Always nice to match up wills and this is Richard the second son of William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. His will was blogged earlier. This Richard was married to Felizarda Guilhermina and her surname is unknown. They had six children including three daughters and three sons.

Sir Peter Pole, Baronet, married Anna Guilhermina Buller 24 Dec 1798. She was the eldest daughter of Richard Buller, Esquire. They had eight children. She died 25 Jul 1835.

A second daughter Felizarda Matilda Buller was married to Charles Pole (brother of Sir Peter Pole).

The third daughter Marianna was married to the Reverend Henry Isham.

The oldest son appears to be Cornelius, second eldest is the Reverend Arthur, Clerk and Daniel is the youngest son although he appears to benefit little from the will.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html

An online website links this family back to the Buller family of Shillingham but I still haven't figured out the connection. There is just one Richard that is a possibility on the Visitation but it does not extend his information further than himself although it also does not show him to have died without issue. However the dates of birth for the two Richard entries do not agree. A mystery that is actually. Of course the other issue is whether or not all children are listed on the Visitation. By the wills that were written father to son it does appear that they are all mentioned but then one generation back there are several sons about whom nothing more has been written.

Is the Cornelius Buller Esquire who was Governor of the Bank of England 1824-1826 related to this testator? Looking at the deaths in Free BMD there was one Cornelius Buller who died Jun quarter 1849 (he was the Governor of the Bank of England as mentioned) in Kensington RD. and another death of Cornelius Buller Dec quarter 1880 and he was 77 years of age dying in Marylebone RD. This would be the son of the testator.

http://theweek.com/article/index/95385/the-panic-of-1825

However there was a Cornelius Buller who was in business with Richard Buller and a third partner Hieroniman Berminster. Was Cornelius Buller a brother to Richard? Was Hieroniman Berminster a brother to the wife of Richard Buller namely Felizarda Guilhermina (surname unknown).  Cornelius Buller stepped back from becoming involved when the banking house of Pole was in trouble in 1825 because he was related (the deputy Governor took over that particular transaction). However Cornelius Buller is credited with preventing a complete collapse of the system. But how does this Cornelius Buller fit into the Buller family? Cornelius Buller was married to Mary Downe the daughter of Richard Down Esquire Banker of Bartholomews Lane in the City of London. The Will or Richard Down is in its entirety in the website below:

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dewievans/richard_will.html

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1680/55
Testator: Richard Buller Esquire
Place: Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 2 Aug 1823, probated 21 Jan 1824
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 51

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Richard Buller of Cumberland Street in the parish of Saint
3    Marylebone in the County of Middlesex Esquire I direct that all my
4    just debts be paid immediately after my decease I appoint my sons
5    Cornelius Buller and Arthur Buller and my son in Law Charles
6    Pole Executors of this my will I give and bequeath unto my Son
7    Cornelius Buller the sum of twenty thousand pounds which I
8    have advanced as a Capital in the Mercantile Firm of Richard
9    Buller and Co and I also release and discharge him from the
10    payment of the sum of Sixteen thousand Seven hundred pounds
11    which I have advanced to him for various purposes I give and
12    bequeath unto my Son the Reverend Arthur Buller the sum
13    of twenty thousand pounds and to my Son Daniel Buller the
14    sum of twenty thousand pounds the said two legacies to be
15    paid within two months after my decease I give and bequeath
16    to my daughter Anna Guilhermina wife of Sir Peter Pole Bar[one]t
17    the sum of ten thousand pounds and to my daughter Felizarda
18    Matilda wife of Charles Pole Esquire the like sume of ten thousand
19    pounds to be respectively paid within two months after my
20    decease I give and bequeath to my said Executors Cornelius
21    Buller, Arthur Buller and Charles Pole the sum of ten thousand
22    pounds upon trust within two months after my decease to
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23    lay out and invest the same in their names upon Government
24    Securities in Great Britain with power to vary and transpose
25    the said Securities from time to time at their discretion and to stand
26    possessed of the said Securities upon trust to pay the dividends or
27    interest thereof from time to time as the said shall become due
28    into the proper hands of my daughter Mariana Johane the
29    wife of the said Henry Charles Isham or unto her order to be
30    signified by writing under her hand from time to time after the
31    same shall have become due and not by way of anticipation
32    for her life for her sole use and benefit and I declare that the same
33    shall not be subject to the debts controll or Engagements of
34    her present or any future husband of my said daughter and
35    that the receipts of my said daughter alone or of such person
36    or persons as she shall in manner aforesaid appoint shall
37    from time to time not withstanding her coverture be a
38    good and sufficient discharge to my said Executors and after
39    the decease of my said daughter Marianna Isham upon
40    trust to pay assign and transfer her said sum of ten thousand
41    pounds or the securities upon which the same shall be invested
42    unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children of
43    my said daughter Marianna Isham in such shares and
44    proportions and at such times and in such manner and
45    form as my said daughter shall by deed or will executed
46    in the presence of and attested by two witnesses direct or
47    appoint and in default of appointment in equal shares and
48    proportions such shares being vested interests in the Children
49    of my said daughter being Sons on their attaining the age
50    of twenty one years or being daughters on their attaining
51    that age or on the day or days of their marriage with benefit
52    of Survivorship among them in case of the death of any of
53    them before their respective shares or interests should become vested
54    as aforesaid and with the allowance of the dividends or
55    interest of their respective shares for their maintenance and
56    Education in case my said daughter should die before the
57    said shares become vested and also with power to my said
58    Executors after the decease of my said daughter to advance
59    any part of the expectant shares of her said Children respectively
60    for their preferment or advancement in the world as my
61    said Executors shall think fit and in case my said daughter
62    shall depart this life without leaving issue or there being
63    such they shall all die being Sons under the age of twenty
64    one years and being daughters under that age and unmarried
65    then I direct the said sum of ten thousand pounds or the
66    securities upon which the same shall be invested to be paid
67    and transferred unto and equally between all my surviving
68    Grand Children who shall be living at the decease of my
69    said daughter share and share alike I give and bequeath
70    unto each of Sons in Law Sir Peter Pole Baronet Charles
71    Pole Esquire and the Reverend Henry Isham the sum of
72    two hundred pounds sterling and to Mr John Schubach
73    the like sum of two hundred pounds such last mentioned
74    legacies to be paid within two months after my decease and
75    I give and bequeath unto each of the Children of my Children
76    Anna Guilhermina Cornelius Felizarda Matilda and
77    Marianna who shall be living at the time of my decease the
78    sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to such of them as shall
79    have attained twenty one years of age as soon as conveniently
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80    may be after my decease and to be paid to such of them as
81    shall not have attained twenty one years of age or their
82    attaining that age but to be a vested interest at my decease and
83    to be paid out at interest upon Government securities for their
84    benefit respectively during their Minorities and I direct my
85    Executors to present Mourning Rings to each of my friends
86    and relatives as they may think proper I direct my said
87    Executors to lay out and invest in their names within
88    one Month after my decease in Government securities in Great
89    Britain so much money as will produce the clear annual
90    sum of one hundred pounds and to stand possessed thereof In
91    trust to pay the interest or dividends thence arising from time to
92    time as and when the same shall become payable to my old
93    and faithful Maid Servant Isabella Brown for her life with
94    proportionable part thereof to the day of her decease and
95    after her decease I direct that the said Government securities
96    shall sink into and become part of the residue of my personal
97    Estate I give and bequeath to my Coachman Francis Brown
98    if he shall be in my service at the time of my decease the sum
99    of one hundred pounds sterling to be paid in one month after
100    my decease and I give to each of my other servants who shall
101    be living with me at my decease the sum of ten pounds to
102    be paid within one month after my decease and I also give
103    to each and every of my servants who shall be living with
104    me at the time of my decease such Mourning as my Executors
105    shall think proper and as to the residue and remainder
106    of my Estate and Effects real or personal or of what nature
107    or kind soever or wheresoever I give devise and bequeath
108    the same unto and to the use of my Son Cornelius Buller
109    his heirs Executors advisors and assigns for ever according
110    to the different natures thereof respectively but in case my
111    personal Estate shall be insufficient to satisfy my debts
112    legacies funeral and Testamentary Expences then I direct
113    that such deficiency provided the same do not exceed five
114    thousand pounds shall be deducted and retained out of the
115    said legacy of twenty thousand pounds so given and bequeathed
116    to my Son Arthur but in case such deficiency shall exceed
117    five thousand pounds then I direct such deficiency exceed the sum of five thousand pounds shall be borne by my Son Cornelius
118    and I do hereby give full power to my Executors to submit
119    to arbitration adjust settle compromise and compound
120    all accounts dealings and transactions in which I shall be
121    concerned at the time of my decease as they shall think fit
122    and I direct all my Books papers accounts and writings to
123    be delivered to or taken by my said Son Cornelius and I
124    declare that the receipt or receipts of my said Executors for
125    any money to be received or collected and got in or in
126    any other manner to become payable to them under the
127    trusts of this my will shall effectually discharge the person
128    or persons to whom the same shall be given from being
129    answerable or accountable for the misapplication or
130    Nonapplication or being bound to see to the application
131    or the money expressed in such receipts to be received and
132    I further declare that the Executors and trustees hereby as
133    appointed or to be appointed in pursuance of this my Will
134    their heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors shall be charged due
135    chargeable respectively only for such monies as they shall actually
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136    actually received by virtue of the trusts hereby in them
137    reposed notwithstanding his or their joining in or signing
138    any receipt or receipts by way of conformity and any one
139    or more of them shall not be answerable or accountable
140    for the other or others of them or for any misfortune or loss
141    which may happen in the Execution of the aforesaid trusts
142    except the same shall happen through their own wilful
143    default respectively and that it shall be lawful for them
144    out of the Monies which shall come to their hands by
145    virtue of the trusts hereby created to reimburse himself
146    and themselves respectively and also to allow to his and their
147    co executors and trustees and each of them all costs charges
148    counsels fees and Expences which they or other of them shall
149    or may sustain in or about the Execution of the aforesaid trusts
150    or in any wise relating thereto and I hereby also declare
151    that when and so often as either of the trustees appointed
152    by this my will or any future trustee to be appointed as
153    after mentioned shall die decline to act or become desirous
154    of being discharged from the trusts herein created it shall
155    be lawful for the surviving or trustees or the Executors or
156    advisors of the Survivor to appoint another person to
157    succeed to the place of every trustee who shall so die
158    decline to act or become desirous of being discharged as
159    aforesaid and immediately upon any such appointment
160    the said trust Estate and property shall be tranferred
161    conveyed and disposed of so that the same may become
162    vested in such newly appointed trustee or trustees jointly
163    with the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees upon such
164    of the trusts hereby created as shall be then capable of taking
165    effect and every such appointed trustee shall have and be
166    entitled to the same protection and be invested the same
167    powers priviledges and authorities as are hereby given
168    to and provided for the trustees hereinbefore named and
169    I do hereby revoke all former wills made by me and declare
170    this only to be my last will and Testament In witness whereof
171    I the said Richard Buller have to this my last Will and Testament
172    contained in five sheets of paper and to a duplicate thereof
173    set my hand and seal that is to say to the four first sheets
174    thereof set my hand only and to this fifth and last sheet my
175    hand and seal this second day of August in the year of our
176    Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.  Richard
177    Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the said
178    Richard Buller the Testator as and for his last Will and
179    Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at
181    his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto
182    subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto Tho[ma]s Haddon
183    Angle Court Throgmorton Street Fra[nci]s Moreroether of the
184    same place Clerk to Mess[ieur]s Galty Haddon and Galty
185    Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Richard
186    Buller of Cumberland Street in the parish of Saint
187    Marylebone in the County of Middlesex Esquire I give to
188    my Son Cornelius Buller my large Silver Salver which
189    is contained in a plate Chest now in the possession of
190    my Bankers Mess[ieur]s Stowe and Martin and I give
191    the remainder of the articles of plate which are contained
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192    in the said Chest together with all and singular my plate
193    Linen China household Goods and Furniture Wines and
194    liquors to my two Sons Arthur Buller and Daniel Buller
195    and my daughter Marianna Isham in equal shares and
196    proportions as Tenants in Common the share of my said
197    daughter to be for her separate use free from the debts
198    controul or engagements of her present or any future husband
199    and for which her receipt shall be a sufficient discharge and
200    whereas I have by my said Will given to my daughter Anna
201    Guilhermina the wife of Sir Peter Pole Baronet the sum of
202    Ten thousand pounds and I have also given unto my daughter
203    Felisarda Matilda wife of Charles Pole Esquire the like sum
204    of Ten thousand pounds and I have also given to my Executors
205    the like sum of ten thousand pounds upon trust for my dau[ghte]r
206    Marianna Isham and her issue as therein mentioned Now
207    I do hereby revoke the said three several legacies so given to
208    or in trust for my said daughters as aforesaid and in lieu
209    thereof I do hereby give and bequeath unto each of them
210    my said daughters Ann Guilhermina and Felizarda Matilda
211    the sum of five thousand pounds to be paid respectively
212    within two months after my decease and I do give and
213    bequeath unto the Executors in my said Will named
214    the sum of twenty thousand pounds upon trust that they
215    my said Executors do and shall within two months next
216    after my decease lay out or invest the sum of ten thousand
217    pounds part thereof upon Government or ral real securities
218    and vary such securities at their discretion and that they
219    and the survivors and survivor of them his Executors
220    advisors and assigns shall stand possessed of the same
221    upon the trusts following that is to say upon trust to pay
222    the dividends interest and income thereof unto my said
223    daughter Marianna Isham during her life for her sole
224    and separate use and I declare that the same shall not
225    be in any manner subject to the controul debts or
226    Engagements of her present or any future husband with
227    whom she may intermarry and that she shall not anticipate
228    charge incumber or assign the growing payments thereof
229    and that her receipts shall from time to time notwithstanding
230    her coverture be good and sufficient discharges for so much
231    of the said dividends interest and income as shall therein
232    respectively be acknowledged to have been received and
233    on the decease of my said daughter Marianna Isham
234    I declare that her said trust funds and securities so directed
235    to be purchased with the said sum of ten thousand
236    pounds shall be held by my said trustees upon trust for
237    all or such one or more exclusively of the other or others
238    of the Child or Children of my said daughter Marianna
239    Isham to be paid assigned or transferred to and vest in
240    such Child or Children at either ages days or times and
241    more than are in such parts hares and proportions and
242    with such directions for maintenance and Education
243    and such conditions and restrictions as she my said daughter
244    by any deed or deeds writing or writings with or without
245    power of revocation and new appointment to be sealed
246    and delivered by her in the presence of and to be attested
247    by two or more credible witnesses or by her last will and
248    testament
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249    Testament in writing or any writing in the nature thereof
250    or any Codicil thereto to be signed and published by her in
251    the presence of and to be attested by the like number of
252    credible witnesses shall direct or appoint and in default
253    of such direction or appointment and so far as any such
254    direction or appointment if incomplete shall not extend upon trust
255    for all and every her Child and Children who being a Son or Sons
256    shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter
257    or daughters shall attain that age or be married to be divided
258    between them if more than one in equal shares as Tenants
259    in Common and if there shall be but one such Child then
260    the whole of the same shall be in trust for that one Child
261    and it is my further Will and I direct that my said Executors
262    do and shall within two months next after my decease lay
263    out and invest in their names the sum of five thousand
264    pounds other part of the said sum of twenty thousand pounds
265    upon Government or real securities and vary such securities at their
266    discretion and that they and the survivors of them and the Executors
267    and adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor shall stand possessed of the said last
268    mentioned stocks funds and securities upon the trusts following that
269    is to say upon trust to pay the interest dividends and income thereof
270    unto my said daughter Anna Guilhermina Pole for her own
271    sole and separate use and I declare that the same shall not be
272    in any manner subject to the controul debts or engagements
273    of her present or any future husband with whom she may
274    intermarry and I direct that she shall not anticipate charge or
275    incumber the growing payments thereof but that her receipt
276    alone notwithstanding her coverture shall be a good and
277    sufficient discharge for so much of the said dividends interest
278    and income as shall therein be expressed to be received and
279    on the decease of my said daughter Anna Guilhermina Pole
280    I declare that the said trust funds and securities so directed to
281    be purchased with the said sum of five thousand pounds
282    shall be held by my said trustees upon trust for all or such one
283    or more exclusively of the other or others of the Child or Children
284    of my said daughter Anna Guilhermina Pole to be paid
285    assigned and transferred or vest in such Child or Children at
286    such ages days or times and if more than one in such
287    parts shares or proportions and with such direction for
288    maintenance and Education and with such conditions and
289    restrictions as she my said daughter by any deed or deeds
290    writing or writings with or without power of revocation
291    and new appointment to be sealed and delivered by her in
292    the presence of and to be attested by two or more credible
293    witnesses or by her last will and Testament or any writing
294    in the nature thereof or any Codicil thereto to be signed
295    and published by her in the presence of and to be attested
296    by the like number of Witnesses shall direct or appoint and
297    in default of such direction or appointment and so far
298    as any such direction or appointment if incomplete shall
299    not extend upon trust for all and every her Child and Children
300    who being a Son or Sons shall attain the age of twenty
301    one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain
302    that age or be married equally to be divided between
303    them if more than one as Tenants in Common and if
304    there shall be but one such Child then the whole of the
305    same shall be in trust for that one Child and it is my
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306    further will and I direct that my said Executors do and
307    shall within two months next after my decease lay out and
308    invest the sum of five thousand pounds residue of the said
309    sum of twenty thousand pounds upon Government or real
310    securities and vary such securities at their discretion and that
311    they and the survivors and survivor of them his Executors
312    administrators and assigns shall stand possessed of the said
313    last mentioned funds and securities upon trust to pay the
314    dividends interest and income thereof unto my daughter
315    Felizarda Matilda Pole during her life for her sole and
316    separate use and I declare that the same shall not be
317    in any manner subject to the controul debts of engagements
318    of her present or any future husband with whom she
319    may intermarry and that she shall not anticipate charge
320    encumber of assign the growing payments thereof and
321    that her receipts alone not withstanding her coverture shall
322    be good and sufficient discharges for so much of the said
323    dividends interest and income as shall therein respectively
324    be acknowledged to have been received and on the decease
325    of my said daughter Felizarda Matilda Pole I declare that
326    the funds and securities directed to be purchased with
327    the last mentioned sum of five thousand pounds shall
328    be held by my said trustees upon trust for all or such one
329    or more exclusively of the other or others of the child or
330    Children of my said daughter Felizarda Matilda Pole to
331    be paid assigned or transferred to or vest in such Child or
332    Children of such ages days or times and if more than one
333    in such parts shares and proportions and with such
334    direction for maintenance and education and such
335    conditions and restrictions as she my said daughter by
336    any deed or deeds writing or writings with or without
337    power of revocation and new appointment to be sealed
338    and delivered by her in the presence of and to be attested
339    by two or more credible witnesses of by her last will and
340    Testament in writing or any writing in the nature thereof or
341    any Codicil thereto to be signed and published by her in the
342    of and to be attested by the like number of Witnesses shall
343    direct or appoint and in default of such direction or
344    appointment and so far as any such direction or appointment
345    shall not extend upon trust for all and every her Child or
346    Children who being a Son or Sons shall attain the age
347    of Twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters
348    shall attain that age or be married to be divided between
349    them if more than one in equal shares as Tenants in
350    Common and if there shall be but one such Child then
351    the whole of the same shall be in trust for that one Child
352    provided always and I do hereby declare my Will and
353    mind to be that no Child of either of my said daughters taking
354    any part of any of the said trust funds under or by virtue of
355    any such appointment as aforesaid shall have or be
356    entitled to any share of the unappointed parts thereof
357    without bringing his or her appoint share into th[e ]other
358    pot and accounting for the same accordingly unless such
359    appointment shall contain an express direction to the
360    contrary and I direct the interest or dividends of the respective
361    shares of the same children to be applied for their
362    respective
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363    respective maintenance and Education during their respective
364    Minorities in such manner as my said trustees or trustee shall
365    think fit and in case my said daughters or other of them
366    shall die without having had any Child or in case the Child
367    if only one or all the Children if more than one of each
368    or either of my said daughters shall happen to die without
369    having become absolutely entitled to the said trust monies
370    under the trusts herein before declared then I direct that
371    the funds and securities the dividends interest and income
372    whereof is so give as aforesaid to my daughter or each of
373    my daughters so dying or whose issue shall so fail as aforesaid
374    shall be held upon trust for and be paid and transferred
375    unto and equally between all my Grand Children who
376    shall be living at the decease of my said daughters
377    respectively share and share alike and whereas by virtue
378    of the articles of agreement or settlement entered into
379    upon the Marriage of my said daughters Anna Guilhermina
380    and Felizarda Matilda my said two daughters will in-
381    crease amount of the legacies of five thousand pounds herein
382    before given to them become entitled to a further provision
383    or settlement from their respective husbands Now I do hereby
384    direct that such additional settlement be duly executed to
385    the satisfaction of my said Executors before or at the time
386    that such legacies shall respectively be paid and whereas
387    I have by my said will directed my said Executors to lay out
388    and invest in their names within one month after my
389    decease in Government securities in Great Britain so much
390    Money as will purchase the clear annual sum of one
391    hundred pounds and to stand possessed thereof in trust to
392    pay the interest or dividends arising from time to time
393    as and when the said shall become payable to my old
394    and faithful Maid Servant Isabella Brown for her life
395    Now I do hereby revoke the disposition thereby made
396    by me of the said Monies and in lieu thereof do hereby
397    direct my said Executors within one Month after my
398    decease to purchase with the Monies arising from my
399    personal Estate a Government Annuity of one hundred
400    pounds for the life of the said Isabella Brown and to
401    pay the same annuity to her or her assigns during her
402    natural life and I hereby ratify and confirm my said
403    Will in all respects except where the same hath been
404    altered or varied by this Codicil thereto In Witness
405    whereof I the said Richard Buller have to this Codicil
406    to my last Will and Testament and to a Duplicate thereof
407    each contained in six sheets of paper set my hand and
408    seal that is to say my hand to each of the five preceding
409    sheets and my  hand and seal to this sixth and last sheet
410    the twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one
411    thousand eight hundred and twenty three. Richard Buller
412    Signed sealed published and declared by the said Richard
413    Buller as and for a Codicil to his last will and Testament in
414    the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in
415    the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
416    names as witnesses Tho[ma]s Haddon Angel Court Rich[ar]d Pemberton
417    Clerk to Mr Haddon
418    Proved at London with a Codicil 21st January 1824
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419    before the Worshipful John Daubeny Doctor of Laws and
420    Surrogate by the Oaths of Cornelius Buller Esquire and the
421    Rev. Arthur Buller Clerk the Sons two of the Executors
422    to whom admon was granted having been first sworn
423    duly to admin[iste]r power reserved to Charles Pole Esq[uie]r the other
424    Executor

