Will of Thomas Blake, Southmolton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1594/143

Thomas Blake, the testator names only his son William in his will below (in 1814 his son would have been almost 15 years of age).

There is a marriage of a Thomas Blake and Grace Spencer 26 Apr 1799 at Bishops Nympton. Interestingly there is a baptism of William Adams Blake 30 Oct 1801 (born 18 Dec 1799) at South Molton with parents Thomas Blake and Grace. The marginal note in the will below identifies the son of Thomas William Blake as using the name William Adams in 1841. Although there are two other children born to a Thomas and Grace Blake in this time period they were both at Little Torrington and one was 19 May 1799 (Thomas) which would seem somewhat impossible. Plus, he only identifies the one son William in his will.

I have the transcription of the Bishops Nympton parish Registers and the marriage registration is as follows:

The Year 1799    Registration Number 269
Thomas Blake of the parish of South Molton bachelor
And Grace Spencer of this parish
Spinster were
Married in this Church by Licence
This twenty sixth day of April in the year One Thousand Seven hundred
And Ninety nine by me J. B. Karslake Curate
This marriage was Solemnized       Thomas Blake
Between us:                                      Grace Spencer
In the presence              George Spencer
Of:                                 John Rodd

The parents of Thomas are a mystery at the moment. Since he is living at Southmolton, I would probably look at Northmolton Blake families first but my transcription for Northmolton only goes to the early 1700s. A future project perhaps to bring that register up further in my transcriptions.

I must admit to wondering why William would use the surname Adams instead of Blake and I suspect that he is on the 1851 census at Barnstaple. He is listed as head, married to Sarah with daughter Elizabeth, son William and daughter Ann. He is a Smith and was born at South Molton as were his wife and children. Could there be descendants of this Adams family still living?

From Find My Past – Devon Marriages – William Adams married Sarah Fooks 5 Aug 1821 at South Molton. Their children baptized: Elizabeth 24 Mar 1826 at South Molton, William baptized 25 Feb 1829 at South Molton, and Ann born in 1832.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1594/143
Testator: Thomas Blake
Place: Southmolton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Jul l814, probated 10 Jul 1817
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5

1    In the Name of God Amen This is the last Will and
2    Testament of me Thomas Blake of Southmolton in the County of Devon being in sound and
3    Disposing mind and understanding thanks be to Almighty God for the same in form and in manner
4    Following I give and bequeath to my Son William Blake all and every part of my property I am
5    Possessed oft at my decease and it is my wish my Wife to take to her jointer according to her marriage
6    Bond It is my wish and desire to appoint the Rev[eren]d W. M. Stawell Mr George Spencer of the
7    Parish of Bishopsnympton and Mr. John Spencer of the parish of Twitchen to act in Trust for
8    The said William Blake until he arrives to the age of twenty one years Witness my hand this
9    Sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Thomas
10    Blake My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing the Rev[eren]d Mr. Stawell may
11    Not like to take the trouble
12    Appeared Personally Francis Trix of Southmolton in the County of Devon
13    And Wm Smith of the same place and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted
14    With Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased for several years before
15    And to the time of his death and have often seen him write and subscribe his name whereby they
16    Have acquired a knowledge of his manner and Character of Hand writing and Subscription and
17    Having now viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be and
18    Contain his last Will and Testament the said Will beginning thus “In the Name of God Amen”
19    Ending thus “Witness my hand this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
20    Hundred and fourteen and thus subscribed “Thomas Blake” and leaving the following Memorandum
21    Written after the said Name as follows “My reason for nominating three Trustees is supposing
22    The Reverend Mogridge Stawell may not like the trouble” these deponents say that they verily and
23    In their Conscience believe the whole Series and Contents of the said paper writing and the
24    Name Thomas Blake subscribed to the said Will to have been written and subscribed by and
25    With the proper hand of the said Thomas Blake deceased Francis Trix Wm. Smyth
26    Our the 19th day of October 1816 the said Francis Trix and William Smyth were severally truly sworn
27    To the truth of this Affidavit before me John Huxtable Clerk
28    [Margin] On the 10th day of August 1841 Admon with this Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Thomas Blake late of Southmolton in the County of Devon deceased laste ____? Mr. John Spencer deceased while living one of the Executors according to the tenor of the said Will was granted to William Adams (in the Will written William Blake the Son and Universal Legatee named in the said Will) having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer The Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk also an Executor according to the tenor of the said Will deceased, the said John Spencer deceased and George Spencer deceased the other Executor according to the terms of the said Will and died without having ________ the said Will (____appears)
29    Proved at London 30th July 1817 before the Judge by the oath of John Spencer one of the Ex[ecut]ors
30    According to the tenor to whom Admon was granted being first sworn by Commission duly to administer
31    Power reserved to the Rev[eren]d William Mogridge Stawell Clerk and George Spencer the other Ex[ecut]ors
32    According to the tenor

Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son

I decided I had to write a blog today. I have been so busy the last month that I have barely had time to accomplish what absolutely has to be done. Most of the past month I have been home but small trips here and there have used up a lot of that time.

What wonderful news as we return home after a lot of traveling. I have felt like I am in motion about this world for the past six months and it has come to an end for a while. Like a lot of people with 100% British ancestry I have been watching all the news on the newest heir to the throne. It would appear that the world has been watching as well; the excitement following the birth announcement has ringed the world.

A Royal Prince and third in line to the throne and he carries his own Blake genes within him as his grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales (mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge) is a descendant of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall of Eastontown near Andover, Hampshire, UK. The pedigree chart at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office has the ancestry of this couple on a 12 foot by 4 foot chart.

Working down from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall (both buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London) it was their son Thomas Blake married to Dorothy Mayowe and their daughter Mary married to William Newland 20 Feb 1653 St Paul's Church, Covent Garden and their daughter Mary married to Isaac Manley (MP) 20 May 1678 at St Peter's Church, Cornhill and their daughter Dorothy married to William Gore (MP) then their son Colonel John Gore who married Bellamira Munbee and their son Vice Admiral Sir John Gore married to Georgiana Montagu 15 Aug 1808 at St George's Church, Hanover Square and their daughter Anne Frances married to 1st Earl Howe (Richard William Penn Curzon) 9 Oct 1845 at Great Witley, Worcestershire and their daughter Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe married to the 2nd Duke of Abercorn (James Hamilton (MP)) 7 Jan 1869 at St George's Church, Hanover Square) and their son 3rd Duke of Abercorn (James Albert Edward Hamilton) married to Lady Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham 1 Nov 1894 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge and their daughter Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton married to 7th Earl Spencer (Albert Edward John Spencer) 26 Feb 1919 at St James' Church Piccadilly and their son 8th Earl Spencer (Edward John Spencer) married to the Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche 1 Jun 1954 at Westminster Abbey resulting in their daughter Lady Diana Frances who married His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor 29 Jul 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (the parents of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and he is married to Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge).

This line tracing back from Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall on the chart shows Thomas to be a son of John Blake and Margaret Blake and both of their fathers was a William Blake according to the Chart but investigating this I believe that Margaret is the daughter of William Blake and Avis Ripley and John is the son of William and Elizabeth Blake (Elizabeth surname is unknown). Margaret's grandfather is said to be Robert Blake and Avis Wallop. John's grandfather (using my logic) would be Nicholas Blake and Margaret (unknown). Both Nicholas and William his son left wills which are quite helpful for this particular Blake line at Andover. I need to investigate the Blake wills held at the Hampshire Record Office before I can really prove that the chart is in error. The wills of Nicholas and William are held at Kew. There is always the possibility that two William Blakes of Eastontown near Andover died in 1582 which is the reference on the chart.

An amazing happening for the Blake family to have yet another Prince (descendant of the Blake family) in line to the throne of the United Kingdom and all the Commonwealth countries that have Queen Elizabeth as their Head of State.

