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Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

July 24, 2013, 2:42 pm
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What a wonderful choice of name for the new prince. May he be in his own time King of Canada and remind those who are under his Head of State of his wonderful great grandfather King George VI whom I remember from my childhood. I had a lisp as a child and his overcoming his stutter was a constant encouragement to me to also eliminate the lisp from my speaking.

Long Live Prince George of Cambridge.
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Will of James Blake, Yeoman, Honiton Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1817/22, probated 8 Jun 1833

July 26, 2013, 4:36 pm
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James Blake is the testator living at Honiton and he mentions his daughter Mary married to William Allen and his daughter Betsy (deceased) married to Nathaniel Bishop. [Perhaps a return to normalcy on my part as I am back to transcribing wills!]

Marriage of Mary Blake and William Allin celebrated 19 Jan 1806 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.

Marriage of Betsy Blake and Nathaniel Bishop celebrated 12 Aug 1804 at Honiton on Otter, Devon. Children of Nathaniel and Betsy named in the will: Eliza married to John Husey, Nathaniel Bishop, Margaret married to John Barrett and James Blake Bishop. Marriages found in Family Search ((Family Search M05114-1).

Eliza Bishop married John Browne Hussey 13 May 1828 at Honiton on Otter
Margaret Bishop married John Barrett 17 Jan 1832 at Honiton on Otter
Nathaniel Bishop married Matilda Bustard 3 Jul 1834 at Honiton on Otter
James Blake Bishop married Elizabeth Notley 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton on Otter

I did find an online website (sources not listed unless you register) for the Nathaniel Bishop/Betsy Blake family providing a few details. Namely: http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6284:133&ref2=6284:134

Betsy Blake is listed as the daughter of James Blake and Isabella Kitchen. She was baptized 25 Jan 1781 at Honiton. Her grandparents were listed as William and Elizabeth Blake and James and Aquila Kitchen. The children of William and Elizabeth Blake as listed as Mary Blake (b 6 May 1750), Elizabeth Blake (b 8 Sep 1751), James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753), Thomas Michel Blake (b 2 May 1756), William Blake (b 28 May 1758), Jane Blake (b 25 May 1760 and 13 Mar 1763). The children of Nathaniel Bishop and Betsy Blake are listed as Eliza (b 21 Aug 1804 at Honiton), Nathaniel Bishop (b 15 Dec 1807 at Honiton), Margaret (b 19 Jan 1810 at Honiton) and James Blake Bishop (b 25 Mar 1811 at Honiton with his marriage to Elizabeth Notley added 20 Oct 1835 at Honiton).

This information gives a possible age for James Blake (b 14 Oct 1753) and will probated 8 Jun 1833 with his last Codicil written (2)1 May 1833 giving him a likely age of 80 years of age. William his father would have likely been born by 1730 and is possibly the William Blake who married Elizabeth Michell and is especially given that one of the children of William and Elizabeth was named Thomas Michel Blake. The marriage took place 29 Jan 1748 at Ottery Saint Mary, Devon which is only six miles southwest of Honiton. Unfortunately there aren’t any wills for William Blake at the PCC for this area of Devon nor did I find one on the Devon Genuki Consolidated Wills.

Interesting information on this Blake line at Honiton and likely Ottery Saint Mary.

Page two of the will was blurred somewhat at the top and difficult to read. Perhaps in the future I will try to read once again but for the moment the gist of the will is sufficient and no names are missing.


Chopping Knife Inn is one of the lost pubs of Devon. It was built by 1774 and then known as The Rolling Pin with the name The Chopping Knife becoming the usual name by 1843 (and obviously by 1833 as James mentions it in his will). The website for Lost Pubs Project: http://closedpubs.co.uk/devon/honiton_choppingknife.html . There is a coin depicted for this pub on the webpage which reads White (perhaps the White family were later occupying this inn).

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1817/22
Testator: James Blake
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Aug 1832, probated 8 Jun 1833
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 18

1    This is the last Will and Testament of me
2    James Blake of Honiton in the County of Devon yeoman First I give and devise unto
3    Sarah the daughter of Nathaniel Bishop of Honiton aforesaid Innkeeper the sum of
4    thirty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executors hereinafter
5    named when she shall attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath unto my
6    daughter Mary the wife of William Allen all my household goods and Furniture now in
7    my occupation and also I give devise and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary the
8    wife of the said William Allen all that Messuage or Tenement situate in Honiton
9    aforesaid called the Chopping knife Inn with the Garden Fields and appurtenances hereto
10    belonging now in the occupation of Hannah Oak as Tenant thereof and the said Field
11    called Bakers Plot in the occupation of Benjamin Trim as Tenant thereof To hold
12    the same with the appurtenances thereto belonging immediately after my decease unto
13    my said daughter Mary her executors administrators and assigns for and during all
14    my Estate and Interest therein to and for her own use and benefit I give devise and
15    bequeath unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker of Buckewell in the
16    said County Feltmonger two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half per
17    cent Consols Upon Trust that they the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or
18    the survivor of them his executors administrators and assigns do and shall pay and apply
19    the Interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time to the same shall
20    become due and payable unto the proper hands of my said daughter Mary the wife of
21    the said William Allen for her sole and separate use for and during the term of her
22    natural life, the same to be independent of her said husband and not to be subject or liable
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23    to his debts control contracts engagements and the receipt and receipts of my said daughter
24    Mary shall be good and sufficient discharge and discharge to the person and persons who
25    shall pay the same ______________________
26    do ____ such receipt or receipts as shall be _______ be received
27    provided and I do hereby declare that ______ my said daughter Mary the wife of the
28    said William Allen shall ______ after my death ____ of any Monies to put
29    herself ______ in the said sum or _____ for her wants or necessities should so
30    require the same I do hereby authorize and empower my said Trustees or the survivor
31    of them his Executors or administrators should they think it right and necessary so to be
32    and they should consider it would be for her benefit notwithstanding my said limitation
33    to her for her natural life only to sell out and dispose of all or any part of the said two
34    hundred and seventy pounds stock third and half per cent consols and to pay the same to
35    my said daughter Mary the wife of the said William Allen to and for her own use and
36    benefit and after the decease of my said daughter Mary Upon trust that the said
37    Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or
38    administrators shall and do stand possessed of said interests in whatever should remain
39    of the said two hundred and seventy pounds Stock three and half per cent Consols In trust
40    for all and every the children of my said daughter Mary who shall be living at the
41    time of her decease and do and shall divide and pay the same equally between them
42    share and share alike at their respective ages of twenty one years if more than one
43    and if there shall be but one Child then to such only one his or their executors
44    administrators and assigns at the age aforesaid and as to for and concerning all the
45    Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels and other Monies and Securities
46    for Money personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and of what nature or kind soever the
47    same may be not by me hereinbefore given and bequeathed my debts legacy and funeral
48    expences being first paid thereout and I do hereby charge the same with the payment
49    thereof I give and bequeath the same unto the said Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker their
50    executors administrators and assigns upon such trusts nevertheless as hereinafter
51    mentioned expressed and declared that is to say upon trust that they the said Nathaniel
52    Bishop and Henry Hawker or the survivor of them his executors or administrators
53    do and shall after payment of the before mentioned legacy and my debts and funeral
54    expences do and shall account for and pay and apply all such Monies equally between my
55    Grandchildren Eliza the wife of John Hussey Nathaniel Bishop Margaret the wife of
56    John Barrett and James Blake Bishop the children of my late deceased daughter Betsy
57    Bishop to and for his her and their own use and benefit his her and their executors
58    administrators and assigns as soon as convenient to my said Trustees after my decease
59    provided also and my will is and I do hereby direct that my said Trustees or the survivor
60    of them his executors or administrators shall not be answerable or accountable for the
61    receipts acts disbursements or default of the other of them or for any more of the
62    trust Monies then shall come to his or their hand or hands respectively but each of them for
63    his own receipts acts disbursements and defaults only and also that they my said trustees
64    and the survivor of them his executors or administrators shall by with and out of
65    my said trust estate and effects be reimbursed satisfied and paid all costs charges damages
66    and expences which they or either of them shall or may pay bear sustain be at or
67    put into in or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed or of their
68    lawful acting therein and I do hereby make nominate constitute and appoint the said
69    Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker Executors of this my will hereby revoking
70    all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my
71    last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
72    contained in three sheets of paper to the first and second sheet thereof set my hand
73    and to the last my hand and seal this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord
74    one thousand eight hundred and thirty two James Blake Signed
75    Sealed published and declared by the said James Blake the Testator as and for and to
76    be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
77    our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other
78    Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
79    This
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80    This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me James Blake of
81    Honiton in the County of Devon Yeoman bearing date the twenty first day of May one
82    thousand eight hundred and thirty three and which I desire may be annexed to and
83    considered and taken as part thereof whereas I have in and by my said will given and
84    bequeathed unto Nathaniel Bishop Henry Hawker two hundred and seventy pounds
85    stock now three and half per cent consols Upon trust as therein mentioned for my daughter
86    Mary the wife of William Allen Now I do hereby revoke the said bequest as given as
87    aforesaid and instead thereof I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto the said
88    Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker two hundred pounds Stock now three and half
89    per cent consols upon the same trusts to and for my said daughter Mary the wife of
90    William Allen and to and for the same purposes as declared in and by my said will
91    respecting the said sum of two hundred and seventy pounds Stock now three and half
92    per cent consols hereby by this codicil revoked and I do hereby confirm in every other
93    respect my said will In witness whereof I the said James Blake have to this Codicil
94    set my hand and seal the day and year first above written James Blake
95    Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator James Blake as and for a
96    Codicil to be annexed to this last Will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof in
97    the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence
98    of the said Testator and of each other Thos Maunder Sophia Maunder
99    Proved at London with a Codicil 8th June 1833 before the Judges by the
100    oaths of Nathaniel Bishop and Henry Hawker the Executors to whom admon was
101    granted being first sworn by Commission duly to adm[inister]
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Will of Jane Blake, Widow, Plymouth, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/2020/328, probated 24 Jul 1845

July 27, 2013, 4:07 pm
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Jane Blake, the testator, was buried at Charles Church Plymouth 17 Jul 1845 at the age of 82 years. She lived on Hoe Street in Plymouth. She would have been born around 1763 and I found a baptism (Find My Past) for Jane 21 Oct 1763 at Charles Plymouth and daughter of William and Jane Keys.

I also found the marriage of John Blake of the Parish of St Andrew Brandy Merchant and a Bachelor to Jane Keys of the Parish of St Andrew Spinster and they were married by Licence the 27 Oct 1793 by John Gandy and they both signed the parish Register in the presence of T Lovell and Margaret Mary Lovell. This was Marriage Number 670 in the Parish Register.

There was a John Blake son of John and Eleanor Blake baptized 11 Jun 1759 at Charles Plymouth Devon and I suspect he is her husband.

A rather interesting article in the London Gazette Issue 15587, page 631: Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a Cause Borkett and others against Redhead, the Creditors of John Blake, late of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Brandy Merchant, (who died in the Year 1795, Intestate,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Peter Holford, Esquire; one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.

