Richard Blake, the testator, has a memorial placed on Flicker:
“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd September 1788 Aged 66 Years. He was a liberal Benefactor to the poor. A sincere and Ready Friend. A vigilant and faithful Pastor. From his mind replete with Knowledge Flowed Instruction to all. And his Heart equally Benevolent Ever Expanded the Gate of his Hospitable Mansion. To whose memory this Monument is Erected By order of his affectionate Relative, Hannah Atkinson.”
The Parish Church at Farway is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and the early Norman Church can still be seen (13th century).
This is a large wall plaque which can be found on Flickr (the sculptor was M. Eames and it is located in the parish church at Farway, Devon): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/6153526529/
This is the third will mentioning John Stabback, Clerk. The other two were blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/07/will-of-martha-blake-widow-exon-devon.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
In both wills, John Stabback has been entrusted with trusteeship as is also the case in this will. In the will of Martha Blake she names her sister as Elizabeth Stabback. John Stabback who is named as a Clerk is nephew to Martha Blake. Neither of these women have living children at their deaths.
Richard names his aunt: Alice Williams and his cousins: Thomas Williams, Hannah Atkinson, Richard Blake, William Blake, and Thomas Dodge.
This Richard is possibly the son of Richard Blake baptized 22 Sep 1722 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. His donations to Charities in Exeter tend to make me think that he was from Exeter. Later in 1795 his cousin Miss Hannah Atkinson endowed a charity school at Farway:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50578
There are references on the National Archives to Land deals in which both Robert Tarrant, Clerk, rector of St. Petrock Exon and John Stabback, clerk, rector of St Edmund upon the Bridge, Exon are mentioned:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-332a&cid=-1#-1
At St Davids Church in Exter there is a brass tablet remembering an earlier parishioner:
In memory of Richard Blake died 9th August 1746 aged 54. Hannah Blake his widow died 15th Aug 1673 aged 68.
http://www.archive.org/stream/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft_djvu.txt
Searching for this marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah in the Marriage Allegations and will report back later if I find it.I believe it to be the marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah Matthews celebrated in Exeter Cathedral in 1721 from the Boyd's Marriage Index but am searching the allegations by Vivian at the moment for all Blake entries and will watch for that particular entry if they had a license. The baptism of Richard does fit in as it was likely in 1722 according to the memorial.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1170/274
Testator: The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk
Place: Farway, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1769, probated 24 Oct 1788
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake
1 Be it remembered
2 That this is the last Will and Testament of me Richard
3 Blake of Farway in the County of Devon Clerk made this
4 eleventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty
5 nine First I give and bequeath unto Robert Tarrant of the City of
6 Exon Clerk and John Stabback of the same City Clerk their
7 Executors and administrators all my Capital Stock of Moneys in
8 any of the Publick Companys or Funds of this kingdom and all my
9 right and Interest therein respectively upon the trust herein
10 after mentioned concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they
11 my said Trustees their Executors and administrators do and shall
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12 by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and produce
13 thereof in the first place pay unto my Aunt Alice Williams
14 widow the annual or clear yearly Sum of twenty five
15 pounds for and during her natural life free of all Rates
16 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and in the next place
17 do and shall by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and
18 produce of my said Stocks pay unto Mary Davy my Servant
19 who now lives with me the annual or clear Yearly Sum of
20 Fifteen pounds for and during her natural life free of all rates
21 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and I do hereby
22 order and direct that both the said annuities shall be
23 paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments
24 and the First payment thereof respectively to begin and be
25 made at the End of six calendar Months next after my
26 decease and the residue of the clear and neat dividends
27 interest and produce of my said Stocks do and shall account
28 for and pay over unto my cousin Hannah Atkinson who
29 now lives with me to and for her own use and benefit and
30 upon this further trust that they my said trustees their
31 Executors and administrators do and shall by and out of my
32 said Capital Stock of Moneys in the Funds pay unto my
33 Cousin Thomas Williams Son of the said Alice Williams the
34 Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful British Money in six
35 months next after the death of his said Mother and also pay
36 unto my Cousin Richard Blake the Sum of two hundred
37 pounds of lawful British Money in six months next after the
38 deaths of both than the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
39 and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers
40 for the time being of a Society who now call themselves the
41 Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter the Sum
42 of thirty five pounds in six Calendar months next after the
43 deaths of both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
44 which said Sum of thirty five pounds I desire may be applied
45 towards the carrying on the Charitable designs of the said
46 Society and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or
47 Treasurers for the time being of a Society who now call
48 themselves the trustees for the Charity Schools within the said
49 City of Exeter which were begun and established in the time when
50 Doctor Blackhall was Bishop of Exeter the like Sum of thirty
51 five pounds of lawful British Money in six Calendar months
52 next after the deaths of both of them the said Alice Williams
53 and Mary Davy which said last mentioned Sum of thirty five
54 pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
55 charitable designs of the said Society and also do and shall
56 pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of
57 a Society established for the support and maintenance of poor
58 Clergymens Widows and orphans within the archdeaconary
59 of Exeter the like Sum of thirty five pounds of lawful British
60 Money in six Calendar months next after the deaths of
61 both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy and my
62 express will and Meaning is that the said last mentioned
63 Sum of thirty five pounds shall be paid to and distributed
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64 amongst such poor Clergymen’s widows and orphans only
65 who are not possessed of or entitled to more than two hundred
66 pounds in real or personal Estate or in both real and
67 personal or have not an income of more than ten pounds
68 a year such being the objects for whose benefit the said
69 Charity was originally begun and established and the
70 residue of my said Stocks or Moneys in the Funds after the
71 several payments and applications aforesaid do and shall
72 account for and pay over or otherwise transfer the same
73 unto my said cousin Hannah Atkinson her Executors and
74 administrators to and for her and their own use and benefit
75 and upon no other need and for no other intent or
76 purpose whatsoever also I give and bequeath unto my said
77 Cousin Richard Blake the further Sum of one hundred pounds
78 of lawful British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix
79 hereinafter named within one year next after my death if
80 he shall then have attained his age of twenty one years
81 but if not then to be paid to him when and so soon as he
82 shall attain that age also I give and bequeath unto my
83 Cousin Thomas Dodge the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful
84 British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix herein after
85 named within one year next after my decease if he shall
86 then have attained his age of twenty one years but if not then
87 to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall have
88 attained that age and my will is that if any or either of them
89 the said Thomas Williams Richard Blake and Thomas Dodge
90 shall happen to die before his or their Legacy or Legacys
91 or any part thereof respectively shall become payable that
92 then the Legacy or Legacies of him or them so dying or such
93 part thereof as shall not be payable in his or their life time
94 shall sink for the benefit of my Executrix and not be paid or
95 payable also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William
96 Blake Brother of the said Richard Blake the Sum of one
97 hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to him by my
98 Executrix hereinafter named within one year next after my
99 death also I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Tarrant
100 and John Stabback the Sum of Fifty pounds each of lawful British
