I am still continuing to work on the Blake family at Landrake (with St Erney) Cornwall family. Life has been rather busy and a recurrent back problem has sidelined me for a while. Hope to be back at blogging by early October.
The Blake family at Landrake has been quite an interesting place to start looking at the Blake family in Cornwall. There does appear to be a continuous line of Blake there from the 1600s on. I am left to wonder if this line goes back to the earliest records in the Calendar of Patent Rolls. I shall have to pursue that link later but will keep it in the back of my mind.
Gardening is also going to take up my time although perhaps not quite as much as usual. But early October should see me back at transcription of the PCC wills and the county wills. I need to complete Gloucester wills from the Consistory Court at Bristol. There are twelve remaining.
Time has passed and moving on from Gloucester I need to decide where next. I have about 30 wills from Family Search for the Winchester Court which would be interesting to do but I would also like to complete the PCC wills in a reasonable time frame so suspect that I will return to that set of records. That would be the five wills from Hertfordshire. Then two in Huntingdonshire would follow. On to Kent after that where there are twenty six wills to transcribe. Perhaps I will be able to complete this grouping by Christmas. That brings me closer to London and Middlesex where there are so many both PCC and Diocesan Courts.
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Will of John Blake, Draper, Winchester - The National Archives PROB 11/595/234, probated 15 Feb 1724
As always it is nice when wills fits together and this is John Blake father of Martha, Mary and Hester. With the connecting link being the will of Hester Blake (see blog http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-hester-blake-spinster.html) and this John Blake line daughters out at this point in time as he only mentions his daughters and Hester his daughter mentions that her brother has died. Lines connecting directly back to this John Blake would be through his daughter Martha Soley (Solley) or Mary Imber both of whom left children.
No marriage of a John Blake to a Martha (unknown) in Family Sear between 1689 and 1703. Will continue to look for that particular marriage.
John does mention his kinsman James Blake but no location. If this is John son Hester Blake, widow, then he was an only child and in the will of Hester Blake widow (http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-hester-blake-widow-winton.html) I discuss a marriage between Robert Blake and Esther (unknown) at Devizes St Mary in Wiltshire where a John Blake their son was baptized 2 Jun 1668. Hester is a rather unusual name although can still not definitively link these generations together. Doing the Wiltshire wills for the Blake family would be a good move now and it is the direction I am moving in although I will transcribe two more Hampshire wills before I do actually begin Wiltshire. Neither of them is a Blake will but rather for two individuals who married into the Blake family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/595/234
Name of testator: John Blake, Draper
Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:10 Jan 1717, probated 15 Feb 1724
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 18th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of the City of Winchester in the County of
3 South[amp]ton Draper do make and ordaine this my last Will and
4 Testament as followeth Imprimis I commend my soul to Allmighty
[Page 2]
5 God and my body to the Earth Item I give and devise all
6 my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
7 to my Wife Martha Blake her heirs and Assignes for ever
8 Subject nevertheless to the payment of my debts Item all my
9 Goods Chattells and personal Estate whatsoever I give and
10 beqeath to my said Wife and make her my Sole Executrix
11 provided that if my said Wife shall happen to marry again then
12 I give devise and bequeath all my said Lands Tenements
13 hereditaments Goods Chattells and personall Estate to my three
14 daughters Martha Mary and Hester and their heirs and to the
15 Survivors or Survivor of them and after my Wife's Marriage I
16 appoint my kinsman James Blake and James Cross Esquires
17 Executors in Trust and Guardians to my said Daughters In
18 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this tenth
19 day of January in the year of our Lord 1717 John Blake [signed]
20 Signed Sealed and declared by the said John [seal] Blake [signed] to be his
21 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence
22 have set our hands Eliz. Traffles [signed] Mary Traffles [signed] Cha. Traffles [signed]
23 Not. pub[lic]
No marriage of a John Blake to a Martha (unknown) in Family Sear between 1689 and 1703. Will continue to look for that particular marriage.
