Interestingly there was a James Blake son of Henry and Lucy Blake baptized at Bromley RD in Kent 8 Jul 1792. Keston is in Bromley RD.
Other children baptized at Keston by this Henry and Lucy Blake:
John Blake baptized 4 Feb 1798
A Henry Blake married Lucy Covell at St Mary the Virgin Hayes Kent 17 Sep 1797 (by Banns).
There was a Henry Blake baptized 25 Jul 1773 at Saint Werburgh Hoo, Kent son of Edward and Anne Blake. An Edward Blake married an Ann Greenhill 14 Jul 1760 at St Mary Chatham Kent.
Since Henry was a Bailiff to Sir Vicary Gibbs it may be possible to look at the papers of Sir Vicary to discover more about Henry. There are 60 records held at the National Archives.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/bdbc975a-a62e-4669-9904-037b13128a93
This is the prescription account book of Dr Thomas Ilott a local medical practitioner (the parish of Keston is mentioned in this set of documents) .
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1906/421
Testator: Henry Blake, late Bailiff
Place: Keston, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Jan 1839, probated 6 Feb 1839
[Margin]: Henry Blake 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 Of me Henry Blake of the parish of Keston in the County of Kent (late Bailiff to
3 Sir Vicary Gibbs) Whereas I am possessed of a certain share in the Government Stock
4 Or fund called Bank Long annuities and also other property as lent money to
5 Persons well known by my Executors hereinafter named and for which I receive
6 Interest I give and dispose of the same in the manner following First I give
7 And bequeath unto
8 William Eyles of Knockholt in Kent labourer the sum of Ten pounds also I give
9 And bequeath unto Henry Chapman of the parish of Keston in Kent Schoolmas
10 ter the sum of Five pounds also I give and bequeath unto William Purday of
11 Keston in Kent Wheelwright the sum of forty pounds my watch seal and key also
12 Night stool and a chest also I give and bequeath unto Charles Banks of Bexley in
13 Kent Gentleman one of my executors hereinafter mentioned the sum of Ten pounds
14 For the trouble he will have in executing this my Will and as to all the Rest
15 Residue and Remainder of my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of
16 What nature kind and quality soever the same may be and not herein before
17 Given and disposed of after payment of my debts legacies funeral expences and
18 The expence of proving this my Will I do hereby give and bequeath the same
19 Being all personal unto my Son James Blake of Penrith in New South Wales
20 His executors admors and assigns to and for his own use and benefit absolutely
21 And I do hereby make ordain constitute and appoint Charles Banks of Bexley
22 Kent Gentleman and William Purday of Keston in Kent Wheelwright Executors
23 Of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Henry Blake
24 The Testator have to this my Will and Testament set my hand and seal this
25 Fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
26 And thirty nine Henry Blake Signed sealed published and declared
27 By the said Testator Henry Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
28 Presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
29 Other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto Willm Iverson
30 Robert Wood
31 Proved at London the 6th Feb 1839 before the Worshipful Herbert
32 Downer doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Charles Banks and William
33 Purdny in the will written Purday the Execdutors to admon was granted having
34 Been first sworn duly to administer
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Sunday, July 28, 2019
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Will of Caroline Blake, Huntingdonshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1702, probated 25 Aug 1825
The testator Caroline Blake died the 11th November 1824 (buried the 16th Nov 1824 at Hartford, Huntingdonshire) and was identified as the daughter of the late Mr Cawthorn Blake of Sapley Heath and niece to Mr John Wood nurseryman in the Stamford Mercury published 19 Nov 1824 in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Cawthorn Blake married Ann Wood (Aunt and Uncle Wood mentioned in the will) 19 May 1785 at All Saints Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
Children of Cawthorn Blake and Ann Wood:
James
Charles 1788, buried at Pidley Cum Fenton 18 Mar 1817 aged 28 years (not mentioned in the will below)
Ann 1790 (married to John Edward Barnett)
Mary 1793, buried at Pidley Cum Fenton 5 Apr 1806 aged 13 years (not mentioned in the will below)
Caroline 1799, died 11 Nov 1824
Elizabeth
Samuel
Cawthorne Blake, husbandman of Hartford, Huntingdonshire, died by 16 Nov 1805 when his will was proved at Huntingdon (IR 26/370/84). A document held in the Norris Museum (UK) is the lease of Sapley Farm by L.W. Brouncker of Great Canford, Dorset to Samuel and Cathorne Blake of Sapley, Huntingdonshire for seven years, 2 Jul 1804.
John Edward Barnett (brother in law to the testator) married Ann Blake 7 Sep 1816 at St Marys and St Benedicts, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The children of John Edward Barnett and Ann Blake mentioned in the will:
Ann
John 1819
But also probably includes Robert 1820, Thomas 1822 and Edward 1823 not mentioned directly by name.
Cawthorne Blake (baptized 28 Dec 1757 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire) was the son of Cawthorn Blake (baptized 29 Oct 1722 at Glatton, Huntingdonshire son of Cawthorn Blake and Mary Sayer) and Ann Seward who married 3 Jul 1753 at Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire.
Cawthorn baptized 28 Dec 1757
John 1762
William 1766
Catherine 1769
Charles 1770
A Cawthorne Blake was buried 19 Apr 1679 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
A Cawthorne Blake was buried 28 Jul 1782 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, farmer.
A Cawthorn Blake of Knapwell, Cambridgeshire (married to Mary Sayer of Conington, Huntingdonshire 11 Dec 1716 at St Benedicts, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)) was perhaps baptized 29 Aug 1682 at Glatton, Huntingdonshire son of John and Hannah Blake.
Unable to determine the origin of this Blake family with the unusual forename of Cawthorne with records back into the 1600s at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1702
Name of testator: Caroline Blake
Place: Huntingdonshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 20 June 1824, probated 25 Aug 1825
Read: Electronic file images
[In margin] Caroline Blake 11
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 June 20th 1824 I Caroline Blake do will and bequeath to my eldest Sister Ann
3 Barnett the sum of £50 to her husband John Edward Barnett a mourning ring
4 To James Blake elder brother 65 to Elizabeth Blake younger sister 60 to Samuel Blake
5 younger brother 40 to my Aunt and Uncle Wood 20 To my Cousin James Wood 5 To Ann
6 the eldest daughter of John Edward Barnett 10 To John his eldest Son 5 The
7 remaining children 5 Clothes books Jewells etc to be equally divided between my two
8 Sisters Ann Barnett and Elizabeth Blake the latter to have Grand Mothers wedding ring All
9 to have an equal share in the payment of debts and funeral expences any money coming in
10 from estates or land to be equally divided between my brothers and sisters aforesaid my remains
11 to be interred at Hartford in the County of Huntingdon Executor and Executrix Mr John
12 Edward Barnett and Elizabeth Blake Sister Caroline Blake Elizabeth Hayes and Mary Wadland
13 Witnesses
14 Proved at London 25th August 1825 before the Worshipful John Danbery Dr of Laws
15 and Surrogate by the oath of John Edward Barnett one of the Executors to whom Admon
16 was granted having been first sworn duly to administer power reserved to Elizabeth Blake the
17 sister the other Executor
Cawthorn Blake married Ann Wood (Aunt and Uncle Wood mentioned in the will) 19 May 1785 at All Saints Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
Children of Cawthorn Blake and Ann Wood:
James
Charles 1788, buried at Pidley Cum Fenton 18 Mar 1817 aged 28 years (not mentioned in the will below)
Ann 1790 (married to John Edward Barnett)
Mary 1793, buried at Pidley Cum Fenton 5 Apr 1806 aged 13 years (not mentioned in the will below)
Caroline 1799, died 11 Nov 1824
Elizabeth
Samuel
Cawthorne Blake, husbandman of Hartford, Huntingdonshire, died by 16 Nov 1805 when his will was proved at Huntingdon (IR 26/370/84). A document held in the Norris Museum (UK) is the lease of Sapley Farm by L.W. Brouncker of Great Canford, Dorset to Samuel and Cathorne Blake of Sapley, Huntingdonshire for seven years, 2 Jul 1804.
John Edward Barnett (brother in law to the testator) married Ann Blake 7 Sep 1816 at St Marys and St Benedicts, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The children of John Edward Barnett and Ann Blake mentioned in the will:
Ann
John 1819
But also probably includes Robert 1820, Thomas 1822 and Edward 1823 not mentioned directly by name.
Cawthorne Blake (baptized 28 Dec 1757 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire) was the son of Cawthorn Blake (baptized 29 Oct 1722 at Glatton, Huntingdonshire son of Cawthorn Blake and Mary Sayer) and Ann Seward who married 3 Jul 1753 at Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire.
Cawthorn baptized 28 Dec 1757
John 1762
William 1766
Catherine 1769
Charles 1770
A Cawthorne Blake was buried 19 Apr 1679 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
A Cawthorne Blake was buried 28 Jul 1782 at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, farmer.
A Cawthorn Blake of Knapwell, Cambridgeshire (married to Mary Sayer of Conington, Huntingdonshire 11 Dec 1716 at St Benedicts, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)) was perhaps baptized 29 Aug 1682 at Glatton, Huntingdonshire son of John and Hannah Blake.
