Richard Blake of St Earney Cornwall Gentleman is the testator of this will. He is the Mr Richard Blake who married Mrs Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732 which is mentioned in the book which I refer to in the next paragraph. I blogged the will of Philip Blake, gentleman of Landrake and wondered if he was a son of this couple but he does not appear to be although he is named in the will as Executor. That leaves John Blake and Thomazin as possible parents although in the will Richard does not say what relationship Philip Blake is to him. He is older than both Elizabeth and Grace. I must admit I am still prone to thinking that Philip is the son of this testator and has already received land and property. It is surprising though not to see him mentioned as a relative to Richard.
Interesting information from Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LLD, FSA, Volume II, second series and published at London: 1888 by Mitchell and Hughes, 140 Wardour Street W. The following from page 240:
"On the 5th May 1764 “Rokeby Scott of parish of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, Lieutenant in ye 68th Company of Marines,” was married at Landrake, co. Cornwall, by licence, to “Grace Dade, widow.” She was widow of John Dade, Esq., and daughter of Richard Blake of Trelogan alias Treluggan, Co. Cornwall, Esq., to whom she is also stated to have been coheir. In the Registers of St. Erney’s, which adjoins Landrake, the baptism of “Grace da. Of Mr Richard Blake and Elizabeth his wife privately May 22, Received publick baptism July 15, 1739,” and the same Registers record the marriage of “Mr Richard Blake and Mrs Elizabeth Blake,” 28 Sept 1732 and the burials of “Richard Blake of Trelogan, Esquire,” 3 Jan 1770, “Elizabeth Blake, widow,” 2 June 1772, and “Mary Dade daughter of Grace Scott,” 25 Apr 1767; also the baptisms of “Philip,” “Elizabeth,” and “Richard,” children of “Mr Richard Blake and Elizabeth his wife.”
Trelogan, or Treluggan, is in the parish of Landrake, but near the church of St. Erney’s parish. In the latter church is a hatchment on which is the date 1770 and the arms of Blake, viz.: Argent, a chevron between three garbs Sable, impaling “Azure, a saltire Argent between four martlets (or birds of some sort) Or:” Crest, “On a chapeau Or a martlet Argent.” Local tradition assigns this hatchment to the memory of Mr. Richard Blake of Trelogan, and as the date on it is that of the year of his burial there seems no reason to doubt it. Can any correspondent identify the arms impaled with Blake? If Elizabeth Blake, whom Mr. Richard Blake married, as above, in 1732, was his only wife, this coat must be intended for hers, and in that case she must, though his namesake, have been of a totally different family of Blake. Burke’s ‘Armory’ gives no coat like it to Blake.
To anyone who can give me any information about the family of Blake of Trelogan, or identify the “John Dade, Esq.,” who married Miss Grace Blake, as her first husband, I shall be very grateful. I may add that Lysons, in his “History of Cornwall,” states that “Dogherty inherits Trelogan from Blake, his wife having been Blake heiress.” Family tradition in her descendants makes Grace Blake a coheir to her father. "
This will bears out the information that Grace (and her sister Elizabeth) were coheirs of their father Richard Blake. Interesting that this Blake family carries the ancient arms of the Blake family namely Argent, a chevron between three garbs Sable.
If Philip who left his will in 1808 isn’t the son of this Richard and Elizabeth what happened to their son Philip? Is my one thought. Plus there was also a son Richard who is not mentioned either.
Another interesting tidbit from Notes and Queries: A medium of intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. Sixth Series, Volume Third, January-June 1881. London (by William White and query from Reginald Stewart Boddington) and found on Google Books on page 89 of this text:
"… Rev Rokeby Scott, Rector of Arthingworth, Northants (he was there buried 3 Oct 1767) and had issue, Rokeby Scott, Lieut. Of Marines (died 28 Oct 1773) having married at St Erney, co Cornwall), May, 1674, Grace daughter of Richard Blake of Trelogan, co Cornwall (relict of John Dade), and had a daughter Emma Anne who married at Holy Trinity, Chester, the Rev. Thomas Maddock, M.A., Prebendary of Chester and who was buried in Chester Cathedral, 19 Feb 1825, leaving issue."
