seized
94 possessed of or entitled unto either in possession reversion
95 remand or expectancy or otherwise have power together with
96 all other my personal and Testamentary Estate and Effects what
97 soever and wheresoever not herein before disposed of after
98 payment of my just debts provided the said several
99 sums herein before charged on and to be raised out of
100 my said Freeholds
101 and
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102 and Leaseholds Estates and applied as far as the same
103 sums will extend towards the accomplishment thereof
104 should prove insufficient to discharge then funeral expences
105 and Legacies I Give and Devise and bequeath the same unto
106 my Nephew Thomas Poole the younger his heirs Executors
107 Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns To hold the same unto the said Thomas
108 Poole the younger his heirs Executors Adm[inistrato]rs and assigns
109 for ever and I do hereby make ordaine Constitute and
110 appoint the said Thomas Poole the younger Sole Executor
111 of this my Will In Witness whereof I the said Jenkins
112 Buller the testator have to this my last and Testament
113 comprized in or written on three sheets of paper to
114 the two first sheets set my hand and to this third and
115 last sheet my hand and Seal the eighth day of
116 September in the year of our Lord One thousand
117 Seven hundred and ninety five Jenkins Buller
118 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
119 Jenkins Buller the Testator as and for his last will and
120 Testament in the presence of us who at his request in
121 his presence and in the presence of each other have
122 subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Tho[ma]s Price
123 David Murray Jos R Poole
124 This Will was proved at London on the eighth
125 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
126 seven hundred and ninety six before the Right Honorable
127 Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
128 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
129 lawfully Constituted by the oath of Thomas Poole the
130 younger the Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor
131 named in the said Will to whom administration was
132 Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
133 of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission
134 duly to administer
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