John does mention his kinsman James Blake but no location. If this is John son Hester Blake, widow, then he was an only child and in the will of Hester Blake widow (http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-hester-blake-widow-winton.html) I discuss a marriage between Robert Blake and Esther (unknown) at Devizes St Mary in Wiltshire where a John Blake their son was baptized 2 Jun 1668. Hester is a rather unusual name although can still not definitively link these generations together. Doing the Wiltshire wills for the Blake family would be a good move now and it is the direction I am moving in although I will transcribe two more Hampshire wills before I do actually begin Wiltshire. Neither of them is a Blake will but rather for two individuals who married into the Blake family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/595/234
Name of testator: John Blake, Draper
Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:10 Jan 1717, probated 15 Feb 1724
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 18th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Johannis Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of the City of Winchester in the County of
3 South[amp]ton Draper do make and ordaine this my last Will and
4 Testament as followeth Imprimis I commend my soul to Allmighty
[Page 2]
5 God and my body to the Earth Item I give and devise all
6 my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
7 to my Wife Martha Blake her heirs and Assignes for ever
8 Subject nevertheless to the payment of my debts Item all my
9 Goods Chattells and personal Estate whatsoever I give and
10 beqeath to my said Wife and make her my Sole Executrix
11 provided that if my said Wife shall happen to marry again then
12 I give devise and bequeath all my said Lands Tenements
13 hereditaments Goods Chattells and personall Estate to my three
14 daughters Martha Mary and Hester and their heirs and to the
15 Survivors or Survivor of them and after my Wife's Marriage I
16 appoint my kinsman James Blake and James Cross Esquires
17 Executors in Trust and Guardians to my said Daughters In
18 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this tenth
19 day of January in the year of our Lord 1717 John Blake [signed]
20 Signed Sealed and declared by the said John [seal] Blake [signed] to be his
21 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence
22 have set our hands Eliz. Traffles [signed] Mary Traffles [signed] Cha. Traffles [signed]
23 Not. pub[lic]
Monday, October 15, 2012
Will of Hester Blake, widow, Winton - The National Archives, PROB 11/396/432, probated 5 Oct 1689
Hester Blake of Winton (Winchester) Southampton has left her will naming her only son John as Executor. Since she refers primarily to members of her family with the surname Taylor then perhaps she was Hester Taylor.
There is one interesting baptism 2 Jun 1668 for a John Blake son of Robert Blake and Esther at Devizes St Mary in Wiltshire on Find my Past. Hester is not that common a name so shall make note of that particular baptism here. I did not however locate a marriage with a Robert Blake between 1650 and 1668 in Wiltshire or Hampshire. Nor was there a burial for a Robert Blake that would fit into this area and time frame. No burials for Hester Blake either in 1689 +/- 1 year.
Looking at the Taylor family Mrs. Joane Taylor in Burnham Wiltshire is mentioned as aunt and Mr. William Taylor as uncle in Eaton Wiltshire with three children. Hester Taylor (daughter of William) is less than 21 years in 1689 but did not locate a baptism for her.
Having just done a will for a Hester Blake, spinster, who died at Winchester in 1781 it does raise the question as to whether this Hester who names a sister Mary who married in 1725 might be a descendant of the John Blake (son of Hester Blake widow). Possibly the family mentioned in Hester Blake's will of 1781 of Hester, Mary and Martha and a brother who has died already are the children of John Blake son of Hester Blake widow. He would have been 21 years of age in 1689 and his daughter Mary was probably born in the early 1700s along with Martha who was married in 1727. In the Burials collection on Find my past there is a Martha Soley buried at Southampton All Saints 14 Mar 1798 at the age of 95 years putting her baptism possibly around 1703. Mary Imber was buried 23 Apr 1783 at Winchester St Thomas but no age given.
It would certainly be nice to link these wills together and perhaps I will be able to find more clues to do so. Looking ahead at the wills and I discover that one of the last wills that I have to transcribe is for the father of Martha, Mary and Hester and his wife is named as Martha. A nice linking detail although would still need to prove that this Hester Blake widow is this John's mother.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/396/432
Name of testator: Hester Blake, Widow
Place: Winton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 25 Apr 1689, probated 5 Oct 1689
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: middle English, 17th century, smudged but legible copy
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Hesterie Blake
1 The twenty fifth day of Aprill
2 in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six
3 hundred Eighty and Nine I Hester Blake of the Citty of Winton
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4 in the County of Southampton widdow being sick and weake in body but of
5 sound and perfect mind and good memory praised bee my God revoakeing all
6 former Wills and Testaments doe make and ordaine this my last Will
7 and Testament in manner and forme following First and before all worldly
8 respects I commend my Soule to God my heavenly Father that gave it
9 whoe of his free Grace and exceeding withes of his love hath Redeemed it
10 by the blood of his only sonne my Saviour our Lord Jesus Christ And my
11 body to bee decently Interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter
12 named to rest in assured hope to bee partaker of the resurrection of the Just
13 And as concerning those goods and worldly estate which as it hath pleased
14 God of his abundant goodnesse to blesse mee withall I give and bestowe the
15 same in manner and forme following Imprimis I give unto tenn poore widdowes
16 the summe of five pounds Item I give unto Mr Samuel Booreman in the
17 parish of Came in the County of Wilts five pounds to bee paid in two moneths
18 after my decease Item I give to my loveing Aunt Mrs Joane Taylor
19 in the parish of Burnham in the County of Wilts six pounds to bee paid
20 in six moneths after my decease Item I give to my uncle Mr William
21 Taylor in the parish of Eaton in the County of Wilts five pounds to bee
22 paid in six moneths after my decease Item I give to my Neice Hester
23 Taylor to bee paid her when shee is at the age of twenty yeares or the
24 day of marriage twenty pounds Item I give to my two Nephews John
25 Taylor and Isaack Tayler a guinney apeece Item I give to Mr Samuel
26 Spring the Elder of Clatford in the County of Southampton five pounds
27 to bee paid in two moneths after my decease Item I give to Mr Samuel
28 Tomblins the elder in the parish of Kilcutt in the County of Wilts five
29 pounds to bee paid in three moneths after my decease All the rest of my
30 goods chattells moveable and immoveable ready money plate Jewells what
31 soever not before formerly bequeathed and given my debts and funerall
32 expences first discharged I give and bequeath to my only sonne John Blake
33 whoe I make and ordaine my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testam[en]t
34 And that this is my last Will and Testament I doe here set my hand and
35 seale publishing and declareing of it to bee such in the presence of Hester
36 Blake Witnesse hereonto Henry Ghost, Thomas Bates, Elizabeth
37 Chukock
There is one interesting baptism 2 Jun 1668 for a John Blake son of Robert Blake and Esther at Devizes St Mary in Wiltshire on Find my Past. Hester is not that common a name so shall make note of that particular baptism here. I did not however locate a marriage with a Robert Blake between 1650 and 1668 in Wiltshire or Hampshire. Nor was there a burial for a Robert Blake that would fit into this area and time frame. No burials for Hester Blake either in 1689 +/- 1 year.