Still the Blake families in Cornwall remain a nystery. Are they all related and do they descend from the Blake family at Comb, Devon?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/982/317
Testator: Richard Blake, Gentleman
Place: St Earney, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 26 Oct 1769, probated 21 Nov 1772
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Richard Blake of the parish of St Earney in the County
3 of Cornwall Gentleman being of sound and disposing
4 Mind Memory and Understanding hereby revoking all former
5 and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made do make
6 and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner
7 and form following First I commit my Soul into the hands
8 of Almighty God hoping thro’ the Merits and Mediation
9 of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain remission of
10 all my Sins and Everlastinge Life after Death and as for
11 that Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty
12 God to bless me I give and dispose of the same as
13 follows Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving Wife
14 Elizabeth Blake all my Right and Interest in my
15 Copyhold Estate of Thornhill and also of my Copyhold
16 Estate of Trelogan both lying in the parish of St Earney
17 wherein I now live for and during her natural Life
18 also I give to my said Wife during her life the use of
19 all my Plate household Stuff Implements of husbandry
20 Lumber Etc[etr]a of what nature kind of quality soever Now
21 in my Dwelling house or on the premises of Trelogan
22 aforesaid and after my said Wife’s decease I give and
23 bequeath the same plate household Stuff Implements of
24 husbandry Lumber etc as aforesaid to my daughter Elizabeth
25 Blake as her sole property for ever Also I give and
26 bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth Blake the
27 Sum of Five hundred pounds to be raised and paid her
28 by my Executors hereinafter named out of my Lands in
29 the parish of Landrake and County of Cornwall in the
30 space of One year next after my Death Item I give to
31 the poor of the parishes of Landrake and St Earney
32 Forty Shillings each to be distributed at the discretion of my
33 Executors within one year after my decease Item I give
34 to Elizabeth Blake and Grace Blake daughters of Philip
35 Blake of Landrake Five pounds each to be paid them
36 in one year after my death Item all my Messuages
37 Lands and Tenements with their Appurtenances lying
38 within the parish of Lawanick and County of Cornwall
39 I give devise and bequeath unto Joseph Freeman of the
40 Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon Gentleman
41 and unto Philip Blake of the parish of Landrake in
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42 the County of Cornwall Yeoman and to their heirs and
43 to the Survivor of them and his heirs In trust and
44 to and for the end and intent that they may with all
45 convenient speed after my decease sell and dispose of
46 the said Lands and premises and of the Fee Simple land
47 inheritance thereof for the best price that they shall be
48 able to get for the same and the Money arising by such
49 sale to apply in aid of my personal Estate for and
50 towards the payment of my just Debts All the rest
51 of my Messuages Lands and Tenements which I am
52 possessed of in Fee Simple in the parishes of Landrake
53 and St Earney in the County of Cornwall or in any other
54 part of the Kingdom of Great Britain I give devise
55 and bequeath unto them the said Joseph Freeman and
56 Philip Blake To hold to them the said Joseph Freeman and Philip Blake and the Survivor of them and the heirs
57 of such Survivor from the day of my death for ever
58 but in Trust Nevertheless and to and for the uses intents
59 and purposes hereinafter mentioned and to and for no
60 other Use Trust intent or purpose whatsoever that is to
61 say that they the said Joseph Freeman and Philip Blake
62 do permit and suffer my said daughter Elizabeth Blake
63 and her heirs and assigns to receive and take One
64 Moiety or half part of the Rents Issues and profits
65 of my said Lands to and for the sole use of her my said
66 daughter Elizabeth her heirs and assigns for ever and
67 as to the other Moiety of the Rents Issues and profits
68 of the said Lands In Trust that they my said Trustees
69 do permit and suffer my daughter Grace Scott the Wife
70 of Rokeby Scott to receive and take the said other
71 Moiety of the Rents Issues and profits of my said Lands
72 for and during her natural Life and after her decease
73 that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the
74 heirs of such Survivor do during the Minority of such
75 child or children as my said daughter Grace Scott
76 shall leave behind her receive the Rents Issues and
77 profits of this last mentioned Moiety of my said Lands
78 and lay out the same to the best advantage they or the
79 Survivor of them or the heirs of such Survivor can
80 and from and after or as soon as my said Grand
81 Child or Grand Children arrive at the Age of Twenty
82 one Years That then I direct that my said Trustees or
83 the Survivor of them or the heirs of such Survivor
84 shall permit and suffer my said Grandchild or Grand
85 Children to receive and take the Rents Issues and profits
86 of this last mentioned Moiety of my said Lands to him
87 her or them him her or their heirs or assigns forever
88 as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants I also
89 give devise and bequeath all my Messuages Lands and
90 Tenements which I hold by Lease or for a Term or
91 Terms of Years in the parishes of Landrake and St
92 Earney or in any other part of the County of Cornwall
