Robert Blake, testator, was a Mariner living in Barnstape, Devon. He is perhaps the Robert Blake baptized 27 Jul 1744 at Barnstaple son of John and Susanna Blake. Although his will was duly probated and listed in the Index to Death Duty Registers, I did not find his burial.
Likely his daughter Ann Blake was baptized 6 Nov 1765 at Barnstaple daughter of Robert and Ann.
A Susanna Blake was baptized 24 Jan 1773 at Barnstaple daughter of Robert and Ann. Susanna was buried 2 Oct 1775 at Barnstaple.
Possibly his daughter Jenny (Jane) Blake was baptized 28 Jul 1776 at Barnstaple daughter of Robert and Ann.
A Susanna Blake was baptized 15 Apr 1781 at Barnstaple daughter of Robert and Ann.
A Robert Blake married Ann Dimon 23 Oct 1764 at Barnstaple. The records on Find My Past do not mention if he was a Mariner.
Ann Blake married Charles Jordan 6 Aug 1786 at Barnstaple.
Jane Blake married Walter Gribble 11 Oct 1797 at Barnstaple.
Susanna Blake married John Pearse 13 Jan 1804 at Barnstaple.
I do not normally trace down the children of Blake unless their father was a Blake. That includes me as it turns out since my husband’s surname is Kipp.
Two sons were born to a Robert and Ann (Dimon likely in the case of John) Blake and baptized at Barnstaple:
John Dymon Blake was baptized 8 Nov 1767
George Blake was baptized 17 Dec 1768
I did not locate any burials for John Dymon Blake or George Blake.
I did not find a reasonable marriage for the possible parents of Robert Blake, John and Susanna Blake.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Jan 2020
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1566/154
Testator: Robert Blake, Mariner
Place: Barnstaple, Devon
Type of Record: Memorandum
Date of document: 27 Apr 1804, probated 10 Mar 1815
[Margin]: Robert Blake 39
1 I Robert Blake of Barnstaple in the County of
2 Devon Mariner do make my last Will and Testament in manner
3 following that is First I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane
4 wife of Walter Gribble of Barnstaple aforesaid Mariner the Sum of
5 twenty pounds of lawful British Money Current in England to be
6 paid her by my Executrix hereinafter mentioned within one Month
7 next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
8 Susanna Wife of John Pearse of Barnstaple aforesaid Mariner
9 the one fourth part of the Brigantine Jupiter together with the
10 one fourth part of her Stores Rigging and Stock and all my right
11 Title Property and Interest I have in the said Brigantine Jupiter
12 to be delivered to my said daughter Susanna Pearse by my Executrix
13 hereinafter mentioned immediately after my decease Item I give
14 and bequeath unto my two daughters Jane Gribble and Susanna
15 Pearse and unto my two sons in law Walter Gribble and John
16 Pearse a Suit of Mourning each to be provided by my Executrix
17 herein after mentioned immediately after my decease Item I give
18 and bequeath unto my Grandson Robert Gribble my Watch and
19 Silver Buckles to be delivered to him by my Executrix when
20 he attains his age of twenty one years or before as to her shall
21 seem meet Also I further order and direct that my Executrix do
22 maintain educate and bring up my said Grandson Robert Gribble
23 until he shall attain his age of fourteen Years and then I give and
24 bequeath my said Grandson Twenty pounds of lawful British
25 money to bind him out as an Apprentice and for finding him
26 apparel during his Apprenticeship which Sum to be paid by my
27 Executrix and she to bind him to such Master or Mistress as she
28 shall approve of Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne
29 Jordan All that Messuage Tenement or dwelling house situate in
30 Well Street wherein I now reside and which I hold for the
31 remainder of a Term of Sixty Years by and under the Feoffees of
32 the Long Bridge of Barnstaple aforesaid to hold the same with
33 all and singular its appurts unto my said daughter Anne Jordan
34 for and during her natural life or until her second Marriage
35 and from and immediately after her decease or second Marriage
36 which shall first happen Then I give and bequeath the said
37 Messuage Tenement or dwelling house with its Appurts unto my
38 daughter Susanna Pearse during the then rest residue and the
39 remainder of the said Term of Years that may then be to come
40 and unexpired I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Anne
41 Jordan the moderate use of all my household Goods plate Bed
42 and Table linens and Furniture of every description whatsoever
43 during her natural life or until her second Marriage and from
44 and immediately after her decease or second Marriage which shall
45 first happen I give and bequeath all my said household Goods
46 and Furniture Plate Bed and Table Linen as aforesaid unto my
47 two daughters Jane Gribble and Susanna Pearse equally between
48 them share and share alike Item I give and bequeath unto John
49 Dennis of Barnstaple aforesaid Ironmonger and John Baker of
50 the same place Tanner and to the Survivor of them and to the
51 Executors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor All such Sum
52 and Sums of Money as I now or may hereafter have laid out placed
53 or vested in the Stocks Funds or upon Government Security or
54 Securitys and all and every or any which Stock Funds or Government
55 Security or Securities shall and may be from time to time or at any
56 time by and with the Consent and Approbation of my daughter
57 Anne Jordan alter or transferred assigned and disposed of and the
58 monies thereby arriving again invested and placed out upon new
59 or other Security or Securities Stocks Funds or Government Security
60 or Securities as to them the said John Dennis and John Baker or
61 the Survivor of them or the Exors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor
62 shall seem meet (by and with the Consent and Approbation of
63 my daughter Anne Jordan during her natural life or until her second
64 marriage that is that they the said John Dennis and John Baker
65 and the Survivor of them and the Exors Admors and Assigns of such
66 survivor do and shall from and immediately after my decease during
67 the natural Life of my daughter Anne Jordan or until her second
68 marriage which shall fir happen pay all the dividends Interest
69 and annual produce of all such Sum or Sums of Money as shall
70 or may be invested or placed in the Stocks Funds or on Government
71 Security or Securities (as the same shall become due) into the hands
72 of my said daughter Anne Jordan or into the hands of such person
73 or persons as she shall by any Note in Writing to be by her signed
74 with her own hand from time to time direct and appoint and from
75 and immediately after the decease or second Marriage of my daughter
76 Anne Jordan which shall first happen Then and as for and concerning
77 all such Sum or Sums of Money as placed or invested in the Stocks
78 Funds or on Government Security or Securities as aforesaid shall or
79 may be invested or placed And also all such dividends or annual
80 produce as shall happen to be then due and owing In Trust for
81 One Moiety or half of all such dividends and annual produce of