I did locate Jane on the 1841 Census living in the same household on Hoe Street as Margaret Lovell – both are 75 years of age and independent. They live in St Andrew Parish.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2020/328
Testator: Jane Blake, Widow
Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Mar 1843, probated 24 Jul 1845
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Jane
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Jane Blake of Plimouth in the County of Devon Widow I
3    direct my body to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor
4    hereinafter named in the Church yard of the Parish Church of Charles in
5    Plymouth aforesaid by the side of my deceased husband I give and bequ-
6    eath unto my Cousin Margaret Mary Lovell of Plymouth aforesaid
7    widow the legacy or sum of five pounds to be laid out in the purchase
8    of a ring or some other token of my esteem and regard also I give and
9    bequeath unto my nephew Elias Keys of Devonport in the County
10    of Devon printer my Fathers picture or likeness and I give and bequeath
11    unto the wife of the said Elias Keys all the wearing apparel of which
12    I shall be possessed at the time of my decease And as to and concer-
13    ning all the rest Residue and remainder of my monies securities for
14    money goods chattels articles and effects and personal estate whatsoever
15    not hereinbefore bequeathed I give and bequeath the same and every
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16    part and parcel thereof unto my dear Grandson Alfred L__aft the
17    younger to and for his own absolute use benefit and disposal and I do
18    hereby nominate constitute and appoint my good friend Charles Cobley
19    Whiteford of Plymouth aforesaid Solicitor Sole Executor of this my Will
20    hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time hereto
21    fore made and declaring this to be my only last Will and Testament In testi-
22    money whereof I the said Jane Blake have to this my last Will and Tes-
23    tament set my hand and Seal the fourth day of March in the year of
24    our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Jane Blake
25    Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Jane
26    Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
27    sence of us being present at the same time who at the request and in
28    her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
29    as Witnesses hereto Wm B Lane of Plymouth Gentleman Jas G
30    Ford Clerk to Messrs Whiteford and Bennett Solr Plymouth
31    Proved at London 24th July 1845 before the Worshipful Fredewric
32    Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Charles
33    Cobley Whiteford Esquire the sole Executor to whom admon was granted
34    having been first sworn duly to administer
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Will of John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty's Ship Malborough but now to His Majesty's Ship Temeraire, Blackawton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/892/618, probated 31 Oct 1763

July 28, 2013, 5:28 am
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John Blake is the Testator and he is a seaman with two daughters Ann and Elizabeth Blake.

Ann is possibly the Anne Blake who married Robert Leach 30 Sep 1783 at Blackawton. No marriage for an Elizabeth Blake.

His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire was cvaptured from the French Navy having been launched by them in 1749. It was a 74 gun ship of the line. HMS Warspite captured Temeraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 Aug 1759 and she was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HSM Temeraire. This ship was then sold out of the navy in 1784.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/892/618
Testator: John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Malborough but now to His Majesty’s Ship Temeraire
Place: Blackawton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 29 Oct 1760, probated 31 Oct 1763
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I John Blake of Blackawton in the County of Devon Seaman
3    late belonging to his Majesties Ship Marlborough but now to
4    his Majesty’s Ship Temaire being in good health of Body
5    and of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory (blessed be
6    God for the same) Do this twenty ninth day of October in the
7    year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixty
8    take this opportunity to make this my last Will and Testament
9    in manner and form following that is to say First and
10    principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty
11    God who gave and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall
12    please God and as touching all such worldly Estate as it
13    hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with I give and
14    dispose thereof as follows Imprimis I will and direct that
15    all my just debts and Funeral charges be first paid and
16    discharged Item all such salary wages Tickets Bounty
17    Money prize Money short allowances Money outstanding pensions and
18    all other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever as now is
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19    or at any time or times hereafter shall be due owing payable
20    and belonging unto me by any Ways or Means Right or
21    title whatsoever or howsoever And also all my Goods
22    Chattels personal and testamentary Estate and Effects
23    whatsoever and wheresoever I do hereby give and bequeath
24    unto my good friend Lewis Oldrieve of Street within the
25    Parish of Blackawton aforesaid Gentleman his Executors
26    and Administrators In Trust nevertheless and for the only
27    benefit and Advantage of my daughters Ann Blake and
28    Elizabeth Blake to be equally divided between them Share
29    and Share alike at their attaining their respective ages
30    of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage which shall
31    first happen and in the mean time and before that I will
32    and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and
33    Administrators shall put out the same or any part thereof
34    at Interest or pay apply and dispose thereof or any part
35    thereof to and for the use and Benefit of my said daughters
36    and the Survivor of them from time to time as he the
37    said Lewis Oldrieve his Executors and Administrators shall
38    think proper and in case either of my said daughters shall
39    dye before her said Share shall become due and payable
40    that then the Share of her so dying shall go and be paid to
41    the Survivor of them at the time such Survivors own
42    share becomes due and payable as aforesaid And
43    lastly I Will and direct that the said Lewis Oldrieve his
44    Executors and Administrators do and shall from time to time before
45    any such Division or Divisions as aforesaid shall be made
46    shall reimburse and satisfy him and themselves for all
47    reasonable Charges Trouble and Expences that may happen
48    or be occasioned in and about the Management and
49    execution of the said Trust And I do hereby constitute and
50    appoint the said Lewis Oldrieve whole and sole Executor
51    in Trust as aforesaid of this my last Will and Testament
52    in Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal
53    the day and year first above written 1760 John Blake
54    Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named John
55    Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
56    in presence of us John Brown Wm Neal
57    This Will was proved at London before the Right
58    worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master
59    Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
60    lawfully constituted on the thirty first day of October in the
61    year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three
62    by the Oath of Lewis Oldrieve the Executor named in the said
63    will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
64    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
65    been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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Will of Margery Blake of Rattery, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1902/280, probated 22 Nov 1838

July 29, 2013, 6:38 am
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Hatchlands is a large manor house which is still occupied and in the 1700s was the property of the Earle family. Joseph Earle married Mary Blake sister of Margery Blake the testator. They had the following children mentioned in the will: William, Margery, Rachel and Sarah Ann. Children born to the couple and found on Family Search: Rachel (baptized 18 Oct 1807), Nicholas (baptized 19 Jun 1810), Sarah Ann (baptized 4 Apr 1813), and Nathaniel (baptized 29 Oct 1815). The marriage of their daughter Margery Earle to Edward Whesthorp was 14 May 1828 at East Stonehouse, Devon (Find My Past). No luck at finding the marriage between Joseph Hodge Earle and Mary Blake but there is a World Connect record which seems to somewhat match the details.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=a-french&id=I8141

The surname of Mary is unknown in this particular entry and the children listed are William, Samuel, Grace, Nicholas and Sarah Ann. William and Grace born at Diptford and Samuel, Nicholas and Sarah Ann born at Rattery. The parents of Joseph were William Earle and Elizabeth Hodge and they married 24 Sep 1763 at Ugborough, Devon. Possibly the same family but unsure.

Her brother in law Daniel Freeman and his daughter Grace Marks and Joseph Freeman are also mentioned. Daniel Freeman and Grace Blake were married 17 Jan 1806 at Rattery, Devon, England. Children born to this couple: Grace (baptized 1 Feb 1807), Daniel (baptized 5 Mar 1809), Mary Ann (baptized 22 Mar 1812), Joseph (baptized 18 Sep 1814), George (baptized 17 Nov 1816), and Elizabeth (baptized 19 Aug 1821). Grace Freeman married John Marks 30 Oct 1834 at Rattery (Find My Past).

There was an Ezekiel Blake baptized 11 Nov 1810 at Plympton St Mary and the son of Ezekiel and Alice Blake. The marriage of Ezekiel Blake and Allice Lethbridge was celebrated 15 Mar 1798 at Plympton St Mary. Peter Lethbridge and John Sullock were witnesses to the marriage. Children listed in the will include: Elizabeth Hilson, James, Grace Sanders, Peter Lethbridge and Ezekiel. Betty Blake married Henry Hilson 5 Apr 1822 at Plympton St Mary. Grace Blake married George Sanders 6 Mar 1829 at Plympton St Mary.

An earlier marriage for an Ezekiel Blake to Thomasin Ash is recorded 18 Jul 1760 at Cornwood Devon (Cornwood is 4.5 miles ENE of Plympton St Mary).

Ezekiel Blake is found on the 1861 census at the home of his son Peter at Plympton St Mary. Also living there is Alice the daughter of Peter (18 years of age). Ezekiel was a widower born circa 1770 at Sidford Devon. His son Peter was born circa 1807.

Ann Ball may be the mother found on the census in 1881 with son in law Francis Shute and daughter Margaret Shute with their child Sarah Shute. They lived at Diptford and Ann was born 1797 at East Allington, Devon. On the 1851 Census there is a James Ball married to Ann with daughter Margaret 15. Ann is said to be 50 years of age and born at East Allington. Margaret is said to be born at Rattery.

The siblings of Margery named in the will: [Grace] Freeman (deceased and not mentioned but assumed), Mary Earle, Ezekiel and the mother of Ann [Ball]. An interesting will and the forename Ezekiel is found in other Blake families in Devon.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1902/280
Testator: Margery Blake
Place: Rattery, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1837, probated 22 Nov 1838
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Margery
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6

1    The last Will and Testament
2    of me Margery Blake now residing at Hatchland in the parish of Rattery in
3    the County of Devon being of a sound mind and Memory do this tenth day of June One
4    thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven and in the eighth year of the Reign of his
5    Majesty King William the fourth make this my Will as follows viz [a vi]t First I will and
6    direct that all my just debts and funeral Expences which is to be at Diptford be paid and
7    discharged by my Executors hereinafter named as well as the legacies herein
8    after named I give and bequeath to my
9    Sister Mary Earle ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother
10    Ezekiel Blake of the parish of Plympton St Mary fifty pounds of lawful money I
11    give and bequeath unto the five children of the aforesaid Ezekiel Blake namely Elizabeth
12    Hilson James Blake Grace Sanders Peter Lethbridge Blake and Ezekiel Blake ten pounds
13    each of lawful Money I give and bequeath unto Grace Marks and Joseph the children
14    of David Freeman of the parish of Rattery fifty poun each of lawful money I give and
15    bequeath unto my Nephew William Earle Son of Joseph Earle of the parish of Rattery
16    ten pounds of lawful money I give and bequeath unto my brother in law Joseph Earle
o    Of the parish of Rattery aforesaid One hundred pounds of lawful money Upon trust to
18    be applied to the use and disposal of his daughter Margery Westhorp now residing
19    at Sheerness in the County of Kent Free from the power control debts and encumbrances
20    of her husband or any other purpose whatever I give and bequeath unto my Niece
21    Ann Ball of the parish of Rattery aforesaid Thirty pounds of lawful money Free from
22    the power and control of her husband and her Receit alone to be a discharge for the
23    same I give and bequeath unto Margarett the daughter of the aforesaid Ann Ball
24    my six silver tea spoons All the aforesaid legacies heretofore given and bequeathed
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25    are to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named within one calendar months
26    after my decease I give and bequeath unto Rachel and Sarah Ann the daughters
27    of the aforesaid Joseph Earle All my household Furniture of every description
28    consisting of Bed Bedding chest drawers and Sundrys of other articles Silver Tea
29    spoons already bequeathed excepted I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Margery
30    Westhorp all my Wearing apparel of every description All the Rest and Residue
31    of my property of every description in the funds money securities for money Goods Chattels
32    not hereinbefore given or bequeathed I give to my two brothers in law Joseph Earle and
33    Daniel Freeman both of the parish of Rattery aforesaid with power to one for all debts Either
34    at Law or in Equity and I also Nominate and appoint the aforesaid Joseph Earle and
35    Daniel Freeman whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
36    hereby revoking all other Will or Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have here set
37    my hand and seal the day and year above written Margery Blake
38    Signed Sealed published and declared by the testator as and for her last Will and
39    Testament in the presence of us who have hereinto subscribed our names as Witnesses
40    in her presence and in the presence of each other Jno Kingston Elizabeth
41    Kingston
42    Proved at London 22nd November 1838 before the Judge by the Oaths
43    of Joseph Earle and Daniel Freeman the Ex[ecut]ors to whom admon was granted
44    having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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Will of Martha Blake, Widow, Yealmpton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/288/221, probated 11 Feb 1659

July 30, 2013, 5:03 pm
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Martha Blake the testator is the mother of Ferdinando, Samuel, Martha, Grace and Ann and wife of Ferdinando Blake the elder who will was probated 21 May 1646 and blogged by me earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-ferdinando-blake-elder.html

Her maiden name was Berrie and they were married 21 Feb 1613 at Plympton Saint Mary. She also mentions her grandchildren John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth, Ann.

