John Blake the testator is the husband of Johane Blake whose will was blogged yesterday. Good fortune with this set of wills as John identifies similar people although again does not clearly say how he is related to some of them. Fortunately putting the wills together gives a slightly clearer picture of this Blake family at Lanreath.
He does mention Henry Blake who also lived at Lanreath in this time period and was married to Lowdye Helman 15 Jun 1619. He also mentions a Jonathan Blake although does not identify either of these men as his brothers. Jonathan Blake has a son John. Henry Blake has children: Charity, Joane, John, and Jonathan. He also mentions a White family, a Caren family and the children of his sister Watson. Also the Heare family, the Cowling, Collin[g] family and the Wilcock family.
John Cowling is known to be his nephew from his wife's will. Does he mention sister Watson because she is deceased and he is remembering her children?
From the LDS there was a John Blake baptized 20 Nov 1568 son of Thomas Blake. Also, relating to the will there was a John Blake son of Jonathan Blake baptized 17 Sep 1619 also at |Lanreath.
There are a number of children baptized by John Blake at Lanreath on the IGI:
William baptized 9 Nov 1567
Henry baptized 18 Mar 1569
Elizabeth baptized 29 Oct 1572
A little information on this Blake family but can not yet link them altogether; perhaps later wills will assist.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/231/346
Testator: John Blake, yeoman
Place: Lanreath, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 27 Oct 1646 , probated 22 Jun 1653
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Top]: The xxviii day of October Anno Dom[ini] 1646
[Margin]: The Will of John
[Margin]: Blake
1
In the Name of God Amen I John Blake of
2
the Parish of Lanreth in the County of Cornewall yeoman being
3
sick of Body but sounde and perfect in minde and memory doe hereby
4
make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and
5
forme following First of all I doe give and bequeath my Soule unto Almighty
6
God and my Body unto Christian Buriall Item I give to the poore of the
7
Parish of Lanreth the summe of Twenty shillings Item I give to John
8
Blake the Sonne of Jonathon the Summe of five pounds Item I give to
9
Charity Blake the daughter of Henry Blake the summe five pounds
10
Item I give to Joane Blake the daughter of Henry Blake the sume of
11
five poundes Item I give to John Blake the sonne of Henry Blake the
12
summe of Twenty shillings Item I give Jonathan Blake the sonne
13
of Henry Blake the summe of Twenty shillings Item I give to Densill
14
White the somme of Twenty shillings Item I give to Bennett White the
15
summe of Twenty shillings Item I give to Richard White the summe of
16
Twenty shillings Item I give to Elizabeth Caren the Wife of Richard Caren
17
the summe of Forty shillings. Item I give to Thomas Heare the summe
18
of Twenty shillings Item I give to Richard Heare the somme of Twenty
19
shillings Item I give to Henry Heare the summe of Twenty shillings
20
Item I give to William Heare the summe of Twenty shillings Item
21
I give to each of my Sister Watsons children Tenn shillings a peece
22
Item I give to John Cowling the sonne of John Cowling the summe of
23
the summe of Twenty shillings Item I give to William Colling the
24
the summe of forty pounds Item I give to George Colling One sheepe
25
Item I give to Thomas Wilcock One Sheepe Item all the rest of my
26
goods and chattells not given nor bequeathed I doe give and bequeath
27
them unto Johan Blake my Wife whome I doe make my whole
28
Executrix In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hande and seale
29
The day and yeare first above written Signum John Blake
31
Witnesse to this Will William Cary John Cowling sen
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This Will was proved at We[s]tm[inister] the Two and twentith of
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June in the yeare of our Lord One Thousande six hundred fifty and
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Three before the Judges for probate of Wills and graunting Administration
35
according to an Act of Parliament instituted an Act for probate of Wills
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granting Administration by the Oath of Joahn Blake the Relict
37
and Sole Executrix to whome Administration was committed she being
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first sworne by Commission truly to administer
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Will of William Watson Buller, Merchant St George the Martyr, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/783/233, probated 9 Nov 1750
William Watson Buller the testator and his wife must have lived in Lisbon Portugal at some point as their daughter Sarah was baptized 19 Feb 1736 at the British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (C88000-1 - Family Search). A second baptism can be found for Elizabeth Watson Buller baptized 21 Mar 1734 at the same place (C88000-1 Family Search).