Unable to determine the origin of this Blake family with the unusual forename of Cawthorne with records back into the 1600s at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1702
Name of testator: Caroline Blake
Place: Huntingdonshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 20 June 1824, probated 25 Aug 1825
Read: Electronic file images
[In margin] Caroline Blake 11
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 June 20th 1824 I Caroline Blake do will and bequeath to my eldest Sister Ann
3 Barnett the sum of £50 to her husband John Edward Barnett a mourning ring
4 To James Blake elder brother 65 to Elizabeth Blake younger sister 60 to Samuel Blake
5 younger brother 40 to my Aunt and Uncle Wood 20 To my Cousin James Wood 5 To Ann
6 the eldest daughter of John Edward Barnett 10 To John his eldest Son 5 The
7 remaining children 5 Clothes books Jewells etc to be equally divided between my two
8 Sisters Ann Barnett and Elizabeth Blake the latter to have Grand Mothers wedding ring All
9 to have an equal share in the payment of debts and funeral expences any money coming in
10 from estates or land to be equally divided between my brothers and sisters aforesaid my remains
11 to be interred at Hartford in the County of Huntingdon Executor and Executrix Mr John
12 Edward Barnett and Elizabeth Blake Sister Caroline Blake Elizabeth Hayes and Mary Wadland
13 Witnesses
14 Proved at London 25th August 1825 before the Worshipful John Danbery Dr of Laws
15 and Surrogate by the oath of John Edward Barnett one of the Executors to whom Admon
16 was granted having been first sworn duly to administer power reserved to Elizabeth Blake the
17 sister the other Executor
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Will of Sarah Blake, widow, Maldon, Essex - The National Archives PROB 11/1708/416, probated 27 Feb 1826
Locating the husband of Sarah Blake was not possible initially as he was not named in the will.
Her niece Elizabeth Simpson, married to William Woolley Simpson, was also not found although I did find the Will of her husband and they were living at Montagu Place Russell Square Middlesex as well as his being an Auctioneer at Bucklersbury London. It is a short will which leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth; will dated 12 Oct 1847 and probated 9 Dec 1847.
The marriage of Mr John Wyatt Lee of Maldon, Essex to Ann Dunkin (daughter of John Dunkin Esquire of Woodham Mortimer) at Woodham Mortimer 17 October 1805 (Find My Past).
One of the names of the great nephews of Sarah Blake is William Staddon Blake Lee and googling this name reveals a William Staddon Blake who lived in St Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch, London. He was in 1795 one of the churchwardens.
There is a will for William Stadden Blake of Change Alley in the City of London, Engraver. He mentions his wife Sarah Blake. His will was probated 10 November 1814. His will was written 2 Nov 1795. I will transcribe his will next. It is interesting sometimes how one can discover more about individuals who leave their wills. I did find the baptism of William Stadden Blake son of William and Fanny Blake of Saff[ron]hill, St Andrew Holborn, 14 Jan 1747 (Ancestry.ca). Cornhill is approximately 1 mile away from Saffron Hill.
Names mentioned in the will:
Sarah Blake, testatrix, Maldon, Essex
Francis Maria Lee, executrix, sister, Maldon, Essex
John Rowe, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
George Turney, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
Elizabeth Simpson, niece, Bucklersbury, London
William Woolley Simpson, Auctioneer, husband of Elizabeth, Bucklersbury, London
John Wyatt Lee, nephew
Thomas Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
David Stringlet, tenant, Great Totham, Essex
John Dunkin Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
William Staddon Blake Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew,
Samuel Willett, executor, Barnards Inn, Middlesex, gentleman
George May, executor, Maldon, Surgeon
Mary Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Nancy Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Joanna Dunkin Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Elizabeth Frances Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Emma Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Robert Clarke, Little Totham, Essex, Farmer
Hannah Fanks, Castle Street, Southwark Bridge
Ann Cotter, wife of Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex
Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex, husband of Ann, Innholder
Elizabeth Sly, Purleigh, Essex
Elizabeth Goddard, residing with Lady Julia Howard
Ann Goddard, sister of Elizabeth Goddard
Elizabeth Foster, servant
Mary Wood, servant to Francis Maria Lee
Hannah Ruggles, residing with the testatrix
Betsy Stotherd, witness
Wm Wright, witness, Sol[icito]r Maldon
Z: W: Digby, witness, Clerk to Wm Wright
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1708/416
Testator: Sarah Blake, Widow
Place: Maldon, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1825, probated 27 Feb 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 27
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 Sarah Blake of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex but me residing
3 at Maldon in the County of Essex Widow being of sound mine memory and
4 understanding (praised be God for the same) do make publish and declare my last
5 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) in the first place I direct
6 all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses to be paid off and discharged
7 by my Executrix and Executors hereinafter appointed from and out of my personal
8 Estate And I give devise and bequeath unto my Sister Francis Maria Lee of Maldon
9 aforesaid Spinster all those my two Leasehold Messuages or dwellinghouses with the
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10 outbuildings and appurtenances thereto respectively belonging being Numbers 16 and 18 in
11 Change Alley Cornhill in the City of London now in the occupations of John Rowe
12 and George Turney To hold the same unto the said Francis Maria Lee her Executors
13 Administrators and Assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit for the
14 residue of my Estate Term and interest therein respectively And I also give and bequeath
15 unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee all my Principal Money Stocks of Funds
16 standing in my Name in the Long Annuities in the Books of the Governor and
17 Company of the Bank of England to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct
18 the same to be paid or transferred to her within six months next after my decease
19 and I give and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Simpson Wife of William Woolley
20 Simpson of Bucklersbury in the said City of London Auctioner the Sum of two thousand
21 pounds Stock part of the money Stock or Trust standing in my name in the new four
22 per cent Annuities to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct the same
23 to be paid or transferred to her within six Calendar months next after my decease but
24 in case she shall happen to depart this life in my lifetime hereby the said Legacy
25 would lapse then I give and bequeath the said two thousand pounds Stock in the
26 now four per cent Annuities unto the said William Woolley Simpson absolutely
27 and direct the same to be paid or transferred to him within six Calendar months
28 next after my decease And I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Wyatt Lee
29 the Legacy or Sum of One thousand pounds and direct the same to be paid to him
30 within six Calendar Months next after my decease to and for his absolute use and
31 and benefit And I give and devise unto Thomas Lee Son of the said John Wyatt Lee All
32 that my Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and the
33 several pieces or parcels of Land thereto belonging containing by Estimation thirty
34 acres (be the same more or less) with the Appurtenances (part Freehold and part
35 Copyhold) situate and being in the parish of Great Totham in the said County of
36 Essex now in the occupation of David Stringlet To hold the same unto the same
37 Thomas Lee his heirs and Assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto John
38 Dunkin Lee another Son of my said Nephew John Wyatt Lee All those my ten
39 shares (of One hundred pounds each) of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
40 called or known by the Name of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company and direct
41 that the same shall become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him
42 when he shall attain the Age of twenty one Years and the Interest dividends and
43 produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John
44 Wyatt Lee to be applied by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and
45 Education and I give and bequeath unto William Staddon Blake Lee another Son
46 of the said John Wyatt Lee All and every my shares (being about twenty one in number
47 of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company called the London Dock Company And
48 also all my shares and Interest or Interests in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
49 called the Waterloo or Stand Bridge Company and direct that the same respectively shall
50 become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him when he shall attain the
51 age of twenty one years And the Interest dividends and produce thereof respectively in
52 the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John Wyatt Lee to be applied
53 by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and education provided always And
54 in case either or both of them the said John Dunkin Lee and William Stadden Blake
55 Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one years then I give and
56 bequeath the shares of the Stock of him of them so dying unto all his or their surviving
57 Brothers and Sisters in equal shares and proportions share and share alike and in
58 case there shall be but one Survivor then I give and bequeath the whole to such
60 only Surviving Child to and for his or her own absolute use and benefit and direct that
61 such accruing share or shares shall become vested in and be paid to assigned and
62 transferred to them him or her as and when they severally attain the Age of twenty one
63 Years and the Dividends Interest or produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid
64 to the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied for and towards their his or her
65 maintenance benefit and Education and I give and bequeath unto my Sister the said
66 Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett of Barnards Inn in the said County of Middlesex
67 Gentleman and George May of Maldon aforesaid Surgeon the Sum of two thousand
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68 five hundred pounds upon trust that they the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel
69 Willett and George May or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors
70 of such Survivor do and shall lay out and invest the same in their his or her own
71 names or name in some or one of the public Stocks or Funds or upon Government or
72 Real Security at Interest and from time to time to call in alter and transpose such Stocks
73 Funds and Securities as they she or he shall think fit and proper and do and shall pay the
74 Interest dividends and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
75 and be received into the proper hands of the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied
76 for and towards the maintenance benefit and Education of his daughters Mary Lee
77 Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma Lee until they
78 shall severally and respectively attain the age of twenty one years and Marry with
79 the consent of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the majority of them
80 or until such time or period as they shall (from any other cause than marriage)
81 severally cease to be maintained and supported by and at the Expence of the said John
82 Wyatt Lee their Father And when and as they shall severally and respectively attain
83 the age of twenty one Years and marry with such Consent as aforesaid or as and
84 when they shall (from any other cause than Marriage) severally cease to be
85 maintained and supported by their said Father then I do hereby declare and direct that
86 that the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett and George May or the
87 Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor
88 shall stand and be possessed of the said Sum of two thousand five hundred pounds
89 or the Stocks Funds and Securities in or upon which the same shall be laid out and
90 invested as aforesaid in trust for and to pay or assign and transfer the same unto the
91 said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma
92 Lee in equal shares and proportions share and share alike to and for their
93 respective absolute use and benefit nevertheless I do hereby declare my Mind and Will
94 to be that the said several and respective shares shall become vested in the said daughters
95 of the said John Wyatt Lee as and when they severally attain the age of twenty one
96 years notwithstanding the payment thereof is postponed till the time of their
97 marriage or (from any other cause) ceasing to be maintained and supported by