John Buller is on the 1841 census at 205 Tottenham Court Road as a Coffee House Keeper and he is 30 years of age not born in Middlesex. His wife was named Martha and she is listed as 40 years of age (remembering the rounding down/rounding up that the census takers were to do for adults on the 1841 census). She also was not born in the county of Middlesex. John Edward (son of John the testator) is seven years of age and born in Middlesex. Eliza Buller is also listed as 15 years of age and she was not born in Middlesex. They have quite a list of people with them including a waitress and a female servant. There are a number of individuals listed as well who are perhaps customers. This is too late to really discover anything about my 3x great grandfather but I do find it interesting especially that the testator is not born in Middlesex.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2017/115
Testator: John Buller, Coffee House Keeper
Place: Saint Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  13 Apr 1843, probated 14 May 1845
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 5

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me John Buller of No. 205 Tottenham Court Road in the Parish
3    of Saint Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex coffee house
4    keeper which I make in manner and form following that is to say I
5    direct my executors and trustees hereinafter named to pay all my  just debts
6    funeral and testamentary expences and the expences of proving this
7    my will as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I give
8    and bequeath to my friends John Glazier of John Street Tottenham Court
9    Road Undertaker and M[atthew] J[ohn] Pearce of No 7 Philpot Lane London
10    Grocer the sum of two guineas each for a mourning ring I give and
11    bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate
12    and effects of whatsoever description or determination and whereso
13    ever situate unto the said John Glazier and M[atthew] J[ohn] Pearce
14    upon trust that they will permit and suffer my wife to receive the
15    interest and profits of the same for and during the term of her natu-
16    ral life for the maintenance and support and also for the maintenance
17    and support of my son John Edward Buller and from and immediate-
18    ly after the death of my said wife then I give and bequeath the same
19    unto my said son John Edward Buller for his own absolute use and
20    benefit I authorize and empower my said trustees and executors herein
21    after named to appropriate a sum of money not exceeding one
22    hundred pounds for the purpose of apprenticing my said son to any trade
23    or business or otherwise for his advancement in life I nominate con-
24    stitute and appoint John Glazier and M[atthew] J[ohn] Pearce Executors and
25    trustees of this my will In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
26    and seal this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
27    eight hundred and forty three John Buller Signed sealed pub-
28    lished and declared by the said John Buller as and for his last will
29    and testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his req-
30    uest and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
31    names as witnesses Henry Cotten 73 Tottenham Court Road
32    W[illia]m Hook 259 West Carter Lane Doctors Commons
33    Proved at London 14th May 1845 before the worshipful William
34    Caverley Carter Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of John
35    Glazier and Matthew John Pearse the Executors to whom admon
36    was granted having been first sworn duly to administer

This is Charlotte Buller the youngest daughter of William Watson Buller and his wife Sarah Stert. Her eldest sister Anna Maria married Henry Leaves Esquire. Charlotte was baptized 6 Aug 1738 so that by 1770 she would have been 32 years of age. The mention of Richard Stert and Henry Leaves Esquires as the Third part of the Indenture does add proof that this is Charlotte daughter of William Watson Buller.

In her father's will Charlotte was to receive two thousand pounds under her father's will. Charlotte Buller married Collingwood Roddam 21 Apr 1767 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone, London (M03524-2 Family Search). Sarah Jane Roddam was born 24 Mar 1768 and baptized 21 Apr 1768 at Saint Mary,St Marylebone, London (C03524-1 Family Search). Later wills will show that she inherited from her mother and her sister Sarah as well before her marriage.

Possibly the baptism of Collingwood Roddam was 28 Dec 1734 son of Edward Roddam of Ilderton, Northumberland, England.

Early death for a young woman just two years after the birth of her child who must also have died since she says she has no issue in the will.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/956/117
Testator: Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller, Wife
Place: Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  12 Jan 1770, probated 1 Mar 1770
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[Margin]: Charlotte Roddam
[Margin]: formerly Buller

1    This is the last Will
2    and Appointment of me Charlotte Roddam the Wife of Collingwood
3    Roddam Esquire made published and declared by me this twelfth
4    day of January one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Whereas
5    in and by a certain Indenture made upon and in consideration
6    of my Marriage with the said Collingwood Roddam bearing
7    date on or about the Eighth day of April one thousand Seven
8    hundred and Sixty Seven and made or mentioned to be made
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9    between me the said Charlotte Roddam by my then name of
10    Charlotte Buller of the parish of St Mary le B[o]ne in the County
11    of Middlesex Spinster of the First part the said Collingwood
12    Roddam of the Second part and Richard Stert and Henry Leaves
13    Esquires of the Third part it was agreed That all my then
14    Fortune and Estate or any other Fortune or Estate Real of
15    personal which should descend fall or come to me during my
16    coverture should be secured for my separate use and disposal and
17    in pursuance of such agreement and for Establishing the same
18    all my said then Fortune and Estate and all the Fortune or
19    Estate Real of personal which should descend fall or come to
20    me as aforesaid was assigned Transferred and Sett over by me
21    in and with the consent of the said Collingwood Roddam to
22    the said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Ex[ecu]tors adm[inistrat]ors
23    and assigns but with Liberty to change the same with my
24    consent into any other Government Securities Upon Trust to
25    stand and be possessed of and Interested in the same To and for the
26    separate use and disposal of me the said Charlotte Roddam from
27    time to time notwithstanding my coverture and so as to be
28    wholly at my Free will and pleasure and for that purpose I was
29    to be at Liberty and fully Qualified as if I had continued Sole
30    and unmarried to Exercise all Acts of property accordingly
31    and more particularly in case of my death without Issue
32    in and by the said Indenture relation being there unto had
33    and may more fully and at Large appear and whereas I have
34    no Issue now Living and being desirous to make the best provision
35    I am able for my said dear husband I do hereby in pursuance
36    of the said powers so given to me as aforesaid by the said
37    Indenture and by virtue of all other powers and Authorities
38    whatsoever Enabling me so do give devise and bequeath unto
39    my said dear husband Collingwood Roddam all my aforesaid
40    Fortune and Estates assigned and vested as aforesaid in the
41    said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Executors adm[inistrat]ors and
42    assigns by the aforesaid Indenture in whatsoever Securities or
43    in what manner so ever the same should be subsisting at the
44    time of my death to have hold receive and Enjoy the same
45    unto him the said Collingwood Roddam his heirs Executors
46    Administrators and assigns to his and their own proper use forever
47    and I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint my said
48    dear husband Collingwood Roddam the Sole Executor of this
49    my Last Will and appointment and do hereby revoke annull
50    and make void all former and other Wills or appointments
51    by me at any time heretofore made or Executed and do declare
52    this to be my Last Will and Final appointment concerning
53    my said Estates In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand
54    and Seal the day and year first above written C Roddam
55    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Charlotte Roddam
56    as and for her last will and appointment in the presence of us
57    who in her presence and at her request have set our Names as
58    witnesses Eliza Roddam Nistorina Plamer Tho: Collingwood
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59    This Will was proved at London the First day of March
60    in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy
61    before the Worshipfull Andrew Coltee Ducarel  Doctor of Laws and
62    Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull George Hay also Doctor of Laws
63    Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
64    lawfully constituted by the oath of Collingwood Roddam Esquire
65    the husband of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the
66    said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular
67    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
68    been First sworn duly to administer.

John Buller testator died in 1834 at Oxford Market, Middlesex and my curiosity encouraged me to add this will to the Buller collection just in case. However, he mentions only his wife Margaret and his witnesses do not have the surname Buller so not overly helpful in my trek to find my 3x great grandfather Christopher Buller or any relatives of Christopher other than the known ones I already have (i.e. all of his children).

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 21 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1832/200
Testator: John Buller, Licensed Victualler
Place: Oxford Market, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  2 Jun 1834, probated 18 Jun 1834
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[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 3

1    This is the last Will and Testament of me
2    John Buller of Oxford Market in the County of Middlesex Licensed
3    Victualler I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Margaret Buller all my
4    Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever which I may
5    be possessed of or entitled unto at the time of my decease To hold the same unto
6    my said Wife Margaret Buller her Executors Administrators and Assigns as and
7    for her own sole property for ever and I do hereby nominate Constitute and
8    appoint my said Wife Margaret Buller sole Executrix of this my said Will thereby
9    revoking and making void all former and other wills and I do declare this alone to
10    be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Buller
11    have hereunto set my hand and Seal this second day of June one thousand
12    eight hundred and thirty four The Mark of John X Buller Signed
13    Sealed published and declare by the Testator John Buller as and for his last Will
14    and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the
15    presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses John
16    Slatin 22 Oxford Market Patrick Rutherford 47 Great Marlbone Street
17    E R Phillips Sol[icito]r 76 Great Titchford Street James Grose 1 Duke
18    Street Grov Sgu[ar]e
19    Proved at London the 18th June 1834 before the Worshipful Charles
20    Coote Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Margaret Buller Widow the Relict
21    and the sole Executrix to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to adm[iniste]r

This is the will of Sarah Buller (née Stert) the widow of William Watson Buller. This family is well represented in the wills of London and Middlesex for the Buller family. There is more mention of the eldest son James and I must admit to being curious about James and the possibility mentioned by his mother that he might marry. His father wrote him out of his will for the most part. The mother has left enough money to give him a small yearly pension. Charlotte has received another two thousand pounds from her mother giving her a total of four thousand from both of her parents. This was a sizeable amount at the time to then give to her husband in the earlier will of Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller.

Noble Wallwyn Pytts has been one of the witnesses of this will and he is the son of Elizabeth Noble and William Pytts. Elizabeth being the eldest daughter of John Noble and Margaret Walwyn and this family of Hertfordshire, England. Interesting the witnesses of wills on occasion. Noble was baptized 29 Apr 1722 at Kenderchurch, Hereford and thus is 35 years of age at the signing of this will. On The National Archives site under the archives of the Wallwyn family of Much Marcle, Herefordshire I did learn that John Noble was a mercer of London. This material is from the papers of Noble Wallwyn Pytts and found in the Herefordshire Record Office.

Elizabeth Watson Buller married Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire (according to the Kings Court, Holy Trinity database created by the LDS Film Number 1068426).