101 Money to be paid to them respectively by my Executrix herein
102 after named in six months next after my death provided always
103 nevertheless and my Will is that they my said trustees or
104 either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the acts
104 Deeds Receipts of mismanagement of each other but each for
106 his own acts Deeds Receipts and mismanagements only nor for any
107 loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust Estate and
108 premises nor for any more money than shall come to their
109 hands respectively and my Will further is that it shall and
110 may be lawful to and for my said trustees respectively to
111 deduct retain and keep in his and their hands respectively out
112 of the said trust moneys and premises over and besides the
113 several Legacies herein before to them respectively Given all such
114 Costs charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
115 sustain be at or put into for or on account of the trusts hereby in
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116 them reposed or their or either of their acting or intermeddling
117 therein or anything relating thereto together with so much
118 Money as they shall severally reasonably deserve for their labour
119 and trouble in and about the same also I give and bequeath
120 unto such poor people of the parish of Farway as have no
121 pay or relief from the said parish the Sum of ten pounds
122 of lawful British Money to be paid and distributed unto and
123 amongst such of them as my Executrix shall think proper
124 at the following times to wit one half hereof in two months next
125 after my death and the residue thereof within twelve months
126 next after my decease also all the rest residue and remainder
127 of my Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and hereditaments
128 Real and personal Estate whatsoever of mine hereinbefore
129 given devised or bequeathed my Debts Legacies and Funeral
130 Expences being first paid and discharged I give devise and
131 bequeath unto my said Cousin Hannah Atkinson her heirs Exors
132 administrators and assigns and her the said Hannah Atkinson
133 I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
134 Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me
135 heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this to be my
136 last In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
137 Testament contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet
138 thereof set my hand and to the last my hand and Seal the day
139 and year aforesaid Richd Blake Signed Sealed published
140 and declared by the said Richard Blake the Testator as and
141 for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
142 subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of
143 the said Testator and of each other Henry Venn Junr Jas
144 Townsend Jno Pratt
145 This Will was proved at London the twenty
146 fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
147 seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful
148 Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper
149 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
150 constituted by the Oath of Hannah Atkinson Spinster the Sole
151 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was
152 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
153 the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Will of Martha Blake, Widow, Exon, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1017/267, probated 21 Mar 1776
Martha Blake the testator mentions her sister Elizabeth Stabback and an Elizabeth Stabback spinster was mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Blake widow of Exeter blogged earlier but dated 1789:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
Was Martha’s maiden name Stabback or was her sister married to a Stabback? In this case the Reverend John Stabback was implied as trustee in this testamentary schedule since it does not name executors and is undated.
In the earlier will I hypothesized that Elizabeth, the then testator, was the wife of a Thomas Blake. The witnesses to her will were John Stabback and William Stabback. Elizabeth Stabback (spinster) provided testimony to prove the signature of the codicil.
It is perhaps just a coincidence that both of these wills signed by Blake widows mention the Stabback family.
There is a marriage in 1738 between Nicholas Blake and Martha Hickman 1738 at St Leonard Exeter. There is also a marriage between William Staback and Elizabeth Hickman in 1713 at St Mary Arches Exeter. This does seem quite a spread in years between the two sisters marrying (25 years) but Martha doesn’t mention any children so was perhaps a late marriage for her.
There is the possibility that Elizabeth Blake (testator in the earlier will mentioning the Stabback family) and married to Thomas Blake likely and Martha Blake (present testator) was married to the brother of Thomas named Nicholas and he would have been 52 years of age when he married Martha in 1738. Both Thomas and Nicholas were the sons of Reverend Thomas Blake mentioned in the earlier will. But this particular tree found online is speculative but it is interesting to discover this link between the two wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1017/267
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Exon, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 21 Mar 1776
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Martha Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 I Martha Blake of the City of Exon Widow do make and ordain
3 This my last Will and Testament in the manner following first I
4 Recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the pardon and
5 Remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my
6 Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Stabback
7 Five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John
8 Stabback the presentation that I bought of Mr Courtise for him and
9 As much Money as will make it up five hundred pounds I give and
10 Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Sturton five hundred pounds I
11 Give and bequeath unto my Niece Juliana Pasley five hundred pounds
12 I give and bequeath unto my Niece Bridgett Rocke five hundred
13 Pounds and I give and bequeath unto Sarah Edwards one hundred
14 Pounds to be paid to her in ten pounds a year to begin to be paid
15 At the time of my death Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
16 John Stabback the sum of fifty pounds upon trust and to the Intent
17 That he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the
18 Time being of a Society who now call themselves the Governors of
19 The Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter which said sum of fifty
20 Pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
21 Charitable designs of the said Society Item I give and bequeath
22 Unto my Nephew John Stabback one hundred pounds upon trust
23 And the intent that he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or
24 Treasurers for the time being of the Charity Schools now in this
25 City for the better carrying on the charity Schools In Witness whereof
26 I have hereunto set my hand
27 But if she should not live till the time of my death I give it to
28 Her Child or Children if Children to be devied be anno
29 In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of the City of Exon
30 Widow do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the
31 Manner following first I recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the
32 Pardon and remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus
33 Christ my Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
34 Stabback five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
35 John Stabback five hundred pound I give unto my Niece Elizabeth
36 Sturton five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Niece
37 Juliana Pasley five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto
38 Mrs Bridgett Rocke five hundred pound
39 On the twenty first day of March in the Year of our Lord
40 One thousand seven hundred and seventy six administration (with
41 The Will or two Testamentary Schedules annexed) of all and singular
42 The Goods Chattels and Credits of Martha Blake late of the City of
43 Exeter Widow deceased was granted to the Revere[n]d John Stabback
44 Clerk
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45 Clerk the Nephew Juliana Pasley Widow and a
46 Jane Ulayut Widow the nieces and only next of kin of the said
47 Deceased (Executor or Residuary Legatee being named in the said Will
48 They having been first Sworn duly to Administer
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
Was Martha’s maiden name Stabback or was her sister married to a Stabback? In this case the Reverend John Stabback was implied as trustee in this testamentary schedule since it does not name executors and is undated.
In the earlier will I hypothesized that Elizabeth, the then testator, was the wife of a Thomas Blake. The witnesses to her will were John Stabback and William Stabback. Elizabeth Stabback (spinster) provided testimony to prove the signature of the codicil.
It is perhaps just a coincidence that both of these wills signed by Blake widows mention the Stabback family.
There is a marriage in 1738 between Nicholas Blake and Martha Hickman 1738 at St Leonard Exeter. There is also a marriage between William Staback and Elizabeth Hickman in 1713 at St Mary Arches Exeter. This does seem quite a spread in years between the two sisters marrying (25 years) but Martha doesn’t mention any children so was perhaps a late marriage for her.