Probably there is only one wife Martha for Ferdinando with them having children from 1613/14 to 1642. Although it seems like a long spread of years a young marriage for both of them could see them in their late teens and by 1642 they would be in their late 40s. Given then Martha lived another 17 years beyond that it is quite plausible that all of the children mentioned are their children. Just to correct that thought of the earlier blog.

The grandchildren mentioned in this will include: John, Ferdinando, Mary, Honor, Ruth and Ann. Mentioned in the earlier blog was information on her grandson Ferdinando that he was born in 1651 and graduated from Oxford in 1669 and was the son of the testator’s son Ferdinando. It could be that Ferdinando the son married twice as his marriage to Ruth Bartlett was 28 Dec 1648 at Yealmpton. I do find a second marriage on Family Search for Fardinando Blake 17 Mar 1633 at Kingston Near Ivybridge, Devon to Agnes Barkley. There was one child at least born – Fordinando baptized 11 Jan 1634 at Modbury. However this is too early for the Ferdinando Blake son of Ferdinando Blake who graduated from Oxford in 1669.

Find My past does have the baptism of Martha’s husband Ferdinando Blake 15 Aug 1591 at Plymstock and the son of John Blake. This fits into the Visitation of Cornwall 1620 where Ferdinand was the second son of John Blake of Coombe married to Grace Cock. Coombe is 0.9 miles NW of Plymstock.

Always nice to have a will fit together with another one and this Blake line found in the Cornwall Visitation of 1620 with Ferdinand being mentioned as the 2nd son married to Martha Berry. John Blake was married to Grace Cock at the time but Ferdinand was the son of Mary Fortescue of Spurwaye. John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Stivolla Weeke daughter of John Weeke of Widicomb, Devon. This John was the son of John Blake of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar (daughter of Robert Lugar of Modbury). Determining the parents of this John would be most interesting. Time wise we know that Ferdinand was born around 1591 so his father John would have been mid 20s perhaps as Ferdinand was his second son and second marriage as he was first married to Elizabeth Slannig of Ley by whom he had at least two children. He could have been 30 years of age and that would put his date of birth circa 1560 with his father (he was the eldest son) being born perhaps around 1535 and then back another generation as again John was the eldest son taking us back to around 1510 which is, of course, prior to Parish Registers.

I have discussed the Blake families in Devon in the Parish Registers that I have but Coomb is in the south of Devon and my parish registers are for Northern Devon. This is prior to the Somerset Blake family at Plymouth. It is quite a mystery these Blake families and why is Blake in the Visitation of the County of Cornwall and not in Devon also produced in 1620?

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/288/221
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Yealmpton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 21 Mar 1657, probated 11 Feb 1659
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Martha Blake

1    In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of
2    the parish of Yealmpton in the County of Devon widdowe being
3    sicke of body but of Sound and perfect memory thankes be unto
4    Almighty God doe make and ordeyne this my last will and
5    testament in manner and forme following First I bequeath
6    my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator who gave
7    it me through whose infinite mercy in and through the merits
8    of Jesus Christ my onely redeemer I hope to be saved And my
9    body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken there to
10    be laid in Christian burial Item I give devise and bequeath
11    unto Grace Blake my daughter all that one howse with the
12    appurten[an]cs lyeing and being such in the parish of St Trinitie in
13    Trinity Lane London in the ward of Queenehith London sometimes
14    nowe in the possession of John Rows deceased and now or late in the
15    possession of Thomas Morris his assignee or assignes, To have
16    and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs and
o    every part and parcel thereof unto the said Grace Blake her
18    executors admin[istra]tors and assignes immediately from and after
19    my death and decease for and dureing the full tyme and terme of
20    fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
21    fully to be complete and ended if she the said Grace Blake
22    Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters or any or either of
23    them
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24    them doe or shall happen soe long to live Yeilding and paying
25    then therefore yearely unto the heires and assignes of me the said
26    Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money of England at the
27    fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the yeare, that is
28    to say the Five and twentieth daie of March, the fowre and twentieth
29    day of June the nyne and twentieth day of September, and the five
30    and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
31    the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the first daie
32    of the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and
33    decease Item I give devise and bequeath unto Ann Blake my
34    daughter all that my part purpertie and portion of all and every
35    those two howses two orchards and balse an Acre of ground belong-
36    ing thereunto and every parte and parcel thereof with the appur-
37    ten[an]cs lyeing and being in Wandsworth in the County of Surrey
38    sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of William Gerd and Marks Shrimpton
39    To have and to hold the same and every part and parcel thereof with
40    the appurten[an]cs unto the said Ann Blake her exe[cu]tors admin[istr]ators
41    and assignes immediately from and after my death and decease for
42    and dureing the full tyme and terme of fowerscore and nyneteene
43    yeares from thence next following fully to be complete and
44    ended if she the said Ann Blake Grace Blake and Martha Blake
45    my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen soe long
46    to live Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the heires and
47    assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of lawfull money
48    of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes of payment in the
49    yeare, that is to say the five and twentieth day of March the fower and
50    twentieth daie of June, the nyne and twentieth day of September and
51    the five and twentieth day of December by even and equall por[t]ions dureing
52    the said terme the first payment thereof to be made at the next day of
53    the dayes aforesaid that shall first happen after my death and decease
54    Item I give devise and bequeath unto Martha Blake my daughter all
55    that one howse with the appurten[an]cs lyeing and being within the
56    parish of St Trinitie aforesaid sometimes in the occupa[t]ion of Edm[un]d
57    Herses and now or late in the occupa[t]ion of Hugh Holloway To have
58    and to hold all that the said howse with the appurten[an]cs unto the said
59    Martha Blake her executors admin[istr]ators and assignes immediately from
60    and after my death and decease, for and dureing the full tyme and terme
61    of fowerscore and nyneteene yeares from thence next following
62    fully to be complete and ended, if the said Martha Blake, Grace Blake
63    and Ann Blake my daughters or any or either of them doe or shall happen
64    soe long to live, Yeilding and paying then therefore yearely unto the
65    heires and assignes of me the said Martha Blake Fower pence of
66    lawfull money of England at the fower most usuall dayes or tymes
67    of payment in the yeare that is to say the five and twentieth day of
68    March the fowre and twentieth day of June, the nyne and twentieth
69    daie of September and the five and twentieth day of December by
70    equall por[t]ions dureing the said terme The first paym[en]t thereof to
71    be made at the next day of the dayes of payment aforesaid that shall
72    first happen after my death and decease, Item I give and bequeath
73    unto Ferdinando Blake my sonne Twenty shillings to be paid unto
74    him within six months next after my decease, Item I give and
75    bequeath unto Samuell Blake my sonne one bedsteed and featherbed
76    Performed
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77    Performed now being in the Hall Chamber whereon the
78    said Samuell Blake to lye Item I give unto the said Samuell
79    my pound with all the tymber vessells that are in in the howse
80    thereunto belonging Item I give unto the said Samuell Blake all the tymber worke and vessels in the newehowse Item I give and bequeath unto John
81    Blake my Grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ferdinando
82    Blake my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Mary Blake
83    my Grandchild Tenn shillings Item I give unto Honor Blake
84    my grandchild ten shillings Item I give unto Ruth Blake my
85    grandchild five shillings Item I give and bequeath unto Ann
86    Blake my grandchild five shillings Item I give unto Grace Blake
87    my daughter ten pounds Item I give unto Ann Blake my
88    daughter Tenn pounds the rest and residue of all my goods and
89    and Chattells not before given and disposed of I doe give and bequeath
90    unto Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake my daughters
91    whom I doe make and ordeyne to be Executors of this my last will
92    and testament desireing them to performe as are orders to my intent
93    and true meaning herein as I trust they will doe, In Witness that
94    this is my last will and testament I have hereunto putt my hand
95    and seale the one and twentieth daie of March in the yeare of our Lord
96    God one thousand six hundred fiftie seaven the signe of the said
97    Martha Blake Sealed Signed and published by the said Martha
98    Blake to be her last will in the presence of us John Avent Thomas
99    Avent, the signe of Thomasine Rowse
100    This will was proved at London the Eleaventh daie
101    of February in the yeare One thowsand six hundred fifty eight
102    English Stile before the Judges for probate of wills and by the oaths
103    of Grace Blake, Ann Blake and Martha Blake the daughters
104    and Executors named in this will. To whom was Committed
104    administra[t]ion so They being first sworne by Commission truely to
106    administer of the said will being pronounced for by a definitive
107    sentence in that behalf read and promulgated
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Will of Martha Blake, Widow, Exon, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1017/267, probated 21 Mar 1776

July 31, 2013, 10:14 am
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http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html

Was Martha’s maiden name Stabback or was her sister married to a Stabback? In this case the Reverend John Stabback was implied as trustee in this testamentary schedule since it does not name executors and is undated. 

In the earlier will I hypothesized that Elizabeth, the then testator, was the wife of a Thomas Blake. The witnesses to her will were John Stabback and William Stabback. Elizabeth Stabback (spinster) provided testimony to prove the signature of the codicil.

It is perhaps just a coincidence that both of these wills signed by Blake widows mention the Stabback family.

There is a marriage in 1738 between Nicholas Blake and Martha Hickman 1738 at St Leonard Exeter. There is also a marriage between William Staback and Elizabeth Hickman in 1713 at St Mary Arches Exeter. This does seem quite a spread in years between the two sisters marrying (25 years) but Martha doesn’t mention any children so was perhaps a late marriage for her.

There is the possibility that Elizabeth Blake (testator in the earlier will mentioning the Stabback family) and married to Thomas Blake likely and Martha Blake (present testator) was married to the brother of Thomas named Nicholas and he would have been 52 years of age when he married Martha in 1738. Both Thomas and Nicholas were the sons of Reverend Thomas Blake mentioned in the earlier will. But this particular tree found online is speculative but it is interesting to discover this link between the two wills.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Jul 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1017/267
Testator: Martha Blake, Widow
Place: Exon, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: undated, probated 21 Mar 1776
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Martha Blake

1    In the name of God Amen
2    I Martha Blake of the City of Exon Widow do make and ordain
3    This my last Will and Testament in the manner following first I
4    Recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the pardon and
5    Remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my
6    Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Stabback
7    Five hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John
8    Stabback the presentation that I bought of Mr Courtise for him and

9    As much Money as will make it up five hundred pounds I give and
10    Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Sturton five hundred pounds I
11    Give and bequeath unto my Niece Juliana Pasley five hundred pounds
12    I give and bequeath unto my Niece Bridgett Rocke five hundred
13    Pounds and I give and bequeath unto Sarah Edwards one hundred
14   Pounds to be paid to her in ten pounds a year to begin to be paid
15    At the time of my death Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
16    John Stabback the sum of fifty pounds upon trust and to the Intent
17    That he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the
18   Time being of a Society who now call themselves the Governors of
19    The Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter which said sum of fifty
20    Pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
21    Charitable designs of the said Society Item I give and bequeath
22    Unto my Nephew John Stabback one hundred pounds upon trust
23    And the intent that he doth pay the same to the Treasurer or
24    Treasurers for the time being of the Charity Schools now in this
25    City for the better carrying on the charity Schools In Witness whereof
26   I have hereunto set my hand
27    But if she should not live till the time of my death I give it to
28    Her Child or Children if Children to be devied be anno
29    In the name of God Amen I Martha Blake of the City of Exon
30    Widow do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the
31    Manner following first I recommend my Soul to the mercy of God hoping for the
32    Pardon and remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus
33    Christ my Saviour I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
34    Stabback five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Nephew
35   John Stabback five hundred pound I give unto my Niece Elizabeth
36    Sturton five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto my Niece
37    Juliana Pasley five hundred pound I give and bequeath unto
38    Mrs Bridgett Rocke five hundred pound
39    On the twenty first day of March in the Year of our Lord
40    One thousand seven hundred and seventy six administration (with
41    The Will or two Testamentary Schedules annexed) of all and singular
42    The Goods Chattels and Credits of Martha Blake late of the City of
43    Exeter Widow deceased was granted to the Revere[n]d John Stabback
44    Clerk
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45    Clerk the Nephew Juliana Pasley Widow and a
46    Jane Ulayut Widow the nieces and only next of kin of the said
47    Deceased (Executor or Residuary Legatee being named in the said Will
48    They having been first Sworn duly to Administer
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Windows 8 and Mozilla Thunderbird email program

August 1, 2013, 5:22 pm
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It has taken a couple of days but I have now (with the help of my daughter) converted my Windows Mail on Vista to Mozilla Thunderbird on my Windows 8 computer. It was fairly straightforward but I had 22,000 emails to move many with attachments. Moving the contacts was a bit more difficult because of the naming of the metadata but all accomplished now.