Will of George Blake, Gentleman, Plymouth - The National Archives, PROB 11/326/267, probated 19 Feb 1667/68

George Blake the testator is the son of Humphrey Blake and Sara Williams who lived at Bridgwater, Somerset. George is a brother to Admiral Robert Blake. This line continues back to Robert Blake and Margaret Symonds also of Bridgwater and thence back to Humphrey Blake and Ann (unknown) who lived at Overstowey. The father of Humphrey is not known reliably but is suspected to be John Blake who is shown on the Blake Pedigree Chart held by the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office. John was a son of William Blake and Margaret Browne. This William was then the son of David Blake and Joane Mallet. This David then being a son of John Blake/Blague and Margaret Dyncham (first wife). This John does not mention having a son by his first wife in his will of 1504.

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-john-blake-national-archives.html

If this can ever be proven to be correct (the lineage back) then the Somerset Blake family of Overstowey/Bridgwater would be descendant of the Blake family of Calne/Quemberford Wiltshire.

Always nice to be able to link a will to a known family line and George mentions his children George and Robert, and daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Bridget and Jane (married to William Bickton) as well as his wife Jane.

To help link this George with the family at Bridgwater his brother William mentions “the children of my brother George Blake of Plymouth George, Robert, Sarah, Elisabeth and Bridget, deceased” in his will of 24th Oct 1667 so George has died by 24th October 1667 although his will is not probated until 19 Feb 1667/68. George the testator is mentioned in his brother Admiral Robert Blake’s will of 1655 (proved 1657).

There are a number of marriages in the right timeframe in the LDS but none to a Jane.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/326/267
Testator: George Blake, Gentleman
Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Feb 1666, probated 19 Feb 1667/68
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Georij
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen  I George
2    Blake of the Borrough of Plimouth in the County of Devon Gentl being weake
3    and sicke of of Body but of a sound mind and perfect memory praised bee to God
4    for the same doe declare my last Will and Testament to bee in manner and forme as
5    hereafter followeth That is to say Imprimis I commend my Soule to God my Createur
6    who gave it mee hopeing and surely trusting that in and by the merits of my deare
7    Saviour Jesus Christ I shall enioy eternall rest and happiness with him in the highest
8    heavens And my Bodye to Christian Buriall handsomely and decently to bee interred And
9    for my Worldly Goods and Estate which it hath pleased God to bestowe upon mee I doe
10    give and bequeath in manner following I doe hereby give unto my two Sonnes George
11    and Robert All that Messuage Tenement and dwelling house Garden and Outhouses
12    and all and every the appurtenances wherein Doctor Roger Ashton now liveth and the
13    Two
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14    Two Barnes adioyning thereunto Sictuate and being in the Borrough of Plimouth
15    equally to bee devided betwixt them To have and to hold the same to them their Executors
16    administrators and assignes dureing the full Tearme and Estate I have therein Item
17    I doe hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah All that Messuage dwelling
18    house and Garden with its appurten[an]ces Sictuate in Plimouth and wherein one John
19    Dunbarre lately lived it being the Northerne Tenement of thesew three Tenements
20    or howses I lately erected in Plimouth and adioyning to the Garden Docteur Ashton
21    holdeth Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth All that Messuage
22    dwelling house and Garden with the appurtenances in Plimouth wherein Katherine
23    Everdon now liveth being the Midle Tenement of the Three Tenements or houses I
24    erected as aforesaid Item I doe hereby give unto my Daughter Bridgett All that
25    Messuage Tenement and dwelling house and Garden with the appurten[an]ces wherein I now
26    live being the Southerne Tenement of the aforesaid Three Tenements The profits of all
27    the aforemencioned Tenements and Messuages with all and every of their appurtenances
28    soe given and bequeathed as aforesaid to come and bee unto my Wife Jane until my
29    children aforesaid shalbe married respectively Provided my wife mainteyne them
30    necessaries until their severall marriages they remaining with her And the Tenement
31    and house given to my daughter Bridgett as aforesaid to bee and remaine unto my Wife
32    after the marriage of the said Bridgett soe long as my Wife shall put unto her or her
33    assignes Six pounds every yeare for the same Item I doe hereby give and bequeath
34    unto my Wife Jane Blake, All that Messuage Tenement and dwelling house Garden
35    outhouses and all other the appurtenances Sictuate and being in Plymouth neere the
36    Middle hoe Lane and which one Docteur Thomas Spencer now holdeth and dwelleth
37    in To have and to hold the same with all and every the appurtenances unto my said Wife
38    and to her Assignes dureing the Tearme of her natural life And after the decease of my
39    said wife the one Moyety of the last mencioned Tenement I doe give unto my Sonne George
40    during the Remainder of the Lease I have in the last mencioned p[re]misses And the other Moiety
41    of this last mencioned Tenement wherein Docteur Thomas Spencer now liveth After my
42    wifes decease I give unto my Sonne in Law William Bickton during the remainder of
43    the said Lease and is in part of a marriage Porcion with my daughter Jane his now
44    wife And Lastly All the Remainder of my Goods and Chattells whatsoever I doe hereby
45    give and Bequeath unto my said Wife to bee given by her amongst my other Children as
46    shee shall thinke fit my Debts being paid and doe make my said Wife my Sole Executrix
47    of this my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand
48    and Seale This Third of February Anno dom[ini] 1666 George Blake Sealed and
49    Published in the p[re]sence of Tho: Spenser Rich: Rowe