82 all such Sum and Sums of Money be invested or placed as aforesaid
83 for my daughter Jane wife of Walter Gribble during her natural life
84 and from and immediately after her decease In Trust that they the
85 said John Dennis and John Baker and the Survivor of them and the
86 Exors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor shall and do from and
87 immediately after the decease of my daughter Jane Gribble pay assign
88 transfer and make over the Moiety or one half of all such capital
89 Stock Funds or Government Security or Securities wherein or upon
90 which the same shall or may be invested or placed together with all
91 such dividends or annual produce as may then happen to be due
92 after the decease of my daughter Jane Gribble to all and every of her
93 Children then living equally between them share and share alike but
94 if one Child only shall be then living then to such only Child and to
95 his or her Exors Admors or Assigns but if one or more of my daughter
96 Jane Gribble’s Children shall die before my daughter Jane Gribble
97 leaving Issue lawfully begotten then the Issue of such her Child or
98 Children so dying to be entitled to the Share or Share of his her or
99 their parent or parents so dying as aforesaid and from and immediately
100 after the decease or second Marriage of my daughter Anne Jordan
101 which shall first happen Then as for and concerning the other Moiety
102 or one half of the dividends or annual produce of such Sum and
103 Sums so invested or placed in the Funds Stocks or upon Government
104 Security or Securities as aforesaid In Trust that they the said John
105 Dennis and John Baker and the Survivor them and the Exors
106 Admors and Assigns of such Survivor do and shall from thenceforth
107 during the natural Life of my daughter Susanna Pearse pay the other
108 Moiety or one half of all such dividends or annual produce thereof
109 (as the same shall become due) into the hands of my daughter
110 Susanna Pearse during her natural life and from and immediately
111 after her decease In Trust that they the said John Dennis and John
112 Baker and the Survivor of them and the Exors Admors and Assigns
113 of such Survivor shall from and immediately after the decease of my
114 said daughter Susanna Pearse pay assign transfer and make over the
115 other Moiety or one half of all such Capital Stocks Funds or Government
116 Security and Securities wherein or upon which the same shall or may
117 be invested or placed together with all such dividends or annual
118 produce as may then happen to be due after the death of my said
119 daughter Susanna Pearse to all and every of her Children then living
120 equally between them share and share alike but if one Child only
121 shall be then living then to such only Child and to his or her Exors
122 Admors or Assigns But if one of more of my daughter Susanna
123 Pearse’s children shall die before his her or their Mother leaving Issue
124 lawfully begotten then the Issue of her Child or Children so dying to be entitled to the share or shares of his her or their parent or parents so dying as
125 aforesaid But if either of my Children Jane Gribble or Susanna Pearse
126 shall die without Issue lawfully begotten Then In Trust that they the said
127 John Dennis and John Baker and the Survivor of them and the Exors
128 Admors and Assigns of such Survivor shall from and immediately after
129 the decease of either of them so dying without Issue pay assign
130 transfer and make over such the Moiety of her as dying without Issue
131 of all such Capital Stock Funds or Government Security or Securities as
132 aforesaid together with all such dividends or annual produce as may
133 then happen to be due to all and every of the Children of the Survivor
134 of them then living equally between them share and share alike if
135 but one Child then living then to such only Child and to his or her
136 Exors Admors and Assigns Item all the rest residue and remainder
137 of my Good Chattels personal and testamentary Estate and Effects
138 whatsoever and wheresoever and of what kind or Sort soever after the
139 payment of my just debts Legacies and Funeral Expences) I give and
140 bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof unto my daughter
141 Anne Jordan and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my
142 said daughter Anne Jordan whole and sole Executrix of this my last
143 Will and Testament But in case my said daughter Anne Jordan shall
144 marry or intermarry again after my decease then from and immediately
145 on such second Marriage taking place or effect I then nominate constitute and
146 appoint my two daughters Jane Gribble and Susanna Pearse joint and
147 Sole Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament immediately on
148 such second marriage and I hereby revoke and make void all former
149 and other Will and Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
150 and Lastly I hereby declare that they the said John Dennis and John
151 Baker or either of them or their or either of their Exors Admors or
152 assigns shall not be charged with or accountable for any more Monies
153 Estate or Effects than he or they shall respectively receive by Virtue of
154 this my Will nor the one of them for the other nor for the acts deeds
155 receipts defaults or disbursement for one for the other but each of
156 them for his own Acts deeds receipts defaults or disbursements
157 and that it shall be lawful to and for each of them my Trustees
158 and the Survivor of them and the Exors Admors and Assigns of such
159 survivor in the first place by and out of the Trust Estate to deduct
160 and reimburse him and themselves all such loss Costs Charges and
161 Expences as they or either of them shall sustain expend or be
162 put at for or by reason of the Trust hereby in them reposed or
163 in the management thereof In Witness whereof I the said Robert
164 Blake the Testator to this my last Will and Testament contained
165 in this and the three preceding Sheets of paper have set my hand
166 and my hand and Seal to this last Sheet the twenty seventh day
167 of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
168 and four Robert Blake Signed sealed published and
169 declared by the said Robert Blake the Testator as and for his
170 Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto
171 subscribed our Names as Witness in his presence and at his request
172 and in the presence of each other Samuel Lee W Westelley
173 Whereas I Robert Blake of Barnstaple in the County of
174 Devon Mariner ave made my last Will and Testament in writing
175 bearing date the twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one
176 thousand eight hundred and four Now by this Codicil to my said
177 Last Will and Testament I do give and devise all that my Messuage
178 or dwellinghouse with the outhouses Curtilage and Garden and other
179 appurts thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Barnstaple
181 aforesaid in a certain Street there called Silver Street and now in the
182 several occupations of William Watts and John Pearse (and which
183 I lately purchased of Mr John Hodge) unto my daughter Ann