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
Will of Francis Buller Esquire of Westminster, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/903/207, probated 19 Nov 1764
I have mis-sorted this will as it actually belongs with the Westminster wills but since I have begun I shall carry on after all the last one that I did was for Butler instead of Buller! This one does rather interest me as it is probated in 1764 (one year after the projected birth of Christopher Buller my 3x great grandfather).
There is an affidavit attached to this will which accurately places this family into the Cornwall family. The Testator is an Uncle to Francis Buller of the Inner Court. I believe this to be Sir Francis Buller, Baronet Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. That would mean that this Francis is a son of John Francis Buller and certainly his sister Rebecca (his executrix) married Sir Charles Watson and was identified as Rebecca Watson, widow. An Elizabeth Buller is mentioned and this is perhaps his sister who married the Reverend John Sturgess, D.D. John Buller was the second son of John Francis Buller and he remained at Pelynt and many of his descendants were in the Military and the first Buller will is one of the grandsons of John Buller (Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park). I rather believe this too does not lead me back to Christopher but does provide more details on the Buller family of Cornwall.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/903/207
Testator: Francis Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 30 Jun 1764, probated 19 Nov 1764
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller
1 The last Will of me
2 Francis Buller of Abingdon Street Westminster Esquire
3 Imprimis I Give to my Sister Watson and Brother John
4 Buller all my Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Real
5 Estate of what Nature soever and also all my personal Estate
6 to hold to them their heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors In Trust to Sell
7 and Dispose thereof and convert the whole into ready Money
8 and that they do thereout when and pay the Sums and Legacys
9 following Viz [a vi]t the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds to her my said
10 Sister Watson the Sum of Two hundred pounds to him my said
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11 Brother John To the Rev Jos: Foot of Anthony One hundred
12 pounds To Mr James Coulthard Fifty pounds over and above w[ha]t
13 I may owe him To my Servant Susanna Mason Forty pounds To
14 my Servant Charity Youlin Twenty pounds and to my Servant
15 Daniel Ellis Twenty pounds to be paid at his Age of 21 and all
16 my Wearing Apparell I forgive Wm Ellis the one hundred
17 pounds he owes me on Note and the Interest I desire that the
18 twenty pounds Given by my late Dear Wife's Will to Wm Ellis
19 of [blank] Son of the said Wm Ellis may be paid I give the
20 Diamond Ring which I Generally Wear in Memory of my said
21 late Wife to her Neice Miss Gertrude Bampfylde And I
22 desire that the then residue after payment of my Debts and
23 Legacies and Funeral Expences be Equally Distributed between and
24 paid to or retained by her my said sister Watson and Brothers
25 John and William and Sister Elizabeth But the above bequest
26 to my Brother William is on Condition that he do relinquish and
27 release all such Right and Interest as he may have to or in
28 a certain Copyhold Lease at West Anthony and also pay or
29 allow to my Executors the Five hundred pounds he owes me and
30 my Will is that all my Debts not carrying Interest be paid within
31 3 Months next after my Death I Desire that my Funeral may be
32 as private as Decency will admit but I leave the same entirely
33 to the Discretion of my Executors And I do hereby appoint my said
34 Sister Watson and Brother John Executors of this my Will In
35 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 30 Day of
36 June 1764 Francis Buller Signed and published by the s[ai]d
37 Francis Buller as and for his last Will in the presence of us
38 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
39 hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses, John Cowell, John
40 Shears, Charles Blore
41 M[emorandu]m this 30th June 1764 the Sum of three hundred
42 pounds was remitted me by Mr John Peke of Antony parish to
43 be applied on his account and the same stands placed to my Credit
44 in the Shop of Mess[ieur]s Backwell and Co Now I declare that the
45 said 300 li is Mr Pekes property and desire it may be paid or
46 applied as he shall Direct Frs: Buller Witness
47 James Coulthard
48 A Codicil to the Will of me Francis Buller Esq[uie]r