I had a number of emails to reply to and they have simply sat these three months which is unfortunate. I spent the day working on a project from that time period and it is now accomplished so back to my own work once again. I have about 30 emails that are a must do and will work away at them. I have missed a couple of marriage challenges because I was just too busy to prepare for them. Another time perhaps in the future.

The summer is passing quickly and the garden starting to thin out. Our tomatoes should soon be ripening and we had a feast of raspberries at the time. The carrots are fattening and lots of brocolli and zucchini. We do not grow as much as we used to. Our green beans tasted great with a brocolli and ham quiche for dinner.

I want to start to plan my fall research over the next week or so and set up my daily schedule once again to look at family names for an hour each day. One hour for our son in law's French Canadian ancestors and one hour for my ancestors other than Pincombe and Blake. They get more time than that each day because they are my one-name-studies.

I also need to get ready for our presentation on one name studies at the BIFHSGO Conference in September. We are doing a panel on Success with one name studies. Although Blake is a huge project worldwide and I can only make a small dent in the Blake information in my lifetime, I have already achieved some of my goals with the project and more on that at the Conference.

Some of my goals for this winter are:

Working on the Abbots Ann parish registers transcriptions

Continuing with the wills transcription project

Complete the legacy files for the Pincombe one name study in as much as I have the data. I would like to get these on My Heritage website along with the Blake trees that I have created.

Working on the Blake marriages from 1837 to 1950

Working on the paper for TAG on the Theophilus Blake family - most of this work is being done by others but I will combine it in their names and see if we can get it published

My living memory has served me well lately as I have been prowling back through some of my earlier blogs with some of the emails that I have received
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Colonel By Day in Ottawa, Canada

August 6, 2013, 5:41 am
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Ed and I spent yesterday in the Park area around the Bytown Museum down by the Rideau Locks at the table for the Ontario Genealogical Society, Ottawa Branch. It is the one event that we try to do every year as our helping out bit with the branch. It didn't seem as busy as other years down in the booth area but a walk back up to the top of the locks did demonstrate that there were a lot of people there. Perhaps one doesn't remember well year after year. I certainly had a hoarse voice by the end of the day so must have done quite a bit of talking. A lot of people were interested in tracing their family trees and I always give the sage advice to look at FamilySearch first and pop in your grandparents/great grandparents names to see if there is anything there for them. Their records are very extensive from many many countries around the globe.

This holiday marks the beginning of the "dog days" of summer as we gradually move into the Fall. It was cool yesterday and I was wrapped up in a big shawl all of the day. The wind off the water was cool.

It is always interesting to meet people with seven, eight and nine generation Canadian ancestry like my husband. Their roots are now deep in this country and many of them have ancestry from all over northern Europe and the British Isles also like my husband. Their ancestor stories have long been forgotten which is rather a shame. Growing up with all the stories of my ancestral families coming to Canada was fun although my own ancestry is very short here with just my mother, her father and his mother actually being born in Canada - all the rest come from 12 different English counties and more further back in time (Devon, Somerset, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, London, Surrey, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cumberland) with each of the groups coming as five separate waves and my first being my 3x great grandparents Routledge (both surname Routledge and 2nd cousins once removed with their nine children, son in law and two grandsons) in the summer of 1818 from Bewcastle, Cumberland, the next my 2x great grandfather Robert Gray coming from Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire around 1832 (and he married a Routledge daughter), then my 2x great grandparents John Pincombe from Bishops Nympton, Devon and his wife Elizabeth Rew from Selworthy, Somerset with their five children landing at the Port of New York in January 1851 and coming overland to southwestern Ontario by March 1851 (and their son William Robert Pincombe  married a daughter of Robert Gray and Mary Routledge - Grace Gray), then my grandmother Ellen Rosina Buller arrived in 1908 from Birmingham, Warwickshire and she married John Routledge Pincombe son of William Robert and Grace, finally my Blake grandparents - Samuel George Blake of Upper Clatford, Hampshire and Edith Bessie Taylor (aka Ada Bessie Cotteril Rawlings) of Kimpton, Hampshire with their son and my father who married the daughter of John Routledge Pincombe and Ellen Rosina Buller. All of their stories were passed down to me as a child.

Before the days of television we used to sit around the fireplace in the evenings before bedtime and my parents and grandparents would talk about their families. I think that that must have also been the case for the ancestors of many of those I met today but gradually over time the "older" stories didn't get passed on probably because there were exciting new stories to tell of the families that were closer in time. I try to remember to tell the stories to my own children but life is busy and one can see how that happens . . . . the stories disappear into the wells of time. Hence this blog of mine which is my living memory which I back up rather regularly. But I wonder if anyone would ever read my now over 1100 blogs!

Back to transcription.
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Will of Mary Blake, spinster, North Molton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1712/313, probated 22 May 1826

August 6, 2013, 6:36 am
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The testator Mary Blake is probably employed as a spinster. Her two children John baptized 27 Jun 1790 and Sarah baptized 17 March 1793 and both at North Molton are the children of William and Mary Blake. There is a marriage of William Blake and Mary Huxtable 26 Apr 1786 at North Molton on Find My Past.

Possibly these are their children as well baptized at North Molton:
Nancy baptized 21 Aug 1786
Nancy baptized 9 Nov 1787

This is probably Ann Williams mentioned as her daughter in the will. I was unable to find this marriage.

Hugh Bawdon married Sarah Blake 15 Apr 1816 at North Molton. Their children all baptized at North Molton (* mentioned in the will):

*Helen baptized 2 Feb 1817
*Hugh baptized 6 Jun 1819
*William Blake baptized 6 Jun 1819
*Harriet (census birth date shown as 1821)
*Grace baptized 11 Jul 1824
Sally baptized 25 Feb 1827
Elizabeth baptized 19 Jul 1829
Fanny baptized 12 Feb 1832
James baptized 30 Aug 1835
Arthur baptized 18 Jun 1837

John Blake married Katharine Rook 7 Jul 1811 at Bishop’s Nympton. I have no proof that this is the correct marriage but their children all baptized at Bishops Nympton are William, John Elizabeth, John, Jane, and Mary (by 1826) and then Sarah Ann and William. That would likely mean that William died as a child and the first John died as an infant. John was buried 20 Jul 1856 at Bishops Nympton (74 years of age) and Catherine buried 18 Nov 1860 (85 years of age). The age is not correct for John as he was baptized in 1790. Interesting that the children appear to be correct for the will! Checking the Bishops Nympton census – the 1851 census has John as born at North Molton but 70 years of age! Interesting conundrum; the data certainly looks interesting (* forenames mentioned in the will).

*William baptized 25 Aug 1811 (living in 1826)
John baptized 23 May 1813 (deceased by 1818)
*Elizabeth baptized 25 Dec 1815
*John baptized 27 Sep 1818
*Jane baptized 23 Sep 1821
*Mary baptized 22 Feb 1824
Sarah Ann baptized 24 Jun 1827
William baptized 14 Mar 1830

Looking back in the North Molton records, there was a William Blake baptized 5 Apr 1763 at North Molton and the son of John and Sarah Blake (Family Search). There is a marriage of John Blake and Sarah Air 2 Feb 1762 at North Molton (Find My Past). Continuing in this vein  there is a John Blake baptized 16 Jan 1725 at North Molton and the son of Amos Blake and Petronel (Family Search). I could not find a relevant marriage of Amos Blake and Petronel in Find my past or Family Search but there is a baptism for Amos Blake at North Molton 1 Jun 1690 with parents William Blake and Wilmote. From an earlier blog where I delineated the marriages at North Molton that I transcribed from the fiche for the set of parish registers there I did find:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/blake-families-in-devon-1500s-1600s.html

a William Blake married to Wilmott Dee 21 Sep 1679 at North Molton with a son Amos baptized 1 Jun 1690.

I did find under unassigned baptisms a William Blake baptized 7 Sep 1652 at North Molton and the son of William and Joane. This couple baptized a number of children at North Molton William, Charles (1653), Mary (1655), Richard (1657), Elizabeth (1659) and Joane (1661). I did not find a marriage for this couple at North Molton. However there is a baptism for a William Blake 27 Apr 1628 son of William Blake and Agnis Luckis who were themselves married 13 Jun 1625 and they had children An (1625), William, John (1630), Margeret (1632) and Ellen (1634). The Blake family then appears to be missing from North Molton as the next set of records back is in the mid 1550s.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1712/313
Testator: Mary Blake, spinster
Place: North Molton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Sep 1825, probated 22 May 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5

1    In the name of God Amen I
2    Mary Blake of North Moulton in the County of Devon Spinster being of sound
3    mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare this my last will and
4    Testament in manner and form following to wit First of all I will and direct that
5    all my just debts and funeral expences be first paid and discharged and from and
6    after the payment thereof I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Williams
7    the sum of ten pounds and unto my grandson William Blake son of my son John
8    Blake I bequeath the sum of ten pounds and five pounds each I bequeath to Elizabeth
9    John Jane and Mary Blake children of my son John Blake I also give and bequeath
10    unto William son of my daughter Sarah Bauden the sum of ten pounds and
11   five pounds each unto Eleanor Hugh Harriet and Grace Bauden children of my
12    daughter Sarah Bauden and I will and direct that the whole of my several
13    grandchildren’s legacies to be placed in the Savings Bank and the whole of the
14    interest arising from their several sums be for the benefit of the children in
15    equal proportions according to their sums Till they arrive at the age of eighteen
16    years after which time they shall be at liberty to make such use of it as they
17    shall deem most necessary And all the rest residue and remainder of my property
18    and effects whatever both real and personal which I now and or shall or
19    may at the time of my death or whatever property that may come to me or
20    in consequence of me after my death I give and bequeath the same unto my
21    son and daughter viz John Blake and Sarah Bauden whom I do hereby make
22    ordain constitute and appoint my whole and sole Executor and Executrix
23    of this my last will and Testament and lastly I do hereby revoke all former and
24    other wills and wills by me heretofore made and declare this only to be my last
25    Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
26    the eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
27    Signed sealed published and declared by the said Mary Blake the Testator as and
28    for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
29    our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of each other The mark of
30    Mary Blake the Testator Witnesses hereunto John Westcott Nicholas Lock
31    Proved at London 22nd May 1826 before the Judge by the oaths of John Blake
32    the son and Sarah Bawden (in the will written Bauden) wife of Hugh Bawden
33    the daughter the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn by Comm duly
34    to administer
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Will of MIchaell Blake, husbandman, North Molton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/134/346, probated 13 Nov 1619

August 7, 2013, 6:05 am
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This testator is known to me and I have blogged on his family in the blog mentioned yesterday namely the Blake families in Devon – 1500s 0 1600s:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/blake-families-in-devon-1500s-1600s.html

Michael Blake family
Blake    Mighell    married Squire    Agnes    1558    Dec    2  
Blake    Johane    daughter    Blake    Mychell    baptized    1560    Sep    1  
Blake    John    son    Blake    Mighell        baptized    1564    Dec    10 (buried  1565    Dec    6)
Blake    John    son    Blake    Mighell        baptized    1565    Dec    6  
Blake    Mote    daughter    Blake    Mighell    baptized    1565    Dec    6 (buried   1565    Dec  7)
Blake    Anne    daughter    Blake    Mighell    baptized    1568  May  16 (buried  1568    Jun  17)
Blake Michael will probated PCC 13 Nov 1619
Blake    Agnes        buried        1630    Feb    16

The earliest records at North Molton for the Blake family are a Thomas Blake buried 8 May 1542 and a John Blake buried 5 Dec 1546. Noting that Michael has named his son John might be a clue for the name of his father but no actual records exist that I have located in the Parish Registers to date.

