This rather ancient will of William Blake of Little Sodbury might fit in with the other wills in this area but will wait until I work on the Gloucester Blake family to discuss that. He mentions Edmonde Myles, no information, and William Wayde alias Blake and again no idea on relationships. His wife was Isbell and perhaps William was her son and she a widow marrying.
Otherwise I am working on the Cornwall Blake family (Landrake area) and hope to eventually publish my descendancy charts for that in the next week or so although each day I find more information to flesh out the details.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Feb 2015
Source: Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry
Testator: William Blake
Place: Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 23 Aug 1579, probated 10 Sep 1580
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Top]: 202
[Margin]: Will[ia]m Blake
1 In the name of god amen I wylly[a]m blake of the
2 p[ar]yshe of lytell sodbury the xxiij daye of
3 Auguste In the yere of o[u]r lorde god anno M
4 lxxix beyng sycke of body but holle and
5 p[er]fect In my[n]de and memory laude and prayse
6 be to god In primis I beseche o[u]r savior Jesu[s]
7 chryste to receive my sowle In whos
8 blude shedyng I truste to be saved and
9 suche goods as god hathe lente me to be
10 devided as herewythe follow[e]th It[em] I geve
11 to o[u]r pyshe churche a busshell ofe barly
12 It[em] I geve to olde Sodbury churche a busshell
13 of barly It[em] I geve to Edmonde Myles
14 a quivne with the p[er]formynce and o
15 whiche It[em] I geve
16 to wyllyam wayde other wyse blake too grette
17 pan[n]es of brasse and the grete croke iij
18 platters upon the cobberte The Resudue of
19 my goods not bequeathed I geve to Isbell my
20 whife and to wyllam wayde alias blake and to
21 ether of them and to the longeste lyver of
22 them who I orden to be my executors
23 to see this my wyll p[er]formed my detts
24 payd and my body honestely broghte too
25 Earthe thes beyng wytnes Charles
26 powell vicar Jhon dyer herry stanburn
27 Willa[m] blake
28 de sodburie
29 _____ ____ ____
30 probat[um] x sept
31 1580 apud sodburie
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Will of Valentine Blake, clerk, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, probated 20 Sep 1615
The testator Valentine Blake is a clerk at Winchcombe. He names his wife as Elizabeth and his sons Valentine the eldest and John the youngest. In 1614 both sons are less than 21 years of age.
In the Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley, chapter xxiv, mention is given of a school and the appointment of Valentine Blake as schoolmaster in 1539. Since the present testator is said to be 50 years of age in 1612 this eliminates him but could it be that he is a descendant of this schoolmaster (Valentine was born at Fladbury Worcestershire circa 1562). It is 12 miles from Fladbury to Winchcombe. I did not pursue that thought at this time.
http://archive.org/stream/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog_djvu.txt
The testator is listed in the Clergy of the Church of England Database as being a curate at Winchcombe with Gretton 1603-1613. His Record ID 221643.
FindingRef GDR/114/page 208
Title CASE: William Browne & Peter Bowle v John Browne: Testamentary (Margaret Page): 18 June 1612
Date 1612
Description DEPONENTS Mary Craker, widow, of Winchcombe. Lived there 20 years. Born Peopleton, Worcs. Aged 40. Valentine Blake, curate of Winchcombe. Lived there 15 years. Born Fladbury, Worcs. Aged 50. Bridget Ardway, single, of Winchcombe. Lived there 7 years. Born Bengeworth, Worcs. Aged 24. On the part of Browne & Bowle
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Feb 2015
Source: Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry
Testator: Valentine Blake
Place: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 24 Jun 1614, probated 20 Sep 1615
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Top]: 178
[Top]: Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci
1 T[estate]r Vallantine Blake clirc
2 debts owinge unto mee Valentine Blake of Winchcombe in
3 the Countie of Glouc[este]r clerke the xxiij th daie of June 1614
4 Anno Regni Jacobi Regis [a]n[g]li[, scotia, hibernie] duodecimo
5 By speciallitie
6 Imprimis my Ante Cotterely of Dumble Milles by her husbandes
bond due at Mic[hael]mas next x li
7 It[em] then for the use thereof xx s
8 It[em] John Sewell and by his bonde nowe in suite v li
9 lent him since in monie w[i]thout specialltie x s
10 It[em] Richarde Harvie by his bonde iiij li
11 It[em] for the use thereof viij s
12 It[em] Richarde Barnes of Didbroke by his bonde iij li
13 It[em] for the use thereof vj s
14 It[em] Hewbie Grendmye by his bonde xl s
15 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
16 It[em] John Williams of Condicote by his bonde xvj li
17 It[em] An Shilie by her husbandes bonde iij li
18 It[em] Bartholomew Blake by his bonde iij li
19 It[em] John Harrison and Morris by their bonde iij li
20 It[em] Thomas Hide by his bonde xxx s
21 It[em] for the use thereof for two yeares and allredy vj s
22 It[em] Giles Brodeware the elder by his bill xlj s
23 in Gages Somme 55 li 5 s
24 Mr Richard Powell upon iij peeces of silv[e]r plate vij li
25 Richard Gibbes on viij peeces of pewt[e]r xx s
26 Thomas Higges on a paire of Sheetes xx s
27 Mrs Aven on iiij silv[e[r spones xx s
28 John Burton on a Ringe xx s
29 John Trewman on a bras pot x s
30 w[i]thout specialltie Some vj li x s
31 John Harrison of ould debt iij li
32 It[em] more for the use thereof hee is to cure
my fyll corne and hae iiij li
33 It[e]m more for my shie pasture which hee is beehinde with mee xvij s
34 It[em] Elizabeth Boughe my sest[e]r vij li
35 It[em] Ursula Bucbee of Dumblely milles due at michelmas iiij li
36 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
37 It[em] Will[ia]m Bowler iij li
38 It[em] Simons Ricketts xl s
39 It[em] Steeven Coffon xxx s
40 It[em] for the use thereof due at michelmas iiij s
41 It[em] John Cowell xx s
42 It[em] Daniell Trappe xx s
43 It[em] Thomas Hickes in monie lent xx s
44 It[em] him more for ij yeres lent for his tithes xvj s
45 Some xxx li x s
46 more w[i]thout specialltie
47 It[em] widow Carpent[e]r xx s
48 It[em] Anthonie Thune xx s
49 It[em] Thomas Milton in mony lent xiij s
50 It[em] Edmunde Katernes for ij calves x s
51 It[em] Rob[er]t Jones in monie lent xiij s viij d
52 It[em] Hendrie Hide of Getton in monie lent x s iiij d
53 It[em] Mr Williams in monie lent as two times x s
54 It[em] Richarde Gibbes for malt x s
55 It[em] monie for my lords lente cloth x s
56 It[em] Oliver Best for ij buchelles of Barley vj s
57 It[em] him more in monie iiij s
58 It[em] Will[ia]m Heath vj s
59 It[em] John Drone v s
60 It[em] Water Terneley for whom I gave my word to gibbes iiij s
61 It[em] Mr Woodley for haye viij s
62 It[em] lent him more in monie vj s vj d
63 It[em] W[ilia]m Barkesdale in monie lent vj s vj d
64 It[em] James Aishley in monie lent vj s viij d
65 It[em] Thomas Bint of Parsher iiij s
66 It[em] Nathanaell Stowe in monie lent and for other reccivinges x s
67 It[em] __an Tierlen in monie at div[er]se times vij s vj d
68 It[em] for an axelhed towards w[hi]ch he sharpened ij d beefends viij d
69 It[em] more for est[e]r reccvinnges too yeares ij s
70 Some vij li xv s ij d
Section omitted as this was in tabular form and does not come across when extracted as text in a readable format but names found here are as follows: Richard Contas and Philip his sonne, Richard More in Hawkins, William Cotton, Grettan Gage, Widow Bendlow, Richard Smith, William Greeneny, Hendri Trinton, John Dolbins, John Hale, George Bowlets, Richard Hide, Henry Barkedale, Harry Best, Oliver Best, Widow Pendry,
91 A note of my cattell
92 vj kine
93 1 melch heifer 2 yeres ould
94 1 yeareling
95 1 allmost a yere ould
96 and two weaning calves
97 Bokes lent to Mr Williams which hee keepeth
98 Babington on genesis iiij s
99 T__ebules works on St James and other places j s vj d
100 a boke of common places valet vj s viij d
101 Buishopes ____ szmons on Some psalmes xvj d
102 an other boke of comon places called Syntagma valet v s
103 one ould latin fza__ booke valet _______
104 calvin upon the epistles Santi pauli pred[e]s[tin]ati[on] etc valet vj s viij d
105 I doe owe for 13 logges of wodde to Mr Thorne
106 besides I ow nothing to any but good wil to all 24 Juinij 1614
[Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci]
107 In dei nomine Amen I Valentine Blake of Winchcombe Clerke in the County
108 of Glouc[est]er doe this p[re]sent 24 of June 1614 make and ordaine this my last will
109 and testam[en]t in man[ner] and forme following First I commend and bequeath my
110 soule to almighty God my maker and by faith in Jesus Christ my only savior[u]r
111 I hope to bee saved and my body to the earth to bee buried in the Chancell of
112 Winchcombe at my seates end there and as for my worldly goodes I bequeath
113 them as followeth first I give to the repacons of the Church of Winchomb
114 aforesaid x s It[em] I give to the pore people of Winchcombe xiij s iiij d
115 to bee paied them on the daie of my buriall I give and bequeath to Valentine
116 my eldest sonne lij li half all my bokes j fth[er]bed, j boulst[e]rs, j pillow, j
117 pillow cover j cord of blankets and a coverlet and iij paire of flaxen and
118 one paire of hemp sheets one wied bed in the Chambr where fud is made
119 my best cofer and also my best bras pot my table bord w[it]h the forme
120 3 rond stowles and my best chaer It[em] I give unto my iongest sonne John
121 l li j featherbed j boulstrs j pillow j pillow cuver j courd of blankets one bolster