Looking at the Taylor family Mrs. Joane Taylor in Burnham Wiltshire is mentioned as aunt and Mr. William Taylor as uncle in Eaton Wiltshire with three children. Hester Taylor (daughter of William) is less than 21 years in 1689 but did not locate a baptism for her.
Having just done a will for a Hester Blake, spinster, who died at Winchester in 1781 it does raise the question as to whether this Hester who names a sister Mary who married in 1725 might be a descendant of the John Blake (son of Hester Blake widow). Possibly the family mentioned in Hester Blake's will of 1781 of Hester, Mary and Martha and a brother who has died already are the children of John Blake son of Hester Blake widow. He would have been 21 years of age in 1689 and his daughter Mary was probably born in the early 1700s along with Martha who was married in 1727. In the Burials collection on Find my past there is a Martha Soley buried at Southampton All Saints 14 Mar 1798 at the age of 95 years putting her baptism possibly around 1703. Mary Imber was buried 23 Apr 1783 at Winchester St Thomas but no age given.
It would certainly be nice to link these wills together and perhaps I will be able to find more clues to do so. Looking ahead at the wills and I discover that one of the last wills that I have to transcribe is for the father of Martha, Mary and Hester and his wife is named as Martha. A nice linking detail although would still need to prove that this Hester Blake widow is this John's mother.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/396/432
Name of testator: Hester Blake, Widow
Place: Winton, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 25 Apr 1689, probated 5 Oct 1689
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: middle English, 17th century, smudged but legible copy
[In margin] T[esta]m[ent]
[In margin] Hesterie Blake
1 The twenty fifth day of Aprill
2 in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six
3 hundred Eighty and Nine I Hester Blake of the Citty of Winton
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4 in the County of Southampton widdow being sick and weake in body but of
5 sound and perfect mind and good memory praised bee my God revoakeing all
6 former Wills and Testaments doe make and ordaine this my last Will
7 and Testament in manner and forme following First and before all worldly
8 respects I commend my Soule to God my heavenly Father that gave it
9 whoe of his free Grace and exceeding withes of his love hath Redeemed it
10 by the blood of his only sonne my Saviour our Lord Jesus Christ And my
11 body to bee decently Interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter
12 named to rest in assured hope to bee partaker of the resurrection of the Just
13 And as concerning those goods and worldly estate which as it hath pleased
14 God of his abundant goodnesse to blesse mee withall I give and bestowe the
15 same in manner and forme following Imprimis I give unto tenn poore widdowes
16 the summe of five pounds Item I give unto Mr Samuel Booreman in the
17 parish of Came in the County of Wilts five pounds to bee paid in two moneths
18 after my decease Item I give to my loveing Aunt Mrs Joane Taylor
19 in the parish of Burnham in the County of Wilts six pounds to bee paid
20 in six moneths after my decease Item I give to my uncle Mr William
21 Taylor in the parish of Eaton in the County of Wilts five pounds to bee
22 paid in six moneths after my decease Item I give to my Neice Hester
23 Taylor to bee paid her when shee is at the age of twenty yeares or the
24 day of marriage twenty pounds Item I give to my two Nephews John
25 Taylor and Isaack Tayler a guinney apeece Item I give to Mr Samuel
26 Spring the Elder of Clatford in the County of Southampton five pounds
27 to bee paid in two moneths after my decease Item I give to Mr Samuel
28 Tomblins the elder in the parish of Kilcutt in the County of Wilts five
29 pounds to bee paid in three moneths after my decease All the rest of my
30 goods chattells moveable and immoveable ready money plate Jewells what
31 soever not before formerly bequeathed and given my debts and funerall
32 expences first discharged I give and bequeath to my only sonne John Blake
33 whoe I make and ordaine my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testam[en]t
34 And that this is my last Will and Testament I doe here set my hand and
35 seale publishing and declareing of it to bee such in the presence of Hester
36 Blake Witnesse hereonto Henry Ghost, Thomas Bates, Elizabeth
37 Chukock
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Will of Hester Blake, Spinster, Winchester - PROB 11/1081/358, probated 4 Sep 1781
Hester Blake has left an interesting will full of names of the people that she knew. Often the will of a spinster can be a goldmine of information. For anyone in this family line this will is certainly providing the necessary connection mother to child and grandchildren and linking families together by siblings. She mentions a brother but does not list any children for that brother so assume that this is the end of this particular line for Blake. Hester Blake was buried 21 Jul 1781 at St Lawrence Winchester (Find my Past - Hampshire Genealogical Society).
