It is interesting to look at the past year of my life and my research for they are forever entwined. I entered this past year with back trouble resulting from two falls about two weeks apart. I learned a great deal about my character as a result of those falls. I can be an absolutely very stubborn person and it was that absolute stubbornness that resulted in my basically standing for six months whenever I was awake and thus my back healed with careful exercises which initially did not appear to be working although I have done my yoga exercises for over 45 years. I had to finetune them to work with a healing back and so I did and the net result was amazing in retrospect. Six months after the accident I was able to return slowly to my research and sitting at the computer for longer than a couple of minutes. I still did do some research but not to any great extent. It gave me a great deal of time to think about where my research was going and the activities with which I was involved. The two were in a hopeless collision that I had to resolve and it took me the other six months to resolve that and to train my mind not to become involved in projects that did not directly lead to more information on my two one name studies or to enhancing my own family research. It has been difficult to keep myself from becoming distracted by other interesting ideas but as I turn 70 in just a couple of days I think that I am now facing forward and thinking clearly in terms of how to accomplish the most out of my research days to both compliment my one name studies which do quite fascinate me and my own family research which has changed in some ways this past year.
First of all, my DNA studies are now completely integrated with my family research. Although I still do all that paper research (while mostly microfilm records either online or as fiche that I have purchased), I am now looking keenly at all the autosomal data that I have accumulated by testing both myself and my brother at most of the companies. Me, I am tested at every main company except for National Genographic 2.0 and Britains DNA and my brother is tested at every company except AncestryDNA which I intend to resolve in the next month or so. I am somewhat overwhelmed with dna data at the moment and about to get another deluge of information from 23 and Me so will wait on that test for another month. I also want to do the Full Genome of my brother who has been so willing to be tested. He has been grand. But now I am able to produce these interesting tables combining all the companies results and my known cousins and triangulate results to give me a peek into the past.
Secondly, I have determined that five years is the length of time that I will spend on the Blake and Pincombe one name studies. I will still maintain them after that date but I will not actively research other lines than my own after I am 75 years of age. I hope that in the five years I will find someone younger/willing to take on the one name studies and give them all my acquired material or I will donate it to a local repository to be available to anyone who wishes to use it.
Thirdly, I will from now on have a 52 ancestor challenge beginning each new year where I selectively work on family lines - next year is already dedicated to the 4x great grandparents of our grandchildren and many other grandchildren as their descendants number in the tens of thousands on their French Canadian side and their Colonial American side. My side, English, has considerly less descendants due to very small families in some of my lines that went on to produce offspring. The two World Wars were particularly hard on many of my family lines in the southern part of England. But even before that I have a number of only children in lines in more than one generation.
Fourthly, I need to plan (with my husband of course) several research trips directed at learning as much as I can about several lines that are quite veiled to me although the DNA results are certainly showing that I am looking in the right direction. I just need to read what is available in a couple of particular repositories.
Fifthly, I have a couple of large scanning projects that I want to complete this next year. I will redo my calendar to suit these changes in my thoughts. I will turn two half days into scanning days.
Since my dedicated research days on particular family lines (namely Monday although that occasionally comes a little earlier) is not involved with my own family lines I need to have some "spare time" built into my calendar plan to accommodate DNA research with respect to my personal family lines. I have started to write to cousins to see if I can persuade any of them to test for particular lines. My mother's side now has a couple of interesting results that let me look back into her lines but I still have very little on my father's side of close family relatives so that I have a control group to look at other matches as they drop into my various matches at the many companies. He was an only child and I only have a few 2nd cousins on his side.
For the remainder of this year, I will continue working on my 4x great grandparents - Jane Morgan is to come and I know very little about her. That will just be luck I think finding out more about Thomas Rawlin's wife's line. Then on to the Lywood family which has been well researched by Warwick Lywood with his one name study although the name of George Lywood's wife is Elizabeth Lanham rather than Canham which was a rather great find earlier in the year. Then my Peck line and Martha Peck's father was unknown and remains that way - was he a Napoleonic soldier? a great unknown but Elizabeth Peck will be written about. Then John Rew the grandfather of Elizabeth Rew my 2x great grandmother married to John Pincombe, the emigrant, and staying with the Pincombe theme I will look at Philip Rowcliffe father of Elizabeth Rowcliffe married to Robert Pincombe and Mary Charley my 4x great grandmother and mother of Robert Pincombe. Then back to Somerset and Grace Kent married to Robert Siderfin is my next 4x great grandparent. Up to the East riding of Yorkshire to write about Robert Gray and Jane Hilton my 4x great grandparents whose grandson Robert Gray Junior was my emigrant ancestor in that line. Their son Robert married Elizabeth Cobb and my next 4x great grandfather was her father John Cobb of Kilnwick ERY. Then finally on the homeward trek I reach into the family lines of my maternal grandmother looking at her grandmother's Welch family. John Welch married Margaret Brockhouse 16 Feb 1783 at Rugeley Staffordshire and they are my 4x great grandparents. My 2x great grandmother Ann Welch's maternal grandparents were William Cheatle and likely Sarah Woodcock married 23 Feb 1773 at Castle Donington. A recent DNA match may help to prove this line. Then the last ancestor challenge of the year is my unknown Taylor line written up something like I wrote up unknown Buller quite a while ago now. I suspect he is the father of Samuel Taylor married to Ann Lewis Harborne and one of these days I think the DNA matches will tell me part of that story. Was he Irish? I am curious about that as his wife was English going back another three generations. It will be an interesting last post of the year to write. That gives me a total of 16 4x great grandparents to write about in the 52 Ancestor Challenge and there are 16 weeks remaining. And Challenge 36 was published for this week - William Dove.
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Monday, September 7, 2015
Friday, December 13, 2013
Will of John Blake, Esquire of New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1386/193, probated 9 Feb 1803
John Blake is the testator and already know as the father of Ann Blake who left her will dated 11 Mar 1812 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html
John, the testator, names his wife as Margaret whereas online trees suggest that the wife of John Blake was Sarah Cartwright (second name of the eldest son John was Cartwright) but John could have married a second time (could not locate any information in that regard). John identifies his children as John Cartwright Blake, Robert Blake, Ann Blake, Margaret (married to Edward Addicott Kitson) and Henrietta (married to Charles William Shuckburg stated in Ann’s will). This does prove that the book A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2, by John Burke was correct in naming Henrietta’s father as John.