122 iij paire of sheetes ij of flax j of hemp iij forme stowles j chuner my second
123 best cofer and also the other half of all my books and one chare It[em] I
124 give unto my sayd sonnes j peece of gould of a peece of xx s a peece to bee kept
125 of them for a remembrance of mee my will is that they shalbe paid their porc[i]ons
126 affare as my debtes may bee taken up and resoved and it may be put out
127 for their p[ro]fit in some mennes handses And if it shall happen that each of my said
128 sonnes to dye before they come to the age of xxi yeares or bee married that then his
129 por[t]ion that shall he die shall come and remaine to him that shall survive
130 The residue of all my goodes not given nor bequeathed and chattels
131 whatsoever I give to Elizabeth my loving wif whom I mak my sole
132 executrix of this my last will and testam[en]t putting her in trust that and
133 my afforesaide two sonnes their porcion of legacies and to she then put
134 out to some honest trade as shall like her or her friendes best and to see
135 mee comely and honestly buried
136 per me Valentine Blake clerce
137 It[em] more debts owinge unto me 24 Junij 1614
138 Humfrie Goldeneye xiij s j d in monie lent
139 It[em] Henry Cowell x s in monie lent
140 It[em] Will[ia]m Cowell x s viij d in mony lent
141 It[em] Humfri Goldeneye for the re_ennyes xiij s j d
142 per me Valentine Blake
143 Probatum fuit humoi testamentum apud Glouc
144 vicesimmo die Septembris anno domini 1615 coram
145 A[r]ch[ibald]e Cerman cleric derbio [sp] prius Milems [sp] Glouc
146 Ep[isco]p[i] Vicario in spiritualis g[ener]alis __ p[er] eum approbatu[m] et
147 Insinuatum commissaque fuit et est Adm[inistrac]io et
148 Debite prius jurat
In the Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley, chapter xxiv, mention is given of a school and the appointment of Valentine Blake as schoolmaster in 1539. Since the present testator is said to be 50 years of age in 1612 this eliminates him but could it be that he is a descendant of this schoolmaster (Valentine was born at Fladbury Worcestershire circa 1562). It is 12 miles from Fladbury to Winchcombe. I did not pursue that thought at this time.
http://archive.org/stream/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog_djvu.txt
The testator is listed in the Clergy of the Church of England Database as being a curate at Winchcombe with Gretton 1603-1613. His Record ID 221643.
FindingRef GDR/114/page 208
Title CASE: William Browne & Peter Bowle v John Browne: Testamentary (Margaret Page): 18 June 1612
Date 1612
Description DEPONENTS Mary Craker, widow, of Winchcombe. Lived there 20 years. Born Peopleton, Worcs. Aged 40. Valentine Blake, curate of Winchcombe. Lived there 15 years. Born Fladbury, Worcs. Aged 50. Bridget Ardway, single, of Winchcombe. Lived there 7 years. Born Bengeworth, Worcs. Aged 24. On the part of Browne & Bowle
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Feb 2015
Source: Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry
Testator: Valentine Blake
Place: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 24 Jun 1614, probated 20 Sep 1615
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Top]: 178
[Top]: Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci
1 T[estate]r Vallantine Blake clirc
2 debts owinge unto mee Valentine Blake of Winchcombe in
3 the Countie of Glouc[este]r clerke the xxiij th daie of June 1614
4 Anno Regni Jacobi Regis [a]n[g]li[, scotia, hibernie] duodecimo
5 By speciallitie
6 Imprimis my Ante Cotterely of Dumble Milles by her husbandes
bond due at Mic[hael]mas next x li
7 It[em] then for the use thereof xx s
8 It[em] John Sewell and by his bonde nowe in suite v li
9 lent him since in monie w[i]thout specialltie x s
10 It[em] Richarde Harvie by his bonde iiij li
11 It[em] for the use thereof viij s
12 It[em] Richarde Barnes of Didbroke by his bonde iij li
13 It[em] for the use thereof vj s
14 It[em] Hewbie Grendmye by his bonde xl s
15 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
16 It[em] John Williams of Condicote by his bonde xvj li
17 It[em] An Shilie by her husbandes bonde iij li
18 It[em] Bartholomew Blake by his bonde iij li
19 It[em] John Harrison and Morris by their bonde iij li
20 It[em] Thomas Hide by his bonde xxx s
21 It[em] for the use thereof for two yeares and allredy vj s
22 It[em] Giles Brodeware the elder by his bill xlj s
23 in Gages Somme 55 li 5 s
24 Mr Richard Powell upon iij peeces of silv[e]r plate vij li
25 Richard Gibbes on viij peeces of pewt[e]r xx s
26 Thomas Higges on a paire of Sheetes xx s
27 Mrs Aven on iiij silv[e[r spones xx s
28 John Burton on a Ringe xx s
29 John Trewman on a bras pot x s
30 w[i]thout specialltie Some vj li x s
31 John Harrison of ould debt iij li
32 It[em] more for the use thereof hee is to cure
my fyll corne and hae iiij li
33 It[e]m more for my shie pasture which hee is beehinde with mee xvij s
34 It[em] Elizabeth Boughe my sest[e]r vij li
35 It[em] Ursula Bucbee of Dumblely milles due at michelmas iiij li
36 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
37 It[em] Will[ia]m Bowler iij li
38 It[em] Simons Ricketts xl s
39 It[em] Steeven Coffon xxx s
40 It[em] for the use thereof due at michelmas iiij s
41 It[em] John Cowell xx s
42 It[em] Daniell Trappe xx s
43 It[em] Thomas Hickes in monie lent xx s
44 It[em] him more for ij yeres lent for his tithes xvj s
45 Some xxx li x s
46 more w[i]thout specialltie
47 It[em] widow Carpent[e]r xx s
48 It[em] Anthonie Thune xx s
49 It[em] Thomas Milton in mony lent xiij s
50 It[em] Edmunde Katernes for ij calves x s
51 It[em] Rob[er]t Jones in monie lent xiij s viij d
52 It[em] Hendrie Hide of Getton in monie lent x s iiij d
53 It[em] Mr Williams in monie lent as two times x s
54 It[em] Richarde Gibbes for malt x s
55 It[em] monie for my lords lente cloth x s
56 It[em] Oliver Best for ij buchelles of Barley vj s
57 It[em] him more in monie iiij s
58 It[em] Will[ia]m Heath vj s
59 It[em] John Drone v s
60 It[em] Water Terneley for whom I gave my word to gibbes iiij s
61 It[em] Mr Woodley for haye viij s
62 It[em] lent him more in monie vj s vj d
63 It[em] W[ilia]m Barkesdale in monie lent vj s vj d
64 It[em] James Aishley in monie lent vj s viij d
65 It[em] Thomas Bint of Parsher iiij s
66 It[em] Nathanaell Stowe in monie lent and for other reccivinges x s
67 It[em] __an Tierlen in monie at div[er]se times vij s vj d
68 It[em] for an axelhed towards w[hi]ch he sharpened ij d beefends viij d
69 It[em] more for est[e]r reccvinnges too yeares ij s
70 Some vij li xv s ij d
Section omitted as this was in tabular form and does not come across when extracted as text in a readable format but names found here are as follows: Richard Contas and Philip his sonne, Richard More in Hawkins, William Cotton, Grettan Gage, Widow Bendlow, Richard Smith, William Greeneny, Hendri Trinton, John Dolbins, John Hale, George Bowlets, Richard Hide, Henry Barkedale, Harry Best, Oliver Best, Widow Pendry,
91 A note of my cattell
92 vj kine
93 1 melch heifer 2 yeres ould
94 1 yeareling
95 1 allmost a yere ould
96 and two weaning calves
97 Bokes lent to Mr Williams which hee keepeth
98 Babington on genesis iiij s
99 T__ebules works on St James and other places j s vj d
100 a boke of common places valet vj s viij d
101 Buishopes ____ szmons on Some psalmes xvj d
102 an other boke of comon places called Syntagma valet v s
103 one ould latin fza__ booke valet _______
104 calvin upon the epistles Santi pauli pred[e]s[tin]ati[on] etc valet vj s viij d
105 I doe owe for 13 logges of wodde to Mr Thorne
106 besides I ow nothing to any but good wil to all 24 Juinij 1614
[Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci]
107 In dei nomine Amen I Valentine Blake of Winchcombe Clerke in the County
108 of Glouc[est]er doe this p[re]sent 24 of June 1614 make and ordaine this my last will
109 and testam[en]t in man[ner] and forme following First I commend and bequeath my
110 soule to almighty God my maker and by faith in Jesus Christ my only savior[u]r
111 I hope to bee saved and my body to the earth to bee buried in the Chancell of
112 Winchcombe at my seates end there and as for my worldly goodes I bequeath
113 them as followeth first I give to the repacons of the Church of Winchomb
114 aforesaid x s It[em] I give to the pore people of Winchcombe xiij s iiij d
115 to bee paied them on the daie of my buriall I give and bequeath to Valentine
116 my eldest sonne lij li half all my bokes j fth[er]bed, j boulst[e]rs, j pillow, j
117 pillow cover j cord of blankets and a coverlet and iij paire of flaxen and
118 one paire of hemp sheets one wied bed in the Chambr where fud is made
119 my best cofer and also my best bras pot my table bord w[it]h the forme
120 3 rond stowles and my best chaer It[em] I give unto my iongest sonne John
121 l li j featherbed j boulstrs j pillow j pillow cuver j courd of blankets one bolster
122 iij paire of sheetes ij of flax j of hemp iij forme stowles j chuner my second
123 best cofer and also the other half of all my books and one chare It[em] I
124 give unto my sayd sonnes j peece of gould of a peece of xx s a peece to bee kept
125 of them for a remembrance of mee my will is that they shalbe paid their porc[i]ons
126 affare as my debtes may bee taken up and resoved and it may be put out
127 for their p[ro]fit in some mennes handses And if it shall happen that each of my said
128 sonnes to dye before they come to the age of xxi yeares or bee married that then his
129 por[t]ion that shall he die shall come and remaine to him that shall survive
130 The residue of all my goodes not given nor bequeathed and chattels
131 whatsoever I give to Elizabeth my loving wif whom I mak my sole