Hester has two sisters living at the time of the writing of her will including Mary Imber and Martha Soley who are both widowed at the time of writing.
Thomas Imber married Mary Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) 10 Jun 1725 at Micheldever, Hampshire (M13667-1 Family Search).
Mary Imber baptized 15 Feb 1727 at Saint Thomas Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search). Mary Imber (their daughter) married Thomas Baddely 7 May 1751 at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (M13691-1 Family Search).
Children of Thomas Baddely and Mary Imber:
Thomas Imber Baddely 29 Jan 1752 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (J13675-1 Family Search)
Mary Baddely 4 Jul 1753 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search)
Joseph Soley married Martha Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) at Old Alresford 23 Jan 1727 (M13651-1 Family Search).
Rebecca Mary Soley was baptized 8 Sep 1728 at Old Alresford (C1365101 Family Search)
Joseph Soley their son was baptized 14 Nov 1729 at Old Alresford (M1365101 Family Search)
Mary Soley their daughter was baptized 25 Feb 1734 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (born 28 Jan 1734).
Catharine Soley their daughter was baptized 2 Feb 1738 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (P01489-1). Catharine Soley married Captain Chaloner Ogle from the baptism of their son Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (J13673-1 Family Search) which the will also verifies.
Children of Catharine Soley and Chaloner Ogle:
Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester
Isabella Catherine Ogle 1770 (Census of 1841 living at Kensington Middlesex)
Joseph Blake Ogle 1771 (Census of 1841 living at St Thomas Winchester)
Charlotte Ann Ogle 27 Oct 1780 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (K13673-1 Family Search)
Catherine Elizabeth Ogle10 Jan 1782 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester(I04100-2 Family Search)
I did not find a great deal of information on the Foyle family. George Foyle (b c 1732) was buried at Southampton All Saints 2 Jun 1802 (70 years of age) from the records of the Hampshire Genealogical Society found on Find My Past.
A verification of the spelling of Mr. Nicholas Baconnean, surgeon, mentioned in the will comes from British History online:
From 1764 the occupier was Nicholas Baconnean, a Winchester surgeon, who by 1767 had assigned his interest to William Hussey of Salisbury.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117079
A Memorial on the Island of Jersey commemorates the Reverend Pain: The Very Rev. Francis Payn, M.A., Dean of Jersey, b. 1699
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-bertrand-payne/armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci/page-40-armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci.shtml
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1081/358
Name of testator: Hester Blake, Spinster
Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 26 Apr 1768, Codicil 30 Oct 1778, probated 4 Sep 1781
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Condition: modern English, late 18th century, smudged but fairly clear copy
[In margin] Hester
[In margin] Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster do make and
3 declare this my last Will and Testament my Body I commit to
4 the Earth to be decently buried in Saint Lawrence Church as
5 near to my late dear Mother as can be and as to my Estates
6 and Effects I dispose of the same as follows first I Give devise
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7 and Bequeath unto my sister Martha Soley widow all that my
8 Freehold Garden situate in Parchment Street in the said City
9 of Winchester and all that my share right Title and Interest
10 of in and to the two Freehold Messuages or Tenements with
11 the appurtenances situate in the same street subject to the
12 mortgage on the same To hold ..... unto my said
13 sister Martha Soley her heirs and assigns for ever to her
14 and their own use and benefit she paying my share of
15 the Money due on Mortgage thereon also I give and
16 Bequeath unto my sister Mary Imber widow the Glass Case
17 that stands in the Dressing Room where I now live and all
18 my China Ware and all my wearing apparel and half my
19 plate all the rest of my household Goods I Give and Bequeath
20 unto my said Sister Martha Soley also I Give and Bequeath
21 unto my niece Mary Baddely my dressing Boxes and
22 twenty Guineas for Mourning also I give and Bequeath
23 unto Gorges Foyle Esquire and my Niece Mary his wife
24 and to Captain Ogle and my Niece Catherine his wife
