The testator, Humphrey Blake, is of Over Stowey and one of the collateral lines related to Admiral Robert Blake. He was baptized possibly 24 Nov 1611 at Over Stowey (information from the Portbury Admiral Blake website (http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm) . The parish registers of Overstowey no longer exist in this earlier time period although there are some bishops transcripts and perhaps the dates are from there. Eventually I hope to have a look at them.
Humphrey, the testator, was the son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Giles but again the parish registers do not give their marriage date at Over Stowey if they were married there. He was one of five children namely:
1. John died 1696 (by the above website) and married to Elizabeth
2. Humphrey baptized 24 Nov 1611 (by the above website), married to Elizabeth Upton and buried 14 Jun 1665 at Aisholt, Somerset (Elizabeth was buried 5 Apr 1683 at Aisholt)
3. Arthur baptized June 1619 at Over Stowey, married to Jane Tomms and his will was blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/09/will-of-arthur-blake-gentleman-of.html and he died before 16 Jun 1653 date of probate of his will. Arthur and Jane had two children Elizabeth and Mary both under 21 in 1653. Brother of the present testator.
4. Richard baptized 6 Dec 1629 at Over Stowey and died by 1658 (according to the website of portbury-hundred above) as his brother Humphrey mentions that he has died at the time of the writing of his will as further proof.
5. Elizabeth born circa 1621 at Over Stowey and buried 10 May 1621 at Over Stowey
Humphrey, the testator, was married to Elizabeth Upton but the earliest marriages begin in 1654 with Phillimore’s Marriage Registers. Their first child was likely born before 1640 so not available online. Elizabeth Blake does appear on the burial registers as a widow buried 5 Apr 1683 but no age given. Humphrey and Elizabeth had nine children but the baptismal registers do not begin until 1680.
1. Humphrey Blake buried 27 Sep 1664 at Aisholt
2. Catherine Blake baptized 1 Jun 1640 (portbury-admiralblake site), possibly dead by 1664 as not mentioned in will
3. John (mentioned in will below) baptized 17 Nov 1641 and dead by 1696 and married to Elizabeth Farthing (mentioned in will below) 1 Jan 1663 and they had four children: Dorothy (mentioned in will below), Dorothy Humphrey, John and Betty (portbury-admiralblake site)
4. (Reverend) Nathaniel (mentioned in will below) baptized Jun 1645 at Plainfield, Over Stowey (portbury-admiralblake site), married to Sarah Blanchflower 7 Feb 1672 at Fitzhead, Somerset and buried 17 Nov 1705 at Aisholt. They had three children Nathaniel died young, John died young and Katherine baptized 14 Mar 1688 at Aisholt.
5. Arthur (mentioned in will below) baptized 14 Jun 1650 (portbury admiral blake site) children are also listed on this site namely Arthur, Edmund, Nathaniel and Katherine.
6. Roger (mentioned in will below) circa born 1651 and married to Susannah Taylor circa 1672 and buried 24 Jul 1702 at Aisholt and he was the common ancestor of Hester Blake and Robert Blake mentioned in the will of Hester Blake blogged a few days ago. They had 11 children and the first entry in the extant parish registers at Aisholt have Sarah Blake daughter of Roger and Susanna baptized 12 Apr 1680 lending credence to the thought that the older children may have also been baptized at Aisholt.
7. Elizabeth (mentioned in will below) baptized 5 Jun 1653 (portbury admiralblake site); buried 28 Aug 1671 at Aisholt
8. Robert (mentioned in the will of his father)
9. Mary (mentioned in the will of his father)
Always nice to be able to locate family lines for the testators in these wills for the Blake family of Somerset. There are a huge number of collateral lines to Admiral Robert Blake.
As mentioned the testator Humphrey was the son of Humphrey Blake and Elizabeth Giles. This Humphrey was then the son of Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James who married at Over Stowey 23 Oct 1578 and then this Humphrey son of John Blake the elder who was a brother to Robert Blake the grandfather of Admiral Robert Blake.
Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin once removed of Humphry-77 the elder Blake [131]
Common Ancestor
* Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
(Cir 1499-1558)
* Agnis [2]
( -1585)
Married [1]
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* John-27 (the elder) Blake [3] * Robert-28 Blake [4]
(Cir 1521-After 1576) (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
Johan [12] Margaret Symonds [22]
( -1595) ( -1600)
Married Cir 1541 [4] Married [5]
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* Humphrey-38 Blake [16] * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
(Cir 1556-Cir 1619) (Cir 1563-1625)
Agnus/Ann James [73] Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
( -1645) ( -1638)
Married 23 Oct 1578 [19] Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
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* Humphry-54 Blake [74] * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
(Cir 1580- ) (1598-1657)
Elizabeth Giles [129]
Married [33]
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* Humphry-77 the elder Blake [131]
(1611-1665)
Names mentioned in the will (all children under 21 except John the eldest):
Humphrey Blake, Plainfield, Over Stowey, Somerset, testator
John Blake, son
Nathaniel Blake, son
Arthur Blake, son
Roger Blake, son
Elizabeth Blake, daughter
Robert Slocombe, the elder, Plainfield, Over Stowey, Somerset
Elizabeth Blake, wife of John, son of Humphrey
Dorothy Blake, grand daughter, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Elizabeth Blake, wife of testator, executrix
John Sellock, Nether Stowey, Doctor of Divinity, overseer
John Pratt, Thurloxton, overseer
John Upton, Fitzhead, gentleman, overseer
Joseph Cooke, witness
Edward Slade, witness
Johane Vicarie, witness
J Pratt, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/318/714
Testator: Humfrey Blake, Gentleman
Place: Over Stowey, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 17 Jan 1664, probated 22 Dec 1665
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Humfrus
[Margin]: Blake
1 In The Name of God Amen
2 the seaventeenth day of January in the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand
3 Six hundred Sixty and fower And in the Sixteenth yeare of the Raigne
4 of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of
5 England Scotland, France and Ireland King defender of the Faith etc I
6 Humfrey Blake of Plainesfeild in the parish of Over Stowey in the County
7 of Somersett gentleman being weake of body but of good and perfect mind and
8 remembrance revokeing all former will and Testaments heretofore by mee made
9 doe
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10 Doe make and ordaine this to bee my last will and Testament in manner
11 and forme following First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty
12 God my maker assureing my selfe of eternall salvation through the death
13 and merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer And for my body my will is
14 that it be decently buried with confidence that the same shall att the last
15 day rise againe unto eternall glory And as concerning my Temporall
16 Estate which God hath sent me I doe bequeath it in manner following
17 Imprimis I give unto the poore people of Over Stowey Twenty Shillings
18 and alsoe to the poore people of Aisholt Tenn shillings to be distributed
19 among them by my Executrix herein after named within one moneth
20 after my death Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne John Blake
21 my drinking Jugge which hath its mouth Tipt and coated with Silver
22 and is Footed with the same Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne
23 Nathaniell Blake the Advowson donation free disposition and Right of Patronage of the
24 Rectory and parish Church of Aisholt in the County of Somersett with all
25 the Rights profits members and appurten[an]cs whatsoever thereunto belong-
26 ing and apperteyning Together with all deeds writings and Evidences
27 concerning the Same To have and to hold the premises unto the said
28 Nathaniell Blake his heires and assignes for ever Item I give and bequeath
29 unto my said sonne Nathaniell Blake An Annuity of Thirty pounds per
30 Annum To be paid unto him by myne Executrix hereinafter named Quarterly
31 by even and equall por[t]ions in every yeare from and after my decease until
32 the end of one whole yeare next after the said Rectory of the said parish Church
33 of Aisholt shall First and next happen to be void And if the saide Rectory shall happen to bee voide before the said Nathaniell
34 shall accomplish his age of one and Twenty yeares Then I doe give full
35 power and authority unto my Overseers herein after named to dispose of the
36 said Rectory to the behoofe and best benefit of him the said Nathaniell Blake
37 Provided always That the said Nathaniell Blake when he hath accom-
38 plished his Age of one and Twenty yeares shall acquit and release myne
39 Executrix of all such Legacies as I have reserved for the use and behoofe of
40 him the said Nathaniell Blake Item I give and bequeath unto my
41 sonne Arthur Blake An Annuity of Tenn pounds per Annum to be paid
42 unto him by myne Executrix Quarterly by even and equall por[t]ions in
43 every yeare after hee hath accomplished his age of one and Twenty yeares
44 for and dureing his natural life Provided always That the said
45 Arthur Blake when hee hath accomplished his age of one and Twenty
y Yeares shall acquit and release myne Executrix of and from all such
47 legacies As I have reserved for the use and behoofe of him the said Arthur
48 Blake Provided After that the said Arthur Blake Shall at his said age
49 of one and Twenty yeares acquit release and discharge myne Executrix of
50 and from all accompts claymes and demands which hee the said
51 Arthur Blake may then clayme demand or require of myne Executrix
52 by reason or cause or by pretence or Colour of any reason or cause of the
53 issues and proffetts of a certaine Tenement lying in Charlinch late in the
54 tenure and occupation of my brother Richard Blake deceased which I have
55 receivd since the decease of the said Richard Blake Item I give and bequeath
56 unto my sonne Roger Blake an annuity of Tenn pounds per Annum to be
57 paid unto him by my Executrix out of the rents issues and profits of my Tenement
58 in Lower Aisholt which I bought of Edward Huish of Donyford Esquire
59 the said Annuity to be paid unto him the said Roger Blake quarterly be even
60 and equall por[t]ions in every yeare from and after my decease until the
61 said Roger Blake shall attaine unto his full age of one and Twenty yeares
62 and
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63 and further my will is that the said Roger Blake soe soone as hee shall
64 have accomplished his age of one and Twenty yeares shall receive possess and
65 enjoy All the issues and proffitts of the said Tenement for and dureing the whole
66 Terme I have therein which shall then be to come and unexpired Provided
67 always that the said Roger Blake when he hath accomplished his age of one
68 and Twenty yeares shall acquit and release my Executrix of all such Legacies
69 as I have recerved for the use and behoofe of him the said Roger Blake Item
70 I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Blake Three hundred
71 pounds of lawfull money of England To be paid unto her by my Executrix in
72 manner following (viz[ a vi]) That is to say one hundred and Fifty pounds thereof to
73 be paid to her my said daughter Elizabeth Blake within Five yeares next
74 after the decease of Robert Slocombe the Elder of PlainFeild in the parish
75 of Over Stowey aforesaid And the other hundred and Fifty pounds thereof to
76 be paid unto her when shee shall accomplish her age of one and Twenty yeares
77 and further my will is That my Executrix shall pay unto my said daughter
78 Elizabeth Blake ten pounds per Annum Quarterly by equall por[t]ions in every
79 yeare after my decease for and towards her maintenance until shee shall
80 accomplish her age of one and Twenty yeares or until the Expira[t]ion of Five
81 yeares after the decease of the said Robert Slocombe if it shall happen before
82 the accomplishment of her said Age Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
83 Mary Blake my Silver Tankard Item I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
84 Mary Blake Three hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid to her
85 by my Executrix in manner following (viz[ a vi]t) That is to say one hundred and Fifty
86 pounds thereof to be paid unto her my said daughter Mary Blake within Five yeares
87 next after the decease of the aforesaid Robert Slocombe And the other hundred
88 and Fifty pounds thereof to be paid unto her when she shall accomplish her
89 age of one and Twenty yeares And further my will is that my Executrix shall
90 pay onto my said daughter Mary Blake Tenn pounds per Annum Quarterly by
91 equall portions in every yeare after my decease for and towards her maintenance
92 until shee shall accomplish her age of one and Twenty yeares or until the expi-
93 ra[t]ion of Five yeares after the decease of the said Robert Slocombe if it shall
94 happen before the accomplishment of her said age And if it shall happen
95 that either of my said daughters Shall dye before any or either of the dayes
96 hereby lymtted and appointed for the payment of her portion of Three hundred
97 pounds Then my will is That the said por[t]ion as that part thereof which
98 shall not become due unto her att the tyme of her decease shall red___d unto
99 that my other daughter which shall survive the same for deceased Item I
100 give unto Elizabeth the now wife of my sonne John Blake one peece of Gold
101 of Twenty shillings Item I give unto Dorothy the daughter of my said Sonne
102 John Blake one Peece of Gold of Twenty shillings which said Two peeces of
103 Gold shalbe bestowed by the said Elizabeth to buy them a Ring a peece Item
104 I give and bequeath unto my Auntcient servant Richard Hurte one Suite of
105 my weareing apparel All the rest and residue of my goods Chattells and
106 Creditts not herein given nor bequeathed my debts being paid Legacies performed
107 and funeral expences defrayed I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Blake my
108 now wife whom I make sole Executrix of this my last will and testament And
109 I entreat my welbeloved Friends John Sellock of Nether Stowey Doctor of
110 Divinity John Pratt of Thurloxton and John Upton of Fitzhead gentleman
111 to be overseers of this my last Will and Testament reposeing trust and confi-
112 dence in them to see the same effectually performed according to the true intent and
113 meaneing of this my present last will and Testament In Witnes whereof I
114 have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare First above written
115 Humfrie
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116 Humfrie Blake Signed sealed published and declared to be the last
117 will and Testament of the within named Humfrus Blake Those words (Thirty
118 for and dureing his natural life) being first interlined in the presence of us
119 Joseph Cooke The marke of Edward Slade The marke of Joane Vicarie
120 A Codicill annexed to this my last Will and Testament Whereas I have
121 given and bequeathed unto my sonne Arthur Blake one Annuity of Tenn pounds
122 per Annum for and dureing the terme of his natural life Now my will and
123 meaning is That the said Annuity shall continue payable unto him until such
124 tyme as hee shall attaine unto the age of Twenty and Five yeares and noe longer
125 and then my will is and meaning And I doe hereby farther give devise and
126 bequeath unto him the above named Arthur Blake the summe of Two hundred
127 pounds to be paid unto him by my said Executrix att such his age of Twenty
128 Five yeares For and in Lieu of Such Annuity Test: J Pratt
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Will of Elizabeth Blake - National Archives PROB 11/794/239, probated 12 May 1752
This will is written by the second wife of William Blake Mercer of Christchurch whose will was probated 8 Mar 1745. I have transcribed his will earlier in the year:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-william-blake-mercer-of.html
Primarily this will is about the second family of William Blake married to Elizabeth Hook. Elizabeth Blake identifies her father as William Hook deceased and that he owned a property called Little Kingston, Isle of Wight. Elizabeth has a sister Margaret Williams widow of Christchurch. She has the two daughters mentioned in William's will Hook (baptized 8 Dec 1727 at Christchurch (C14658-1 Family Search) (married to Francis Hackman (24 May 1750 at Christchurch (M14658-1 Family Search)) and Sarah (unmarried).