A couple of items mentioned in the will below:
Map online of Brichin Lane and the Coffee Houses located thereon.
http://mapco.net/cornhill/fire.htm
The Carolina Coffee House can be found in “A Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of London, by Guildhall Library (Forgotten Books), page 4 (available online):
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFMQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenbooks.org%2Fdownload_pdf%2FA_Catalogue_of_the_Library_of_the_Corporation_of_London_1000291447.pdf&ei=VfypUoiYDsu9qAGa0oCIBA&usg=AFQjCNF-az_MXtbLN4P2GqK6tuf6nXcG9Q&sig2=Z8yefq9eNjFa_bya2C6Dcw&bvm=bv.57967247,d.aWM
How does this family link in with others at New Sarum? Are they a Wiltshire Blake family?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1386/193
Testator: John Blake, Esquire
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1798, probated 9 Feb 1803
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me John Blake of the City of
3 New Sarum in the County of wilts Gentleman
4 whilst I am of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
5 which I make and ordain in manner following
6 (that is to say) I give to my Eldest Son John
7 Cartwright Blake the Sum of One hundred
8 pounds and my best Ring with a yellow Stone
9 set round with diamonds Also I give and devise
10 unto my Son Robert Blake and my Son in Law
11 The Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson all that
12 my Freehold Messuage or Tenement at
13 Twickenham in the County of Middlesex late in
14 my own occupation and also all my Freehold
15 and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements and
16 Gardens in the said City of New Sarum now
17 in my own occupation and also all that
18 Freehold Messuage or Ten[ement] called the Bell Inn
19 in
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20 in New Sarum aforesaid and also all my
21 Freehold and Leasehold Estates at West Grimstead
22 in the said County of Wilts and also all that my
23 Freehold Messuage at Brentford in the County
24 of Middlesex lately purchased by me of Charles
25 Woodcock Esquire To hold unto and to the use of
26 the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
27 Kitson their heirs Executors Administrators and
28 Assigns according to my Estate and Interest
29 therein respectively upon the Trusts hereinafter
30 mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto the
31 said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson
32 their Executors Administrators and Assigns all that
33 my Farm and Land at Hampton in Arden in the
34 County of Warwick which I hold by Lease under the
35 Crown and all my right and Interest therein To hold
36 unto the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
37 Kitson their Executors Administrators and Assigns
38 upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to
39 say) upon Trust to Convey Sell and dispose of the
40 same several Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or
41 Tenements and Premises hereinbefore mentioned
42 as soon as may be after my decease in such
43 manner and at such times as my said Trustees
44 shall see fit and as to the Money arising from
45 such several Sales upon Trust to apply the issue
46 in such manner and for such purposes as herein
47 after directed of and concerning the Residue of my
48 Personal Estate and I hereby direct that the Receipt
49 or Receipts of my said Trustees and the Survivor
50 of them his heirs Executors and Administrators
51 shall be good and sufficient discharges from time
52 to time to the respective purchasers of my said
53 Freehold and Leasehold Estates and all the respective
54 purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the
55 application thereof nor be answerable for the nonapplication of misapplication thereof Also I give and bequeath to
56 my Wife Margaret Blake the Sum of three
57 hundred pounds to be paid her as soon as may be
58 after my decease Also I give and bequeath to my
59 said Son Robert Blake the sum of One hundred
60 pounds which stand insured on his life on
61 Policy Number sixty six in the Society of Annuitants
62 increasing by Survivorship kept at the Carolina
63 Coffee House in Birchin Lane Also I give to my
64 daughter Ann a life Sum of one hundred pounds
65 which stands insured on her life by a Policy
66 Number Sixty two in the said Society Also I give
67 to my daughter Margaret the like Sum of one
68 hundred pounds which I have put on her life in
69 the Richmond Bridge Tontine Also I give to my
70 daughter Henrietta the like Sum of one hundred
71 pounds which I have put upon her life in the
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72 Kew Bridge Tontine Also I give unto my said
73 Wife the two hundred pounds which I have placed
74 on her life in the same Tontine and the several
75 Annuities payable in respect thereof Also I give
76 unto my said Wife for her own use all my
77 Household Goods Furniture Books Prints Liquors
78 other things ready Money Bank and Bankers Notes
79 in and about my said dwelling house Also I give
80 and bequeath to Mr Charles Millett the Sum of
81 Fifty pounds as a token of my regard for him and
82 hope he will be assistant to my Trustees Also I give
83 devise and bequeath unto my said Trustees their heirs
84 and Assigns all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock
85 in the County of Dorset held by me for the lives of my
86 three daughters under a Lease from the dean and
87 Chapter of Sarum and all my Estate and Interest
88 therein To hold unto and to the use of the said Robert
89 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson their heirs and
90 assigns upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned
91 concerning the same (that is to say) upon Trust to pay
92 the Rents and profits thereof or otherwise permit and
93 Suffer the same to be received by my said Wife
94 Margaret Blake for and during her life and from
95 and after her decease Upon Trust to convey the said
96 Estate unto my said three daughters Ann Margaret
97 and Henrietta their heirs and Assigns equally to be
98 divided between them share and share alike provided
99 always and my Mind and Will is that if either of the
100 said three lives shall die in the life time of my said
101 wife it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
102 Trustees by and out of the Money arising from the
103 Sale of my other Estates hereby directed to be sold to
104 pay the Fine and Fees for adding a new life or lives
105 in the said Rectory and Manor of Poorstock upon
106 the Trusts hereinbefore mentioned concerning the same
107 Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
108 Ann Blake the Sum of two thousand pounds with
109 Interest for the same at five per cent per annum
110 from the day of my death and as to all the Rest
111 and Residue of my Personal Estate and of the
112 Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold and
113 Leasehold Estates hereby made Saleable after
114 payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences
115 I give and bequeath the same to the said Robert
116 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson In Trust to
117 divide and pay the same unto and equally between
118 my said Son Robert Blake and my said three
119 daughters Ann Margaret and Henrietta and I
120 nominate and appoint my said Wife Margaret
121 Blake and my said Son and Daughter Robert Blake
122 and Ann Blake Executors of this my Will hereby
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123 revoking all other Wills by me before made and I
124 declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
125 witness whereof I the said John Blake have to this
126 my last Will and Testament contained in this and
127 the two preceding sheets of paper and also to a
128 duplicate thereof of the same tenor and date to
129 the two first sheets set my hand and to this third
130 and last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal the twenty
131 Fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord One
132 thousand seven hundred and ninety eight John