Another online resource is a set of Baptisms in Lisbon Portugal
http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/lisframe.htm
which lists Sarah 1726, Lucy Caroline 1728, James 1731, Richard 1732, Elizabeth Watson 1734 and Sarah 1736.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/829/178
Testator: Sarah Buller, Widow
Place: Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  28 Mar 1757, probated 19 Apr 1757
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[Margin]: Sarah Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Sarah Buller of the parish of Saint George Hanover
3    Square in the County of Middlesex Widow do make
4    this my last Will and Testament as follows Item I give
5    and devise unto my youngest daughter Charlott Buller
6    the Sum of two thousand pounds which I do in
7    consideration that her Father left her only two thousand
8    pounds and left her sisters three thousand pounds each
9    Item I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son James
10    Buller the sum of five hundred pounds Item I give
11    and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Buller one
12    thousand pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
13    Elizabeth Watson Buller one thousand pounds
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14    Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Richard Buller one
15    thousand pounds. Item I give and bequeath unto my
16    Brother Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert the sum of one
17    thousand and five hundred pounds In Trust to pay the Interest
18    thereof to my Eldest son James Buller during the Term of his
19    natural Life and in case the said Arthur Stert and Rebecca
20    Lambert shall be inclineable to let him leave the said
21    principal Sum of one thousand five hundred pounds or any
22    part thereof, my will is that they shall have liberty so to do
23    But in case the said Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert shall
24    not be inclineable to let him leave the said principal Sum of
25    one thousand five hundred pounds during his Life, then my
26    will is that if my said son James Buller shall Marry and
27    leave Children at his death, the said principal Sum of one
28    thousand five hundred pounds or so much thereof as shall
29    not have been paid to my said Son in  his Lifetime shall be
30    equally divided amongst his children after his decease But if
31    he shall leave no Children then my will is that the same
32    shall be equally divided amongst my daughters Anna Maria
33    Leaves, Elizabeth Watson Buller, Sarah Buller and
34    Charlott Buller. Item I give and bequeath unto the said
35    Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert the sum of one thousand
36    pounds In Trust to put the same out at Interest upon
37    Government or Real Securitys and to pay the Interest and
38    dividends thereof to my daughter Anna Maria Leaves to
39    her own separate use nothwithstanding her coverture during
40    her natural Life and after her decease to pay the same Sum
41    of one thousand pounds to such person or persons as She
42    shall by any Writing under her hand direct or appoint and
43    after payment of the said Legacies of Sums amounting
44    together to eight thousand pounds being what my late
45    husband left me the Interest of for my Life and desired I
46    would divide and dispose of amongst my Children, I give
47    and bequeath out of the Remainder or other part of my
48    Estate unto my Sister Rebecca Lambert the sum of five
49    hundred pounds. Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
50    Sibly the sum of ten pounds ten shillings. Item I give all my
51    household Goods Linnen and plate unto my three unmarried
52    daughters and to such of them as shall remain unmarried for
53    their use until they are all married or mutually consent to
54    divide the same, and after they are all Married to be equally
55    divided between and amongst them and I desire that every
56    thing may remain in my house as it now is for Six Months
57    after my decease and that my three unmarried daughters
58    would live together and keep the House as it now is for that
59    time And subject to the payment of my debts Legacies and
60    Funeral Expences I give and bequeath unto the said Arthur
61    Stert and Rebecca Lambert all the rest residue and remainder
62    of my Money and Estate whatsoever wheresoever and
63    howsoever Employed Upon Trust to retain and keep the
64    same in their hands until my three unmarried daughters or
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65    the Survivor or Survivors of them shall be Married or they
66    shall mutually consent to divide the same between them and
67    their Eldest sister Anna Maria Leaves and until such
68    division Upon Trust to pay the Interest and proceed thereof
69    equally amongst my said three unmarried daughters and
70    such of them as shall continue unmarried and after they or
71    the survivor or Survivors of them are all Married Upon
72    Trust to divide the same principal and Interest equally
73    amongst my four daughters and I do hereby nominate
74    constitute and appoint my said Brother Arthur Stert and
75    my said Sister Rebecca Lambert joint Executor and Executrix
76    of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all former
77    and other wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
78    In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
79    twenty Eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one
80    thousand seven hundred and fifty seven. S Buller
81    Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix
82    Sarah Buller as and for her last Will and Testament in the
83    presence of us who in her presence and in the presence of
84    each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto
85    Mary Ludewig Noble Wallwyn Pytts
86    This Will was proved at London the nineteenth
87    day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
88    hundred and fifty seven before the Worshipfull George
89    Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable
90    Sir George Lee Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
91    or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
92    lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Arthur Stert Esquire and
93    Rebecca Lambert Widow the Executors named in the said
94    Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
95    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been
96    first sworn duly to administer.

Elizabeth Buller is the Testator. Perhaps her marriage is to George Buller 1794 at Stoke Newington, Middlesex (Society of Genealogists, Find My Past). Interesting to have a George Buller as this is quite a common forename in the Somerset Buller family.

Her sister Mary married John Douglas 14 Jun 1795 at All Saints Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. They baptized three children at Gainsborough: Thomas Douglas 9 Jul 1796 and 1 Dec 1797 and Eliza Douglas 12 Sep 1818.

Her sister Sarah married Isaac Mundy 17 Aug 1806 at All Saints Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. They baptized four children at Gainsborough: Thomas Munday 10 Feb 1810, Margaret Munday 24 Dec 1814 at Gainsborough, Elizabeth and Ann Munday 29 Jan 1820 at Gainsborough.

Her sister Ann married Abraham Evans 9 Feb 1800 at St James, Piccadilly, Middlesex. This was Marriage #39 and they were both of the parish and married by banns and they both signed the Parish Register and witnesses were Samuel Evans and Faney Evans.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1787/229
Testator: Elizabeth Buller, Widow
Place: Holles Street, Clare Market, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  17 Dec 1830, probated 28 Jul 1831
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[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Buller


1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Elizabeth Buller of Holes Street Clare Market in the County of Middlesex
3    widow I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences to be fully paid
4    and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I give to my dear
5    Sister Mary Douglas Wife of John Douglass of Gainsborough in the County of
6    Lincoln the sum of One hundred pounds for her separate use independently of
7    her husband I also give the like sum of One hundred pounds unto my dear
8    Sister Sarah Monday Wife of Isaac Monday of Gainsborough aforesaid Tailor for her
9    separate use independently of her husband and in case of the decease of either of my
10    said Sisters in my life time I direct that the said Legacies shall not lapse but shall
11    be paid to their respective personal representative and I direct that the said
12    Legacies shall be paid within six months after my decease I give all my Linen
13    wearing Apparel Trinkets and Ornaments of the person whatsoever unto my Sister
14    in Law Elizabeth Robinson Wife of my Brother Thomas Robinson of Holles Street
15    aforesaid hair dresser and as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder
16    of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever I direct my Executor hereinafter
17    named to convert into money such parts thereof as may not consist of money and I give
18    one moiety thereof unto my said Brother Thomas Robinson for his absolute use and
19    benefit and in case he shall depart this life in my life time I give the same moiety
20    to Elizabeth Robinson his wife for her absolute use and benefit and as to the other
21    moiety thereof I give the same unto my said Brother Thomas Robinson and to
22    Samuel Pett of Upper Clapton in the said County of Middlesex Esquire who has
23    consented to act as my trustee for the purposes hereinafter mentioned Upon trust
24    the interest and dividends thereof unto my Sister Ann Evans Wife of Abraham
25    Evans of Park Street Islington in the County of Middlesex Gentleman for the term
26    of her natural life for her separate use independently of her husband and not to be subject
27    to his debts controul or engagements and for which her receipt alone shall be a sufficient
28    discharge to my said Trustees and after the decease of my said Sister Ann Evans I give the
29    said moiety of my residuary personal Estate unto my said Sisters Mary Douglass and
30    Sarah Monday in equal proportions share and share alike for their separate use and
31    benefit independently of their respective husbands and in case of the death of either of
32    them the said Mary Douglass and Sarah Monday in my life time or during the life of my
33    said Sister Ann Evans then I direct that the share of her so dying shall be equally
34    divided between her children and I hereby declare that my Executor and Trustees or
35    either of them shall not be answerable or accountable the one for the other of them or for the
36    acts of the other but each only for the money that shall actually come to his hands and the acts
37    they shall not be answerable for any loss which may happen by placing any part of
38    such money in any Bank of Bankers hands for safe custody or otherwise without his or
39    their wilful neglect or default and I declare it to be my wish to be Buried in the
40    Burying Ground of the New Grave Pit Meeting House at Hackney and I hereby appoint
41    my said Brother Thomas Robinson Executor of this my Will and revoking all other Wills
42    by me made I declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said
43    Elizabeth Buller the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and
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44    seal this twenty eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty Elizabeth
45    Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth Buller the
46    testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at
47    her request and in the presence of each other attest the same as Witnesses the words "Mary"
48    and "Sarah" in the preceding page being first written on Erasures Fras: Pett Hitchin
49    Thomas Emery
50    Proved at London the 28th July 1831 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams Doctor of Laws
51    and Surrogate by the Oath of Thomas Robinson the Brother the sole Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on
52    was granted having been first sworn duly to administer

1	In the Name of God Amen
2	I Prudence Buller of the parish of St Andrew Holborn in the
3	County of Midd[lese]x Spinster being sick and weak in Body, tho of sound
4	and disposing mind and memory doe make this my last will and
5	Testament in manner and form following that is to say Whereas I
6	am possessed oft interested in and Intitled unto a certain Messuage or
7	Tenement Scituate and being in Leather Lane in Holborne in the said
8	County of Midd[lese]x held by Lease from the R[igh]t Hon[oura]ble the Lord Brooke
9	for a certain Term of years yet to come and unexpired and and under a
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10	yearly Ground rent therein reserved and payable of which said
11	Messuage or Tenement I have by Indenture dated the one and
12	Twentieth day of February last past granted a Lease to Ralph
13	Squire for the Term of Twenty Six years in case he should so long live
14	at and under the yearly Rent of a pepper corn with proper Covenants
15	for his paying and satisfying the Ground Rent And whereas my mind
16	and intention is that John Sweetapple son of John Sweetapple of
17	Tower Street London Tabcconist shall have hold possess and enjoy
18	the said Messuage or Tenement and premisses and the rent thereof
19	from and after the decease of the said Ralph Squire for and
20	during the rest residue and remainder of the Term of years that
21	Shall be to come and unexpired at the death of the said Ralph
22	Squire for that purpose I do hereby give and bequeath the aforesaid
23	Messuage and Tenement together with the original Lease of the same
24	and all other the premisses held by virtue or means thereof unto
25	the said John Sweetapple of Tower Street London Tabacconist
26	his Executors and Administrators for and during the rest residue
27	and Remainder of the Term of years that shall be in the said
28	original Lease remaining unexpired at the time of the death of the
29	said Ralph Squire In Trust Nevertheless to and for the sole benefit
30	and Advantage of his son John Sweetapple To have and To hold
31	the same for the use of his said Son and to render to him a just
32	and true account of the rents and profits thereof and to assigne
33	over the same premisses together with the aforesaid Original Lease
34	thereof when he shall have attained the age of one and Twenty
35	years And whereas I have above by this my last Will and
36	Testament given all m y Estate right Title Interest benefit and
37	Term of years in the said Lease granted from the Lord Brooke
38	unto the said John Sweetapple In Trust for his son as aforesaid
39	and as for and concerning the rest and residue of my Estate Effects
40	and Substance whether reall or personal that I may be possessed
41	off or Interested or intitled unto at the time of my death I hereby
42	give devise and bequeath the same to Jane Elizabeth and Mary
43	Sweetapple the Three daughter of the said John Sweetapple
44	of Tower Street Tobacconist they the said Jane Elizabeth and Mary
45	To have hold and enjoy the same Share and Share alike and having
46	a just remembrance of all the faithfull Services and friendy Intentions
47	of the said John Sweetapple towards me I doe hereby nominate
48	ordain constitute appoint the said John Sweetapple sen? The whole
49	and Sole Executor of this my will hereby revoking and making
50	void all former or other wills Testaments or deeds of Gift by me
51	at any time theretofore made and do declare this and no other to
52	be my last Will and Testament and I do hereby give unto my said
53	Executor the sume of Twenty Shillings to buy him a Ring In Witness
54	whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Thirty first day
55	of May in the Fifth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George
56	the Second and in the year of our Lord 1732 Prudenc Buller
57	Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix prudence
58	Buller as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
59	in her presence and at her request have signed our names as witnesses
60	John Tompkins in Leather Lane Tho: Hodson in Wood Street attorney
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61	This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
62	William Branstone Doctor of Laws and Surrogate to the Right
63	Worshipfull John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
64	or Commissary of our prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
65	constituted the Twenty Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord
66	One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty three by the solemn declaration
67	or affirmation of John Sweetapple the sole Executor named in the said
68	will To whom Administration was granted of the Goods chattels and
69	Credits of the said deceased having first made the solemn and Sincere
70	declaration or affirmation according to the act of parliament duly to
71	Administer

Anthony Buller (the testator) identifies his siblings Charles, Mathew and Thomasin (married to (unknown) Hancock). He is married to Margarett lately Hart formerly {unknown} and she has a son William Hart a Goldsmith in London. He is executor of the will. He is leaving 500 pounds to his siblings which was a substantial estate already and he left the remainder of his estate to his wife. Margaret is perhaps Margaret Tolleday married to John Hart 25 Aug 1698 at Saint Martin in the Fields. William Hart was baptized 13 Aug 1704 son of John and Margaret Hart at Saint Martin in the Fields and is perhaps the William mentioned in the will as Executor and son of Margaret wife of Anthony Buller.

Anthony Buller married Margaret Hart 25 Mar 1706 at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster (M00145-7 Family Search). They appear to have had one child a daughter Margaret baptized 11 Jul 1708 at St Martin in the Fields. I find this Buller to be most interesting as Henry Christopher Buller baptized some of his children at St Martin in the Fields in the 1840s. Looking at Family Search I also found a John Buller married to Martha Wyllett 30 Sep 1659 at St Martin in the Fields. There was an earlier baptism of a William Hart 30 Aug 1703 at St Andrew Holborn son of John Hart.

Interesting entry in British History online 8 Apr 1661 Warrant from Treasurer Southampton to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to Francis Buller of the meadow or pasture and Buildings thereon lying in the precinct of the late disparked park of Kerrybullock, co. Cornwall, parcel of the manor of Stoke-Climsland; and of the parcel of underwood growing on the farm ground called Kerribullock Park; the lease to be for one life in reversion of John Buller and Anthony Buller at a fine of 20 l. and under the old rent of 8 l. 2 s. 0 d. and 12 l per annum de incremento, payable to the Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall.

Anthony is a rather unusual forename in the Buller family thus far and this could merit further investigation; possibility of sons not mentioned on the Visitation.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/659/289
Testator: Anthony Buller, Tayler
Place: St Martins in the Feilds, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  18 Sep 1740, probated 25 Feb 1740/41
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[Margin]: Anthony
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Anthony Buller of the parish of St Martins in the
3    Feilds in the Liberty of West in the County of Midd[lese]x Tayler
4    being weak in Body but of good and sound mind do make
5    publish and declare this to be and contain my Last Will and
6    Testament and first I recommend my Soul unto Almighty
7    God my Creator hopeing through the Merritts of my Saviour
8    and Redeemer Jesus Christ to Inherritt Eternall life and as
9    for and concerning such Worldly Estate which it hath already or shall
10    hereafter please Almighty God to Bless me with I give and dispose
11    thereof as fol: I give and Bequeath unto my loving Brothers
12    Charles Buller and Mathew Buller and my Sister Thomasin
13    Hancock Widdow the Sum of Five hundred pounds to be equally
14    divided between them share and share alike and all the rest
15    residue and remainder of my Estate Goods and Chattles Rights and
16    Creditts Ready Money and all other my Estate of what kind or
17    Nature soever and whereofever Which I shall be possessed of
18    Interested in or in any wise Intitled unto at the time of my
19    decease I give devise and Bequeath unto my loving Wife
20    Margarett Buller to be had used Enjoyed and disposed of by
21    her at her Will and pleasure and I do hereby Name and
22    appoint my saife Wifes son William Hart of Fleet Street
23    Goldsmith Executor of this my Last Will and Testament In
24    Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this
25    Eighteenth day of September One Thousand Seven hundred
26    and Forty Anthony Buller Signed Sealed Published and
27    Declared by the said Testator Anthony Buller as and for his
28    last Will and Testament in the presence of Tho[ma]s Taylor James
29    Pray Ames James Brissat
30    This Will was proved at London the Twenty fifth
31    day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven
32    hundred and forty before the Worshipfull Robert Chapman
33    Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John
34    Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of
35    the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
36    Oath of William Hart the Executor named in the said Will to
37    whom Administration was granted of all and singular the
38    Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first sworn
39    duely to administer

My husband and I attended the WDYTYA 2013 Conference in London, UK the weekend before last. Marvelous time that we had at the Conference which included our helping out at the Guild of One Name Studies Table on the Friday and Saturday (Sunday wasn't quite so busy and they had plenty of helpers so we carried on with our looking around instead of helping). Whilst at the table I was visited by Blake researchers from London, UK which was really a wonderful happening. They had joined the Blake yDNA project earlier and said they would drop by so really pleased. Unfortunately I was doing mapping of surnames at the time so couldn't chat with them for more than a hello.

We did visit all the tables that we had planned on visiting. Edward acquired a book of early maps for his Norfolk area where his 2x great grandmother Mary Anne Abbs was born and raised. Mary Ann was about 14 years of age when her family emigrated from Aylmerton Norfolk to East Gwillimbury Ontario. She married John Link (record known to exist but not located) and they had nine children with the last being Alfred Link  born circa 1861 and Mary Ann buried at Falkland before July 1862 when John Link remarried. His great grandfather William Henry Link would have been just 10 to 11 years of age when his mother died. Amazingly the children were all boys and my husband has traced down most of the children.

I was equally fortunate in finding material to purchase that rather interested me. There were a few CDs that I wanted and a book on Hampshire Villages published by the Hampshire County Federation of Women's Institutes published in 2002. Still on our agenda in the future is a more intense visit to Hampshire and this book has charming short stories on the Villages that my ancestors from Hampshire lived in. The Wiltshire Family History Society had a number of published Baptisms/Burials available and I acquired the publications for Woodford, Milston and South Newton where my Rawlings, Dove, Lywood and other related families lived. Devon had a lot of material but surprisingly I have purchased a lot through the years so did not make any purchases there which rather surprised me! Mostly we just had a really good look around and chatted with people at the various Family History Society tables. We also visited the ISOGG table where I had meant to give a few hours of time but that didn't materialize. I kept getting lured away to other tables. Our last day we did attend a few lectures which were most interesting and  we would go again. The next time to attend more lectures. These onsite researchers can provide a depth to time periods that I hadn't really considered. I listened to one on early London researching that quite inspired me to follow through on my idea to try to find Christopher Buller at the LMA which I had planned to do.

We did meet up with my fourth cousin Edward Baker, his wife Marie and their daughter Joane at the Victoria and Albert Museum. We spent a lively two hours chatting about families but I appear to be the expert on Christopher Buller and his wife Mary Beard and really couldn't add anything at that time that I hadn't already shared with them. It was nice to meet with them though. He didn't look a bit like my Buller family but not surprising. I rather think he looks like the Horlock family that the Buller line he descends from married into.