The executors of this will are Edward Hooper and James Worsley. David Worsley was one of the Executors of William's will but no relationship is known between these two men. However, one of Elizabeth's sisters is married to (unknown) Worsley (and James Worsley is said to be her cousin). Another sister was Grissel Hook mentioned in the will.
Also mentioned is the daughter of William Blake from his first marriage Elizabeth Dorothy Blake (right heir if Sarah and Hook die without heirs) and she is married to her first cousin John Garret Blake. Elizabeth's brother William Hook is also mentioned. Not a lot of new information on this Blake line (but new information on the Hook family for anyone interested) which is known to include siblings for William (husband of Elizabeth Blake testator) of Stephen (children: Stephen, Richard, Mary, Sarah, Dorathe, and perhaps grandchildren: Katherin and Stephen), John (father of John Garrett Blake) and his sister Dorathey married to Nicholas Slade.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Sep 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/794/239
Name of testator: Elizabeth Blake, Widow
Place: Christchurch Twyneham, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 16 Aug 1750, probated 12 May 1752
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English writing, 18th century
[In margin] Elizabeth
[In margin] Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Elizabeth Blake of the Borough of Christchurch Twyneham in the
3 County of Southampton Widow being in good health of Body, and of
4 sound and perfect mind memory and understanding (blessed be God
5 therefore do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in
6 manner and form following (that is to say) Whereas by virtue of the last
7 Will and Testament of my late Father William Hook deceased and
8 otherwise I am Intitled to the principal sum of one hundred and fifty
9 pounds payable out of a certain Estate called Little Kingston in the Isle
10 of Wight and County aforesaid when the same shall be sold and
11 till then to the Interest thereof at the rate of four pounds per
12 centum per annum I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
13 loving Sister Margaret Williams of Christchurch aforesaid Widow
14 the Yearly Sum of five pounds clear of all deductions for taxes
15 or otherwise for and during her natural Life if she shall so
16 long continue for and during her natural Life if she shall so
17 long continue her present Widowhood to be paid her yearly out
18 of the Interest and produce of the said sum of one hundred and
19 fifty pounds by my Executrixes herein after named the first
20 payment thereof to begin and be made three months after my
21 decease and I do hereby charge the said Sum of one hundred and
22 fifty pounds and the Interest and produce thereof with the payment
23 of the said yearly sum of five pounds unto my said Sister Margaret Williams accordingly
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24 And from and immediately after the decease or determination of the
25 present widowhood of my said sister Margaret Williams I give and
26 bequeath the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds and the then
27 growing Interest and produce thereof and also the overplus of the Interest
28 and produce there in the mean time as it becomes due unto my
29 two daughters Hook the wife of Francis Hackman gentleman and
30 Sarah Blake and to their Executors and administrators for ever
31 equally share and share alike and I do give and bequeath unto my loving
32 friend Edward Hooper of Hurn Court in the parish of Christchurch
33 aforesaid Esquire and to my loving Cousin James Worsley of the Isle of
34 Wight aforesaid Esquire (my Trustees) the sum of four hundred
35 pounds of lawful money of Great Britain Upon this special Trust and
36 confidence in them reposed and to the end intent and purpose that they
37 the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the survivor of them
38 and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivors and shall
39 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease from time to time
40 put out and continue the same at Interest in their own Names
41 or Name upon such Securitys or Security as can be gotten for
42 the same and the Interest and produce thereof as the same from
43 time to time becomes due and payable pay unto my said
44 daughter Sarah Blake into her own hands to be for her sole and
45 separate use and benefit during the term of her natural life whose
46 Receipts alone (whether covert or sole) shall be sufficient discharges
47 for the same and from and after the death of my said daughter
48 Sarah Blake then upon further Trust that they the said Edward Hooper
49 and James Worsley and the Survivor of them and the Executors and
50 Administrators of such Survivors shall pay the said Sum of four hundred
51 pounds and the Interest and produce whereof unto such of the children
52 (if more than one) of the Body of my said daughter Sarah Blake
53 lawfully to be begotten equally share and share alike as shall live
54 to attain the age of twenty one years or be married at
55 their respective ages of twenty one years or days of marriage and
56 if but one such child then to such only child at his or her
57 age of twenty one years or day of marriage and
58 if it shall happen that there shall be no such child or
59 children living at the time of the death of my said daughter
60 Sarah Blake or such child or children shall happen to die
61 unmarried and under the age of twenty one years then upon further
62 trust that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the
63 Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay the
64 Interest and produce of the said sum of four hundred pounds as
65 the same shall from time to time become due and payable unto
66 my said daughter Hook (if then living) into her own hands to be
67 for her sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of her husband
68 during the term of her natural life whose receipts alone (not withstanding
69 her coverture) shall from time to time and at all times during the
70 continuance thereof be sufficient discharges for the same And from
71 and after the decease of my said daughter Hook then Upon further trust
72 that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the survivor
73 of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay the said sum of
74 four hundred pounds and the Interest and produce thereof unto such of the
75 children (if more than one) of the body of my said daughter Hook lawfully
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76 begotten or to be begotten equally share and share alike as shall
77 live to attain the age of the twenty one years or be
78 married at their respective ages of twenty one years or days of
79 marriage and if but one such child then to such only child
80 at his or her age of twenty one years or day of marriage
81 And if it shall happen that there shall be no such child or
82 children living at the time of the death of my said daughter
83 Hook or such child and children shall happen to die
84 unmarried and under the age of twenty one years then upon
85 further Trust that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley
86 and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay
87 the said sum of four hundred pounds and the Interest and produce
88 thereof unto Dorothy Blake (the daughter of John Garrett Blake) or to
89 her Executors or Administrators to be and remain unto the for her and
90 their own proper use and benefit forever And my will is and I
91 do hereby order and direct the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley
92 their Executors and Administrators to reimburse themselves out of the
93 said sum of four hundred pounds and the growing Interest and
94 produce thereof all such Costs charges and expences as they or either of
95 them shall be as or put unto bear or sustain in or about the
96 execution of all or any of the Trusts aforesaid or for any
97 matter of thing touching concerning or relating to the same and
98 that they shall not be chargeable or answerable for any of the Trust
99 money that shall happen to be lost in lending the same And
100 I do desire the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley to take
101 upon themselves the Trust herein in them reposed and to see
102 that the same be duly and truly performed according to my true Intent
103 and meaning and for their trouble and pains therein I give to
104 each of them (so acting therein) the sum of five pounds of
105 like lawful money I also give and bequeath unto Sarah the Wife
106 of John Waterman of Christchurch aforesaid Butcher the sum of five
107 pounds a year during the term of five years (if she shall so
108 long live) to be paid on the Feast of Saint Michael the
109 Arch Angel yearly by my Executrixes therein after named into her own
110 hands to be for her own proper disposal and for her personal
111 and separate use and benefit (exclusive of her husband) whose Receipts
112 alone notwithstanding her coverture shall be sufficient discharges for the
113 same the first of which payments to begin and be made on the Feast of
114 Saint Michael the Arch Angel next after my decease I also give
115 and bequeath unto the poor widows of the Town of Christchurch aforesaid
116 who shall not receive Alms of the Parish the sum of five
117 pounds of like money to be paid and distributed amongst them
118 by and at the discretion of my Executrixes herein after named one
119 month after my decease I also give to my sister Mary
120 Worsley and her six daughters to my Sister Grissel Hook To my
121 Daughter in Law Elizabeth Dorothy Blake and to my Brother William
122 Hook and to each and every of them a Mourning Ring All the
123 rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels Household Stuff Utensils
124 Ready Money Money due upon Book Bills Bonds Judgments Executions
125 Mortgages Plate Rings Jewels and all other my Estate whatsoever and
126 wheresoever (after that my debts charges in sickness funeral expences and
127 the Legacys herein before given and bequeathed shall be fully paid and
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128 I give and bequeath unto my said daughters Hook the wife of
129 the said Francis Hackman and Sarah Blake equall to be divided
130 between them share and share alike and I do hereby nominate constitute
131 and appoint them my said daughters Hook and Sarah joint Executrixes
132 of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke and make
133 void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made and do
134 publish and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament
135 And Lastly I desire to be buried at Christchurch aforesaid by my dear
136 husband and as to the order and manner of my Funeral I desire
137 it may be done decently after Night as was my dear Husbands In
138 Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament (being
139 contained in five sheets of paper) set my hand and Seal the sixteenth
140 day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred
141 and fifty Eliza: Blake. Signed sealed published and declared by the said
142 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament
143 in the presence of us who subscribed our Names hereto at her
144 request in her presence and in the presence of each other James
145 Newsam [signed] Ar: Blanchard [signed] Jno Oakes [signed]
146 This Will was proved at London on the twelfth
147 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
148 hundred and fifty two before the Right Honourable Sir
149 George Lee Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
150 Commisary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
151 constituted by the Oaths of Hooke Hackman (wife of Francis Hackman)
152 and Sarah Blake Spinster the daughters of the deceased and
153 the Executrixes named in the said Will to whom Administration
154 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
155 the said deceased being first sworn by Commission duly to
156 administer
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-william-blake-mercer-of.html
Primarily this will is about the second family of William Blake married to Elizabeth Hook. Elizabeth Blake identifies her father as William Hook deceased and that he owned a property called Little Kingston, Isle of Wight. Elizabeth has a sister Margaret Williams widow of Christchurch. She has the two daughters mentioned in William's will Hook (baptized 8 Dec 1727 at Christchurch (C14658-1 Family Search) (married to Francis Hackman (24 May 1750 at Christchurch (M14658-1 Family Search)) and Sarah (unmarried).