However, the daughter Elizabeth married to Richard Beyre is not shown on the parish register at North Molton nor can I find the baptism for Thomasine their daughter. I have transcribed the North Molton parish registers from the beginning to the early 1700s. I am somewhat confused by all the John Blake mentions in the will. His son John would appear to be deceased leaving one child a daughter Gunnell. John Blake at Hole is mentioned but the John Blake his kinsman and Executor is possibly his brother or a cousin perhaps. The early records of the Blake family at North Molton are as shown on my blog page:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/blake-families-in-devon-1500s-1600s.html

The impression thought that I do have from these early records is that the Blake family at North Molton in the mid 1500s daughtered out and that the Blake family found there in the 1600s is a line that has moved there from elsewhere but perhaps a collateral line to the one that daughtered out and the manor records might help with that.

Michaell though does not mention his wife Agnes so I think that the Agnes Blake that I have buried 16 Feb 1630 is not likely his wife so will move that line on my blog to the unknown burials for North Molton for the Blake family.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/134/346/
Testator: Michaell Blake, husbandman
Place: North Molton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Jan 1618, probated 13 Nov 1619
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estator] Michaelis
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the name of God Amen the sixt daye of Januarye in the
2    yere of oure Lord god one thowsand sixe hundred and Eighteene I Michaell Blake of
3    Northmolton in the Countie of Devon husbandman being in bodilie healthe and in
4    perfect remembrance (thanckes be unto almightie god) do make this my last will and
5    Testament in manner and forme following First I bequeathe my Soule unto Almightie
6    god my maker and Redemer and my bodie to be buryed in the Churche yarde of Northmolton
7    or elswhere yt shall please god Item I give unto the Reparations of the Church there
8    sixe shillings eight pence Item I give unto the poore mens boxe twoe shillings Item I give
9    unto every godchild twelve pence Item I give unto Elizabeth Beyre my daughter the
10    wife of Richard Beyre the somme of fortie shillings to be payed unto her within one yere
11    after my decease Item I give unto Thomazine Beyre the daughter of Richard Beyre my
12    kyneswoman the somme of tenne poundes of lawfull money of England to be payed unto her
13    within one yere after my decease and to be put to use for her by my Rulers and Overseers
14    until she be married or accomplishe the age of one and twentie yeres provided yf the
15    saide Thomasine Beyre do happen to dye before she accomplishe the age of one and twenty
16    yeres and be not marryed That then the said somme of tenne poundes to remayne to my
17    executor Item I give to my sonne John Blake the somme of tenne poundes of lawfull
18    money of England to be paid unto hym within one yere after my decease Item I give
19    unto my kyneswoman Gunnell Blake the daughter of John Blake my sonne deceased
20    the somme of Fyve poundes of lawfull money of England to be payed unto her within one
21    yere after my decease and to be put to use for her by my Rulers and Overseers until she
22    accomplishe the age of one and twentie yeres or be married provided allwayes that
23    yf she happen to dye before she accomplishe the age of one and twentie yeres and be not
24    marryed That then the said Fyve poundes shall remaine unto my Executor Item I
25    give towards the Reparation of the Churche of High Braye tenne shillings
26    Item I give unto Jackatt Badge of Stoke Rivers the somme of sixe shillings
27    eight pence Item I give unto Dorothie Scott the wife of John Scott one cowe
28    Item I give unto John Scotts twoe children twoe Ewe sheepe apiece Item I give unto
29    xpofer Gupwell tenne shillings and to his wife tenne shillings And to every one of
30    his children one Ewe sheepe apiece Item I give unto my servannte Richord Dalbyn
31    the somme of tenne poundes of lawfull money to be paied unto her when she shall accomplish
32    the age of one and twentie yeres All the Rest of my goods moveable or unmoveable
33    not given nor bequeathed I give and bequeathe unto John Blake my kynnesman whome
34    I make my whole and full executor of this my last will and testament Revokinge all other former wills and testam[en]ts (my debts paid
35    my Legaceys discharged and my bodie honestlie brought to the grave And I do
36    appoint my good Freindes Cristofer Gupwill John Blake of Hole and John Scott
37    to be my Rulers and Overseers to see thys my last will and testament to be performed
38    in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale hereon the daye and yere
39    above written Signn Michaelis Blake Witnesses hereunto those whose names are
40    hereunder written
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41    hereunder written John Pearse Signn Johannis Elsworthye teste Henry Sannder
42    Christofer Taylor Signn Johannis Scott teste
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Will of Peter Blake, yeoman, Maker, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/195/466, probated 17 Jan 1624/25

August 9, 2013, 5:06 am
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=021-me_1&cid=1-76-4#1-76-4

Defeasance
1 Sir Richard Champernoune, Modbury, Devon, Kt.
Peter Edgcumbe, Esq.
Ric. Carew, Antony, Esq.
Ric. Edgcumbe, son and heir of Peter John Speccot of Thornbury, Devon Esq.
2 Richard Trefusis, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esq. Richard Waltham, Lincolns Inn, Esq.
(Ric. of deed for P & R Edgcumbe of 1 February 1598 (a) P. Edgcumbe (b) Ric Edgcumbe, (c) Richard Champernoune, Esq. Ric. Carew, John Speccott, Nicholas Tregodek (a) - (b). Manor of East Stonehouse, Devon, Park of Mount Edgcumbe, alias West Stonehouse in Devon and Cornwall.
Also messuages, houses, cellars at or near Cremyll. Passage in Maker, Devon, with the passage of Cremyll, held by Peter Blake and Joseph Grubbs, Cap. mess. and barton of Cotehele and Comfort in Calstock and two grist mills called Morden alias Cotehele mills in Calstock occ. by Walter Lampen. Two tenements Calstock held by Richard Cleer, and John Wante. Mess and fulling mill held by Thos. Ordam. To hold to Sir Richard Champernoune, Kt. to uses expressed in deed, proviso if (a) (b) and (c) declared above recited deed to be void, then P. Edgcumbe could re-enter premises after determination of demise).
Declaration of deed of recital as void by 1 with uses.
Sealed and delivered to Robert Rydbye to use of Richard Trefusis and Richard Waltham, witd. James Bysse, Hieron Walter, Tristram Barry, Robert Rydbye.

I blogged the will of Nicholas Blake who names as his executor his father Aquila Blake of Cremble Passage and Cremble Passage is located in the Parish of Maker. The date of the will of Nicholas was 16 Nov 1673.

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/11/will-of-nicholas-blake-of-saint-clement.html

And of course the document held at the National Archives mentions that Peter Blake holds property at or near Cremyll Passage in Maker, Devon and that the Passage itself is held by Peter Blake. Interesting as always to link wills together.

Peter in his will mentions his wife Joane and his children: Peter, Henry, John, Aquila, Nicholas his sons and Joane Herring, Richoard, and Margerett his daughters. He also mentions his grandchildren John and Peter Blake, Henry and Margeret Blake, James and Maria Herring.

Searching on Find My Past and Family Search did not lead to any new information on this family.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 7 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/195/466
Testator: Peter Blake, Yeoman
Place: Maker, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Jun 1624, probated 17 Jan 1624/25
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Petri Blake

1    In the name of God Amen I Peter Blake of
2    the p[ar]ishe of Maker in the County of Devon yeoman being sick in body but sound and
3    p[er]fect of sence and memory praised be God doe make this my last will and testament
4    in manner and forme following Impr[im]is I bequeath my soule into the hands of my Almightie
5    Creator that breathed it into me, and my boddy to the earth from whence it came to
6    be buried in xpian burial Item I give to the poore of the parish aforesaid twentie shillings
7    Item I give to the p[ar]ishe Church aforesaid Fyve shillings Item I give to my two sonnes
8    Peter Blake and Henry Blake yf they be lyvinge Fiftie shillings apiece Item I give
9    to my sonne John Blake Fyve pounds Item I give unto him one suite of Blewish medley
10    clothes and one gould ring with a Reddstone in itt Item I give unto my sonne Aquila
11    Blake twenty pounds beside his grandfather’s and frynds legacys Item I give him my
12    best suite of apparel and one gould ringe with a reddstone in itt Item I give unto my
13    sonne Nicholas Blake Fourty pounds to be payd him when he comes to twenty yeares
14    of age Item I give to my daughter Joane Herring twenty shillgs Item I give and bequeath
15    to my two daughters Richoard Blake and Margerett Blake if they marry w[i]th their
16    mother’s consent and liknese the some of One hundred pownds apiece to bee paid them
17    at the day of their marriage or els butt the some of threescore pownds apiece if they
18    marry against their mother’s liking shee being alive Item I give and bequeath to my grand-
19    child and godson John Blake twentie shillings Item I give and bequeath to my grandchild
20    and Godson Peter Blake twentie shillings Item I give and bequeath to Henry
21    Blake and Margerett Blake my grandchildren ten shillings apiece Item I give to James
22    Herring and Marie Herring my grandchildren a French Crowne apiece Item I give to
23    the rest of my godchildren twelve pence apiece Item I give to Elizabeth Govett
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24    my maide servant ten shillings All the rest of my goods debts chattels moveables and unmoveables whatsoever
25    not already bequeathed I give and bequeath to Joane Blake my wiefe whome I doe make executrix
26    of this my last will and testament renounceing all former willes and testaments whatsoever by me
27    made And I do nominate and appointe Anthony J__srom and Edmund Herring to be Overseers of
28    this my last Will and Testament to whome I bequeath Five shillings a peece for their paines In testimony
29    whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale the Nynth day of June 1624 Peter Blake
30    Witnesses presence John Blake Aquilla Blake Teste Edw Johnson
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Census 1921 Canada is now available on Ancestry with a geographical index

August 9, 2013, 6:44 am
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Like everyone else with Canadian ancestry, I too opened Ancestry yesterday to see if I could locate my parents on the 1921 census. My mother was a child of four years of age and my father was a teenager of sixteen years of age. Since I knew their addresses I thought it would be quick but the Westminster Township page was prepared by rural route numbers which I did not know and I did not know the sub district for London but I had the street name and found an old map of London giving me the main cross streets and then found it quite quickly.

No new news on that census yet but I will extract the Pincombe family for my one name study. There was a Blake family in London besides my father's family and their roots stretch back into the early 1800s. They are of Irish descent I believe but have not yet put that down on paper. By the time I was a child in London we were the only Blake family. The opinion was that Blake was a common name and in some ways it is with occurrence of this surname in a lot of directories worldwide but yet in total it does not place in numbers with names like Smith and Taylor.


Although it is really nice to have the Census of 1921 for Canada, its use is primarily for my one name studies as it will not provide me with any additional information on my personal family lines back in Canada.
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Marriage of William Charles Pincombe and Annie Steel Smith in 1899

August 9, 2013, 1:41 pm
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The marriage of William Charles Pincombe and Annie Steel Smith in l899 at St John's Church in the Parish of St John Bootle in the Registration District of West Derby has fascinated me ever since I found it on Free BMD back in the early days of my Pincombe one name study. Who was this William Charles Pincombe? His forenames reminded me of my great grandfather's youngest brother Philip's family. Philip Pincombe married Julia Susannah Greene 2 Jul 1840 at St Andrews, Clifton in Gloucester, England. They had six children of whom only three survived to adulthood with just the first and the last child marrying. The forenames in his family included Charles, Philip, William and Richard. Philip was only six when his mother died and eight when his father died and he was raised by his elder brother John (my ancestor).