184 Jordan *in my said will named and unto her heirs and assigns for
185 ever and I hereby ratify and confirm my said Will and all the Gifts
186 Devises Bequests Matter and Things therein contained (whereby
187 altered) And I do hereby decare this Writing to be a Codicil to my
188 said Will and direct it to be accepted and taken as part thereof as
189 fully as if the same had been actually inserted therein and also
190 direct it to be annexed thereto In Witness whereof I the said
191 Robert Blake have to this Codicil to my said last Will and Testament
192 set my hand and Seal this fifth day of March in the Year of
193 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven Robert Blake
194 Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Robert
195 Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
196 presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as
197 Witnesses thereto in his presence at his request in the presence of each other Robert Westacott
198 Robert Yeo John Foller
199 Whereas I Robert Blake of Barnstaple in the County
200 of Devon Mariner have made and duly executed my last Will
201 and Testament in writing bearing the twenty seventh day of April
202 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four and
203 have also made and duly executed a Codicil annexed thereunto bearing
204 date the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
205 eight hundred and seven and whereas by my said Will I have
206 given and bequeathed unto my daughter Jane the then Wife but
207 now Widow of Walter Gribble of Barnstaple aforesaid Mariner
208 the Sum of twenty pounds to be paid her by my Executrix thereinafter
209 mentioned within one Month next after my deceae Now I do hereby
210 revoke and make void the said Legacy of twenty pounds so made and
211 bequeathed by my said Will unto my said daughter Jane Gribble
212 in as far as concerns the time and manner of payment of the same
213 and instead thereof I do will and direct that the said Sum of
214 twenty pounds shall be paid to my said daughter Jane Gribble
215 by my said Executrix in my said Will mentioned in weekly Sums
216 after the rate of two shillings a week until the whole Sum of twenty
217 pounds be fully paid the first weekly payment of two shillings to commence
218 and be made within one week next after my decease And I do ordain
219 and declare this present Writing to be a second Codicil to my said Will
220 and that the same shall be annexed thereto and taken part thereof
221 and do confirm my said Will and former Codicil in every particular
222 thereof that is not hereby altered In Witness whereof I have to this
223 Codicil set my hand and Seal the seventh day of October in the
224 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Robert
225 Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert
226 Blake as and for a Codicil to be annexed to his last Will and Testament
227 in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as
228 witnesses thereto in his presence at his request and in the presence of
229 each other William Gribble William Henry Thorne
230 Proved at London with two Codicils 10th March 1815 before the
231 Judge by the Oath of Anne Jordan Widow the daughter and sole
232 Executrix to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by
233 Comm[issi]on duly to administer
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Will of John Lanham and the will of his wife Grace Lanham, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England - The National Archives PROB 11/709/125 and PROB 11/726/346
I was trying to locate my Lanham/Lannum family in Wiltshire and came across this set of wills that was rather interesting and since I transcribed them I will insert them into this blog. I am fairly sure that I do not have a direct relationship with this Lanham family in Trowbridge.
Date: 31 May 2015
Document: Will of John Lanham
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/709/125
Date of document: 20 Feb 1721/22, probated 23 Apr 1741
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Document quality: 18th century English, writing fairly legible, bold small print
[In margin] John Lanham
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Lanham of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts, Clothier
3 being of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and
4 declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
5 following that is to say Imprimis I bequeath my Soul into the
6 hands of Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer and my
7 Body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion
8 of my Executrix herein after named And as for and touching
9 such Worldly Goods as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me
10 with I give and dispose thereof as follows that is to say I give
11 and bequeath to my three Sisters Mary, Em and Jane Five
12 pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively in a year after my
13 decease Item I give and bequeath to the three Children of my
14 Brother William Lanham Five pounds apiece to be paid to them
15 respectively when they shall attain to the age of One and twenty
16 years Item I give and bequeath to the four Children of my Sister
17 Abigail Palmer Five pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively
18 when they shall attain to the Age of One and twenty years Item
19 I give and bequeath unto William Lindsey of Studley in the
20 Parish of Towbridge aforesaid Broad weaver the Sum of ten
21 pounds Item I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Harding the
22 Sum of Five pounds Item I give and bequeath unto the deacons
23 for the time being of the Congregation or Society of Christians
24 now assembling at Trowbridge aforesaid Baptized on profession
25 of their Faith in Christ by some people called Anabaptists
26 the Sum of One hundred pounds but upon this Special trust and
27 Confidence that is to say that the deacons of the said Congregation
28 for the time being do place the said Sum of One hundred pounds
29 out at Interest or else lay the same out in Lands of Inheritance in
30 Fee Simple the Interest or proceed whereof my Will is shall from
31 time to time and for ever hereafter be payd in and to the Sole use
32 of the Pastor or Minister (for the time being) of the Church or
33 Congregation aforesaid And my Will and desire is that the three
34 last above mentioned Legacies be paid on One year after my decease
35 and I do desire my Loving Friends John Watts of Trowbridge
36 aforesaid Gentleman and William Temple of the same place
37 Clothier to be Overseers of this my Will and do constitute and
38 appoint my Beloved Wife Grace Lanham Executirx hereof To
39 whom I give all the rest of my Goods and Chattells after my
40 debts Funeral Expences and Legacys be first paid and discharged
41 And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills heretofore by
42 me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and
43 Seal this Six and twentieth day of February in the Eighth year
44 of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God
45 of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith
46 etc Annoqz d[omi]ni 1721/2. The mark of John Lanham. Signed Sealed