25 twenty Guineas each for mourning Also I Give and
26 Bequeath unto Mr Nicholas Baconnean Surgeon Ten
27 Guineas to buy him a Ring Also I Give to the Reverend
28 Mr. Pain Dean of Jersey and to Mr. James Bandinell
29 of Jersey and to Mrs Mary Philpot late of Gosport and
30 to Mrs Dorothy Bonham now or late of Warnford and to
31 Miss Mary Hayes and her Sister Mrs. Wooll five Guineas
32 a piece to buy each of them a Ring all which above
33 said Legacies I desire my Executrix to pay as soon as
35 she conveniently can Also I Give and Bequeath unto
36 James Spearman and Jane Spearman son and daughter of my Good friends
37 James Spearman of the City of Winchester Gentleman
38 ten Guineas to be equally divided between them and I
39 order the same to be paid to their Father or Mother or
40 Guardians for their benefit within three months after my
41 decease whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to
42 my Executrix for the same Also I Give to Ann Cobb my
43 servant ten pounds Also I Give unto John Speed Doctor of
44 Physic five Guines to buy him a Ring Also I Give to
45 Miss Letitia Imber ten pounds Also I Give and Bequeath
46 unto Francis son of Francis Swanton of the said City of
47 Winchester Esquire my amythyst Ring which was my Brother
48 Blakes Also I Give and Bequeath the sum of Ten
49 pounds and ten shillings to be divided amongst such poor
50 women as I shall mention in a paper for that purpose
51 and for want of such paper to such poor women as
52 my Executrix shall think fit also all the rest and residue
53 of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I give
54 devise and Bequeath unto my said sister Mary Imber to
55 and for her own use and benefit and I do hereby make
56 and appoint my said Sister Mary Imber whole and sole
57 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
58 all former Wills by me made and I so declare this to be
59 my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
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60 hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty sixth day of April in
61 the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty
62 eight Hester Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed sealed and delivered published and
63 declared by the said Hester Blake the Testatrix as and for her
64 her last Will and Testament in the presence of Charles Guest [signed]
65 Sarah Collis [signed] John Meare [signed]
66 October the 30th 1778
67 As I was seting alone I thought I would desire my
68 Executrix to dispose of these things as I desire the[y] may
69 be given to I desire Mrs. Swanton may have my best
70 work apron and a pair of my best work Ruffles I
71 desire Mrs. Phillpot may have my next best work apron
72 and Ruffles I desire Mrs Chilcott may have five or Six
73 yards of my best black laces and a Minuett Lace
74 handkerchief a Lace Cap and Ruffles and my Brown
75 Silk Gown and one of my best Cotton Gowns and any
76 more you like to give her as one day I told Mr.
77 Swanton I would give him as much as I did Mary
78 Dunn[ac]k I desire he will accept of one Guinea to play
79 at cards with and that he will not swear one oath
80 till he have lost it all as I would not offered Mary
81 Dunnack with any of my cloath I desire she may have
82 One Guinea to buy her a Gown or do what she please
83 with it I desire Mary Cobb may have one of my silk
84 Sagus and Coat one silk Gown and one of my best
85 Cotton Gowns 2 laced Caps and 2 ditto hankershifts 2
86 pair work ruffles 2 muslin aprons and all my common cloath to be
87 divided between her and my other servant if I have one
88 as shifts Gowns quilted pettycoats undercoats pockets stockings
89 stays and I also have promist my silver watch to Mary
90 Cobb which I desire she may have given her Witness
91 my hand Hester Blake [signed], October the 30th, 1778
92 Whereas I had some years ago promist Moly
93 Rowing which live with me when she had live with so
94 many years I would give her a Silk Gown which was
95 not her Fanct she did not I desire she may have two
96 Guineas towards buying her a new one And I allso Give
97 my Green and yellow stuff Bed with the Green lyninn
98 to make any poor woman or Children Gowns or Coats
99 as my sisters shall think wants them and any of my best
100 cloaths my sister or Niece will not weare I desire they
101 will give them to any of my friends I declare this
102 Codicil to my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
103 October the 30 1778
104 I Desire the Ten Guineys I have given in
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105 my will to five poor womans may be if they are living
106 at my deceass may be Mrs Crafton and Mary Mu[r]phy[?]