49 Whereas by my last Will bearing date on or about the
50 thirtieth Day of June last I have made my Brother John an
51 Executor and also Given him a Legacy and bequeathed part of my
52 Residuary Estate to him And Whereas he my said Brother and I as
53 co-exec[u]tors of our late Father have respectively received and paid
54 several Sums and possessed several parts in respect out and on
55 account of our said late Father's Estates the accounts of which have
56 not yet been Closed Now in order to remove all Disputes relating
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57 thereto And I being well Satisfied that I am not Indebted to my
58 said Brother on account of such Executorship I do hereby Will and
59 Direct that my said Brother John shall and Do before he be permitted
60 to prove my said Will or in any wise Intermeddle with my Executors on
61 one or more proper Deeds or Instruments effectually Release
62 and Discharge my Estate from all Claims and Demands which he
63 can (or may have) thereon for or on account of my receiving or
64 possessing or disposing of this my said late Father's Estate the Effects
65 or otherwise Intermedling therein And in case of his Neglect
66 or refusal for three Months after my Death so to do then I revoke
67 all Benefits intended him by my said Will and also the appointment
68 of him as an Executor and Direct that such benefits and bequests
69 Go to my older Residuary Legatees and that my Sister Watson do
70 remain Sole Executrix and Sole Trustee;
71 But on his Giving such Release and Discharge as aforesaid
72 Then I Will and Direct that he also releases and discharges from
73 all Demands which For my Estate may have on him on account of
74 his Receipts and payments touching the said Executorship or on any other account
75 It being my Intent and Meaning that the
76 accounts between him and me touching our respective receipts
77 and payments relating to such Executorship and all other accounts
78 up to the Day of my Death be Considered and taken as Settled and
79 Closed. But nevertheless I do not Mean that my Demands on the
80 outstanding of future Effects of my Said Father should be relinquished
81 And I give five pounds to the poor of the parish where I
82 Shall be Buried As to my Brother Buller I have tried
83 many Marks of affection and friendship from and I think my
84 self Greatly obliged to him on many Occasions But as a
85 Considerable advantage will accrue to him on my Death I therefore
86 hope he'll not be displeased at my not making any Bequest
87 in his Favour In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
88 11 July 1764. F. Buller Signed and published by the said
89 Francis Buller as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us
90 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
91 hereto set our Names as Witnesses the Words other account
92 and the words (In all other accounts) having first interlined near the
93 bottom of the first side Thomas Wildman John Cowell John Shears
94 15th Nov 1764
95 Appeared personally Francis Buller of the Inner
96 Temple London Esq[uie]r and being Sworn on the holy Evangelists
97 made Oath that the well known Francis Buller late of the parish
98 of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire
99 Deceased he being the Deponents Uncle and the Deponent is well
100 acquainted with his the Deceased's manner and Character of hand
101 writing having often seen him write and having now carefully viewed
102 the Name Frs Buller Subscribed to the Codicil or paper
103 Writing hereto annexed beginning thus Mm this 30th
104 June, 1764 and ending thus as he shall Direct Saith
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105 that he Doth verily believe the said Name and Subscript,
106 Frs Buller to be of the proper hand Writing of the said Francis
107 Buller Esq[uie]r deceased, Fra[nci]s Buller same Day, the said Francis
108 Buller Esq[uie]r was duly Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit before me
109 Geo. Harris Surrogate present H. Stevens Jan Not Pub
110 This Will proved at London (with two Codicils) the
111 Nineteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
112 Seven hundred and Sixty four before the Worshipful William Compton
113 Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also
114 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
115 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Rebecca
116 Watson Widow the Sister of the deceased and one of the Executors
117 named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
118 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She
119 having been first Sworn duly to Administer (power reserved of
120 making the like Grant to John Buller Esq[uie]r the Brother of the