132 executrix of this my last will and testam[en]t putting her in trust that and
133 my afforesaide two sonnes their porcion of legacies and to she then put
134 out to some honest trade as shall like her or her friendes best and to see
135 mee comely and honestly buried
136 per me Valentine Blake clerce
137 It[em] more debts owinge unto me 24 Junij 1614
138 Humfrie Goldeneye xiij s j d in monie lent
139 It[em] Henry Cowell x s in monie lent
140 It[em] Will[ia]m Cowell x s viij d in mony lent
141 It[em] Humfri Goldeneye for the re_ennyes xiij s j d
142 per me Valentine Blake
143 Probatum fuit humoi testamentum apud Glouc
144 vicesimmo die Septembris anno domini 1615 coram
145 A[r]ch[ibald]e Cerman cleric derbio [sp] prius Milems [sp] Glouc
146 Ep[isco]p[i] Vicario in spiritualis g[ener]alis __ p[er] eum approbatu[m] et
147 Insinuatum commissaque fuit et est Adm[inistrac]io et
148 Debite prius jurat
Friday, November 7, 2014
Will of Thomas Blake, Yeoman, Up Hatherly, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, probated 17 Jan 1712/13
The testator is Thomas Blake of Up Hatherly. He names his wife Elizabeth and his sons Thomas, Giles, John and daughter Martha Powell.
The administration of Elizabeth Blake, widow, estate was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/07/administration-of-elizabeth-blake-widow.html
and her son Giles was her administrator. John was the granted probate in the will of his father Thomas as mentioned by Thomas in his will (although his wife was also included).
Up Hatherley is just three miles from Cheltenham, 5 miles from Prestbury, 5 miles from Cowley. So once again in the same general area as the other Blake families. Will wait for Family Reconstruction in this area before commenting further.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Nov 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Thomas Blake, Yeoman
Place: Up Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 8 Sep 1712, probated 17 Jan 1712/13
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen I Thomas Blake of Uphatherly
2 in the Diocesse and County of Glouc[est]er yeoman being sick and weak but of a sound
3 Judgment and perfect mind and memory Recomending my Soul into the hands of
4 Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to be buried in such manner
5 as to my Executors hereafter named Shall seem meet and convenient doe make
6 and ordaine my last Will and Testament in manner following
7 First I give and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth Blake All that my
8 Close or Closes of Meadow or pasture Ground called or known by the name of
9 Kirle’s with all and singular the appurtenances lying and being in the parish of
10 Prestbury in the County of Glouc[est]er aforesaid To hold to her and her Assignes
11 for and during the terme of her natural life And from and after her decease
12 I give and devise the same and every part thereof to my Son Thomas Blake and to his heires and
13 Assignes for ever Charged neverthelesse with the payment of the Several Legacy or Legacys
14 summe and summes of money hereinafter men[t]ioned at the time or times hereafter
15 expressed (That is to say) To my Son Giles the summe of Eight pounds To my Son
16 John Eight pounds and To my daughter Martha Powell Eight pounds of
17 lawfull money to be paid into her own hand and to her own use distinct and
18 apart from the hands of her husband And, my will is and I doe appoint and
19 direct the said Several Sumes shall be paid within the space of three yeares
20 next after the decease of my said wife successively one after the other as they are above named
provided always and my Will and meaning is That if my s[ai]d Son Thomas
21 Blake his heires or Assignes shall happen to make default in payment of
22 any or either of the said sumes att the time or times above limited and appointed
23 for payment thereof Then and in such case It shall and may be lawfull to
24 and for my said Sons Giles and John Blake and my daughter Martha Powell
25 their several and respective Exec[uto]rs Admin[istrato]rs and Assignes into all of any part
26 of my said Lands and premises to enter and the same and every or any part
27 thereof to have hold and enjoy until he and they and every of them shall be
28 fully satisfied and paid their several and respective Legacys of Eight pounds
29 apiece one after the other as is above men[t]ioned All the rest of my Goods and Chattells
30 Stock of Cattle and personal Estate whatsoever I give and bequeath to my loving
31 wife Elizabeth Blake and my Son John whom I doe make joint Executors of
32 this my last Will and Testament they paying my debts and discharging my
33 Funeral Expences In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand
34 and Seale this Eighth day of September in the Eleventh yeare of our Soveraigne
35 Lady Queene Anne over Great Britaine etc Annoqz dni 1712
36 The marke B of Thomas Blake
37 Signed Sealed published and declared
38 to be the last Will and Testament of
39 the above named Thomas Blake in the
40 presence of
41 Rich: Grinnett
42 Isaac Grennett
43 The J marke of Jane Williams
44 17 Janu: 1712
45 Jurate Johes Blake ______ _____ coram me
46 Nath: Lye Sur:
The administration of Elizabeth Blake, widow, estate was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/07/administration-of-elizabeth-blake-widow.html
and her son Giles was her administrator. John was the granted probate in the will of his father Thomas as mentioned by Thomas in his will (although his wife was also included).
Up Hatherley is just three miles from Cheltenham, 5 miles from Prestbury, 5 miles from Cowley. So once again in the same general area as the other Blake families. Will wait for Family Reconstruction in this area before commenting further.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Nov 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Thomas Blake, Yeoman
Place: Up Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 8 Sep 1712, probated 17 Jan 1712/13
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen I Thomas Blake of Uphatherly
2 in the Diocesse and County of Glouc[est]er yeoman being sick and weak but of a sound
3 Judgment and perfect mind and memory Recomending my Soul into the hands of
4 Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to be buried in such manner
5 as to my Executors hereafter named Shall seem meet and convenient doe make
6 and ordaine my last Will and Testament in manner following
7 First I give and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth Blake All that my
8 Close or Closes of Meadow or pasture Ground called or known by the name of
9 Kirle’s with all and singular the appurtenances lying and being in the parish of
10 Prestbury in the County of Glouc[est]er aforesaid To hold to her and her Assignes
11 for and during the terme of her natural life And from and after her decease
12 I give and devise the same and every part thereof to my Son Thomas Blake and to his heires and
13 Assignes for ever Charged neverthelesse with the payment of the Several Legacy or Legacys
14 summe and summes of money hereinafter men[t]ioned at the time or times hereafter
15 expressed (That is to say) To my Son Giles the summe of Eight pounds To my Son
16 John Eight pounds and To my daughter Martha Powell Eight pounds of
17 lawfull money to be paid into her own hand and to her own use distinct and
18 apart from the hands of her husband And, my will is and I doe appoint and
19 direct the said Several Sumes shall be paid within the space of three yeares
20 next after the decease of my said wife successively one after the other as they are above named
provided always and my Will and meaning is That if my s[ai]d Son Thomas
21 Blake his heires or Assignes shall happen to make default in payment of
22 any or either of the said sumes att the time or times above limited and appointed
23 for payment thereof Then and in such case It shall and may be lawfull to
24 and for my said Sons Giles and John Blake and my daughter Martha Powell
25 their several and respective Exec[uto]rs Admin[istrato]rs and Assignes into all of any part
26 of my said Lands and premises to enter and the same and every or any part
27 thereof to have hold and enjoy until he and they and every of them shall be
28 fully satisfied and paid their several and respective Legacys of Eight pounds
29 apiece one after the other as is above men[t]ioned All the rest of my Goods and Chattells
30 Stock of Cattle and personal Estate whatsoever I give and bequeath to my loving
31 wife Elizabeth Blake and my Son John whom I doe make joint Executors of
32 this my last Will and Testament they paying my debts and discharging my
33 Funeral Expences In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand
34 and Seale this Eighth day of September in the Eleventh yeare of our Soveraigne
35 Lady Queene Anne over Great Britaine etc Annoqz dni 1712
36 The marke B of Thomas Blake
37 Signed Sealed published and declared
38 to be the last Will and Testament of
39 the above named Thomas Blake in the
40 presence of
41 Rich: Grinnett
42 Isaac Grennett
43 The J marke of Jane Williams
44 17 Janu: 1712
45 Jurate Johes Blake ______ _____ coram me
46 Nath: Lye Sur:
Friday, September 27, 2013
Will of Durell Blake, Gentleman, Whitelackington, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/2095/353, probated 12 Jul 1849
The testator is Durell Blake and his marriage to Mary Stewart took place March quarter 1847 in Axbridge Registration District, Somerset. West-super-Mare is in this Registration District and given the forename one might suspect he is somewhat related to Michael Anthony Blake and Anne Sophia Durell (will blogged yesterday).
