Sunday, December 1, 2019
Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter in process
I hope to publish the latest issue of the Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter today or tomorrow.
Will of James Blake, Mariner, St Nicholas Deptford, Greenwich, Kent, England - National Archives PROB 11/739/246, probated 11 Apr 1745
The testator James Blake does not give many clues to his identity.
His sister Sarah is married to a Thomas Bluck (potter) and they live at St Nicholas Deptford, Kent. No record was found for their marriage. There is a baptism for a Sarah Bluck 30 Sep 1772 at St Paul, Deptford daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bluck.
There is a British Army Service Record for a James Blake but he has stated he was a mariner (that James Blake was a Drummer in the 7th Company, the document a muster roll 27 Apr 1745 so definitely not the testator).
The burial of James Blake was located in the St Nicholas Deptford, Greenwich, Kent burial record. Burial was 26 Mar 1744. James Blake mariner Anchorsmith Ally, buried 26 Mar 1745.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Nov 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/739/246
Testator: James Blake, Mariner now belonging to his Majesty’s Yacht Carolina
Place: Saint Nicholas Deptford, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Sep 1744, probated 11 Apr 1745
[Margin]: James Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I James Blake of the parish of St Nicholas Deptford in the County
3 of Kent Mariner and now belonging to his Majesty’s Yacht the
4 Carolina being in Bodily Health and of a perfect sound and
5 disposing Mind Memory and understanding do for avoiding
6 controver[s]eys after my decease, make publish and declare these
7 presents to be and contain all my whole last Will and Testament in
8 manner and form following That is to say First and principally I
9 recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave
10 it hoping and assuredly trusting and believing that through the
11 alone Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ my most Blessed
12 Lord and Saviour to receive full and free pardon and forgiveness
13 of and for all my sins and after this Mortal Life ended to enjoy
14 everlasting Rest and happiness in the kingdom of Heaven my
15 body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the
16 discretion of my Executors herein after mentioned And
17 touching such Temporal Estate as God of his infinite Mercy
18 And Goodness shall be pleased to bless me withal I give and
19 dispose thereof in manner and form following That is to say
20 Imprimis my Mind Will and desire is that all my just debts and
21 Funeral Expences shall be first paid satisfied and discharged
22 all the Rest Residue and Remainder of all and singular my Ready
23 Money Bills Bonds Specialtys Wages household Goods plate
24 Rings Jewells and all other my Estate whether Real or personal
25 of whatsoever nature kind or quality the same is or may be
26 found after my decease I do give devise and bequeath the same
27 unto my Brother in Law Thomas Bluck of the parish of St
28 Nicholas Deptford aforesaid potter and Sarah his wife and
29 the survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators
30 for Ever And I do hereby nominate and appoint them the
31 said Thomas Bluck and Sarah his Wife joint Executors of this
32 my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke annul
33 and make void all former and other Wills Testaments and
34 deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and these
35 presents to be and contain all my last Will and Testament In
36 Witness whereof I the said James Blake have hereunto set
37 My hand and seal the tenth day of September in the eighteenth
38 year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George the second
39 by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King
40 Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord
41 1744 James Blake Signed, sealed, published and declared
42 by the said James Blake the Testator as and for his last
43 Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed
44 our Names as witnesses hereto at the request and in the
45 presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other
46 Anne Wellings John Effaker Tho: Wellings
47 This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
48 Charles Pinford doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull
49 John Bettesworth also doctor of Laws Master keeper or Commissary
50 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the
51 twenty second day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
52 seven hundred and forty five By the Oath of Thomas Bluck
53 one of the Executors named in the said Will To whom was
54 granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells
55 and Credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to
56 administer (power reserved of making the like Grant to
57 Sarah Bluck (wife of the said Thomas Bluck) the other
58 executor therein named when she shall apply for the same)
His sister Sarah is married to a Thomas Bluck (potter) and they live at St Nicholas Deptford, Kent. No record was found for their marriage. There is a baptism for a Sarah Bluck 30 Sep 1772 at St Paul, Deptford daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bluck.
There is a British Army Service Record for a James Blake but he has stated he was a mariner (that James Blake was a Drummer in the 7th Company, the document a muster roll 27 Apr 1745 so definitely not the testator).