There is the possibility that Elizabeth Blake (testator in the earlier will mentioning the Stabback family) and married to Thomas Blake likely and Martha Blake (present testator) was married to the brother of Thomas named Nicholas and he would have been 52 years of age when he married Martha in 1738. Both Thomas and Nicholas were the sons of Reverend Thomas Blake mentioned in the earlier will. But this particular tree found online is speculative but it is interesting to discover this link between the two wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1017/267
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Exon, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 21 Mar 1776
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Martha Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 I Martha Blake of the City of Exon Widow do make and ordain
3 This my last Will and Testament in the manner following first I
4 Recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the pardon and
5 Remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my
6 Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Stabback
7 Five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John
8 Stabback the presentation that I bought of Mr Courtise for him and
9 As much Money as will make it up five hundred pounds I give and
10 Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Sturton five hundred pounds I
11 Give and bequeath unto my Niece Juliana Pasley five hundred pounds
12 I give and bequeath unto my Niece Bridgett Rocke five hundred
13 Pounds and I give and bequeath unto Sarah Edwards one hundred
14 Pounds to be paid to her in ten pounds a year to begin to be paid
15 At the time of my death Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
16 John Stabback the sum of fifty pounds upon trust and to the Intent
17 That he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the
18 Time being of a Society who now call themselves the Governors of
19 The Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter which said sum of fifty
20 Pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
21 Charitable designs of the said Society Item I give and bequeath
22 Unto my Nephew John Stabback one hundred pounds upon trust
23 And the intent that he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or
24 Treasurers for the time being of the Charity Schools now in this
25 City for the better carrying on the charity Schools In Witness whereof
26 I have hereunto set my hand
27 But if she should not live till the time of my death I give it to
28 Her Child or Children if Children to be devied be anno
29 In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of the City of Exon
30 Widow do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the
31 Manner following first I recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the
32 Pardon and remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus
33 Christ my Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
34 Stabback five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
35 John Stabback five hundred pound I give unto my Niece Elizabeth
36 Sturton five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Niece
37 Juliana Pasley five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto
38 Mrs Bridgett Rocke five hundred pound
39 On the twenty first day of March in the Year of our Lord
40 One thousand seven hundred and seventy six administration (with
41 The Will or two Testamentary Schedules annexed) of all and singular
42 The Goods Chattels and Credits of Martha Blake late of the City of
43 Exeter Widow deceased was granted to the Revere[n]d John Stabback
44 Clerk
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45 Clerk the Nephew Juliana Pasley Widow and a
46 Jane Ulayut Widow the nieces and only next of kin of the said
47 Deceased (Executor or Residuary Legatee being named in the said Will
48 They having been first Sworn duly to Administer
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Will of Elizabeth Blake, widow, Saint David in Exeter, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1176/207, probated 12 Mar 1789
This next set of wills is for the Blake family of Devon and begins with Elizabeth Blake who lived at Exeter. In trying to locate her maiden name I consider the possibility she was Elizabeth Hatherly given the bequests in her will. Elizabeth in her will asks to be buried by the side of her husband who is buried at Saint Martin Church in Exeter, Devon.
World Connect does have a tree for a Hatherly family going back to a Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Galsworthy who were married 24 Apr 1668 in Parkham, Devon and four children are listed: Grace baptized 21 Mar 1669, Arthur baptized 2 Jan 1672, Narcissus baptized 9 Jul 1674 and Elizabeth baptized 12 Jul 1677 all at Parkham, Devon. Narcissus is further traced down with his marriage to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 in Alwington, Devon. The children of this marriage are listed below and Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722 is listed as being married to a Thomas Blake (no further details other than 26 Oct 1752 at Kenton, Devon). No children listed for Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Hatherley. I have not verified the data at World Connect but certainly the will does bear out the relationships mentioned for the siblings of Elizabeth the Testatrix of this will.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hatters&id=I3
An online tree on The Blakes of Somerset that I have mentioned before
http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm
traces back a marriage of Thomas Blake (born circa 1697) and Elizabeth Hatherley which was celebrated in 1749 at Kenton, Devon (according to this website). Is this Elizabeth the testator? Elizabeth doesn’t mention any children and this site mentions there are five children for this couple. Thomas was 52 when he married Elizabeth Hatherley with children named: John, Martha, Mary, Kath., and Jane. The website further listst the three children of the Reverend Thomas Blake (born circa 1652 and died in Alwington 23 Nov 1713 at the age of 61) named George (bc 1682), Nicholas (bc 1686) and Thomas (bc 1697). The website then has Thomas the son marrying Elizabeth Hatherley and they have five children as mentioned but the numbering begins at iv instead of i. There is nothing further on the children of Thomas and Elizabeth. I can not find any children by these names baptized to Thomas and Elizabeth Blake. However, at this point I am not discounting the possibility that this Elizabeth Blake’s husband is perhaps descendant of the Somerset Blake family. This family is known to be in the Plymouth/Exeter area of Devon from the 1600s on. Did all five children of this couple die? Not impossible given the times but unusual for a family that had sufficient funds to provide the best but again it is not impossible so will not at this point discount the possible connection.
However, as with much of the Blake material online this website has some interesting features but tends to try to group together as many Blake families as possible. Using the unsourced early material perpetuates the errors that were created by Horatio Gates Somersby without adding any new material. I have already shown that some of these relationships as stated are not possible given the historical evidence in the Calendar of Patent Rolls.
The Hatherley family mentioned in the will and found on World Connect appear to be the descendants of Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 at Alwington Devon) and their children were all baptized at Bideford Devon (Family Search website):
Narcissus baptized 16 Sep 1709 (from World Connect)
Elizabeth baptized 6 Mar 1711 (from World Connect) and probably died young
John baptized 17 Apr 1713
Arthur baptized 17 Aug 1715; buried 24 Dec 1715
Arthur baptized 17 May 1717 (from World Connect)
William baptized 12 Feb 1719
Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722
Jane baptized 3 May 1722; buried 2 Jun 1722
Thomas baptized 6 Jan 1725
First mentioned in the will were the three nephews: Narcissus, John and William Henry. They would appear to be the children of Elizabeth’s brother Narcissus who was married to Honor Chope 18 May 1741 in Northam, Devon. Honor is mentioned in the will as a widow. They had seven children all baptized at Bideford namely(* marks nephews mentioned in the will):
*Narcissus baptized 18 Jul 1746
Grace baptized 11 Jul 1748
*John baptized 23 Aug 1750
Elizabeth baptized 6 Apr 1753
Henry baptized 8 Nov 1754
*William Henry baptized 24 Jun 1756
Thomas baptized 11 Aug 1758
*John is married to Elizabeth (mentioned in the will as the wife of John her nephew) and they had ten children between 1781 and 1807 but none mentioned in the will).
*William Henry is married to Elizabeth Fortescue Wells 13 Mar 1781 at Kingsbridge, Devon and they have 11 children between 1781 and 1800 (none of these children are mentioned in the will but Elizabeth wife of William Henry is mentioned).
Both of Elizabeth the Testatrix brothers Narcissus married to Honor and Thomas married to Grace are deceased as both women are mentioned as widows. The second wife of William is not mentioned.