47 published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and
48 Testament in the presence of us who have in his presence and at
40 his request hereunto subscribed our Names James Gaunton
50 Char Aland
51 This Will was proved at London the twenty third
52 day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred
53 and Forty One Before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth
54 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
55 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted By the Oath of Grace
56 Lanham Widow the Relict and Executrix in the said Will named
57 to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the
58 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn
59 by Commission duly to Administer
Date: 31 May 2015
Document: Will
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/726/346
Date of document: 5 Jan 1741, probated 26 May 1743
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Document quality: 18th century English, writing fairly legible, bold small print
[In margin] Grace Lanham
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Grace Lanham of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts widow being
3 of Sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding do make
4 and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth that is
5 to say, my Body I commit to the Earth and my Soul to God who gave
6 such as to my Worldly Estate I dispose thereof as followeth that is
7 to say I give to my Son William Macey and his heirs all that
8 Copyhold Messuage or Tenement with the several closes pieces
9 and parcells of Lands thereunto belonging Situate at or near
10 Keevil in the County of Wilts now in the occupation of the Widow
11 Dalmer or her undertenants and by her held during her widowhood
12 the Inheritance whereof descended and came to me as heir at
13 Law to my late dear Brother John Watts upon his death To hold
14 to the said William Macey his heirs and assigns for ever Item I
15 give and devise to my Son in Law Jonathan Reynols and his heirs
16 all those severall closes pieces and parcells of Meadow pasture and
17 Coppice lands situate and being in the parish of North Bradley in
18 the said County of Wilts which also descended and came to me on the
19 death of my said Brother as heir at Law to him To hold to the
20 said Jonathan Reynols his heirs and Assigns for ever And as to
21 all the Rest and Residue of my Estate of what nature or kind
22 soever or wheresoever I give and bequeath the same to my Sons
23 Daniel Macey William Macey and the said Jonathan Reynols to
24 be equally divided between them and I do hereby Constitute and
25 appoint the said William Macey and Jonathan Reynolds Executors
26 of this my Will revoking all former and other Wills at any time
27 heretofore by me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
28 hand and Seal the Fifth day of January in the Year of our Lord
29 One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty one Grace Lanham Signed
30 Sealed published and declared by the said Grace Lanham as and
31 for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her
32 presence have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses Chas
33 Aland John Thrapnell Jno Renison Servant to Wm Coles the Sadler
34 This Will was proved at London the Twenty sixth day of
35 May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and
36 Forty three before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor
37 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
38 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of William Macey
39 and Jonathan Reynols Executors named in the said Will To
40 whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods
41 Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn by
42 Commission duly to Administer
Date: 31 May 2015
Document: Will of John Lanham
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/709/125
Date of document: 20 Feb 1721/22, probated 23 Apr 1741
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Document quality: 18th century English, writing fairly legible, bold small print
[In margin] John Lanham
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Lanham of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts, Clothier
3 being of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and
4 declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
5 following that is to say Imprimis I bequeath my Soul into the
6 hands of Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer and my
7 Body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion
8 of my Executrix herein after named And as for and touching
9 such Worldly Goods as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me
10 with I give and dispose thereof as follows that is to say I give
11 and bequeath to my three Sisters Mary, Em and Jane Five
12 pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively in a year after my
13 decease Item I give and bequeath to the three Children of my
14 Brother William Lanham Five pounds apiece to be paid to them
15 respectively when they shall attain to the age of One and twenty
16 years Item I give and bequeath to the four Children of my Sister
17 Abigail Palmer Five pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively
18 when they shall attain to the Age of One and twenty years Item
19 I give and bequeath unto William Lindsey of Studley in the
20 Parish of Towbridge aforesaid Broad weaver the Sum of ten
21 pounds Item I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Harding the
22 Sum of Five pounds Item I give and bequeath unto the deacons
23 for the time being of the Congregation or Society of Christians
24 now assembling at Trowbridge aforesaid Baptized on profession
25 of their Faith in Christ by some people called Anabaptists
26 the Sum of One hundred pounds but upon this Special trust and
27 Confidence that is to say that the deacons of the said Congregation
28 for the time being do place the said Sum of One hundred pounds
29 out at Interest or else lay the same out in Lands of Inheritance in
30 Fee Simple the Interest or proceed whereof my Will is shall from
31 time to time and for ever hereafter be payd in and to the Sole use
32 of the Pastor or Minister (for the time being) of the Church or
33 Congregation aforesaid And my Will and desire is that the three
34 last above mentioned Legacies be paid on One year after my decease
35 and I do desire my Loving Friends John Watts of Trowbridge
36 aforesaid Gentleman and William Temple of the same place
37 Clothier to be Overseers of this my Will and do constitute and
38 appoint my Beloved Wife Grace Lanham Executirx hereof To
39 whom I give all the rest of my Goods and Chattells after my
40 debts Funeral Expences and Legacys be first paid and discharged
41 And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills heretofore by
42 me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and
43 Seal this Six and twentieth day of February in the Eighth year
44 of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God
45 of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith
46 etc Annoqz d[omi]ni 1721/2. The mark of John Lanham. Signed Sealed