The executors of this will are Edward Hooper and James Worsley. David Worsley was one of the Executors of William's will but no relationship is known between these two men. However, one of Elizabeth's sisters is married to (unknown) Worsley (and James Worsley is said to be her cousin). Another sister was Grissel Hook mentioned in the will.
Also mentioned is the daughter of William Blake from his first marriage Elizabeth Dorothy Blake (right heir if Sarah and Hook die without heirs) and she is married to her first cousin John Garret Blake. Elizabeth's brother William Hook is also mentioned. Not a lot of new information on this Blake line (but new information on the Hook family for anyone interested) which is known to include siblings for William (husband of Elizabeth Blake testator) of Stephen (children: Stephen, Richard, Mary, Sarah, Dorathe, and perhaps grandchildren: Katherin and Stephen), John (father of John Garrett Blake) and his sister Dorathey married to Nicholas Slade.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Sep 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/794/239
Name of testator: Elizabeth Blake, Widow
Place: Christchurch Twyneham, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 16 Aug 1750, probated 12 May 1752
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English writing, 18th century
[In margin] Elizabeth
[In margin] Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Elizabeth Blake of the Borough of Christchurch Twyneham in the
3 County of Southampton Widow being in good health of Body, and of
4 sound and perfect mind memory and understanding (blessed be God
5 therefore do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in
6 manner and form following (that is to say) Whereas by virtue of the last
7 Will and Testament of my late Father William Hook deceased and
8 otherwise I am Intitled to the principal sum of one hundred and fifty
9 pounds payable out of a certain Estate called Little Kingston in the Isle
10 of Wight and County aforesaid when the same shall be sold and
11 till then to the Interest thereof at the rate of four pounds per
12 centum per annum I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
13 loving Sister Margaret Williams of Christchurch aforesaid Widow
14 the Yearly Sum of five pounds clear of all deductions for taxes
15 or otherwise for and during her natural Life if she shall so
16 long continue for and during her natural Life if she shall so
17 long continue her present Widowhood to be paid her yearly out
18 of the Interest and produce of the said sum of one hundred and
19 fifty pounds by my Executrixes herein after named the first
20 payment thereof to begin and be made three months after my
21 decease and I do hereby charge the said Sum of one hundred and
22 fifty pounds and the Interest and produce thereof with the payment
23 of the said yearly sum of five pounds unto my said Sister Margaret Williams accordingly
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24 And from and immediately after the decease or determination of the
25 present widowhood of my said sister Margaret Williams I give and
26 bequeath the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds and the then
27 growing Interest and produce thereof and also the overplus of the Interest
28 and produce there in the mean time as it becomes due unto my
29 two daughters Hook the wife of Francis Hackman gentleman and
30 Sarah Blake and to their Executors and administrators for ever
31 equally share and share alike and I do give and bequeath unto my loving
32 friend Edward Hooper of Hurn Court in the parish of Christchurch
33 aforesaid Esquire and to my loving Cousin James Worsley of the Isle of
34 Wight aforesaid Esquire (my Trustees) the sum of four hundred
35 pounds of lawful money of Great Britain Upon this special Trust and
36 confidence in them reposed and to the end intent and purpose that they
37 the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the survivor of them
38 and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivors and shall
39 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease from time to time
40 put out and continue the same at Interest in their own Names
41 or Name upon such Securitys or Security as can be gotten for
42 the same and the Interest and produce thereof as the same from
43 time to time becomes due and payable pay unto my said
44 daughter Sarah Blake into her own hands to be for her sole and
45 separate use and benefit during the term of her natural life whose
46 Receipts alone (whether covert or sole) shall be sufficient discharges
47 for the same and from and after the death of my said daughter
48 Sarah Blake then upon further Trust that they the said Edward Hooper
49 and James Worsley and the Survivor of them and the Executors and
50 Administrators of such Survivors shall pay the said Sum of four hundred
51 pounds and the Interest and produce whereof unto such of the children
52 (if more than one) of the Body of my said daughter Sarah Blake
53 lawfully to be begotten equally share and share alike as shall live
54 to attain the age of twenty one years or be married at
55 their respective ages of twenty one years or days of marriage and
56 if but one such child then to such only child at his or her
57 age of twenty one years or day of marriage and
58 if it shall happen that there shall be no such child or
59 children living at the time of the death of my said daughter
60 Sarah Blake or such child or children shall happen to die
61 unmarried and under the age of twenty one years then upon further
62 trust that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the
63 Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay the
64 Interest and produce of the said sum of four hundred pounds as
65 the same shall from time to time become due and payable unto
66 my said daughter Hook (if then living) into her own hands to be
67 for her sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of her husband
68 during the term of her natural life whose receipts alone (not withstanding
69 her coverture) shall from time to time and at all times during the
70 continuance thereof be sufficient discharges for the same And from
71 and after the decease of my said daughter Hook then Upon further trust
72 that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley and the survivor
73 of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay the said sum of
74 four hundred pounds and the Interest and produce thereof unto such of the
75 children (if more than one) of the body of my said daughter Hook lawfully
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76 begotten or to be begotten equally share and share alike as shall
77 live to attain the age of the twenty one years or be
78 married at their respective ages of twenty one years or days of
79 marriage and if but one such child then to such only child
80 at his or her age of twenty one years or day of marriage
81 And if it shall happen that there shall be no such child or
82 children living at the time of the death of my said daughter
83 Hook or such child and children shall happen to die
84 unmarried and under the age of twenty one years then upon
85 further Trust that they the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley
86 and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall pay
87 the said sum of four hundred pounds and the Interest and produce
88 thereof unto Dorothy Blake (the daughter of John Garrett Blake) or to
89 her Executors or Administrators to be and remain unto the for her and
90 their own proper use and benefit forever And my will is and I
91 do hereby order and direct the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley
92 their Executors and Administrators to reimburse themselves out of the
93 said sum of four hundred pounds and the growing Interest and
94 produce thereof all such Costs charges and expences as they or either of
95 them shall be as or put unto bear or sustain in or about the
96 execution of all or any of the Trusts aforesaid or for any
97 matter of thing touching concerning or relating to the same and
98 that they shall not be chargeable or answerable for any of the Trust
99 money that shall happen to be lost in lending the same And
100 I do desire the said Edward Hooper and James Worsley to take
101 upon themselves the Trust herein in them reposed and to see
102 that the same be duly and truly performed according to my true Intent
103 and meaning and for their trouble and pains therein I give to
104 each of them (so acting therein) the sum of five pounds of
105 like lawful money I also give and bequeath unto Sarah the Wife
106 of John Waterman of Christchurch aforesaid Butcher the sum of five
107 pounds a year during the term of five years (if she shall so
108 long live) to be paid on the Feast of Saint Michael the
109 Arch Angel yearly by my Executrixes therein after named into her own
110 hands to be for her own proper disposal and for her personal
111 and separate use and benefit (exclusive of her husband) whose Receipts
112 alone notwithstanding her coverture shall be sufficient discharges for the
113 same the first of which payments to begin and be made on the Feast of
114 Saint Michael the Arch Angel next after my decease I also give
115 and bequeath unto the poor widows of the Town of Christchurch aforesaid
116 who shall not receive Alms of the Parish the sum of five
117 pounds of like money to be paid and distributed amongst them
118 by and at the discretion of my Executrixes herein after named one
119 month after my decease I also give to my sister Mary
120 Worsley and her six daughters to my Sister Grissel Hook To my
121 Daughter in Law Elizabeth Dorothy Blake and to my Brother William
122 Hook and to each and every of them a Mourning Ring All the
123 rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels Household Stuff Utensils
124 Ready Money Money due upon Book Bills Bonds Judgments Executions
125 Mortgages Plate Rings Jewels and all other my Estate whatsoever and
126 wheresoever (after that my debts charges in sickness funeral expences and
127 the Legacys herein before given and bequeathed shall be fully paid and
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128 I give and bequeath unto my said daughters Hook the wife of
129 the said Francis Hackman and Sarah Blake equall to be divided
130 between them share and share alike and I do hereby nominate constitute
131 and appoint them my said daughters Hook and Sarah joint Executrixes
132 of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke and make
133 void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made and do
134 publish and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament
135 And Lastly I desire to be buried at Christchurch aforesaid by my dear
136 husband and as to the order and manner of my Funeral I desire
137 it may be done decently after Night as was my dear Husbands In
138 Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament (being
139 contained in five sheets of paper) set my hand and Seal the sixteenth
140 day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred
141 and fifty Eliza: Blake. Signed sealed published and declared by the said
142 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament
143 in the presence of us who subscribed our Names hereto at her
144 request in her presence and in the presence of each other James
145 Newsam [signed] Ar: Blanchard [signed] Jno Oakes [signed]
146 This Will was proved at London on the twelfth
147 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
148 hundred and fifty two before the Right Honourable Sir
149 George Lee Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
150 Commisary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
151 constituted by the Oaths of Hooke Hackman (wife of Francis Hackman)
152 and Sarah Blake Spinster the daughters of the deceased and
153 the Executrixes named in the said Will to whom Administration
154 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
155 the said deceased being first sworn by Commission duly to
156 administer
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Will of John Blake, Gentleman of Christchurch, Hampshire, National Archives PROB 11/541 Image Reference 212/211, probated 21 Aug 1714
This will precedes yesterday's will in that John Blake is the father of William Blake testator which appears in yesterday's blog. This will be the last Blake will for as much as a couple of weeks as I must return to some early Routledge documents that I have on hand. My cousin Thomas Routledge is writing a book and I had promised to transcribe some documents for him. A couple of months ago I became very very busy and it slipped my mind but Thomas has reminded me! Therefore I will be back to the Routledge family of Eskdale Ward Cumberland England working on about a dozen documents which I will post here as well.