The burial of James Blake was located in the St Nicholas Deptford, Greenwich, Kent burial record. Burial was 26 Mar 1744. James Blake mariner Anchorsmith Ally, buried 26 Mar 1745.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Nov 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/739/246
Testator: James Blake, Mariner now belonging to his Majesty’s Yacht Carolina
Place: Saint Nicholas Deptford, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Sep 1744, probated 11 Apr 1745
[Margin]: James Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I James Blake of the parish of St Nicholas Deptford in the County
3 of Kent Mariner and now belonging to his Majesty’s Yacht the
4 Carolina being in Bodily Health and of a perfect sound and
5 disposing Mind Memory and understanding do for avoiding
6 controver[s]eys after my decease, make publish and declare these
7 presents to be and contain all my whole last Will and Testament in
8 manner and form following That is to say First and principally I
9 recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave
10 it hoping and assuredly trusting and believing that through the
11 alone Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ my most Blessed
12 Lord and Saviour to receive full and free pardon and forgiveness
13 of and for all my sins and after this Mortal Life ended to enjoy
14 everlasting Rest and happiness in the kingdom of Heaven my
15 body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the
16 discretion of my Executors herein after mentioned And
17 touching such Temporal Estate as God of his infinite Mercy
18 And Goodness shall be pleased to bless me withal I give and
19 dispose thereof in manner and form following That is to say
20 Imprimis my Mind Will and desire is that all my just debts and
21 Funeral Expences shall be first paid satisfied and discharged
22 all the Rest Residue and Remainder of all and singular my Ready
23 Money Bills Bonds Specialtys Wages household Goods plate
24 Rings Jewells and all other my Estate whether Real or personal
25 of whatsoever nature kind or quality the same is or may be
26 found after my decease I do give devise and bequeath the same
27 unto my Brother in Law Thomas Bluck of the parish of St
28 Nicholas Deptford aforesaid potter and Sarah his wife and
29 the survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators
30 for Ever And I do hereby nominate and appoint them the
31 said Thomas Bluck and Sarah his Wife joint Executors of this
32 my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke annul
33 and make void all former and other Wills Testaments and
34 deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and these
35 presents to be and contain all my last Will and Testament In
36 Witness whereof I the said James Blake have hereunto set
37 My hand and seal the tenth day of September in the eighteenth
38 year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George the second
39 by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King
40 Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord
41 1744 James Blake Signed, sealed, published and declared
42 by the said James Blake the Testator as and for his last
43 Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed
44 our Names as witnesses hereto at the request and in the
45 presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other
46 Anne Wellings John Effaker Tho: Wellings
47 This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
48 Charles Pinford doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull
49 John Bettesworth also doctor of Laws Master keeper or Commissary
50 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the
51 twenty second day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
52 seven hundred and forty five By the Oath of Thomas Bluck
53 one of the Executors named in the said Will To whom was
54 granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells
55 and Credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to
56 administer (power reserved of making the like Grant to
57 Sarah Bluck (wife of the said Thomas Bluck) the other
58 executor therein named when she shall apply for the same)
Friday, November 29, 2019
Will of James Blake, Newenden, Kent - The National Archives, probated 12 Apr 1553
James Blake of Newenden, Kent is the testator. I could not find his death registration on Find My Past. I did learn that Newenden is the smallest village in Kent.
In his will he mentions his sons John and James and his daughter Alice. He holds the leases on farms named Lostenham and Harenden. His eldest son is not yet 18 years of age.