47 published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and
48 Testament in the presence of us who have in his presence and at
40 his request hereunto subscribed our Names James Gaunton
50 Char Aland
51 This Will was proved at London the twenty third
52 day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred
53 and Forty One Before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth
54 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
55 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted By the Oath of Grace
56 Lanham Widow the Relict and Executrix in the said Will named
57 to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the
58 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn
59 by Commission duly to Administer
Date: 31 May 2015
Document: Will
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/726/346
Date of document: 5 Jan 1741, probated 26 May 1743
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Document quality: 18th century English, writing fairly legible, bold small print
[In margin] Grace Lanham
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Grace Lanham of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts widow being
3 of Sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding do make
4 and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth that is
5 to say, my Body I commit to the Earth and my Soul to God who gave
6 such as to my Worldly Estate I dispose thereof as followeth that is
7 to say I give to my Son William Macey and his heirs all that
8 Copyhold Messuage or Tenement with the several closes pieces
9 and parcells of Lands thereunto belonging Situate at or near
10 Keevil in the County of Wilts now in the occupation of the Widow
11 Dalmer or her undertenants and by her held during her widowhood
12 the Inheritance whereof descended and came to me as heir at
13 Law to my late dear Brother John Watts upon his death To hold
14 to the said William Macey his heirs and assigns for ever Item I
15 give and devise to my Son in Law Jonathan Reynols and his heirs
16 all those severall closes pieces and parcells of Meadow pasture and
17 Coppice lands situate and being in the parish of North Bradley in
18 the said County of Wilts which also descended and came to me on the
19 death of my said Brother as heir at Law to him To hold to the
20 said Jonathan Reynols his heirs and Assigns for ever And as to
21 all the Rest and Residue of my Estate of what nature or kind
22 soever or wheresoever I give and bequeath the same to my Sons
23 Daniel Macey William Macey and the said Jonathan Reynols to
24 be equally divided between them and I do hereby Constitute and
25 appoint the said William Macey and Jonathan Reynolds Executors
26 of this my Will revoking all former and other Wills at any time
27 heretofore by me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
28 hand and Seal the Fifth day of January in the Year of our Lord
29 One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty one Grace Lanham Signed
30 Sealed published and declared by the said Grace Lanham as and
31 for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her
32 presence have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses Chas
33 Aland John Thrapnell Jno Renison Servant to Wm Coles the Sadler
34 This Will was proved at London the Twenty sixth day of
35 May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and
36 Forty three before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor
37 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
38 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of William Macey
39 and Jonathan Reynols Executors named in the said Will To
40 whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods
41 Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn by
42 Commission duly to Administer
Friday, April 26, 2013
Will of Joseph Blake, Timber Hewer, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1508/245, probated 14 Feb 1810
Joseph Blake the testator is at Beaconsfield, Northamptonshire. The first will that I blogged from Buckinghamshire was by Eleanor Lavinia Blake and probated in 1830. The parents of Lavinia were Henry Blake and Sarah Hare. They had ten children at Beaconsfield and may have owned/operated the Swan Inn. This will, I suspect, adds to the story of the family of Henry Blake at Beaconsfield detailing all of his siblings (see more below).
The will of James Blake the elder, Shoemaker at Chenies was blogged on the 23rd of April 2012 and at the time I did not have any information on that family either. Chenies is 7 miles NE of Beaconsfield and Winslow is 31 miles NW. Is the Blake family at Chenies related to this Blake family at Beaconsfield. James mentions nephews James Blake the younger at Chenies and Ezekiel Blake at Hemel Hempstead (this is only 12 miles distance with Hemel Hempstead being NNE of Chenies). James' will was probated in 1799. The distance does make one wonder but the forenames do not fit with the families as mentioned below.
The family in this present will consists of Joseph Blake (testator) and his siblings Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts), and Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates).
There is a Samuel Blake on the 1841 Census at Beaconsfield and he is listed as 60 years of age with no one living with him (hence he was born in Buckinghamshire circa 1781 and below in a family grouping there is a Samuel Blake baptized in 1777 with the rounding up or down of ages in the 1841 census this is within that year span).
The apprentice indentures (1710 - 1811) list a David Blake of Beaconsfield Wheelwright with an apprentice Joseph Blake and the date 19 June 1759. The will does mention that David Blake is a wheelwright. Another entry in the apprentice indentures for David Blake of Beaconsfield as Wheelwright with apprentice Henry Blake 5 Feb 1762.
The 1841 census lists a David Blake (age 65 so born circa 1776 at Buckinghamshire and one of the family groupings below has a David baptized in 1775) living in Beaconsfield with his wife Mary (55 years of age) and son William 35 years of age. Also living with this family James Clifford 9 and Susanna Crouch 50. Susanna being listed as a Female Servant. David is a Publican.
From Find my Past there was a David Blake married to Mary Spring 1728 at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (Society of Genealogists). I could not find this marriage on Ancestry so no further details.
Moving to Family Search I found the following children for David and Mary Blake at Beaconsfield baptized between 1729 and 1743:
Andrew baptized 29 Jan 1729
David baptized 22 Dec 1731; buried 4 Jul 1743
Susanna baptized 20 Feb 1733
Joseph baptized 30 Mar 1736
Elizabeth baptized 11 Mar 1738
Hannah baptized 25 Feb 1740
Henry baptized 11 Jul 1743
I now have the thought is the David Blake who married Mary Spring in 1728 at Beaconsfield, the grandfather of Joseph the testator in the will below? Looking at the sons of this David Blake namely Henry, Andrew and Joseph the following groups can be extracted from the Beaconsfield Parish Registers on Family Search. I could not locate these marriages.