Solving the mystery of this William Charles Pincombe is not going to happen with the marriage registration.  The only William Charles Pincombe in Free BMD was born July quarter 1864 at Clerkenwell, London.


Having the marriage lines from a recent Marriage Challenge has given me more details on this family. They married 15 Nov 1899 and William Charles Pincombe was 30 years of age, a bachelor working as a Commercial Traveller and living at 123 Benedict Street with father William Pincombe and he was a Horse Dealer. Annie Steele Smith was 21 years of age, a spinster, living at 119 Benedict Street and the daughter of John Smith a Printer. They were married after Banns by Charles Lester, MA Vicar. They both signed the register and the witnesses were William Coulthard and Catherine Coulthard.

When I search the census the only William I can find married to an Annie in the 1901 census is living with his parents (William and Elizabeth Pincombe) and he is a farmer with a father being a retired farmer. William and Annie do not have any children. There are only two entries with one having a birth year of 1871 and the other a birth year of 1867. The 30 year old lives at Week near Burrington (South Molton) and is married to Annie G who was born at Highbickington Devon and is 25 years of age and William is listed as being born at Burrington and a farm. They live with his parents William and Elizabeth Pincombe and that William a retired farmer.

The other possibility is that they emigrated after marriage. The only outbound Pincombe (Wm E) that I find departed in 1896 for Calcutta, India. He was single at that time but his second initial is definitely an E looking at the rest of the page.

Is it possible to at last attach this marriage to a known Pincombe family? Searching on BMD there are a number of children with surname Pincombe registered at South Molton RD. However I need to turn to the 1911 census to see if I can continue to see William Pincombe as a farmer and he is now 40 years of age (born in 1871) and rather interestingly he is married and retired and his mother is still living with him. His wife is however missing but crossed out are the completed years of marriage and that is 11 years. I find Annie G Pincombe living with her parents and her father is a farmer Thomas Slee. This does eliminate this family from being the married couple William Charles Pincombe and Annie Steel Smith.

Looking at the 1871 census at St James Clerkenwell I find an Alice Pincombe as head of a family (she is married and 38 years of age). She has eight children: Clara (13), Alice (11), Florance (9), Fanny (8), Harriet (6), William (4), Julia (2), and Thomas (1).  This Alice was born at Margate Kent and all of her children were born in London.

Looking at the 1861 census at Clerkenwell St James, I find William and Alice Pincombe and he is a traveller. They have three children Clara, Alice and Florance. It is difficult to read his place of birth but it could be the City of London. Alice (his wife) is born at Margate Kent once again.

I find the marriage of William Larking Pincombe and Alice  Barton September quarter 1856 at Clerkenwell. These marriages are online and William Larking Pincombe is the son of  Charles Richard Pincombe (also a Traveller) and he was 21 years of age with Alice Barton being 23 years of age. They both signed the parish register. The witnesses were Thomas Barton and Charlotte Noble.

Now looking at my Pincombe charts from the earlier researchers I find that there is a William Larkin Pincombe born circa 1836 at Stepney and he was the son of Charles Pincombe and Mary Meredith according to the chart and they married  26 Jul 1829 at Saint Bride Parish Church in the City of London. This register is online at Ancestry and reads:

Charles Pincombe of the Parish of Saint Dunstan Stepney in the County of Middlesex Bachelor and Mary Meridith of the Parish of Saint Bride London a Spinster were married in this Church by Licence this twenty sixth day of July in the Year 1829 by me J M Jones Curate, both signed the register and the witnesses were James Good and Sarah Good.

The Chart does not take Charles back further so is brickwalled thus far but do have a date of birth for him of the 8 of Jul of 7 of Aug 1804 and he died in 1857. I have not yet entered this particular chart into my Legacy one name study for Pincombe but will move to doing that soon.

Why William would refer to his father as a horse dealer though in the marriage between William Pincombe and Annie Steele Smith? Is it just an inaccuracy, had he changed his occupation from traveller? All interesting questions but for the moment I shall seriously consider that William Charles Pincombe in this marriage goes back to Charles Pincombe and Mary Meredith of Stepney London. The Pincombe family at Stepney is somewhat known to me in that Arthur Pincombe married Elizabeth Milton 13 Oct 1784 at St James Westminster and this Arthur was baptized 26 Dec 1761at Robourough by Torrington Devon and he was buried 19 Apr 1823 at St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney. Arthur married a second time to Ann Smale. I have information from a direct descendant of this family which is somewhat similar to the information on the charts and it was he who alerted me to the existence of the charts at the Society of Genealogists a number of years ago. He sent me all his research which I have on a CD. I think that this Charles would have to be a collateral line if he is related to Arthur but more investigation on that later. An interesting foray into the Pincombe family.
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Will of Richard Blake, Merchant, Exeter, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/468/152, probated 22 Jan 1702/03

August 10, 2013, 5:14 am
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Richard Blake, the testator, mentions his cousin Elizabeth Kimpe (daughter of Alexander Kimpe of Wellington, Somerset) and his sister in law (his executrix) Johanna Crosse (daughter of John Crose of Trull, Somerset).

When I do the Somerset wills this may fit in with that grouping of wills. This is one of the set of Somerset wills found in “Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills” from the manuscript collection of the late Rev. Frederick Brown, M.A., F.S.A.

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/abstracts-of-blake-somersetshire-wills.html

There was an Alexander Kemp married to Elizabeth Brifford 19 Jun 1682 at West Buckland. This is perhaps the Alexander Kempe baptized 23 Aug 1653 at Combe Florey, Somerset and the son of Alexander Kempe. I could not find an Elizabeth Kimp/Kemp record in Family Search or Find My Past that would fit into this time frame.

None of the Blake Somerset wills that I transcribed earlier relate to this will.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/468/152
Testator: Richard Blake, Merchant
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 31 Mar 1690, probated 22 Jan 1702/03
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Richard Blake

1    In the name of God Amen I Richard
2    Blake of the citty of Exeter Merchant being in reasonable good health of
3    body and of sound and perfect mind and memory (praised bee God) doe make and
4    ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner following Imprimis and before
5    all things else I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my blessed
6    Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to the earth to be decently and Christianly
7    buried according to the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and
8    concerning The things of this present life wherewith God hath blessed mee
9    I give and dispose thereof in manner following Imprimis I give and bequeath
10    unto my Couzen Elizabeth Kimpe the daughter of Alexander Kimpe late of
11    Wellington in the County of Somerset Gent deceased the full Summe of Fifty
12    pounds of lawfull English mony Item All the Rest of my goods and Chattells
13    not hereinbefore given or bequeathed my debts Legacy and funeral charges
14    first desrayed and paid I give and bequeath unto my sister in law Johanna
15    Crosse the daughter of my Father in law John Crose of Trull in the said county
16    of Somerset Gent whom |I make and ordain sole Executrix of this my last will and
17    Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this one and
18    Thirtieth day of March Anno D[om]ini 1690 And in the second yeare of the Reigne of
19    our Soveraigne Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace of God of
20    England Scotland France and Ireland King and Queene Defender of the Faith
21    etc Richard Blake Sealed Signed and published in the presence of us Edward
22    Martin John Carter Jun.
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Will of The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk, Farway, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1170/274, probated 24 Oct 1788

August 11, 2013, 6:47 am
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Richard Blake, the testator, has a memorial placed on Flicker:

“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd September 1788 Aged 66 Years. He was a liberal Benefactor to the poor. A sincere and Ready Friend. A vigilant and faithful Pastor. From his mind replete with Knowledge Flowed Instruction to all. And his Heart equally Benevolent Ever Expanded the Gate of his Hospitable Mansion. To whose memory this Monument is Erected By order of his affectionate Relative, Hannah Atkinson.”

The Parish Church at Farway is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and the early Norman Church can still be seen (13th century).

This is a large wall plaque which can be found on Flickr (the sculptor was M. Eames and it is located in the parish church at Farway, Devon):  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/6153526529/

This is the third will mentioning John Stabback, Clerk. The other two were blogged earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/07/will-of-martha-blake-widow-exon-devon.html

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html

In both wills, John Stabback has been entrusted with trusteeship as is also the case in this will. In the will of Martha Blake she names her sister as Elizabeth Stabback. John Stabback who is named as a Clerk is nephew to Martha Blake. Neither of these women have living children at their deaths.

Richard names his aunt: Alice Williams and his cousins: Thomas Williams, Hannah Atkinson, Richard Blake, William Blake, and Thomas Dodge.

This Richard is possibly the son of Richard Blake baptized 22 Sep 1722 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. His donations to Charities in Exeter tend to make me think that he was from Exeter. Later in 1795 his cousin Miss Hannah Atkinson endowed a charity school at Farway:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50578

There are references on the National Archives to Land deals in which both Robert Tarrant, Clerk, rector of St. Petrock Exon and John Stabback, clerk, rector of St Edmund upon the Bridge, Exon are mentioned:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-332a&cid=-1#-1

At St Davids Church in Exter there is a brass tablet remembering an earlier parishioner:

In memory of Richard Blake died 9th August 1746 aged 54. Hannah Blake his widow died 15th Aug 1673 aged 68.

http://www.archive.org/stream/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft_djvu.txt


Searching for this marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah in the Marriage Allegations and will report back later if I find it.I believe it to be the marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah Matthews celebrated in Exeter Cathedral in 1721 from the Boyd's Marriage Index but am searching the allegations by Vivian at the moment for all Blake entries and will watch for that particular entry if they had a license. The baptism of Richard does fit in as it was likely in 1722 according to the memorial.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1170/274
Testator: The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk
Place: Farway, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1769, probated 24 Oct 1788
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake

1    Be it remembered
2    That this is the last Will and Testament of me Richard
3    Blake of Farway in the County of Devon Clerk made this
4    eleventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty
5    nine First I give and bequeath unto Robert Tarrant of the City of
6    Exon Clerk and John Stabback of the same City Clerk their
7    Executors and administrators all my Capital Stock of Moneys in
8    any of the Publick Companys or Funds of this kingdom and all my
9    right and Interest therein respectively upon the trust herein
10    after mentioned concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they
11    my said Trustees their Executors and administrators do and shall
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12    by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and produce
13    thereof in the first place pay unto my Aunt Alice Williams
14    widow the annual or clear yearly Sum of twenty five
15    pounds for and during her natural life free of all Rates
16    Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and in the next place
17    do and shall by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and
18    produce of my said Stocks pay unto Mary Davy my Servant
19    who now lives with me the annual or clear Yearly Sum of
20    Fifteen pounds for and during her natural life free of all rates
21    Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and I do hereby
22    order and direct that both the said annuities shall be
23    paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments
24    and the First payment thereof respectively to begin and be
25    made at the End of six calendar Months next after my
26    decease and the residue of the clear and neat dividends
27    interest and produce of my said Stocks do and shall account
28    for and pay over unto my cousin Hannah Atkinson who
29    now lives with me to and for her own use and benefit and
30    upon this further trust that they my said trustees their
31    Executors and administrators do and shall by and out of my
32    said Capital Stock of Moneys in the Funds pay unto my
33    Cousin Thomas Williams Son of the said Alice Williams the
34    Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful British Money in six
35    months next after the death of his said Mother and also pay
36    unto my Cousin Richard Blake the Sum of two hundred
37    pounds of lawful British Money in six months next after the
38    deaths of both than the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
39    and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers
40    for the time being of a Society who now call themselves the
41    Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter the Sum
42    of thirty five pounds in six Calendar months next after the
43    deaths of both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
44    which said Sum of thirty five pounds I desire may be applied
45    towards the carrying on the Charitable designs of the said
46    Society and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or
47    Treasurers for the time being of a Society who now call
48    themselves the trustees for the Charity Schools within the said
49    City of Exeter which were begun and established in the time when
50    Doctor Blackhall was Bishop of Exeter the like Sum of thirty
51    five pounds of lawful British Money in six Calendar months
52    next after the deaths of both of them the said Alice Williams
53    and Mary Davy which said last mentioned Sum of thirty five
54    pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
55    charitable designs of the said Society and also do and shall
56    pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of
57    a Society established for the support and maintenance of poor
58    Clergymens Widows and orphans within the archdeaconary
59    of Exeter the like Sum of thirty five pounds of lawful British
60    Money in six Calendar months next after the deaths of
61    both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy and my
62    express will and Meaning is that the said last mentioned
63    Sum of thirty five pounds shall be paid to and distributed
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64    amongst such poor Clergymen’s widows and orphans only
65    who are not possessed of or entitled to more than two hundred
66    pounds in real or personal Estate or in both real and
67    personal or have not an income of more than ten pounds
68    a year such being the objects for whose benefit the said
69    Charity was originally begun and established and the
70    residue of my said Stocks or Moneys in the Funds after the
71    several payments and applications aforesaid do and shall
72    account for and pay over or otherwise transfer the same
73    unto my said cousin Hannah Atkinson her Executors and
74    administrators to and for her and their own use and benefit
75    and upon no other need and for no other intent or
76    purpose whatsoever also I give and bequeath unto my said
77    Cousin Richard Blake the further Sum of one hundred pounds
78    of lawful British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix
79    hereinafter named within one year next after my death if
80    he shall then have attained his age of twenty one years
81    but if not then to be paid to him when and so soon as he
82    shall attain that age also I give and bequeath unto my
83    Cousin Thomas Dodge the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful
84    British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix herein after
85    named within one year next after my decease if he shall
86    then have attained his age of twenty one years but if not then
87    to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall have
88    attained that age and my will is that if any or either of them
89    the said Thomas Williams Richard Blake and Thomas Dodge
90    shall happen to die before his or their Legacy or Legacys
91    or any part thereof respectively shall become payable that
92    then the Legacy or Legacies of him or them so dying or such
93    part thereof as shall not be payable in his or their life time
94    shall sink for the benefit of my Executrix and not be paid or
95    payable also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William
96    Blake Brother of the said Richard Blake the Sum of one
97    hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to him by my
98    Executrix hereinafter named within one year next after my
99    death also I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Tarrant
100    and John Stabback the Sum of Fifty pounds each of lawful British
101    Money to be paid to them respectively by my Executrix herein
102    after named in six months next after my death provided always
103    nevertheless and my Will is that they my said trustees or
104    either of them shall  not be answerable or accountable for the acts
104    Deeds Receipts of mismanagement of each other but each for
106    his own acts Deeds Receipts and mismanagements only nor for any
107    loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust Estate and
108    premises nor for any more money than shall come to their
109    hands respectively and my Will further is that it shall and
110    may be lawful to and for my said trustees respectively to
111    deduct retain and keep in his and their hands respectively out
112    of the said trust moneys and premises over and besides the
113    several Legacies herein before to them respectively Given all such
114    Costs charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
115    sustain be at or put into for or on account of the trusts hereby in
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116    them reposed or their or either of their acting or intermeddling
117    therein or anything relating thereto together with so much
118    Money as they shall severally reasonably deserve for their labour
119    and trouble in and about the same also I give and bequeath
120    unto such poor people of the parish of Farway as have no
121    pay or relief from the said parish the Sum of ten pounds
122    of lawful British Money to be paid and distributed unto and
123    amongst such of them as my Executrix shall think proper
124    at the following times to wit one half hereof in two months next
125    after my death and the residue thereof within twelve months
126    next after my decease also all the rest residue and remainder
127    of my Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and hereditaments
128    Real and personal Estate whatsoever of mine hereinbefore
129    given devised or bequeathed my Debts Legacies and Funeral
130    Expences being first paid and discharged I give devise and
131    bequeath unto my said Cousin Hannah Atkinson her heirs Exors
132    administrators and assigns and her the said Hannah Atkinson
133    I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
134    Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me
135    heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this to be my
136    last In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
137    Testament contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet
138    thereof set my hand and to the last my hand and Seal the day
139    and year aforesaid Richd Blake Signed Sealed published
140    and declared by the said Richard Blake the Testator as and
141    for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
142    subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of
143    the said Testator and of each other Henry Venn Junr Jas
144    Townsend Jno Pratt
145    This Will was proved at London the twenty
146    fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
147    seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful
148    Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper
149    or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
150    constituted by the Oath of Hannah Atkinson Spinster the Sole
151    Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was
152    granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
153    the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.
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Will of Sarah Blake, Spinster, Cotleigh near Honiton - The National Archives PROB 11/1943/439, probated 27 Apr 1841

August 12, 2013, 5:35 am
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Sarah Blake is the testator and there is familial information in this will. The family lives at Cottleigh near Honiton in the County of Devon. Her father was named Richard and still living at the time of writing the will. Her brothers are Robert, Humphrey, Richard and her sister is Elizabeth Genge. Charles Blake is perhaps her nephew and she has put five pounds into a “stocking” for him it would appear.

I found Humphry Blake on the census in 1851 with his wife Jane living in Woodbury and he states that he was born at Cotleigh Devon and he is 61 years old (Wheelwright) so approximate year of birth would be 1790. Humphrey Blake married Joan Gould 10 Jun 1811 at Plymtree, Devon. Their children include:

Mary Blake baptized 11 Oct 1812 at Plymtree, Devon (Family Search P00179-1)
Robert Blake baptized 14 May 1815 at Plymtree, Devon
George Anthony Blake baptized 25 Dec 1819 at Woodbury, Devon (Family Search C05218-1)
Henry Blake baptized 21 Jan 1822 at Woodbury, Devon
Charles Blake baptized 25 Dec 1824 at Woodbury, Devon

There is a marriage of a Robert Blake to Mary Stark 13 Mar 1816 at Plymtree.

Honiton is 8 miles ESE of Plymtree and Cotleigh is 10 miles E of Plymtree.

On the 1841 census at Cottleigh there is a Richard Blake farmer living on his own and his age is listed as 80 so approximate year of birth would be 1761 but these years are rounded up or down so close to that age but might not be correct. He is living at Mondays, Cotleigh.

The 1841 census was taken on 6 Jun 1841 and Sarah would have been deceased since her will was probated 27 Apr 1841. Given the year of birth of her brother Humphrey Sarah was possibly over 40 when she died.

I could not find Elizabeth Genge on the census other than one who was married to a Thomas but living in Somerset and this Elizabeth was born in Newfoundland.

In the Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 61, Part 2 under Marriages and Deaths of Eminent Persons I found on page 680 for July 14:

At Plymtree, Devon, Richard Blake, esquire. Merchant, of Bristol, to Miss Harward, daughter of the Dean of Exeter. Later in the Haward family the name “Blake” was used as a middle name (namely the monumental inscriptions at Plymtree as noted in the following website:

http://www.plymtree.org.uk/st-john-the-baptist/churchyard-and-monument-inscriptions

Does this will relate at all to the will of Richard Blake, merchant, Exeter probated 22 Jan 1702/03. He died childless but is this the same family whom I suspect are from the Somerset family?

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/will-of-richard-blake-merchant-exeter.html

This a rather recent find on the medieval genealogy site:

CP 25/1/45/72, number 56.
County:     Devon.
Place:     Westminster.
Date:     Two weeks from Easter, 6 Henry [IV] [3 May 1405].
Parties:     Richard Blake, querent, and Robert Blake and Englisa (or Euglisa), his wife, deforciants.
Property:     1 messuage and 23 acres of land in Haccombe and Combe.
Action:     Plea of covenant.
Agreement:     Robert and Englisa have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Richard, as those which he has of their gift.
For this:     Richard has granted to Robert and Englisa the tenements and has rendered them to them in the court, to hold to Robert and Englisa and the heirs of the body of Robert, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Thomasia, daughter of Richard Blake, and the heirs of her body, (2) to John Wodelond' and Edith, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies and (3) to the right heirs of Robert.

Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons:     Richard Blake, Robert Blake, Englisa Blake (or Euglisa Blake), Thomasia Blake, John Woodland, Edith Woodland
Places:     Haccombe, Combeinteignhead (in Haccombe)
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_45_72.shtml

Is this perhaps the Blake family of Coombe found in the Visitation of Cornwall? An abstract thought at this point in time but did not want to lose the reference. The visitation begins with John Blake of Comb and Elizabeth Lugar of Modburye and their son John. There isn’t a Richard in this line however but the reference appeared when I searched for “Richard Blake” + Plymtree on Google.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1943/439
Testator: Sarah Blake, Spinster
Place: Cottleigh near Honiton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 27 Jun 1840, probated 27 Apr 1841
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 10

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Sarah Blake of Cottleigh near Honniton in the County
3    of Devon Spinster First I direct all my just debts funeral and testamenta-
4    ry expences to be fully paid and satisfied then I give and bequeath unto
5    my sister Elizabeth Genge wife of Thomas Genge of Shadwell in then
6    County of Middlesex Vintner all my cloathes linen and wearing ap-
7    parel of every description whatsoever and I direct my Executrix herein
8    after named to collect get in and receive all my money and Personal
9    Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and place the same out at interest in the public
10    funds or on other good security and I direct that the interest thereof shall
11    accumulate until the death of my Father Richard Blake of Cottleigh afore-
12    said unless he the said Richard Blake fall into misfortunes and be with
13    out the means of support then I direct that the interest of the money then
14    invested shall be paid to him during his life and after his decease I
15    give and bequeath unto my said sister Elizabeth Genge the sum of
16    twenty pounds part of the said stock monies and accumulations and as
17    to all the rest residue and remainder of the said stock monies and accumu-
18    lations I give and bequeath the same equally to be divided between my
19    brothers and sister Robert Blake Humphrey Blake Richard Blake and
20    the said Elizabeth Genge to be paid to them as soon after the decease of
21    my said father as conveniently can be and I hereby nominate con-
22    statute and appoint my said sister the said Elizabeth Genge sole
23    Executrix of this my will In witness whereof  I the said Sarah Blake
24    the testatrix above named have to this my last Will and Testament
25    set my hand this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord
26    One thousand eight hundred and forty
27    I gave to my Nether Charles Blake five pounds to be paid him at the
28    age of twenty one or after the deth of my Father Sarah Blake Signed
29    published and declared by the said Sarah Blake the testatrix above
30    named as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
31    in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have
32    subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Henry North Mary
33    Bromfeild Jane Bucke Robert Hale
34    In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
35    In the Goods of Sarah Blake Spinster deceased
36    Appeared Personally Mary Bromfield the
37    wife of William Bromfield of the parish of Cottleigh in the Colunty of
38    Devon Miller and made oath that she is one of the subscribed witness-
39    ses to the execution of the last Will and Testament now hereunto annex-
40    ed of Sarah Blake late of Cotleigh near Honiton in the County of Devon
41    Spinster deceased the said Will being now marked “No 1” and beginning
42    thus “This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Blake of Cottleigh
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43    near Honiton in the County of Devon Spinster “ending thus “In
44    witness whereof the said Sarah Blake the testatrix above named in
45    have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand this twenty
46    seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
47    and forty and being thus subscribed Sarah Blake” and the deponent
48    having now carefully viewed and observed the said Will but more
49    particularly the following obliterations therein and addition thereto to
50    with the words “all my cloathes linen and wearing apparel of every
51    description whatsoever” obliterated by being ran through as with a pen
52    in the seventh and eighth lines from the top of the first side of the said
53    will the word twenty in the date at the foot of said Will appearing
54    to have been misspelt or to have been converted from some other word
55    and lastly the following words appearing to be written at the end of the
56    said will to wit “I gave to my Nether Charles Blake five pounds to
57    paid him at the age of twenty one or after the death of my Father”
58    this Appearer does depose that the said obliterations in and addition to
59    the said Will were respectively so made and done previously to the exe-
60    cution of the said Will by the said testatrix that the said testatrix so executed
61    her said Will on the twenty seventh day of the Month of June in the
62    year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty being the day
63    on which the same bears date and the same is now in all res-
64    pects in the very same plight and condition as when so executed by
65    the said Sarah Blake Spinster the testatrix deceased as aforesaid
66    Mary Bromfeild On Thursday the fifteenth day of April in the
67    year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one the said
68    Mary Bromfield was duly sworn to the truth of the aforegoing affi-
69    davit by virtue of the annexed Commission Before me William
70    Michell Rector of Cotleigh in the County of Devon Commissioner
71    Proved at London 27th April 1841 before the Worsful August Frederick Bayford Dr of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath
72    of Elizabeth Genge Wife of Thomas Genge the sister the sole Executrix
73    to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn
74    duly to administer.
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Will of Thomas Blake, Mariner of Biddiford, Devon now living at Placentia, Newfoundland - The National Archives PROB 11/636/118, probated 6 Mar 1730

August 13, 2013, 6:00 am
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Thomas Blake, the testator, mentions his wife Sarah and his sons George and John and his daughters Joan and Dorothy with Dorothy being named as Executor of his will. Searching on Family Search did not reveal any new information.