The will doesn’t offer any clues about the family other than their land holdings. I could not find any Blake records for Newenden. There is a partial transcription of the will below on the Kent Historical Society Website. I have attempted to transcribe the entire will but the content provided online by the Historical Society certainly captures the will quite well although in less detail.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Nov 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/36/102
Testator: James Blake
Place: Newenden, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Mar 1552/53, probated 12 Apr 1553
[Margin]: Jacobi Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me James Blake of Newenden in the Countie of
2 Kent made the tenth day of Marche in the seventh yere of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lord Kinge Edward the sixth First
3 I bequeath my soule into t[he ]handes of Jesus Christ and my Bodye to be Buried in the Church yard of Newenden Item
4 I bequeath twentie shillings of monye and a seame of wheate to be geven at my buriall amonge the poore people of
5 Newenden aforesaid Item at my monethes mynde twentie shillings in Like manner to be bestowed by the discretion
6 of my executor Item I will and bequeath to Elis Blake my daughter fortie poundes of Lawfull money of Englande and
7 litle cheste wh[i]ch was her mothers w[i]th all the kerchers vailes and lynnen in the said cheste and her mothers best hooks and a
8 tach of silver the said fortie poundes to be paide to her w[i]thin a moneth next after her marriage or at her age of xxxth
9 yeres And the saide goodes to be delevered to her ymmediatlie after my decease And if it fortune the said Elis to decease
10 before her marriage or her age of xxxth yeres Then I will the saide fortie poundes to John and James Blake my sonnes
11 Item I will to George Blake my cosyn one thre yereinge heyfer w[i]th a calfe and a twelve mountinge heifer budd Item
12 to John Willerd my servaunt a two yeringe heifer w[i]th a calfe Item I bequeath to Thomas Brincker and
13 Humfrey my servaunts either of them a Cote of myne and humfrey my best white hoose Item I bequeath to James
14 Bate my servaunt a two yeringe heifer w[i]th a calfe Item I bequeath to John Springett my servaunt two peces of Lande
15 w[i]th a crofte and a forelande lyinge to the Chauncell nexte Newynden being parcell of my ferme of Harenden to have
16 and to hold unto hym his executors and assignes from the feaste of Saintt Michaell th[e]archangel nexte comynge
17 unto th[e]ende and terme of fouer yeres paying therefore yerelie unto my executore fortie shillings at the feaste of
18 th[e]annunciation of our Ladye and Saint Michael th[e]archangel by even porcions provyded that the said John shall
19 neither stripe or wast any woodes or underwoodes Item I bequeath to Elizabeth Witt my servaunt a cowe w[i]th a
20 calfe my best gowne and my wiffes best kirtle Item I bequeath to Anne my servaunt iii yards of my Russet
21 and ii yards and a q[ua]rter of White blankett Item I bequeath to Joane Burge ii yards of Russett for to make
22 her a peticote Item I bequeath to Johan Manne my s[er]vant a cowe and a peticote cloth of Russet and a wo[r]sted
23 kirtle that was my wives Item I bequeath to John Fowle my brother from the feaste of Sainte Michaell
24 th[e ]archangel nexte all my ferme of Lostenham to have unto him his executors and assignes duringe all
25 the tyme of my life therein Item I will that John Fowle shall have of my stock the which he shall
26 requyre to the value of fortie pounds the vallue to be as he canne agree w[i]th my executor or el[s]e to have fortie
27 poundes in monye and that the said Fowle shall pay for the saide stocke or else the fourtie poundes again unto
28 my executor w[i]thin two yeres nexte the wryste thereof Item I bequeath to Thomas Donke all my ferme of
29 Herenden as well the Landes before bequeathed to John Spryngett after the yeres ended as also all the land
30 residue to have to him his executors and assignes from the f[ea]ste of Sainte Michael th[e ]archangel next
31 coming unto th[e ]ende of vij yeres he paying therefore to the use of John Blacke and James Blacke my sonnes
32 twentie poundes And after the saide vij yeres I will all the said lease and ferme of Herenden as well all