The Blake family of Christ Church does appear in the Visitations. William Blake who died in 1606 lived at Hubborn, Hampshire and he had a son John who also lived at Hubborn and in 1660 was 64 years of age (hence born circa 1596 and would have been ten years old when his father died). This John was married to Susanna Emberley (daughter of Nicholas Emberley of Christchurch) and they had at least two children: John b c 1630 and Susanna married to Henry Hopkins (Burgess of the Burough of Christ Church). John was was a Captain of Foot under the command of Colonel Fleming (and in 1686 Mayor of Christ Church) married Sarah Preston (daughter of Henry Preston of Burton, Christ Church). John and Sarah had at least one child also John who lived at Legore, Parish of Milton, Hampshire and he was approximately 33 years of age in 1686 (b c 1653) and married to Dorothy Blake (daughter and sole heir of Stephen Blake of Legore, Hampshire). They had five children Dorothy b c 1673, John b c 1674, Sarah b c 1681, Stephen b c 1683, and William b c 1685 (died 20 Dec 1744). The Visitation has been signed by John Blake in 1686 at the Kings Arms in Lindhurst 25 Jul 1686. This John is the Testator in this will. Probate was given to his wife Dorothy and sons Stephen and William although I have not yet transcribed the Probate.
Dorothy (wife of John) was also a Blake; daughter of Stephen Blake of Legore, Milton, Hampshire (near Christ Church) but I have not yet been able to determine the lineage of Stephen Blake.
I wonder which Blake family; are they descendant of the Wiltshire Blake family? William was a Mercer but it was a time when the most profit lay in cloth so I can not say that just because he was a Mercer he might be related to the Andover Blake family. Other than Richard Blake at Andover and his line, the rest were gentlemen farmers. Hubborn is an area in Christ Church looking at the Post Office Directory for the Borough of Southampton by William Cooper (1834), Southampton: Fletcher, Forbes and Fletcher. Interesting that the furtherest back William Blake died in 1606 the same year as William Blake at Eastontown. However, William at Eastontown did not have a son John.
In the Blog on Henry Blake's will http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/02/henry-blake-of-christchurch-and-his.html written 18 Feb 2011, there is some information on Hubborn. The Hampshire Record Office does hold a number of wills for Blake members at Hubborn including the will of John Blake husbandman at Hubborn who left his will in 1613, William Blake husbandman leaving a will in 1585. The Blake family at Andover does not really appear at Andover until the early 1500s and the earliest wills may be Richard Blake who left a will in 1522 naming his brother Thomas and his wife Executor (this is a will that I need to order from Hampshire Record Office). Jone Blake left a will in 1527 naming her children Robert, Nicholas and Elizabeth but neglected to name her husband at Andover. I am wondering if Richard is the husband of Jone since he is at Enham.
Back to Christchurch and Robert Blake leaves his will in 1547 naming his sons Richard (eldest and executor), William, Thomas the elder, Thomas the younger and Elizabeth. Is this the family on the Visitation? This keeps reminding me that I need to transcribe the 30 odd Wiltshire Blake wills that I have on hand. Personally my feeling is that the Christchurch family is descendant of the Calne Wiltshire Blake family.
Once again the yDNA study of the Blake family is an interesting way to look at your Blake line. Movement in the British Isles as people migrated from one area to another for various reasons happened early as well as now. For instance, my great grandparents Blake were from two different counties (Blake from Upper Clatford Hampshire and Knight from Turnworth Dorset). yDNA tells you about your deep ancestry. My line at Upper Clatford testing my brother is I2a2b which is said to be a very ancient British Isles haplogroup. My father was born at Eastleigh Hampshire (near Southampton) in 1904 with his father born at Upper Clatford in 1875.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/541 Image Reference 212/211
Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Testator: John Blake, Gentleman of Christchurch, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 25 May 1714, probated 21 Aug 1714
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: image, small script, bold text
[In margin] Tes[tat]or Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 This is the Last Will and Testament of me John Blake of
3 Sanborne within the parish of Christ Church in the County of
4 South[amp]ton Gentleman as followeth (that is to say) and chiefly I
5 commend my Soul to the Mercy of Almighty God thro[ug]h the merits
6 of my Saviour Christ Jesus and my body I commit to the Earth
7 and my Worldly Estate I dispose of in manner following (viz [a vi]t)
8 I give to the Poor of the Parish of Christ Church aforesaid Forty
9 shillings to be disposed of att my Grave by my Executors herein
10 after named. Item I give to my Grandson John Garret Blake
11 and to my Grand daughter Jane Blake Son and Daughter of
12 my Son John Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds a peice
13 of Lawfull Money when they shall respectively attaine the
14 age of one and Twenty years. Item I give to my Son John
15 Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds of like money to be
16 paid within one year after my decease Item I give to my daughter
17 Dorothy Slade the summe of One Hundred pounds of like
18 money to be paid within One year after my decease. Item I
19 give to my Grand daughter Sarah Slade and to my Grand Son
20 Nicholas Slade the Summe of fifty pounds a peice of like money
21 and to my Grand daughter Susannah Slade the Summe of one
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22 hundred pounds of like money to be paid them respectively
23 at their attaining the age of one and Twenty years or days of
24 Marriage which shall first happen and in case of either of
25 their deaths to the Survivors and Survivor of them. Item I give
26 devise and bequeath unto my Son Stephen Blake his heirs Execu[to]rs
27 and administrators all and Singular my Lands Tenements and
` hereditaments situate lying and being within the Tythings of
29 Street Burton and Bure within the Parish of Christ Church afores[ai]d
30 (except Colgills Hamm) Item I give to my Grand children Stephen
31 Richard and John Blake sons of my said Son Stephen the Summe
32 of one hundred pounds apeice of like Lawfull Money to be paid to
33 them at their attaining their respective Age of One and Twenty
34 years and in Case of either of their deaths to the Survivors and
35 Survivor of them. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Son
36 William Blake his heirs Executors and Administrators all and
37 Singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
38 Scituate lyeing and being within the Burrough of Christ Church
39 in the Said County of South[amp]ton together with Colgills Hamm and
40 the Close or Plott of Ground in the Possession of Joseph Jeanes
41 with the rights members and Appurtenances thereof but in case
42 my said son William shall happen to dye without any other
43 Issue of his body lawfully begotten besides his now daughter
44 Then my will is and I do give devise and bequeath all and
45 Singular the Said Premisses so devised to him his heirs Executors
46 and Administrators unto my Son Stephen Blake his heirs Executors
47 and Administrators upon Condition nevertheless that he or
48 they pay unto my Said Son William Blake the Summe of Two
49 hundred pounds of Lawfull money when She Shall attaine her
50 full age or be Married which shall first happen. Item I give
51 to my said Grand daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake the further
51 Summe of One hundred pounds of like Money to be paid her
52 at her attaining her full age or Marriage which shall first
53 happen. Item I give to the Churchwardens of the Parish of Christ
54 Church aforesaid Forty Shillings to be paid at my Funeral
55 to the use of the Repaires and beutifying the Said Parish Church
56 all the residue of my Good and Chattells and Estate whatsoever
57 not herein before devised I give to my Loveing Wife and my
58 Said Sons Stephen and William equally to be divided between
59 them and make and appoint them joint Executors of this my
60 Last Will and Testament hereby revokeing all former and other
61 by me made and declareing this only to be my Last In Wittness
62 whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this five and
63 Twentieth day of May in the year of Our Lord Christ one Thousand
64 Seven hundred and fourteen John Blake Signed Sealed
65 and declared by the Said John Blake to be his Last Will and
66 Testament in our presence who Subscribes Our names in his
67 presence in the Lodging Room of him the said John Blake att
68 Sambborne aforesaid, the words (Garret. Item I give to my Son
69 John Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds of like money
70 to be paid within One yeare after my decease Sarah Slade
71 apeice) being First interlined in the above Written Will
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72 Ja: Coffin, Tho: Coffin, William Whichre
The Blake family of Christ Church does appear in the Visitations. William Blake who died in 1606 lived at Hubborn, Hampshire and he had a son John who also lived at Hubborn and in 1660 was 64 years of age (hence born circa 1596 and would have been ten years old when his father died). This John was married to Susanna Emberley (daughter of Nicholas Emberley of Christchurch) and they had at least two children: John b c 1630 and Susanna married to Henry Hopkins (Burgess of the Burough of Christ Church). John was was a Captain of Foot under the command of Colonel Fleming (and in 1686 Mayor of Christ Church) married Sarah Preston (daughter of Henry Preston of Burton, Christ Church). John and Sarah had at least one child also John who lived at Legore, Parish of Milton, Hampshire and he was approximately 33 years of age in 1686 (b c 1653) and married to Dorothy Blake (daughter and sole heir of Stephen Blake of Legore, Hampshire). They had five children Dorothy b c 1673, John b c 1674, Sarah b c 1681, Stephen b c 1683, and William b c 1685 (died 20 Dec 1744). The Visitation has been signed by John Blake in 1686 at the Kings Arms in Lindhurst 25 Jul 1686. This John is the Testator in this will. Probate was given to his wife Dorothy and sons Stephen and William although I have not yet transcribed the Probate.
Dorothy (wife of John) was also a Blake; daughter of Stephen Blake of Legore, Milton, Hampshire (near Christ Church) but I have not yet been able to determine the lineage of Stephen Blake.
I wonder which Blake family; are they descendant of the Wiltshire Blake family? William was a Mercer but it was a time when the most profit lay in cloth so I can not say that just because he was a Mercer he might be related to the Andover Blake family. Other than Richard Blake at Andover and his line, the rest were gentlemen farmers. Hubborn is an area in Christ Church looking at the Post Office Directory for the Borough of Southampton by William Cooper (1834), Southampton: Fletcher, Forbes and Fletcher. Interesting that the furtherest back William Blake died in 1606 the same year as William Blake at Eastontown. However, William at Eastontown did not have a son John.
In the Blog on Henry Blake's will http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/02/henry-blake-of-christchurch-and-his.html written 18 Feb 2011, there is some information on Hubborn. The Hampshire Record Office does hold a number of wills for Blake members at Hubborn including the will of John Blake husbandman at Hubborn who left his will in 1613, William Blake husbandman leaving a will in 1585. The Blake family at Andover does not really appear at Andover until the early 1500s and the earliest wills may be Richard Blake who left a will in 1522 naming his brother Thomas and his wife Executor (this is a will that I need to order from Hampshire Record Office). Jone Blake left a will in 1527 naming her children Robert, Nicholas and Elizabeth but neglected to name her husband at Andover. I am wondering if Richard is the husband of Jone since he is at Enham.
Back to Christchurch and Robert Blake leaves his will in 1547 naming his sons Richard (eldest and executor), William, Thomas the elder, Thomas the younger and Elizabeth. Is this the family on the Visitation? This keeps reminding me that I need to transcribe the 30 odd Wiltshire Blake wills that I have on hand. Personally my feeling is that the Christchurch family is descendant of the Calne Wiltshire Blake family.