There is an Andrew Blake married to Elizabeth baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Mary baptized 29 Aug 1760
Elizabeth baptized 30 Apr 1762; buried 27 Apr 1772
John baptized 11 Dec 1763
Joseph baptized 11 Aug 1765
David baptized 3 Jul 1767
Hannah baptized 23 Apr 1769; buried 3 Sep 1769
William baptized 17 Mar 1771
Henry baptized 16 May 1773; buried 1 Jun 1773
Elizabeth baptized 8 May 1774
Frances baptized 27 May 1776
Hannah baptized 28 Feb 1779
There is a Joseph Blake married to Anne baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Joseph baptized 20 Sep 1767
Henry baptized 15 May 1769
Sarah baptized 2 Jan 1771
William baptized 10 Jan 1773
David baptized 15 Mar 1775
Samuel baptized 16 Apr 1777
James baptized 15 Oct 1779
This family looks the most promising to match the siblings of Joseph the testator in the will below: Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts), Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates) with Ann being the only missing child (of note the mother's name was Anne). There was a Joseph Blake apprenticed to David Blake in 1759 so the dates of the baptisms of the children would have followed the completion of an apprenticeship and this also fits quite well (Joseph would have been 23 years of age when he apprenticed as a wheelwright). The Joseph leaving the will below was baptized in 1767 and hence 43 years of age if this is the correct Joseph Blake.
There is a Henry Blake married to Margaret baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Joseph baptized 10 May 1778
Mary baptized 10 May 1778
David baptized 22 Mar 1780
I did find a query online concerning Sarah Blake (born 2 Jan 1771 at Beaconsfield) married to Thomas Watts 3 Sep 1794 at Beaconsfield and their children: Joseph baptized 21 Sep 1795 in Beaconsfield, Isabella baptized 29 Jan 1797 in Beaconsfield, Ann baptized 24 Jun 1800 in Beaconsfield, Samuel baptized 27 Dec 1801, James baptized 26 Mar 1804 and Eliza baptized 8 Feb 1807.
There is a tree online at in the World Connect Project which looks at this Beaconsfield family
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjb&id=I013
This tree adds two more children to this family of Joseph and Ann Blake namely Anne baptized 24 Oct 1781 and Benjamin baptized 30 Jan 1785. The submitter has the parents of these children -Andrew, Joseph and Henry in boldface above as David Blake and Mary Spring with marriage date 6 Jan 1728 (old style) with the notation that David was baptized 7 Mar 1703 in Beaconsfield. The parents of David are listed as John and Elizabeth Blake. The burial for David is listed as 26 Sep 1784 in Beaconsfield. No further information on John and Elizabeth Blake.
The informant has listed descendants for Andrew, Joseph and Henry sons of David Blake and Mary Spring. She has Elizabeth Wade as the wife of Andrew Blake and their marriage 31 Dec 1759 in Beaconsfield. No marriage date or surname for the wife of Joseph Blake married to Ann. Henry is listed as married to Margaret Roman 21 Oct 1776 in Beaconsfield. There are another ten children listed for this couple: Henry baptized 6 Jun 1781, Sarah baptized 26 May 1782, Nancy baptized 18 Sep 1783, Thomas baptized 30 Oct 1785, Margaret baptized 25 Nov 1786, Sarah baptized 25 Nov 1786, Benjamin baptized 27 Mar 1789, Elizabeth baptized 1 Apr 1791, William baptized 27 Feb 1793, and John baptized 10 Oct 1795 all in Beaconsfield. She also lists the marriage of David (baptized 22 Mar 1780) to Sophia Watts and their children: Elizabeth baptized 31 Mar 1809, Mary baptized 14 Oct 1810, Ann Watts 29 Jul 1812, Joseph baptized 7 Jul 1816, Margaret baptized 7 Jun 1818, William baptized 12 Sep 1819, Charlotte baptized 8 Sep 1821, and James baptized 20 Jul 1828 all in Beaconsfield. William (baptized 12 Sep 1819) is listed as marrying Louisa (from Free BMD this is Louisa Bragg and they were married September quarter 1850 in Amersham RD) and their children: George born 1852, Sophia b 1853, Laura b 1855, William b 1856, Eliza b 1858, Henry b 1859, David b 1861, and Mary b 1864 all in Beaconsfield. George (b 1852) is shown as marrying Elizabeth (from Free BMD this is George David Blake and Elizabeth Butcher who married Sep quarter 1875 at Wallingford and with children: Albert b 1880, Annie b 1879, Ethel S b 1877, Harry J b 1886 (twin), Jessie b 1886 (twin), Lizzie b 1884, Margaret b 1882 and Nellie C b 1888).