On the Tuesday and Thursday of last week we went to the National Archives and spent the entire day there each of those days. We were able to view nearly thirty mediaeval documents and image them for future study. Some were for Edward's family lines plus he did some work for the 100th/99th Regiment of Foot. For myself I was looking primarily for Blake and Pincombe documents plus a couple of Rowcliffe documents to try to help me link that line back in the 1600s. By the end of this year I will be working principally on the Blake and Pincombe one name studies and the ancestry of our son in law which is French Canadian.

On the Wednesday we went to the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). We could have walked there from our hotel but took the bus and then walked back visiting the Society of Genealogist's Library as well. I joined the Society of Genealogists at WDYTYA as I had planned to do. At the LMA I had just one object in mind which was to review the microfilm for St Olave Southwark for the time period 1758 to 1769. The burial registration/death date included gave an age for Christopher which placed his date of birth circa 1763. This Parish Register is not yet up on Ancestry. I thought perhaps it was difficult to read but actually was quite straightforward. I suspect it will be forthcoming. I did not find a baptism for Christopher Buller but did find a couple of Buller families baptizing their children in this time period at St Olave. One was the Henry Buller family and another the William Buller family. There wasn't a Christopher. Christopher as a forename did appear in the register but not very often perhaps as much as once or twice per year with occasional three to four times. That was my only pursuit at the LMA as the history of the Beard family back into the early 1600s does appear to be fairly straightforward. We moved on to the Society of Genealogists Library where I wished to view the material that had been stored there for the Pincombe/Pinkham one name study that preceded my taking it on. I was rewarded handsomely with a set of typewritten abstracts of wills for the Pincombe/Pinkham family produced prior to the bombing of the Exeter Record Office in WWII. I now have a more likely date for the death of my 4x great grandfather John Pincombe as a couple of John Pincombe died in the time period. Plus I have the abstract of his will which provided details that I could only surmise from his children's wills but now have concrete evidence albeit a transcript of an abstract but nonetheless more than I had before. I spent a short time reviewing the holdings of the Society and then we moved on to continue our walk towards the Temple Church which we also wanted to visit and were successful in doing so. I found that I had tears in my eyes viewing the devastation that was wrought on the  Church during the bombing of London in WWII. It is amazing that so much of London did survive the bombing but sad that so much was lost. It just seems so totally unfair that future generations of British Islanders lost so much of their history during the conflict of WWII.

On the Friday we were both nursing colds and decided to just take it easy all day although we did go out for a walk and picked up theatre tickets for "Kiss me Kate" at the Old Vic. This grand old theatre was packed full that evening and our seats were excellent. Our hotel was located just a couple of blocks away and following the performance we walked back to the Hotel down Waterloo Street. It was fairly busy with all the theatre attendees. Our hotel was located just 0.5 miles from Waterloo Station and hence just across the River from London and Westminster and we continued with our walks on Saturday and Sunday passing up our original timetable which was somewhat more ambitious with visits to various sites. I think we probably enjoyed that just as much as going to visit all the sites. Our minds were becomingly increasingly full of information and it was pleasant just to enjoy visiting items that we had passed up on our previous stays in London. We spent Sunday in Trafalgar Square looking around and as I stood at the foot of the National Gallery looking at Saint Martin in the Fields Church I thought about what it might have looked like when my Henry Christopher Buller and his wife Anne Welch attended Church here with their children which did not include my Edwin Denner Buller as he was born on their return to Birmingham in 1850. They do appear to have gone back and forth a great deal although quite a bit of the 1840s was spent in London where Henry ran a Pork Butcher shop.

Our trip home yesterday was long considering the day became 29 hours but we were greeted with no fresh snow and our laneway neatly plowed by our son in law. Now to get into all the images which we took at The National Archives. My fingers itch to get at the Blake Wills but will finish the Buller wills first and then proceed through the other hundred or so of my families before starting on the new set which is almost totally Blake. Once completed then I shall continue with the parish register work and the Civil Registration chart that I am working on Eventually I do hope to take the Blake families back from the Civil Registration and Census to the Parish Registers. It is an ambitious project and I will need to acquire many parish registers to accomplish it. I already have a lot of them plus they are coming up on Family Search as they scan their enormous collection.

Our next trip to the British Isles will be to look at the countryside of southern England and visit the Record Offices also East Anglia for Edward's Abbs families and his early dissenters came from these areas as well around London. Then up into the Midlands for a visit to the newly created Birmingham Library and then trips into Yorkshire and Cumberland. It is a massive undertaking that may be two trips but along the way we want to cruise the Rhine coming up from the Palatinate as Edward's ancestors did in the early 1700s and see the Battlefields of France/Belgium where so many of our Canadian soldiers gave their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy today. To do that in 2014 would be our desire as the commemoration of the war of 1914-1918 begins.

We also want to do some research in France looking for the birthplaces of the ancestors of our son in law. So I can see at least three more trips back and possibly four to look at the genealogical history of our families. Edward would love to visit the area in Germany (Mecklenberg-Strelitz) where his Schultz/Niemann/Dusing/Passow/Staffeld/Germer/Hagemann ancestors lived. His great grandparents Johann Friedrick Wilhelm Schultz (born 18 Mar 1833 at Schoenbeck, Brohm) and Wilhelmine Fredericka Johanna (aka Rachel) Niemann (born 15 Dec 1835 at Staven) were emigrants to North America.

Still on London time as it would be 10:38 a.m. but will probably get a couple more hours of sleep since it is only 5:38 a.m. here in Ottawa.

Sarah is one of the daughters of William Watson Buller and his wife Sarah Stert. Her sisters are Anna Maria Leaves, Elizabeth Watson Walton and Charlotte Buller (Charlotte eventually to marry and her surname will be Roddam).

Sarah doesn't mention either of her brothers - Richard or James.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 2 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/915/428
Testator: Sarah Buller, Spinster
Place: St Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  5 Feb 1764, probated 19 Feb 1766
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Sarah Buller of Wigmore Street in the Parish of Saint
3    Marylebone in the County of Middlesex Spinster Do make this
4    my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First
5    I give and bequeath all my Capital Bank Stock or Share in
6    the Fund of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England
7    unto Henry Leaves of Argyle Street Esquire his Executors and
8    Adm[inistrat]ors Upon the Several Trusts following, that is to say, upon
9    Trust out of the Interest and Dividends of the said Bank Stock
10    to pay One Annuity of Eight pounds a year to Elizabeth Sibley
11    of Lewisham in Trust for and during her Natural life And upon
12    further Trust during her life to pay the residue and after the
13    Death of the said Elizabeth Sibley to pay the whole of the Interest
14    and dividends of the said Bank Stock to my dear Sister Charlotte
15    Buller so long as She shall continue Single and unmarried
16    and from and Imediately after the Marriage or decease of my said
17    Sister Charlotte Buller Upon Trust to Sell so much of the said
18    Bank Stock as will produce One thousand pounds and to pay
19    Five hundred pounds being One Moiety thereof to my Dear
20    Brother Richard Buller and to pay five hundred pounds here named or
21    being the other Moiety thereof to my Nephew William Leaves Son
22    of the said Henry Leaves And upon further Trust at the same time
23    to Separate or set a part so much more of the said Bank Stock
24    as would then produce if Sold One thousand pounds and to pay the
25    Interest and Dividends or such Bank Stock so set apart to such
26    person or persons and for such uses and purposes as my Dear
    [Page 2]
27    Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton notwithstanding her coverture shall from
28    time to time by any note or writing direct of appoint and in defaulte
29    until such direction and appointment into the proper hands of my
30    said Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton to the Intent the same may be
31    for her own Sole and Seperate Use and Deposition and my not be
32    Subject to the Debts Disposition or Engagements of Mr Walton
33    her present husband or any other after taken husband that She
34    may happen to Intermarry with and for which the Receipts of
35    the said Elizabeth Watson Walton shall from time to time be
36    Sufficient Discharges And upon Further Trust after the Death of
37    the said Elizabeth Watson Walton to pay the Interest of the Last
38    mentioned One thousand pounds to and for the benefit of the two
39    Eldest Children of the said Elizabeth Watson Walton that shall be
40    living at her decease until he she of they respectively being a Son
41    or Sons shall attain the Age of Twenty one years or being a
42    Daughter or Daughters shall attain that Age or be Married and
43    there to Divide the said last mentioned One thousand pounds or
44    Stock Set apart as aforesaid between such two Eldest children
45    Equally or if there shall be only one Child of my said Sister
46    Elizabeth Watson Walton living at her Death to pay the said
47    One thousand pounds on Stock to such only child if a Son at his
48    Age of Twenty one years and if a Daughter at that age or
49    Marriage which shall first happen and if there shall at the
50    death of my said Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton happen to be
51    live to attain his Age of Twenty one years or a Daughter
52    who Shall attain that age or be Married Then upon Trust
53    that the said Henry Leaves his Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors do and
54    Shall pay the said last mentioned One thousand pounds or Stock
55    with the Dividends unapplied arising therefrom unto my said sister
56    Charlotte Buller her Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors and Upon further
57    Trust after such two thousand pounds shall be used or Stock
58    set apart to answer the same as aforesaid to Transfer the
59    remainder of my said Bank Stock Subject to the said Eight
60    pounds a year (if the same shall be then payable) and pay
61    all the Dividends arising therefrom to my said Sister Charlotte
62    Buller And I Give and bequeath all the rest and residue of
63    my Money Goods Chattels Jewels plate and personal Estate
64    whatsoever to my said Dear Sister Charlotte Buller who I
65    hereby Appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
66    hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time
67    heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
68    hand and seal this Twenty fifth day of February in the year
69    of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four S.
70    Buller Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said
71    Sarah Buller the Testatrix to be her last Will and Testament
72    in the presence of us who in her presence have subscribed our
73    Names as Witnesses hereunto Noble Wallwyn Pytts
74    Victorine Glumer
75    A Codicil which I Sarah Buller Spinster desire
    [Page 3]
76    may be considered as And I hereby Declare to be a part of my Will
77    Whereas I have Directed Henry Leaves Esq[uir]e the Trustee
78    named in my Will to Sell so much of my Bank Stock as will produce
79    One thousand pounds and to pay five hundred pounds Money thereof
80    to my Nephew William Leaves Now I do hereby revoke such direction
81    and make void the said Legacy or Bequest So Given or Intended
82    for my said Nephew and Declare that he Shall be Intitled to
83    nothing for by Virtue or in respect thereof And I do hereby Give
84    and Dispose of the said five hundred pounds (when raised by Sale of
85    part of my Bank Stock as in my Will is mentioned) to my Dear
86    Sister Anna Maria Leaves and Desire that the same may be paid
87    to her Accordingly And I do hereby Give and bequeath to my said
88    Nephew William Leaves the Sum of Fifty pounds only to be paid
89    out of the residance of my personal Estate In Witness whereof
90    I have to this Codicil set my hand and Seal the Eighteenth Day of
91    November One thousand seven hundred and Sixty five S Buller
92    The above writing was Signed Sealed published and Declared
93    by the said Sarah Buller said for a Codicil to be annexed to her
94    Will in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request
95    have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto Noble Wallwyn
96    Pytts Victorina Glumer
97    This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
98    the Nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One
99    thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six before the Worshipful George
100    Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George
101    Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
102    Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath
103    of Charlotte Buller Spinster the Sister of the deceased and Sole Exec[utrix]
104    named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
105    Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased she
106    having been first Sworn duly to Administer

William Buller is the testator and he and his wife are about to go to the Island of Tobago in the West Indies. The Naval Chronicles (The Naval Chronicle, For 1815: Containing a General and Biographical History of The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. Under the Guidance of Several Literary and Professional Men. Vol. XXXIV. (from July to December). London, Printed and published by and for Joyce Gold, 103, Shoe Lane) has an entry in Volume 34 (1815) listing the marriage of William Buller, Esquire, nephew of Admiral Sir Edward Buller Baronet, KCB to Euphemia, daughter of the late Henry Kent, Esquire, RN and niece of Vice-admiral John Hunter and this is under list of marriages (no place of marriage given but will check it out on Find My Past). A rather lucky find that lets me connect this William Buller back to Sir Edward Buller (his uncle). According to the visitation Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park, an Admiral in the Navy, created a Baronet 3 Oct 1808 married Gertrude Van Cortlandt. Their only daughter was Anna Maria who married James Drummond Elphinstone and he assume the surname of Buller. Sir Edward had two brothers both of whom are listed as not having any heirs and this William does appear to be a nephew to Sir Edward by the will below and the item in The Naval Chronicles. The two brothers were John Buller MP for West LOOE who married Augusta Nixon and John died without heirs in 1807. The second brother was Henry Buller and he died in the East Indies also unmarried. He would be the likely brother with a son William and I do have a couple of wills with forename Henry who were in the Indies. Especially given that William and his wife went to the West Indies this may prove to be a rather interesting line to try and follow. There isn't a will for a Euphemia Buller unfortunately but will try to discover items searching on Google. The will was probated and the executors were Ford Brown and Brooking Soady with the Brown being interesting given the second name of Euphemia of Brown. As well William mentions his brother Captain Henry George Buller in the 88th Regiment of Foot.

William has not gone to West Indies in the navy. I am assuming that he has died in 1819 without issue. His will was the first Buller will which I transcribed. Since this is the 1800s though it does not apply to my Buller line which traces back to Christopher Buller born circa 1763.

A subscriber list of British Fiction, 1800-1829 lists the following: Vice Admiral John Hunter, Mrs. Henry Kent, Vice Admiral Sir Edward Buller, William Buller, Esquire, Mrs. Buller (directly under) and further down Ford Brown, esquire and Mrs. Brown. A rather interesting find on Google.

Perhaps these next wills labeled "Out of England" will help to determine more about William Buller's father.

Henry Buller Esquire, Bengal, appears to be the father of William Buller and Henry George Buller as they are mentioned in his will and that will be the next will to be transcribed. Sir Edward Buller does mention that Henry George Buller is the son of his brother Henry.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1615/21
Testator: William Buller
Place: Lambeth, Surrey, England
Date of document:  22 Mar 1817, probated 5 Apr 1819
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: /5 fo/
[Top]: 4 Chester place Lambeth in the County of Surrey 22 nd March 1817

1    Being about to take my departure for the Island of Tobago in the west
2    Indies and viewing the uncertainty of life I do hereby in the event of my death bequeath
3    unto Ford Brown purser in his Majesty's Navy and Brooking Soady Esq[uir]e of the Audit
4    Office Somerset Place House whom I do hereby appoint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
5    of the whole of my property whether Real personal or otherways to lett and convey the
6    same into Money then to buy also and invest the same in the British Funds to the best
7    advantage in trust for the ends and purposes following that is to say in the first place
8    to pay all my debts which may be due by me at the time of my death and then to pay
9    into the hands of Euphemia Brown Buller my wife the whole annual rent or the
10    Interest of such my property thus left in trust during the natural life and in the
11    event of her death having Issue then and in that event to pay such sum as may
12    be necessary towards the maintenance and education of such Child or Children during
13    their his or her minority and in trust to pay unto such Child or Children upon the
14    age
    [Page 2]
15    age of majority or upon their his or her attaining 21 years of age as follows that is to
16    say if only one child to pay unto the proper hands of such Child upon majority as
17    aforesaid the whole principal sum of money which shall arise from the sale of
18    Stock previously vested being the proceeds of my whole property left as aforesaid
19    and if more than one Child then and in that event such my whole property with
20    trust I do hereby direct and will shall be equally divided amongst them upon
21    their attaining the age of majority as aforesaid and In trust in the event of no Children
22    dying before attaining majority then to pay unto my Brother Captain Henry
23    George Buller of His Majestys 88 Reg[imen]t of Foot his heirs Exec[utor]s the which of my
24    property thus left in trust In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal on
25    the day above stated Wm Buller Hill Radford Witness/ George Drysdale Witness
26    Memorandum and in the event of myself and Wife dying in the
27    west Indes our Child or Children are to be sent to England by the first opportunity
28    and when of a proper age to be sent to school for instruction Wm Buller
29    Hill Radford Witness/ Geo Drysdale Witness
30    Proved at London with a Codicil 5th April 1819 before the Worshipful John
31    Danbery D[octo]r of Laws and Surr[ogat]e by the Oath of Ford Brown Esquire and Brooking Soady
32    Esq[uir]e the Executors whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to adm[iniste]r

I am somewhat intrigued by this will as there is a companion will also by Henry Buller still to do. Sir Edward Buller did the probate of this will as Residuary Legatee. The probate states that John Buller outlived his brother Henry but was himself dead in 1809 at the time of probate. John Buller died in 1807 according to the Visitation which means that Henry died between 1792 when he wrote his will and 1807 when John died. The ages of the children in 1792 were less than 21 and in 1809 they would have been seventeen years older so possibly young adults. William Buller married in 1815 according to the Naval Chronicles (blogged yesterday). William Buller and Henry George Buller came back to England since William married there and Henry George Buller was in the army. Sir Edward does mention Henry George Buller (as the son of his brother Henry Buller) in his will but William Buller the other son has died. This is the first mention that the two boys are the sons of Henry Buller and it is in the will of Sir Edward Buller. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1494/16
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 13 Mar 1809
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
 [Top]: Copy

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3    I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4    the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5    the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6    with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7    Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8    Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9    thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10    Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11    Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12    give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13    my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14    Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15    Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16    Edward Buller do pay there from Five hundred Current
17    Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18    It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19    Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20    of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21    the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22    who shall die within the period above specified
23    shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller
24    his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
25    It is further my Intention that in Case of the
26    Demise of Captain Edward Buller before this
27    Will shall take effect whatever he might if
28    surviving me the Testator be entitled to by it
29    shall be equally divided between his Children
30    lawfully begotten It is my anxious request
31    that my Brother John Buller of Bengal and
32    Stephen Harris of the same will take upon
33    them the Trouble of acting as Executors to this
34    will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
35    and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
36    Harris Executors to this my last Will and
37    Testament And I request that as soon after
38    my decease as they conveniently can they will
39    by public or private sale as they shall judge
40    most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
41    whole of  my real Estate and Goods and
42    Chattels for the Benefit of the Legatees And
43    it is moreover my earnest request that my
44    Brother John Buller will have the kindness
45    after my decease to take Henry George Buller
46    and William Buller under his particular
47    protection and see that they be properly
48    educated and set forth unto Life In Witness
49    of the above I the said Henry Buller have
50    to this my last Will and Testament set my
51    hand and Seal this seventeenth day of March
52    in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
53    hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
54    Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
55    and for his last Will and Testament where no
56    stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
57    us who in his presence at his Request and
58    in the presence of each other have subscribed
59    our Names as Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet
60    A Seton G Foxcroft
61    On the thirteenth day of March in the year
    [Page 3]
62    One thousand eight hundred and nine Administration
63    (with the will annexed) of all and singular
64    the Goods Chattels and Credits of Henry Buller
65    late of Calcutta in the East Indies Esquire
66    deceased was granted to Sir Edward Buller
67    Baronet the Brother of the deceased and
68    Residuary Legatee named in the said Will
69    having been first sworn duly to administer
70    John Buller Esquire the Brother of the said
71    deceased and one of the Executors named in
72    the said Will survived the said deceased but
73    is since dead without having taken upon
74    him the probate and Execution of the said
75    Will and Stephen Harris Esquire the surviving
76    Executor having first renounced the probate
77    and Execution thereof

The will of James Buller at Macao, East Indies is an interesting read. Life must have been very hard in these areas in this time period. No idea if Joseph Buller his natural son survived. He does name his father as the Reverend James Buller of Tytherington, Gloucestershire. From the Parish Registers of Gloucestershire in Thornbury there is a marriage of the Rev James Buller, MA to Jane Gummersall (married by license 5 Mar 1764 Family Search M05783-2). Thornbury district includes the parish of Tytherington. It is near Bristol.