Once again the yDNA study of the Blake family is an interesting way to look at your Blake line. Movement in the British Isles as people migrated from one area to another for various reasons happened early as well as now. For instance, my great grandparents Blake were from two different counties (Blake from Upper Clatford Hampshire and Knight from Turnworth Dorset). yDNA tells you about your deep ancestry. My line at Upper Clatford testing my brother is I2a2b which is said to be a very ancient British Isles haplogroup. My father was born at Eastleigh Hampshire (near Southampton) in 1904 with his father born at Upper Clatford in 1875.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/541 Image Reference 212/211
Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Testator: John Blake, Gentleman of Christchurch, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 25 May 1714, probated 21 Aug 1714
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: image, small script, bold text
[In margin] Tes[tat]or Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 This is the Last Will and Testament of me John Blake of
3 Sanborne within the parish of Christ Church in the County of
4 South[amp]ton Gentleman as followeth (that is to say) and chiefly I
5 commend my Soul to the Mercy of Almighty God thro[ug]h the merits
6 of my Saviour Christ Jesus and my body I commit to the Earth
7 and my Worldly Estate I dispose of in manner following (viz [a vi]t)
8 I give to the Poor of the Parish of Christ Church aforesaid Forty
9 shillings to be disposed of att my Grave by my Executors herein
10 after named. Item I give to my Grandson John Garret Blake
11 and to my Grand daughter Jane Blake Son and Daughter of
12 my Son John Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds a peice
13 of Lawfull Money when they shall respectively attaine the
14 age of one and Twenty years. Item I give to my Son John
15 Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds of like money to be
16 paid within one year after my decease Item I give to my daughter
17 Dorothy Slade the summe of One Hundred pounds of like
18 money to be paid within One year after my decease. Item I
19 give to my Grand daughter Sarah Slade and to my Grand Son
20 Nicholas Slade the Summe of fifty pounds a peice of like money
21 and to my Grand daughter Susannah Slade the Summe of one
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22 hundred pounds of like money to be paid them respectively
23 at their attaining the age of one and Twenty years or days of
24 Marriage which shall first happen and in case of either of
25 their deaths to the Survivors and Survivor of them. Item I give
26 devise and bequeath unto my Son Stephen Blake his heirs Execu[to]rs
27 and administrators all and Singular my Lands Tenements and
` hereditaments situate lying and being within the Tythings of
29 Street Burton and Bure within the Parish of Christ Church afores[ai]d
30 (except Colgills Hamm) Item I give to my Grand children Stephen
31 Richard and John Blake sons of my said Son Stephen the Summe
32 of one hundred pounds apeice of like Lawfull Money to be paid to
33 them at their attaining their respective Age of One and Twenty
34 years and in Case of either of their deaths to the Survivors and
35 Survivor of them. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Son
36 William Blake his heirs Executors and Administrators all and
37 Singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
38 Scituate lyeing and being within the Burrough of Christ Church
39 in the Said County of South[amp]ton together with Colgills Hamm and
40 the Close or Plott of Ground in the Possession of Joseph Jeanes
41 with the rights members and Appurtenances thereof but in case
42 my said son William shall happen to dye without any other
43 Issue of his body lawfully begotten besides his now daughter
44 Then my will is and I do give devise and bequeath all and
45 Singular the Said Premisses so devised to him his heirs Executors
46 and Administrators unto my Son Stephen Blake his heirs Executors
47 and Administrators upon Condition nevertheless that he or
48 they pay unto my Said Son William Blake the Summe of Two
49 hundred pounds of Lawfull money when She Shall attaine her
50 full age or be Married which shall first happen. Item I give
51 to my said Grand daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake the further
51 Summe of One hundred pounds of like Money to be paid her
52 at her attaining her full age or Marriage which shall first
53 happen. Item I give to the Churchwardens of the Parish of Christ
54 Church aforesaid Forty Shillings to be paid at my Funeral
55 to the use of the Repaires and beutifying the Said Parish Church
56 all the residue of my Good and Chattells and Estate whatsoever
57 not herein before devised I give to my Loveing Wife and my
58 Said Sons Stephen and William equally to be divided between
59 them and make and appoint them joint Executors of this my
60 Last Will and Testament hereby revokeing all former and other
61 by me made and declareing this only to be my Last In Wittness
62 whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this five and
63 Twentieth day of May in the year of Our Lord Christ one Thousand
64 Seven hundred and fourteen John Blake Signed Sealed
65 and declared by the Said John Blake to be his Last Will and
66 Testament in our presence who Subscribes Our names in his
67 presence in the Lodging Room of him the said John Blake att
68 Sambborne aforesaid, the words (Garret. Item I give to my Son
69 John Blake the Summe of One hundred pounds of like money
70 to be paid within One yeare after my decease Sarah Slade
71 apeice) being First interlined in the above Written Will
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72 Ja: Coffin, Tho: Coffin, William Whichre
Friday, May 18, 2012
Will of William Blake, Mercer of Christchurch, Hampshire, National Archives PROB 11/738 Image Reference 196/202, probated 8 Mar 1745
I will be posting a will today for my Blake one name study and then a will tomorrow for my one name Blake study. The next items will then be for the Routledge papers that my cousin asked me to transcribe. It will likely be a couple of weeks before I return once again to the Hampshire Blake wills. In the meantime if Blake is an interest of yours please consider doing yDNA testing to help discover all the Blake lines of the Isles. The yDNA project at FT DNA can be seen here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/
All of the originals of these wills are available for download on the National Archives website for the extremely reasonable price of £3.50. Once you discover your ancestor on a will it is wonderful to have a copy of that will.
William Blake of Christchurch was married twice with his second wife being Elizabeth Hook and they were married 24 May 1719 at Christchurch. Hook, one of their daughters, was baptized 8 Dec 1727 at Christchurch.
Elizabeth Dorothy Blake (daughter from his first marriage) was baptized 5 Jun 1711 at Christchurch. Elizabeth Dorothy Blake married her cousin John Garrett Blake 1 Oct 1728 at Christchurch. Their first child William was baptized 5 Dec 1729 at Christchurch and their second child was Dorothy for whom I could not locate a baptism yet.
In his Will, William mentions his siblings and their children which is always a very nice linking document to have. He has brothers Stephen Blake and John Blake (deceased) and sister Dorothy Slade (deceased). His father was Johannis Blake, his mother Dorothea and his will is the next one to be transcribed.
Stephen his brother has children baptized at Christchurch: Stephen baptized 23 Apr 1710, Richard baptized 29 Sep 1713, Mary baptized 12 Oct 1715, Sarah baptized 27 Sep 1717, Dorathe baptized 4 Nov 1719. Possibly his son Stephen has children baptized at Christchurch: Katherin baptized 22 Feb 1733 and Stephen baptized 19 Sep 1735.
John his brother is the father of John Garrett Blake who married William's eldest daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake. John's daughter Jane married (unknown) Boorne (sp).
His sister Dorathey Blake married Nicholas Slade on 26 Dec 1694 at Christchurch. Their daughter Sarah was baptized 3 Dec 1696 at Christchurch and she married Thomas Janes 13 May 1719 at Christchurch. Their son Nicholas (not mentioned in this will) was baptized 14 Jan 1692 and 31 Jan 1701 (likely the first Nicholas died, Nicholas is mentioned in his grandfather's will).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/738 Image Reference 196/202
Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Testator: William Blake, Mercer of Christchurch, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 9 Jun 1744, probated 8 Mar 1745
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: image, small script, bold text
[In margin] William Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 I William Blake of the Borough of Christchurch in the
3 County of Southampton Mercer being in good health of Body
4 and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory (blessed be
5 God therefore) but calling to mind the uncertainty of this
6 transitory life and that all flesh must die do make and
7 publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following
8 that is to say First and principally I commit my Soul to the
9 hands of Almighty god who gave it me and my Body to
10 the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried at
11 the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and as
12 for that Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
13 enrich me I dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) First
14 I will that all my just debts and funeral Expences be first paid
15 and satisfied and I give and bequeath unto David Worsley
16 of the Isle of White Esq[uir]e and Lawrence Jackson of the Borough
17 of Christchurch aforesaid Gentleman my Trustees the Sum of
18 two hundred pounds of lawful British Money upon this
19 special Trust and Confidence in them reposed and to the
20 intent and purpose that they the said David Worsley and
21 Lawrence Jackson and the survivor of them and the said
22 Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall
23 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease place
24 out and continue the same at Interest on such security and
25 Securities as can be got for the same and the Interest and
26 produce thereof during the natural Life of my daughter
27 Elizabeth Dorothy Blake now wife of John Garret Blake
28 the same from time to time becomes due shall pay unto her
29 my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake into her own
30 hands to be for her own proper disposal and for her personal
31 and separate use and benefit exclusive of her husband
32 whose receipts alone (notwithstanding her coverture) shall
33 from time to time and at all times during the continuance
34 thereof be sufficient discharges for the same and from and
35 after the death of my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy
36 Blake then upon this further Trust and confidence that they
37 the said David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson and the
38 Survivor of them of them and the Executors and Administrators
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39 of such Survivor to and shall pay the said Sum of two hundred
40 pounds and all interest due for the same unto my Grandchildren
41 William and Dorothy Blake children of my said daughter
42 Elizabeth Dorothy Blake equally Share and Share alike at
43 their several and respective ages of twenty one years or
44 days of Marriage and if either of them die under age and
45 unmarried then the whole to the Survivor of them at the age
46 of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and in case
47 both of my said Grandchildren die under age and unmarried
48 Then upon this further Trust and confidence that they the said
49 David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson and the Survivor of
50 them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor
51 do and shall pay the said Sum of two hundred pounds and all
51 Interest and for the same unto my two daughters Hook and
52 Sarah Blake equally or to the Survivor of them or to the
53 Executors Administrators and Assigns of such Survivor also I
54 give and bequeath unto my said Grandchildren William and
55 Dorothy Blake the sum of fifty pounds a piece of like Money
56 to be paid them severally at their respective ages of twenty
57 one years or days of Marriage and if either of them dye
58 under age and unmarried then his or her Legacy of fifty
59 pounds so dying I will to the Survivor to be paid at the age
60 of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and in case both
61 of them dyes under age and unmarried then I give their
62 Legacys equally betwixt my said daughters Hook and Sarah
63 Blake also I give and bequeath unto my said daughters Hook
64 and Sarah Blake the sum of four hundred pounds a piece of
65 like Money to be paid them severally at their respective ages
66 of twenty one years or days of Marriage And if either of
67 them dye under age and unmarried then I give her Legacy
68 of four hundred pounds so dying to the Survivor of them at the
69 age of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and I gave
70 devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife Elizabeth Blake
71 all my freehold and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and
72 Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever that I shall die
73 seized and possessed of to hold to her my said Wife and her
74 assigns for and during her natural life spent in case my
75 said wife marries again then my Will is that my said Wife
76 and her assigns do and shall out of the Rents and Profits of
77 my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments well
78 and truly pay or cause to be paid unto my said daughters
79 Hook and Sarah Blake the yearly annuities or clear yearly
80 Sums of ten pounds apiece in lawfull money of Great Britain
81 during the natural life of my said Wife by two equal half a
82 yearly payments (that is to say) at Michaelmas and Lady Day
83 and the first payment thereof to be made on each of the said days
84 as shall first and next happen after the marriage of my said
85 Wife and I do hereby charge my said Lands Tenements and
86 Hereditaments with payment of the same accordingly and
87 from and after the death of my said Wife I give and devise
88 all my freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments
89 lying and being in the Borough of Christchurch aforesaid and my
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90 Freehold land containing twelve acres of Meadow (more or
91 less) lying in Bure Meade within the parish of Christchurch
92 aforesaid unto my said daughter Hook Blake and the heirs
93 of her Body lawfully to be begotten and for want of such Issue
94 I give and devise the same to my said daughter Sarah
95 Blake and the heirs of her Body lawfully to be begotten and
96 for want of such Issue I give and devise the same to my
97 Grandson William Blake son of my said daughter Elizabeth
98 Dorothy Blake and to his Heirs and assigns for ever and as
99 from and after the death of my said Wife I give and devise
100 my freehold Estate at Hubborne my close of land containing
101 six acres lying against Summerford Lane which I purchased
102 of Mr. John Smith and my dwelling house Mealhouse Lands
103 and premisses at Common Gate which I purchased of Henry
104 and Mark King all within the parish of Christchurch unto
105 my said daughter Sarah Blake and the heirs of her Body
106 lawfully to be begotten and for want os such Issue I give
107 and devise the same and every part thereof unto my said
108 daughter Hook Blake and to the heirs of her Body lawfully
109 to be begotten and for want of such Issue I give and devise
110 the same unto my said Grandson William Blake the Son
111 of my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake and to his
112 heirs and assigns for ever and I give five pounds to be
113 distributed amongst the poor of the Borough of Christchurch
114 aforesaid one Month after my decease at the discretion of
115 my Executrix hereafter named and I give five pounds to the
116 Church Wardens of the parish of Christchurch to be laid out
117 in ornamenting their Parish Church and I give to my Brother
118 Stephen Blake and to his Son and three daughters Stephen
119 Mary Sarah and Barbariah and to my late Brother John
120 Blake's son and daughter John Garrett Blake and Jane
121 Boorne and to my late sister Dorothy Slade's daughter
122 Sarah the wife of Mr. Thomas Janes and to each of them
123 one Guinea and I give to my friends in Trust the said
124 David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson five pounds a piece
125 desiring them to take upon themselves the Trust herein in
126 them reposed and to see that this my Will be duly and
127 truly performed all the rest and residue of my Lands Goods
128 Chattels and Credits whatsoever and wheresoever (not before
129 given) I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife
130 Elizabeth Blake whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will
131 and Testament and I do hereby revoke and make void all
132 former and other wills by me made In Witness whereof I
133 the said William Blake have to this my last Will and
134 Testament (being contained in two Sheets of paper) set my
135 Hand and Seal the ninth day of June in the year of my
136 Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty four Will[ia]m Blake
137 Signed Sealed Published by the said William Blake the
138 Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
139 of us who subscribed our Names hereto as Witnesses at his
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140 request and in his presence and in the presence of each
141 other Jno Scott, Joseph Jeans, Jno Oake
142 This Will was proved at London before the
143 Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master
144 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
145 lawfully constituted on the eighth day of March in the
146 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty
147 four by the Oath of Elizabeth Blake Widow the Relict of
148 the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to
149 whom administration was granted of all and singular the
150 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first
151 sworn Commission duly to administer
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/
All of the originals of these wills are available for download on the National Archives website for the extremely reasonable price of £3.50. Once you discover your ancestor on a will it is wonderful to have a copy of that will.