However, Durell only mentions his sister Jane Poole (married to George) so somewhat of a mystery plus the daughter of Anne Sophia and Michael Anthony Blake was Anne Jane Harwood at the time of her mother’s will. Interestingly a George Poole died September quarter 1848 listed in Axbridge Registration District. However, Poole is not an uncommon name.
An interesting article in “The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1840. A Journal of Papers on subjects connected with Maritime Affairs. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Hall court.
At Sidmouth, on the 14th June [1840], James Blair, Esq., son of the late Capt. David Blair, RN., to Miss Julia Caroline Blake, third daughter of the late Captain John Blake, of the county of Galway, and grand-daughter of the late Captain Durrell,. RN.
A search online revealed the following webpage on Captain Thomas Philip Durell and some of the content is in the earlier blog on Anne Sophia Blake.
http://www.cichw1.net/pmdurelltp.html
It can be seen that Anne Sophia Durell and Eliza Durell were sisters. The children of John Blake and Eliza Durell are not listed but I suspect they are Durell Blake and Jane Blake (married to George Poole) amongst others including Julia Caroline Blake above. They remained in England and so are lost to the charting which is provided by an American descendant of this family Francis C Harwood. What does link him to this family is his mention of his great Uncle John Powell Powell. I would judge by the will that Durell Blake is a young man perhaps only in his mid twenties.
A note about John Powell Powell (nee Roberts) with respect to his uncle John Powell Powell to add to the information on this family:
http://www.quexringers.org/pages/john-powell.htm
This family remains on their property and have diversified their holdings in order to maintain their properties into the future.
Obituary for Durell Blake, youngest son of the late Captain John Blake, Belmont, Ireland is a good find (The Taunton Courier, Wednesday, March 15, 1848):
March 1, at Whitelackington, near Ilminster, aged 26, John Durell Blake, Esq., youngest son of the late Captain John Blake, of Belmont, Ireland
Also in the Taunton Chronicle 31 March 1841: At Sidmouth on the 23rd inst. In the 23rd year of her age, after a few months exemplary endurance of ruthless consumption, Eliza Sarah, the beloved daughter of the late Captain John Blake, County Galway, and grand daughter of the late Captain Durell, RN, for many years a highly respected inhabitant of this town.
Solving the question of whose descendant Captain John Blake was would be helpful and checking Find my past for military records might be helpful. But it would appear that he too belongs to the Galway Blake family. Another note online has Durell Blake named John Durell Blake born 21 Apr 1822 with a brother Daniel born in 1821. The webpage for this particular entry is part of ancestry but down at the moment. There is another will for this individual under John Durell Blake to come later.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2095/353
Testator: Durell Blake, Gentleman
Place: Whitelackington, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Sep 1847, probated 12 Jul 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Durell
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 39
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Durell Blake lately residing at White Lackington Court Farm
3 near Ilminster in the County of Somerset Gentleman In the first place I
4 direct all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences to be paid as
5 soon as conveniently may be after my decease and I charge all my
6 personal estate and effects with the payment thereof And I give and
7 bequeath all my ready money at the time of my decease and all
8 household goods and furniture plate linen glass china books prints
9 pictures wines spirits beer and other liquors and all other articles chattels
10 and effects of a household or domestic nature of which I may happen to
11 be possessed at the time of my decease unto my dear wife Mary Blake
12 absolutely And I give and bequeath all my real estate whatsoever and
13 wheresoever at the time of my decease and all the rest and residue of my
14 personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever which are not
15 hereinbefore otherwise bequeathed or disposed of unto and to the use of
16 Daniel Boys and Frederick Lewes Austen both of Ely Place in the
17 County of Middlesex Gentlemen and John Clements of Stepney and the
18 West India Docks in the County of Middlesex Gentleman their heirs
19 executors administrators and assigns respectively according to the several
20 natures tenures and qualities of the premises but nevertheless dispose
21 and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter declared and expressed
22 of and concerning the same (videlicet) Upon Trust that they the said
23 Daniel Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements or the survivors
24 or survivor of them or the heirs and executors or administrators respectively of
25 such survivor or other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my
26 Will do and shall collect receive and get in all such parts of my
27 personal estate as shall not be in their nature saleable and do and shall
28 at such time or times as they or he shall in their or his sole and
29 uncontrolled discretion think fit make sale and absolutely dispose of or other-
30 wise convert into money all the rest and residue of my personal estate
31 and effects and also all my real estate whatsoever and wheresoever and
32 of what nature tenure or quality soever whether and although the same
33 may be held for life only or for any other defeasible or determinable estate
34 or interest and whether and although the same may be contingent or
35 reversionary either by public auction or private contract or partly in one
36 way and partly in the other and either altogether or in parcels and
37 generally in such way and manner in all respects and under and
38 subject to such special conditions or stipulations as to title or otherwise
39 as they or he shall in their or his sole and uncontrolled discretion think
40 fit and as they or he might or could do or have done in case they or
41 he were the sole and absolute owners or owner thereof (with full liberty
42 for them or him to buy in the premises or any of them at any public
43 auction and wholly to rescind or partially to alter and vary the terms of
44 any contract for the sale thereof or of any of them and again to sell the
45 same in manner aforesaid without being answerable for any loss or
46 diminition of price or expences to be sustained or incurred thereby and
47 as to the net monies to be so collected received and got in as aforesaid and to
48 arise and be produced from or by such sales dispositions and conversion
49 respectively as aforesaid and which shall remain after answering and
50 satisfying all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences
51 Upon Trust that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will
52 do and shall lay out and invest the same in their or his own names or
53 name in or upon some or one of the parliamentary stocks or public funds
54 or at interest upon real or government securities of or in Great
55 Britain (all which stocks funds and securities it shall and may be lawful
56 for them or him from time to time to alter vary and transpose for or
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57 into others of the like nature at their or his sole and uncontrolled
58 discretion and as often as they or he shall think fit) and do and shall stand
59 and be possessed of and interested in all the said residuary trust monies stocks
60 funds and securities upon and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinaf-
61 ter declared and expressed of and concerning the same (videlicet) In case
62 I shall have any child living at my decease or born in due time
63 afterwards Then Upon Trust to pay unto or otherwise to permit and
64 suffer and sufficiently authorize and empower my said Wife or her
65 assigns during her life to receive and take all the interest dividends
66 and annual proceeds of the said residuary trust monies stocks funds and
67 securities to and for her or their own absolute use and benefit and from
68 and after her decease Then as to the capital or principal of the said
69 residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities In Trust for all and
70 every my children or child living at my decease who being a son or
71 sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or
72 daughters shall attain that age or be married which ever shall first
73 happen to be equally divided between or amongst them (if more than one
74 share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants
75 and if I shall leave only one child living at my decease who being a son
76 shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall
77 attain that age or be married Then as to the whole of the said
78 Residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities In Trust for such one
79 or only child absolutely But in case I shall have any child living at
80 my decease but all of them being sons shall depart this life under the
81 age of twenty one years and being daughters shall depart this life
82 under that age and without having been married Then as to all the
83 said residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities from and after the
84 decease of my said wife In Trust for my Sister Mrs. Jane Poole wife
85 of Mr. George Poole of White Lackington Farm aforesaid absolutely
86 and the same to be for her sole and separate use and benefit and free
87 disposal Provided always that after the decease of my said Wife it shall
88 be lawful for the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will to
89 apply the whole or any part of the income of the presumptive share for
90 the time being under this my Will of each of my children in or towards
91 his or her maintenance and education and to accumulate the residue
92 (if any) of such income at compound interest for the benefit of the
93 person who shall eventually become entitled under this my Will
94 yhe capital or principal of such share and also after my said wifes
95 fecease or during her life with her consent to levy and raise and apply any part
96 not exceeding a moiety of the presumptive share for the time being of
97 rach of my children being as on in and for or towards his preferment
98 or advancement in the world or otherwise for his benefit or advantage
99 at the discretion of my said trustees or trustee for the time being But in
100 case I shall have no child living at my decease Then Upon Trust if
101 and whilst and so long as the interest dividends and annual proceeds from time to time of
102 the said residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities shall not
103 exceed the clear yearly sum of five hundred pounds sterling
104 inclusively of the income tax if any to pay the whole of such interest
105 dividends and annual proceeds to my said wife or her assigns during
106 her natural life to and for her or their own absolute use and benefit
107 but if and whilst and so long as the said interest dividends and annual
108 proceeds for the time being shall exceed the said clear yearly sum of five
109 hundred pounds sterling inclusively (as aforesaid) That Upon Trust and
110 during the life of my said wife to pay and divide the yearly surplus or
111 excess for the time being thereof over and beyond the said clear
112 yearly sum of five hundred pounds sterling (inclusively as aforesaid
113 in manner following (videlicet) two equal third parts thereof to her
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114 my said Wife or her assigns for her or their own absolute use and benefit and the