Next to be mentioned is Elizabeth Hatherley (she is likely the sister of Narcissus, John and William Henry) married to Samuel Pyke and they were married 22 Apr 1776 at Abbotsham, Devon (Family Search M05015-1). Hence Elizabeth is also a child of Narcissus Hatherly and Honor Chowe shown above baptized 6 Apr 1753. The World Connect chart does not list her marriage to Samuel Pike.
Looking at the Herman Drewe family next mentioned in the will: Married in Colyton Church 1 May 1775 Herman Drew, clerk, of the parish of Wootton Fitzpaine in the county of Dorset and Sarah Mary Hatherley of this parish married by licence in the presence of Elizabeth Hatherly, Jno. Rolle. Sarah Mary Hatherley is said to be the daughter of William Hatherley and Sarah Baker who were married 27 Sep 1753 at Modbury Devon and she was baptized 3 Dec 1755 at Kenton. According to the chart at World Connect William married a second time to Elizabeth Matthews 12 Sep 1758 at Bideford and they had one child Mary Ann Hatherly (not mentioned in the will) baptized 15 Feb 1762.
The children of Herman Drewe and Sarah Mary Hatherley (Sarah Elizabeth and Mary are mentioned in the will and if either of them die then the funds are to be shared by the rest of their children) are found on Family Search:
Sarah Elizabeth baptized 15 Jun 1776 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Herman baptized 2 Jan 1778 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Mary baptized 9 Feb 1780 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Elizabeth Judith Hatherly also mentioned in the will lastly was the daughter of Thomas Hatherly and Grace and was baptized 18 Sep 1749 at Bideford (Family Search C05032-1). There are two possible marriages for Thomas Hatherly and both appear to be patron entries: Thomas Hatherly and Grace Smith 1748 and Thomas Hatherly and Grace Voisey 1751. Given the birth date of 1749 for Elizabeth Judith it is possible that Thomas married twice with the first Grace having died.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1176/207
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Saint David in Exeter, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Aug 1786, probated 12 Mar 1789
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Elizabeth Blake of the parish of Saint David in the County of
3 the City of Exeter Devon do make this my last Will and Testament in
4 the manner following that is to say I desire that I may be
5 buried in a decent and plain manner in the parish Church of
6 Saint Martin in the City of Exeter by the side of my late
7 husband and that the Funeral Service may be performed by the
8 Curate for the time being of the parish of Saint David
9 aforesaid to whom I give three Guineas and one Guinea to the
10 Rector of Saint Martin I desire that ______ no outer
11 Bearers but that the Reverend John Quick Rector of Highley
12 the Reverend Mr Locker Rector of St Lawrence in the City of Exeter
13 the Reverend John Stabback Edward Cleave Esquire Robert Lydstone
14 Newcome Esquire and Mr Richard Thorn will each accept of a
15 Ring of the value of one Guinea I give and bequeath to my
16 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry Hatherly
17 one hundred and sixty pounds each of lawful Money of Great
18 Britain to be paid to them respectively by my Executor hereinafter
19 named at the end of eight months next after my decease
20 also I give and bequeath unto my Friend Mr John Codrington
21 of the City of Exeter apothecary the Sum of two hundred pounds
22 of like lawful money upon trust for such person or persons
23 and to and for the Ends Intents and purposes as my Niece Elizabeth
24 Pike wife of Samuel Pike of Northam in the County of Devon
25 Esquire shall by any writing or writings under her hand attested
26 by one or more credible Witness or Witnesses or by her last Will
27 and Testament in Writing or any writing purporting to be or in
28 the nature of her her last Will and Testament attested by two or
29 more Credible Witnesses notwithstanding her Couverture and whether
30 she be Covert or Sole order direct or appoint and for want of
31 and in the meane time until the said Elizabeth Pike shall
32 make some such order direction or appointment as aforesaid to
33 and shall stand possessed of and in the said Sum of two hundred
34 pounds and the dividends and Interest that will be made thereof
35 upon trust for the said Elizabeth Pike her Executors and Admors
36 to and for the Sole separate and peculiar use and disposal of the said
37 Elizabeth Pike and wherewith as with any part thereof her said
38 present or any future husband shall not in any wise intermeddle
39 neither shall the same or any part thereof be in any wise
40 subject or liable to the power Control debts or Engagements of
41 any such husband but the Receipt and Receipts of the said
42 Elizabeth Pike alone or of such person or persons to whom she
43 shall so order direct or appoint the said Sum of two hundred
44 pounds and the Dividends and Interest thereof or any part thereof
45 to be paid as aforesaid shall from time to time be a sufficient
46 and effectual discharge and discharges to the said John Codrington his Executors
47 and administrators for the same or so much and such part
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48 and parts thereof as to such Receipt and Receipts shall be
49 mentioned expressed or acknowledged to be received Also I give
50 and bequeath unto the said John Codrington the like Sum
51 of two hundred pounds upon trust for the separate and peculiar
52 use of my Niece Sarah Mary Drewe the Wife of the Reverend
53 Herman Drewe of Wootton in the County of Dorset with the
54 like power of disposal and appointment and in the same
55 manner as I have hereinbefore declared touching the Legacy
56 of two hundred pounds hereinbefore given for the use of the
57 said Elizabeth Pike also I give and bequeath the like Sum
58 of two hundred pounds unto my Niece Elizabeth Judith Hatherly
59 and I do hereby direct that the aforesaid three several
60 Legacies of two hundred pounds shall be paid by my Executor
61 at the end of eight months next after my decease also
62 I Give and bequeath unto the said Herman the
63 sum of three hundred pounds old South Sea Annuities now
64 standing in my Name upon trust that he the said Herman
65 Drewe do and shall from time to time receive the dividends
66 thereof and lay out and invest the same Dividends in the
67 purchase of other stock or on good Securities until his two
68 daughters Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall
69 attain the age of twenty one years or be married which shall
70 first happen and then do and shall transfer assign
71 and make over the said Sum of three hundred pounds
72 old South Sea annuities and the Dividends thereof and
73 all Stocks Funds and Securities wherein the same shall be
74 invested into and between his said two Daughters
75 Sarah Elizabeth and Mary equally to be divided
76 between them share and share alike and I do hereby
77 declare it to be my Will that if either of them the said
78 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall happen
79 to die before attaining her said age of twenty one
80 years or being married then the share of her so
81 dying shall go and belong to the Survivor of them
82 and shall be paid and payable to her at the
83 same time as the original Share and I do hereby
84 further declare that in case both of them the said
85 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall die
86 before having attained such age or have as aforesaid that
87 then the said Herman Drewe his Executors and
88 Administrators shall stand possessed of the said Stocks
89 Funds and Securities and the Dividends and Interest
90 thereof upon trust for all and every other the Child
91 and Children of the said Herman Drewe and Sarah
92 Mary Drewe his Wife equally to be divided likewise
93 then if more then one share
94 and share alike and if but one such Child then to such
95 one only Child the share and shares of such of
96 them as shall be a Son or Sons to be paid and payable
97 to him and them at his or their ages or respective
98 ages of twenty one years and the share or shares of