Although the name James has been used in this Beaconsfield family I do not see anything to connect the Blake family at Chenies/Hemel Hempstead with the Blake family at Beaconsfield.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1508/245
Testator: Joseph Blake, Timber Hewer
Place: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1809, probated 14 Feb 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Joseph
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Joseph Blake of Beaconsfield in the County of
3 Bucks Timber hewer being weak in body but of sound
4 and disposing mind memory and understanding praised
5 be Almighty God for the same do make this my last
6 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
7 my Just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses being
8 first
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9 first paid and satisfied Then I give devise and bequeath
10 all those my five Cottages or Tenements with their
11 appurtenances in the several occupations of Margaret
12 Blake William Freeman Martha Dean David Blake
13 Wheelwright and Mary Floyd situate on the South side
14 of the Street or end called London End in Beaconsfield
15 aforesaid and all other my real Estates wheresoever situate
16 unto my Brothers and Sisters Henry Blake Sarah the
17 wife of Thomas Watts David Blake Samuel Blake and
18 Ann the wife of James Yeates their heirs and assigns for
19 ever as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants Also
20 I give and bequeath unto my said Brothers and Sisters the
21 said Henry Blake Sarah Watts David Blake Samuel
22 Blake and Ann Yeates all and singular my household
23 Goods and Chattels ready Monies Bonds Notes and
24 Securities for Money and all other my Personal Estate
25 and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever situate and being
26 to be equally divided between them Share and Share
27 alike and I do hereby nominate and appoint my said
28 Brothers Henry Blake and Samuel Blake Executors of
30 this my Will hereby revoking and making void all former
31 and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time
32 heretofore made hereby declaring these presents to be and
33 contain my last Will and Testament In Witness
34 whereof I the said Joseph Blake have hereunto set my
35 hand and Seal the twenty Eighty day of October in the
36 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nine
37 The Mark of X Joseph Blake Signed Sealed
38 published and declared by the said Testator Joseph
39 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
40 presence of us who in his presence at his request and
41 in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names
42 as Witnesses hereto George Slatter of Beaconsfield Cordw[ainde]r
43 Jno Charsley J Randall both of the same place
44 Att[orne]ys at Law
45 This Will was proved at London on the
46 fourteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord
47 One thousand Eight hundred and ten before the
48 Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson doctor of Laws and
49 Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir John Nicholl
50 Knight and doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
51 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
52 by the Oath of Henry Blake the Brother and one of the
53 Executors named in the said will to whom administration
54 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
55 Credits of the deceased he having been first sworn duly
56 to administer power reserved of making the like Grant
57 to Samuel Blake the Brother also and other Executor
58 named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same
The will of James Blake the elder, Shoemaker at Chenies was blogged on the 23rd of April 2012 and at the time I did not have any information on that family either. Chenies is 7 miles NE of Beaconsfield and Winslow is 31 miles NW. Is the Blake family at Chenies related to this Blake family at Beaconsfield. James mentions nephews James Blake the younger at Chenies and Ezekiel Blake at Hemel Hempstead (this is only 12 miles distance with Hemel Hempstead being NNE of Chenies). James' will was probated in 1799. The distance does make one wonder but the forenames do not fit with the families as mentioned below.
The family in this present will consists of Joseph Blake (testator) and his siblings Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts), and Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates).
There is a Samuel Blake on the 1841 Census at Beaconsfield and he is listed as 60 years of age with no one living with him (hence he was born in Buckinghamshire circa 1781 and below in a family grouping there is a Samuel Blake baptized in 1777 with the rounding up or down of ages in the 1841 census this is within that year span).
The apprentice indentures (1710 - 1811) list a David Blake of Beaconsfield Wheelwright with an apprentice Joseph Blake and the date 19 June 1759. The will does mention that David Blake is a wheelwright. Another entry in the apprentice indentures for David Blake of Beaconsfield as Wheelwright with apprentice Henry Blake 5 Feb 1762.
The 1841 census lists a David Blake (age 65 so born circa 1776 at Buckinghamshire and one of the family groupings below has a David baptized in 1775) living in Beaconsfield with his wife Mary (55 years of age) and son William 35 years of age. Also living with this family James Clifford 9 and Susanna Crouch 50. Susanna being listed as a Female Servant. David is a Publican.
From Find my Past there was a David Blake married to Mary Spring 1728 at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (Society of Genealogists). I could not find this marriage on Ancestry so no further details.
Moving to Family Search I found the following children for David and Mary Blake at Beaconsfield baptized between 1729 and 1743:
Andrew baptized 29 Jan 1729
David baptized 22 Dec 1731; buried 4 Jul 1743
Susanna baptized 20 Feb 1733
Joseph baptized 30 Mar 1736
Elizabeth baptized 11 Mar 1738
Hannah baptized 25 Feb 1740
Henry baptized 11 Jul 1743
I now have the thought is the David Blake who married Mary Spring in 1728 at Beaconsfield, the grandfather of Joseph the testator in the will below? Looking at the sons of this David Blake namely Henry, Andrew and Joseph the following groups can be extracted from the Beaconsfield Parish Registers on Family Search. I could not locate these marriages.
There is an Andrew Blake married to Elizabeth baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Mary baptized 29 Aug 1760
Elizabeth baptized 30 Apr 1762; buried 27 Apr 1772
John baptized 11 Dec 1763
Joseph baptized 11 Aug 1765
David baptized 3 Jul 1767
Hannah baptized 23 Apr 1769; buried 3 Sep 1769
William baptized 17 Mar 1771
Henry baptized 16 May 1773; buried 1 Jun 1773
Elizabeth baptized 8 May 1774
Frances baptized 27 May 1776
Hannah baptized 28 Feb 1779
There is a Joseph Blake married to Anne baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Joseph baptized 20 Sep 1767
Henry baptized 15 May 1769
Sarah baptized 2 Jan 1771
William baptized 10 Jan 1773
David baptized 15 Mar 1775
Samuel baptized 16 Apr 1777
James baptized 15 Oct 1779
This family looks the most promising to match the siblings of Joseph the testator in the will below: Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts), Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates) with Ann being the only missing child (of note the mother's name was Anne). There was a Joseph Blake apprenticed to David Blake in 1759 so the dates of the baptisms of the children would have followed the completion of an apprenticeship and this also fits quite well (Joseph would have been 23 years of age when he apprenticed as a wheelwright). The Joseph leaving the will below was baptized in 1767 and hence 43 years of age if this is the correct Joseph Blake.