Will of Husey Buller, wife, of Downes - The National Archives PROB 11/945/349, probated 20 Feb 1769

The testator Husey Buller is the first wife of James Buller of Downes (married 8 Dec 1762). She was the daughter of Thomas Gould of Frome and died 26 Sep 1768 aged 31 years according to the Visitation. She had two sons James Buller married to Anne Buller (daughter of William Buller, Bishop of Exeter) and William Buller who marrked Caroline Buller (daughter of John Buller of Bake). This the Buller line that was at Pelynt. John Buller second son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawny. This John Buller was married twice and the mother of Caroline was Elizabeth Caroline Hunter daughter of John Hunter (second marriage) with his first marriage having been to Mary St Aubyn daughter of Sir John St Aubyn, Baronet. It is this first marriage that the first Buller will transcribed in this large set was from and that was Sir Edward Buller and his daughtger Anna Maria married to James Drummond Elphinstone were his heirs.

This was a second marriage for Husey as her first marriage was to Nicholas Gould of Frome Billet, Stafford and she is said to be of Milbourne Stileham, Bere Regis. They married with consent of parents 19 Sep 1757. The witnesses were Thomas Gould and Ann Gould. The marriage was at West Stafford. Looking up in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1, Thomas Gould Esquire was of Milborne St Andrews and Frome Bellet, J.P. and D. L. and he married in March 1728 Mary the daughter of Will Freke and they had the following children: John, William, George, Hubert, Nicholas, Robert Freke, Husey, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Jane. It would appear that Nicholas Gould was a first cousin once removed to Husey and considerably older than her. No children were mentioned in Burke's Gentry.

In the will Husey (this surname also has a history in the family in that the grandfather of Thomas Gould (father of Husey) was John Gould Esquire of Upway and Frome Bellet, lieutenant colonel in the Dorset militia and he married in 1655 Sarah the daughter of Hubert Hussey Esquire of Sydling, Dorset)  mentions her two sons William (the eldest) and Francis. In the Visitation these sons are named William and James (perhaps he was James Francis).

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/945/349
Testator: Husey Buller, wife of James Buller
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 25 Sep 1768, probated 20 Feb 1769
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: Husey Buller