Perhaps he is descendant of the Lillesdon Somerset Buller family so a most interesting find. Unfortunately his father has not left a will that was probated by the PCC. There are two wills at Tytherington in the Gloucestershire Archives. One is for an Elizabeth Buller and it was probated in 1831 and a second for a Jane Buller probated in 1800. Tempting to order the will by Jane Buller as she is perhaps the third wife of the Reverend James Buller mentioned in the will of his son.

Three births/baptisms were found to James and Jane Buller at Tytherington:

Robert Buller baptized 22 Feb 1767
Anna Buller baptized 4 Feb 1772
Polly Buller born 14 Aug 1769, baptized 17 Sep 1769

An interesting find in that the Buller family that remained at Lillesdon is not traced down at least I haven't found any trace of them although as I write this I realize I have never checked the Visitations for the Buller family in these areas.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1166/279
Testator: James Buller, Mariner
Place: Macao, East Indies
Date of document: 18 Nov 1773, probated 13 Jun 1788
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I James Buller at Macao Mariner being in a
3    perfect state of mind blessed be God for it but of a
4    weak state of Body maketh this my last Will and
5    Testament that is to say First my Soul I leave to God
6    who gave it me hoping to find mercy and forgiveness
7    for all my Transgressions from my blessed Saviour and
8    Redeemer Jesus Christ my Body I request may be put
9    in the Ground in as plain a manner as possible
10    avoiding all unnecessary Expences I then leave and
11    bequeath unto my son Joseph Buller one half of
12    what Sum or Sums I die possessed of or whatever may
13    will to me after my death leaving it entirely to the
14    discretion of my Executors who I shall hereafter named
15    to advance whatever Sum or Sums they think sufficient
16    for his education bringing up in the protestant Religion
17    and securing whatever Sum may be left him in the
18    safest manner they think best and at the age of twenty
19    two to pay him the whole Sum I have left him Item
20    I leave and bequeath unto the mother of my son
21    Joseph Buller whose name is Molly her Freedom and
22    six hundred current Rupees to be put in the Company's
23    Cash and the Interest of it to be paid in Monthly
24    Item I leave and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
25    Buller one fourth part of what Sum or Sums I die
26    possessed of and request it might be sent her as soon
27    as possible she is to be heard of at one Mr Finneys
28    Fish Street Soho London Item I leave and bequeath
29    unto Mrs Jane Birks at Laleham one fourth part
30    of what Sum or Sums I die possessed of and request it
31    might be sent her as soon as possible If my Son Joseph
32    Buller should die before he arrives at the age of
33    twenty two I then request the Sum I left him to be sent to
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34    Europe to my Sister Elizabeth If Mrs Birks should die
35    before what I have left her comes to hand I leave
36    it to Mr Thomas Birks Surgeon at Laleham aforesaid
37    but should both of them be dead and any child or
38    children living of theirs I leave it amongst them but
39    in case of no children I leave it to my sister Elizabeth
40    If my sister Elizabeth Buller should die before what
41    I have left her comes to hand and she has any child
42    or children living I then leave it to be equally
43    divided amongst them but in case she is dead and no
44    children living and my son Joseph Buller living I request
45    the whole Sum be paid to him but in case of his death
46    I request the Sum be paid and divided equally amongst
47    the children of my Father the Reverend Mr James Buller
48    of Tytherington in Gloucestershire that might be living by his
49    third wife in case all his children by his third wife is dead
50    I then leave it to my next heir at law I leave my
51    Friend Mr David Macplaison at Madras one hundred
52    Rupees for a Ring I leave my Friend Mr Math:
53    Gunning at Calcutta one hundred Rupees for a Ring
54    I leave Mr and Mrs Punitz my Sons Godfather and
55    Godmother at Calcutta fifty Rupees each I leave my
56    friend Mr William Dalrymple who at present is at
57    Macao one hundred Rupees for a Ring and I hereby
58    appoint Mr William Dalrymple and Mr Mathew
59    Gunning my whole and sole Executors of this my last Will
60    Signed at Macao Nov[embe]r18th 1773 James Buller
61    Witness A Ramsay, John Fry, James Gray a true
62    Copy Cha: Sealy Reg[istra]r
63    On the thirteenth day of June in the Year of our
64    Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight ad[ministrati]on
65    with the Will annexed of all and singular the Goods
66    Chattells and Credits of James Buller late of Macao in
67    the East Indies a Bachelor deceased was granted to
68    Elizabeth Buller Spinster the natural and lawfull sister
69    and next of kin of the said deceased having been first
70    sworn duly to administer William Dalrymple and Mathew
71    Gunning the Executors named in the said will dying
72    without taking upon them the Execution thereof and
73    no Residuary Legatee being named in the said Will

This will for Henry Buller is similar to the preceding one blogged the day before yesterday. However there was a new admon granted and the details follow. The dates are somewhat confusing and will try to sort that out. There are some subtle differences in the will and some added copy in the margin which makes this will slightly different. It is perhaps the first will written although also carries the "word" copy at the top but this has been rewritten and is not in the original hand of Henry Buller. The year of death is stated in a letter from a William John Morgan as occurring on 1 January 1800 at sea off the Cape of Good Hope.

The reason for the second probate appears in the first probate. This will was not the original official copy of the will and probate was granted on the basis of looking only at his holdings in England with the proviso that at a later date when the will became available the remainder of the will would be executed. It was somewhat confusing because both entries carry the word "Copy" at the top.

The next set of wills are from Somerset and there are eight of them:

Edward Buller, Gentleman, Nettlecombe, PROB 11/954/363, 19 Feb 1770
George Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1331/22, 1 Oct 1799
Jenkins Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1270/21, 8 Jan 1796
John Buller, Lillesdon, North Currie, PROB 11/79/212, 3 Mar 1592
Mary Buller, Spinster, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1152/355, 31 May 1787
Sarah Buller, Widow, Hether Stowey, PROB 11/951/315, 2 Oct 1769
Thomas Buller, Gentleman, Staple Fitzpayne, PROB 11/51/16, 22 Jan 1569
William Buller, Soap Boiler, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1137/59, 31 Jan 1786

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/178
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 3 Dec 1801
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
 [Top]: Copy

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3    I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4    the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5    the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6    with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7    Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8    Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9    thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10    Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11    Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12    give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13    my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14    Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15    Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16    Edward Buller do pay therefrom Five hundred Current
17    Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18    It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19    Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20    of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
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21    the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22    who shall die within the period above specified
23    shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller his
24    heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns It is
25    further my Intention that in Case of the Demise of
26    Captain Edward Buller - before this Will shall
27    take effect whatever  they  might if surviving me the
28    Testator be entitled to by it shall be equally divided
29    between his Children lawfully begotten It is my
30    anxious request that my Brother John Buller of
31    Bengal and Stephen Harris of the same will
32    take upon them the Trouble of acting as Executors
33    to this will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
34    and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
35    Harris Executors to this my last Will and
36    Testament And I request that as soon after my
37    decease as they conveniently can they will
38    by public or private sale as they shall judge most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
39    whole of  my real Estate and Goods and Chattels
40    for the Benefit of the Legatees And it is moreover
41    my earnest request that my Brother John
42    Buller will have the kindness after my demise to
43    take Henry George Buller and William Buller
44    under his particular protection and see that
45    they be properly educated and set forth unto Life
46    In Witness of the above I the said Henry
47    Buller have to this my last Will and Testament
48    set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of
49    March in the Year of our Lord One thousand
50    seven hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
51    Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
52    and for his last Will and Testament where
53    no stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
54    us who in his presence at his Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as
55    Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet A Seton G Foxcroft
56    In the Goods of Henry Buller Esquire deceased
57    the Seventeenth day of January 1801
58    Appeared Personally
59    Edward Buller Esquire Captain of his Majestys
60    Ship Edgar and now residing at East Stonehouse
61    in the County of Devon and made Oath that
62    On or about the twenty First day of April last
63    he received by the Post a letter from William
64    John Morgan of Cape Town in the East Indies and
65    dated Cape Town January the thirteeneth one thousand
66    and Eight Hundred wherein the said William John
67    Morgan informed him the depondent of the death
68    of his Brother Henry Buller formerly of Bengal
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69    but who died at Sea near the Cape of Good Hope on the
70    first day of January One thousand and Eight
71    hundred and he further informed him that his
72    Will had been Found dated in the year One
73    thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two and
74    enclosed in the said Letter set him an attested
75    Copy of the said Will and the deponent further
76    made Oath that having viewed the paper
77    writing hereto annexed beginning "This is the
78    last Will and Testament of me" Henry Buller
79    of Bengall" and ending "In Witness whereof the
80    above I the said Henry Buller have to this
81    my last Will and Testament set my hand and
82    Seal this Seventeenth day of March in the year
83    of Our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and
84    Ninety two " and with a Notarial attestation
85    as to the authority of the same and Signed
86    by Thomas Witton as a Notary Public he
87    saith that the paper writing is the same which
88    was so Received by him enclosed in the aforesaid
89    letter and the Deponent further made Oath
90    that he verily believes that the Original Will
91    of the said deceased hath been proved by
92    the Executors or one of them in the proper
93    Court at Bengall where where the same now
94    remains and that the annexed Notarial Copy
95    of the said Will is the most authoratie Copy now
96    in England and that he is desirous of obtaining Letters
97    of Administration (with the same annexed)
98    to be Granted to him as the Residuary Legatee
99    named in the said Will for the purpose of
100    Collecting in and recovering the Effects of the
101    said deceased in this country and the Deponent
102    Lastly made Oath that John Buller the
103    Brother of the said Deceased and Stephen
104    Harris the Executors named in the aforesaid
105    Will now live and reside at Bengal aforesaid
106    as he verily believes Ed[war]d Buller Same day
107    the said Edward Buller was duly sworn
108    to the Truth of this affidavit by Virtue of the
109    Annexed Commission before me Jonathan
110    Williams Commissioner In the Presence of
111    William Foot Notary Publick
112    On the third day of December in the year of our
113    Lord one thousand Eight hundred and one adm[inistrati]on
114    with the Notarial Copy of the Will annexed of
115    all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of
116    Henry Buller formerly of Bengal but late of the
117    Cape of Good Hope in the East Indies Esquire
118    deceased was granted to Edward Buller the
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119    Brother and Residuary Legatee named in the said
120    Will Lim[ite]d until the Original Will or a more Authoritie
121    Copy thereof should be brought into and left in
122    the Registry of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
123    but no further or otherwise having been first
124    Sworn by Commission duly to administer John
125    Buller the Brother and Stephen Harris the
126    Executors named in the said Will have been
127    first cited with the usual intimation to accept or
128    refuse the probate and Execution of the Notaries
129    Copy of the said last Will and Testament of the
130    said deceased but they not either of them in any
131    wise appeared

The first of the Somerset wills is for Edward Buller of Nettlecombe.

The next set of wills are from Somerset and there are eight of them:

Edward Buller, Gentleman, Nettlecombe, PROB 11/954/363, 19 Feb 1770
George Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1331/22, 1 Oct 1799
Jenkins Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1270/21, 8 Jan 1796
John Buller, Lillesdon, North Currie, PROB 11/79/212, 3 Mar 1592
Mary Buller, Spinster, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1152/355, 31 May 1787
Sarah Buller, Widow, Hether Stowey, PROB 11/951/315, 2 Oct 1769
Thomas Buller, Gentleman, Staple Fitzpayne, PROB 11/51/16, 22 Jan 1569
William Buller, Soap Boiler, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1137/59, 31 Jan 1786

Edward names his children John, Edward, William and Mary and his wife is also Mary. No sign of Christopher here so not my line but interesting none the less as he does not appear on any Visitation that I have looked at thus far.

Edward Buller married Mary Otway 13 Dec 1752 at Pitminster Somerset (Family Search I07999-7).

Baptisms of the children:

John Buller baptized 16 May 1753 at Nettlecombe
Edward Buller baptized 11 Sep 1755 at Nettlecombe
William Buller baptized 28 Dec 1758 at Nettlecombe
Mary Buller baptized 23 Feb 1763 at Nettlecombe

At probate his eldest son John was sixteen years of age, Edward was fourteen years of age, William was eleven years of age and Mary only seven years old.

No ideas on the parents of Edward Buller (testator) as he names his brother in law John Oatway as his other Executor and Guardian for his children. However, Pitminster marriages of 1718 list John Buller of Taunton marrying Mary Lock of Pitminster 19 Apr 1718.

An interesting write up for Seavington St Mary, Somerset in British History online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117097

The Buller family, tenants from the 14th century, held meadow at the 'Farthyng' which they exchanged with their lord for similar property at 'Landemede' and elsewhere. (fn. 87)

The Bullers were successors to a number of substantial families which held small freeholds in the parish. Walter de Thornhull had an interest in a virgate in 1268; (fn. 88) the Brooks, lords Cobham, were there in 1505, (fn. 89) and the Seymours, in the persons of Sir John and Sir Edward Seymour, between 1528 and 1560. (fn. 90) Robert Buller (d. 1506) occupied a capital messuage in Seavington Vaux manor, (fn. 91) and John Buller held it at his death in 1592. (fn. 92)

Seavington St Mary being 14 miles SSE of Nettlecombe and 11 miles WNW of Pitminster. Lillesdon is considered the main property of the Buller family in Somerset and it is 8 miles NW or Seavington St Mary. Looking at the Visitation is this perhaps John Buller who married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Edward Strangwais?