121 said Deceased and other Executor named in the said Will and Second
122 Codicil when he Shall apply for the same) Agreeable to the Tenor of
123 the said Codicils
There is an affidavit attached to this will which accurately places this family into the Cornwall family. The Testator is an Uncle to Francis Buller of the Inner Court. I believe this to be Sir Francis Buller, Baronet Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. That would mean that this Francis is a son of John Francis Buller and certainly his sister Rebecca (his executrix) married Sir Charles Watson and was identified as Rebecca Watson, widow. An Elizabeth Buller is mentioned and this is perhaps his sister who married the Reverend John Sturgess, D.D. John Buller was the second son of John Francis Buller and he remained at Pelynt and many of his descendants were in the Military and the first Buller will is one of the grandsons of John Buller (Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park). I rather believe this too does not lead me back to Christopher but does provide more details on the Buller family of Cornwall.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/903/207
Testator: Francis Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 30 Jun 1764, probated 19 Nov 1764
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller
1 The last Will of me
2 Francis Buller of Abingdon Street Westminster Esquire
3 Imprimis I Give to my Sister Watson and Brother John
4 Buller all my Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Real
5 Estate of what Nature soever and also all my personal Estate
6 to hold to them their heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors In Trust to Sell
7 and Dispose thereof and convert the whole into ready Money
8 and that they do thereout when and pay the Sums and Legacys
9 following Viz [a vi]t the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds to her my said
10 Sister Watson the Sum of Two hundred pounds to him my said
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11 Brother John To the Rev Jos: Foot of Anthony One hundred
12 pounds To Mr James Coulthard Fifty pounds over and above w[ha]t
13 I may owe him To my Servant Susanna Mason Forty pounds To
14 my Servant Charity Youlin Twenty pounds and to my Servant
15 Daniel Ellis Twenty pounds to be paid at his Age of 21 and all
16 my Wearing Apparell I forgive Wm Ellis the one hundred
17 pounds he owes me on Note and the Interest I desire that the
18 twenty pounds Given by my late Dear Wife's Will to Wm Ellis
19 of [blank] Son of the said Wm Ellis may be paid I give the
20 Diamond Ring which I Generally Wear in Memory of my said
21 late Wife to her Neice Miss Gertrude Bampfylde And I
22 desire that the then residue after payment of my Debts and
23 Legacies and Funeral Expences be Equally Distributed between and
24 paid to or retained by her my said sister Watson and Brothers
25 John and William and Sister Elizabeth But the above bequest
26 to my Brother William is on Condition that he do relinquish and
27 release all such Right and Interest as he may have to or in
28 a certain Copyhold Lease at West Anthony and also pay or
29 allow to my Executors the Five hundred pounds he owes me and
30 my Will is that all my Debts not carrying Interest be paid within
31 3 Months next after my Death I Desire that my Funeral may be
32 as private as Decency will admit but I leave the same entirely
33 to the Discretion of my Executors And I do hereby appoint my said
34 Sister Watson and Brother John Executors of this my Will In
35 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 30 Day of
36 June 1764 Francis Buller Signed and published by the s[ai]d
37 Francis Buller as and for his last Will in the presence of us
38 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
39 hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses, John Cowell, John
40 Shears, Charles Blore
41 M[emorandu]m this 30th June 1764 the Sum of three hundred
42 pounds was remitted me by Mr John Peke of Antony parish to
43 be applied on his account and the same stands placed to my Credit
44 in the Shop of Mess[ieur]s Backwell and Co Now I declare that the
45 said 300 li is Mr Pekes property and desire it may be paid or
46 applied as he shall Direct Frs: Buller Witness
47 James Coulthard
48 A Codicil to the Will of me Francis Buller Esq[uie]r
49 Whereas by my last Will bearing date on or about the
50 thirtieth Day of June last I have made my Brother John an
51 Executor and also Given him a Legacy and bequeathed part of my
52 Residuary Estate to him And Whereas he my said Brother and I as
53 co-exec[u]tors of our late Father have respectively received and paid
54 several Sums and possessed several parts in respect out and on