107 Molly Bowing which I have set down in the paper
108 whare I have given some of my Cloath and Betty Cobb
109 and Kitty Turesbury I desire they may have two Guineys
110 each of them Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
111 I hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster
112 do by this Codicil to my last Will and Testament and
113 which I order and direct shall be accepted and taken as and for
114 part of my said last Will and Testament Give to my
115 Servant Ann Cobb forty pounds over and above the sum
116 of ten pounds by me already given her in and by my
117 said last will and Testament Also I Give to my dear
118 friend Mrs. Mary Philpot Widow my little pair of
119 silver candlesticks which I desire her to accept of for
120 this long love and friendship that we have had together
121 and which yet subsist between us over and above the
122 sum of five Guineas already given her in and by my
123 said last Will and Testament Also I Give to my three
124 Nephews Chaloner Ogle Junior Joseph Ogle and George
125 Foyle Junior to each of them five Guineas to buy a Ring
126 or do what they please with it Also I Give to John
127 Meare of Winchester aforesaid and Olive his wife to each
128 of them one Guinea to buy a Ring or what they
129 please In Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil
130 set my hand and seal the twenty second day of
131 January one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Hester
132 Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
133 Hester blake as and for a Codicil to be annexed to and
134 taken for part of her said last Will and Testament in
135 the presence of us who have subscribed our names as
136 Witnesses in her presence and of each other Anthony
137 Mercer [signed] John Burcher [signed]
138 The twenty eight day of August in the
139 year of our Lord one thousand seven
140 hundred and eighty one
141 Which Day appeared personally Richard Kenfield
142 of the City of Winchester in the County of Southampton
143 Watchmaker and Francis Pike of the said City of Winchester
144 Breechesmaker and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists as
145 follows to wit that they were very well acquainted with
146 Hester Blake late of the City of Winchester aforesaid Spinster
147 deceased for several years next before and to the time of
148 her death during all which time they have frequently
149 seen her write and subscribe her name and thereby became
150 very well acquainted with her manner and character
151 of handwriting and having now seen and carefully perused
152 the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the
153 three
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154 three several Codicils of the said Hester Blake deceased written on
155 an half sheet and a slip of paper the one beginning thus
156 "October the 30th 1778 as I was seting alone I thought
157 I would desire my Executrics," and ending thus "I also
158 have promist my silver Watch to Mary Cobb which
159 I desire she may have given her witness my hand
160 Hester Blake [signed] October ye 30th 1778," and the other beginning
161 thus "Whereas I had some years ago promist Mary
162 Bowing" and ending thus " I declare this a codicil to
163 my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake October ye
164 30th 1778" and the other Codicil written on a slip of paper
165 beginning thus "I desire the ten Guineas I have given in my
166 will to five poor Womans" and ending thus "I desire
167 they may have two Guineys each of them Witness
168 my hand Hester Blake," they these deponents do say and expres
169 that they verily and in their consciences believe that
170 the said paper writings and the whole series thereof and
171 also the name Hester Blake set or put to the bottom of
172 the said paper writings were totally wrote and subscribed
173 by and with the proper hand of the said Hester Blake
174 deceased. Rich[ar]d Kenfield [signed] Francis Pike [signed] Sworn at the said
175 City of Winchester the twenty eighth day of August in
176 the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
177 Eighty One Before me Thomas Brereton commissioner
178 This Will was proved at London with four codicils
179 the fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one
180 thousand seven hundred and Eighty One before the right
181 Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
182 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
183 constituted by the Oath of Mary Imber Widow the sole
184 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
185 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
186 Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission
187 duly to administer.
Hester has two sisters living at the time of the writing of her will including Mary Imber and Martha Soley who are both widowed at the time of writing.
Thomas Imber married Mary Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) 10 Jun 1725 at Micheldever, Hampshire (M13667-1 Family Search).
Mary Imber baptized 15 Feb 1727 at Saint Thomas Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search). Mary Imber (their daughter) married Thomas Baddely 7 May 1751 at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (M13691-1 Family Search).
Children of Thomas Baddely and Mary Imber:
Thomas Imber Baddely 29 Jan 1752 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (J13675-1 Family Search)
Mary Baddely 4 Jul 1753 at Saint Thomas, Winchester (K13675-1 Family Search)
Joseph Soley married Martha Blake (sister of the testator Hester Blake) at Old Alresford 23 Jan 1727 (M13651-1 Family Search).
Rebecca Mary Soley was baptized 8 Sep 1728 at Old Alresford (C1365101 Family Search)
Joseph Soley their son was baptized 14 Nov 1729 at Old Alresford (M1365101 Family Search)
Mary Soley their daughter was baptized 25 Feb 1734 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (born 28 Jan 1734).
Catharine Soley their daughter was baptized 2 Feb 1738 at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Winchester (P01489-1). Catharine Soley married Captain Chaloner Ogle from the baptism of their son Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (J13673-1 Family Search) which the will also verifies.
Children of Catharine Soley and Chaloner Ogle:
Chaloner Blake Ogle May 1762 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester
Isabella Catherine Ogle 1770 (Census of 1841 living at Kensington Middlesex)
Joseph Blake Ogle 1771 (Census of 1841 living at St Thomas Winchester)
Charlotte Ann Ogle 27 Oct 1780 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester (K13673-1 Family Search)
Catherine Elizabeth Ogle10 Jan 1782 at Saint Lawrence, Winchester(I04100-2 Family Search)
I did not find a great deal of information on the Foyle family. George Foyle (b c 1732) was buried at Southampton All Saints 2 Jun 1802 (70 years of age) from the records of the Hampshire Genealogical Society found on Find My Past.