93 unto the said Joseph Freeman and Philip Blake To hold
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94 to them or the Survivor of them or the Executors or
95 Administrators of such Survivor from the day of my Death
96 for and during the remainder of the Terms that shall be
97 then therein to come and unexpired But in Trust
98 Nevertheless that they my said Trustees do permit and suffer
99 my said daughter Elizabeth Blake her Executors Administrators
100 or assigns to receive and take the Moiety or half of the
101 Rents Issues and profits of my said last mentioned premises
102 for and during the Remainder of the said Terms And as to
103 the other Moiety of my said Estates which I hold by
104 Lease or for a Term or Terms of Years I do hereby
105 order and direct that they my said Trustees do permit
106 And suffer my daughter Grace Scott Wife of Rokeby Scott
107 aforesaid to receive and take the said other Moiety of
108 the Rents Issues and profits of my said Estates which
109 I holds by Lease or for a Term or Terms of Years for
110 and during her natural Life and after her Death that
111 they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the
112 heirs of such Survivor do during the Minority of such
113 Child or Children as my said daughter Grace Scott shall
114 leave behind her receive the Rents Issues and profits of
115 these last mentioned premises and lay out the same to
116 the best advantage and from and after or as soon as
117 my said Grand child or Grand children arrive at the age
118 of Twenty one Years that then I do hereby order and
119 direct that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or
120 the heirs of such Survivor shall permit and suffer my
121 said Grandchild or Children to have hold and enjoy the
122 said last mentioned premises and to receive and take the
123 Rents Issues and profits thereof to him her or them him
124 her or their Executors Administrators or assigns for and
125 during the remainder of the several Terms which I
126 have therein as Tenants in common and not as joint
127 Tenants All the rest and residue of my Goods and
128 Chattels Rights and Credits of what nature kind or
129 quality the same are and wheresoever situate lying and
130 being and not hereinbefore given and bequeathed I give
131 devise and bequeath unto the said Joseph Freeman
132 and Philip Blake To hold to them the said Joseph
133 Freeman and Philip Blake and the Survivor of them
134 and Executors and Administrators of such Survivor for
135 ever But in Trust that they in the first place pay
136 off my just Debts Legacys and Funeral Charges and after
137 payment and satisfaction thereof that they my said
138 Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Executors or
139 Administrators of such Survivor do divide the same in
140 manner following (that is to say) that they give One
141 Moiety or half to my said daughter Elizabeth Blake
142 And the other Moiety to my daughter Grace Scott and
143 they the said Joseph Freeman and Philip Blake my
144 said Trustees I do hereby make and ordain and appoint
145 whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and
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146 Testament In Trust as aforesaid and to and for the
147 uses intents and purposes aforesaid and to and for
148 no other use intent or purpose whatsoever
149 In Witness whereof I the said Richard Blake
150 have to the first Sheet of this my last Will and
151 Testament containing two Sheets of paper set my hand
152 and to the last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal this
153 Twenty sixth day of October in the Year of our Lord
154 One Thousand seven hundred and sixty nine Rich[ar]d Blake
155 Signed sealed published and declared by the said
156 Richard Blake as and for his last Will and Testament
157 in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our
158 Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said
159 Testator and in presence of each other J Wollcock Clk
160 John Kelse John Lamerton
161 This Will was proved at London the Twenty first
162 day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
163 seven hundred and seventy two before the Right Worshipful
164 George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
165 of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
166 by the Oaths of Joseph Freeman and Philip Blake the
167 Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was
168 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits
169 of the said deceased they having been first sworn by Commission
170 duly to administer.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Will of Reignald Blake, yeoman, Padstow, Cornwall - The National Archives 11/222/68
The will of Reignald Blake and he names his wife Jane and sons Renald, William, Thomas and Christopher and daughters Catterne Comely and Anstie Smith. The granddaughter has probated the will and she is named Jane Smith. Jane Blake (wife of Reignald the testator) wrote a will which was probated 5 Jul 1652 and she names her sons Reynold and William. Sons in law named by her were Richard Smith (with daughter Jane married to Anstice and Jane brought to probate her grandfather’s will) and William Comely (married to Catterne). Jane Smith was also one of her executors. Perhaps in going through papers they found the grandfather’s will which had not been probated.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-jane-blake-widow-of-padstow.html
He also names a John Blake of Luxilian. John’s will was blogged 29 May 2013:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-john-blake-of-luxulyan-cornwall.html
Just of interest Luxulyan is 14 miles SE of Padstow.