133 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
134 by the said Testator John Blake as and for his
135 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
136 have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in
137 the presence of the said Testator and of each other
138 Lewis Sansom Wm B____ S W Chubb
139 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
140 of me John Blake at the City of New Sarum
141 Gentleman whereas my Son Robert Blake is in a
142 very prosperous way of Business I therefore revoke the
143 bequest to him in and by my will of one fourth part
144 or share of the Residue of my Personal Estate and
145 of the Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold
146 and Leasehold Estates thereby made Saleable and I
147 do hereby will that the Trustees therein named shall
148 pay unto my Wife Margaret Blake the Interest
149 and proceeds of such fourth part of share during
150 her life and after her decease I give and bequeath
151 the same part of share unto my said Son Robert
152 Blake his Executors Administrators and Assigns
153 Also I revoke the bequest in my said Will to my
154 Eldest Son of my best Ring with a Yellow Stone set
155 round with diamonds and I give and bequeath
156 the same unto my said Son Robert Blake In
157 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
158 Seal the tenth day of February in the Year of our
159 Lord One thousand eight hundred and one John
160 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
161 by the Testator John Blake as and for a Codicil to
162 his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
163 who have subscribed our names as witnesses as
164 thereto in the presence of the said
165 Testator and of each other Jno Wm Carrington
166 Lewis Sansom Thos Chub
167 This Will was proved at London with a
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168 Codicil the ninth day of February in the year of
169 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three before
170 the Right honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
171 doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
172 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
173 by the Oaths of Margaret Blake widow the Relict
174 of the deceased Ann Blake Spinster the Daughter
175 and Robert Blake the Son of the said deceased and
176 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
177 Administration of all and singular the Goods
178 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
179 granted they having been first sworn (that is to say)
180 the said Margaret Blake and Ann Blake by
181 Commission and the said Robert Blake Esquire
182 before the Worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws
183 and Surrogate of the said Commissary duly to Adm[iniste]r
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html
John, the testator, names his wife as Margaret whereas online trees suggest that the wife of John Blake was Sarah Cartwright (second name of the eldest son John was Cartwright) but John could have married a second time (could not locate any information in that regard). John identifies his children as John Cartwright Blake, Robert Blake, Ann Blake, Margaret (married to Edward Addicott Kitson) and Henrietta (married to Charles William Shuckburg stated in Ann’s will). This does prove that the book A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2, by John Burke was correct in naming Henrietta’s father as John.
A couple of items mentioned in the will below:
Map online of Brichin Lane and the Coffee Houses located thereon.
http://mapco.net/cornhill/fire.htm
The Carolina Coffee House can be found in “A Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of London, by Guildhall Library (Forgotten Books), page 4 (available online):
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFMQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenbooks.org%2Fdownload_pdf%2FA_Catalogue_of_the_Library_of_the_Corporation_of_London_1000291447.pdf&ei=VfypUoiYDsu9qAGa0oCIBA&usg=AFQjCNF-az_MXtbLN4P2GqK6tuf6nXcG9Q&sig2=Z8yefq9eNjFa_bya2C6Dcw&bvm=bv.57967247,d.aWM
How does this family link in with others at New Sarum? Are they a Wiltshire Blake family?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1386/193
Testator: John Blake, Esquire
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1798, probated 9 Feb 1803
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me John Blake of the City of
3 New Sarum in the County of wilts Gentleman
4 whilst I am of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
5 which I make and ordain in manner following
6 (that is to say) I give to my Eldest Son John
7 Cartwright Blake the Sum of One hundred
8 pounds and my best Ring with a yellow Stone
9 set round with diamonds Also I give and devise
10 unto my Son Robert Blake and my Son in Law
11 The Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson all that
12 my Freehold Messuage or Tenement at
13 Twickenham in the County of Middlesex late in
14 my own occupation and also all my Freehold
15 and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements and
16 Gardens in the said City of New Sarum now
17 in my own occupation and also all that
18 Freehold Messuage or Ten[ement] called the Bell Inn
19 in
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20 in New Sarum aforesaid and also all my
21 Freehold and Leasehold Estates at West Grimstead
22 in the said County of Wilts and also all that my
23 Freehold Messuage at Brentford in the County
24 of Middlesex lately purchased by me of Charles
25 Woodcock Esquire To hold unto and to the use of
26 the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
27 Kitson their heirs Executors Administrators and
28 Assigns according to my Estate and Interest
29 therein respectively upon the Trusts hereinafter
30 mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto the
31 said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson
32 their Executors Administrators and Assigns all that
33 my Farm and Land at Hampton in Arden in the
34 County of Warwick which I hold by Lease under the
35 Crown and all my right and Interest therein To hold
36 unto the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
37 Kitson their Executors Administrators and Assigns
38 upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to
39 say) upon Trust to Convey Sell and dispose of the
40 same several Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or
41 Tenements and Premises hereinbefore mentioned
42 as soon as may be after my decease in such
43 manner and at such times as my said Trustees
44 shall see fit and as to the Money arising from
45 such several Sales upon Trust to apply the issue
46 in such manner and for such purposes as herein
47 after directed of and concerning the Residue of my
48 Personal Estate and I hereby direct that the Receipt
49 or Receipts of my said Trustees and the Survivor
50 of them his heirs Executors and Administrators
51 shall be good and sufficient discharges from time
52 to time to the respective purchasers of my said
53 Freehold and Leasehold Estates and all the respective
54 purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the
55 application thereof nor be answerable for the nonapplication of misapplication thereof Also I give and bequeath to
56 my Wife Margaret Blake the Sum of three
57 hundred pounds to be paid her as soon as may be
58 after my decease Also I give and bequeath to my
59 said Son Robert Blake the sum of One hundred
60 pounds which stand insured on his life on
61 Policy Number sixty six in the Society of Annuitants
62 increasing by Survivorship kept at the Carolina
63 Coffee House in Birchin Lane Also I give to my
64 daughter Ann a life Sum of one hundred pounds
65 which stands insured on her life by a Policy
66 Number Sixty two in the said Society Also I give
67 to my daughter Margaret the like Sum of one
68 hundred pounds which I have put on her life in
69 the Richmond Bridge Tontine Also I give to my
70 daughter Henrietta the like Sum of one hundred
71 pounds which I have put upon her life in the