115 other and remaining equal third part thereof to my said Sister
116 Jane Poole or her assigns for her or their own absolute use and
117 benefit (as the case may require) to her executors or administrators as
118 as part of her personal estate And as to all the said residuary trust
119 monies stocks funds and securities from and after the decease of my
120 said wife In Trust for and for the sole and separate benefit of my said
121 Sister Jane Poole her executors administrators and assigns absolutely
122 and I do hereby declare that the income of such part of my real and
123 residuary personal estate respectively as for the time being shall
124 remain unsold and unconverted or outstanding shall go and be
125 applied in the same or the like manner as the same would go and
126 be applied if the same forms a part of the income of the said
127 residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities And I also declare
128 that if and when and so often as the net income of my residuary
129 estate for the time being recall after the decease of my great Uncle
130 John Powell Powell Esquire fall short of and not amount to a clear yearly
131 sum of four hundred pounds sterling (inclusively of the income tax
132 (if any)) the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will shall
133 on sale or mortgage or other disposition of the Corpus or Capital of such
134 residuary estate for the time being or of a competent part thereof levy
135 and raise and pay to my said wife or her assigns during her life such
136 a yearly sum as together with the income for the time being of such
137 residuary estate for the time being will make up to her for the time being
138 a full and clear annuity of four hundred pounds sterling free from all
139 charges and deductions whatsoever (except the income tax if any)
140 Provided always and I do hereby expressly declare that it shall be lawful
141 for the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will at their or his
142 sole and uncontrolled discretion to adjust and finally settle and determine
143 in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they or he
144 shall in their or his judgement think fit and expedient all questions
145 disputed and suits if any such there shall be of and concerned or with
146 respect to my real and personal estate and effects or any part thereof
147 respectively or any charges or incumbrances or aligned charges or encumbrances upon or affecting the same
148 respectively or any part thereof respectively and to make such arrange-
149 ments relative to the division or partition of such estate and effects or any
150 part thereof respectively with the owner or owners of any other
151 ahare estate or interest of or in the same respectively or of the purchase
152 money to arise from the sale of the entirety thereof and to do and execute
153 and cause to be done and executed all such acts deeds conveyances
154 assurances matters and things as shall or may be deemed necessary or
155 convenient in that behalf as fully and effectually in all respects and to all
156 effects constructions and purposes whatsoever as they or he might or
157 could do or have done if they or he were the sole and absolute owners
158 or owner thereof and if they or he shall deem such course preferable or
159 necessary or expedient to act under the direction of a Court of Equity
160 or the sanction of a private Act of Parliament some part of my property
161 and the nature and extent of my rights and interests to and in it being
162 as painfully aware of a complicated and intricate and uncertain nature
163 Provided always and I do hereby declare my Will to be that the receipt or
164 receipts in writing of the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my
165 Will shall be a good and effectual release and discharge for all and
166 singular the monies which shall come to their or his hands by virtue
167 of or under this my Will or any of the trusts powers or authorities herein
168 declared or contained or for such much of such monies as in such receipt or
169 receipts respectively shall be acknowledged to be received and that the
170 person and persons paying such monies and taking such receipt or
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171 receipts for the same as aforesaid shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the
172 application or be in anywise answerable or accountable for the loss
173 Misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof Provided
174 also and I do hereby declare it to be my Will that in case the said Daniel
175 Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements or any or either of them or
176 any future trustee or trustees to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned
177 shall die or desire to be discharged of or from or shall neglect or refuse or
178 become incapable to act in the execution of the trusts and powers hereby in
179 them respectively reposed or in pursuance hereof to be reposed or shall go to
181 reside in parts beyond the Seas before the said trusts and powers shall have
182 been fully executed and performed or discharged then and in every such
183 case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Daniel Boys Frederick
184 Lewes Austen and John Clements or the survivors or survivor of them or
185 other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will other than and
186 except the trustees or trustee who shall have neglected or refused or become
187 incapable to act or shall have gone to reside beyond the Seas as aforesaid or
188 for the executors or administrators of the last surviving trustee or as the
189 case may require of the last acting and competent trustee by any writing
190 or writings under their or his hands and seals or hand and seal to
191 nominate substitute and appoint any other person or persons to be
192 trustee or trustees in the place or stead of the trustee or trustees so expiring or
193 desiring to be discharged or neglecting or refusing or becoming incapable
194 to act or going to reside beyond the Seas as aforesaid and that thereupon
195 all proper acts conveyances transfers assignments and assurances in the
196 law whatsoever shall be done made and executed so as legally and
197 effectually to vest all and singular the said several trust Estates monies
198 stocks funds securities and premises in such now or other trustee or trustees
199 jointly with such surviving or continuing trustee or trustees (if any or in
200 case there shall be no such surviving or continuing trustee therein)
201 such now trustee only as the case shall require Upon the same trusts
202 and for the same purposes as are hereinbefore declared of and continuing
203 the same several trust estates monies stocks funds securities and
204 premises respectively and which shall be then subsisting and undetermin-
205 ed or capable of taking effect and then and in such case all and every such
206 new trustees or trustee shall and may in all things act and assist in the
207 management carrying on and executing of the same trusts to all intents
208 effects constructions and purposes whatsoever and shall have and be
209 considered as vested with such and the same powers and authorities and
210 discretion in all respects as if he or they had been originally hereby
211 nominated and appointed a trustee or trustees for those purposes And I
212 will that the said Daniel Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John
213 Clements and such new trustees as aforesaid respectively and that respective
214 their executors and administrations shall be charged and chargeable only
215 for such monies as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of this
216 my Will or of any of the trusts powers or authorities aforesaid notwith-
217 standing his that or any of their signing or joining in any receipt or
218 receipts for the sake of conformity and that each of them shall be answerable
219 for himself and his own acts and wilful defaults only and that they or any
220 of them shall not be answerable for any Bank Banker or Broker or any
221 other person in which or in whose hands all or any of the said trust
222 monies shall or may be deposited nor for the insufficiency or deficiency of
223 any fund or security in or upon which the said trust monies or any sum
224 aforesaid nor for any other misfortune loss or damage which shall or
225 may happen in or about the execution or the exercise of the aforesaid trusts
226 or powers of any of them or in relation thereto except the same shall
227 happen by or through their own gross wilful default respectively And that
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228 it shall and may be lawful to and for the trustees aforesaid respectively
229 and their respective heirs executors and administrators to retain to and
230 reimburse themselves respectively and to allow to their respective cotrustee
231 and cotrustees all costs charges damages and expences whatsoever which
232 they respectively shall or may sustain suffer expend or disburse in or about
233 the execution or exercise of the aforesaid trusts or powers or any of them
234 or in relation thereto and especially that the said Daniel Boys and
235 Frederick Lewes Austen respectively and any future Trustee of this my Will
236 who shall or may be an Attorney or Solicitor shall be entitled to make the
237 same professional charges and to receive the same fees and allowances for
238 any business transacted for or relating to my estate and effects as they
239 respectively would be entitled to make and receive if they respectively were
240 not such Trustees any rule or maxim of Courts of Equity to the contrary
241 notwithstanding And I make and appoint the said Daniel Boys
242 Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements and my said Wife and the
243 survivors and survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of the persons
244 and properties of my children (if any) during their respective minorities
245 and Lastly I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Daniel
246 Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements Executors of this
247 my Will and hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time
248 heretofore made I declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
249 Witness whereof I the said Durell Blake the Testator have to this my last
250 Will and Testament contained in ten sheets of paper set my hand this
251 fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
252 hundred and forty seven Durell Blake Signed and
253 declared by the above named Durell Blake the Testator as and for his
254 last Will and Testament in the presence of us (both of us being present
255 together at the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the
256 presence of each other hereunto subscribe our names as witnesses
257 thereto Will[ia]m John Martin Jos[ia]h Jam[e]s Joyner
258 Clerks to Mess[ieu]rs Hale Boys and Austen Ely Pleece Holborne
259 Proved at London 12th July 1849 before The Worshipful Alfred
260 Waddilove doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Clements
261 one of the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first
262 sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to
263 Daniel Boys and Frederick Lewes Austen the other Executors when they
264 shall apply for the same
However, Durell only mentions his sister Jane Poole (married to George) so somewhat of a mystery plus the daughter of Anne Sophia and Michael Anthony Blake was Anne Jane Harwood at the time of her mother’s will. Interestingly a George Poole died September quarter 1848 listed in Axbridge Registration District. However, Poole is not an uncommon name.
An interesting article in “The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1840. A Journal of Papers on subjects connected with Maritime Affairs. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Hall court.