Also at Padstow there was the will of Oliver Blake probated 26 May 1608 but he does not mention a son Reginald so do not know if there is a relationship between these families.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-oliver-blake-of-padstow.html
There is mention on the National Archives website of property held by the Arundell family of Lanherne where Thomas Blake son of Reginald Blake, yeoman deceased has surrendered the property:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=021-ar_4-2&cid=1-1-4-3-2#1-1-4-3-2
This is also mentioned in the will of Andrew Blake Cooper at St Breock Cornwall also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-andrew-blake-cooper-st-breock.html
How and if these Blake families fit together is still to be determined but having the wills at least gives in many cases a number of generations to study.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/222/68
Testator: Reignald Blake
Place: Padstow, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Nov 1640, probated 14 May 1652
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Test: Reynald
[Margin]: Blake
[Top]: The twenty eight day of November in the
[Top]: yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred Forty
1 I Reignald Blake of Padestow in the County of Cornwall doe make
2 this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following First I doe be-
3 queath my soule to the Allmighty God my Maker and Redeemer and my bodie to the
4 holy turfe Item I doe give to my daughter Catterne Comely twenty pounds to be
5 paid her at the end of two yeares after my death Item I doe give unto my sonne Renald
6 Blake Twenty pounds to be paid three yeares after my death Nowe I doe give to him and his
7 heyres forever one house or Tenement in the new streete of Padstow which John Harbur
8 doth dwell in Item I doe give to my sonne William Blake the somme of twenty pounds
9 to bee paid Fouer yeares next after my death Item I doe give to each of my children
10 Anstie Smith Thomas Blake and Christopher Blake twelfe pense apiece All the rest of
11 my goods and chattels not given nor bestowed within the realme of England I doe freely
12 give unto my wife Jane Blake And shee I doe make my whole and sole Executrix In
13 witness whereof I have here unto sett my hands and seale in the day and yeare above
14 written In witness of these whose names are here unto written Renald Blake There is
15 one house or Tenement in the new streete which is in lane betweene Henry Stuebley and
16 Renald Blake which is my owne land Francis Grigg a salt sixe spoones of silver a masur
17 cup bounde with silver and gold vii li Dorothy Wilton one brewing panne of brasse and one
18 rower one pan viiij s John Blake of Luxilian one pan now to be paide of white brasse worth
19 iiij li Tamson Artur one pan of brasse 8 s Gregg a crock a kettle and a pan and an one pound
20 and vj s John Wilton my great crocke or his Mothers vij s Richard Thomas The signe of
21 William Millrod the signe of Jane Dive
22 The fourteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe
23 hundred fifty two issued out a commission to Jane Smith the natural and lawfull
24 grandchild of Sara Blake late whilst shee lived Executrix of the last will and Testament
25 of Reginald Blake late of Padstowe in the County of Cornwall deceased (having goods
26 etc) To administer all and singular the goods chattels and debts of the deceased according
27 to the tenor of his will for that she says Sara Blake dyed before shee proved the sayd
28 will in this Court shee the sayde Jane being first sworne by virtue of a Commission in
29 that behalfe extracted well and truly to administer the same
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-jane-blake-widow-of-padstow.html
He also names a John Blake of Luxilian. John’s will was blogged 29 May 2013:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-john-blake-of-luxulyan-cornwall.html
Just of interest Luxulyan is 14 miles SE of Padstow.