33 other lands nowe beynge in the hands of John Fowle and Thomas Donke, Richard Baylie and Thomas
34 Courte as all the Residue unto John Blake my sonne to have unto huym during all the tyme of my Leasse therein
35 And if the saide John die then I will it to James my sonne to have unto him in like manner And if James fortune to decease
36 Then I will it to Alice my daughter in Like manner. Item I bequeath to John Blake and James Blake my sonnes all my
37 brasse and pewter Cowpbordes, chestes, ij of my best Featherbeddes w[i]th ire boulsters, coverings, pillowes, w[i]th all
38 other things thereto belonging and all my lynen equallie to be devyded and delyvered unto them at either of their ages
39 of xxiij th yeres The Residue of all my goods and cattalls moveable or immovable my debtes first paide and this my
40 will fullfilled I geve and bequeathe them unto John and James my sonnes herebeit my will and full mynde is that Thomas
41 Donke shall sell them all to the best prise he canne and the monye thereof that he shall bestowe and bye Landes and
42 tenements to the use of the said John Blake and James Blacke my sonnes and of theire heires and assignes forever And
43 that the same Donke to receave the proffitt thereof to those aforesaide Item I bequeath to the reparacions of the Church
44 of Newenden three shillinges Item I make and ordeyn the said Thomas Donke to be my sole executor of this my present
45 testament and last Will Item I make John Twisden Thomas Petter and John Fowle my overseers of this my will and
46 testament and I geve to either of them vj s vij d for theire labor Item I bequeath to everie of my godchildren vij d
47 This is the Last wyll and testament of me the saide James Blacke made
48 the day and yere aforesaide converrynge all my Lands and tenements, Rentes, Reversions, p[re]mises w[i]thin the Countie
49 of kente First I will and bequeath that John Twisden and Thomas Petter shall receave and take all the proffittes
50 and Issues the woodes and underwoodes onlie excepted of all my Lands, tenements and Rentes until John my sone
51 come to his age of eighteen yeres and that they shall sufficientlie kepe them and putt them to scole at theire discretion and
52 also shall honestly bringe and kepe upp Alice my daughter until the said John come to his age of eighteen yeres And
53 for the overplus of the proffittes of the said Landes after my children founden I will that they shall make a true
54 accompts unto the saide John and James my sones when the said John shall come to his saide age of eighteen yeres
55 and that I will all the saide Landes tenements and Rentes w[i]th the appurtenances unto the said John and James Blake
56 my sonnes and to theire heirs and assignes equallie to be devyded amonges them Item I bequeath that whereas I have
57 one Rente of thre poundes six shillings eight pence by the yere goinge out of the Landes of John Twisden and the saide
58 Rent is upon redemptions as by Indenture it appereth that if the said John Twisden has __ encumbrances and
59 assignes to redeme the said Rente and pay £60 the which quietly oute for the said Rent that then my will is that
60 Thomas Donke my executor shall receave the said £60 And when he hath receaved it that he shall bestowe the said
61 monye upon Lands to the use of the saide John and James my sonnes and theire heirs for ever Item my will
62 is that the saide Thomas Donke my executor shall suerlie pay to Barthileme Brooke £75 at the tyme
63 as it is appropriate to bepaide for the Lands I late bought of hym This witnesse John Sharpe John Fowle John
64 Hope John Twisden
65 Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum unarium ultima voluntate duodecimo Aprilis Anno domini
66 millesimo quingen o guinguagesimo tertio Juramento Thome Donke executors in h[uius]m[od]i testamento nom[in]at de
67 Approbatum et insumatum et Commissa fuit Administratio omnium bonorum etc deo ___ De bene et fidelter administratio
68 eadem Ac de plano et fideli Inventario omnium bonorum etc exhibden necnon de plano et vero compo in ea parte reddend
69 Ad sancta dei Evangelis Jurat
In his will he mentions his sons John and James and his daughter Alice. He holds the leases on farms named Lostenham and Harenden. His eldest son is not yet 18 years of age.