At Sidmouth, on the 14th June [1840], James Blair, Esq., son of the late Capt. David Blair, RN., to Miss Julia Caroline Blake, third daughter of the late Captain John Blake, of the county of Galway, and grand-daughter of the late Captain Durrell,. RN.
A search online revealed the following webpage on Captain Thomas Philip Durell and some of the content is in the earlier blog on Anne Sophia Blake.
http://www.cichw1.net/pmdurelltp.html
It can be seen that Anne Sophia Durell and Eliza Durell were sisters. The children of John Blake and Eliza Durell are not listed but I suspect they are Durell Blake and Jane Blake (married to George Poole) amongst others including Julia Caroline Blake above. They remained in England and so are lost to the charting which is provided by an American descendant of this family Francis C Harwood. What does link him to this family is his mention of his great Uncle John Powell Powell. I would judge by the will that Durell Blake is a young man perhaps only in his mid twenties.
A note about John Powell Powell (nee Roberts) with respect to his uncle John Powell Powell to add to the information on this family:
http://www.quexringers.org/pages/john-powell.htm
This family remains on their property and have diversified their holdings in order to maintain their properties into the future.
Obituary for Durell Blake, youngest son of the late Captain John Blake, Belmont, Ireland is a good find (The Taunton Courier, Wednesday, March 15, 1848):
March 1, at Whitelackington, near Ilminster, aged 26, John Durell Blake, Esq., youngest son of the late Captain John Blake, of Belmont, Ireland
Also in the Taunton Chronicle 31 March 1841: At Sidmouth on the 23rd inst. In the 23rd year of her age, after a few months exemplary endurance of ruthless consumption, Eliza Sarah, the beloved daughter of the late Captain John Blake, County Galway, and grand daughter of the late Captain Durell, RN, for many years a highly respected inhabitant of this town.
Solving the question of whose descendant Captain John Blake was would be helpful and checking Find my past for military records might be helpful. But it would appear that he too belongs to the Galway Blake family. Another note online has Durell Blake named John Durell Blake born 21 Apr 1822 with a brother Daniel born in 1821. The webpage for this particular entry is part of ancestry but down at the moment. There is another will for this individual under John Durell Blake to come later.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2095/353
Testator: Durell Blake, Gentleman
Place: Whitelackington, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Sep 1847, probated 12 Jul 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Durell
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 39
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Durell Blake lately residing at White Lackington Court Farm
3 near Ilminster in the County of Somerset Gentleman In the first place I
4 direct all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences to be paid as
5 soon as conveniently may be after my decease and I charge all my
6 personal estate and effects with the payment thereof And I give and
7 bequeath all my ready money at the time of my decease and all
8 household goods and furniture plate linen glass china books prints
9 pictures wines spirits beer and other liquors and all other articles chattels
10 and effects of a household or domestic nature of which I may happen to
11 be possessed at the time of my decease unto my dear wife Mary Blake
12 absolutely And I give and bequeath all my real estate whatsoever and
13 wheresoever at the time of my decease and all the rest and residue of my
14 personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever which are not
15 hereinbefore otherwise bequeathed or disposed of unto and to the use of
16 Daniel Boys and Frederick Lewes Austen both of Ely Place in the
17 County of Middlesex Gentlemen and John Clements of Stepney and the
18 West India Docks in the County of Middlesex Gentleman their heirs
19 executors administrators and assigns respectively according to the several
20 natures tenures and qualities of the premises but nevertheless dispose
21 and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter declared and expressed
22 of and concerning the same (videlicet) Upon Trust that they the said
23 Daniel Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements or the survivors
24 or survivor of them or the heirs and executors or administrators respectively of
25 such survivor or other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my
26 Will do and shall collect receive and get in all such parts of my
27 personal estate as shall not be in their nature saleable and do and shall
28 at such time or times as they or he shall in their or his sole and
29 uncontrolled discretion think fit make sale and absolutely dispose of or other-
30 wise convert into money all the rest and residue of my personal estate
31 and effects and also all my real estate whatsoever and wheresoever and
32 of what nature tenure or quality soever whether and although the same
33 may be held for life only or for any other defeasible or determinable estate
34 or interest and whether and although the same may be contingent or
35 reversionary either by public auction or private contract or partly in one
36 way and partly in the other and either altogether or in parcels and
37 generally in such way and manner in all respects and under and
38 subject to such special conditions or stipulations as to title or otherwise
39 as they or he shall in their or his sole and uncontrolled discretion think
40 fit and as they or he might or could do or have done in case they or
41 he were the sole and absolute owners or owner thereof (with full liberty
42 for them or him to buy in the premises or any of them at any public
43 auction and wholly to rescind or partially to alter and vary the terms of
44 any contract for the sale thereof or of any of them and again to sell the
45 same in manner aforesaid without being answerable for any loss or
46 diminition of price or expences to be sustained or incurred thereby and
47 as to the net monies to be so collected received and got in as aforesaid and to
48 arise and be produced from or by such sales dispositions and conversion
49 respectively as aforesaid and which shall remain after answering and
50 satisfying all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences
51 Upon Trust that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will
52 do and shall lay out and invest the same in their or his own names or
53 name in or upon some or one of the parliamentary stocks or public funds
54 or at interest upon real or government securities of or in Great
55 Britain (all which stocks funds and securities it shall and may be lawful
56 for them or him from time to time to alter vary and transpose for or
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57 into others of the like nature at their or his sole and uncontrolled
58 discretion and as often as they or he shall think fit) and do and shall stand
59 and be possessed of and interested in all the said residuary trust monies stocks
60 funds and securities upon and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinaf-
61 ter declared and expressed of and concerning the same (videlicet) In case
62 I shall have any child living at my decease or born in due time
63 afterwards Then Upon Trust to pay unto or otherwise to permit and
64 suffer and sufficiently authorize and empower my said Wife or her
65 assigns during her life to receive and take all the interest dividends
66 and annual proceeds of the said residuary trust monies stocks funds and
67 securities to and for her or their own absolute use and benefit and from
68 and after her decease Then as to the capital or principal of the said
69 residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities In Trust for all and
70 every my children or child living at my decease who being a son or
71 sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or
72 daughters shall attain that age or be married which ever shall first
73 happen to be equally divided between or amongst them (if more than one
74 share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants
75 and if I shall leave only one child living at my decease who being a son
76 shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall
77 attain that age or be married Then as to the whole of the said
78 Residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities In Trust for such one
79 or only child absolutely But in case I shall have any child living at
80 my decease but all of them being sons shall depart this life under the
81 age of twenty one years and being daughters shall depart this life
82 under that age and without having been married Then as to all the
83 said residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities from and after the
84 decease of my said wife In Trust for my Sister Mrs. Jane Poole wife
85 of Mr. George Poole of White Lackington Farm aforesaid absolutely
86 and the same to be for her sole and separate use and benefit and free
87 disposal Provided always that after the decease of my said Wife it shall
88 be lawful for the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will to
89 apply the whole or any part of the income of the presumptive share for
90 the time being under this my Will of each of my children in or towards
91 his or her maintenance and education and to accumulate the residue
92 (if any) of such income at compound interest for the benefit of the
93 person who shall eventually become entitled under this my Will
94 yhe capital or principal of such share and also after my said wifes
95 fecease or during her life with her consent to levy and raise and apply any part
96 not exceeding a moiety of the presumptive share for the time being of
97 rach of my children being as on in and for or towards his preferment
98 or advancement in the world or otherwise for his benefit or advantage
99 at the discretion of my said trustees or trustee for the time being But in
100 case I shall have no child living at my decease Then Upon Trust if
101 and whilst and so long as the interest dividends and annual proceeds from time to time of
102 the said residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities shall not
103 exceed the clear yearly sum of five hundred pounds sterling
104 inclusively of the income tax if any to pay the whole of such interest
105 dividends and annual proceeds to my said wife or her assigns during
106 her natural life to and for her or their own absolute use and benefit
107 but if and whilst and so long as the said interest dividends and annual
108 proceeds for the time being shall exceed the said clear yearly sum of five
109 hundred pounds sterling inclusively (as aforesaid) That Upon Trust and
110 during the life of my said wife to pay and divide the yearly surplus or
111 excess for the time being thereof over and beyond the said clear
112 yearly sum of five hundred pounds sterling (inclusively as aforesaid
113 in manner following (videlicet) two equal third parts thereof to her
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114 my said Wife or her assigns for her or their own absolute use and benefit and the
115 other and remaining equal third part thereof to my said Sister
116 Jane Poole or her assigns for her or their own absolute use and
117 benefit (as the case may require) to her executors or administrators as
118 as part of her personal estate And as to all the said residuary trust
119 monies stocks funds and securities from and after the decease of my
120 said wife In Trust for and for the sole and separate benefit of my said
121 Sister Jane Poole her executors administrators and assigns absolutely
122 and I do hereby declare that the income of such part of my real and
123 residuary personal estate respectively as for the time being shall
124 remain unsold and unconverted or outstanding shall go and be
125 applied in the same or the like manner as the same would go and
126 be applied if the same forms a part of the income of the said
127 residuary trust monies stocks funds and securities And I also declare
128 that if and when and so often as the net income of my residuary
129 estate for the time being recall after the decease of my great Uncle
130 John Powell Powell Esquire fall short of and not amount to a clear yearly
131 sum of four hundred pounds sterling (inclusively of the income tax
132 (if any)) the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will shall
133 on sale or mortgage or other disposition of the Corpus or Capital of such