Also at Padstow there was the will of Oliver Blake probated 26 May 1608 but he does not mention a son Reginald so do not know if there is a relationship between these families.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-oliver-blake-of-padstow.html
There is mention on the National Archives website of property held by the Arundell family of Lanherne where Thomas Blake son of Reginald Blake, yeoman deceased has surrendered the property:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=021-ar_4-2&cid=1-1-4-3-2#1-1-4-3-2
This is also mentioned in the will of Andrew Blake Cooper at St Breock Cornwall also blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-andrew-blake-cooper-st-breock.html
How and if these Blake families fit together is still to be determined but having the wills at least gives in many cases a number of generations to study.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/222/68
Testator: Reignald Blake
Place: Padstow, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Nov 1640, probated 14 May 1652
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Test: Reynald
[Margin]: Blake
[Top]: The twenty eight day of November in the
[Top]: yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred Forty
1 I Reignald Blake of Padestow in the County of Cornwall doe make
2 this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following First I doe be-
3 queath my soule to the Allmighty God my Maker and Redeemer and my bodie to the
4 holy turfe Item I doe give to my daughter Catterne Comely twenty pounds to be
5 paid her at the end of two yeares after my death Item I doe give unto my sonne Renald
6 Blake Twenty pounds to be paid three yeares after my death Nowe I doe give to him and his
7 heyres forever one house or Tenement in the new streete of Padstow which John Harbur
8 doth dwell in Item I doe give to my sonne William Blake the somme of twenty pounds
9 to bee paid Fouer yeares next after my death Item I doe give to each of my children
10 Anstie Smith Thomas Blake and Christopher Blake twelfe pense apiece All the rest of
11 my goods and chattels not given nor bestowed within the realme of England I doe freely
12 give unto my wife Jane Blake And shee I doe make my whole and sole Executrix In
13 witness whereof I have here unto sett my hands and seale in the day and yeare above
14 written In witness of these whose names are here unto written Renald Blake There is
15 one house or Tenement in the new streete which is in lane betweene Henry Stuebley and
16 Renald Blake which is my owne land Francis Grigg a salt sixe spoones of silver a masur
17 cup bounde with silver and gold vii li Dorothy Wilton one brewing panne of brasse and one
18 rower one pan viiij s John Blake of Luxilian one pan now to be paide of white brasse worth
19 iiij li Tamson Artur one pan of brasse 8 s Gregg a crock a kettle and a pan and an one pound
20 and vj s John Wilton my great crocke or his Mothers vij s Richard Thomas The signe of
21 William Millrod the signe of Jane Dive
22 The fourteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe
23 hundred fifty two issued out a commission to Jane Smith the natural and lawfull
24 grandchild of Sara Blake late whilst shee lived Executrix of the last will and Testament
25 of Reginald Blake late of Padstowe in the County of Cornwall deceased (having goods
26 etc) To administer all and singular the goods chattels and debts of the deceased according
27 to the tenor of his will for that she says Sara Blake dyed before shee proved the sayd
28 will in this Court shee the sayde Jane being first sworne by virtue of a Commission in
29 that behalfe extracted well and truly to administer the same
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Will of Philip Blake, Gentleman of Landrake, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB 11/1477/16, probated 2 Apr 1808
Philip Blake is the testator and he lived at Penquite in Landrake. He names his sons John, Henry, Philip, Richard and Thomas and his daughters Grace (unmarried), Catherine (unmarried) and Elizabeth Denham. Philip’s daughter Thomasine was married to Nicholas Littleton and perhaps deceased at the time of writing the will as not mentioned. Another daughter Mary (baptism not found) was married to Samson Rendle; Mary died in 1795. Ursula the only other daughter not mentioned in the will was married to Jonathan Palmer and grandchildren Elizabeth and Ursula Palmer are mentioned (and Ursula is perhaps deceased).
Looking at the marriage records for Landrake
Philip Blake married Joan Palmer 14 Jul 1791 with witnesses C (senior) Blake and Jonathan Palmer. This Philip is the son of the testator. Philip is listed as a farmer. And his condition has not been inserted (the bride was a spinster).
Philip Blake married Mary Raw 5 May 1712
Mr Richard Blake married Mrs Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732
Walter Blake married Mary Parsons 25 Jul 1743
Nicholas Littleton married Thomasin Blake 30 May 1782
Jonathan Palmer married Ursula Blake 1 Mar 1786
Samson Rundle married Mary Blake 2 Aug 1791
Thomas Blake married Maria Elizabeth Palmer 7 Aug 1800
Henry Blake married Emma Palmer 8 Jun 1831
There are 67 baptisms at Landrake between 1606 and 1872
Henry Blake and his wife Margery baptized seven children between 1606 and 1625 namely: Mary, Nicholas, Anne Urcilla, Dorathy, Bridgett, and Phillipp.
Then a Henry, John, Richard, Walter and John are shown with baptisms for one child each between 1689 and 1743 with two Philip Blake baptisms one the son of John and Thomazin and the second the son of Mr Richard and Mrs. Elizabeth (8 Jul 1733 and 1 Jan 1734 respectively).