98 their said Father provided always and I do hereby further declare and direct that if
99 any one of more of them the said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances
100 Lee and Emma Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one
101 Years then the share or shares of her or them so dying shall go accrue and belong
102 to the Survivors of them in equal shares and in case of only one Survivor then the whole
103 shall go and accrue to such Survivor and shall vest in and be paid or assigned and
104 transferred to them or her at the same time or times and be subject to the same
105 contingency as is hereinbefore declared or expressed relative to her or their original
106 share or shares and the dividends and Interest thereof in the mean time shall be
107 paid and applied for their benefit as aforesaid And I give devise and bequeath unto
108 my Friend the said Samuel Willett All those two Leasehold Messuages or dwelling
109 houses with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging
110 being Numbers 29 and 30 in Queens Row Walworth in the County of Surrey To
111 hold the same unto the said Samuel Willett his Executors Administrators and
112 Assigns to and for his and their own absolute use benefit and disposal for the
113 residue of my Estate Term and Interest therein respectively and I also give and
114 bequeath unto the said Samuel Willett the Legacy or Sum of One hundred pounds
115 and I give and bequeath unto my Friend the said George May the Sum of Fifty
116 pounds and I give and bequeath unto my Friend Robert Clarke of Little Totham
117 in the said County of Essex Farmer to Hannah Fanks of Castle Street Southwark
118 Bridge to Ann Cotter wife of Joseph Cotter of Great Totham aforesaid Innholder
119 and to Elizabeth Sly of Purleigh in the said County of Essex the Sum of Five Guineas
120 each as a token of my respect for them and I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
121 Goddard now residing with Lady Julia Howard the Sum of nineteen Guineas
122 and I give and bequeath to Ann Goddard the Sister of the said Elizabeth Goddard
123 the Sum of Five Guineas and I give and bequeath unto my Servant Elizabeth
124 Foster the Sum of ten Guineas and I give and bequeath unto Mary Wood the
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125 Servant of my said Sister Frances Maria Lee the Sum of Five Guineas all which said
126 several last mentioned Legacies I will and direct shall be paid to the said several and
127 respective Legatees thereof within one Calendar months next after my decease and I
128 give and bequeath unto Hannah Ruggles now residing with me all my Clothes and
129 Linen And I give and bequeath unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee All and
130 singular my ready money and Securities for Money debts and the rest and residue of
131 my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever to and for her own absolute use benefit
132 and disposal And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Francis Maria
133 Lee Samuel Willett and George May Executrix and Executors of this my Will And
134 do hereby declare my Will to be that my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and
135 and their respective Executors and Administrators shall be charged and Chargeable
136 respectively for such monies only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue
137 of this my Will notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or joining
138 in any receipt or receipts for the sake of Conformity And that no one or more of
139 them shall be answerable or accountable for the acts receipts neglects of defaults of
140 the others or other of them but each and every of them for her and his own acts
141 receipts neglects and defaults only and that they or any or either of them shall not
142 be answerable or accountable for any Banker Broker or other person with or to
143 whom or in whose hands any part of the said Trust monies shall or may be
144 intrusted paid or deposited for safe custody or otherwise in the Execution of the
145 Trusts of this my Will nor for the rise or fall in the price or value of Stocks or the
146 insufficiency or deficiency in Title or value of any Security and Securities in or upon
147 which the said Trust monies or any part thereof shall be laid out or invested nor
148 for any other loss of misfortune which may happen to the same trust monies
149 or any part thereof except the same shall happen by or through his her or
150 their own respective wilful act neglect or default and also that it shall be
151 lawful for my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and their respective
152 Executors and Administrators by and out of the monies which shall come to
153 their hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves
154 respectively and also to allow their respective Co Trustee and Executrix and Executor or respective Co Trustees and Executrix and Executors
155 All Costs Charges damages and Expenses which they or any or either of them shall
156 or may pay sustain or be put unto in the Execution of this my Will and the trusts
157 hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me
158 at any time heretofore made and declare this alone to be and contain my last
159 Will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in five
160 Sheets of paper set my hand and Seal to wit my hand to the four preceding sheets
161 and my hand and Seal to this fifth and last sheet hereof the tenth day of June in
162 the Year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five Sarah Blake
163 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sarah Blake as and for her last Will
164 and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto at her request in her
165 presence and in the presence of each other Subscribed our names as Witnesses
166 Betsy Stotherd Wm Wright Sol[icito]r Maldon Z: W: Digby his Clerk
167 Proved at London 27th February 1826 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams d[octo]r of Laws
168 and Surr[ogate] by the Oaths of Frances (in the will written Francis) Maria Lee Spinster the
169 Sister Samuel Willett and George May Esq[uie]rs the Ex[ecuto]rs to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted
170 being first Sworn duly to adm[iniste]r
Her niece Elizabeth Simpson, married to William Woolley Simpson, was also not found although I did find the Will of her husband and they were living at Montagu Place Russell Square Middlesex as well as his being an Auctioneer at Bucklersbury London. It is a short will which leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth; will dated 12 Oct 1847 and probated 9 Dec 1847.
The marriage of Mr John Wyatt Lee of Maldon, Essex to Ann Dunkin (daughter of John Dunkin Esquire of Woodham Mortimer) at Woodham Mortimer 17 October 1805 (Find My Past).
One of the names of the great nephews of Sarah Blake is William Staddon Blake Lee and googling this name reveals a William Staddon Blake who lived in St Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch, London. He was in 1795 one of the churchwardens.
There is a will for William Stadden Blake of Change Alley in the City of London, Engraver. He mentions his wife Sarah Blake. His will was probated 10 November 1814. His will was written 2 Nov 1795. I will transcribe his will next. It is interesting sometimes how one can discover more about individuals who leave their wills. I did find the baptism of William Stadden Blake son of William and Fanny Blake of Saff[ron]hill, St Andrew Holborn, 14 Jan 1747 (Ancestry.ca). Cornhill is approximately 1 mile away from Saffron Hill.
Names mentioned in the will:
Sarah Blake, testatrix, Maldon, Essex
Francis Maria Lee, executrix, sister, Maldon, Essex
John Rowe, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
George Turney, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
Elizabeth Simpson, niece, Bucklersbury, London
William Woolley Simpson, Auctioneer, husband of Elizabeth, Bucklersbury, London
John Wyatt Lee, nephew
Thomas Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
David Stringlet, tenant, Great Totham, Essex
John Dunkin Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
William Staddon Blake Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew,
Samuel Willett, executor, Barnards Inn, Middlesex, gentleman
George May, executor, Maldon, Surgeon
Mary Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Nancy Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Joanna Dunkin Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Elizabeth Frances Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Emma Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Robert Clarke, Little Totham, Essex, Farmer
Hannah Fanks, Castle Street, Southwark Bridge
Ann Cotter, wife of Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex
Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex, husband of Ann, Innholder
Elizabeth Sly, Purleigh, Essex
Elizabeth Goddard, residing with Lady Julia Howard
Ann Goddard, sister of Elizabeth Goddard
Elizabeth Foster, servant
Mary Wood, servant to Francis Maria Lee
Hannah Ruggles, residing with the testatrix
Betsy Stotherd, witness
Wm Wright, witness, Sol[icito]r Maldon
Z: W: Digby, witness, Clerk to Wm Wright
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1708/416
Testator: Sarah Blake, Widow
Place: Maldon, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1825, probated 27 Feb 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 27
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 Sarah Blake of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex but me residing
3 at Maldon in the County of Essex Widow being of sound mine memory and
4 understanding (praised be God for the same) do make publish and declare my last
5 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) in the first place I direct
6 all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses to be paid off and discharged
7 by my Executrix and Executors hereinafter appointed from and out of my personal
8 Estate And I give devise and bequeath unto my Sister Francis Maria Lee of Maldon
9 aforesaid Spinster all those my two Leasehold Messuages or dwellinghouses with the
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10 outbuildings and appurtenances thereto respectively belonging being Numbers 16 and 18 in
11 Change Alley Cornhill in the City of London now in the occupations of John Rowe
12 and George Turney To hold the same unto the said Francis Maria Lee her Executors
13 Administrators and Assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit for the
14 residue of my Estate Term and interest therein respectively And I also give and bequeath
15 unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee all my Principal Money Stocks of Funds
16 standing in my Name in the Long Annuities in the Books of the Governor and
17 Company of the Bank of England to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct
18 the same to be paid or transferred to her within six months next after my decease
19 and I give and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Simpson Wife of William Woolley
20 Simpson of Bucklersbury in the said City of London Auctioner the Sum of two thousand
21 pounds Stock part of the money Stock or Trust standing in my name in the new four
22 per cent Annuities to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct the same
23 to be paid or transferred to her within six Calendar months next after my decease but
24 in case she shall happen to depart this life in my lifetime hereby the said Legacy
25 would lapse then I give and bequeath the said two thousand pounds Stock in the
26 now four per cent Annuities unto the said William Woolley Simpson absolutely
27 and direct the same to be paid or transferred to him within six Calendar months
28 next after my decease And I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Wyatt Lee
29 the Legacy or Sum of One thousand pounds and direct the same to be paid to him
30 within six Calendar Months next after my decease to and for his absolute use and
31 and benefit And I give and devise unto Thomas Lee Son of the said John Wyatt Lee All
32 that my Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and the
33 several pieces or parcels of Land thereto belonging containing by Estimation thirty
34 acres (be the same more or less) with the Appurtenances (part Freehold and part
35 Copyhold) situate and being in the parish of Great Totham in the said County of
36 Essex now in the occupation of David Stringlet To hold the same unto the same
37 Thomas Lee his heirs and Assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto John
38 Dunkin Lee another Son of my said Nephew John Wyatt Lee All those my ten
39 shares (of One hundred pounds each) of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
40 called or known by the Name of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company and direct
41 that the same shall become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him
42 when he shall attain the Age of twenty one Years and the Interest dividends and
43 produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John
44 Wyatt Lee to be applied by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and
45 Education and I give and bequeath unto William Staddon Blake Lee another Son
46 of the said John Wyatt Lee All and every my shares (being about twenty one in number