William Blake of Christchurch was married twice with his second wife being Elizabeth Hook and they were married 24 May 1719 at Christchurch. Hook, one of their daughters, was baptized 8 Dec 1727 at Christchurch.
Elizabeth Dorothy Blake (daughter from his first marriage) was baptized 5 Jun 1711 at Christchurch. Elizabeth Dorothy Blake married her cousin John Garrett Blake 1 Oct 1728 at Christchurch. Their first child William was baptized 5 Dec 1729 at Christchurch and their second child was Dorothy for whom I could not locate a baptism yet.
In his Will, William mentions his siblings and their children which is always a very nice linking document to have. He has brothers Stephen Blake and John Blake (deceased) and sister Dorothy Slade (deceased). His father was Johannis Blake, his mother Dorothea and his will is the next one to be transcribed.
Stephen his brother has children baptized at Christchurch: Stephen baptized 23 Apr 1710, Richard baptized 29 Sep 1713, Mary baptized 12 Oct 1715, Sarah baptized 27 Sep 1717, Dorathe baptized 4 Nov 1719. Possibly his son Stephen has children baptized at Christchurch: Katherin baptized 22 Feb 1733 and Stephen baptized 19 Sep 1735.
John his brother is the father of John Garrett Blake who married William's eldest daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake. John's daughter Jane married (unknown) Boorne (sp).
His sister Dorathey Blake married Nicholas Slade on 26 Dec 1694 at Christchurch. Their daughter Sarah was baptized 3 Dec 1696 at Christchurch and she married Thomas Janes 13 May 1719 at Christchurch. Their son Nicholas (not mentioned in this will) was baptized 14 Jan 1692 and 31 Jan 1701 (likely the first Nicholas died, Nicholas is mentioned in his grandfather's will).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/738 Image Reference 196/202
Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Testator: William Blake, Mercer of Christchurch, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 9 Jun 1744, probated 8 Mar 1745
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: image, small script, bold text
[In margin] William Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 I William Blake of the Borough of Christchurch in the
3 County of Southampton Mercer being in good health of Body
4 and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory (blessed be
5 God therefore) but calling to mind the uncertainty of this
6 transitory life and that all flesh must die do make and
7 publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following
8 that is to say First and principally I commit my Soul to the
9 hands of Almighty god who gave it me and my Body to
10 the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried at
11 the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and as
12 for that Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
13 enrich me I dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) First
14 I will that all my just debts and funeral Expences be first paid
15 and satisfied and I give and bequeath unto David Worsley
16 of the Isle of White Esq[uir]e and Lawrence Jackson of the Borough
17 of Christchurch aforesaid Gentleman my Trustees the Sum of
18 two hundred pounds of lawful British Money upon this
19 special Trust and Confidence in them reposed and to the
20 intent and purpose that they the said David Worsley and
21 Lawrence Jackson and the survivor of them and the said
22 Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall
23 as soon as conveniently may be after my decease place
24 out and continue the same at Interest on such security and
25 Securities as can be got for the same and the Interest and
26 produce thereof during the natural Life of my daughter
27 Elizabeth Dorothy Blake now wife of John Garret Blake
28 the same from time to time becomes due shall pay unto her
29 my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake into her own
30 hands to be for her own proper disposal and for her personal
31 and separate use and benefit exclusive of her husband
32 whose receipts alone (notwithstanding her coverture) shall
33 from time to time and at all times during the continuance
34 thereof be sufficient discharges for the same and from and
35 after the death of my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy
36 Blake then upon this further Trust and confidence that they
37 the said David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson and the
38 Survivor of them of them and the Executors and Administrators
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39 of such Survivor to and shall pay the said Sum of two hundred
40 pounds and all interest due for the same unto my Grandchildren
41 William and Dorothy Blake children of my said daughter
42 Elizabeth Dorothy Blake equally Share and Share alike at
43 their several and respective ages of twenty one years or
44 days of Marriage and if either of them die under age and
45 unmarried then the whole to the Survivor of them at the age
46 of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and in case
47 both of my said Grandchildren die under age and unmarried
48 Then upon this further Trust and confidence that they the said
49 David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson and the Survivor of
50 them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor
51 do and shall pay the said Sum of two hundred pounds and all
51 Interest and for the same unto my two daughters Hook and
52 Sarah Blake equally or to the Survivor of them or to the
53 Executors Administrators and Assigns of such Survivor also I
54 give and bequeath unto my said Grandchildren William and
55 Dorothy Blake the sum of fifty pounds a piece of like Money
56 to be paid them severally at their respective ages of twenty
57 one years or days of Marriage and if either of them dye
58 under age and unmarried then his or her Legacy of fifty
59 pounds so dying I will to the Survivor to be paid at the age
60 of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and in case both
61 of them dyes under age and unmarried then I give their
62 Legacys equally betwixt my said daughters Hook and Sarah
63 Blake also I give and bequeath unto my said daughters Hook
64 and Sarah Blake the sum of four hundred pounds a piece of
65 like Money to be paid them severally at their respective ages
66 of twenty one years or days of Marriage And if either of
67 them dye under age and unmarried then I give her Legacy
68 of four hundred pounds so dying to the Survivor of them at the
69 age of twenty one years or Marriage as aforesaid and I gave
70 devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife Elizabeth Blake
71 all my freehold and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and
72 Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever that I shall die
73 seized and possessed of to hold to her my said Wife and her
74 assigns for and during her natural life spent in case my
75 said wife marries again then my Will is that my said Wife
76 and her assigns do and shall out of the Rents and Profits of
77 my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments well
78 and truly pay or cause to be paid unto my said daughters
79 Hook and Sarah Blake the yearly annuities or clear yearly
80 Sums of ten pounds apiece in lawfull money of Great Britain
81 during the natural life of my said Wife by two equal half a
82 yearly payments (that is to say) at Michaelmas and Lady Day
83 and the first payment thereof to be made on each of the said days
84 as shall first and next happen after the marriage of my said
85 Wife and I do hereby charge my said Lands Tenements and
86 Hereditaments with payment of the same accordingly and
87 from and after the death of my said Wife I give and devise
88 all my freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments
89 lying and being in the Borough of Christchurch aforesaid and my
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90 Freehold land containing twelve acres of Meadow (more or
91 less) lying in Bure Meade within the parish of Christchurch
92 aforesaid unto my said daughter Hook Blake and the heirs
93 of her Body lawfully to be begotten and for want of such Issue
94 I give and devise the same to my said daughter Sarah
95 Blake and the heirs of her Body lawfully to be begotten and
96 for want of such Issue I give and devise the same to my
97 Grandson William Blake son of my said daughter Elizabeth
98 Dorothy Blake and to his Heirs and assigns for ever and as
99 from and after the death of my said Wife I give and devise
100 my freehold Estate at Hubborne my close of land containing
101 six acres lying against Summerford Lane which I purchased
102 of Mr. John Smith and my dwelling house Mealhouse Lands
103 and premisses at Common Gate which I purchased of Henry
104 and Mark King all within the parish of Christchurch unto
105 my said daughter Sarah Blake and the heirs of her Body
106 lawfully to be begotten and for want os such Issue I give
107 and devise the same and every part thereof unto my said
108 daughter Hook Blake and to the heirs of her Body lawfully
109 to be begotten and for want of such Issue I give and devise
110 the same unto my said Grandson William Blake the Son
111 of my said daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Blake and to his
112 heirs and assigns for ever and I give five pounds to be
113 distributed amongst the poor of the Borough of Christchurch
114 aforesaid one Month after my decease at the discretion of
115 my Executrix hereafter named and I give five pounds to the
116 Church Wardens of the parish of Christchurch to be laid out
117 in ornamenting their Parish Church and I give to my Brother
118 Stephen Blake and to his Son and three daughters Stephen
119 Mary Sarah and Barbariah and to my late Brother John
120 Blake's son and daughter John Garrett Blake and Jane
121 Boorne and to my late sister Dorothy Slade's daughter
122 Sarah the wife of Mr. Thomas Janes and to each of them
123 one Guinea and I give to my friends in Trust the said
124 David Worsley and Lawrence Jackson five pounds a piece
125 desiring them to take upon themselves the Trust herein in
126 them reposed and to see that this my Will be duly and
127 truly performed all the rest and residue of my Lands Goods
128 Chattels and Credits whatsoever and wheresoever (not before
129 given) I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife
130 Elizabeth Blake whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will
131 and Testament and I do hereby revoke and make void all
132 former and other wills by me made In Witness whereof I
133 the said William Blake have to this my last Will and
134 Testament (being contained in two Sheets of paper) set my
135 Hand and Seal the ninth day of June in the year of my
136 Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty four Will[ia]m Blake
137 Signed Sealed Published by the said William Blake the
138 Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
139 of us who subscribed our Names hereto as Witnesses at his
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140 request and in his presence and in the presence of each
141 other Jno Scott, Joseph Jeans, Jno Oake
142 This Will was proved at London before the
143 Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master
144 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
145 lawfully constituted on the eighth day of March in the
146 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty
147 four by the Oath of Elizabeth Blake Widow the Relict of
148 the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to
149 whom administration was granted of all and singular the
150 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first
151 sworn Commission duly to administer
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Will of John Blake, Gentleman of Portsea, National Archives PROB 11/1676, Image Reference 38/39, probated 8 Oct 1823
It isn't often that I find a family tree for Blake that fits into one of the wills that I am looking at. This particular one is on World Connect but not updated since 17 May 2001 and the contact person is Merrilynjminster@hotmail.com. She is likely descended from the marriage of Elisabeth Blake and Joseph Tickner since that is the only line traced down further in this family grouping. Joseph and Elizabeth were married 20 Oct 1813 at St Mary Parish Church in Portsea. They had 12 children and again only one child is traced down being Emma Tickner baptized 23 May 1833 at St Mary Parish Church in Portsea. Emma married William Willmott Hatherly 27 Jun 1852 at St Mary Parish Church in Portsea and this couple had five children all born in New South Wales Australia. Only their daughter Emma Hatherly born 29 Oct 1857 in Newtown, New South Wales is traced down and her daughter was named Emily Maud Hatherly and born 8 Dec 1877 in Sydney New South Wales. Emily married Joseph George Minter 2 May 1895 in Waterloo New South Wales and they had eight children born between 1895 and 1912. None of these children are traced down by the author Merrilyn J Minter. Six of the children were sons.