99 such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters
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100 to be paid and payable to her or them at her or their
101 age or respective ages of twenty one years or Day or
102 respective Days of Marriage which shall first
103 happen and in case any or either of the aforesaid
104 Children shall happen to die without having
105 attained such age or time as aforesaid then the
106 share or shares of him her or them so dying
107 shall go and belong to the Survivors and
108 Survivor of such Children in the same manner
109 as is hereinbefore declared touching his her or
110 their original portion or portions and in case all
111 such Children shall die without attaining sucvh age
112 or time as aforesaid then I give and devise the
113 same Stock Funds and Securities unto the aforesaid
114 John Codrington his Executors Administrators and assigns
115 upon trust for the separate and peculiar use of my said
116 Niece Mary Drewe and with the same power of
117 appointment and in the same manner as I have
118 hereinbefore declared touching the said Sum of two hundred
119 pounds hereinbefore given to the said John Codrington
120 for the use of the said Sarah Mary Drewe
121 Recommending it nevertheless to her to give the same
122 to some part of my family and whereas it is my
123 intention to lay out the Sum of Fifty pounds more
124 during my life in old South Sea Annuities now I do
125 hereby bequeath such Sum of Fifty pounds in case I
126 shall so lay out the same to the said Herman Drewe
127 upon the same trusts as I have hereinbefore
128 declared touching the said Sum of three hundred
129 pounds and in case I should not in my life time
130 lay out such Sum of Fifty pounds in the manner
131 aforesaid I do hereby direct my Executor herein after
132 named to lay out that Sum out of the residue of
133 my personal Estate in the name of the said Herman
134 Drewe who shall stand possessed thereof Upon the
135 trusts aforesaid also I give and bequeath to
136 my two Sisters Honour Hatherly widow and Grace
137 Hatherly widow the Sum of five Guineas each as a
138 token of my affection for them I give to Joan
139 Thomas Six Guineas and to Mary White Sister of Mr
140 Arthur White Apothecary Mrs Waldrond widow of the
141 late Doctor Walrond deceased Mrs Margaret Coles Mrs
142 Isabella Weeks and Miss Francis Broom two
143 Guineas each I give to each of my Maid Servants
144 they shall have lived with me twelve months before
145 my decease three Guineas over and above the wages
146 which may be due to them and Mourning at the
147 discretion of my Executor I give to Ann Mortimer
148 one Guinea if she continues to be employed in my
149 service at the time of my death I give to Mrs
150 Joan Stooke Widow and her three daughters Mrs Margaret
151 Cleave Mrs Margaret Baker Mrs Mary Codrington Mrs
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152 Locker wife of the Reverend Wm Locker Mrs Hannah
153 Newcombe Mrs Frances Stabback the aforesaid Herman
154 Drewe and Samuel Pike Esquire Mrs Elizabeth
155 Hatherley wife of my nephew John Hatherley and
156 Mrs Hatherley wife of my nephew William Henry
157 Hatherley a Ring of the value of one Guinea
158 each I give to the said John Codrington the
159 sum of thirty Guineas a Ring of the value of
160 one Guinea and a Suit of Mourning and do
161 appoint the said John Codrington Sole Executor of this
162 my last Will and Testament and I give and devise
163 unto the said John Codrington his heirs and assigns all
164 and every the Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
165 which are vested in me by any mortgage or Mortgages
166 in Fee with their and every of their Rights Members
167 and appurtenances upon trust to convey the same upon
168 payment of the principal Sum and Sums and Interest
169 thereby respectively secured I give and bequeath unto my
170 aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike Sarah Mary Drewe
171 and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley my watch and all my
172 Plate Jewells wearing apparel household Goods
173 and Furniture and all other the Goods and Chattells
174 whereof I shall die possessed except my Monies and
175 Stocks Funds and Securities for Money equally to be divided
176 between them share and share alike all the rest and
177 residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and whereso
178 ever I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid
179 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry
181 Hatherley all my aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike
182 Sarah Mary Drewe and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley
183 equally to be divided between them share and share
184 alike and I do hereby declare that the respective Shares
185 of the said Elizabeth Pike and Sarah Mary Drewe of
186 and in my aforesaid watch plate Jewels wearing
187 apparel household Goods and Furniture and the residue
188 of my personal Estate and Effects shall be for the respective
189 sole and separate use of my said two Nieces exclusive of
190 their respective husbands in the same manner
191 as I have hereinbefore declared touching the said two
192 several Legacies of two hundred pounds and two hundred
193 pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to the said John
194 Codrington in trust for them as aforesaid and lastly I
195 do hereby declare it to be my Will that the aforesaid
196 John Codrington and Herman Drewe respectively or either
197 of them their or either of their heirs Executors or admors
198 shall not be charged or chargeable with or
199 accountable for any more of the said trust monies
200 and premises than they or he shall respectively
201 actually receive by virtue of the trusts aforesaid nor
202 with or for any loss which shall happen of the same
203 monies and premises or any part thereof so as
204 the same respectively happen without their wilful
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205 defaults or neglects and that my said Trustees their
206 Executors and administrators respectively shall and
207 lawfully may deduct retain to and reimburse
208 themselves respectively out of the said trust monies
209 and premises all such Costs Losses Charges
210 damages and Expences whatsoever as they or
211 either of them shall or may bear sustain or be put
212 unto in or about the Execution or management of
213 the trusts hereby in them respectively reposed or any
214 thing relating thereunto and that it shall and
215 may be lawful to and for the said John Codrington
216 his Executors and administrators to compound any debt
217 or debts that shall or may be due to my Estate
218 and release the person or persons who may be
219 debtor or debtors therein and sign and subscribe this
220 or their consent to the allowance of the Certificate
221 or Certificates of any Bankrupt or Bankrupts
222 and submit to arbitration any matter in dispute
223 relating to my Estate and perform the award to
224 Be made in pursuance to such submission and
225 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made
226 declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
227 In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Blake
228 The Testatrix have to the three first sheets of
229 this my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets
230 of Paper subscribed my name and to this fourth and
231 last sheet thereof set my hand and Seal the ninth
232 day of August in the year of our Lord one
233 thousand seven hundred and eighty six Eliz: Blake
234 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
235 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix and for her last
236 Will and Testament in the presence of us three whose
237 names are hereunto subscribed and who subscribed
238 our names as Witnesses hereto at the desire
239 and in the presence of the said Testatrix and in
240 the presence of each other Rv Lydston Newcombe
241 John Stabback Wm Stabback
242 June the 23rd 1788 I Eliz: Blake give to Mr John
243 Codrington the Sum of thirty pounds over and
244 above what I have given him in my Will in
245 consideration of his great care and attention to me and
246 I also give to Frances Broom twenty pounds over and