47 of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company called the London Dock Company And
48 also all my shares and Interest or Interests in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
49 called the Waterloo or Stand Bridge Company and direct that the same respectively shall
50 become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him when he shall attain the
51 age of twenty one years And the Interest dividends and produce thereof respectively in
52 the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John Wyatt Lee to be applied
53 by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and education provided always And
54 in case either or both of them the said John Dunkin Lee and William Stadden Blake
55 Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one years then I give and
56 bequeath the shares of the Stock of him of them so dying unto all his or their surviving
57 Brothers and Sisters in equal shares and proportions share and share alike and in
58 case there shall be but one Survivor then I give and bequeath the whole to such
60 only Surviving Child to and for his or her own absolute use and benefit and direct that
61 such accruing share or shares shall become vested in and be paid to assigned and
62 transferred to them him or her as and when they severally attain the Age of twenty one
63 Years and the Dividends Interest or produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid
64 to the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied for and towards their his or her
65 maintenance benefit and Education and I give and bequeath unto my Sister the said
66 Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett of Barnards Inn in the said County of Middlesex
67 Gentleman and George May of Maldon aforesaid Surgeon the Sum of two thousand
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68 five hundred pounds upon trust that they the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel
69 Willett and George May or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors
70 of such Survivor do and shall lay out and invest the same in their his or her own
71 names or name in some or one of the public Stocks or Funds or upon Government or
72 Real Security at Interest and from time to time to call in alter and transpose such Stocks
73 Funds and Securities as they she or he shall think fit and proper and do and shall pay the
74 Interest dividends and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
75 and be received into the proper hands of the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied
76 for and towards the maintenance benefit and Education of his daughters Mary Lee
77 Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma Lee until they
78 shall severally and respectively attain the age of twenty one years and Marry with
79 the consent of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the majority of them
80 or until such time or period as they shall (from any other cause than marriage)
81 severally cease to be maintained and supported by and at the Expence of the said John
82 Wyatt Lee their Father And when and as they shall severally and respectively attain
83 the age of twenty one Years and marry with such Consent as aforesaid or as and
84 when they shall (from any other cause than Marriage) severally cease to be
85 maintained and supported by their said Father then I do hereby declare and direct that
86 that the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett and George May or the
87 Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor
88 shall stand and be possessed of the said Sum of two thousand five hundred pounds
89 or the Stocks Funds and Securities in or upon which the same shall be laid out and
90 invested as aforesaid in trust for and to pay or assign and transfer the same unto the
91 said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma
92 Lee in equal shares and proportions share and share alike to and for their
93 respective absolute use and benefit nevertheless I do hereby declare my Mind and Will
94 to be that the said several and respective shares shall become vested in the said daughters
95 of the said John Wyatt Lee as and when they severally attain the age of twenty one
96 years notwithstanding the payment thereof is postponed till the time of their
97 marriage or (from any other cause) ceasing to be maintained and supported by
98 their said Father provided always and I do hereby further declare and direct that if
99 any one of more of them the said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances
100 Lee and Emma Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one
101 Years then the share or shares of her or them so dying shall go accrue and belong
102 to the Survivors of them in equal shares and in case of only one Survivor then the whole
103 shall go and accrue to such Survivor and shall vest in and be paid or assigned and
104 transferred to them or her at the same time or times and be subject to the same
105 contingency as is hereinbefore declared or expressed relative to her or their original
106 share or shares and the dividends and Interest thereof in the mean time shall be
107 paid and applied for their benefit as aforesaid And I give devise and bequeath unto
108 my Friend the said Samuel Willett All those two Leasehold Messuages or dwelling
109 houses with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging
110 being Numbers 29 and 30 in Queens Row Walworth in the County of Surrey To
111 hold the same unto the said Samuel Willett his Executors Administrators and
112 Assigns to and for his and their own absolute use benefit and disposal for the
113 residue of my Estate Term and Interest therein respectively and I also give and
114 bequeath unto the said Samuel Willett the Legacy or Sum of One hundred pounds
115 and I give and bequeath unto my Friend the said George May the Sum of Fifty
116 pounds and I give and bequeath unto my Friend Robert Clarke of Little Totham
117 in the said County of Essex Farmer to Hannah Fanks of Castle Street Southwark
118 Bridge to Ann Cotter wife of Joseph Cotter of Great Totham aforesaid Innholder
119 and to Elizabeth Sly of Purleigh in the said County of Essex the Sum of Five Guineas
120 each as a token of my respect for them and I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
121 Goddard now residing with Lady Julia Howard the Sum of nineteen Guineas
122 and I give and bequeath to Ann Goddard the Sister of the said Elizabeth Goddard
123 the Sum of Five Guineas and I give and bequeath unto my Servant Elizabeth
124 Foster the Sum of ten Guineas and I give and bequeath unto Mary Wood the
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125 Servant of my said Sister Frances Maria Lee the Sum of Five Guineas all which said
126 several last mentioned Legacies I will and direct shall be paid to the said several and
127 respective Legatees thereof within one Calendar months next after my decease and I
128 give and bequeath unto Hannah Ruggles now residing with me all my Clothes and
129 Linen And I give and bequeath unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee All and
130 singular my ready money and Securities for Money debts and the rest and residue of
131 my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever to and for her own absolute use benefit
132 and disposal And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Francis Maria
133 Lee Samuel Willett and George May Executrix and Executors of this my Will And
134 do hereby declare my Will to be that my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and
135 and their respective Executors and Administrators shall be charged and Chargeable
136 respectively for such monies only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue
137 of this my Will notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or joining
138 in any receipt or receipts for the sake of Conformity And that no one or more of
139 them shall be answerable or accountable for the acts receipts neglects of defaults of
140 the others or other of them but each and every of them for her and his own acts
141 receipts neglects and defaults only and that they or any or either of them shall not
142 be answerable or accountable for any Banker Broker or other person with or to
143 whom or in whose hands any part of the said Trust monies shall or may be
144 intrusted paid or deposited for safe custody or otherwise in the Execution of the
145 Trusts of this my Will nor for the rise or fall in the price or value of Stocks or the
146 insufficiency or deficiency in Title or value of any Security and Securities in or upon
147 which the said Trust monies or any part thereof shall be laid out or invested nor
148 for any other loss of misfortune which may happen to the same trust monies
149 or any part thereof except the same shall happen by or through his her or
150 their own respective wilful act neglect or default and also that it shall be
151 lawful for my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and their respective
152 Executors and Administrators by and out of the monies which shall come to
153 their hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves
154 respectively and also to allow their respective Co Trustee and Executrix and Executor or respective Co Trustees and Executrix and Executors
155 All Costs Charges damages and Expenses which they or any or either of them shall
156 or may pay sustain or be put unto in the Execution of this my Will and the trusts
157 hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me
158 at any time heretofore made and declare this alone to be and contain my last
159 Will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in five
160 Sheets of paper set my hand and Seal to wit my hand to the four preceding sheets
161 and my hand and Seal to this fifth and last sheet hereof the tenth day of June in
162 the Year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five Sarah Blake
163 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sarah Blake as and for her last Will
164 and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto at her request in her
165 presence and in the presence of each other Subscribed our names as Witnesses
166 Betsy Stotherd Wm Wright Sol[icito]r Maldon Z: W: Digby his Clerk
167 Proved at London 27th February 1826 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams d[octo]r of Laws
168 and Surr[ogate] by the Oaths of Frances (in the will written Francis) Maria Lee Spinster the
169 Sister Samuel Willett and George May Esq[uie]rs the Ex[ecuto]rs to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted
170 being first Sworn duly to adm[iniste]r
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Will of George Blake, Gentleman, Plymstock - The National Archives PROB 11/244/607, probated 16 Aug 1655
Will of George Blake and this is the third of 25 Devon wills that I will be transcribing over the next month or so. I know of three Blake lines in Devon; I do not know if they are related although it is possible that one is descendant of the Somerset Blake family and one of the Hampshire Blake family. Were they related? That is one of the many reasons for the yDNA study of the Blake family and as it slowly grows we are on a voyage of discovery trying to learn more about the deep ancestry of this very interesting British Isles family.
As mentioned in the will of Ferdinando Blake, George is the first cousin once removed of the testator Ferdinand Blake whose will was probated last:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-ferdinando-blake-elder.html
From the Visitation of Devon 1620 and signed by John Blake the father of this George the testator, John Blake father of George married Dorithie Wood and they had four sons and three daughters namely: John (bc 1608), George, Nicholas and Edward and Suzan, Elizabeth and Jane. George is born before 1620 and probably closer to 1608 so is probably in his 40s when he died. George’s father and Ferdinand were half brothers in that Ferdinand was the son of John Blake and Mary Fortescue and John was the son of John Blake and Elizabeth Slannig (John was actually married a third time to Grace Cock). John the father of John (eldest) and Ferdinand 2nd son was himself the son of John Blake and Stivolla Weeke and in turn this John was the son of John Blake also of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar. Using a somewhat arbitrary scale of 25 years to a generation and knowing that George’s brother was 12 at the taking of the Visitation then his father John was born circa 1583, his father John was born circa 1558 and his father John would be born circa 1533. Investigating the Parish Registers for Combe may be a good next step to look at this particular Blake family. They married primarily into Devon families.
Always nice to link families together and indeed as mentioned in the will of Ferdinand his son Ferdinand sold the property at Combe in 1663/64. The Blake family in Devon can be found at Combe and at North Molton but also in the Plymouth area as likely founding families (although they could have migrated to Devon from elsewhere).
The marriage of William Coram and Jana Blake was celebrated 28 Oct 1639 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon. There was a William Coram son of William baptized 7 Mar 1644 at Ottery St Mary. This Jana Blake is a sister to George the testator and is presumably Jane.