Elizabeth Blake's parents are identified in this information at World Connect as John Blake (baptized 12 Dec 1761 in Portsmouth Hampshire England) and Rebecca Tilberry who were themselves married 14 Jan 1787 in Portsea (also located this marriage on Find my Past).
Children of the marriage of John Blake and Rebecca Tilberry from World Connect (all are baptized at St Mary Parish Church Portsea unless indicated otherwise):
John Blake baptized 29 Jul 1787; buried 30 Jan 1798
Thomas Blake baptized 28 Jun 1789 (number of burials at Portsea for Thomas Blake)
Mary Blake baptized 1 May 1791
Elisabeth Blake baptized 28 Sep 1794
Ann Blake baptized 12 Jun 1796
John Blake baptized 8 Jul 1798
Rebecca Blake baptized 4 Feb 1800 in Portsmouth
William Blake baptized 27 Aug 1802 in Portsmouth
Rebecca Blake baptized 9 Jan 1803
William Blake baptized 9 Jan 1803
Martha Blake baptized 20 May 1804
I must admit to being somewhat ambivalent about the Portsmouth entries although it does leave a large gap otherwise between John in 1798 and William in 1803. I did find all of these records on Find My Past along with the bolded entries added to the above chart which I found on World Connect. When I research on William baptized 9 Jan 1803 at Portsea he was born 31 Jul 1802 and Rebecca was born 5 Jan 1800 and baptized 9 Jan 1803 at Portsea. Were they perhaps baptized first in Portsmouth for some reason and then rebaptized at Portsea which is rather unusual in the Anglican Church.
On Find My Past there is a John (baptized 12 Dec 1761) and the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blake published by the Hampshire Genealogical Society. Just to give a little credence to this possibly being the correct John I also found the second page of a will by James Blake PROB 11/1261 and proved 1 Jun 1795 which is only the second page but rather interesting and the text is below:
"same unto my beloved father Thomas Blake living at the sign of the Rainbow, St Georges Square in the town of Portsea in the County of Hampshire and in default thereof to my brother John Blake of the town and County aforesaid. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my father and brother of the town and County aforesaid executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament. In witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three and in the thirty third year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third over Great Britain &c. Jas Blake.
Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of RM Sutton, Captain; H Quinton, Master
This Will was proved at London the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Thomas Blake the father and John Blake the brother of the deceased and the executors named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
Transcribed from a downloaded copy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 11 November 2005 "
This is not one of the wills that I photographed so will have to wait to see the first page another time. Interesting that John did name his second son Thomas (first was named John). He did not, however, name a son James. There is a James baptized 23 Mar 1756 at Portsea St Mary with father Thomas Blake (mother not identified) on Find My Past. There isn't a John Blake baptized at Portsea son of Thomas on Find My Past in the correct time interval. Since his will was probated in 1823 he is too early for the census and civil registration. However the burial registration 30 Jul 1823 for John Blake gives his age as 63 years so a birth circa 1760 (buried at St Mary Parish Portsea). Given the two baptisms at Portsmouth in John and Rebecca's family the baptism of John himself at Portsmouth is reasonable and he does name his second daughter Elizabeth which is the name of the mother identified on the baptism of John Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blake at Portsmouth 12 Dec 1761. He could have been in his 63rd year rather than 63 years of age. There is a Rebecca Blake buried 8 Apr 1816 at Portsea (51 years of age).
There were nine children born to John and Rebeckah Blake and by the will John, William, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Rebeckah and Martha survived to adulthood with Martha being just 19 when the will was written and probated. The first John and Thomas were both dead at the time of writing the will unless John didn't mention Thomas for some reason.
If Thomas is the father of John then he would have been born around 1725 to 1740 and according to the IGI there are two baptisms at St Marys Parish Church Portsea - Thomas baptized 21 Dec 1735 and son of Thomas and Thomas baptized 8 Jul 1739 at Saint Marys Portsea with father Richard. Both entries are from the parish register of Saint Marys according to the IGI. On Find My Past (records of baptism are not yet available for Portsea but marriages are available from 1752 on) Thomas Blake widower married Jane Morlen widow 13 May 1762. There are burials for Elizabeth Blake in 1759 and 1760 at Portsea. A good start on this family at Portsea and will see what other wills yield for information.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/1676, Image Reference 38/39 (images by me)
Name of testator: John Blake, Gentleman of Portsea, Hampshire
Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 21Jun 1823, probated 8 Oct 1823
Read: Electronic file
Condition: 19th century, bold handwriting, dark
[In margin] John Blake 15
1 The last Will and Testament of me John Blake of the
2 Town of Portsea in the county of Southampton Gentleman Whereby I commend
3 my Soul to God and dispose of all my worldly Estate and Effects in manner
4 following that is to say All that my messuages and tenements situate being
5 and being in Lake Lane in the parish of Portsea being fourteen in number
6 viz No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 No 9 No 10 No 11 No 12 No 13 and No 14
7 with four other houses situate in Smiths Lane in the Town of Portsea
8 being No 14 No 15 No 16 and No 17 and also that Dwelling house messuage or
9 tenement being No 23 Marlborough Row in the Town of Portsea and
10 dwellinghouse being No 4 Brittain Street in the Town of Portsea
11 aforesaid and now in my occupation and also that piece or parcel of land
12 situate in Buckland Place in the Island of Portsea which I purchased
13 of Mr Munk being about fifty feet in front and about thirty feet in depth
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14 With all my household goods and furniture plate linen and china shall be
15 sold immediately after my decease (except as hereinafter excepted in the case
16 of my daughter Martha not being of age) either by public auction or private
17 contract for the most that can be got of good and lawful money of Great Brittain
18 and the purchaser or purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the application
19 of their purchase money but the receipt or receipts of my Executors or the
20 survivour of them shall be a sufficient discharge for the same And the residue
21 and every part of the money arising from the sale of the same with my aime
22 in the now four per cente being eight hundred and forty pounds as also the
23 sum of two hundred and fifty pounds being money lent on mortgage to Mr
24 Tho[ma]s Haskell and also the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds lent on
25 mortgage to Mr Pook Milkman with all other monies estate or effects
26 whatsoever over which I have any disposing power at the time of my
27 decease after payment of my just debts funeral expences and the expence of
28 proving this my will. I give and bequeath unto and equally between my
29 son John Blake my son William Blake my daughter Mary the wife of
30 Henry Bull my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Tickner my daughter
31 Ann the wife of Edward Chiverton my daughter Rebeckah the wife of
32 Robert Dixon and my daughter Martha Blake share and share alike to and
33 for their own separate use and benefit excepting with the following
34 exceptions viz That my daughter Mary the wife Henry Bull shall
35 not possess the principal of her share of my property but that she shall
36 receive the interest of such her share during the term of her natural
37 life and immediately after her decease the principal of her share of such
38 property shall go equally to and between my surviving children above
39 named who might be living at the time of her decease to and for their own
40 separate use and benefit. Also my daughter Rebeckah the wife of Edward
41 Dixon shall not possess the principal of her share of my property but
42 she shall receive the interest of such her share during her natural life
43 and immediately after her decease the principal of her share shall go
44 equally to and between her surviving children to and for their own use
45 and benefit share and share alike but if no such child or children then
46 the principal of her share shall go equally between my surviving
47 children before named who might then be living at the time of her decease
48 and in order that each of my children may have an equal share of my
49 property I do hereby will and direct that as my son in law Edward Chiverton
50 has had of me the sum of three hundred and seventy pounds for the purpose
51 of purchasing a vessel between himself and his brother Thomas Chiverton
52 with other five pounds making in the whole three hundred and seventy five
53 pounds such sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds shall be deemed apart of the share of my daughter Ann his wife
54 and the vessel shall be my son in law Edward Chivertons and his brother
55 Thomas shall pay unto him such part of the vessell as he might hold and
56 over which I have any disposing right of power Also that as my son in law
57 Henry Bull is indebted to me the sum of two hundred pounds such sum of
58 two hundred pounds shall be deemed apart of my daughter Mary his wife's
59 share of my property Also that as my son in law Joseph Tickner is in debtor
60 to me in the sum of three hundred and ninety pounds such sum of three
61 hundred and ninety pounds shall be deemed apart of my daughter Elizabeth
62 his wife's share of my property Also as my son in law Edward Dixon is
63 indebted to me in the sum of fifty one pounds such sum of fifty one pounds shall
64 be deemed apart of my daughter Rebeckah his wife's share of my property
65 intending that neither one or other of my children shall have over and
66 above an equal benefit with the other excepting as before excepted in the
67 case of my daughter Mary the wife of Henry Bull and my daughter
68 Rebeckah the wife of Edward Dixon and I do further will and direct that as
69 my daughter Martha Blake now living with me is not arrived at the age
70 of twenty one years that should my decease take place before she attains
71 that
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72 That age then in such case not any of my property before named shall
73 be sold untill my said daughter Martha shall arrive to the age of
74 twenty one years but that my Executors hereinafter named shall receive
75 the rents profits and interest of the whole of my property over which I have any
76 disposing right or power and shall pay unto my daughter Martha
77 after the rate of thirty pounds per annum in order to provide for her
78 maintenance till she attain the age of twenty one years and the remainder
79 of such profits and interest of my property shall go unto and equally between
80 my son John Blake William Blake Mary the wife of Henry Bull
81 Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Tickner Ann the wife of Edward Chiverton
82 and Rebeckah the wife of Edward Dixon share and share alike of such
83 remaining interest and profits and should either of my children die
84 before my daughter Martha shall arrive at the age of twenty one not
85 leaving any issue then his or her share shall go equally between my
86 surviving children but should the deceased leave any children then his
87 or her share shall go to and be equally between the children of such
88 deceased but immediately on my daughter Martha arriving at the age
89 of twenty one years then the whole of my property shall be sold and
90 disposed off as before directed And lastly I do hereby nominate my son
91 John Blake and my son in law Joseph Tickner with my friend Thomas
92 Slade School Master of the Town of Portsea Executors of this my will
93 hereby revoking and making void all former or other wills by me at any
94 time heretofore made and declare this to be and contain my last will and
95 Testament In testimony whereof I John Blake the Testator have
96 hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of June in the
97 year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three
98 John Blake [seal] Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
99 John Blake the testator as and for his last Will and Testament upon
100 the day of the date in the presence of us who in his presence and at
101 his request have subscribed our names as witnesses Witnesses Philip
102 Stockman William Haskett John Carey
103 Proved at London 8th October 1823 before the Judge by the oathe of
104 John Blake Joseph Tickner and Thomas Slade the Executors to whom
105 adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Comm[issi]on duly to adm[iniste]r
Elizabeth Blake's parents are identified in this information at World Connect as John Blake (baptized 12 Dec 1761 in Portsmouth Hampshire England) and Rebecca Tilberry who were themselves married 14 Jan 1787 in Portsea (also located this marriage on Find my Past).