134 residuary estate for the time being or of a competent part thereof levy
135 and raise and pay to my said wife or her assigns during her life such
136 a yearly sum as together with the income for the time being of such
137 residuary estate for the time being will make up to her for the time being
138 a full and clear annuity of four hundred pounds sterling free from all
139 charges and deductions whatsoever (except the income tax if any)
140 Provided always and I do hereby expressly declare that it shall be lawful
141 for the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will at their or his
142 sole and uncontrolled discretion to adjust and finally settle and determine
143 in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they or he
144 shall in their or his judgement think fit and expedient all questions
145 disputed and suits if any such there shall be of and concerned or with
146 respect to my real and personal estate and effects or any part thereof
147 respectively or any charges or incumbrances or aligned charges or encumbrances upon or affecting the same
148 respectively or any part thereof respectively and to make such arrange-
149 ments relative to the division or partition of such estate and effects or any
150 part thereof respectively with the owner or owners of any other
151 ahare estate or interest of or in the same respectively or of the purchase
152 money to arise from the sale of the entirety thereof and to do and execute
153 and cause to be done and executed all such acts deeds conveyances
154 assurances matters and things as shall or may be deemed necessary or
155 convenient in that behalf as fully and effectually in all respects and to all
156 effects constructions and purposes whatsoever as they or he might or
157 could do or have done if they or he were the sole and absolute owners
158 or owner thereof and if they or he shall deem such course preferable or
159 necessary or expedient to act under the direction of a Court of Equity
160 or the sanction of a private Act of Parliament some part of my property
161 and the nature and extent of my rights and interests to and in it being
162 as painfully aware of a complicated and intricate and uncertain nature
163 Provided always and I do hereby declare my Will to be that the receipt or
164 receipts in writing of the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my
165 Will shall be a good and effectual release and discharge for all and
166 singular the monies which shall come to their or his hands by virtue
167 of or under this my Will or any of the trusts powers or authorities herein
168 declared or contained or for such much of such monies as in such receipt or
169 receipts respectively shall be acknowledged to be received and that the
170 person and persons paying such monies and taking such receipt or
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171 receipts for the same as aforesaid shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the
172 application or be in anywise answerable or accountable for the loss
173 Misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof Provided
174 also and I do hereby declare it to be my Will that in case the said Daniel
175 Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements or any or either of them or
176 any future trustee or trustees to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned
177 shall die or desire to be discharged of or from or shall neglect or refuse or
178 become incapable to act in the execution of the trusts and powers hereby in
179 them respectively reposed or in pursuance hereof to be reposed or shall go to
181 reside in parts beyond the Seas before the said trusts and powers shall have
182 been fully executed and performed or discharged then and in every such
183 case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Daniel Boys Frederick
184 Lewes Austen and John Clements or the survivors or survivor of them or
185 other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will other than and
186 except the trustees or trustee who shall have neglected or refused or become
187 incapable to act or shall have gone to reside beyond the Seas as aforesaid or
188 for the executors or administrators of the last surviving trustee or as the
189 case may require of the last acting and competent trustee by any writing
190 or writings under their or his hands and seals or hand and seal to
191 nominate substitute and appoint any other person or persons to be
192 trustee or trustees in the place or stead of the trustee or trustees so expiring or
193 desiring to be discharged or neglecting or refusing or becoming incapable
194 to act or going to reside beyond the Seas as aforesaid and that thereupon
195 all proper acts conveyances transfers assignments and assurances in the
196 law whatsoever shall be done made and executed so as legally and
197 effectually to vest all and singular the said several trust Estates monies
198 stocks funds securities and premises in such now or other trustee or trustees
199 jointly with such surviving or continuing trustee or trustees (if any or in
200 case there shall be no such surviving or continuing trustee therein)
201 such now trustee only as the case shall require Upon the same trusts
202 and for the same purposes as are hereinbefore declared of and continuing
203 the same several trust estates monies stocks funds securities and
204 premises respectively and which shall be then subsisting and undetermin-
205 ed or capable of taking effect and then and in such case all and every such
206 new trustees or trustee shall and may in all things act and assist in the
207 management carrying on and executing of the same trusts to all intents
208 effects constructions and purposes whatsoever and shall have and be
209 considered as vested with such and the same powers and authorities and
210 discretion in all respects as if he or they had been originally hereby
211 nominated and appointed a trustee or trustees for those purposes And I
212 will that the said Daniel Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John
213 Clements and such new trustees as aforesaid respectively and that respective
214 their executors and administrations shall be charged and chargeable only
215 for such monies as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of this
216 my Will or of any of the trusts powers or authorities aforesaid notwith-
217 standing his that or any of their signing or joining in any receipt or
218 receipts for the sake of conformity and that each of them shall be answerable
219 for himself and his own acts and wilful defaults only and that they or any
220 of them shall not be answerable for any Bank Banker or Broker or any
221 other person in which or in whose hands all or any of the said trust
222 monies shall or may be deposited nor for the insufficiency or deficiency of
223 any fund or security in or upon which the said trust monies or any sum
224 aforesaid nor for any other misfortune loss or damage which shall or
225 may happen in or about the execution or the exercise of the aforesaid trusts
226 or powers of any of them or in relation thereto except the same shall
227 happen by or through their own gross wilful default respectively And that
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228 it shall and may be lawful to and for the trustees aforesaid respectively
229 and their respective heirs executors and administrators to retain to and
230 reimburse themselves respectively and to allow to their respective cotrustee
231 and cotrustees all costs charges damages and expences whatsoever which
232 they respectively shall or may sustain suffer expend or disburse in or about
233 the execution or exercise of the aforesaid trusts or powers or any of them
234 or in relation thereto and especially that the said Daniel Boys and
235 Frederick Lewes Austen respectively and any future Trustee of this my Will
236 who shall or may be an Attorney or Solicitor shall be entitled to make the
237 same professional charges and to receive the same fees and allowances for
238 any business transacted for or relating to my estate and effects as they
239 respectively would be entitled to make and receive if they respectively were
240 not such Trustees any rule or maxim of Courts of Equity to the contrary
241 notwithstanding And I make and appoint the said Daniel Boys
242 Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements and my said Wife and the
243 survivors and survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of the persons
244 and properties of my children (if any) during their respective minorities
245 and Lastly I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Daniel
246 Boys Frederick Lewes Austen and John Clements Executors of this
247 my Will and hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time
248 heretofore made I declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
249 Witness whereof I the said Durell Blake the Testator have to this my last
250 Will and Testament contained in ten sheets of paper set my hand this
251 fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
252 hundred and forty seven Durell Blake Signed and
253 declared by the above named Durell Blake the Testator as and for his
254 last Will and Testament in the presence of us (both of us being present
255 together at the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the
256 presence of each other hereunto subscribe our names as witnesses
257 thereto Will[ia]m John Martin Jos[ia]h Jam[e]s Joyner
258 Clerks to Mess[ieu]rs Hale Boys and Austen Ely Pleece Holborne
259 Proved at London 12th July 1849 before The Worshipful Alfred
260 Waddilove doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Clements
261 one of the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first
262 sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to
263 Daniel Boys and Frederick Lewes Austen the other Executors when they
264 shall apply for the same
Friday, January 20, 2012
Pincombe and Blake
The last few days have produced a flurry of activity in my two main one name studies - Blake and Pincombe. I received emails from two descendants of each of these families that have provoked more thought on their lines.
In the case of the Pincombe family, the email request is from Australia and I am still learning about the Pincombe family now located in Australia. My 2x great grandfather's brother George went to Australia and died there. He did not have any children whilst living there though so I would be going back one more generation to find anyone in Australia related to me (5th cousin or greater likely). The person in question was a William Pincombe who married Emma White at the parish church of St Pancras in 1852. Fortunately I do have that marriage and know that his father was George Pincombe (deceased in 1852) and Giles White was the father of Emma also deceased in 1852. There was a substantial Pincombe/Pinkham family in Middlesex in this time period that was descendant of Arthur Pincombe who had migrated to Middlesex in the 1700s. It will be this family that I will investigate initially as the family lore says that William was born in Middlesex but there is also some controversy which may have him born in Devon. Since the records in Australia (thus far) indicate Middlesex my effort will be directed towards the family that is known to me in Middlesex and descendant of Arthur Pincombe who was christened 26 Dec 1761 at Robourough by Torrington and buried 19 Apr 1823 at St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London. Arthur married twice, first Elizabeth Milton 13 Oct 1784 at St James Westminster, London and second Ann Smale. From his second marriage, there was a son George Pincombe baptized 29 Aug 1802 at St Mary Whitechapel. I will first either eliminate or prove that this is the George for whom we are looking.
In the case of the Blake family, I have been corresponding with a descendant of the Charles Blake family living in the United States. Probably I have received more requests about this particular Blake line than any other from individuals who live all over the world including never having left England. Charles Blake appears in the Abbots Ann, Hampshire, England records that are available on the FamilySearch site first with his marriage to Mary Prince 4 Sep 1736. Mary was the daughter of James Prince and Ruth Burger. Charles was buried 28 Oct 1783 at Abbots Ann. They had only one child recorded in FamilySearch and I am still in the process of transcribing Abbots Ann so have not found any more either. Their son Charles was baptized 24 Jun 1737 at Abbots Ann and buried there 31 Oct 1800. Charles married twice.