1    I Husey Buller
2    the now wife of James Buller of Downes in the County of
3    Devon Esquire by Forme and virtue of the power and powers
4    Authority and Authorities to me given or reserved in and by
5    the Articles or Marriage Settlement made previous to or on
6    occasion of my Marriage with my said Husband James Buller
7    and by Forme and virtue of all and every other power and powers
8    Authority and Authoritys ine any way thereto enabling or
9    come to or beene in as in this belief in any manner
10    whatsoever do make and ordain this my Last Will and
11    testament and by me devise bequeath and dispose of all
12    my Lands Tenements heredita[ment]s Goods Chattles and real and
13    personal Estates whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I
14    have any power of disposing in manner and forme herein
15    after mentioned that is to say First I Give and Bequeath unto
16    my Brothers and Sisters herein after named (that is to say)
17    Hubert Gould George Gould Robert Freke Gould Margaret
18    Gould and Jane Gould the Sum of one hundred pounds of Lawfull
19    Money of Great Britain to each of them to be paid by my
20    Executors herein after named within Six calendar Months
21    next after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my
22    Son James Buller my Largest Pearl Necklace All my
23    Medals all my dressing plate my diamond Earrings and
24    Diamond Sprigg and also all my peires of fine worked or
25    wrought Sattin intended for a Bed which were purchased of
26    Matthew Spencer Esquire Also I give and bequeath the rest
27    of all my other plate to my said husband James Buller and
28    his Assigns during the term of his natural Life and from and
29    after his decease I give and bequeath the same plate to my two
30    Sons William Buller and Francis Buller to be equally
31    divided between them Share and Share alike when and as soon as
32    they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years
33    and in case one of them shall happen to dye under the age
34    of twenty one years the whole to go to the Survivor of them
35    and the executors adm[inistrat]ors and assignes of such Survivor
36    for ever and as to for and concerning all my Lands Tenem[en]ts
37    and heredit[ament]s and all the rest residue and remainder of my
38    Goods Chattels and personal Estates Sum and Sums of Money
39    Moneys at Interest Securities for Money Money in the
40    publick Funds Mortgages in force or for terms of years
41    and the Lands Tenements and Heredit[ament]s comprized therein
42    and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever and
43    wheresoever not herein Before given and bequeathed after all
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44    my just debts Legacys and Funeral Expences are First satisfyed
45    and paid I give devise and bequeath the same and every part
46    and parcell thereof with their and each and every and either
47    of their Rights Members and Appurt[enances] unto my said husband
48    James Buller and John Burland Esquire Serjeant at Law
49    their heirs Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assignes And I hereby make
50    ordain constitute and appoint them the said James Buller
51    my husband and the said John Burland whole and sole
52    Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking
53    all former and other wills by me made upon the Trusts
54    and to the uses herein after mentioned expressed and declared
55    of and concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust
56    and to and for the only use benefit and advantage of my
57    said two Sons William Buller and Francis Buller their heirs
58    Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns to be equally divided between
59    them Share and Share alike when and as soon as they shall
60    respectively attain the age of Twenty one years and in
61    case either of them she happen to dye under the Age of
62    Twenty one years Then the whole to go to and be vested in the
63    survivor of them and the heirs executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns
64    of such Survivor for ever and upon no other Trust to no
65    other use and for no other End Intent or purpose whatsoever
66    and I hereby will order and direct that my said Trustees
67    and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors or adm[inistrat]ors
68    of such Survivor do and shall Lay out and Expend such Sum
69    and Sums of Money in the Maintenance and Education of
70    my said two Sons William Buller and Francis Buller during
71    their respective Minoritys as they shall think proper And
72    that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them and the heirs
73    Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and Lawfully
74    may retain and employ such one or more attorney or
75    attorneys Stewards or agents in the Management of my
76    Trust Estate and give such Salary or Salaries Reward or
77    Compensation to such attorneys Stewards or agents as
78    they shall think proper and that my said Trustees respectively
79    and their respective heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors shall be
80    saved harmless and be kept Indemipified and shall and
81    lawfully may deduct and retain to themselves severally out
82    of my Trust Estate for all such Costs Charges Trouble damage
83    Loses and Expences as they shall or may severally be at
84    sustain or put into for or by reason or means of the Trust
85    hereby in them reposed or anything relating hereto and
86    that my said Trustees shall be only answerable and accountable
87    for so much of the Trust Moneys as shall come to their hands
88    respectively and not the one for the other of them nor for the
89    Acts Receipts Payments defaults or Miscarriages one of
90    the other but each for his own Acts Receipts payments
91    defaults or Miscarriages only Neither shall they be answerable
92    or accountable for any Loss that shall or may happen unless it
93    by their or either of their wilfull neglect or default and
94    I hereby further will order and direct that my said Trustees
95    respectively and their respective heirs Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors
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96    shall and Lawfully may Call in have and receive any of
97    my Moneys now at Interest or Invested in any or either of
98    the Publick Funds and put and place the same or any other
99    of the Trust Moneys at Interest on such Security of Securities
100    as they shall think proper or Invest the same or any part
101    thereof in any or either of the publick Funds or government
102    securities and to alter and change the same from time to
103    time as occasion shall require it and that in case any
104    debtor or debtors to the Trust Estate shall become insolvent
105    so as not to be able pay the whole of their respective debt
106    or debts That then and in every such Case and so often it
107    shall and may be Lawfull to and for my said Trustees to
108    Compound for the same and to accept and take such
109    dividend or dividends as can or may be had or gotten
110    from such Insolvent Debtors Estate and Effects and give
111    receipts and acquittances for the same accordingly as
112    if the whole of such debt or debts had been fully paid In
113    witness whereof I the said Husey Buller the testatrix have
114    to this my Last Will and Testament contained in two sheets
115    of paper put my hand and seal in manner following to wit
116    my hand to the bottom of the First sheet thereof and my
117    hand and Seal to this second and Last Sheet thereof this
118    Twenty Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one
119    thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight Husey Buller
120    Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named
121    Husey Buller the Testatrix as and for her Last Will and
122    Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our
123    Names as witnesses thereto in her presence and at her request
124    and in the presence of each other of us Geo. Bent Samuel
125    Hart Thos Westlake
126    This Will was proved at London on the Twentieth
127    day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
128    hundred and sixty nine before the worshipfull George
129    Harris doctor of laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful
130    George Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commisary
131    of the prerogative Court of Canterbury Lawfully Constituted
132    by the Oaths of James Buller Esquire the husband of the
133    deceased and John Burland Esquire Serjeant at Law the
134    executors named in the said will to whom administration
135    was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
136    of the said deceased they having been First sworn duly to
137    administer.