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72 Kew Bridge Tontine Also I give unto my said
73 Wife the two hundred pounds which I have placed
74 on her life in the same Tontine and the several
75 Annuities payable in respect thereof Also I give
76 unto my said Wife for her own use all my
77 Household Goods Furniture Books Prints Liquors
78 other things ready Money Bank and Bankers Notes
79 in and about my said dwelling house Also I give
80 and bequeath to Mr Charles Millett the Sum of
81 Fifty pounds as a token of my regard for him and
82 hope he will be assistant to my Trustees Also I give
83 devise and bequeath unto my said Trustees their heirs
84 and Assigns all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock
85 in the County of Dorset held by me for the lives of my
86 three daughters under a Lease from the dean and
87 Chapter of Sarum and all my Estate and Interest
88 therein To hold unto and to the use of the said Robert
89 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson their heirs and
90 assigns upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned
91 concerning the same (that is to say) upon Trust to pay
92 the Rents and profits thereof or otherwise permit and
93 Suffer the same to be received by my said Wife
94 Margaret Blake for and during her life and from
95 and after her decease Upon Trust to convey the said
96 Estate unto my said three daughters Ann Margaret
97 and Henrietta their heirs and Assigns equally to be
98 divided between them share and share alike provided
99 always and my Mind and Will is that if either of the
100 said three lives shall die in the life time of my said
101 wife it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
102 Trustees by and out of the Money arising from the
103 Sale of my other Estates hereby directed to be sold to
104 pay the Fine and Fees for adding a new life or lives
105 in the said Rectory and Manor of Poorstock upon
106 the Trusts hereinbefore mentioned concerning the same
107 Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
108 Ann Blake the Sum of two thousand pounds with
109 Interest for the same at five per cent per annum
110 from the day of my death and as to all the Rest
111 and Residue of my Personal Estate and of the
112 Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold and
113 Leasehold Estates hereby made Saleable after
114 payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences
115 I give and bequeath the same to the said Robert
116 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson In Trust to
117 divide and pay the same unto and equally between
118 my said Son Robert Blake and my said three
119 daughters Ann Margaret and Henrietta and I
120 nominate and appoint my said Wife Margaret
121 Blake and my said Son and Daughter Robert Blake
122 and Ann Blake Executors of this my Will hereby
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123 revoking all other Wills by me before made and I
124 declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
125 witness whereof I the said John Blake have to this
126 my last Will and Testament contained in this and
127 the two preceding sheets of paper and also to a
128 duplicate thereof of the same tenor and date to
129 the two first sheets set my hand and to this third
130 and last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal the twenty
131 Fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord One
132 thousand seven hundred and ninety eight John
133 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
134 by the said Testator John Blake as and for his
135 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
136 have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in
137 the presence of the said Testator and of each other
138 Lewis Sansom Wm B____ S W Chubb
139 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
140 of me John Blake at the City of New Sarum
141 Gentleman whereas my Son Robert Blake is in a
142 very prosperous way of Business I therefore revoke the
143 bequest to him in and by my will of one fourth part
144 or share of the Residue of my Personal Estate and
145 of the Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold
146 and Leasehold Estates thereby made Saleable and I
147 do hereby will that the Trustees therein named shall
148 pay unto my Wife Margaret Blake the Interest
149 and proceeds of such fourth part of share during
150 her life and after her decease I give and bequeath
151 the same part of share unto my said Son Robert
152 Blake his Executors Administrators and Assigns
153 Also I revoke the bequest in my said Will to my
154 Eldest Son of my best Ring with a Yellow Stone set
155 round with diamonds and I give and bequeath
156 the same unto my said Son Robert Blake In
157 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
158 Seal the tenth day of February in the Year of our
159 Lord One thousand eight hundred and one John
160 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
161 by the Testator John Blake as and for a Codicil to
162 his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
163 who have subscribed our names as witnesses as
164 thereto in the presence of the said
165 Testator and of each other Jno Wm Carrington
166 Lewis Sansom Thos Chub
167 This Will was proved at London with a
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168 Codicil the ninth day of February in the year of
169 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three before
170 the Right honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
171 doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
172 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
173 by the Oaths of Margaret Blake widow the Relict
174 of the deceased Ann Blake Spinster the Daughter
175 and Robert Blake the Son of the said deceased and
176 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
177 Administration of all and singular the Goods
178 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
179 granted they having been first sworn (that is to say)
180 the said Margaret Blake and Ann Blake by
181 Commission and the said Robert Blake Esquire
182 before the Worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws
183 and Surrogate of the said Commissary duly to Adm[iniste]r
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Woodcock of Castle-Donnington
Looking at this family is a curiosity for me since it is the only William Cheatle marriage to a Sarah that I find in the IGI or the BVRII.
William Cheatle married to Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773 at Castle Donnington. This is possibly the Sarah Woodcock baptized 10 Apr 1748 at Castle Donnington as the daughter of John Woodcock and Elizabeth Stevenson who were married 23 Dec 1747 at Melton Mowbray. This is possibly the William Cheatle baptized 7 Jan 1752 at Loughborough as the son of William Cheatle and Elizabeth Adcock who were married 29 Mar 1749 at Loughborough with William being baptized 1 Jan 1702 at Loughborough. All very speculative and I will be including these thoughts as I research the Cheatle family in the parish registers of Castle Donington and Loughborough both of which I purchased over three years ago but have scarcely looked at. This will be my incentive to dig into those registers.
William Cheatle married to Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773 at Castle Donnington. This is possibly the Sarah Woodcock baptized 10 Apr 1748 at Castle Donnington as the daughter of John Woodcock and Elizabeth Stevenson who were married 23 Dec 1747 at Melton Mowbray. This is possibly the William Cheatle baptized 7 Jan 1752 at Loughborough as the son of William Cheatle and Elizabeth Adcock who were married 29 Mar 1749 at Loughborough with William being baptized 1 Jan 1702 at Loughborough. All very speculative and I will be including these thoughts as I research the Cheatle family in the parish registers of Castle Donington and Loughborough both of which I purchased over three years ago but have scarcely looked at. This will be my incentive to dig into those registers.