55 account of our said late Father's Estates the accounts of which have
56 not yet been Closed Now in order to remove all Disputes relating
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57 thereto And I being well Satisfied that I am not Indebted to my
58 said Brother on account of such Executorship I do hereby Will and
59 Direct that my said Brother John shall and Do before he be permitted
60 to prove my said Will or in any wise Intermeddle with my Executors on
61 one or more proper Deeds or Instruments effectually Release
62 and Discharge my Estate from all Claims and Demands which he
63 can (or may have) thereon for or on account of my receiving or
64 possessing or disposing of this my said late Father's Estate the Effects
65 or otherwise Intermedling therein And in case of his Neglect
66 or refusal for three Months after my Death so to do then I revoke
67 all Benefits intended him by my said Will and also the appointment
68 of him as an Executor and Direct that such benefits and bequests
69 Go to my older Residuary Legatees and that my Sister Watson do
70 remain Sole Executrix and Sole Trustee;
71 But on his Giving such Release and Discharge as aforesaid
72 Then I Will and Direct that he also releases and discharges from
73 all Demands which For my Estate may have on him on account of
74 his Receipts and payments touching the said Executorship or on any other account
75 It being my Intent and Meaning that the
76 accounts between him and me touching our respective receipts
77 and payments relating to such Executorship and all other accounts
78 up to the Day of my Death be Considered and taken as Settled and
79 Closed. But nevertheless I do not Mean that my Demands on the
80 outstanding of future Effects of my Said Father should be relinquished
81 And I give five pounds to the poor of the parish where I
82 Shall be Buried As to my Brother Buller I have tried
83 many Marks of affection and friendship from and I think my
84 self Greatly obliged to him on many Occasions But as a
85 Considerable advantage will accrue to him on my Death I therefore
86 hope he'll not be displeased at my not making any Bequest
87 in his Favour In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
88 11 July 1764. F. Buller Signed and published by the said
89 Francis Buller as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us
90 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
91 hereto set our Names as Witnesses the Words other account
92 and the words (In all other accounts) having first interlined near the
93 bottom of the first side Thomas Wildman John Cowell John Shears
94 15th Nov 1764
95 Appeared personally Francis Buller of the Inner
96 Temple London Esq[uie]r and being Sworn on the holy Evangelists
97 made Oath that the well known Francis Buller late of the parish
98 of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire
99 Deceased he being the Deponents Uncle and the Deponent is well
100 acquainted with his the Deceased's manner and Character of hand
101 writing having often seen him write and having now carefully viewed
102 the Name Frs Buller Subscribed to the Codicil or paper
103 Writing hereto annexed beginning thus Mm this 30th
104 June, 1764 and ending thus as he shall Direct Saith
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105 that he Doth verily believe the said Name and Subscript,
106 Frs Buller to be of the proper hand Writing of the said Francis
107 Buller Esq[uie]r deceased, Fra[nci]s Buller same Day, the said Francis
108 Buller Esq[uie]r was duly Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit before me
109 Geo. Harris Surrogate present H. Stevens Jan Not Pub
110 This Will proved at London (with two Codicils) the
111 Nineteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
112 Seven hundred and Sixty four before the Worshipful William Compton
113 Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also
114 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
115 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Rebecca
116 Watson Widow the Sister of the deceased and one of the Executors
117 named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
118 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She
119 having been first Sworn duly to Administer (power reserved of
120 making the like Grant to John Buller Esq[uie]r the Brother of the
121 said Deceased and other Executor named in the said Will and Second
122 Codicil when he Shall apply for the same) Agreeable to the Tenor of
123 the said Codicils
Friday, February 8, 2013
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
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
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