Will of John Francis Buller Esquire of Morval - The National Archives PROB 11/792/266, probated 1 Feb 1752

The will of John Francis Buller follows and he was the grandson mentioned in the will of his grandfather Johannis Buller-1. He married Rebecca Trelawny daughter and heir of Sir Jonathan Trelawny Baronet, DD and Bishop of Winchester. They were married 22 Jul 1716. They were the grandparents of John Buller whose will was blogged yesterday.

He names his eldest son James. Then his second and third sons John and Francis and they are his executors. The youngest son is William and his daughers were Rebecca who married Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson, Anne married Reginald Pole of Tywardreath, Mary married Sir Joseph Copley Baronet and Elizabeth married Reverend John Sturges, D.D.

The testator's father John died of smallpox in 1701 and was raised mostly by his grandfather whose will has been posted (Johannis-1 Buller). He obviously followed his Executors advice and the demand of his grandfather that he marry someone of whom they would approve namely Rebecca daughter of Sir Jonathan Trelawny Baronet, D.D. Bishop of Winchester. Once again these lines for the most part are traced down and I doubt that my Christopher born circa 1763 is descendant of this line.

The next will is written by Mary Buller the mother of John Francis Buller (present testator). She was the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. It was her husband who died of smallpox. They had only two children Mary Ann who married Christopher Harris, MP and John Francis Buller. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/792/266
Testator: John Francis Buller Esquire
Place: Morval, Cornwall, England
Date of document:  4 Nov 1745, probated 1 Feb 1752
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John Francis Buller
[Margin]: Esquire