Cheatle at Ashby de la Zouch and possibly Castle Donnington
Sarah Cheatle married William Welch 24 Aug 1818 at Longdon by Lichfield as mentioned in the Welch blog yesterday. One of the witnesses at the wedding was William Cheatle. On the census Sarah always stated her place of birth as Ashby de la Zouch and the year was generally 1795. There is a baptism 27 Jan 1795 at Ashby de la Zouch of Sarah Cheatle daughter of William and Sarah Cheatle. Sarah died at Aston, Warwickshire 26 Jul 1872.
The Cheatle family is a small one on the census and having not looked at this family on Find My Past for awhile I will spend my research time today looking at the Cheatle family there. Unfortunately Leicestershire records CMBs are not yet up on Find My Past. Looking at the spelling of Cheatle plus variants 10% use the Cheatle spelling. Eventually I expect there will be CMBs on Leicester on FMP.
Looking at Leicestershire record office, I searched their catalogue (ongoing in terms of material entered in) but did not find anything helpful yet. There were five entries for Cheatle and 47 for Woodcock. I am checking Woodcock because of the interesting marriage of William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773 at Castle Donington. A few years ago I purchased the parish registers for Castle Donnington and Loughborough on fiche to have a look at the Cheatle families in these areas. I need to purchase more fiche and will do that on the next research day.
I did extract all the Cheatle entries that I found in the time period around the baptism of Sarah Cheatle at Ashby de la Zouch (1785 to 1804):
Baptisms
27 Jun 1785 Benjamin son of Benjamin Cheatle baptized
16 Apr 1787 Richard son of Benjamin and Mary Cheatle baptized
30 Sep 1789 Sarah Cheatle daughter of William and Ann Cheatle
27 Sep 1790 Ann Cheatle daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
19 Sep 1790 John Cheatle son of Benjamin and Catherine baptized
15 Jun 1790 Simeon son of George and Ann Cheatle baptized
27 Dec 1791 Joseph son of Benjamin and Catherine Cheatle baptized
8 Apr 1793 William son of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
17 June 1794 James son of Benjamin and Mary Cheatle baptized
10 Nov 1793 Sarah daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Cheatle baptized
24 Jun 1794 Mary daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
9 June 1802 William, Elizabeth and Frances son and daughters of William and Ann Cheatle baptized
27 Jan 1795 Sarah baptized daughter of William and Sarah Cheatle
28 Mar 1804 Catherine daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
21 Sep 1804 Catharine daughter of Benjamin and Catharine Cheatle baptized
Marriages
6 March 1786 William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin both of this parish by banns
28 April 1788 Benjamin Cheatle and Katherine Adams both of this parish by banns
12 Apr 1792 Joseph Cheatle and Elizabeth Hefford both of this parish by banns
Burials
28 Aug 1781 Sarah Cheatle buried
11 April 1790 Ann Cheatle buried
31 May 1793 Sarah Cheatle buried
7 June 1793 John Cheatle buried
1803 Joseph Cheatle buried
30 Dec 1804 Catherine Cheatle buried
8 Oct 1805 Elizabeth Cheatle buried
7 Feb 1 807 Thomas Cheatle buried
20 Apr 1808 Ann Chettle buried
15 Mar 1808 Catharine Cheatle buried
11 Sep 1810 Benjamin Cheatle buried
28 Nov 1818 Elizabeth Cheatle buried 55 years
1818 Mary Cheatle buried 24 years
I learned a little from this extraction. Only three Sarahs were baptized in this time period and two of them had father George or Benjamin. Neither of these names were repeated in the family later. Sarah baptized in 1789 I eliminated as simply being too early she would have been 31 at her marriage which was possible but Sarah Cheatle Welch in the census always gave a date of birth around 1795 or within one year of that date. The person witnessing her marriage was William Cheatle and there are three possibilities for a father William - William married to Ann, William married to Sarah and William married to Elizabeth. William married to Ann is the father of Sarah baptized in 1789 so eliminated him. William married to Elizabeth; all of their children appear to have been baptized at Ashby de la Zouch following their marriage at Ashby de la Zouch in 1786 and they were an Ann, a William and a Catherine. Although given the spread in dates it was possible but Sarah Cheatle Welch always said she was born at Ashby de la Zouch. That left me with Sarah baptized in 1795 as the daughter of William and Sarah Cheatle (they were not married at Ashby de la Zouch at least as far back as 1780. There are also two Williams baptized who could have been witnesses in 1818; William son of William and Elizabeth and William son of William and Ann. Neither of these two appeared to have named a daughter Sarah though.
I received some interesting information from another Cheatle researcher:
Ashby de la Zouch Directory in 1855
Benjamin Cheatle, farmer and butcher, Wood street
Cheatle James, butcher, Market street
Cheatle James, farmer, Old park
Cheatle Thomas, farmer and cattle dealer, Holywell farm
Cheatle William, auctioneer, Wood street
Cheatle William, farmer, Mount house
Cheatle William, pork butcher, Kilwardby street
In that the Welch family were owners of eating establishments and my Henry Christopher Buller was a pork butcher this all seems to fit for this family line that they would be known to each other. By 1855 though the father William Cheatle would have died so he is not one of these men. The William Cheatles baptized in the 1790s early 1800s would have been alive possibly so could be these men.
I also received a family chart for the William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin family and she shows an extra daughter Sarah baptized in 1787 but married to a John Taylor which eliminates her anyway. Only the children baptized are shown by her and she has investigated them quite actively. I think I can eliminate myself from that family grouping which eliminates the William baptized in 1793 as well. Although my William could be a cousin to this William as her chart begins with William and Elizabeth so will not eliminate that idea of a relationship between the families as it is a relatively uncommon surname.
As well a directory of 1828 for Ashby de la Zouch lists
Cheatle Benjamin, junior, Wood street, auctioneer
Cheatle Benjamin, Wood St, Butcher
Cheatle James, Market St, Butcher
Cheatle William, Mill lane, Butcher
Putting together family groupings of the baptisms:
William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin married 1786
Sarah baptized 1787 (from researcher)
Ann baptized 1790; buried 1790
William baptized 1793
Catherine baptized 1804
Benjamin Cheatle and Mary married ?