There are references at the beginning and the end of the will in the margin possibly referring to land dealings with respect to Combe in 1666 noting that the eventual inheritor of the land was to be the son of Ferdinand - Ferdinand and that in 1663/64 Ferdinand and his wife Ruth sold the property. There were apparently court cases involving this particular piece of property for a number of years following the sale of the property to the Fortescue family (noting that the grandmother of the seller (mother of Ferdinand the testator in the will published earlier) was Mary Fortescue.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/244/607
Testator: George Blake, Gentleman
Place: Plymstock, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 20 May 1654, probated 16 Aug 1655
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Georij
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: ______________________ 1666
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I George Blake of Combe within the parishe of
3 of Plymstock in the Countie of Devon gent beinge sicke of
4 bodie but perfect of minde and sound of memorie Thanks
5 be unto God and knowinge it is appointed that all men
6 might dye and nothinge more certaine then death but
7 The tyme when where and howe most uncertaine
8 therefore whiles God hath given me time and life I
9 doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testamewnt
10 in manner and forme following First I commend my
11 Sowle into the hands of the Everliving God my Creator And my
12 Bodie to the Earth the mother of all mankind Trusting assuredly
13 that through the merits and bloudy passion of Jesus Christ
14 myne onely Saviour and Redeemer both Sowle and bodye shall
15 at the general day of resurrection be againe reunited and enioy
16 everlasting blessedness in his heavenly kingdome for evermore
17 And touching my reall and personal estate which God in his
18 great mercie hath blessed me withal I doe thereof dispose and
19 bequeath the same as followeth First I give unto the poore
20 people of Plymstocke aforesaid Twenty shillings to be distributed
21 amongst them by myne Executrix hereafter named in suich
22 manner as she shall thincke fit And whereas my beloved wife
23 Johan Blake
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24 Johan Blake is to have an enioye one annuitye or yearelie rent
25 charge of Fiftie poundes to be issuing and payeable unto her
26 after my death dureing her life out of all that my Capitall messuage
27 Barton Farme lands and Tenements commonly called or knowne by the
28 name of Combe otherwise Combe Pryors and Lower Combe situate
29 lyinge within the said parishe of Plymstock and nowe in the tenure
30 possession or occupant[i]on of me the said George Blake mine Under-
31 tenants or assignes I doe nowe in recompence of her love and
32 faithfulness towards me and for her better preferment and livelihood
33 give devise and bequeath unto the said Johane my loveinge wife
34 All the said Capitall messuage Barton Farme Tenements
35 and all houses edifices buildinges courtledges gardens
36 orchards lands meadowes leasows pasture woods underwoodes
37 wasts ways pathes waters watercourses easements priviledges
38 profits commodityes and hereditaments with thappurtenancs to
39 the said Capitall messuage Barton and farme or to any or
40 either of them incident belonging or in any wise apperteyninge
41 To have and to hould the same unto my said loveinge wife
42 ymmediately from and after my death for and dureing the tearms
43 of her life Provided it shalbe lawfull for the said Johane to get
44 the same premises or any yt thereof to any person or persons for the terme of twentie years lease
45 or under at her pleasure And after her death my Will and meaning
46 is and I doe hereby give and devise all the said Capitall messuage
47 Barton and Farme of Combe otherwise called Combe Pryors
48 and Lower Combe and all other thaforesaid premises and every
49 part and parcel thereof with thappurtenancs to my nephew
50 William Corham sonne of my sister Joane late the wife of
51 William Corham deceased To have and to hould the same
52 unto my said nephew William Corham his Executors
53 administrators and Assignes ymediatelie from and after the death
54 of the said Johane my wife for and duringe the tenure of
55 fower score and nyneteene yeares then next ensueinge fullie
56 to be complete and ended if the said William Corham my
57 nephew and such women as shalbe his wife at the time of his
58 death and his eldest child w[hi]ch shalbe liveinge at the time of
59 his death or any or either of them soe longe shall happen to live
60 they yeildinge and paying then therefore yearelie unto such as
61 shalbe myne heires and assignes thereof the annuall rent of
62 fower poundes lawfull money of England at fower the most
63 usuall Feastes in the yeare (that is to saie) The feasts of the
64 Nativitie of St John the Baptist St Michaell Tharkangell
65 the birth of our Lord God and thann[un]cia[t]ion of the blessed Virgin
66 Mary by even and equall por[t]tions to be paid dureing the saide
67 terme The first payment thereof to commence and begin at such
68 of the said feasts as shall first happen next after the death of
69 the said Johane my wife and alsoe repayringe and mainteyninge
70 the said premises and every part thereof in all needful and
71 necessarie reparactions when and as often as neede shalbe And
72 towards the reparations thereof it shall and may be lawfull
73 to and for my said nephew his Executors and Assignes to have
74 and take sufficient and necessarie houseboote and great timber
75 plougheboote, fireboote, hayboote, hedgeboote Frith and stukey
76 of the Trees woodes and underwoodes in and upon the premises
77 growing or hereafter to be growing when and as often as
78 neede shalbe without delivery doeing noe voluntarie wast Alsoe
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79 I give and bequeath unto my neece Joane Corham sister of the said
80 William Corham Fiftie poundes lawfull money of England To be
81 paid unto her out of the profits and issues of the said Brixton
82 Farme and lands of Combe by the said William Corham her
83 brother his Executors or Assignes within twoe yeares next after
84 the Comencement of the estate and terme to him hereby devised of
85 and in the said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe
86 otherwise Combe Pryors as above said And lastlie I give and devise
87 unto my Cosen Ferdinando Blake of Brixton sonne and heire of
88 Ferdinando Blake deceased this heritance and rever[s]ion of all the
89 Said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe otherwise
90 Combe Pryor and Lower Combe and all houses edifices buildings
91 courtledges gardens orchards lands Tenements meadowes leasues pastures woods
92 underwoods rents wasts commons ways pathes waters waterroutes
93 easements profits comodityes and hereditaments with thappurten[an]cs
94 to the said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme in any wise
95 incident belonginge to apperteyninge To have and to hould the
96 Same unto the said Ferdinando Blake his heires and Assignes
97 for ever Provided always and upon Condicion nevertheless That if
98 the said Ferdinando Blake his heires and Assignes or any of them
99 doe or shall at any time hereafter question or make any entrie
100 clayme title or demand whatsoever in or to any messuages lands or
101 tenements wherefor or wherein John Blake grandfather of me the
102 Said George nowe deceased had any estate at the time of his deathe
103 or Concerne or presente or consent to the comencinge or p[er]secutings
104 of any action or suite either in lawe or equitie of or touching the
105 Same messuages lands or Tenements or any part thereof That
106 then and from thenceforth this my gifte and devise of the said
107 Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe otherwise
108 Combe Pryor and Lower Combe and of all other the premises thereunto
109 belonging unto the said Ferdinando Blake and his heires and
110 assignes by this my last Will and Testament shalbe voyd and
111 of nowe effect to allow any intention purpose And that then and
112 from thenceforth thinheritance and reversion in Force of the said
113 Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe and of all other the said
114 landes and premises thereunto belonging shall remaine come and
115 be to my right heires for ever and that is shalbe lawfull for of them into
116 they owne to enter and do possesse and enioye the same to them and them having
117 forever allowing thestates hereby devised unto my said wife and
118 nephew William Corham dureing the continuances thereof All
119 the residue of my goodes and chattels not hereby formerly given
120 or bequeathed (my debtes beinge paid) I give and bequeath unto
121 the said Johane Blake my beloved wife whome I make and
122 ordaine my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
123 Testament desireing her to give and allowe unto her and my
124 kinswoman Pricilla Pearse meate drincke and lodging in house
125 with her untill she the said Pricilla bee marryed if my said wife
126 live soe longe And I doe nominate and desire my goode friends
127 Mr Thomas Riche Mr Thomas Gale James Mynge and John
128 Candishe to be myne Overseers of this my last Will and to be
129 aydinge and assisting unto her in the performance thereof
130 In wittnes whereof I have putt my hand and seale hereunto
131 and have published the same to be my last Will and Testament
132 upon the twentieth day of May in the yeare of our Lord
133 according to the Computation of the Church of England one
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134 thousand sixe hundred fiftie and fower in the presence of us after
135 counterlyinge above writing between the sixteenth seaventeenth
136 lynes Geo: Blake Tho Riche Thomas Prynn Silvester Prynn
137 This will was proved at London
138 before the Judges for probate of Wills and granting administra[t]ions
139 the sixteenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand
140 sixe hundred fiftie five by the oathe of Joane Blake the Relict
141 and sole Executrix named in the last Will and Testament of the
142 said deceased To whome administra[t]ion was permitted She
143 beinge sworne by Commission truly and faithfullie to administer
144 10 July 1666 _______________________ Geo: Gaell
As mentioned in the will of Ferdinando Blake, George is the first cousin once removed of the testator Ferdinand Blake whose will was probated last:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-ferdinando-blake-elder.html
From the Visitation of Devon 1620 and signed by John Blake the father of this George the testator, John Blake father of George married Dorithie Wood and they had four sons and three daughters namely: John (bc 1608), George, Nicholas and Edward and Suzan, Elizabeth and Jane. George is born before 1620 and probably closer to 1608 so is probably in his 40s when he died. George’s father and Ferdinand were half brothers in that Ferdinand was the son of John Blake and Mary Fortescue and John was the son of John Blake and Elizabeth Slannig (John was actually married a third time to Grace Cock). John the father of John (eldest) and Ferdinand 2nd son was himself the son of John Blake and Stivolla Weeke and in turn this John was the son of John Blake also of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar. Using a somewhat arbitrary scale of 25 years to a generation and knowing that George’s brother was 12 at the taking of the Visitation then his father John was born circa 1583, his father John was born circa 1558 and his father John would be born circa 1533. Investigating the Parish Registers for Combe may be a good next step to look at this particular Blake family. They married primarily into Devon families.
Always nice to link families together and indeed as mentioned in the will of Ferdinand his son Ferdinand sold the property at Combe in 1663/64. The Blake family in Devon can be found at Combe and at North Molton but also in the Plymouth area as likely founding families (although they could have migrated to Devon from elsewhere).
The marriage of William Coram and Jana Blake was celebrated 28 Oct 1639 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon. There was a William Coram son of William baptized 7 Mar 1644 at Ottery St Mary. This Jana Blake is a sister to George the testator and is presumably Jane.