Followed by eight baptisms for the children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake at Landrake with St Erney namely:
Ursula 29 Feb 1760
Elizabeth 16 Apr 1762
Henry 20 Jul 1767
Grace 7 Aug1769 (buried 17 Mar 1826 at the age of 56 living at Cutivet, spinster)
Richard 26 Jul 1771
Catharine 6 Aug 1773 (buried 24 Sep 1827 at the age of 54 living at Cutivet, spinster)
George 19 Nov 1775 (buried as an infant in 1776)
Thomas 1 Mar 1778
This accounts for all the sons mentioned in the will except for John and Philip.
This is then followed by the baptisms for the grandchildren of Philip and Elizabeth likely and they number nine for Philip and Joan/Jane, nine for Thomas and Maria, nine for Richard and Philadelphia.
The testator Mr Philip Blake was buried at Landrake (living at Penquite) 25 Feb 1808 at the age of 74 giving him a likely year of birth of 1734 but having two baptisms one in 1733 and one in 1734 that doesn’t help to decide his parents although he is perhaps the son of Mr. Richard and Elizabeth Blake given his subsequent status. The testator Philip’s wife Elizabeth was buried 30 Jan 1794 at the age of 59 giving her a year of birth of 1735.
Looking at the LDS I found a couple more baptisms for children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake:
Thomazin 10 Jan 1755 at St Erney
John 4 Dec 1757 at Landrake
On Find My Past there was a marriage celebrated at Plymouth, Devon 21 Mar 1754 between Philip Blake and Elizabeth Denstowe.
World Connect has a partial family tree with Philip Blake having a year of birth circa 1768. I suspect this is fairly accurate as he was likely born after Henry (born 1767) as he is named after him in the will. Grace was born in 1769.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dalmanic&id=I79449
From “A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Compiled Volume 2 by Joseph Poisue (on Google Books: http://books.google.ca/books?id=MRsiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22philip+blake%22+%2B+landrake&source=bl&ots=xJ--ab7aXF&sig=HziwzoJUL8l5KSqwIKMDW9XSOP8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=706vUeeCO4i5rgHjtIDADg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22philip%20blake%22%20%2B%20landrake&f=false)\ and on page 400
The tombstone for Philip Blake: Near this place lie deposited the remains of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish, gent., who departed this life the 20th day of February, A.D., 1808; aged 74 years. Also the remains of Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life the 27th day of January, A.D. 1794; aged 60 years. And also the remains of George their son who departed this life the 4th day of November, 1776; aged 12 months.
Sacred to the memory of Samson Rundle (late of this village (landrake) who departed this life March the 27 1821, aged 53 years. Also of Mary, his former wife, and daughter of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish. She departed this life in April, 1795; aged 30 years.
Sacred to the memory of Catherine Blake, late of Cutivett, who departed this life September the 20th, 1827; aged 54 years.
I did not find a baptism for Mary (daughter of Philip and Elizabeth) who was married to Samson Rundle/Rendle. They were married 2 Aug 1791 at Landrake and he was of St Mellion (witnesses C (Senior) Blake and Philip (junior) Blake and perhaps this is P (Senior)).
The Visitation of Cornwall provides some information on Thomazine in that her daughter Eleanor Littleton (grand daughter mentioned in the will below) was born 6 July 1791 and married 29 May 1816 to Philip Porter.