247 above what I have given her in my Will provided
248 she lives with me at the time of my Death likewise
249 such Mourning as my Executors or relations shall
250 judge proper this paper I desire may be
251 considered as part of my Will written by my own
252 hand Eliz: Blake
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253 The second day of March 1789
254 Appeared Personally James Pitts of
255 The City of Exeter Ironmonger and Elizabeth Stabback
256 of the said City Spinster and being severally sworn
257 on the holy Evangelists to depose the truth made
258 oath and say that they very well knew and
259 were acquainted with Elizabeth Blake late of the
260 Parish of Saint David in the City of Exeter Widow
261 deceased for several Years before and to the time of her
262 death and also with the manner and Character of
263 hand writing and subscription of the said deceased
264 having often seen her write out witness and subscribe
265 her name to writings and declaring now seen and
266 carefully perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed
267 purporting to be a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
268 of the said deceased beginning thus June the 23rd
269 1788 Eliz: Blake ending thus written by my own
270 hand and thus subscribed Eliz: Blake They these
271 deponents say that they truly and in their consciences
272 believe the whole Body Series and Contents of the
273 said Codicil to the said Gifts of the said deceased and also the Subscription
274 hereto to be of the proper hand writing of the said
275 deceased James Pitts Eliz:Stabback Same Day the
276 said James Pitts and Elizabeth Stabback were duly
277 sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me Mr
278 Shore Commissioner
279 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
280 The twelveth day of March in the year of our Lord
281 one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine before the
282 Right Worshipful Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
283 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
284 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of John
285 Codrington the Sole Executor named in the said Will to
286 whom Administration was granted of all and singular the
287 Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having
288 been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
World Connect does have a tree for a Hatherly family going back to a Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Galsworthy who were married 24 Apr 1668 in Parkham, Devon and four children are listed: Grace baptized 21 Mar 1669, Arthur baptized 2 Jan 1672, Narcissus baptized 9 Jul 1674 and Elizabeth baptized 12 Jul 1677 all at Parkham, Devon. Narcissus is further traced down with his marriage to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 in Alwington, Devon. The children of this marriage are listed below and Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722 is listed as being married to a Thomas Blake (no further details other than 26 Oct 1752 at Kenton, Devon). No children listed for Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Hatherley. I have not verified the data at World Connect but certainly the will does bear out the relationships mentioned for the siblings of Elizabeth the Testatrix of this will.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hatters&id=I3
An online tree on The Blakes of Somerset that I have mentioned before
http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm
traces back a marriage of Thomas Blake (born circa 1697) and Elizabeth Hatherley which was celebrated in 1749 at Kenton, Devon (according to this website). Is this Elizabeth the testator? Elizabeth doesn’t mention any children and this site mentions there are five children for this couple. Thomas was 52 when he married Elizabeth Hatherley with children named: John, Martha, Mary, Kath., and Jane. The website further listst the three children of the Reverend Thomas Blake (born circa 1652 and died in Alwington 23 Nov 1713 at the age of 61) named George (bc 1682), Nicholas (bc 1686) and Thomas (bc 1697). The website then has Thomas the son marrying Elizabeth Hatherley and they have five children as mentioned but the numbering begins at iv instead of i. There is nothing further on the children of Thomas and Elizabeth. I can not find any children by these names baptized to Thomas and Elizabeth Blake. However, at this point I am not discounting the possibility that this Elizabeth Blake’s husband is perhaps descendant of the Somerset Blake family. This family is known to be in the Plymouth/Exeter area of Devon from the 1600s on. Did all five children of this couple die? Not impossible given the times but unusual for a family that had sufficient funds to provide the best but again it is not impossible so will not at this point discount the possible connection.
However, as with much of the Blake material online this website has some interesting features but tends to try to group together as many Blake families as possible. Using the unsourced early material perpetuates the errors that were created by Horatio Gates Somersby without adding any new material. I have already shown that some of these relationships as stated are not possible given the historical evidence in the Calendar of Patent Rolls.
The Hatherley family mentioned in the will and found on World Connect appear to be the descendants of Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 at Alwington Devon) and their children were all baptized at Bideford Devon (Family Search website):
Narcissus baptized 16 Sep 1709 (from World Connect)
Elizabeth baptized 6 Mar 1711 (from World Connect) and probably died young
John baptized 17 Apr 1713
Arthur baptized 17 Aug 1715; buried 24 Dec 1715
Arthur baptized 17 May 1717 (from World Connect)
William baptized 12 Feb 1719
Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722
Jane baptized 3 May 1722; buried 2 Jun 1722
Thomas baptized 6 Jan 1725
First mentioned in the will were the three nephews: Narcissus, John and William Henry. They would appear to be the children of Elizabeth’s brother Narcissus who was married to Honor Chope 18 May 1741 in Northam, Devon. Honor is mentioned in the will as a widow. They had seven children all baptized at Bideford namely(* marks nephews mentioned in the will):
*Narcissus baptized 18 Jul 1746
Grace baptized 11 Jul 1748
*John baptized 23 Aug 1750
Elizabeth baptized 6 Apr 1753
Henry baptized 8 Nov 1754
*William Henry baptized 24 Jun 1756
Thomas baptized 11 Aug 1758
*John is married to Elizabeth (mentioned in the will as the wife of John her nephew) and they had ten children between 1781 and 1807 but none mentioned in the will).
*William Henry is married to Elizabeth Fortescue Wells 13 Mar 1781 at Kingsbridge, Devon and they have 11 children between 1781 and 1800 (none of these children are mentioned in the will but Elizabeth wife of William Henry is mentioned).
Both of Elizabeth the Testatrix brothers Narcissus married to Honor and Thomas married to Grace are deceased as both women are mentioned as widows. The second wife of William is not mentioned.
Next to be mentioned is Elizabeth Hatherley (she is likely the sister of Narcissus, John and William Henry) married to Samuel Pyke and they were married 22 Apr 1776 at Abbotsham, Devon (Family Search M05015-1). Hence Elizabeth is also a child of Narcissus Hatherly and Honor Chowe shown above baptized 6 Apr 1753. The World Connect chart does not list her marriage to Samuel Pike.
Looking at the Herman Drewe family next mentioned in the will: Married in Colyton Church 1 May 1775 Herman Drew, clerk, of the parish of Wootton Fitzpaine in the county of Dorset and Sarah Mary Hatherley of this parish married by licence in the presence of Elizabeth Hatherly, Jno. Rolle. Sarah Mary Hatherley is said to be the daughter of William Hatherley and Sarah Baker who were married 27 Sep 1753 at Modbury Devon and she was baptized 3 Dec 1755 at Kenton. According to the chart at World Connect William married a second time to Elizabeth Matthews 12 Sep 1758 at Bideford and they had one child Mary Ann Hatherly (not mentioned in the will) baptized 15 Feb 1762.
