Will of William Blake, Tailor, Trowbridge, Wiltshire - The National Archives...
William Blake, Tailor, Trowbridge, Wiltshire is the testator. He has written his will in 1813 and it was not probated until 1837. He names his wife Jane and his children as Ann, Maria, Harriet, John,...
View ArticleWiltshire Wills
This completes all of the wills that I have at hand for Wiltshire and I will now move on to Hampshire. I may work concurrently on the very very old wills and the newer wills that I have since I am...
View ArticleWill of Robert Blake, Enham near Andover, Hampshire - Hampshire Record Office...
This will with Robert Blake of Enham near Andover was a challenge. Written 28 April 1542 and probated 22 June 1542, I am most fortunate that it is in English as wills prior to the early 1540s were all...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Hurstborne Tarrant, Hampshire - Hampshire Record Office...
John Blake, the testator, lives at Hurstborne Tarrant. He is married to Annes and has a daughter Christian and his wife is expecting another baby. His son in law is John Bayly (perhaps he married a...
View ArticleNo will today but an interesting email
No will today but an interesting email from an Arnold descendant wondering if we matched on a particular chromosome in Family Finder. Will see how that goes. I do not see him on my list at FT DNA but...
View ArticleBritainsDNA - Global Connections - All My Ancestry
I have been analyzing the results from my brother's testing at BritainsDNA and the global connections plots are most interesting. Given our 100% British ancestry back many generations known, with a...
View ArticleWill of Edward Blake possibly Charlton, Hampshire - The National Archives...
An interesting will which I have placed into Hampshire as it does not have a location in the index at The National Archives. This is the will of Edward Blake and his properties include parcels at...
View ArticleWill of Elizabeth Blake, wife of Long Parish, Hampshire - The National...
Elizabeth Blake is married to Nicholas Blake of Long Parish and it is possible that her maiden name was Sadler. This will was in litigation C 6/21/94 (document at The National Archives) and is Kent...
View ArticleWill of Job Blake the elder, Clothier - The National Archives PROB...
The will of Job Blake is from Buckinghamshire and I have misfiled this particular will in Hampshire. Looking back at the Buckinghamshire wills and there is a mention of the marriage of Job Blake and...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Easton by Stamford, Northamptonshire - The National...
This will too was misfiled in Hampshire by me, John Blake the testator is of Easton by Stamford. This would appear to be Easton on the Hill which actually lies in Northamptonshire and is 3 miles south...
View ArticleWill of John Blake the Elder, Weaver, Chesham, Buckinghamshire - The National...
This will too was misfiled and is for John Blake the Elder of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. This will adds greatly to the knowledge of the earlier will of Job Blake published earlier as a...
View ArticleComparison of BritainsDNA and Gen2.0 results
Gen2.0 results have now arrived for my family line (testing my brother) and I have been busy comparing them with BritainsDNA results. The best comparison is between the Reference Populations in Gen2.0...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Gentleman, St Margaret, Rochester, Kent - The National...
John Blake, the testator has been a Clerk of Survey in the Army since he was in the Ordnance Department. He identifies his cousins living at West Tytherley in Hampshire as Roger Blake and John Blake...
View ArticleWill of Michael Blake, Yeoman, Rockford, Ellingham, Hampshire - The National...
This Blake family at Ellingham is somewhat of a mystery. Ellingham is 18 miles west of Southampton. Michael Blake, testator, was buried 5 Apr 1659 at Ellingham. There is another will for Michael Blake...
View ArticleWill of Michael Blake, husbandman, Rockford, Ellingham, Hampshire - Hampshire...
Michael Blake, the testator, is a husbandman at Rockford in Ellingham and he mentions only his daughter Margaret and his wife Margery. Is he the father of Michaell Blake who leaves his will in 1659...
View ArticleWill of Thomas Bradley otherwise Blake, mariner, Portsmouth, Hampshire - The...
I did this will because it came up on the Blake search but have no idea why Thomas Bradley used the surname Blake. This is the last of the PCC wills for Hampshire and I will now work on the wills from...
View ArticleRoutledge
I am working on a few pages of a document for Thomas Routledge. It is a Star Chamber Bill from 1588 and is full of surnames from the Bewcastle area of Cumberland. Since he is going to use this...
View ArticleBorder Reivers and Thomas Routledge and a little on Blake
I have been doing some transcription for Thomas Routledge who manages the Routledge Clan.This document is from the National Archives (UK): Inquisition and declaration by justices as to unlawful...
View ArticleFlu - thank goodness I got the flu shot
Succumbed to the flu and recovering nicely but not posting for a couple of days or working very hard. Thank goodness for the flu shot as this wasn't too bad. The flu shot is a good idea I think; if you...
View ArticleBack to Blake wills and haplogroup H11 (mtDNA)
Working on the will of Robert Blake of Enham written in 1522 (in Latin!) and it is slow going although I have the first 7 lines in good shape and the last 5 lines in good shape just the middle of the...
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