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/954/363
Testator: Edward Buller
Place: Nettlecombe, Somersetshire
Date of document: 8 Oct 1769 , probated 19 Feb 1770
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Edward
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Edward Buller of Tor ________ parish of
3    Nettlecombe and County of Somerset Gentleman being
4    sick and weak but of sound Mind and Memory Do make
5    and Ordain This to be my last Will and Testament In the
6    first place I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty
7    God hoping believing the merits and Intercession of my Lord
8    and Saviour Jesus Christ to receive full pardon and
9    Remission of all my Sins and my Body I Commit to the
10    Earth to be Decently Interred according to the Discretion
11    of my Executors hereinafter named I give Devise and
12    bequeath (Subject to the provisoe and conditions hereinafter
13    mentioned) unto Mary Buller my Dear and loving Wife
14    and my Brother in Law John Oatway and to the Survivor of
15    them and to the Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor
16    all and Singular my Leasehold Estates and all and Singular
17    other my Goods and Chattels Rights Credits and Personal
18    Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever for and during
19    all my Right Title Term and Terms of years and Interest
20    therein respectively Upon Trust that they the said Mary
21    Buller and John Oatway or the Survivor of them or the
22    Executors of Adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor do and think imediately
23    on my Decease or as soon after as conveniently may be Sell
24    and dispose of all or any of my Leasehold Estates all
25    or any part of my living or Dead Stock as they in their
26    Discretion Shall think most adviseable and with the moneys
27    arising by such Sale or Sales to pay and Discharge my
28    Funeral Expences and all and Singular my Debts of what
29    nature or kind soever and from and after payment of my
30    Funeral Expences and all my Debts I give Devise and
31    bequeath (Subject to the provisoe and Conditions herein
32    after mentioned) the overplus of the Moneys arising by such
33    Sale or Sales (if any) and all there wise and whereunder
34    of my Leasehold Estates and of all other my Goods
35    Chattels Jewels Credits and personal Estate and Effects
36    unto my said Dear Wife and unto John Buller Edward
37    Buller William Buller and Mary Buller my Children
38    to be equally Divided bedtween them Share and Share
39    alike when and as my said Children shall respectively
40    attain their respective Ages of Twenty one years and in
41    Case any or either of my said Children John Buller
42    Edward Buller or William Buller and Mary Buller shall happen
43    to dye unattaining the Age of twenty one years or in case
44    my said Wife shall happen to Dye before all my said
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45    Children shall attain their respective Ages of Twenty
46    one years then and be either of such cases I give
47    Devise and bequeath the Share or Shares of him her
48    or them so Dying unto the Survivors and Survivor of
49    them the said Mary Buller my Wife John Buller Edward
50    Buller William Buller and Mary Buller my Daughter and
51    my Will is and I do hereby Declare it to be the such that
52    in case my said Wife shall happen to live untill all
53    my said Children (or such of them as shall happen to
54    live) shall attain their respective Ages of Twenty one
55    Years that She shall be at Liberty to Give and Dispose
56    of her Share of my Effects unto such person or persons
57    as she shall think proper subject nevertheless to the
58    provisoe hereinafter mentioned and in regard my said
59    Children are all in their Minority I do entreat my said
60    Wife and Brother in Law John Oatway to be Trustees
61    and Guardians for my said Children And I do hereby
62    Nominate and Appoint my said Wife and Brother in
63    Law John Oatway Trustees and Guardians of my said
64    Children until they shall respectively attain their respective
65    Ages of Twenty one years Subject nevertheless to the
66    provisoe hereinafter mentioned. Also I make constitute
67    and Appoint (Subject to the provisoe hereinafter mentioned)
68    my said Wife and Brother in Law John Oatway Executors
69    In Trust of this my last Will and Testament provided
70    allways and my true intent and meaning is and I do hereby
71    Declare it to be such that in Case my said Wife shall
72    at any time after my decease Marry with any other Man
73    that as well the Gifts Devises and Bequests aforesaid
74    in favour of my said Wife as also all and every other
75    Geft Devise and bequest to her herein either upon
76    Trust or other reason all the powers and operations
77    thereof either in Law or equity shall respectively cease
78    and be void and the share of my Estates and Effects
79    herein before Given to her I do in such Case Give
80    Devise and bequeath unto my said Children John
81    Buller Edward Buller William Buller and Mary
82    Buller equally to be Divided between them or such of
83    them as shall be living when their said Mother shall mary
84    as aforesaid and in case my said Wife shall think
85    proper at any time after my decease to Marry with any
86    other Man then my Will is that her Guardianship of
87    my said Children and all the Trust hereby reposed in her
88    shall cease and be void and I do in such case nominate
89    and appoint my said Brother in Law John Oatway Sole
90    Guardian for my said Children until they shall respectively
91    attain their respective Ages of Twenty one years And I do
92    in such case make constitute and appoint my said
93    Brother in Law John Oatway Sole Executor in Trust
94    of this my last Will and Testament and I do also in such
95    Case Impower my said Brother in Law John Oatway solely to
96    Sell and Dispose of all or any of my Leasehold Estates and
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97    other my personal Effects for payment of my Debts and
98    Funeral Expences any thing herein mentioned to the contrary
99    notwithstanding Lastly I revoke all former wills by me
100    made and Appoint this truly to be my last Will and
101    Testament In Witness whereof I the said Edward Buller
102    the Testator hereto this my last Will and Testament
103    contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet Subscribed
104    my Name and to the last Sheet Subscribed my Name and
105    Affixed my Seal the Eighth day of October in the ninth
106    year of the Reign of King George the Third and in the
107    year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Sixty nine
108    Edw[ar]d Buller Signed Sealed Published and Declared by
109    the said Edward Buller the Testator as and to be his last
110    Will and Testament in the presence of us and by us subscribed
111    as Witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request and
112    in the presence of each other Grace Dibble Fr[anci]s
113    Leigh
114    This Will was proved at London the
115    nineteenth Day of February in the year of our Lord One
116    thousand seven hundred and Seventy before the Right
117    Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
118    or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
119    lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of Mary Buller Widow
120    the Relict of the deceased and John Oatway the Executors
121    named in the said Will in whom administration was Granted
122    of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
123    said deceased they having been first Sworn by Commission
124    Duly to Administer

George Buller the Testator is again likely a descendant of the Buller family at Lillesdon but no actual proof of that. He was buried 12 Jul 1799 at Nether Stowey. There is a marriage of George Buller of Stringston and Martha Govett of Stringston 15 Aug 1745 at Kilve. From the Genuki webpages for Stringston (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Stringston/index.html) the vicarage is annexed to Kilve thus explaining why the marriage was at Kilve. Kilve is 2 miles WNW of Stringston and Nether Stowey is 3 miles SSE of Stringston. However, the baptisms that fit with the children in the will are to a George and Mary so suspect that this George Buller was married to Mary Morrish 16 Oct 1759 at Nether Stowey. Just interesting to see the name Govett in the will and then the earlier marriage. The marriage between George Buller and Mary Morrish was by license. However they are not the parents of Christopher at least no Christopher Buller is baptized as a son of George and Mary. Mind you he could have been married to both Martha and Mary as the marriages are 14 years apart. But the children named in the will were all baptized to George and Mary Buller (Sarah's baptism is missing). The marriage by license is interesting and not unusual when a widower or widow is remarrying.

By the mid 1600s Lillesdon is held by Edward Courte so the Buller family has moved away from Lillesdon. I will pull up the Buller names on the Protestation Returns for Somerset shortly to have a look at the places in which they were found in 1641/42.

This is an excellent will especially as the probate actually names the husbands of these daughters.

Lillesdon is in the Parish of North Curry. Lillesdon is 12 miles NW of Nether Stowey, 15 miles NW of Kilton and 19 miles WNW of Nettlecombe.

On the Martin Southwood transcriptions for West Somerset parish records (more below) (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/NStyMar17501836.htm) I found:

Marriage of Thomas Newton (Crowcombe) and Martha Ann Buller 16 May 1798 at Nether Stowey.
Baptism of Jane daughter of Sarah Buller 9 Mar 1792.

The marriages for  William Alford and Mary Buller and  Robert Parker and Elizabeth Buller were at Kilton (as were those of their brothers George and John).

There are a number of Buller entries in the Parish Registers of Nether Stowey but an interesting item in British History on line in the Stringston area follows (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18499)

An estate described in the 16th century as HOLWELL manor and perhaps before 1539 owned by Buckland priory came into the possession of Thomas Hill (d. 1565), and he sold part of it to Edward Jenkins (d. c. 1572). (fn. 47) Andrew Jenkins (d. 1593) held other land of George Hill, Thomas's son. (fn. 48) By the 17th century three separate holdings at Holwell may have derived from Hill's estate. One, later known as Nether, Lower, or Middle Holwell, was assigned in 1602 by John Malet and his wife Mary to John Colford, in succession to John Jenkins. (fn. 49) The Colfords, who are said to have held the land in chief by knight service, remained in possession until the later 17th century, but by 1710 had sold to George Buller. (fn. 50) George's great-nephew, also George Buller, sold it in 1789 to John Barrell, and John's son, also John, in 1857 conveyed it to the Revd. Henry Codrington. Henry conveyed it to trustees. (fn. 51).

I have decided to extract all the Buller entries from the online site for the West Somerset Parish Registers just to have a look at them and have them in one place for future reference as I am prone to thinking that Christopher Buller is descendant of this line especially having eliminated the Cornwall/Devon Buller families for the most part.

Bicknoller
Marriages
Johbn Parsons and Joane Buller of Brean married 8 Jan 1674

Quantoxhead
Burials
Richard Buller buried 29 Nov 1766

Crowcombe
Marriages
Mr Edward Buller married Mrs Sarah Jenkins 12 Jun 1729

Dodington
Burials
George Buller buried 23 Jul 1762 (no further information)

Dulverton
Baptisms
Betty Buller daughter of Humphrey and Grace baptized 17 Jan 1732
Humphrey Buller son of Humphrey and Grace baptized 11 Aug 1735

East Quantoxhead
Marriages
Thomas Musgrove of Stoke St Mary married Hannah Buller of Bicknoller 5 Nov 1700
Thomas Kingdon of Stogursey married Joan Buller 19 Oct 1769

Kilton
Baptism
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Mr. George baptized 24 Aug 1764 (of Kilton)

Holford
Baptisms
Richard Buller Alford son of William and Mary baptized 8 Feb 1786, born 20 Jan 1786
George Buller son of George and Ann baptized 24 Jan 1796, born 17 Jan 1796
Richard Buller son of John and Ann baptized 28 Oct 1798, born 2 Oct 1798
Elizabeth Buller daughter of John and Ann baptized 12 Apr 1801, born 20 Mar 1801

Kilton
Baptisms
John Buller son of William and Mary baptized 12 Oct 1687
Joan Buller daughter of William and Mary baptized 27 Mar 1689
Mary Buller daughter of William and Mary baptized 3 Apr 1691
Grace Buller daughter of William and Mary baptized 16 Feb 1693
George Buller son of William baptized 1 Feb 1695
Sarah Buller daughter of William baptized 20 Mar 1697
Hannah Buller daughter of William and Mary baptized 25 Aug 1699
Samuel Buller son of James and Elizabeth baptized 4 Apr 1732
James Buller son of James and Elizabeth baptized 25 May 1733
Elizabeth daughter of James and Elizabeth baptized 25 Nov 1736
Richard Buller son of George and Mary baptized 6 Feb 1767
John Buller son of George and Mary baptized 24 Mar 1769
Martha Anne Buller daughter of George baptized 1774 (? for date other than year)
George Buller White son of Mary baptized 16 Jan 1784
Mary Buller daughter of John and Ann baptized 17 Nov 1793, born Sep 1793

Marriages
William Buller married Mary Chester 18 Nov 1686
James Buller married Elizabeth Chester 14 Apr 1730
William Afford of Kilve married Mary Buller 3 Jun 1782.
George Buller married Jane Dowdney 14 Nov 1784
Robert Parker married Elizabeth Buller 25 Dec 1786
John Buller of Kilve married Ann Masons 10 Oct 1792

Burials
Mary Buller daughter of William buried 29 Jan 1703
William Buller buried 29 Nov 1704
George Buller son of William and Mary buried 15 Dec 1704
Mrs. Mary Buller, widow, buried 6 Sep 1725
Elizabeth Buller, wife of James, buried 10 May 1740
Hannah Buller buried 9 May 1766

Kilve
Marriage
George Buller of Stringston married Martha Govett of Stringston 15 Aug 1745

Lilstock
Baptisms
John Buller son of John and Jane baptized 30 Nov 1720, born 29 Oct 1720
Mary Buller daughter of John and Jane baptized 12 Jan 1722
William Buller son of John and Jane baptized 19 Apr 1723, born 24 Mar 1723
George Buller son of John and Jane baptized 10 Dec 1727, born 10 Nov 1727

Marriages
John Buller of Doddington married Joane Bartlett 22 Jan 1669
Richard Merchant of Kilve married Sarah Buller 7 May 1750

Burials
John Buller son of John and Jane buried 16 Feb 1721
William Buller buried 7 Dec 1747
Mr George Buller buried 9 Mar 1763
Mr John Buller buried 20 Nov 1765
Jane Buller (widow of Mr John) buried 1 May 1770

Nether Stowey
Baptisms
John Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 9 Jul 1690
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
Thomasin Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 12 May 1692
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 17 Nov 1692
Gregory Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 6 Jun 1694
Richard Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 20 Dec 1694
George Buller son of George and Sarah baptized 22 Aug 1695
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 26 Oct 1696
Jane Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 3 Oct 1697
Richard Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 18 Aug 1698
Jane Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 24 Jan 1700
Anne Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 8 May 1701
Sarah Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 22 Jul 1702
James Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 27 Jul 1704
Constance Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 28 Mar 1705
William Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 20 May 1706
Richard Buller son of George and Sarah baptized 29 Oct 1707
William Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 9 Dec 1709
Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 2 Sep 1730
Jenkins Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 25 May 1732
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 17 May 1734
George Buller son of Richard and Elizabeth baptized 21 Dec 1736
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Betty baptized 7 Apr 1738
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Betty baptized 7 Jun 1739
Jane Buller daughter of William and Jane baptized 14 Dec 1739
Richard Buller son of Richard and Betty baptized 28 Feb 1741
Richard Buller son of William and Jane baptized 27 Jul 1741
John Buller son of Richard and Betty baptized 30 Jun 1742
Elizabeth Buller daughter of William and Jane baptized 12 May 1743
Betty Buller daughter of Richard and Betty baptized 4 Feb 1744
William Buller son of William and Jane baptized 27 Jun 1745
Sarah Buller daughter of William and Jane baptized 27 Feb 1747
Christian Buller daughter of William and Jane baptized 12 Jan 1749
Mary Buller daughter of William and Jane baptized 9 Oct 1753
Mary Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 22 Mar 1755
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 2 Mar 1757
Robert Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 9 Jan 1759
George Buller son of George and Mary baptized 6 Feb 1760
Susanna Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 3 Apr 1760
Mary Buller daughter of George and Mary baptized 14 Apr 1762
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 19 May 1762
Robert Beadon Buller son of Richard and Sarah baptized 30 Jun 1764
John Buller son of Richard and Sarah baptized 3 Nov 1766
Ann Buller daughter of Richard and Sarah baptized 11 Feb 1769
Mary Buller daughter of Richard and Frances (said to be 14 years) baptized 25 Jan 1783
Jane Buller daughter of Sarah baptized 9 Mar 1792
William Buller son of Robert Beadon and Ann baptized 7 Sep 1796
Jane Ruscombe Buller daughter of Robert Beadon and Ann baptized 24 Aug 1798
Robert Beadon Buller son of Robert Beadon and Ann baptized 10 Jun 1801
Sarah Buller daughter of Robert Beadon and Anne baptized 20 Mar 1802, born 21 Jan 1802
Mary Anne Buller daughter of Robert Beadon and Anne baptized 19 Nov 1803, born 30 Oct 1803
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Robert Beadon and Anne baptized 8 Jun 1805, born 19 May 1805

Marriages
Richard Bullar and Thomasine Gogan of Chedsey married 5 Oct 1654
Richard Buller and Jane Dyer married 6 Feb 1689
John Cussens and Elizabeth Buller married 15 Oct 1724
William Silk and Ann Buller married 13 Jul 1732
Joseph Poole and Constant Buller married 30 May 1738
George Buller and Mary Morrish (license) married 16 Oct 1759
John Morrish and Betty Buller married 11 May 1762
Thomas Poole and Elizabeth Buller married 18 Jul 1763
Abraham Stevens and Elizabeth Buller married 28 Nov 1765
John Shute (Tnsm) and Jane Buller married 28 Nov 1770
Thomas Cussens and Sarah Buller married 25 Dec 1777
John Colthurst of North Petherick and Sarah Buller married 27 Feb 1783
Edward Morle and Susannah Buller married 2 Jan 1786
Abraham Harris Wrentmore of Old Cleeve and Elizabeth Buller married 28 Jan 1790
Robert B Buller and Ann Poole married 31 Jan 1795
Robert Newman of Clairnor, Worcestershire and Ann Buller married 10 Apr 1795
Thomas Newton of Crowcombe and Martha Ann Buller married 16 May 1798
William Bryant of Dodington and Sarah Buller married 16 Sep 1799
Caleb Rockett and Agnes Buller married 28 Aug 1802

Burials
Mr Richard Buller buried 11 Dec 1751
Mary Buller daughter of William and Jane buried 18 Oct 1753
Gregory Buller buried 22 Feb 1754
Richard Buller buried 21 Apr 1758
Robert Buller buried 21 Apr 1759
Mr Richard Buller buried 25 Oct 1760
Mrs Jane Buller buried 8 Nov 1760
Sarah Buller, widow, buried 1 Sep 1769
Jane Buller, daughter of William, buried 17 Sep 1773
Sarah Buller buried 22 Apr 1776
Richard Buller buried 6 Jun 1777
Richard Buller of Moore House buried 29 Oct 1783
Mary Buller buried 23 Sep 1785
William Buller buried 9 Jan 1786
Mary Buller of Moorhouse buried 2 Sep 1786
Jane Buller buried 11 Jun 1790
Richard Buller buried 26 Feb 1791
Jenkins Buller buried 8 Oct 1794
George Buller buried 12 Jul 1799
Elizabeth Buller buried 15 Jun 1805
Sarah Buller buried 1 Oct 1806
Jane Buller buried 31 Jsn 2808
Richard Buller buried 10 Aug 1808
Robert Beadon Buller of Nether Stowey buried 17 Aug 1841 (77 years)
Anne Buller of Nether Stowey buried 27 Nov 1841 (74 years)

Nettlecombe
Baptisms
Edward Buller son of Richard and Elizabeth baptized 29 Nov 1721
William Buller base son of Elizabeth Buller, widow, baptized 8 Apr 1724
Jane Buller daughter of Richard and Mary baptized 13 Apr 1748
John Buller son of Mr Edward Buller and Mary baptized 16 May 1753
Edward Buller son of Mr Edward Buller and Mary baptized 11 Sep 1755
William Buller son of Edward and Mary baptized 28 Dec 1758
Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Mary baptized 23 Feb 1763
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Edward Baptized 27 Dec 1781
Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Mary baptized 3 Sep 1783
Mary Ann Buller daughter of William and Ann baptized 20 Sep 1785
Edward Buller son of Edward and Mary baptized 22 Sep 1785
Sarah Buller daughter of William and Ann baptized 9 Jul 1786
John Buller son of Edward and Mary baptized 26 Jun 1787
Ann Buller daughter of William and Ann baptized 27 Mar 1788
Sarah Buller daughter of Edward and Mary baptized 22 Dec 1789
Susannah buller daughter of William and Ann baptized 2 May 1790
William Buller son of Edward and Mary baptized 9 May 1792
Jane Maria Buller daughter of Edward and Mary baptized 2 Jan 1795
Elizabeth Buller daughter of William and Anne baptized 7 Feb 1797, born 25 Jun 1796
James Buller son of William and Anne baptized 5 Sep 1798
John Oatway Buller son of William and Anne baptized 13 Jun 1801, born 10 Jun 1801
Edward Buller son of William and Ann baptized 5 Jan 1804, born 25 Aug 1803