A verification of the spelling of Mr. Nicholas Baconnean, surgeon, mentioned in the will comes from British History online:
From 1764 the occupier was Nicholas Baconnean, a Winchester surgeon, who by 1767 had assigned his interest to William Hussey of Salisbury.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117079
A Memorial on the Island of Jersey commemorates the Reverend Pain: The Very Rev. Francis Payn, M.A., Dean of Jersey, b. 1699
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-bertrand-payne/armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci/page-40-armorial-of-jersey--being-an-account-heraldic-and-antiquarian-of-its-chief-na-hci.shtml
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1081/358
Name of testator: Hester Blake, Spinster
Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 26 Apr 1768, Codicil 30 Oct 1778, probated 4 Sep 1781
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: modern English, late 18th century, smudged but fairly clear copy
[In margin] Hester
[In margin] Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster do make and
3 declare this my last Will and Testament my Body I commit to
4 the Earth to be decently buried in Saint Lawrence Church as
5 near to my late dear Mother as can be and as to my Estates
6 and Effects I dispose of the same as follows first I Give devise
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7 and Bequeath unto my sister Martha Soley widow all that my
8 Freehold Garden situate in Parchment Street in the said City
9 of Winchester and all that my share right Title and Interest
10 of in and to the two Freehold Messuages or Tenements with
11 the appurtenances situate in the same street subject to the
12 mortgage on the same To hold ..... unto my said
13 sister Martha Soley her heirs and assigns for ever to her
14 and their own use and benefit she paying my share of
15 the Money due on Mortgage thereon also I give and
16 Bequeath unto my sister Mary Imber widow the Glass Case
17 that stands in the Dressing Room where I now live and all
18 my China Ware and all my wearing apparel and half my
19 plate all the rest of my household Goods I Give and Bequeath
20 unto my said Sister Martha Soley also I Give and Bequeath
21 unto my niece Mary Baddely my dressing Boxes and
22 twenty Guineas for Mourning also I give and Bequeath
23 unto Gorges Foyle Esquire and my Niece Mary his wife
24 and to Captain Ogle and my Niece Catherine his wife
25 twenty Guineas each for mourning Also I Give and
26 Bequeath unto Mr Nicholas Baconnean Surgeon Ten
27 Guineas to buy him a Ring Also I Give to the Reverend
28 Mr. Pain Dean of Jersey and to Mr. James Bandinell
29 of Jersey and to Mrs Mary Philpot late of Gosport and
30 to Mrs Dorothy Bonham now or late of Warnford and to
31 Miss Mary Hayes and her Sister Mrs. Wooll five Guineas
32 a piece to buy each of them a Ring all which above
33 said Legacies I desire my Executrix to pay as soon as
35 she conveniently can Also I Give and Bequeath unto
36 James Spearman and Jane Spearman son and daughter of my Good friends
37 James Spearman of the City of Winchester Gentleman
38 ten Guineas to be equally divided between them and I
39 order the same to be paid to their Father or Mother or
40 Guardians for their benefit within three months after my
41 decease whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to
42 my Executrix for the same Also I Give to Ann Cobb my
43 servant ten pounds Also I Give unto John Speed Doctor of
44 Physic five Guines to buy him a Ring Also I Give to
45 Miss Letitia Imber ten pounds Also I Give and Bequeath
46 unto Francis son of Francis Swanton of the said City of
47 Winchester Esquire my amythyst Ring which was my Brother
48 Blakes Also I Give and Bequeath the sum of Ten
49 pounds and ten shillings to be divided amongst such poor
50 women as I shall mention in a paper for that purpose
51 and for want of such paper to such poor women as
52 my Executrix shall think fit also all the rest and residue
53 of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I give
54 devise and Bequeath unto my said sister Mary Imber to
55 and for her own use and benefit and I do hereby make
56 and appoint my said Sister Mary Imber whole and sole
57 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
58 all former Wills by me made and I so declare this to be
59 my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
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60 hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty sixth day of April in
61 the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty
62 eight Hester Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed sealed and delivered published and
63 declared by the said Hester Blake the Testatrix as and for her
64 her last Will and Testament in the presence of Charles Guest [signed]
65 Sarah Collis [signed] John Meare [signed]
66 October the 30th 1778
67 As I was seting alone I thought I would desire my
68 Executrix to dispose of these things as I desire the[y] may
69 be given to I desire Mrs. Swanton may have my best
70 work apron and a pair of my best work Ruffles I
71 desire Mrs. Phillpot may have my next best work apron
72 and Ruffles I desire Mrs Chilcott may have five or Six
73 yards of my best black laces and a Minuett Lace
74 handkerchief a Lace Cap and Ruffles and my Brown
75 Silk Gown and one of my best Cotton Gowns and any
76 more you like to give her as one day I told Mr.