The children of Herman Drewe and Sarah Mary Hatherley (Sarah Elizabeth and Mary are mentioned in the will and if either of them die then the funds are to be shared by the rest of their children) are found on Family Search:
Sarah Elizabeth baptized 15 Jun 1776 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Herman baptized 2 Jan 1778 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Mary baptized 9 Feb 1780 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Elizabeth Judith Hatherly also mentioned in the will lastly was the daughter of Thomas Hatherly and Grace and was baptized 18 Sep 1749 at Bideford (Family Search C05032-1). There are two possible marriages for Thomas Hatherly and both appear to be patron entries: Thomas Hatherly and Grace Smith 1748 and Thomas Hatherly and Grace Voisey 1751. Given the birth date of 1749 for Elizabeth Judith it is possible that Thomas married twice with the first Grace having died.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1176/207
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Saint David in Exeter, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Aug 1786, probated 12 Mar 1789
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Elizabeth Blake of the parish of Saint David in the County of
3 the City of Exeter Devon do make this my last Will and Testament in
4 the manner following that is to say I desire that I may be
5 buried in a decent and plain manner in the parish Church of
6 Saint Martin in the City of Exeter by the side of my late
7 husband and that the Funeral Service may be performed by the
8 Curate for the time being of the parish of Saint David
9 aforesaid to whom I give three Guineas and one Guinea to the
10 Rector of Saint Martin I desire that ______ no outer
11 Bearers but that the Reverend John Quick Rector of Highley
12 the Reverend Mr Locker Rector of St Lawrence in the City of Exeter
13 the Reverend John Stabback Edward Cleave Esquire Robert Lydstone
14 Newcome Esquire and Mr Richard Thorn will each accept of a
15 Ring of the value of one Guinea I give and bequeath to my
16 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry Hatherly
17 one hundred and sixty pounds each of lawful Money of Great
18 Britain to be paid to them respectively by my Executor hereinafter
19 named at the end of eight months next after my decease
20 also I give and bequeath unto my Friend Mr John Codrington
21 of the City of Exeter apothecary the Sum of two hundred pounds
22 of like lawful money upon trust for such person or persons
23 and to and for the Ends Intents and purposes as my Niece Elizabeth
24 Pike wife of Samuel Pike of Northam in the County of Devon
25 Esquire shall by any writing or writings under her hand attested
26 by one or more credible Witness or Witnesses or by her last Will
27 and Testament in Writing or any writing purporting to be or in
28 the nature of her her last Will and Testament attested by two or
29 more Credible Witnesses notwithstanding her Couverture and whether
30 she be Covert or Sole order direct or appoint and for want of
31 and in the meane time until the said Elizabeth Pike shall
32 make some such order direction or appointment as aforesaid to
33 and shall stand possessed of and in the said Sum of two hundred
34 pounds and the dividends and Interest that will be made thereof
35 upon trust for the said Elizabeth Pike her Executors and Admors
36 to and for the Sole separate and peculiar use and disposal of the said
37 Elizabeth Pike and wherewith as with any part thereof her said
38 present or any future husband shall not in any wise intermeddle
39 neither shall the same or any part thereof be in any wise
40 subject or liable to the power Control debts or Engagements of
41 any such husband but the Receipt and Receipts of the said
42 Elizabeth Pike alone or of such person or persons to whom she
43 shall so order direct or appoint the said Sum of two hundred
44 pounds and the Dividends and Interest thereof or any part thereof
45 to be paid as aforesaid shall from time to time be a sufficient
46 and effectual discharge and discharges to the said John Codrington his Executors
47 and administrators for the same or so much and such part
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48 and parts thereof as to such Receipt and Receipts shall be
49 mentioned expressed or acknowledged to be received Also I give
50 and bequeath unto the said John Codrington the like Sum
51 of two hundred pounds upon trust for the separate and peculiar
52 use of my Niece Sarah Mary Drewe the Wife of the Reverend
53 Herman Drewe of Wootton in the County of Dorset with the
54 like power of disposal and appointment and in the same
55 manner as I have hereinbefore declared touching the Legacy
56 of two hundred pounds hereinbefore given for the use of the
57 said Elizabeth Pike also I give and bequeath the like Sum
58 of two hundred pounds unto my Niece Elizabeth Judith Hatherly
59 and I do hereby direct that the aforesaid three several
60 Legacies of two hundred pounds shall be paid by my Executor
61 at the end of eight months next after my decease also
62 I Give and bequeath unto the said Herman the
63 sum of three hundred pounds old South Sea Annuities now
64 standing in my Name upon trust that he the said Herman
65 Drewe do and shall from time to time receive the dividends
66 thereof and lay out and invest the same Dividends in the
67 purchase of other stock or on good Securities until his two
68 daughters Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall
69 attain the age of twenty one years or be married which shall
70 first happen and then do and shall transfer assign
71 and make over the said Sum of three hundred pounds
72 old South Sea annuities and the Dividends thereof and
73 all Stocks Funds and Securities wherein the same shall be
74 invested into and between his said two Daughters
75 Sarah Elizabeth and Mary equally to be divided
76 between them share and share alike and I do hereby
77 declare it to be my Will that if either of them the said
78 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall happen
79 to die before attaining her said age of twenty one
80 years or being married then the share of her so
81 dying shall go and belong to the Survivor of them
82 and shall be paid and payable to her at the
83 same time as the original Share and I do hereby
84 further declare that in case both of them the said
85 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall die
86 before having attained such age or have as aforesaid that
87 then the said Herman Drewe his Executors and
88 Administrators shall stand possessed of the said Stocks
89 Funds and Securities and the Dividends and Interest
90 thereof upon trust for all and every other the Child
91 and Children of the said Herman Drewe and Sarah
92 Mary Drewe his Wife equally to be divided likewise
93 then if more then one share
94 and share alike and if but one such Child then to such
95 one only Child the share and shares of such of
96 them as shall be a Son or Sons to be paid and payable
97 to him and them at his or their ages or respective
98 ages of twenty one years and the share or shares of
99 such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters
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100 to be paid and payable to her or them at her or their
101 age or respective ages of twenty one years or Day or
102 respective Days of Marriage which shall first
103 happen and in case any or either of the aforesaid
104 Children shall happen to die without having
105 attained such age or time as aforesaid then the
106 share or shares of him her or them so dying
107 shall go and belong to the Survivors and
108 Survivor of such Children in the same manner
109 as is hereinbefore declared touching his her or
110 their original portion or portions and in case all
111 such Children shall die without attaining sucvh age
112 or time as aforesaid then I give and devise the
113 same Stock Funds and Securities unto the aforesaid
114 John Codrington his Executors Administrators and assigns
115 upon trust for the separate and peculiar use of my said
116 Niece Mary Drewe and with the same power of
117 appointment and in the same manner as I have
118 hereinbefore declared touching the said Sum of two hundred
119 pounds hereinbefore given to the said John Codrington
120 for the use of the said Sarah Mary Drewe
121 Recommending it nevertheless to her to give the same
122 to some part of my family and whereas it is my
123 intention to lay out the Sum of Fifty pounds more
124 during my life in old South Sea Annuities now I do
125 hereby bequeath such Sum of Fifty pounds in case I
126 shall so lay out the same to the said Herman Drewe
127 upon the same trusts as I have hereinbefore
128 declared touching the said Sum of three hundred
129 pounds and in case I should not in my life time
130 lay out such Sum of Fifty pounds in the manner