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    This is the last Will and Testament of me John Francis Buller
3    ofr Morvall in the County of Cornwall Esquire whereby I revoke
4    and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me at any
5    time heretofore made either by Word or in Writing and I do
6    make and publish this my last Will and Testament and first I
7    resign my Soul to Almighty God and my Body to Christian Burial
8    in the most private manner I give and bequeath to each and
9    every one of my younger Sons and daughters John Francis William
10    Rebecca Anne Mary and Elizabeth over above and beside the Sum
11    of ten thousand pounds which they are intituled unto by one
12    Indenture Quinquepartite bearing date the Twenty seventh
13    day of October in the thirteenth year of the Reign of his present
14    Majesty King George the Second the following Sums of Money as
15    an addition to their respective portions and as provisions for
16    their Maintenance and Preferment to be paid to each of them
17    respectively at their respective ages of one and twenty years
18    or to the several days of their respective Marriages which
19    shall first happen (excepting the Provisions herein after made
20    for the Maintenance Education or Settlement of my youngest son
21    William and my youngest daughter Elizabeth) that is to say
22    to my Sons John and Francis One thousand five hundred pounds
23    each To my Son William One thousand five hundred and seventy
25    one pounds eight Shillings and Seven Pence and to each of my
26    four daughters Rebecca Anne Mary and Elizabeth the Sum of One
27    thousand five hundred and seventy one Pounds eight Shillings and
28    Seven Pence provided always and it is my Will and meaning and I
29    do hereby direct that in case any or either of my said younger
30    Sons or daughters shall happen to die before his her or their
31    respective portion or portions shall become due or payable
32    as aforesaid (excepting as before and herein after Excepted with regard
33    to the portions of my Son William and daughter Elizabeth) that the
34    portion or Portions of him her or them so dying shall be equally
35    divided and paid unto and among such of my said younger Sons and
36    daughters as shall Survive and attain the said age of one and
37    twenty years or be married and paid him her or them respectively
38    when as as he she or they shall respectively attain that age
39    or be Married which shall first happen and for the Maintenance
40    support and Education of such of my said Younger Sons and
41    daughters as shall not have attained to the age of Twenty one
42    years or be Married at the time of my death and untill they attain
43    the said age or be Married I do give devise and bequeath an
44    annuity or yearly Rent or Sum of thirty pounds a piece to be
45    paid to each of them respectively by equal Quarterly portions
46    or laid out for and towards their respective Maintenance and
47    Education by my Executors herein after named and Whereas the
48    said annuity or yearly Rent or Sum of Thirty Pounds may not
49    be found sufficient to defray the Maintenance and Education of
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50    my Son William and daughter Elizabeth I do hereby direct and
51    impower my Executors out of the respective Legacys of One
52    thousand five hundred and seventy one pounds eight Shillings
53    and seven pence given by this my Will to my said Son William
54    and to my daughter Elizabeth to expend and lay out any Sum
55    not exceeding Seventy Pounds yearly for each of them in their
56    maintenance and Education over and above the said Annuity of
57    Thirty Pounds and the Money so expended and laid out by my
58    Executors as aforesaid shall be taken as Payment of so
59    much of the said respective Legacys of One thousand five
60    hundred and seventy one Pounds Eight shillings and seven
61    pence by him her or them to whom the same shall become due
62    and payable as aforesaid and whereas my Son William may by
63    his Guardians herein after named and appointed be judged
64    incapable of university Education and they shall think it
65    adviseable to bind him to Merchandize or any other Trade or
66    Profession I do hereby direct and impower my Executors to
67    expend and lay out any Sum not exceeding Eight hundred pounds
68    in binding him as aforesaid and the Money be expended
69    and laid out for his use and benefit shall be taken as
70    payment of so much of the said Legacy of One thousand
71    five hundred and seventy one pounds eight shillings and seven
72    pence by him her or them to whom the same shall become
73    due and payable as aforesaid And I do hereby give devise
74    and dispose of the Custody Tuition and Guardianship of my
75    said youngest Son and youngest daughter until they shall
76    respectively attain the age of one and twenty years or be
77    Married to his Excellency Edward Trelaweny Esq[uie]r Governor of
78    Jamaica and my Executors herein after named I give and
79    bequeath to my Eldest Son James Buller Twenty Guineas for
80    Mourning to my Grandchildren James Buller and John Buller
81    Ten Guineas each for Mourning to Joshua Howell of
82    Lanreath Clerk Ten pounds for Mourning to the Poor
83    Inhabitants of the Parish of Morvall Ten pounds to each of
84    my Menial Servants that shall be living with me at the
85    time of my death one Quarter part of the yearly Wages