Benjamin baptized 1785
Richard baptized 1787
James baptized 1794
Benjamin Cheatle and Katherine Adams married 1788 (possibly a second marriage)
John baptized 1790; buried 1793
Joseph baptized 1791
Sarah baptized 1793
Catherine baptized 1804; buried 1804
William Cheatle and Ann ?
Sarah baptized 1789; buried 1793
William baptized 1802
Elizabeth baptized 1802
Frances baptized 1802
Joseph Cheatle and Elizabeth Hefford married 1792
Mary baptized 1794; buried 1818
William Cheatle and Sarah married ?
Sarah baptized 1795
George Cheatle and Ann married ?
Simeon baptized 1790
Separating into family lines lets me relate somewhat to the directories but does not tell me which William is mine or whether he remained in Ashby de la Zouch since Sarah married at Longdon by Lichfield in 1818 with a William Cheatle present. My correspondent traces down from William son of William and Elizabeth Cheatle and he had sons William, Thomas, James and Mark and daughters Mary and Sarah. The Sarah is interesting for this family I think but could be quite coincidental. The 1828 directory has one William on Mill Lane and he is a butcher. the 1855 directory has William, Thomas and James all involved with meat in some way or another. My correspondent has found that Benjamin Cheatle married to Mary ? and William Cheatle married to Elizabeth Sherwin were brothers as the youngest child Catherine names Benjamin as her uncle on five post civil registrations.
From another Cheatle researcher I have
Abraham Cheatle of Ashby de la Zouch married to Sarah Tompson of Swebston in 1705 (occuring on page 98 of the register).
Michael Cheatle of Long Whattong marrying Anne Skirmer of Belton in 1717 (located at B 4-33 in the register).
From a set of the fiche of the 1741 Poll book I have transcribed
Hundred Freeholder Freehold
Framland Chettle, Robert Ab Kettleby
Goscote East Twiford Chettle, William Siston
Guthlaxton Knaptoft Chettle, William Kilworth North
Goscote West Donnington Castle Chettle, John Donnington on the Heath
Guthlaxton Walcote Chettle, John Long Whatton
Guthlaxton Walcote Chettle, Michael Belton
Sparkenhoe Ratcliffe Cuiley Chettle, Joseph
Sparkenhoe Witherley Chettle, Richard
From another research the Leicestershire Freeholders book of 1630
Whatton Longe, Michaell Cheatle
and from the 1719 Poll book
Witherley, Richard Cheatle
and from the Goscote West Hundred Freeholders
Beau Manor, Messuage and Land , Elizabeth Cheatle
All of these bits are interesting and might fit together later on but for the moment I have been looking at a marriage for William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock at Castle Donington 23 Feb 1773. It is the only William and Sarah marriage that I have found thus far in the IGI and I will now start going through the Parish Registers that I have purchased thus far. I want to buy Ashby de la Zouch and a couple of others as well and that I will do on the next research day for Cheatle.
William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock married 23 Feb 1773
Mary baptized 28 May 1775
John baptized 27 Oct 1777
Ann baptized 20 May 1780
Sarah baptized 3 Jan 1783
Elizabeth baptized 12 Jan 1786
At Ashby de la Zouch there was a Sarah Cheatle buried 31 May 1793; the priest did not note whether it was a child/adult/wife/ etc. in the register.
Also baptized at Castle Donnington (IGI)
George Cheatle son of John Cheatle and Ann 31 Aug 1760
William Cheatle son of Elizabeth Cheatle 6 May 1807
Marriages at Castle Donnington (IGI)
William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773
Mary Cheatle and David Leevers 6 Jul 1776
Ann Cheatle and Joseph Hays 3 Nov 1778
Mary Cheatle and Francis Rayns 9 Jul 1781
George Cheatle and Mary Smith 3 Dec 1782
Thomas Cheatle and Sarah Marson 16 May 1784
Elizabeth Cheatle and Francis Bailey 31 May 1807
Ann Cheatle and John Stokes 24 Oct 1808
Ann Cheatle and Richard Wright 1 Apr 1811
Mary Cheatle and Thomas Peach 29 Oct 1811
Hannah Cheatle and William Green 27 May 1812
It is not apparent that William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock remained at Castle Donnington.
On the Census of 1841 at at Ratby there is a William Cheatle born about 1776 and a William Cheatle born about 1796 at Ashby de la Zouch looking only at those borne before 1800.
On the census of 1851 there is a William Cheatle married to a Sarah with birth year about 1786 at Castle Donnington but living in Nottingham. There is also a William Cheatle married to Mary born about 1793 at Ashby de la Zouch and living at Ashby de la Zouch. All interesting and wets the appetite to look further but I need something to link the entries to the census and perhaps it would be to look at the land tax assessments and I will investigate to see if that is possible. In the meantime the next research day will see me start to finally look at the fiche for Castle Donnington more out of curiosity since that is the only place I have found a marriage for a William Cheatle to Sarah.
The Cheatle family is a small one on the census and having not looked at this family on Find My Past for awhile I will spend my research time today looking at the Cheatle family there. Unfortunately Leicestershire records CMBs are not yet up on Find My Past. Looking at the spelling of Cheatle plus variants 10% use the Cheatle spelling. Eventually I expect there will be CMBs on Leicester on FMP.
Looking at Leicestershire record office, I searched their catalogue (ongoing in terms of material entered in) but did not find anything helpful yet. There were five entries for Cheatle and 47 for Woodcock. I am checking Woodcock because of the interesting marriage of William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773 at Castle Donington. A few years ago I purchased the parish registers for Castle Donnington and Loughborough on fiche to have a look at the Cheatle families in these areas. I need to purchase more fiche and will do that on the next research day.
