Will of Thomas Blake, Yeoman of Winslow, Buckinghamshire - The National...
I blogged the will of the grandson of this Thomas Blake (testator):http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/04/will-of-john-blake-tanner-winslow.htmlThe son of Thomas (and his executor) also named Thomas did...
View ArticleHilton Family of Cherry Burton. Poor Law Rates for Cherry Burton 1800, Holme...
I last looked at the Hilton Family of Cherry Burton and Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire 11 May 2011 and other than a comment on the Roehampton University database on the Hearth Tax paid in the...
View ArticleWill of William Blake Esquire of Fulmer Buckinghamshire - The Natiional...
The last will from Buckinghamshire for the Blake family and the next county will be Cambridgeshire where there is only one will for the Blake family.William Blake (testator) names his wife Jane and his...
View ArticleCobb family at Lund near Beverley and Kilnwick on the Wolds, East Riding of...
Elizabeth Cobb is my 3x great grandmother and she married Robert Gray 13 Jan 1806 at Lund near Beverley but they lived at Etton. Elizabeth was described as of the parish of Lund and Robert of the...
View ArticleWill of John Blake of Ely, Cambridgeshire - The National Archives PROB...
John Blake lives at Ely, Cambridgeshire and has brothers Thomas, Francis and Jasper and his mother has remarried and is named Beatrice Killingworth. His Uncle is named Thomas Badgcroft. Beatrice...
View ArticleSproxton Family of Great Driffield and the Parish Registers of Great...
I have written at length about my Sproxton family of Great Driffield and I have managed to trace them as far back as it is possible in the Parish Registers at Hutton Cranswick - at least I think I...
View ArticleWill of Andrew Blake, Cooper, St Breock, Cornwall - The National Archives...
Andrew Blake is the testator and this is the first of fifteen Blake wills from Cornwall. There was a Blake family at St Breock and there are a number of documents in the National Archives concerning...
View ArticleRoutledge of Bewcastle - Will of Elizabeth Routledge,widow, of Flatt,...
My Routledge family has been blogged about a number of times and I tend these days to leave the study of Routledge (other than my direct line) to my cousin Thomas Routledge who has done so much...
View ArticleWill of Ann Blake, widow, Truro, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB...
Ann Blake of Truro, Cornwall is the testatrix for this Blake will in Cornwall. Her nephew she names as Mr. Peter Tippet and he is perhaps the Peter Tippet married to Elizabeth Collyne 17 Sep 1758 at...
View ArticleWindows 8 and Gardening
Windows 8 is great. I am more or less all set up again but gardening has taken over my waking hours. Back soon.
View ArticleWill of Catharine Blake, widow, Launceston, Cornwall - The National Archives...
Catharine Blake widow is the testator and lists her abode as Launceston, Cornwall. There is a marriage of Richard Blake and Catherine Gerry in 1761 in the Cornwall Parish Registers found on...
View ArticleTweddle Family of Lanercost, Cumberland Research Day and the Will of Thomas...
The plan for this particular day was to publish the will of Thomas Tweddle probated in 1794 but that will wait for the next Tweddle Family research day. Just noticed I still had it in draft form and it...
View ArticleWill of Edward Blake of Ladock, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB...
The testator Edward Blake mentions his sons Edward and William. Ladock is 2 miles NNW of Probus just to place these two villages in Cornwall. There is an online project “The Blake Family Tree” which...
View ArticleWill of George Blake of Bodwin Cornwall - The National Archives PROB...
The testator George Blake is recorded as being at Bodwin Cornwall. I suspect this is an error and that it should read Bodmin Cornwall and will investigate that further. No children are mentioned in the...
View ArticleWill of Jane Blake, widow of Padstow, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB...
Jane Blake the testator is a widow of Padstow Cornwall. She mentions her sons Reynold Blake and William Blake. Her daughters names are not mentioned but her sons in law are Richard Smith (has a...
View ArticleDog sitting and rain
Plans are somewhat curtailed for both blogging and gardening today. We are dog sitting but plan to return to blogging on Monday.Hopefully it is warmer and sunnier where any of my readers are - it is a...
View ArticleWill of Joane Blake, widow, Lanreath, Cornwall - The National Archives...
Joane Blake widow is the testatrix and she is perhaps married to the John that she mentions is Uncle to John Cowling. John is the legatee who receives the most in both money and goods in the will...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, yeoman, of Lanreth, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB...
John Blake the testator is the husband of Johane Blake whose will was blogged yesterday. Good fortune with this set of wills as John identifies similar people although again does not clearly say how he...
View ArticleOpen Office and Microsoft Office
I have mostly used Microsoft Office throughout my time on the computer this past thirty years but I have also used Open Office. At the moment I am using Open Office and it has changed the look of my...
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