Marriages
George Turner and Mary Buller married 21 Oct 1782
Samuel Massingall and Sarah Buller married 19 Jul 1812

Burials
William Buller buried 11 Aug 1750
Mr Edward Buller buried 21 Nov 1769
Mr Edward Buller buried 30 Sep 1795 (40 years)
Mrs Mary Buller buried 23 Nov 1799 (67 years)
Mary Buller buried 12 Dec 1807 (24 years)
Edward Buller buried 20 Nov 1809 (24 years)
John Buller of Beggearn Huish buried 3 Apr 1818 (66 years)

Old Cleeve
Burial
Mary Buller, wife of Edward of Nettlecombe, buried 25 Jul 1781

St Decumans
Baptism
Jane Buller daughter of John and Ann baptized 16 Jul 1809

Marriages
Edward Buller of Nettlecombe and Mary Risdon married 23 Mar 1780
George Stephens and Mary Buller married 23 Jul 1815
George Buller and Mary Burrage married 11 Dec 1819
Richard Buller married Frances Morse 2 Nov 1824
Absalom Hake and Ann Buller married 14 Sep 1826
William Buller and Sarah Takel married 12 Dec 1833

Burial
John Buller buried 13 Mar 1808

Stogumber
Marriages
George Escott and Jane Buller married 12 May 1733
Richard Buller of East Quantoxhead and Joan Whitefield married 2 Jul 1764

Burial
Andrew Buller of Nether Stowey buried 31 Dec 1699

Stogursey
Baptisms
Richard Buller son of George and Jane baptized 22 Sep 1785
John Dowdney Buller son of George and Jane baptized 13 Mar 1787
William Buller son of George and Jane baptized 28 Jun 1801

Burials
Frances Buller buried 13 Apr 1770
George Buller son of George and Jane buried 26 Jan 1790

Stringston
Burial
Martha Buller buried 9 Jul 1774

Taunton St James
Baptisms
Mary Buller daughter of William and Mary baptized 22 May 1726, born 14 May 1726
Robert Buller son of George and Mary baptized 15 Feb 1804, born 20 Dec 1799

Wembdon
Marriage
Mr Richard Buller of Stowey and Mrs Joan Parker (widow) married 23 Oct 1761

West Bagborough
Marriage
William Knight and Elizabeth Buller married 29 Oct 1725

West Quantoxhead
Baptism
Richard Buller son of Joane (base child) baptized 28 Jul 1650

Marriages
John Parsons and Joan Buller married 11 Feb 1685
Richard Bunter of Dunster and Joan Buller of Kilton married 15 Jan 1707
Richard Buller and Elizabeth Wheddon married 19 Sep 1715

Burials
Richard Buller son of Joane buried 29 Jul 1650
Joane Buller buried 24 Jan 1651
Gregory Buller buried 5 Apr 1682
Richard Buller of East quantoxhead buried 12 Nov 1706

Winsford
Marriage
William Buller of Cutcombe and Elizabeth Clatworthy of Winsford married 21 Mar 1791

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 7 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1331/22
Testator: George Buller, Gentleman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Date of document: 28 Dec 1792, probated 1 Oct 1799
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: George
[Margin]: Buller

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me George Buller of Nether
3    Stowey in the County of Somerset Gentleman I give
4    to my sons George Buller and John Buller and to my
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5    daughters Sarah Buller and Martha Ann Buller
6    the Sum of thirty pounds apeece that is to say to
7    each of them the sum of thirty pounds I give to the
8    said Sarah Buller the Bed and Bedstead at the head
9    of the Stairs on the right hand together with the
10    Furniture to the same belonging I give to the said
11    Martha Ann Buller the Bed and Bedstead in the
12    inner Chamber together with the Furniture thereto
13    belonging I give to my Servant Jane Sopel if living
14    with me at the time of my decease Five Guineas to
15    be paid to her within two months next after my
16    decease Also I make the Five Guines ten Guineas by
17    me George Buller All and singular my Freehold
18    Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
19    I give and devise unto my worthy Friends John Govett
20    of Stringston in the said County Gentleman and James
21    Inman of Kilton in the said county Feltmonger their
22    heirs and assigns to the use of them the said John
23    Govett and James Inman their heirs and assigns for
24    ever In Trust nevertheless for and to and for the sole
25    and proper benefit and advantage of my two Sons
26    and four daughters George Buller John Buller Mary
27    Alford Elizabeth Parker Sarah Buller and Martha Ann
28    Buller to be equally divided between them share and
29    share alike as Tenants in Common and not as joint
30    Tenants the first to go to Law or Quarrel shall be Cut out with One Shilling and their part divided among the rest Witness my hand 15th day of April 1799 George Buller Ann Jarmain Ann Inman Sen[io]r Henry Inman  and their several and respective heirs and
31    assigns and if the part and share of the said Sarah
32    Buller of and in the said Freehold premises shall
33    remain undisposed of at the time of her decease and
34    she shall happen to die without Issue lawfully begotten
35    then as for and Concerning such the part and share
36    of the said Sarah Buller immediately after her decease
37    In Trust for and to and for the sole and proper benefit
38    and advantage of her natural daughter Jane Buller
39    her heirs and assigns All and singular my Leasehold
40    Messuages Lands and Tenements whatsoever I give
41    and bequeath unto them the said George Buller John
42    Buller Mary Alford Elizabeth Parker Sarah Buller and
43    Martha Ann Buller to be equally divided between them
44    share and share alike as Tenants in Common and not
45    as joint Tenants All the Rest Residue and Remainder
46    of my Goods Chattels and personal Estate of what nature
47    or kindsoever or wheresoever I give and bequeath unto
48    them the said George Buller John Buller Mary Alford
49    Elizabeth Parker Sarah Buller and Martha Ann Buller
50    to be equally divided between them share and share
51    alike And I do hereby Constitute and appoint them the
52    said George Buller John Buller Mary Alford Elizabeth
53    Parker Sarah Buller and Martha Ann Buller Executors
54    and Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament In
55    Witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament
56    contained in two Sheets of Paper I the said George
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57    Buller the Testator by hand and Seal to each sheet
58    have Subscribed and set the twenty eight day of
59    December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand and seven
60    hundred and ninety two George Buller Signed Sealed
61    Published and Declared by the above named George Buller
62    the Testator in the presence of us who have subscribed
63    our names as Witnesses thereto in the presence and at
64    the request of the said Testator and in the presence of
65    each other Abra[ha]m Stevens M Norman Ja[me]s Waites
66    Mr John Govett to be No Trust Trust only Mr. Inman
67    For Sarah and her daughter Jane Buller which I also give
68    the said Jane Buller daughter of Sarah Buller the Sum
69    of Thirty pounds as Witness my hand George Buller
70    Appeared personally William Wheddon of
71    Nether Stowey in the County of Somerset Cordwainer
72    and Nathaniel Brissett of the same place Butcher and made
73    Oath that they knew and were well acquainted with George
74    Buller late of Nether Stowey in the County of Somerset
75    deceased and also with his manner and Character of
76    handwriting and Subscription having frequently seen him
77    write and also write and subscribe his name and
78    having now carefully viewed the words "Also I make the
79    Five Guineas ten Guineas by " and the Names "George
80    Buller" written between the twelfth and thirteenth line
81    of the first sheet of the said Will and having also
82    carefully viewed the Words following "Mr John Govett
83    to be no Trust Trust only Mr Inman for Sarah and her
84    daughter Jane Buller which I also give the said Jane
85    Buller the Sum of Thirty pounds daughter of Sarah
86    Buller as Witness my hand and the Subscription" George
87    Buller" written at the bottom of the said first Sheet they
88    these deponents do verily and in their Consciences
89    believe the said interlineation the words written at the bottom
90    of the said Will and the Subscription thereto to be
91    of the proper handwriting of the said deceased Wm Wheddon
92    Nathaniel Brissett the 27th of Sept[embe]r 1799 the said William
93    Wheddon and Nathaniel Brissett were duly sworn to the
94    truth of this affidavit Before me William Lewis Com[missione]r
95    This Will was proved at London the first
96    day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
97    seven hundred and ninety nine before the Right
98    honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws
99    Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
100    of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of
101    George Buller and John Buller Sons and Mary
102    Alford (wife of William Alford) Elizabeth Parker (Wife
103    of Robert Parker) Sarah Buller Spinster and Martha
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104    Ann Newton formerly Buller Spinster (Wife of
105    Thomas Newton) the Daughters of the deceased and
106    Executors named in the said Will to whom Adm[inistratio]n
107    was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
108    and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn
109    by Commission duly to administer

Jenkins Buller the testator is the son of Edward and Sarah Buller baptized 25 May 1732. Jenkins Buller buried 8 Oct 1794 (62 years of age). His parents were Mr Edward Buller married to Mrs Sarah Jenkins 12 Jun 1729 at Crowcombe (the Mr. and Mrs. denoting gentry). Their children were as follows:

Mary Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 2 Sep 1730
Jenkins Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 25 May 1732
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 17 May 1734; buried 3 Sep 1735
Richard Buller son of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Edward and Sarah baptized 12 Jan 1737

Meandering through the Somerset Record Office Catalogue I found a document (DD\AH/2/5/1 (C/2270) Marriage Settlement between William Silke and Anne Buller and it states that Edward, Gregory and Anne Buller are all siblings (20 Jun 1732).

Richard Jenkins Poole was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized 27 Dec 1770. Their daughter Sarah was baptized 17 Aug 1764. Thomas Poole and Elizabeth Buller were married 18 Jul 1763 and all of these services took place at Nether Stowey.  I did not find a marriage for his older sister Mary or his brother Richard.  There was a Mary Buller buried 23 Sep 1785 and several burials for a Richard Buller at Nether Stowey.

This particular family has daughtered out it would appear as Jenkins Buller has left no heirs and his brother Richard is not mentioned in the will. The nephew inheriting the largest part of the property is Richard Jenkins Poole which does perhaps tell the story. His father Thomas Poole was a tanner and he became quite prominent in Nether Stowey.

Is it possible to determine the parents of Edward Buller father of Jenkins and looking at the Nether Stowey Records :

Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691

appears to be the only Edward Buller baptized there. The father being Richard is interesting. Certainly Jenkins was named for his mother's family and then the naming of the second son as Richard could perhaps lead us back to Richard Buller and Jane Dyer married 6 Feb 1689. There were three Buller families in this time period at Nether Stowey - Richard and Jane; George and Sarah,  and Gregory and Jane. Were these three men brothers - no we know from the marriage agreement that only Edward and Gregory are brothers to Anne who married William Silke 13 Jul 1732 at Nether Stowey? The Visitation for the Buller family still does not come down far enough to link these men back to the Lillesdon Buller family. John Buller who married Elizabeth Rogers and died 12 Jan 1592 (there is an Inquisition Post Mortem which I may just look at the next time we are at Kew) which might assist but he is listed as having sons George (son and heir born circa 1549), John, Robert, Benjamin and Richard. There is still a gap of 50 plus years since Gregory, Richard and George would likely have been born between 1660 and 1670 or earlier so not likely the sons of the above mentioned five brothers. Plus there are other lines coming down on the Visitation that do not extend as far as this particular one. One can see my dilemma as to which line my Christopher Buller belongs or was he descendant of the Warwickshire Buller family?

An interesting set of wills that is not exactly answering my question but does point out that the Buller family of Liddesdon other than Alexander Buller who moved to Cornwall has not been investigated to any great degree.

Children of these three couples baptized at Nether Stowey:
John Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 9 Jul 1690
Edward Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 6 Jan 1691
Thomasin Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 12 May 1692
Sarah Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 17 Nov 1692
Gregory Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 6 Jun 1694
Richard Buller son of Richard and Jane baptized 20 Dec 1694
George Buller son of George and Sarah baptized 22 Aug 1695
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 26 Oct 1696
Jane Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 3 Oct 1697
Richard Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 18 Aug 1698
Jane Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 24 Jan 1700
Anne Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 8 May 1701
Sarah Buller daughter of Gregory and Jane baptized 22 Jul 1702
James Buller son of Gregory and Jane baptized 27 Jul 1704
Constance Buller daughter of Richard and Jane baptized 28 Mar 1705

An interesting entry in the marriage register at Nether Stowey:

Richard Bullar and Thomasine Gogan of Chedsey married 5 Oct 1654

and one of the daughters of Gregory is named Thomasine.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1270/21
Testator: Jenkins Buller, Gentleman
Place: Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Date of document: 28 Dec 1792, probated 8 Jan 1796
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Jenkins
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Jenkins Buller of Nether Stowey in the County of
3    Somerset Gentleman do make publish and declare theis
4    my last will and Testament in manner and form following
5    (that is to say) first I desire that I may be decently
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6    Interred if possible on a Sunday in manner following
7    I desire that three pounds and three shillings may
8    be expended in a Coffin and second that the Clergyman
9    of the said parish and the apothecary may attend
10    my funeral and that each of them may have a
11    handsome black wede hat band and a pair of the
12    best Gloves each hatband and Gloves to cost twenty
13    shillings I desire that the six following persons
14    may carry me to Church (if they are to be p___ced)
15    if not any other Men in the payment of the Coffin maker Thomas
16    Cussons David Murray Thomas Verrier Francis Fry
17    and Morris Coles each of them together with the
18    Clerk to have a wede hat band and a pair of
19    good Gloves each hat band and Gloves to cost ten
20    shillings and six pence I desire that the sexton
21    for the Grave and bell may have seven shillings
22    and six pence in money and that my Executor
23    herein after named do give twelve pair of Men's and
24    twelve pair of Women's Gloves to such persons as
25    he may think fit I Give to my Niece Sarah
26    Poole my Gold watch and Seals I Give and Devise
27    unto my Nephew Richard Jenkins Poole his heirs and
28    assigns all that my freehold Messuage or Tenement
29    with the Lands and hereditaments thereto belonging
30    commonly called or known by the name of Chalkoce and
31    also all that my other Messuage or Tenement and
32    hereditaments adjoining or near to the said last
33    mentioned Messuage and premises commonly called Seagers
34    and also all that my one undivided fourth part or
35    share the whole in four equal parts or shares
36    divided of and in all that tenement with the Lands
37    hereditaments and premises thereto belonging commonly
38    called Four heirs ground and also all that my other Tenem[en]t
39    with the Lands hereditaments and premises thereto belonging
40    commonly called or known by the name of Freemans
41    Tenement together with all and singular the appurtenances to the
42    same premises respectively belonging all which properties are
43    situate lying and being in the parish of Spaxton in the said
44    County To hold all and every the above mentioned Messuages or
45    Tenements Lands hereditaments and premises with their several and
46    respective rights Members and appur[te]nants to the said Richard Jenkins
47    Poole his heirs and assigns for ever subject and charged nevertheless
48    to and with the payment of the sum of seven hundred
49    pounds and I do hereby expressly order and direct that the
50    said sum of seven hundred pounds shall be raised and
51    levied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out
52    of the said Freehold Messuages or Tenements and hereditaments
53    before devised to the said Richard Jenkins Poole and be
54    applied by my Executor herein after named as far as the
55    the same will extend towards the payment of my just debts
56    also I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Jenkins
57    Poole all that copyhold piece of Ground commonly called
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58    Popham's ten acres situated within the parish of Stogursey
59    in the said County To hold the same to the said
60    Richard Jenkins Poole his Executors Administrators and
61    Assigns for and during all the Estate and Interest I may have
62    therein at the time of my decease I give and bequeath
63    unto my said Niece Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
64    assigns all these my two Leasehold Tenements Closes of land
65    and premises with the appurtenances thereto respectively
66    belonging commonly called or known by the several names
67    of Marlpits and Scores situate lying and being within the
68    parish of Nether Stowey aforesaid To hold the same unto
69    her the said Sarah Poole her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns
70    for and during all the Estate right title terms or terms and
71    Interest I may have of all or to the same premises
72    respectively at the time of my death but subject
73    nevertheless and charged to and with the payment of the
    and to be charged with the said sum of two hundred pounds and the
74    sum of two hundred pounds shall be raised and levied
75    as soon as conveniently may be after my decease out of
76    my said Leasehold Tenements so devised to the said Sarah
77    Poole as aforesaid and be applied as far as the same
78    will extend towards the payment of my just debts I
79    Give and bequeath for and towards the support of the
80    Sunday Schools established in the said Parish of Nether
81    Stowey the sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
82    to be paid by my Executor yearly and every year so
83    long as the instruction shall continue I give and bequeath
84    the like sum of ten shillings and six pence per annum
85    towards the support of a benefit Society or poor Mans
86    Chist lately established in the said parish of Nether
87    Stowey to be likewise paid by my Executor yearly and
88    every year so long as the said benefit Society shall
89    continue undissolved and as to for and concerning all and
90    every other my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages Ten[ement]s
91    Lands hereditaments and premises whatsoever and where
92    soever situate whereof I now and or shall or may
93    at the time of my decease be any wise seized
94    possessed of or entitled unto either in possession reversion
95    remand or expectancy or otherwise have power together with
96    all other my personal and Testamentary Estate and Effects what
97    soever and wheresoever not herein before disposed of after
98    payment of my just debts provided the said several
99    sums herein before charged on and to be raised out of
100    my said Freeholds
101    and
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102    and Leaseholds Estates and applied as far as the same
103    sums will extend towards the accomplishment thereof
104    should prove insufficient to discharge then funeral expences
105    and Legacies I Give and Devise and bequeath the same unto
106    my Nephew Thomas Poole the younger his heirs Executors
107    Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns To hold the same unto the said Thomas
108    Poole the younger his heirs Executors Adm[inistrato]rs and assigns
109    for ever and I do hereby make ordaine Constitute and
110    appoint the said Thomas Poole the younger Sole Executor
111    of this my Will In Witness whereof I the said Jenkins
112    Buller the testator have to this my last and Testament
113    comprized in or written on three sheets of paper to
114    the two first sheets set my hand and to this third and
115    last sheet my hand and Seal the eighth day of
116    September in the year of our Lord One thousand
117    Seven hundred and ninety five Jenkins Buller
118    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
119    Jenkins Buller the Testator as and for his last will and
120    Testament in the presence of us who at his request in
121    his presence and in the presence of each other have
122    subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Tho[ma]s Price
123    David Murray Jos R Poole
124    This Will was proved at London on the eighth
125    day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
126    seven hundred and ninety six before the Right Honorable
127    Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
128    or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
129    lawfully Constituted by the oath of Thomas Poole the
130    younger the Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor
131    named in the said Will to whom administration was
132    Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
133    of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission
134    duly to administer

This will of John Buller the elder of Lillesdon probated in 1591/92 really needs the Inquisition Postmortem to make sense of it. However, he does identify his sons John and George. Missing are his other three sons - Robert, Benjamin and Richard (only four of these sons are mentioned in the Inquisition but Robert is on the Visitation). According to the Visitation George was 43 years of age  and said to be the eldest. However, John was the Executor of the will which is usually the eldest but not always. George then was born circa 1548/49 and if the eldest the rest may have been all born by about 1560 or thereabouts. No guardians are named in this will so all are over 21 presumably. His wife is not named and she was Elizabeth Rogers daughter of Sir John Rogers Knight. This John was born posthumously probably in 1529 or 1530 making him 62/62 years of age at his death. His father John was 24 or more at his father's death in 1526 (his father was Alexander Buller and his mother was the first wife of Alexander Ann daughter of Giles Lo. Danbury. He died just three years after his father Alexander and his wife Dorothy daughter of St John Kellaway Knight married into the Lyte family.