Children of the marriage of John Blake and Rebecca Tilberry from World Connect (all are baptized at St Mary Parish Church Portsea unless indicated otherwise):
John Blake baptized 29 Jul 1787; buried 30 Jan 1798
Thomas Blake baptized 28 Jun 1789 (number of burials at Portsea for Thomas Blake)
Mary Blake baptized 1 May 1791
Elisabeth Blake baptized 28 Sep 1794
Ann Blake baptized 12 Jun 1796
John Blake baptized 8 Jul 1798
Rebecca Blake baptized 4 Feb 1800 in Portsmouth
William Blake baptized 27 Aug 1802 in Portsmouth
Rebecca Blake baptized 9 Jan 1803
William Blake baptized 9 Jan 1803
Martha Blake baptized 20 May 1804
I must admit to being somewhat ambivalent about the Portsmouth entries although it does leave a large gap otherwise between John in 1798 and William in 1803. I did find all of these records on Find My Past along with the bolded entries added to the above chart which I found on World Connect. When I research on William baptized 9 Jan 1803 at Portsea he was born 31 Jul 1802 and Rebecca was born 5 Jan 1800 and baptized 9 Jan 1803 at Portsea. Were they perhaps baptized first in Portsmouth for some reason and then rebaptized at Portsea which is rather unusual in the Anglican Church.
On Find My Past there is a John (baptized 12 Dec 1761) and the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blake published by the Hampshire Genealogical Society. Just to give a little credence to this possibly being the correct John I also found the second page of a will by James Blake PROB 11/1261 and proved 1 Jun 1795 which is only the second page but rather interesting and the text is below:
"same unto my beloved father Thomas Blake living at the sign of the Rainbow, St Georges Square in the town of Portsea in the County of Hampshire and in default thereof to my brother John Blake of the town and County aforesaid. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my father and brother of the town and County aforesaid executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament. In witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three and in the thirty third year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third over Great Britain &c. Jas Blake.
Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of RM Sutton, Captain; H Quinton, Master
This Will was proved at London the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Thomas Blake the father and John Blake the brother of the deceased and the executors named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
Transcribed from a downloaded copy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 11 November 2005 "
This is not one of the wills that I photographed so will have to wait to see the first page another time. Interesting that John did name his second son Thomas (first was named John). He did not, however, name a son James. There is a James baptized 23 Mar 1756 at Portsea St Mary with father Thomas Blake (mother not identified) on Find My Past. There isn't a John Blake baptized at Portsea son of Thomas on Find My Past in the correct time interval. Since his will was probated in 1823 he is too early for the census and civil registration. However the burial registration 30 Jul 1823 for John Blake gives his age as 63 years so a birth circa 1760 (buried at St Mary Parish Portsea). Given the two baptisms at Portsmouth in John and Rebecca's family the baptism of John himself at Portsmouth is reasonable and he does name his second daughter Elizabeth which is the name of the mother identified on the baptism of John Blake son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blake at Portsmouth 12 Dec 1761. He could have been in his 63rd year rather than 63 years of age. There is a Rebecca Blake buried 8 Apr 1816 at Portsea (51 years of age).
There were nine children born to John and Rebeckah Blake and by the will John, William, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Rebeckah and Martha survived to adulthood with Martha being just 19 when the will was written and probated. The first John and Thomas were both dead at the time of writing the will unless John didn't mention Thomas for some reason.
If Thomas is the father of John then he would have been born around 1725 to 1740 and according to the IGI there are two baptisms at St Marys Parish Church Portsea - Thomas baptized 21 Dec 1735 and son of Thomas and Thomas baptized 8 Jul 1739 at Saint Marys Portsea with father Richard. Both entries are from the parish register of Saint Marys according to the IGI. On Find My Past (records of baptism are not yet available for Portsea but marriages are available from 1752 on) Thomas Blake widower married Jane Morlen widow 13 May 1762. There are burials for Elizabeth Blake in 1759 and 1760 at Portsea. A good start on this family at Portsea and will see what other wills yield for information.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/1676, Image Reference 38/39 (images by me)
Name of testator: John Blake, Gentleman of Portsea, Hampshire
Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 21Jun 1823, probated 8 Oct 1823
Read: Electronic file
Condition: 19th century, bold handwriting, dark
[In margin] John Blake 15
1 The last Will and Testament of me John Blake of the
2 Town of Portsea in the county of Southampton Gentleman Whereby I commend
3 my Soul to God and dispose of all my worldly Estate and Effects in manner
4 following that is to say All that my messuages and tenements situate being
5 and being in Lake Lane in the parish of Portsea being fourteen in number
6 viz No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 No 9 No 10 No 11 No 12 No 13 and No 14
7 with four other houses situate in Smiths Lane in the Town of Portsea
8 being No 14 No 15 No 16 and No 17 and also that Dwelling house messuage or
9 tenement being No 23 Marlborough Row in the Town of Portsea and
10 dwellinghouse being No 4 Brittain Street in the Town of Portsea
11 aforesaid and now in my occupation and also that piece or parcel of land
12 situate in Buckland Place in the Island of Portsea which I purchased
13 of Mr Munk being about fifty feet in front and about thirty feet in depth
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14 With all my household goods and furniture plate linen and china shall be
15 sold immediately after my decease (except as hereinafter excepted in the case
16 of my daughter Martha not being of age) either by public auction or private
17 contract for the most that can be got of good and lawful money of Great Brittain
18 and the purchaser or purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the application
19 of their purchase money but the receipt or receipts of my Executors or the
20 survivour of them shall be a sufficient discharge for the same And the residue
21 and every part of the money arising from the sale of the same with my aime
22 in the now four per cente being eight hundred and forty pounds as also the
23 sum of two hundred and fifty pounds being money lent on mortgage to Mr
24 Tho[ma]s Haskell and also the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds lent on
25 mortgage to Mr Pook Milkman with all other monies estate or effects
26 whatsoever over which I have any disposing power at the time of my
27 decease after payment of my just debts funeral expences and the expence of
28 proving this my will. I give and bequeath unto and equally between my
29 son John Blake my son William Blake my daughter Mary the wife of
30 Henry Bull my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Tickner my daughter
31 Ann the wife of Edward Chiverton my daughter Rebeckah the wife of
32 Robert Dixon and my daughter Martha Blake share and share alike to and
33 for their own separate use and benefit excepting with the following
34 exceptions viz That my daughter Mary the wife Henry Bull shall
35 not possess the principal of her share of my property but that she shall
36 receive the interest of such her share during the term of her natural
37 life and immediately after her decease the principal of her share of such
38 property shall go equally to and between my surviving children above
39 named who might be living at the time of her decease to and for their own
40 separate use and benefit. Also my daughter Rebeckah the wife of Edward
41 Dixon shall not possess the principal of her share of my property but
42 she shall receive the interest of such her share during her natural life
43 and immediately after her decease the principal of her share shall go
44 equally to and between her surviving children to and for their own use
45 and benefit share and share alike but if no such child or children then
46 the principal of her share shall go equally between my surviving
47 children before named who might then be living at the time of her decease
48 and in order that each of my children may have an equal share of my
49 property I do hereby will and direct that as my son in law Edward Chiverton
50 has had of me the sum of three hundred and seventy pounds for the purpose
51 of purchasing a vessel between himself and his brother Thomas Chiverton
52 with other five pounds making in the whole three hundred and seventy five
53 pounds such sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds shall be deemed apart of the share of my daughter Ann his wife
54 and the vessel shall be my son in law Edward Chivertons and his brother
55 Thomas shall pay unto him such part of the vessell as he might hold and
56 over which I have any disposing right of power Also that as my son in law
57 Henry Bull is indebted to me the sum of two hundred pounds such sum of
58 two hundred pounds shall be deemed apart of my daughter Mary his wife's
59 share of my property Also that as my son in law Joseph Tickner is in debtor
60 to me in the sum of three hundred and ninety pounds such sum of three
61 hundred and ninety pounds shall be deemed apart of my daughter Elizabeth
62 his wife's share of my property Also as my son in law Edward Dixon is
63 indebted to me in the sum of fifty one pounds such sum of fifty one pounds shall
64 be deemed apart of my daughter Rebeckah his wife's share of my property
65 intending that neither one or other of my children shall have over and
66 above an equal benefit with the other excepting as before excepted in the
67 case of my daughter Mary the wife of Henry Bull and my daughter
68 Rebeckah the wife of Edward Dixon and I do further will and direct that as
69 my daughter Martha Blake now living with me is not arrived at the age
70 of twenty one years that should my decease take place before she attains
71 that
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72 That age then in such case not any of my property before named shall
73 be sold untill my said daughter Martha shall arrive to the age of
74 twenty one years but that my Executors hereinafter named shall receive
75 the rents profits and interest of the whole of my property over which I have any
76 disposing right or power and shall pay unto my daughter Martha
77 after the rate of thirty pounds per annum in order to provide for her
78 maintenance till she attain the age of twenty one years and the remainder
79 of such profits and interest of my property shall go unto and equally between
80 my son John Blake William Blake Mary the wife of Henry Bull
81 Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Tickner Ann the wife of Edward Chiverton
82 and Rebeckah the wife of Edward Dixon share and share alike of such
83 remaining interest and profits and should either of my children die
84 before my daughter Martha shall arrive at the age of twenty one not
85 leaving any issue then his or her share shall go equally between my
86 surviving children but should the deceased leave any children then his
87 or her share shall go to and be equally between the children of such
88 deceased but immediately on my daughter Martha arriving at the age
89 of twenty one years then the whole of my property shall be sold and
90 disposed off as before directed And lastly I do hereby nominate my son
91 John Blake and my son in law Joseph Tickner with my friend Thomas
92 Slade School Master of the Town of Portsea Executors of this my will
93 hereby revoking and making void all former or other wills by me at any
94 time heretofore made and declare this to be and contain my last will and
95 Testament In testimony whereof I John Blake the Testator have
96 hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of June in the
97 year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three
98 John Blake [seal] Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said
99 John Blake the testator as and for his last Will and Testament upon
100 the day of the date in the presence of us who in his presence and at
101 his request have subscribed our names as witnesses Witnesses Philip
102 Stockman William Haskett John Carey
103 Proved at London 8th October 1823 before the Judge by the oathe of
104 John Blake Joseph Tickner and Thomas Slade the Executors to whom
105 adm[inistrati]on was granted being first sworn by Comm[issi]on duly to adm[iniste]r
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