But the ancestry of this Blake line eludes me for the moment.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1477/16
Testator: Philip Blake, Gentleman
Place: Landrake, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1808 , probated 2 Apr 1808
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Philip
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me Philip Blake of penquite in the
3 parish of Landrake in the County of Cornwall
4 Gentleman which I make publish and ordain
5 in manner and form following that is to say
6 I direct all my just debts and Funeral Expences
7 to be paid as soon as may be after my decease
8 I give and devise to my Son John Blake his
9 heirs and assigns for ever the undivided Moiety
10 of and in all that Freehold Tenement called
11 North parks and yellow Torr with the appurt[enances]
12 I give and bequeath to my said Son John Blake
13 all that my Tenement called Trelugham situate
14 in the said parish of Landrake for and during
15 the Term of his natural life and after his
16 decease then I give the same Leasehold Tenement
17 to my Son Henry Blake for all my Estate and
18 Interest therein I give devise and bequeath unto my
19 Son Philip Blake his heirs Executors Admors and
20 assigns for ever all that my Freeehold Tenement
21 called Hodges Barah and also all that my
22 Leasehold Tenement called underway in Brightor
23 drews park and Brigham Steps respectively situate
24 in the parish of Landrake aforesaid I give to my
25 said Son Philip Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four
26 hundred pounds and direct the same to be paid to
27 him by my Son Henry Blake out of my Estate
28 of Saint Erney within one year after my decease
29 I give and devise to my said Son Henry Blake his
30 heirs and assigns for ever all that my Freehold
31 Estate called Saint Erney with its appurt[enance]s situate
32 in the said parish of Landrake subject nevertheless
33 to and I do hereby charge the same with the
34 payment of the said Sum of Four hundred pounds
35 to my said Son Philip Blake at the time and
36 in the manner aforesaid I give and devise to my
37 Son Richard Blake his heirs and assigns all
38 this my Freehold Tenements and Fields called
39 respectively Harards Tenement and the Cove and
40 Marsh and Wood all lying in the parish of
41 Landrake aforesaid I give and devise all that my
42 Freehold Estate called Vigurs’s perquite which I
43 purchased of Mr Carew and also all those my two
44 Freehold Fields called Broomball and West Park
45 respectively situate in the parish of Landrake
46 aforesaid unto Peter Palmer of the said parish of
47 Landrake Tanner and Solomon Brown of
48 Landrake aforesaid Farmer and their heirs to
49 upon
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50 upon and for the uses interests and purposes and
51 with and subject to the powers provisiors and
52 limitations hereinafter mentioned and expressed
53 concerning the same (that is to say) to the use of
54 my Son Richard Blake for and during his life
55 and from and after the said end Expiration or other
56 soever determination of that Estate by Forfeiture
57 or otherwise in his lifetime then to the use of
58 the said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and
59 their heirs during the life of my said Son
60 Richard In Trust to support and preserve the
61 contingent uses and Estates hereinafter given or
62 limited from being defeated or destroyed and for
63 that purpose to make entries and bring actions
64 that purpose to make entire and bring actions
65 as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless
66 to permit and suffer my said Son Richard or his
67 assigns to receive and take the Rents and profits
68 of the said Estate Fields and premises for his own
69 use during his life and from and immediately
70 after the decease of my said Son Richard to the
71 use of my Grandson Philip Blake Son of my
72 said Son Richard and the heirs male of his
73 Body Issuing and for default of such Issue to the
74 use of the second third fourth and fifth Son and
75 Sons and all and every other the Son and Sons
76 of my said Son Richard lawfully to be begotten
77 severally successively and in remainder one after
78 another as they shall severally be in priority of
79 Birth and the heirs Male of the Body and Bodies
80 of all and every such Son and Sons Issuing The
81 Elder of such Sons and the heirs Male of his and
82 their Body and Bodies being always preferred and
83 to take before the younger of the said Sons and
84 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
85 Bodies Issuing and for want or in default of such
86 Issue to the use of my Son Thomas Blake and
87 his assigns for and during his life and from and
88 after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture
89 or otherwise in his lifetime to the use of the
90 said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and their
91 heirs during the life of my said Son Thomas In
92 Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses
93 and Estates hereinafter given or limited from
94 being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose
95 to make Entire and bring Action as occasion shall
96 be and require but nevertheless to suffer my said
97 Son Thomas and his assigns to receive and take
98 the Rents and profits of the said Estate Fields
99 and premises for his own use during his life and
100 from and immediately after the decease of my
101 said Son Thomas to the use of his first Son lawfully
102 begotten and the heirs Male of the Body of
103 such
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104 such first Son Issuing and for default of such
105 Issue to the use of the second third fourth and
106 fifth Son and Sons all and every other the Son
107 and Sons of my Son Thomas lawfully to be
108 begotten severally successively and in remainder
109 one after another as they shall severally be
110 in priority of Birth and the heirs Male of the