If I ever bridge the gap between this John, the testator and his sons to the Buller family at Nether Stowey then I will acquire the Inquisition Postmortem.

There is a will probated (but  not at Canterbury) written by a John Buller of North Curry, Somerset and Admon given 25 Oct 1599 to Humphry Arundell of Lillesdon, Somerset, Gent during the minority of Johane, John, Nicholas, Ann, and Edward Buller children of the deceased with consent of Johan Buller, relict, Nicholas Wadham, Esquire and Edward Seymor, Esquire, nearest of kin. This is from the Abstracts of Somersetshire wills produced by Frederick Brown. (http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/directories/abstracts-somerset-wills-1.htm)

Is this the son John (probate 25 Oct 1599 - paragraph above) who probated his father John's will (present testator)? Hard to predict the ages of his children without the parish registers of Lillesdon or some other information. However he has left underage children as he mentions that they are in their minority so born after 1580. This is my first clue for Buller descendants of the Lillesdon family living likely into the 1600s since they would be less than 21 in 1599. This is perhaps one of the wills lost at Exeter during the bombing.

There is also an abstract of the will of Alexander Buller Esquire of Wood, Somerset. Diocese of Bath and Wells. Will dated and proved, 1526. To be buried at Knoll. My father in law John Horsey the elder. My brother John Horsey. My wife Elizabeth. John Buller my son and heir.

Unfortunately Alexander's will was likely lost in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office during WWII.

Looking at the Visitation of Cumberland for the Buller family:

Alexander is the grandfather of John Buller the elder of Lillesdon whose will was probated 1592 (present testator). Alexander's eldest son John was by his first wife Ann daughter of Giles Lo. Dawbrey and he was 24 when his father died in 1526 and John himself died in 1529. This will I have not yet obtained. The present testator was the posthumous child of the John Buller (son of Alexander) who died in 1529. Although Alexander was the father of Richard (second son) who married Margaret Trethersse of Cornwall (widow of Edward Courtney), he was not aware at his death that his son would carry the line to fame and fortune!

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/79/212
Testator: John Buller
Place: North Curry, Somerset
Date of document:  12 Jan 1591/92, probated 3 Mar 1591/92
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Johannis
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen the twelfth daie of Januarie
2    in the yeare of our lorde god everlastinge one thousande five hundred fower score and
3    elevene I John Buller th[e ]elder of Lillesdon in the parishe of North currie in the
4    Countie of Somersett esquier doe make and ordaine this my last will and testamente
5    in manner and forme followinge Firste I committ my soule into the handes of god that
6    gave yt me And my bodie to be buried in the churche of Northe Currie surelie believinge
7    the resurrection thereof at the laste daie. Item I give and bequeath to my
8    servante George Mackrell the reversion of the Tenement of Roberte Cruche
9    Lillesdon aforesaide To have and to hold the same for terme of his liefe
10    yeeldinge the annuall rentes for the same Item I give unto my sister Causson
11    Three kine of the better sorte Item I give Tenn pounds yearlie out of the lease of
12    Ham__ Milles unto my sonn George Buller duringe his life if the lease continue
13    soe longe Item I give to my servante Humphrie Arrundell my Ro_ne and
14    gold ringe Item I give to Peeter Davie my servante my graie geld ringe buller
15    legacies And my debtes discharged I give and bequeath unto John Buller my son
16    whome I make my sole Executor of this my laste will and testament Witnesses
17    hereunto thear which named are hereunder written G W Seymour John Pine
18    John Bigges and Franncis Eyer

This will is for Mary the eldest daughter of Edward and Sarah Buller and sister to Jenkins Buller. She names her sister Elizabeth Poole as Executrix. Legacies were given to her niece Sarah Poole and her nephews Thomas Poole and Richard Jenkins Poole. She has an annuity for her brother Jenkins Buller. The tone of the will is interesting and leaves one to only guess at the life style of Jenkins Buller having already transcribed his will and noted his debts. Interesting that the sum of money that must be paid for his lands by Sarah Poole matches the legacy given her by her Aunt Mary Buller.

I find it very interesting the way that land has been given to every child of Edward Buller and Sarah Jenkins. Presumably Richard Buller (their son) has died young as he is not mentioned in any will. The next will is that of Sarah Buller (widow of Edward). Definitely this line is not mine since Jenkins has died without any mention of children and the time frame overlaps that of my Christopher Buller.

There remains 14 more wills for the Buller family. Two more following that of Sarah above in Somerset, four in Surrey, one in Sussex and six in Warwickshire. There are another eight or nine miscellaneous wills that pertain or are for the Buller family and then my foray into the Buller family records will be complete for the moment. I hope to finish in the next two weeks.

Then back to Blake and the newsletter to be produced for 1 April 2013. It will deal with my time at Who Do You Think You Are Conference in London and my look at the Calendar of Patent Rolls. I was able to look at several of the original documents that made up this set of rolls.

Following that I will return once again to the wills that I collected earlier for other lines of my family (120 still to do). I wish to complete them before beginning on the new material that we imaged at Kew this time. Mind you the desire to return to the Blake material may be so strong that it derails my thought!

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1152/355
Testator: Mary Buller, Spinster
Place: Nether Stowey, Somerset
Date of document:  29 Sep 1779, probated 31 May 1787
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Mary Buller of Nether Stowey in the County of Somerset
3    Spinster being of sound and disposing mind Memory and
4    understanding (praised be God for the same) do hereby revoke
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5    all former and other will and wills by me at any
6    time herebefore made and do make and publish this
7    last Will and Testament in manner and form following
8    (that is to say) whereas I have by a certain writing
9    called a document Surrender surrendered all my Messuages
10    Cottages Lands and Tenements within the Customary
11    manor of Colyton Deane in the said County unto the
12    hands of the Lord of the Manor to the use and behoof
13    of my sister Elizabeth Poole (wife of Thomas Poole
14    of Nether Stowey aforesaid Tanner her heirs and Assigns
15    for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor
16    Also in Trust to perform my last Will and Testament Now
17    I do hereby give and devise all and every my said
18    Messuages Lands and Tenements whatsoever situate
19    within and parcels of the said Manor of Taunton deane
20    with their respective appurtenances unto my said Sister
21    Elizabeth Poole her heirs and Assigns for ever subject and
22    charged nevertheless with the payment of the yearly
23    Sum of twenty pounds to such person and for so long
24    time as is hereinafter mentioned Also I give and
25    bequeath unto my Brother Jenkins Buller of the City of
26    London Gentleman One Annuity or yearly Sum of twenty
27    pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain clear of
28    Land Tax and all other deductions whatsoever to be
29    paid unto him by my said Sister Elizabeth Poole her
30    heirs or assigns or such other person or persons as shall
31    be in the possession of the said Taunton Dean Lands
32    by four even Quarterly payments in every year and
33    to continue payable during the natural life of him
34    the said Jenkins Buller the first of such payments
35    to begin and be made at the end of three Calendar
36    Months next after my decease and I do hereby
37    Subject and charge all and every my said Taunton
38    Deane Lands with and for the payment of the said
39    Annuity Also I do hereby give and bequeath unto
40    my said Brother Jenkins Buller the sum of ten pounds
41    of lawful Money of Great Britain to buy himself
42    Mourning Also I give and bequeath unto my Niece
43    Sarah Poole daughter of the said Thomas Poole the
44    Sum of Seven hundred pound of lawful Money of
45    Great Britain to be paid unto her by my Executrix
46    hereinafter named when she the said Sarah Poole
47    shall attain her age of twenty one years or be married
48    which shall first happen provided such Marriage be
49    with the consent of her parents or Guardians and not
50    otherwise Also I give to my said Niece Sarah Poole my
51    Silver Tankard to be delivered to her by my Executrix
52    hereafter named which she shall receive at the said age of
53    twenty one years or be married Also I give and bequeath
54    unto my Nephew Thomas Poole (Son of the aforesaid
55    Thomas Poole) the Sum of Fifty pounds of like lawful
56    Money to be paid unto him when he shall attain his
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57    age of twenty one years by my Executrix hereinafter named
58    Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Richard
59    Jenkins Poole (another Son of the aforesaid Thomas
60    Poole) the Sum of Fifty pounds of like lawful British
61    Money and my Silver Cup and Tumbler the said Legacy
62    to be paid and the said Cup and Tumbler delivered to
63    him by my Executrix hereinafter named when he the
64    said Richard Jenkins Poole shall attain his Age of twenty
65    one years All my Messuages Land and Tenements Freeholds
66    and Leasehold not hereinbefore given bequeathed or
67    devised I give devise and bequeath the same unto
68    my said Sister Elizabeth Poole her heirs Executors
69    Administrators and Assigns Also all the rest and residue
70    of my Monies Mortgages Bonds Bills Notes Securities
71    for Money Goods Chattles Personal and Testamentary
72    Estate whatsoever not hereinbefore given or bequeathed
73    (after payment of all and every the Legacies herein
74    before mentioned and all my just debts and Funeral Expences
75    I do hereby give and bequeath the same unto my said
76    Sister the said Elizabeth Poole whom I do make
77    constitute and appoint whole and Sole Executrix and
78    Residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament
79    In Witness whereof the said Mary Buller has to this my last Will and Testament
80    which is contained in three sheets of paper set my hand
81    to the two first Sheets hereof and my hand and Seal to this
82    third and last Sheet The twenty ninth day of September
83    in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
84    and seventy nine Mary Buller Signed Sealed Published and
85    declared by the said Mary Buller the Testator as and for
86    her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
87    have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto in her
88    presence and at her request and in the presence of each
89    other of us Prokter Thomas Cha[rle]s Cole Emmanuel
90    Philpott
91    This Will was proved at London on the thirty first
92    day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven
93    hundred and Eighty seven before the Right Worshipful
94    Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
95    of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
96    by the Oath of Elizabeth Poole (wife of Thomas Poole
97    the Sister of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in
98    the said Will to whom Administration was granted All
99    and Singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said
100    deceased having been first Sworn by Commission duly
101    to Administer

This will is that of Sarah Buller (widow of Edward). Definitely this line is not mine since Jenkins has died without any mention of children and the time frame overlaps that of my Christopher Buller. I need to do more research on the line of his brother Gregory and that of George also at Nether Stowey. But that will wait for a later date. The witnesses W. Buller and Jane Buller are interesting and I should pursue that at a later date. But again this will is in the time frame of the birth of Christopher Buller and so my process forward through the Buller wills continues and probably it would even if I find Christopher since I do have them and they will likely be interesting to someone else reading this blog. Amazing to think I created it as my "corporate" memory to be able to look back and see what I worked on and my thoughts with regard to particular family lines.

Once I have completed all of these current wills then I will start to do my calendar of names once again so that I work on each of my surnames in turn on a daily basis. I will only spend about an hour on these individual names (research plan to be prepared as part of the time). I will also look at one French Canadian surname of our son in law once a day using the same criteria.


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/951/315
Testator: Sarah Buller, Widow
Place: Nether Stowey, Somerset
Date of document:  18 Jul 1769, probated 2 Oct 1769
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Buller

1    This is the last Will
2    and Testament of me Sarah Buller of Nether Stowey in
3    the County of Somerset Widow
4    All and Singular my Taunton Dean Lands or Lands of
5    the Manor of Taunton Dean Messuages Tenements and
6    heredita[men]ts whatsoever whereof I have lately made Surrender
7    To the use and behoof of my Daughter Mary Buller and
8    Elizabeth Poole (Wife of Thomas Poole) of Nether Stowey
9    aforesaid County I Give and Devise unto the said Mary
10    Buller and Elizabeth Poole to hold to them their heirs and
11    Assigns forever (as Tenants in Common) according to the
12    Custom of the Manor of Taunton Dean aforesaid And I
13    do hereby Will and Direct that they the said Mary Buller and
14    Elizabeth Poole their heirs and Assigns for ever accordingly and shall stand and be Seized thereof to the proper use and benefit of them the said Mary Buller and Elizabeth Poole
15    that the said Surrender shall operate and devise to that intent and
16    purpose and for no other use Intent or purpose whatsoever
17    Provided always and my mind and Will is and I do hereby Order
18    and Direct that the part and Share of her my said Daughter
19    Elizabeth of into and out of the said Lands and heredita[men]ts shall be
20    and is hereby meant and Intended to be for her own Sole and separate
21    use and benefit (Exclusive of the said Thomas Poole her husband and
22    not Subject to his Debts or Engagements power or Council) And
23    I Do hereby entirely Exclude the said Thomas Poole from having
24    or taking any manner of Estate right Title or Interest therein
25    And do vest full power and authority in her the said Elizabeth
26    Poole to Dispose thereof from time to time (the same being
27    Agreeable to the Custom of the said Manor) in such manner as she
28    shall think proper without the concurrence or consent of her
29    said husband, All and Singular my Freehold Messuages
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30    Lands Tenements and heredit[ament]s whatsoever or wheresoever whether the
31    Same be in possession reversion or remainder or by Expectancy I Give
32    and Devise unto my Son Jenkins Buller To hold to him his heirs
33    and Assigns for ever, All these my Leasehold Lands and heredit[amen]ts
34    which I lately purchased of one Robert Sivre situate lying and
35    being at Marlpit within the parish of Nether Stowey in the said
36    County And also all that my Close pond or parcel of Land formerly
37    called Cole Lands But now commonly called or known by the name
38    of Popham's Ten Acres Situate lying and being in the parish of
39    Stogursey in the said County I Give and Devise unto my said Son
40    Jenkins Buller To Hold to him his Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and Assigns
41    for all my Estate right Title and Interest of into and out of the same
42    respectively Also I Give and bequeath unto my said Son Jenkins
43    Buller the Sum of three hundred pounds in Money and my Silver
44    Guil Cap I Give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary the
45    Sum of Seven hundred pounds All the residue and remainder
46    of my Leasehold Lands and heredit[amen]ts Goods Chattels and personal
47    Estate of what nature or kind soever I Devise and bequeath
48    unto my said Daughters Mary and Elizabeth (equally to be divided
49    between them) their Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and Assigns as Tenants
50    in Common And I do hereby nominate and Appoint the said Mary
51    Buller and Elizabeth Poole Joint Executrixes and residuary Legatees
52    of this my last Will and Testament Provided always and my
53    Mind and will is that the said sum of Seven hundred pounds
54    Given to my daughter Mary as aforesaid shall have a
55    priority or preference to the part of share of my said daughter
56    Elizabeth of and in the said residuary Estate so by me devised as
57    aforesaid In Witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament
58    I the said Sarah Buller have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
59    Eighteenth Day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven
60    hundred and Sixty nine Sarah Buller Signed Sealed published and
61    Declared by the above named Sarah Buller as and for her last will
62    and Testament in the presence of us who have here unto subscribed
63    our names as Witnesses therein the presence and at the request
64    of the said Testatrix and in the presence of each other W. Buller
65    Jane Buller Abra: Awers
66    This Will was proved at London the Second Day of
67    October in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and
68    Sixty nine before the Right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of
69    Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
70    of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Mary Buller
71    Spinster and Elizabeth Poole (Wife of Thomas Poole) the
72    Executrixes named in the said Will to whom Administration was Granted
73    of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased
74    they having been first Sworn by Commission duly to Administer