I did extract all the Cheatle entries that I found in the time period around the baptism of Sarah Cheatle at Ashby de la Zouch (1785 to 1804):
Baptisms
27 Jun 1785 Benjamin son of Benjamin Cheatle baptized
16 Apr 1787 Richard son of Benjamin and Mary Cheatle baptized
30 Sep 1789 Sarah Cheatle daughter of William and Ann Cheatle
27 Sep 1790 Ann Cheatle daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
19 Sep 1790 John Cheatle son of Benjamin and Catherine baptized
15 Jun 1790 Simeon son of George and Ann Cheatle baptized
27 Dec 1791 Joseph son of Benjamin and Catherine Cheatle baptized
8 Apr 1793 William son of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
17 June 1794 James son of Benjamin and Mary Cheatle baptized
10 Nov 1793 Sarah daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Cheatle baptized
24 Jun 1794 Mary daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
9 June 1802 William, Elizabeth and Frances son and daughters of William and Ann Cheatle baptized
27 Jan 1795 Sarah baptized daughter of William and Sarah Cheatle
28 Mar 1804 Catherine daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheatle baptized
21 Sep 1804 Catharine daughter of Benjamin and Catharine Cheatle baptized
Marriages
6 March 1786 William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin both of this parish by banns
28 April 1788 Benjamin Cheatle and Katherine Adams both of this parish by banns
12 Apr 1792 Joseph Cheatle and Elizabeth Hefford both of this parish by banns
Burials
28 Aug 1781 Sarah Cheatle buried
11 April 1790 Ann Cheatle buried
31 May 1793 Sarah Cheatle buried
7 June 1793 John Cheatle buried
1803 Joseph Cheatle buried
30 Dec 1804 Catherine Cheatle buried
8 Oct 1805 Elizabeth Cheatle buried
7 Feb 1 807 Thomas Cheatle buried
20 Apr 1808 Ann Chettle buried
15 Mar 1808 Catharine Cheatle buried
11 Sep 1810 Benjamin Cheatle buried
28 Nov 1818 Elizabeth Cheatle buried 55 years
1818 Mary Cheatle buried 24 years
I learned a little from this extraction. Only three Sarahs were baptized in this time period and two of them had father George or Benjamin. Neither of these names were repeated in the family later. Sarah baptized in 1789 I eliminated as simply being too early she would have been 31 at her marriage which was possible but Sarah Cheatle Welch in the census always gave a date of birth around 1795 or within one year of that date. The person witnessing her marriage was William Cheatle and there are three possibilities for a father William - William married to Ann, William married to Sarah and William married to Elizabeth. William married to Ann is the father of Sarah baptized in 1789 so eliminated him. William married to Elizabeth; all of their children appear to have been baptized at Ashby de la Zouch following their marriage at Ashby de la Zouch in 1786 and they were an Ann, a William and a Catherine. Although given the spread in dates it was possible but Sarah Cheatle Welch always said she was born at Ashby de la Zouch. That left me with Sarah baptized in 1795 as the daughter of William and Sarah Cheatle (they were not married at Ashby de la Zouch at least as far back as 1780. There are also two Williams baptized who could have been witnesses in 1818; William son of William and Elizabeth and William son of William and Ann. Neither of these two appeared to have named a daughter Sarah though.
I received some interesting information from another Cheatle researcher:
Ashby de la Zouch Directory in 1855
Benjamin Cheatle, farmer and butcher, Wood street
Cheatle James, butcher, Market street
Cheatle James, farmer, Old park
Cheatle Thomas, farmer and cattle dealer, Holywell farm
Cheatle William, auctioneer, Wood street
Cheatle William, farmer, Mount house
Cheatle William, pork butcher, Kilwardby street
In that the Welch family were owners of eating establishments and my Henry Christopher Buller was a pork butcher this all seems to fit for this family line that they would be known to each other. By 1855 though the father William Cheatle would have died so he is not one of these men. The William Cheatles baptized in the 1790s early 1800s would have been alive possibly so could be these men.
I also received a family chart for the William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin family and she shows an extra daughter Sarah baptized in 1787 but married to a John Taylor which eliminates her anyway. Only the children baptized are shown by her and she has investigated them quite actively. I think I can eliminate myself from that family grouping which eliminates the William baptized in 1793 as well. Although my William could be a cousin to this William as her chart begins with William and Elizabeth so will not eliminate that idea of a relationship between the families as it is a relatively uncommon surname.
As well a directory of 1828 for Ashby de la Zouch lists
Cheatle Benjamin, junior, Wood street, auctioneer
Cheatle Benjamin, Wood St, Butcher
Cheatle James, Market St, Butcher
Cheatle William, Mill lane, Butcher
Putting together family groupings of the baptisms:
William Cheatle and Elizabeth Sherwin married 1786
Sarah baptized 1787 (from researcher)
Ann baptized 1790; buried 1790
William baptized 1793
Catherine baptized 1804
Benjamin Cheatle and Mary married ?
Benjamin baptized 1785
Richard baptized 1787
James baptized 1794
Benjamin Cheatle and Katherine Adams married 1788 (possibly a second marriage)
John baptized 1790; buried 1793
Joseph baptized 1791
Sarah baptized 1793
Catherine baptized 1804; buried 1804
William Cheatle and Ann ?
Sarah baptized 1789; buried 1793
William baptized 1802
Elizabeth baptized 1802
Frances baptized 1802
Joseph Cheatle and Elizabeth Hefford married 1792
Mary baptized 1794; buried 1818
William Cheatle and Sarah married ?
Sarah baptized 1795
George Cheatle and Ann married ?
Simeon baptized 1790
Separating into family lines lets me relate somewhat to the directories but does not tell me which William is mine or whether he remained in Ashby de la Zouch since Sarah married at Longdon by Lichfield in 1818 with a William Cheatle present. My correspondent traces down from William son of William and Elizabeth Cheatle and he had sons William, Thomas, James and Mark and daughters Mary and Sarah. The Sarah is interesting for this family I think but could be quite coincidental. The 1828 directory has one William on Mill Lane and he is a butcher. the 1855 directory has William, Thomas and James all involved with meat in some way or another. My correspondent has found that Benjamin Cheatle married to Mary ? and William Cheatle married to Elizabeth Sherwin were brothers as the youngest child Catherine names Benjamin as her uncle on five post civil registrations.
From another Cheatle researcher I have
Abraham Cheatle of Ashby de la Zouch married to Sarah Tompson of Swebston in 1705 (occuring on page 98 of the register).
Michael Cheatle of Long Whattong marrying Anne Skirmer of Belton in 1717 (located at B 4-33 in the register).