There is a Henry Blake married to Margaret baptizing children at Beaconsfield:
Joseph baptized 10 May 1778
Mary baptized 10 May 1778
David baptized 22 Mar 1780
I did find a query online concerning Sarah Blake (born 2 Jan 1771 at Beaconsfield) married to Thomas Watts 3 Sep 1794 at Beaconsfield and their children: Joseph baptized 21 Sep 1795 in Beaconsfield, Isabella baptized 29 Jan 1797 in Beaconsfield, Ann baptized 24 Jun 1800 in Beaconsfield, Samuel baptized 27 Dec 1801, James baptized 26 Mar 1804 and Eliza baptized 8 Feb 1807.
There is a tree online at in the World Connect Project which looks at this Beaconsfield family
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjb&id=I013
This tree adds two more children to this family of Joseph and Ann Blake namely Anne baptized 24 Oct 1781 and Benjamin baptized 30 Jan 1785. The submitter has the parents of these children -Andrew, Joseph and Henry in boldface above as David Blake and Mary Spring with marriage date 6 Jan 1728 (old style) with the notation that David was baptized 7 Mar 1703 in Beaconsfield. The parents of David are listed as John and Elizabeth Blake. The burial for David is listed as 26 Sep 1784 in Beaconsfield. No further information on John and Elizabeth Blake.
The informant has listed descendants for Andrew, Joseph and Henry sons of David Blake and Mary Spring. She has Elizabeth Wade as the wife of Andrew Blake and their marriage 31 Dec 1759 in Beaconsfield. No marriage date or surname for the wife of Joseph Blake married to Ann. Henry is listed as married to Margaret Roman 21 Oct 1776 in Beaconsfield. There are another ten children listed for this couple: Henry baptized 6 Jun 1781, Sarah baptized 26 May 1782, Nancy baptized 18 Sep 1783, Thomas baptized 30 Oct 1785, Margaret baptized 25 Nov 1786, Sarah baptized 25 Nov 1786, Benjamin baptized 27 Mar 1789, Elizabeth baptized 1 Apr 1791, William baptized 27 Feb 1793, and John baptized 10 Oct 1795 all in Beaconsfield. She also lists the marriage of David (baptized 22 Mar 1780) to Sophia Watts and their children: Elizabeth baptized 31 Mar 1809, Mary baptized 14 Oct 1810, Ann Watts 29 Jul 1812, Joseph baptized 7 Jul 1816, Margaret baptized 7 Jun 1818, William baptized 12 Sep 1819, Charlotte baptized 8 Sep 1821, and James baptized 20 Jul 1828 all in Beaconsfield. William (baptized 12 Sep 1819) is listed as marrying Louisa (from Free BMD this is Louisa Bragg and they were married September quarter 1850 in Amersham RD) and their children: George born 1852, Sophia b 1853, Laura b 1855, William b 1856, Eliza b 1858, Henry b 1859, David b 1861, and Mary b 1864 all in Beaconsfield. George (b 1852) is shown as marrying Elizabeth (from Free BMD this is George David Blake and Elizabeth Butcher who married Sep quarter 1875 at Wallingford and with children: Albert b 1880, Annie b 1879, Ethel S b 1877, Harry J b 1886 (twin), Jessie b 1886 (twin), Lizzie b 1884, Margaret b 1882 and Nellie C b 1888).
Although the name James has been used in this Beaconsfield family I do not see anything to connect the Blake family at Chenies/Hemel Hempstead with the Blake family at Beaconsfield.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1508/245
Testator: Joseph Blake, Timber Hewer
Place: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1809, probated 14 Feb 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Joseph
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Joseph Blake of Beaconsfield in the County of
3 Bucks Timber hewer being weak in body but of sound
4 and disposing mind memory and understanding praised
5 be Almighty God for the same do make this my last
6 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
7 my Just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses being
8 first
[Page 2]
9 first paid and satisfied Then I give devise and bequeath
10 all those my five Cottages or Tenements with their
11 appurtenances in the several occupations of Margaret
12 Blake William Freeman Martha Dean David Blake
13 Wheelwright and Mary Floyd situate on the South side
14 of the Street or end called London End in Beaconsfield
15 aforesaid and all other my real Estates wheresoever situate
16 unto my Brothers and Sisters Henry Blake Sarah the
17 wife of Thomas Watts David Blake Samuel Blake and
18 Ann the wife of James Yeates their heirs and assigns for
19 ever as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants Also
20 I give and bequeath unto my said Brothers and Sisters the
21 said Henry Blake Sarah Watts David Blake Samuel
22 Blake and Ann Yeates all and singular my household
23 Goods and Chattels ready Monies Bonds Notes and
24 Securities for Money and all other my Personal Estate
25 and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever situate and being
26 to be equally divided between them Share and Share
27 alike and I do hereby nominate and appoint my said
28 Brothers Henry Blake and Samuel Blake Executors of
30 this my Will hereby revoking and making void all former
31 and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time
32 heretofore made hereby declaring these presents to be and
33 contain my last Will and Testament In Witness
34 whereof I the said Joseph Blake have hereunto set my
35 hand and Seal the twenty Eighty day of October in the
36 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nine
37 The Mark of X Joseph Blake Signed Sealed
38 published and declared by the said Testator Joseph
39 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
40 presence of us who in his presence at his request and
41 in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names
42 as Witnesses hereto George Slatter of Beaconsfield Cordw[ainde]r
43 Jno Charsley J Randall both of the same place
44 Att[orne]ys at Law
45 This Will was proved at London on the
46 fourteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord
47 One thousand Eight hundred and ten before the
48 Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson doctor of Laws and
49 Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir John Nicholl
50 Knight and doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
51 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
52 by the Oath of Henry Blake the Brother and one of the
53 Executors named in the said will to whom administration
54 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
55 Credits of the deceased he having been first sworn duly
56 to administer power reserved of making the like Grant
57 to Samuel Blake the Brother also and other Executor
58 named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same
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