The will doesn’t offer any clues about the family other than their land holdings. I could not find any Blake records for Newenden. There is a partial transcription of the will below on the Kent Historical Society Website. I have attempted to transcribe the entire will but the content provided online by the Historical Society certainly captures the will quite well although in less detail.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Nov 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/36/102
Testator: James Blake
Place: Newenden, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Mar 1552/53, probated 12 Apr 1553
[Margin]: Jacobi Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me James Blake of Newenden in the Countie of
2 Kent made the tenth day of Marche in the seventh yere of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lord Kinge Edward the sixth First
3 I bequeath my soule into t[he ]handes of Jesus Christ and my Bodye to be Buried in the Church yard of Newenden Item
4 I bequeath twentie shillings of monye and a seame of wheate to be geven at my buriall amonge the poore people of
5 Newenden aforesaid Item at my monethes mynde twentie shillings in Like manner to be bestowed by the discretion
6 of my executor Item I will and bequeath to Elis Blake my daughter fortie poundes of Lawfull money of Englande and
7 litle cheste wh[i]ch was her mothers w[i]th all the kerchers vailes and lynnen in the said cheste and her mothers best hooks and a
8 tach of silver the said fortie poundes to be paide to her w[i]thin a moneth next after her marriage or at her age of xxxth
9 yeres And the saide goodes to be delevered to her ymmediatlie after my decease And if it fortune the said Elis to decease
10 before her marriage or her age of xxxth yeres Then I will the saide fortie poundes to John and James Blake my sonnes
11 Item I will to George Blake my cosyn one thre yereinge heyfer w[i]th a calfe and a twelve mountinge heifer budd Item
12 to John Willerd my servaunt a two yeringe heifer w[i]th a calfe Item I bequeath to Thomas Brincker and
13 Humfrey my servaunts either of them a Cote of myne and humfrey my best white hoose Item I bequeath to James
14 Bate my servaunt a two yeringe heifer w[i]th a calfe Item I bequeath to John Springett my servaunt two peces of Lande
15 w[i]th a crofte and a forelande lyinge to the Chauncell nexte Newynden being parcell of my ferme of Harenden to have
16 and to hold unto hym his executors and assignes from the feaste of Saintt Michaell th[e]archangel nexte comynge
17 unto th[e]ende and terme of fouer yeres paying therefore yerelie unto my executore fortie shillings at the feaste of
18 th[e]annunciation of our Ladye and Saint Michael th[e]archangel by even porcions provyded that the said John shall
19 neither stripe or wast any woodes or underwoodes Item I bequeath to Elizabeth Witt my servaunt a cowe w[i]th a
20 calfe my best gowne and my wiffes best kirtle Item I bequeath to Anne my servaunt iii yards of my Russet
21 and ii yards and a q[ua]rter of White blankett Item I bequeath to Joane Burge ii yards of Russett for to make
22 her a peticote Item I bequeath to Johan Manne my s[er]vant a cowe and a peticote cloth of Russet and a wo[r]sted
23 kirtle that was my wives Item I bequeath to John Fowle my brother from the feaste of Sainte Michaell
24 th[e ]archangel nexte all my ferme of Lostenham to have unto him his executors and assignes duringe all
25 the tyme of my life therein Item I will that John Fowle shall have of my stock the which he shall
26 requyre to the value of fortie pounds the vallue to be as he canne agree w[i]th my executor or el[s]e to have fortie
27 poundes in monye and that the said Fowle shall pay for the saide stocke or else the fourtie poundes again unto
28 my executor w[i]thin two yeres nexte the wryste thereof Item I bequeath to Thomas Donke all my ferme of
29 Herenden as well the Landes before bequeathed to John Spryngett after the yeres ended as also all the land
30 residue to have to him his executors and assignes from the f[ea]ste of Sainte Michael th[e ]archangel next
31 coming unto th[e ]ende of vij yeres he paying therefore to the use of John Blacke and James Blacke my sonnes
32 twentie poundes And after the saide vij yeres I will all the said lease and ferme of Herenden as well all
33 other lands nowe beynge in the hands of John Fowle and Thomas Donke, Richard Baylie and Thomas
34 Courte as all the Residue unto John Blake my sonne to have unto huym during all the tyme of my Leasse therein
35 And if the saide John die then I will it to James my sonne to have unto him in like manner And if James fortune to decease
36 Then I will it to Alice my daughter in Like manner. Item I bequeath to John Blake and James Blake my sonnes all my
37 brasse and pewter Cowpbordes, chestes, ij of my best Featherbeddes w[i]th ire boulsters, coverings, pillowes, w[i]th all
38 other things thereto belonging and all my lynen equallie to be devyded and delyvered unto them at either of their ages
39 of xxiij th yeres The Residue of all my goods and cattalls moveable or immovable my debtes first paide and this my
40 will fullfilled I geve and bequeathe them unto John and James my sonnes herebeit my will and full mynde is that Thomas
41 Donke shall sell them all to the best prise he canne and the monye thereof that he shall bestowe and bye Landes and
42 tenements to the use of the said John Blake and James Blacke my sonnes and of theire heires and assignes forever And