86    that is or shall be payable to them respectively over and
87    above what shall be otherwise due to them respectively for
88    arrears of such Wages and to such Persons as my Executors
89    shall apprehend to have taken most Trouble with me in my
90    last Sickness Eight Guineas to be divided among them in such
91    proportions as my Executors shall think fit and for the
92    better raising and Securing all and every the Sum and Sums
93    of Money aforesaid and just Payment thereof as well as of my
94    just debts and Funeral Charges and for the due Execution
95    and performance of this my last Will and Testament I do give
96    devise and bequeath all and singular my Lordships and reputed
97    Lordships Manors or reputed Manors Capital and other Presonages
98    Bartons Farms Tythes Lands Tenements Annuities Rents Reversions
99    Remainders and hereditaments whatsoever and all and every
100    the parts and shares thereof with their and every of their
101    appurtenances whereof or wherein I am in my own right
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102    or whereof or wherein any other person or persons
103    whomever In Trust for me or for my use advantage or
104    benefit is or are seized possessed or Estated or whereunto I or such
105    other person or persons in Trust for me or to my use is or are
106    entitled in or by Law or Equity and all my Right Estate Title Interest
107    Term and Terms of Years Claim and demand whatsoever both in
108    Law and Equity of in and unto the same and every or any part
109    or partes thereof unto my Second and third Sons John Buller
110    and Francis Buller To have and to hold all and singular the said
111    premisses unto the said John Buller and Francis Buller and their
112    heirs forever and all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels
113    Rights and Credits and all my Real and Personal Estate not before
114    hereby given devised or bequeathed and all my right property
115    and Interest therein in or by Law or Equity I do hereby give
116    devise and bequeath unto my said Second and third Sons John
117    Buller and Francis Buller and I do make constitute and appoint
118    them my said Sons John Buller and Francis Buller Executors of
119    this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to
120    this my last Will and Testament written on two Sheets of Paper
121    set my hand and Seal this Fourth day of November in the year
122    of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty five
123    John Fra: Buller Signed Sealed Published and declared
124    by the said John Francis Buller to be his last Will and Testament
125    in the presence of us who Subscribed our names at his request
126    and in his presence and in the presence of each other as
127    Witnesses hereto John Hicks, John Harper, William Dangar
128    I do hereby revoke the Legacy of one thousand five hundred
129    and seventy one pounds eight shillings and seven pence by
130    this my Will annexed given to my daughter Rebecca whom
131    I have lately preferred in Marriage to Charles Watson Esq[uie]r
132    and do hereby give unto her the said Rebecca five hundred
133    Pounds and I do hereby give unto my son William five
134    hundred Pounds an additional Legacy to the one thousand
135    five hundred and seventy one Pounds eight Shillings and
136    Seven Pence already given to him by my said Will In
137    Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
138    Seventh Day of December in the year of our Lord One
139    thousand seven hundred and forty eight John Fra: Buller
140    attested and subscribed in the presence of the Testator and
141    at his request by us John Harper, William Dangar
142    Rich: Bennett
143    I do hereby revoke the Legacy of One thousand five hundred
144    pounds by this my Will annexed given to my Son Francis having
145    Secured a larger Sum to him on his Marriage In Witness
146    whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twelfth Day
147    of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven
148    hundred and forty nine John Fra: Buller attested and
149    subscribed in the presence of the Testator and at his request
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150    by us John Harper, William Dangar, Richard Bennett
151    I do hereby revoke the Legacy or One thousand five
152    hundred and seventy one Pounds eight Shillings and seven
153    Pence by this my Will annexed given to my daughter Anne
154    for whom I have lately made a Provision In Witness whereof
155    I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Ninth day of May
156    in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty
157    one John Fra: Buller attested and subscribed in the
158    presence of the Testator and at his request by us John Colwell
159    John Trist, Wm Spencer
160    This Will was proved at London with three Codicils
161    annexed the first day of February in the year of our Lord
162    One thousand seven hundred and fifty two before the Worshipful
163    Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful
164    George Lee also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
165    of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
166    by the oaths of John Buller and Francis Buller Esquires the
167    Sons of the deceased and Executors in the said Will named to
168    whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods
169    Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to
170    administer