There are references at the beginning and the end of the will in the margin possibly referring to land dealings with respect to Combe in 1666 noting that the eventual inheritor of the land was to be the son of Ferdinand - Ferdinand and that in 1663/64 Ferdinand and his wife Ruth sold the property. There were apparently court cases involving this particular piece of property for a number of years following the sale of the property to the Fortescue family (noting that the grandmother of the seller (mother of Ferdinand the testator in the will published earlier) was Mary Fortescue.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/244/607
Testator: George Blake, Gentleman
Place: Plymstock, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 20 May 1654, probated 16 Aug 1655
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Georij
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: ______________________ 1666
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I George Blake of Combe within the parishe of
3 of Plymstock in the Countie of Devon gent beinge sicke of
4 bodie but perfect of minde and sound of memorie Thanks
5 be unto God and knowinge it is appointed that all men
6 might dye and nothinge more certaine then death but
7 The tyme when where and howe most uncertaine
8 therefore whiles God hath given me time and life I
9 doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testamewnt
10 in manner and forme following First I commend my
11 Sowle into the hands of the Everliving God my Creator And my
12 Bodie to the Earth the mother of all mankind Trusting assuredly
13 that through the merits and bloudy passion of Jesus Christ
14 myne onely Saviour and Redeemer both Sowle and bodye shall
15 at the general day of resurrection be againe reunited and enioy
16 everlasting blessedness in his heavenly kingdome for evermore
17 And touching my reall and personal estate which God in his
18 great mercie hath blessed me withal I doe thereof dispose and
19 bequeath the same as followeth First I give unto the poore
20 people of Plymstocke aforesaid Twenty shillings to be distributed
21 amongst them by myne Executrix hereafter named in suich
22 manner as she shall thincke fit And whereas my beloved wife
23 Johan Blake
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24 Johan Blake is to have an enioye one annuitye or yearelie rent
25 charge of Fiftie poundes to be issuing and payeable unto her
26 after my death dureing her life out of all that my Capitall messuage
27 Barton Farme lands and Tenements commonly called or knowne by the
28 name of Combe otherwise Combe Pryors and Lower Combe situate
29 lyinge within the said parishe of Plymstock and nowe in the tenure
30 possession or occupant[i]on of me the said George Blake mine Under-
31 tenants or assignes I doe nowe in recompence of her love and
32 faithfulness towards me and for her better preferment and livelihood
33 give devise and bequeath unto the said Johane my loveinge wife
34 All the said Capitall messuage Barton Farme Tenements
35 and all houses edifices buildinges courtledges gardens
36 orchards lands meadowes leasows pasture woods underwoodes
37 wasts ways pathes waters watercourses easements priviledges
38 profits commodityes and hereditaments with thappurtenancs to
39 the said Capitall messuage Barton and farme or to any or
40 either of them incident belonging or in any wise apperteyninge
41 To have and to hould the same unto my said loveinge wife
42 ymmediately from and after my death for and dureing the tearms
43 of her life Provided it shalbe lawfull for the said Johane to get
44 the same premises or any yt thereof to any person or persons for the terme of twentie years lease
45 or under at her pleasure And after her death my Will and meaning
46 is and I doe hereby give and devise all the said Capitall messuage
47 Barton and Farme of Combe otherwise called Combe Pryors
48 and Lower Combe and all other thaforesaid premises and every
49 part and parcel thereof with thappurtenancs to my nephew
50 William Corham sonne of my sister Joane late the wife of
51 William Corham deceased To have and to hould the same
52 unto my said nephew William Corham his Executors
53 administrators and Assignes ymediatelie from and after the death
54 of the said Johane my wife for and duringe the tenure of
55 fower score and nyneteene yeares then next ensueinge fullie
56 to be complete and ended if the said William Corham my
57 nephew and such women as shalbe his wife at the time of his
58 death and his eldest child w[hi]ch shalbe liveinge at the time of
59 his death or any or either of them soe longe shall happen to live
60 they yeildinge and paying then therefore yearelie unto such as
61 shalbe myne heires and assignes thereof the annuall rent of
62 fower poundes lawfull money of England at fower the most
63 usuall Feastes in the yeare (that is to saie) The feasts of the
64 Nativitie of St John the Baptist St Michaell Tharkangell
65 the birth of our Lord God and thann[un]cia[t]ion of the blessed Virgin
66 Mary by even and equall por[t]tions to be paid dureing the saide
67 terme The first payment thereof to commence and begin at such
68 of the said feasts as shall first happen next after the death of
69 the said Johane my wife and alsoe repayringe and mainteyninge
70 the said premises and every part thereof in all needful and
71 necessarie reparactions when and as often as neede shalbe And
72 towards the reparations thereof it shall and may be lawfull
73 to and for my said nephew his Executors and Assignes to have
74 and take sufficient and necessarie houseboote and great timber
75 plougheboote, fireboote, hayboote, hedgeboote Frith and stukey
76 of the Trees woodes and underwoodes in and upon the premises
77 growing or hereafter to be growing when and as often as
78 neede shalbe without delivery doeing noe voluntarie wast Alsoe
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79 I give and bequeath unto my neece Joane Corham sister of the said
80 William Corham Fiftie poundes lawfull money of England To be
81 paid unto her out of the profits and issues of the said Brixton
82 Farme and lands of Combe by the said William Corham her
83 brother his Executors or Assignes within twoe yeares next after
84 the Comencement of the estate and terme to him hereby devised of
85 and in the said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe
86 otherwise Combe Pryors as above said And lastlie I give and devise
87 unto my Cosen Ferdinando Blake of Brixton sonne and heire of
88 Ferdinando Blake deceased this heritance and rever[s]ion of all the
89 Said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe otherwise
90 Combe Pryor and Lower Combe and all houses edifices buildings
91 courtledges gardens orchards lands Tenements meadowes leasues pastures woods
92 underwoods rents wasts commons ways pathes waters waterroutes
93 easements profits comodityes and hereditaments with thappurten[an]cs
94 to the said Capitall messuage Barton and Farme in any wise
95 incident belonginge to apperteyninge To have and to hould the
96 Same unto the said Ferdinando Blake his heires and Assignes
97 for ever Provided always and upon Condicion nevertheless That if
98 the said Ferdinando Blake his heires and Assignes or any of them
99 doe or shall at any time hereafter question or make any entrie
100 clayme title or demand whatsoever in or to any messuages lands or
101 tenements wherefor or wherein John Blake grandfather of me the
102 Said George nowe deceased had any estate at the time of his deathe
103 or Concerne or presente or consent to the comencinge or p[er]secutings
104 of any action or suite either in lawe or equitie of or touching the
105 Same messuages lands or Tenements or any part thereof That
106 then and from thenceforth this my gifte and devise of the said
107 Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe otherwise
108 Combe Pryor and Lower Combe and of all other the premises thereunto
109 belonging unto the said Ferdinando Blake and his heires and
110 assignes by this my last Will and Testament shalbe voyd and
111 of nowe effect to allow any intention purpose And that then and
112 from thenceforth thinheritance and reversion in Force of the said
113 Capitall messuage Barton and Farme called Combe and of all other the said
114 landes and premises thereunto belonging shall remaine come and
115 be to my right heires for ever and that is shalbe lawfull for of them into
116 they owne to enter and do possesse and enioye the same to them and them having
117 forever allowing thestates hereby devised unto my said wife and
118 nephew William Corham dureing the continuances thereof All
119 the residue of my goodes and chattels not hereby formerly given
120 or bequeathed (my debtes beinge paid) I give and bequeath unto
121 the said Johane Blake my beloved wife whome I make and
122 ordaine my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
123 Testament desireing her to give and allowe unto her and my
124 kinswoman Pricilla Pearse meate drincke and lodging in house
125 with her untill she the said Pricilla bee marryed if my said wife
126 live soe longe And I doe nominate and desire my goode friends
127 Mr Thomas Riche Mr Thomas Gale James Mynge and John
128 Candishe to be myne Overseers of this my last Will and to be
129 aydinge and assisting unto her in the performance thereof
130 In wittnes whereof I have putt my hand and seale hereunto
131 and have published the same to be my last Will and Testament
132 upon the twentieth day of May in the yeare of our Lord
133 according to the Computation of the Church of England one
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134 thousand sixe hundred fiftie and fower in the presence of us after
135 counterlyinge above writing between the sixteenth seaventeenth
136 lynes Geo: Blake Tho Riche Thomas Prynn Silvester Prynn
137 This will was proved at London
138 before the Judges for probate of Wills and granting administra[t]ions
139 the sixteenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand
140 sixe hundred fiftie five by the oathe of Joane Blake the Relict
141 and sole Executrix named in the last Will and Testament of the
142 said deceased To whome administra[t]ion was permitted She
143 beinge sworne by Commission truly and faithfullie to administer
144 10 July 1666 _______________________ Geo: Gaell
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Brockhouse of Rugeley, Staffordshire
Margaret Brockhouse married John Welch 16 Feb 1783 at Rugeley Staffordshire UK with witnesses Mary Crutchley and Thomas Ward. Neither of these two people have been applicable to my research on this family to date. Margaret was baptized at Rugeley 22 Sep 1754 the daughter of Charles and Ann Brockhouse. Charles and Ann baptized eight children at Rugeley:
Charles baptized 8 Jul 1750 and he has one son baptized at Rugeley 30 Jun 1771 (no marriage details yet).
Sarah baptized 14 Mar 1752 at Rugeley
Margaret (as above)
John baptized 15 May 1757 at Rugeley
William baptized 7 Sep 1760 at Rugeley
Hannah baptized 7 Feb 1762 at Rugeley
Esther baptized 4 May 1766 at Rugeley
Joseph baptized 10 Jul 1768 at Rugeley
The marriage of Charles Brockhouse and Ann Lea was celebrated 23 Jan 1748 at Rugeley by Bans.
There wasn't a baptism for Charles Brockhouse at Rugeley but I did find a baptism 12 Oct 1721 at Saint Mary Parish in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The name of his father was given as John Brockhouse. It is possibly significant that the second son was named John. Interestingly there were four baptisms with John listed as the father in this time period with three at Lichfield and the fourth at Rugeley.
William baptized 26 Mar 1719 at Saint Mary, Lichfield
John baptized 2 Aug 1719 at Saint Mary, Lichfield
Charles (as above)
Margaret baptized 3 May 1724 at Rugeley
Possibly he is the John Brockhouse baptized 7 Apr 1695 at Rugeley Staffordshire and the son of John Brockhouse and Margaret Wood who were themselves married 27 April 1692 at Rugeley and the following four children are baptized at Rugeley as children of John and Margaret Brockhouse.