From a set of the fiche of the 1741 Poll book I have transcribed
Hundred Freeholder Freehold
Framland Chettle, Robert Ab Kettleby
Goscote East Twiford Chettle, William Siston
Guthlaxton Knaptoft Chettle, William Kilworth North
Goscote West Donnington Castle Chettle, John Donnington on the Heath
Guthlaxton Walcote Chettle, John Long Whatton
Guthlaxton Walcote Chettle, Michael Belton
Sparkenhoe Ratcliffe Cuiley Chettle, Joseph
Sparkenhoe Witherley Chettle, Richard
From another research the Leicestershire Freeholders book of 1630
Whatton Longe, Michaell Cheatle
and from the 1719 Poll book
Witherley, Richard Cheatle
and from the Goscote West Hundred Freeholders
Beau Manor, Messuage and Land , Elizabeth Cheatle
All of these bits are interesting and might fit together later on but for the moment I have been looking at a marriage for William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock at Castle Donington 23 Feb 1773. It is the only William and Sarah marriage that I have found thus far in the IGI and I will now start going through the Parish Registers that I have purchased thus far. I want to buy Ashby de la Zouch and a couple of others as well and that I will do on the next research day for Cheatle.
William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock married 23 Feb 1773
Mary baptized 28 May 1775
John baptized 27 Oct 1777
Ann baptized 20 May 1780
Sarah baptized 3 Jan 1783
Elizabeth baptized 12 Jan 1786
At Ashby de la Zouch there was a Sarah Cheatle buried 31 May 1793; the priest did not note whether it was a child/adult/wife/ etc. in the register.
Also baptized at Castle Donnington (IGI)
George Cheatle son of John Cheatle and Ann 31 Aug 1760
William Cheatle son of Elizabeth Cheatle 6 May 1807
Marriages at Castle Donnington (IGI)
William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock 23 Feb 1773
Mary Cheatle and David Leevers 6 Jul 1776
Ann Cheatle and Joseph Hays 3 Nov 1778
Mary Cheatle and Francis Rayns 9 Jul 1781
George Cheatle and Mary Smith 3 Dec 1782
Thomas Cheatle and Sarah Marson 16 May 1784
Elizabeth Cheatle and Francis Bailey 31 May 1807
Ann Cheatle and John Stokes 24 Oct 1808
Ann Cheatle and Richard Wright 1 Apr 1811
Mary Cheatle and Thomas Peach 29 Oct 1811
Hannah Cheatle and William Green 27 May 1812
It is not apparent that William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock remained at Castle Donnington.
On the Census of 1841 at at Ratby there is a William Cheatle born about 1776 and a William Cheatle born about 1796 at Ashby de la Zouch looking only at those borne before 1800.
On the census of 1851 there is a William Cheatle married to a Sarah with birth year about 1786 at Castle Donnington but living in Nottingham. There is also a William Cheatle married to Mary born about 1793 at Ashby de la Zouch and living at Ashby de la Zouch. All interesting and wets the appetite to look further but I need something to link the entries to the census and perhaps it would be to look at the land tax assessments and I will investigate to see if that is possible. In the meantime the next research day will see me start to finally look at the fiche for Castle Donnington more out of curiosity since that is the only place I have found a marriage for a William Cheatle to Sarah.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Leicestershire Parish Records
I want to start recording my days events at the end of the day that I am discussing. I continued looking at Blake information this morning and reviewing some of the early wills. My next big extraction should be the Blake family at Abbots Ann.
My parish fiche from Leicestershire Record Office arrived today and I still need to order the marriage fiche from Castle Donnington. I looked through the Cheatle baptisms for William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock and discovered that William was a Stockiner (he makes stockings). I have absolutely no information on my Cheatle family other than the baptism of my Sarah Cheatle at Ashby de la Zouch 21 Jan 1795 as the daughter of William Cheatle and his wife Sarah and Sarah's marriage at Longdon by Lichfield 24 Aug 1818 where William Cheatle signed the parish register (as did Sarah Cheatle and her husband William Welch). Would a Stockiner be able to write with a firm clear hand? Probably since he has to keep records. However this William is at Castle Donnington and I need to continue reading the register to see if he is still there up to 1812. I may also order the burial register up to 1837.
The Cheatle name is not a common one which is helpful. The Cheatle family at Ashby de la Zouch has only one child. There is a death of a Sarah Cheatle (no parents stated, no mention of widow status or wife status) and the family at Castle Donnington has a daughter Sarah b 3 Jan 1783. The burials at Ashby de la Zouch do not really give other than the name in most cases unless the child is an infant. There are still other Cheatle families in Leicestershire.
I changed my picture on my webpage. It was from 2001 and now I am up to date.
We showed our pictures to friends today of our English/Scot/Welsh trip (1200 images) and had a quiet dinner. That took up a fair portion of the day but the discussion was good as they have traveled in Europe a fair amount and that is our next trip.
My parish fiche from Leicestershire Record Office arrived today and I still need to order the marriage fiche from Castle Donnington. I looked through the Cheatle baptisms for William Cheatle and Sarah Woodcock and discovered that William was a Stockiner (he makes stockings). I have absolutely no information on my Cheatle family other than the baptism of my Sarah Cheatle at Ashby de la Zouch 21 Jan 1795 as the daughter of William Cheatle and his wife Sarah and Sarah's marriage at Longdon by Lichfield 24 Aug 1818 where William Cheatle signed the parish register (as did Sarah Cheatle and her husband William Welch). Would a Stockiner be able to write with a firm clear hand? Probably since he has to keep records. However this William is at Castle Donnington and I need to continue reading the register to see if he is still there up to 1812. I may also order the burial register up to 1837.
The Cheatle name is not a common one which is helpful. The Cheatle family at Ashby de la Zouch has only one child. There is a death of a Sarah Cheatle (no parents stated, no mention of widow status or wife status) and the family at Castle Donnington has a daughter Sarah b 3 Jan 1783. The burials at Ashby de la Zouch do not really give other than the name in most cases unless the child is an infant. There are still other Cheatle families in Leicestershire.
I changed my picture on my webpage. It was from 2001 and now I am up to date.
We showed our pictures to friends today of our English/Scot/Welsh trip (1200 images) and had a quiet dinner. That took up a fair portion of the day but the discussion was good as they have traveled in Europe a fair amount and that is our next trip.
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