77 Swanton I would give him as much as I did Mary
78 Dunn[ac]k I desire he will accept of one Guinea to play
79 at cards with and that he will not swear one oath
80 till he have lost it all as I would not offered Mary
81 Dunnack with any of my cloath I desire she may have
82 One Guinea to buy her a Gown or do what she please
83 with it I desire Mary Cobb may have one of my silk
84 Sagus and Coat one silk Gown and one of my best
85 Cotton Gowns 2 laced Caps and 2 ditto hankershifts 2
86 pair work ruffles 2 muslin aprons and all my common cloath to be
87 divided between her and my other servant if I have one
88 as shifts Gowns quilted pettycoats undercoats pockets stockings
89 stays and I also have promist my silver watch to Mary
90 Cobb which I desire she may have given her Witness
91 my hand Hester Blake [signed], October the 30th, 1778
92 Whereas I had some years ago promist Moly
93 Rowing which live with me when she had live with so
94 many years I would give her a Silk Gown which was
95 not her Fanct she did not I desire she may have two
96 Guineas towards buying her a new one And I allso Give
97 my Green and yellow stuff Bed with the Green lyninn
98 to make any poor woman or Children Gowns or Coats
99 as my sisters shall think wants them and any of my best
100 cloaths my sister or Niece will not weare I desire they
101 will give them to any of my friends I declare this
102 Codicil to my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
103 October the 30 1778
104 I Desire the Ten Guineys I have given in
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105 my will to five poor womans may be if they are living
106 at my deceass may be Mrs Crafton and Mary Mu[r]phy[?]
107 Molly Bowing which I have set down in the paper
108 whare I have given some of my Cloath and Betty Cobb
109 and Kitty Turesbury I desire they may have two Guineys
110 each of them Witness my hand Hester Blake [signed]
111 I hester Blake of the City of Winchester Spinster
112 do by this Codicil to my last Will and Testament and
113 which I order and direct shall be accepted and taken as and for
114 part of my said last Will and Testament Give to my
115 Servant Ann Cobb forty pounds over and above the sum
116 of ten pounds by me already given her in and by my
117 said last will and Testament Also I Give to my dear
118 friend Mrs. Mary Philpot Widow my little pair of
119 silver candlesticks which I desire her to accept of for
120 this long love and friendship that we have had together
121 and which yet subsist between us over and above the
122 sum of five Guineas already given her in and by my
123 said last Will and Testament Also I Give to my three
124 Nephews Chaloner Ogle Junior Joseph Ogle and George
125 Foyle Junior to each of them five Guineas to buy a Ring
126 or do what they please with it Also I Give to John
127 Meare of Winchester aforesaid and Olive his wife to each
128 of them one Guinea to buy a Ring or what they
129 please In Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil
130 set my hand and seal the twenty second day of
131 January one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Hester
132 Blake [signed] [sealed] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
133 Hester blake as and for a Codicil to be annexed to and
134 taken for part of her said last Will and Testament in
135 the presence of us who have subscribed our names as
136 Witnesses in her presence and of each other Anthony
137 Mercer [signed] John Burcher [signed]
138 The twenty eight day of August in the
139 year of our Lord one thousand seven
140 hundred and eighty one
141 Which Day appeared personally Richard Kenfield
142 of the City of Winchester in the County of Southampton
143 Watchmaker and Francis Pike of the said City of Winchester
144 Breechesmaker and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists as
145 follows to wit that they were very well acquainted with
146 Hester Blake late of the City of Winchester aforesaid Spinster
147 deceased for several years next before and to the time of
148 her death during all which time they have frequently
149 seen her write and subscribe her name and thereby became
150 very well acquainted with her manner and character
151 of handwriting and having now seen and carefully perused
152 the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the
153 three
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154 three several Codicils of the said Hester Blake deceased written on
155 an half sheet and a slip of paper the one beginning thus
156 "October the 30th 1778 as I was seting alone I thought
157 I would desire my Executrics," and ending thus "I also
158 have promist my silver Watch to Mary Cobb which
159 I desire she may have given her witness my hand
160 Hester Blake [signed] October ye 30th 1778," and the other beginning
161 thus "Whereas I had some years ago promist Mary
162 Bowing" and ending thus " I declare this a codicil to
163 my last will Witness my hand Hester Blake October ye
164 30th 1778" and the other Codicil written on a slip of paper
165 beginning thus "I desire the ten Guineas I have given in my
166 will to five poor Womans" and ending thus "I desire
167 they may have two Guineys each of them Witness
168 my hand Hester Blake," they these deponents do say and expres
169 that they verily and in their consciences believe that
170 the said paper writings and the whole series thereof and
171 also the name Hester Blake set or put to the bottom of
172 the said paper writings were totally wrote and subscribed
173 by and with the proper hand of the said Hester Blake
174 deceased. Rich[ar]d Kenfield [signed] Francis Pike [signed] Sworn at the said
175 City of Winchester the twenty eighth day of August in
176 the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
177 Eighty One Before me Thomas Brereton commissioner
178 This Will was proved at London with four codicils
179 the fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one
180 thousand seven hundred and Eighty One before the right
181 Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
182 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
183 constituted by the Oath of Mary Imber Widow the sole
184 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
185 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
186 Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission
187 duly to administer.
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