Margaret baptized 31 Dec 1693; buried 15 Jan 1693/94 at Rugeley.
John (as above)
William baptized 26 Nov 1697 at Rugeley
Joan baptized 14 Jul 1700 at Rugeley
This family does not appear on the Land Tax Assessments and I have no idea of their occupation. I have not followed the Brockhouse family down further other than noting the son of Charles (brother to Margaret who married John Welch).
I have not checked Find My Past for the Brockhouse family for a long time. The 1841 census has 63 records, the 1851 86 records, the 1861 has 75 records, the 1871 has 75 records, the 1881 census has 126 records, the 1891 census has 161 records, the 1901 census has 161 records and the 1911 census has 202 records. There are 829 records in births 1837 - 2006. There are only three baptisms recorded two in Derbyshire and one in West Riding of Yorkshire. There are 513 marriages between 1837 and 2005 and 37 in the parish records collection which include Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, London, Yorkshire, Essex, Cornwall, Durham, Surrey, Shropshire, Northumberland, Lancashire. The earliest is 1560 in Shropshire which might be interesting in the future but I am back in the late 1600s at Rugeley. Deaths include 526 between 1837 and 2006 and 137 parish records which do actually include Staffordshire so I shall extract them for my future use. This will let me look at the Brockhouse family and help to determine if Charles at Lichfield could also be my Charles at Rugeley. The distance between these two parishes is eight miles. I have not really investigated this family name at all. I discovered this connection whilst we were at Salt Lake City.
There were 127 distinct burials records for Brockhouse on Find My Past with 15 of then at Rugeley. All "Charles Brockhouse" were buried at Rugeley. Sixty four of the 127 burials were in Staffordshire with 19 in Warwick and 20 in Worcestershire and all other counties were seven or less. Sorting on the year is interesting and I am suspicious this name is a singleton with people moving out from Staffordshire and Lancashire towards Warwickshire and Northumberland and the area south of Warwickshire.
The next Brockhouse research day I shall see if anyone has now put up family trees for this family. It would appear that with the accumulated evidence having Charles baptized at Lichfield being the Charles at Rugeley and tracing back to the earlier Brockhouse family at Rugeley should be considered.
Charles baptized 8 Jul 1750 and he has one son baptized at Rugeley 30 Jun 1771 (no marriage details yet).
Sarah baptized 14 Mar 1752 at Rugeley
Margaret (as above)
John baptized 15 May 1757 at Rugeley
William baptized 7 Sep 1760 at Rugeley
Hannah baptized 7 Feb 1762 at Rugeley
Esther baptized 4 May 1766 at Rugeley
Joseph baptized 10 Jul 1768 at Rugeley
The marriage of Charles Brockhouse and Ann Lea was celebrated 23 Jan 1748 at Rugeley by Bans.
There wasn't a baptism for Charles Brockhouse at Rugeley but I did find a baptism 12 Oct 1721 at Saint Mary Parish in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The name of his father was given as John Brockhouse. It is possibly significant that the second son was named John. Interestingly there were four baptisms with John listed as the father in this time period with three at Lichfield and the fourth at Rugeley.
William baptized 26 Mar 1719 at Saint Mary, Lichfield
John baptized 2 Aug 1719 at Saint Mary, Lichfield
Charles (as above)
Margaret baptized 3 May 1724 at Rugeley
Possibly he is the John Brockhouse baptized 7 Apr 1695 at Rugeley Staffordshire and the son of John Brockhouse and Margaret Wood who were themselves married 27 April 1692 at Rugeley and the following four children are baptized at Rugeley as children of John and Margaret Brockhouse.
Margaret baptized 31 Dec 1693; buried 15 Jan 1693/94 at Rugeley.
John (as above)
William baptized 26 Nov 1697 at Rugeley
Joan baptized 14 Jul 1700 at Rugeley
This family does not appear on the Land Tax Assessments and I have no idea of their occupation. I have not followed the Brockhouse family down further other than noting the son of Charles (brother to Margaret who married John Welch).
I have not checked Find My Past for the Brockhouse family for a long time. The 1841 census has 63 records, the 1851 86 records, the 1861 has 75 records, the 1871 has 75 records, the 1881 census has 126 records, the 1891 census has 161 records, the 1901 census has 161 records and the 1911 census has 202 records. There are 829 records in births 1837 - 2006. There are only three baptisms recorded two in Derbyshire and one in West Riding of Yorkshire. There are 513 marriages between 1837 and 2005 and 37 in the parish records collection which include Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, London, Yorkshire, Essex, Cornwall, Durham, Surrey, Shropshire, Northumberland, Lancashire. The earliest is 1560 in Shropshire which might be interesting in the future but I am back in the late 1600s at Rugeley. Deaths include 526 between 1837 and 2006 and 137 parish records which do actually include Staffordshire so I shall extract them for my future use. This will let me look at the Brockhouse family and help to determine if Charles at Lichfield could also be my Charles at Rugeley. The distance between these two parishes is eight miles. I have not really investigated this family name at all. I discovered this connection whilst we were at Salt Lake City.
There were 127 distinct burials records for Brockhouse on Find My Past with 15 of then at Rugeley. All "Charles Brockhouse" were buried at Rugeley. Sixty four of the 127 burials were in Staffordshire with 19 in Warwick and 20 in Worcestershire and all other counties were seven or less. Sorting on the year is interesting and I am suspicious this name is a singleton with people moving out from Staffordshire and Lancashire towards Warwickshire and Northumberland and the area south of Warwickshire.
The next Brockhouse research day I shall see if anyone has now put up family trees for this family. It would appear that with the accumulated evidence having Charles baptized at Lichfield being the Charles at Rugeley and tracing back to the earlier Brockhouse family at Rugeley should be considered.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Landkey Parish Registers - 30 January 2009
Parish Registers transcription completed up to 1698 today. The number of baptisms continues to be low compared to earlier years although there are a lot of marriages from the small villages around Landkey (plus from Barnestaple which is somewhat larger). There are now 1272 baptisms, 537 marriages and 1103 burials. We are now seeing 169 more baptisms than burials which is a good increase following the plague. The new priest is recording more details including the farm/locale of the individual entries in the register. Sadly his own son died as an infant and no new baptisms for he and his wife yet.
Snowshoeing today in the new snowfall was most pleasant. The snow is nearly up to the bottom branch of the large tree in our front yard (about five feet but that includes the snow heaved off the laneway into that spot! Standing snow on the backyard is around 3.5 feet now (two good thaws have helped us although leaves this six or seven inch thick layer of ice under all that snow but it does moisten up the earth so that we are not watering lawns all summer long). When you see those lovely pictures of snow in Canada all over the rooftops and the trees and the sun brightly shining that is what I am looking at out my window at the moment. And we have a few days relief from the minus 20 or minus 25 degrees celsius temperatures - it is a balmy -1 degrees celsius. Thank goodness, we need a respite every couple of weeks or so!
I am coming to the end of the third fiche for Landkey with just one more to transcribe before I move on to something else. I suspect I will go back and complete the banns for Bishops Nympton. I needed a break from that for a bit. It is actually quite easy as I can just cut and paste into each set of banns but the break has been nice and the Landkey register has been most interesting with regard to the Pincombe family my one name study.
We watched another episode of the History of Britain (produced by BBC) and it dealt with the French Revolution, Rousseau, Wordsworth and a few other writer and the impact on England. We are now into the early 1800s. I found it interesting because it was actually looking at Staffordshire where my Welch/Brockhouse/Linn/Lea/Wood/Diram families lived between the 1500s and the late 1700s. I haven't tried to find any of these families prior to the beginning of the Parish Registers. Our trip through Staffordshire was very quick and we stopped only at the Wedgewood Factory. This was a marvelous tour and we were very surprised to hear that it is now closing. We spent most of our time on major roadways so did not really see a great deal of the landscape. I was peering out the window at all the signs to see if Rugeley would be mentioned.
We now have a box for digital TV although the conversion to digital has now been put off until June 2009. Our ISP provider sent us one so we will attach it and see what happens.
Tomorrow I shall carry on with Landkey registers and hopefully complete up to 1704. I am beginning to see the end these days as my fiche only take me up to 1750s so likely just a week left to complete that project. I have the land records for 1798 and this priest is making note of the place where his flock lives (if other than the village) so that is most helpful. Perhaps I will purchase the registers up to 1812 in the future but for the moment this will be sufficient to give me a picture of the area.
Snowshoeing today in the new snowfall was most pleasant. The snow is nearly up to the bottom branch of the large tree in our front yard (about five feet but that includes the snow heaved off the laneway into that spot! Standing snow on the backyard is around 3.5 feet now (two good thaws have helped us although leaves this six or seven inch thick layer of ice under all that snow but it does moisten up the earth so that we are not watering lawns all summer long). When you see those lovely pictures of snow in Canada all over the rooftops and the trees and the sun brightly shining that is what I am looking at out my window at the moment. And we have a few days relief from the minus 20 or minus 25 degrees celsius temperatures - it is a balmy -1 degrees celsius. Thank goodness, we need a respite every couple of weeks or so!
I am coming to the end of the third fiche for Landkey with just one more to transcribe before I move on to something else. I suspect I will go back and complete the banns for Bishops Nympton. I needed a break from that for a bit. It is actually quite easy as I can just cut and paste into each set of banns but the break has been nice and the Landkey register has been most interesting with regard to the Pincombe family my one name study.
We watched another episode of the History of Britain (produced by BBC) and it dealt with the French Revolution, Rousseau, Wordsworth and a few other writer and the impact on England. We are now into the early 1800s. I found it interesting because it was actually looking at Staffordshire where my Welch/Brockhouse/Linn/Lea/Wood/Diram families lived between the 1500s and the late 1700s. I haven't tried to find any of these families prior to the beginning of the Parish Registers. Our trip through Staffordshire was very quick and we stopped only at the Wedgewood Factory. This was a marvelous tour and we were very surprised to hear that it is now closing. We spent most of our time on major roadways so did not really see a great deal of the landscape. I was peering out the window at all the signs to see if Rugeley would be mentioned.