131 aforesaid I do hereby direct my Executor herein after
132 named to lay out that Sum out of the residue of
133 my personal Estate in the name of the said Herman
134 Drewe who shall stand possessed thereof Upon the
135 trusts aforesaid also I give and bequeath to
136 my two Sisters Honour Hatherly widow and Grace
137 Hatherly widow the Sum of five Guineas each as a
138 token of my affection for them I give to Joan
139 Thomas Six Guineas and to Mary White Sister of Mr
140 Arthur White Apothecary Mrs Waldrond widow of the
141 late Doctor Walrond deceased Mrs Margaret Coles Mrs
142 Isabella Weeks and Miss Francis Broom two
143 Guineas each I give to each of my Maid Servants
144 they shall have lived with me twelve months before
145 my decease three Guineas over and above the wages
146 which may be due to them and Mourning at the
147 discretion of my Executor I give to Ann Mortimer
148 one Guinea if she continues to be employed in my
149 service at the time of my death I give to Mrs
150 Joan Stooke Widow and her three daughters Mrs Margaret
151 Cleave Mrs Margaret Baker Mrs Mary Codrington Mrs
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152 Locker wife of the Reverend Wm Locker Mrs Hannah
153 Newcombe Mrs Frances Stabback the aforesaid Herman
154 Drewe and Samuel Pike Esquire Mrs Elizabeth
155 Hatherley wife of my nephew John Hatherley and
156 Mrs Hatherley wife of my nephew William Henry
157 Hatherley a Ring of the value of one Guinea
158 each I give to the said John Codrington the
159 sum of thirty Guineas a Ring of the value of
160 one Guinea and a Suit of Mourning and do
161 appoint the said John Codrington Sole Executor of this
162 my last Will and Testament and I give and devise
163 unto the said John Codrington his heirs and assigns all
164 and every the Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
165 which are vested in me by any mortgage or Mortgages
166 in Fee with their and every of their Rights Members
167 and appurtenances upon trust to convey the same upon
168 payment of the principal Sum and Sums and Interest
169 thereby respectively secured I give and bequeath unto my
170 aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike Sarah Mary Drewe
171 and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley my watch and all my
172 Plate Jewells wearing apparel household Goods
173 and Furniture and all other the Goods and Chattells
174 whereof I shall die possessed except my Monies and
175 Stocks Funds and Securities for Money equally to be divided
176 between them share and share alike all the rest and
177 residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and whereso
178 ever I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid
179 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry
181 Hatherley all my aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike
182 Sarah Mary Drewe and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley
183 equally to be divided between them share and share
184 alike and I do hereby declare that the respective Shares
185 of the said Elizabeth Pike and Sarah Mary Drewe of
186 and in my aforesaid watch plate Jewels wearing
187 apparel household Goods and Furniture and the residue
188 of my personal Estate and Effects shall be for the respective
189 sole and separate use of my said two Nieces exclusive of
190 their respective husbands in the same manner
191 as I have hereinbefore declared touching the said two
192 several Legacies of two hundred pounds and two hundred
193 pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to the said John
194 Codrington in trust for them as aforesaid and lastly I
195 do hereby declare it to be my Will that the aforesaid
196 John Codrington and Herman Drewe respectively or either
197 of them their or either of their heirs Executors or admors
198 shall not be charged or chargeable with or
199 accountable for any more of the said trust monies
200 and premises than they or he shall respectively
201 actually receive by virtue of the trusts aforesaid nor
202 with or for any loss which shall happen of the same
203 monies and premises or any part thereof so as
204 the same respectively happen without their wilful
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205 defaults or neglects and that my said Trustees their
206 Executors and administrators respectively shall and
207 lawfully may deduct retain to and reimburse
208 themselves respectively out of the said trust monies
209 and premises all such Costs Losses Charges
210 damages and Expences whatsoever as they or
211 either of them shall or may bear sustain or be put
212 unto in or about the Execution or management of
213 the trusts hereby in them respectively reposed or any
214 thing relating thereunto and that it shall and
215 may be lawful to and for the said John Codrington
216 his Executors and administrators to compound any debt
217 or debts that shall or may be due to my Estate
218 and release the person or persons who may be
219 debtor or debtors therein and sign and subscribe this
220 or their consent to the allowance of the Certificate
221 or Certificates of any Bankrupt or Bankrupts
222 and submit to arbitration any matter in dispute
223 relating to my Estate and perform the award to
224 Be made in pursuance to such submission and
225 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made
226 declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
227 In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Blake
228 The Testatrix have to the three first sheets of
229 this my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets
230 of Paper subscribed my name and to this fourth and
231 last sheet thereof set my hand and Seal the ninth
232 day of August in the year of our Lord one
233 thousand seven hundred and eighty six Eliz: Blake
234 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
235 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix and for her last
236 Will and Testament in the presence of us three whose
237 names are hereunto subscribed and who subscribed
238 our names as Witnesses hereto at the desire
239 and in the presence of the said Testatrix and in
240 the presence of each other Rv Lydston Newcombe
241 John Stabback Wm Stabback
242 June the 23rd 1788 I Eliz: Blake give to Mr John
243 Codrington the Sum of thirty pounds over and
244 above what I have given him in my Will in
245 consideration of his great care and attention to me and
246 I also give to Frances Broom twenty pounds over and
247 above what I have given her in my Will provided
248 she lives with me at the time of my Death likewise
249 such Mourning as my Executors or relations shall
250 judge proper this paper I desire may be
251 considered as part of my Will written by my own
252 hand Eliz: Blake
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253 The second day of March 1789
254 Appeared Personally James Pitts of
255 The City of Exeter Ironmonger and Elizabeth Stabback
256 of the said City Spinster and being severally sworn
257 on the holy Evangelists to depose the truth made
258 oath and say that they very well knew and
259 were acquainted with Elizabeth Blake late of the
260 Parish of Saint David in the City of Exeter Widow
261 deceased for several Years before and to the time of her
262 death and also with the manner and Character of
263 hand writing and subscription of the said deceased
264 having often seen her write out witness and subscribe
265 her name to writings and declaring now seen and
266 carefully perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed
267 purporting to be a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
268 of the said deceased beginning thus June the 23rd
269 1788 Eliz: Blake ending thus written by my own
270 hand and thus subscribed Eliz: Blake They these
271 deponents say that they truly and in their consciences
272 believe the whole Body Series and Contents of the
273 said Codicil to the said Gifts of the said deceased and also the Subscription
274 hereto to be of the proper hand writing of the said
275 deceased James Pitts Eliz:Stabback Same Day the
276 said James Pitts and Elizabeth Stabback were duly
277 sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me Mr
278 Shore Commissioner
279 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
280 The twelveth day of March in the year of our Lord
281 one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine before the
282 Right Worshipful Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
283 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
284 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of John
285 Codrington the Sole Executor named in the said Will to
286 whom Administration was granted of all and singular the
287 Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having
288 been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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