His first wife was Jane Gilbert (baptized 3 Oct 1740 at Abbots Ann) and Jane was also descended from the Blake family through her father John Gilbert. John Gilbert was the son of John Gilbert and Sarah Kidgell with Sarah being baptized 28 Mar 1690 at Abbots Ann (married to John 3 Feb 1707 at Abbots Ann). Sarah's father was Richard Kidgell baptized 24 Sep 1661 and Richard's father was John Kidgell. John's father's name was Kidgell and his mother was Elizabeth Blake. This Elizabeth Blake was the daughter of unknown Blake married to Elizabeth Hinxman (baptized 17 Jul 1593 at Andover). My suspicion is that the unknown Blake was the son of Thomas Blake (brother to my Richard Blake). The brother of Elizabeth Blake was a merchant at Oxford according to his mother's will of 1688.
The second wife of Charles was Hannah Powell and they were married 17 Aug 1779 at Abbots Ann. From the two marriages there were nine sons in total who lived to adulthood. I have corresponded with descendants of a number of these sons but not all of them.
A will left by John Blake malster at Abbots Ann is full of genealogical information and can be found on my website. Both my ancestor Thomas Blake at Upper Clatford and Charles Blake are mentioned in the will with considerably more attention (and bequests) being paid to the descendants of Charles Blake making me think that there is more of a blood connection to John. I do know the connection to John for my Thomas as he was his uncle. The mother of Thomas was Joanna King and it was her sister Mary King that married John Blake malster at Abbots Ann. Whether or not I am also related to John Blake on the Blake side is unknown to me at this time.
I then extracted the Poor Law Records for Abbots Ann to find the Blake family there and indeed there was a Robert Blake there as early as 1727 when he was Churchwarden and paying the poor rate. The lands on which he paid this tax ended up being later assessed to Charles and John Blake leading me to suspect that Charles and John were sons of Robert Blake. Perhaps aiding with matching up families is the entry of 1812 where Ann Blake (sister to my Thomas) is paying the poor rate as per the terms of John's will where Ann was to remain on the property with various codicils pertaining to that.
There was a Robert Blake married to Elizabeth Russell 15 Jul 1694 at Andover where they baptized:
Blake Sarah daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1696 March 10
Blake Joannah daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1700 February 12
Blake Mary daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1702 December 21
Blake Edward son Blake Robert Elizabeth 1711 August 12
Blake Thomas son Blake Robert Elizabeth 1714 July 2
Blake Jane daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1717 July 22
There is the rather large gap between 1702 and 1711 where the birth of Charles could have occurred but where is the question. Edward does appear on this list and he is also in the tax list at Abbots Ann living on Coles which was formerly held by Robert Blake. I did find a John Blake baptized to Robert 22 Feb 1714 at Penton Mewsey (he was born 14 Feb 1714) but the priest has not given the mother's name unfortunately. This does appear to be rather close to the baptism of Thomas on July 2 but February would follow July as this is old calendar but it is still only seven months later. However, it is a possibility. But still no Charles baptism found yet. The Abbots Ann parish registers are still in the process and the period that I am most interested in is very faint and poorly organized unfortunately. Plus I am only up to 1613 in the register thus far.
The ongoing debate for me is which to put first. I would like to complete my proofreading of Bishops Nympton and have those records online to reduce the number of requests for this information but I am also quite dedicated to the idea of transcribing Abbots Ann which is just one set of registers for the Andover Registration District that I am working on.
I must admit that I tend to always mention yDNA testing to people these days because I do believe that is the only way to sort these families in both of my one name studies.
In the case of the Pincombe family, the email request is from Australia and I am still learning about the Pincombe family now located in Australia. My 2x great grandfather's brother George went to Australia and died there. He did not have any children whilst living there though so I would be going back one more generation to find anyone in Australia related to me (5th cousin or greater likely). The person in question was a William Pincombe who married Emma White at the parish church of St Pancras in 1852. Fortunately I do have that marriage and know that his father was George Pincombe (deceased in 1852) and Giles White was the father of Emma also deceased in 1852. There was a substantial Pincombe/Pinkham family in Middlesex in this time period that was descendant of Arthur Pincombe who had migrated to Middlesex in the 1700s. It will be this family that I will investigate initially as the family lore says that William was born in Middlesex but there is also some controversy which may have him born in Devon. Since the records in Australia (thus far) indicate Middlesex my effort will be directed towards the family that is known to me in Middlesex and descendant of Arthur Pincombe who was christened 26 Dec 1761 at Robourough by Torrington and buried 19 Apr 1823 at St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London. Arthur married twice, first Elizabeth Milton 13 Oct 1784 at St James Westminster, London and second Ann Smale. From his second marriage, there was a son George Pincombe baptized 29 Aug 1802 at St Mary Whitechapel. I will first either eliminate or prove that this is the George for whom we are looking.
In the case of the Blake family, I have been corresponding with a descendant of the Charles Blake family living in the United States. Probably I have received more requests about this particular Blake line than any other from individuals who live all over the world including never having left England. Charles Blake appears in the Abbots Ann, Hampshire, England records that are available on the FamilySearch site first with his marriage to Mary Prince 4 Sep 1736. Mary was the daughter of James Prince and Ruth Burger. Charles was buried 28 Oct 1783 at Abbots Ann. They had only one child recorded in FamilySearch and I am still in the process of transcribing Abbots Ann so have not found any more either. Their son Charles was baptized 24 Jun 1737 at Abbots Ann and buried there 31 Oct 1800. Charles married twice.
His first wife was Jane Gilbert (baptized 3 Oct 1740 at Abbots Ann) and Jane was also descended from the Blake family through her father John Gilbert. John Gilbert was the son of John Gilbert and Sarah Kidgell with Sarah being baptized 28 Mar 1690 at Abbots Ann (married to John 3 Feb 1707 at Abbots Ann). Sarah's father was Richard Kidgell baptized 24 Sep 1661 and Richard's father was John Kidgell. John's father's name was Kidgell and his mother was Elizabeth Blake. This Elizabeth Blake was the daughter of unknown Blake married to Elizabeth Hinxman (baptized 17 Jul 1593 at Andover). My suspicion is that the unknown Blake was the son of Thomas Blake (brother to my Richard Blake). The brother of Elizabeth Blake was a merchant at Oxford according to his mother's will of 1688.
The second wife of Charles was Hannah Powell and they were married 17 Aug 1779 at Abbots Ann. From the two marriages there were nine sons in total who lived to adulthood. I have corresponded with descendants of a number of these sons but not all of them.
A will left by John Blake malster at Abbots Ann is full of genealogical information and can be found on my website. Both my ancestor Thomas Blake at Upper Clatford and Charles Blake are mentioned in the will with considerably more attention (and bequests) being paid to the descendants of Charles Blake making me think that there is more of a blood connection to John. I do know the connection to John for my Thomas as he was his uncle. The mother of Thomas was Joanna King and it was her sister Mary King that married John Blake malster at Abbots Ann. Whether or not I am also related to John Blake on the Blake side is unknown to me at this time.
I then extracted the Poor Law Records for Abbots Ann to find the Blake family there and indeed there was a Robert Blake there as early as 1727 when he was Churchwarden and paying the poor rate. The lands on which he paid this tax ended up being later assessed to Charles and John Blake leading me to suspect that Charles and John were sons of Robert Blake. Perhaps aiding with matching up families is the entry of 1812 where Ann Blake (sister to my Thomas) is paying the poor rate as per the terms of John's will where Ann was to remain on the property with various codicils pertaining to that.
There was a Robert Blake married to Elizabeth Russell 15 Jul 1694 at Andover where they baptized:
Blake Sarah daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1696 March 10
Blake Joannah daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1700 February 12
Blake Mary daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1702 December 21
Blake Edward son Blake Robert Elizabeth 1711 August 12
Blake Thomas son Blake Robert Elizabeth 1714 July 2
Blake Jane daughter Blake Robert Elizabeth 1717 July 22
There is the rather large gap between 1702 and 1711 where the birth of Charles could have occurred but where is the question. Edward does appear on this list and he is also in the tax list at Abbots Ann living on Coles which was formerly held by Robert Blake. I did find a John Blake baptized to Robert 22 Feb 1714 at Penton Mewsey (he was born 14 Feb 1714) but the priest has not given the mother's name unfortunately. This does appear to be rather close to the baptism of Thomas on July 2 but February would follow July as this is old calendar but it is still only seven months later. However, it is a possibility. But still no Charles baptism found yet. The Abbots Ann parish registers are still in the process and the period that I am most interested in is very faint and poorly organized unfortunately. Plus I am only up to 1613 in the register thus far.
The ongoing debate for me is which to put first. I would like to complete my proofreading of Bishops Nympton and have those records online to reduce the number of requests for this information but I am also quite dedicated to the idea of transcribing Abbots Ann which is just one set of registers for the Andover Registration District that I am working on.
I must admit that I tend to always mention yDNA testing to people these days because I do believe that is the only way to sort these families in both of my one name studies.
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