43 that the same Donke to receave the proffitt thereof to those aforesaide Item I bequeath to the reparacions of the Church
44 of Newenden three shillinges Item I make and ordeyn the said Thomas Donke to be my sole executor of this my present
45 testament and last Will Item I make John Twisden Thomas Petter and John Fowle my overseers of this my will and
46 testament and I geve to either of them vj s vij d for theire labor Item I bequeath to everie of my godchildren vij d
47 This is the Last wyll and testament of me the saide James Blacke made
48 the day and yere aforesaide converrynge all my Lands and tenements, Rentes, Reversions, p[re]mises w[i]thin the Countie
49 of kente First I will and bequeath that John Twisden and Thomas Petter shall receave and take all the proffittes
50 and Issues the woodes and underwoodes onlie excepted of all my Lands, tenements and Rentes until John my sone
51 come to his age of eighteen yeres and that they shall sufficientlie kepe them and putt them to scole at theire discretion and
52 also shall honestly bringe and kepe upp Alice my daughter until the said John come to his age of eighteen yeres And
53 for the overplus of the proffittes of the said Landes after my children founden I will that they shall make a true
54 accompts unto the saide John and James my sones when the said John shall come to his saide age of eighteen yeres
55 and that I will all the saide Landes tenements and Rentes w[i]th the appurtenances unto the said John and James Blake
56 my sonnes and to theire heirs and assignes equallie to be devyded amonges them Item I bequeath that whereas I have
57 one Rente of thre poundes six shillings eight pence by the yere goinge out of the Landes of John Twisden and the saide
58 Rent is upon redemptions as by Indenture it appereth that if the said John Twisden has __ encumbrances and
59 assignes to redeme the said Rente and pay £60 the which quietly oute for the said Rent that then my will is that
60 Thomas Donke my executor shall receave the said £60 And when he hath receaved it that he shall bestowe the said
61 monye upon Lands to the use of the saide John and James my sonnes and theire heirs for ever Item my will
62 is that the saide Thomas Donke my executor shall suerlie pay to Barthileme Brooke £75 at the tyme
63 as it is appropriate to bepaide for the Lands I late bought of hym This witnesse John Sharpe John Fowle John
64 Hope John Twisden
65 Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum unarium ultima voluntate duodecimo Aprilis Anno domini
66 millesimo quingen o guinguagesimo tertio Juramento Thome Donke executors in h[uius]m[od]i testamento nom[in]at de
67 Approbatum et insumatum et Commissa fuit Administratio omnium bonorum etc deo ___ De bene et fidelter administratio
68 eadem Ac de plano et fideli Inventario omnium bonorum etc exhibden necnon de plano et vero compo in ea parte reddend
69 Ad sancta dei Evangelis Jurat
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Caught Up
I am finally caught up. If you sent me an email and you did not hear from me please do write with your query/comment again.
I think I will start to plan my days once again and get back into transcription. Perhaps tomorrow will see my first transcription up for a while.
I think I will start to plan my days once again and get back into transcription. Perhaps tomorrow will see my first transcription up for a while.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
30 emails left
The last 30 emails have finally been reached. They all need a response of one sort or another. They range from 2017 to 2019 although most are 2019. They have all had a preliminary response (mostly I will get back to you when I get a chance) but each one require me to work through one of my descendant lines.
It will be nice to be finished. I would like to get back to the Blake wills. I also want to get back to writing up the children of my 2x great grandparents John Blake and Ann Farmer. I am working on child # 4 of 10 children. One is written up, my great grandfather, and three of them have smaller families but three of them had quite large families so will take some time to finish them and move on to Samuel Knight and Louisa Butt, the parents of my great grandmother Blake. A woman described to me by my father as being a very warm person with long blond hair braided and wrapped around her hair like a crown he used to say. I have a picture of her with her hair arranged that way. He loved going to see her in Goodworth Clatford where they lived when he was young. His grandfather was strict and he had to always mind him but his grandmother adored him he said.
It will be nice to be finished. I would like to get back to the Blake wills. I also want to get back to writing up the children of my 2x great grandparents John Blake and Ann Farmer. I am working on child # 4 of 10 children. One is written up, my great grandfather, and three of them have smaller families but three of them had quite large families so will take some time to finish them and move on to Samuel Knight and Louisa Butt, the parents of my great grandmother Blake. A woman described to me by my father as being a very warm person with long blond hair braided and wrapped around her hair like a crown he used to say. I have a picture of her with her hair arranged that way. He loved going to see her in Goodworth Clatford where they lived when he was young. His grandfather was strict and he had to always mind him but his grandmother adored him he said.
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