We now have a box for digital TV although the conversion to digital has now been put off until June 2009. Our ISP provider sent us one so we will attach it and see what happens.
Tomorrow I shall carry on with Landkey registers and hopefully complete up to 1704. I am beginning to see the end these days as my fiche only take me up to 1750s so likely just a week left to complete that project. I have the land records for 1798 and this priest is making note of the place where his flock lives (if other than the village) so that is most helpful. Perhaps I will purchase the registers up to 1812 in the future but for the moment this will be sufficient to give me a picture of the area.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Results of Research at Salt Lake City - 17 Nov 2008
I completed the Rugeley Land Tax Assessment and combined the two files for sorting. I acquired some information on my Lea and Wood families but nothing new on the Welsh family. I moved on to the images from the Rugeley Parish Registers and extracted the pertinent information as well as saving the images to the family files for my proofs of my 4x great grandparents which will be my next steps on my Legacy family tree file.
I moved on to the Cheatle family at Ashby de la Zouch. I had photographed the baptism of my 3x great grandmother Sarah and saved that one to her file. I then prepared a chart of all the Cheatle wills in Leicester noting that all the Cheatle families in the 1600s and early 1700s lived within 10 miles of Loughborough. Reviewed the Leicestershire Records Office webpage and I am able to purchase parish register fiche so have inquired about purchasing Loughborough, Long Whatton and Castle Donnington from the earliest to 1800. Perhaps I will hear tomorrow as to the number of fiche this will entail.
My order for the Devon fiche was received today and the fiche are now ordered. I will receive these in the next six weeks. This should give me some new thoughts on my family lines in Devon before 1750. I will also be able to add to my Pincombe one name study.
With the Cheatle family I had the confusion of three William Cheatles having children at Ashby de la Zouch in the 1790s - at least it appeared there were three. One married to a Sarah, one married to an Ann and one married to an Elizabeth. Reading the register at Salt Lake City I was able to show that there were indeed three William Cheatle and that it wasn't a matter of one wife dying and his remarrying. While I was pursuing this information I discovered a will for one of the Cheatle families at Ashby de la Zouch on The National Archives site. I downloaded this and it helped to prove that two of the lines at Ashby de la Zouch were brothers (not mine) and the third was not mentioned in the will. Could still be related but not siblings.
Tomorrow I will switch to the material that I collected for the Andover Manor, the Upper Clatford Manor and a couple of smaller manors. These documents are from the 1500s and 1600s and I think will be helpful in looking at my families there.
I moved on to the Cheatle family at Ashby de la Zouch. I had photographed the baptism of my 3x great grandmother Sarah and saved that one to her file. I then prepared a chart of all the Cheatle wills in Leicester noting that all the Cheatle families in the 1600s and early 1700s lived within 10 miles of Loughborough. Reviewed the Leicestershire Records Office webpage and I am able to purchase parish register fiche so have inquired about purchasing Loughborough, Long Whatton and Castle Donnington from the earliest to 1800. Perhaps I will hear tomorrow as to the number of fiche this will entail.
My order for the Devon fiche was received today and the fiche are now ordered. I will receive these in the next six weeks. This should give me some new thoughts on my family lines in Devon before 1750. I will also be able to add to my Pincombe one name study.
With the Cheatle family I had the confusion of three William Cheatles having children at Ashby de la Zouch in the 1790s - at least it appeared there were three. One married to a Sarah, one married to an Ann and one married to an Elizabeth. Reading the register at Salt Lake City I was able to show that there were indeed three William Cheatle and that it wasn't a matter of one wife dying and his remarrying. While I was pursuing this information I discovered a will for one of the Cheatle families at Ashby de la Zouch on The National Archives site. I downloaded this and it helped to prove that two of the lines at Ashby de la Zouch were brothers (not mine) and the third was not mentioned in the will. Could still be related but not siblings.
Tomorrow I will switch to the material that I collected for the Andover Manor, the Upper Clatford Manor and a couple of smaller manors. These documents are from the 1500s and 1600s and I think will be helpful in looking at my families there.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Results of Research at Salt Lake City - 16 Nov 2008
I am continuing to transcribe the information that I accumulated at Salt Lake City. I have now completed the Protestation Returns for Devon (1641-1642) and a quick sort revealed a total of 23 Pincombe/Pencombe/Pinkcombe signers with 1 Bartholomew, 1 Henry, 3 John, 2 Philip, 3 Richard, 4 Robert, 1 Roger, 4 Thomas, and 4 William. The locations include: 2 Abbotsham, 1 Alwington, 1 Great Torrington, 4 Bishops Nympton, 3 Chittlehampton, 3 Chulmleigh, 1 Knowstone, 3 North Molton, 2 Satterleigh, and 3 South Molton. Thus giving us a cluster of Abbotsham, Alwington and Great Torrington and a cluster of Chulmleigh, North and South Molton, Bishops Nympton, Knowstone, Satterleigh and Chittlehampton, The Tax Rolls for Devon 1544-1545 include 10 Pencombe/Pincombe/Pinkcombe listings including 1 Alice (widow of Thomas), 1 Christopher, 2 John, 1 Philip, 3 Richard, 1 Thomas and 1 William. The 1581 tax subsidy lists 9 Pincombe heads including 1 Christopher, 1 Edward, 1 Emma, 3 John, 2 Richard and 1 William. The Hearth Tax of 1664 lists only 1 William at Filleigh. The Hearth Tax of 1674 lists 1 Richard, 2 Thomas and 2 William.
With the addition of the Protestation Returns we have a fuller picture of the Pincombe famly which is known to have arrived at North Molton/South Molton in 1485 with Lord de la Zouch - perhaps they received this land because of their loyalty at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Queen Elizabeth I later appointed John Pincombe, South Molton, as the Sheriff of South Molton (1598). He was the Pincombe who bore the coat of arms attributed to this family. My suspicion is that the Pincombe member who arrived in 1485 likely had two sons with him and it is these two sons from whom the Pincombe family of Devon is descended (lending credence is the distribution of family members in the Protestation Returns with two distinct groups - one centered around Barnstaple and the other around South Molton). The elder son probably settled in the South Molton area as an adult and then his descendants were found at Barnstaple/Bideford with the other son at North Molton and his descendants were found at North Molton/South Molton/East Buckland/Bishops and Kings Nymptons in the 1500s. Looking at the 1544-1545 tax subsidy the locations include: 1 Bideford, 1 East Buckland, 2 Kings Nympton, 3 North Molton, 2 South Molton and 1 Tawstock. Family lore says that the Pincombe family initially at South Molton did move to the Torrington/Roborough/Barnstaple/Bideford area in the 1500s. Our DNA study thus far includes just one person who traces back to the Bideford area and he matches an online Pincombe result at ysearch 23.5/25 who is known to be a descendant of the North Molton/Bishops Nympton family. Hopefully, this winter I will complete my conversion of the earlier data to my Legacy one name Pincombe study file.
I have now begun my transcription of the Rugeley Poor Tax Rate looking for my Welsh/Brockhouse/Lea/Linn/Wood/Diram family lines. These interesting records from 1783 also include the overseer Account book. Thus far I have entered 208 properties with likely another 700 listed. I did not realize how large Rugeley was in the 1700s. It is a mystery to me the occupation of my ancestors although I suspect the Welsh family were Innkeepers. This transcription will occupy me for another week since I collected several years worth of data.
I spent a short period of time reviewing the Parish Registers for Rugeley and need to incorporate this information into my Family Legacy file. I rather think that I will put my Lambden one name study into hibernation since I have not had time to pursue it at all. Perhaps even withdrawing my commitment will result in someone else taking it on. Doing the Siderfin and Pincombe one name family studies is likely all that I can manage at the moment.
With the addition of the Protestation Returns we have a fuller picture of the Pincombe famly which is known to have arrived at North Molton/South Molton in 1485 with Lord de la Zouch - perhaps they received this land because of their loyalty at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Queen Elizabeth I later appointed John Pincombe, South Molton, as the Sheriff of South Molton (1598). He was the Pincombe who bore the coat of arms attributed to this family. My suspicion is that the Pincombe member who arrived in 1485 likely had two sons with him and it is these two sons from whom the Pincombe family of Devon is descended (lending credence is the distribution of family members in the Protestation Returns with two distinct groups - one centered around Barnstaple and the other around South Molton). The elder son probably settled in the South Molton area as an adult and then his descendants were found at Barnstaple/Bideford with the other son at North Molton and his descendants were found at North Molton/South Molton/East Buckland/Bishops and Kings Nymptons in the 1500s. Looking at the 1544-1545 tax subsidy the locations include: 1 Bideford, 1 East Buckland, 2 Kings Nympton, 3 North Molton, 2 South Molton and 1 Tawstock. Family lore says that the Pincombe family initially at South Molton did move to the Torrington/Roborough/Barnstaple/Bideford area in the 1500s. Our DNA study thus far includes just one person who traces back to the Bideford area and he matches an online Pincombe result at ysearch 23.5/25 who is known to be a descendant of the North Molton/Bishops Nympton family. Hopefully, this winter I will complete my conversion of the earlier data to my Legacy one name Pincombe study file.
I have now begun my transcription of the Rugeley Poor Tax Rate looking for my Welsh/Brockhouse/Lea/Linn/Wood/Diram family lines. These interesting records from 1783 also include the overseer Account book. Thus far I have entered 208 properties with likely another 700 listed. I did not realize how large Rugeley was in the 1700s. It is a mystery to me the occupation of my ancestors although I suspect the Welsh family were Innkeepers. This transcription will occupy me for another week since I collected several years worth of data.
I spent a short period of time reviewing the Parish Registers for Rugeley and need to incorporate this information into my Family Legacy file. I rather think that I will put my Lambden one name study into hibernation since I have not had time to pursue it at all. Perhaps even withdrawing my commitment will result in someone else taking it on. Doing the Siderfin and Pincombe one name family studies is likely all that I can manage at the moment.
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