Thomas Blake, the testator, does make mention of the Merchant Ship the Queen Charlotte in which he has a part interest. Of interest 27 Jan 1813 the West Indian merchant ship Queen Charlotte was lost with four sailors of the Scilly Islands. This is quite a bit later though and is perhaps a different ship. This websites mentions that the West Country merchants including at Bideford controlled the fisher industry in Newfoundland in this first third of the 18th century in which the will is written.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/18fishery.html

Thomas Blake, the testator, does mention his property at Instow and on the Friends of Devon Archives: Oath Rolls can be found:

Thomas Blake, yeoman of Instow (signed).

The Oath Rolls project on the Friends of Devon Archives webpage lists the following Blake entries (of interest these rolls include the names of 25,000 Devonians which is about 1 in 5 of the adults living in Devon in this time period of 1723):

Tawstock (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/10b.htm)

Christopher Blake of Roborough (signed)
Thomas Blake, yeoman of Instow (signed)

Exeter (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/6/1j.htm, http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/exeter/2.htm)

Edith Blake of Sampford Peverell (marked “B”)
John Blake, cordwinder (marked “JB”):
Nicholas Blake, ironmonger (signed)
Thomas Blake, goldsmith (signed)
Thomas Blake, tailor (signed)

Honiton (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/3/2a.htm)

Thomasin Blake, spinster of Honiton (marked “T”)

Plympton St Mary (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/2b.htm)

Elizabeth Blake of Yealmpton/Plymstock (marked)
Nathaniel Blake of Cornwood (marked)
Roger Blake of Plympton St Mary (signed)
Susanna Blake of Plymstock (marked)

Ashburton (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/4/7a.htm)

Elizabeth Blake of Ugborough (marked “B”)
George Blake of Ugborough (marked “B”) also signed at Modbury

Modbury (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/3/13f.htm)

John Blake of Ugborough (signed)

Buckland Brewer (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/9a.htm)

George Blake, Clerk of Alwington (signed)
Mary Blake of Bulkworthy (marked)
Samuel Blake of Langtree (signed)

Burlescombe (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/16b.htm)

Humphrey Blake of Churchstanton (marked “H”)

Moreleigh (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/1/7b.htm)

Joan Blake of Diptford (marked)

Braunton (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/11a.htm)

John Blake of Charles (marked “B”)

Chittlehampton (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/2/13.htm)

John Blake of Warkleigh (marked “B”)

Chulmleigh (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/3/12b.htm)

John Blake of King’s Nympton (marked “B”):

Witheridge (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/QS17/2/3/5.htm)

John Blake of Stoodleigh (marked “+”)

Great Torrington (http://www.foda.org.uk/oaths/greattorrington/1.htm)

Philip Blake (signed)
Richard Blake (signed)
Wilmott Blake (marked “W”)

In one spot to look at them at a later date I will add the Freeholder information also from the Devon Genuki website and the Friends of Devon’s Archives:

Black Torrington
Andrew Blake, freeholder, North Petherwin (1734, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1739, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780)
Thomas Blake, North Petherwin (1721, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1762, 1763, 1765, 1766, 1769, 1770, 1799)
John Blake, North Petherwin (1752, 1753, 1799)

Modbury
George Blake, Ugborough (1719, 1720, 1725, 1727, 1729, 1751)

Braunton, Duchy of Lancaster
John Blake, gentleman, Goodleigh (1711, 1714, 1715, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1725)

Shebbear
John Blake, leaseholder, Ware Gifford (1783)

South Molton
Richard Blake, yeoman, South Molton (1757, 1759, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1783)
William Blake, South Molton (1777, 1780)

Hayridge
Thomas Blake, Plymtree (1762, 1763, 1767, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777)
William Blake, Plymtree (1777, 1778, 1780, 1799)

Coleridge
William Blake, leaseholder, Slapton (1733)

Having been a transcriber for some of this material, it is interesting to now be making use of it!

Parish Return towards the Rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral (1678) (these records have many blanks). But the results are none the less interesting where they do exist.
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/StPauls/index.html

Alwington
Thomas Blake, Rector

Goodleigh
John Blake

Honiton
Thomas Blake

Ide
Elizabeth Blake

Inwardleigh
George ?lake
Henry ?lake

Oakford
John Blak?

Parkham
Anthony Blake

Roborough
William Blake, Churchwarden

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/636/118
Testator: Thomas Blake, Mariner of Biddiford, Devon
Place: Placentia, Newfoundland
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Jun 1729, probated 6 Mar 1730
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Thomas Blake of Biddiford in the Kingdom of Great Brittain
3    mariner and now at Placentia in Newfound Land being much indisposed
4    in Body but of perfect Mind and understanding blessed be God
5    for it do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner
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6    and Form following that is to say Imp[rim]is I recommend my Soul that
7    precious and immortal part of me in into the hands of a gracious
8    redeemer hoping through his Meritts to inherit eternal life, Life and
9    immortality being brought to light through the Mediation of Jesus
10    Christ and my Body to be decently interred according to the discretion
11    of my Executors hereinafter named and as touching such worldly
12    estate or Goods as God has been pleased to bless me withal I
13    give devise and bequeath in Manner and Form following via[ a vi]t I
14    make and ordain my dearly beloved daughter Dorothy Blake of
15    Biddiford sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
16    reposing special Trust and Confidence in my good Friends Capt[ain]
17    William Chappell and Capt[ain] John Strange who I appoint her
18    Guardians and Trustees to this my Will especially for what Effects
19    I have in this Country (except my part of the Ship Queen Caroline
20    and Cargoe) which Effects are to be for her sole uses Benefit
21    and Behees for ever Item I give and bequeath to my Son George
22    Blake my part and Interest in the Ship Queen Caroline and
23    cargo now at Placentia aforesaid and in case my Wife Sarah
24    Blake should marry after my decease then I give devise and
25    bequeath all that my Estate called Nap in the parish of Instow in
26    the County of Devon to be equally divided between my too daughters
27    Joan Blake and Dorothy Blake Item I give to my daughter Joan
28    ten pounds to be paid out of what Effects I have in Newfound
29    Land and which is left to the discretion of the Guardians and
30    Trustees above named whether it shall be given or not Item I
31    give to my Wife Sarah my Clock and my best Bed with the
32    furniture thereof and also a Book intituled the Saints everlasting
33    rest Item I give to my Wife one doz pewter plates and six
34    pewter dishes as also Ten pound in Money Item I give to my
35    son John Blake Five pounds to be paid at the discretion of the
36    Guardians afore named all the Rest of my Goods and Chattles
37    not otherwise disposed of to be divided amongst all my Children
38    which shall be surviving at the time of my decease and I do
39    hereby indempnifie my Trustees from paying any debts of mine
40    further than they shall have Effects in their hands and I do hereby
41    revoke all other Wills formerly by me made and declare this to be
42    my last Will and Testament whereunto I have set my hand
43    and Seal this thirteenth day of June anno domini 1729 Thos
44    Blake Signed Sealed and published by the Testator to be his last
45    Will and Testament in presence of us James Chappell Chr Chappell
46    Edward Mills
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Will of Richardus Blayke of Enham 1522

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I received a copy of the will of Richardus Blayke of Enham dated 1522 and I think also probated in 1522 but still working on that. Is this possibly the father of Robert, Nicholas and Elizabeth (married to Mr. Mylne) and husband of Jone who left her will as a widow in 1527 also at Enham? I am about 1/4 of the way through the will and it is slow going. Back to working on the will of Richardus Blayke of Enham. I would like to finish it today. Hence no new Blake will tomorrow from Devon, hopefully it will be this will of Richard Blake.

I filled in the copy form on the Family Search website about two weeks ago for this will and it arrived yesterday. Absolutely beautiful scan of it and included the wrapper, a close up scan and a full scan. Many many abbreviations though in the will and it is in Latin so very slow going for me.
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CBC Radio 1 Ottawa Morning

August 14, 2013, 5:40 am
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Ed and I were on the Radio this morning talking with Robyn Bresnahan host of Ottawa Morning on CBC Radio 1. The topic was the release of the 1921 census and our thoughts on that release. Of course I mentioned finding my maternal grandfather on this census with his family because that was the last census on which I found him. Born in 1872 in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, John Routledge Pincombe had both a very happy and a very sad childhood. Very happy until he was about seven years of age and then the sadness arrived with first his little brother dying as a six month old of influenza, then his maternal grandparents died shortly thereafter, then his mother died when he was fourteen years of age and a year later his sister passed away also from influenza. Although he had a lot of first cousins around him, the loss of his close family stayed with him all his life - a feeling that he passed onto his daughter my mother. My mother was only eight years old when he died - John married when he was already 41 years of age and my maternal grandmother was fourteen years younger than he was. He was very popular in the area in which he lived. He met my grandmother when he was out driving and went through a puddle and splashed her; soaking her completely. She was close to home but he came by later to ask how she was and their acquaintanceship began! But finding him on the census for me was like capturing a little bit of him frozen in time when he was still living. My mother missed him all her life; they were very close. He was a farmer and so always there when she was a little girl and used to walk them to school in the morning when it was possible. I hope my short comment captured how much it does mean to me to see him on the census.

My husband did most of the talking as he is so much more knowledgeable than I on genealogy. I am a late comer to genealogy. It wasn't until 2003 that I became interested in genealogy following an overseas trip with my eldest daughter which included a visit to London, England. I felt so very at home there (and it turned out later that our hotel was just around the corner from where my 2x great grandfather had his butcher shop!) that I suddenly realized that although I did know a great deal about my family (my grandfather and grandmother/parents talked a lot about their families when I was a child); my knowledge only went back so far (I had one grandparent alive from my father's side and one grandparent alive from my mother's side). The hunt was on for those missing ancestors - missing to me. Now ten years later I have been very lucky searching my lines but I did have all those memories planted in my brain by my grandparents and parents.

Back to transcribing Richard Blayke's will. If this turns out to be the father of my Nicholas Blake (born circa late 1480s/early 1490s) then I will have discovered something that my grandfather did not know. That information was lost over time as it was too early for Parish Registers and his wife, then a widow, writing her will did not mention his forename. He could rhyme off his ancestors one by one although I had forgotten the order (he died when I was only eight years of age) he certainly was so right as far back as I could remember and then the rest fell into place with the records.
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