111 Body and Bodies of all and every such Sons
112 and Sons Issuing the Elder of such Sons and
113 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
114 Bodies being always preferred and to take
115 before the younger of the said Sons and the
116 heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies
117 issuing and for want or in default of such
118 Issue to my own right heirs for ever I give
119 and devise unto my Son Thomas Blake his
120 heirs and assigns for ever all those my several
121 Freehold Messuages or Tenements Fields or Closes
122 of Land and hereditaments respectively called
123 Smiths Star park Openheads high Park East
124 park and Little Penquite and Grissons Close
125 with their appurt[entance]s situate in the said parish
126 of Landrake The principal part of which I
127 purchased of Lord Viscount Edgecumb I give unto
128 the said Thomas Blake his heirs and assigns
129 all that my Freehold Tenement or dwelling
130 House and Garden being at Wootton Cross and also
131 all my reversionary Freehold Estate and situated
132 of and in all those three Fields called Wootton
133 Cross Grounds situate in the parish of Landrake
134 aforesaid and now held by William Steed I give
135 and devise all that Freehold Tenement called
136 Griggs House and Garden and also all those my
137 two Freehold Fields called Broad Park and
138 __adons respectively lying in Landrake aforesaid
139 to my daughter Grace Blake and her assigns for
140 and during the time of her natural life and
141 after her decease then I give and devise the same
142 to my Grandson Thomas Denham for his life
143 and from and after his decease then I give and
144 devise the said last mentioned Tenement and
145 fields to my said Son Philip Blake his heirs
146 and assigns for ever I give and devise unto my
147 Grandson Henry Blake his heirs and assigns for
148 ever all that my Freehold Tenement called Cross
149 Parks and West Parks situate in the parish of
150 Landrake aforesaid I give and bequeath unto
151 my Grandson Philip Son of the aforesaid
152 Philip Blake my Son his Executors admors
153 and assigns all my reversionary Estate and
154 Interest of and in all that Leasehold Tenement
155 Called Hurslade lying in Landrake aforesaid and on
156 which
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157 which I have put in his life I give and bequeath
158 unto my daughters Catherine Blake and Grace
159 Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds
160 apiece and to my daughter Elizabeth Denham
161 the Sum of Two hundred pounds and which said
162 three Legacies of Four hundred pounds Four
163 hundred pounds and Two hundred pounds I direct to
164 be paid by my Executors within the space of
165 a year after my decease I give and bequeath
166 to my Grand daughters Thomasin Littleton and
167 Eleanor Littleton Mary Denham and Catherine
168 Denham Elizabeth Rundle Elizabeth Palmer
169 And Ursula Palmer Elizabeth Maria and Mary
170 Blake the three daughters of my said son
171 Thomas Blake Elizabeth and Thomasin Blake
172 daughters of my said Son Philip Blake and
173 Elizabeth Blake daughter of my said Son
174 Henry Blake the Legacy or Sum of Fifty pounds
175 apiece and I will and direct that the said
176 several Legacies shall be vested Interests in
177 them respectively and be transmissible to their
178 Several personal Representatives and my will
179 further is that the same shall be payable
181 and paid to them respectively when they
182 attain the ages of Twenty one years respectively
183 and I give all the rest and residue of my Goods
184 Chattels personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
185 which shall remain after payment of my debts
186 Funeral and Testamentary Expences and
187 the before said pecuniary Legacies except the said
188 Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds which
189 I have solely charged on the said Estate called
190 Saint Erney and made payable thereout by
191 my said Son Henry Blake to my said Son
192 Philip Blake as aforesaid unto my said Sons
193 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
194 Thomas Blake their Executors admors equally
195 to be divided between them share and share
196 alike and I Nominate and appoint therin my
197 said Sons Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard
198 Blake and Thomas Blake Executors of this my
199 Will and I do hereby revoke all other Wills
200 and declare this to be my last Will and
201 Testament provided always and my Will is
202 that they the said Philip Blake Henry Blake
203 Richard Blake and Thomas Blake or either of
204 them their or either of their Executors Admors
205 or assigns shall not be charged or chargeable
206 but only each of them for his own respective
207 receipts payments acts and wilful defaults and
208 Not otherwise nor with any Sum or Sums of
209 money other than such as shall actually
210 come
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211 come to their or his own hands respectively by
212 virtue of this my Will In Witness whereof I the
213 said Testator Philip Blake have to this my
214 last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets
215 of paper set my hand and Seal (that is to say)
216 my hand to the two first Sheets thereof and my
217 hand and Seal to this Third and last Sheet thereof
218 this Nineteenth day of February in the year of
219 our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eight
220 Philip Blake Signed Sealed published and
221 declared by the said Testator Philip Blake as
222 and for his last Will and Testament in the
223 presence of us who in his presence at his
224 request and in the presence of each other have
225 hereto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
226 the words “which I purchased of Mr Carew having
227 been first inserted between the Twentieth and
228 Twenty first lines of the first Sheet” and the
229 words daughter of my said Son Henry Blake
230 having been also first Inserted between the
231 Seventh and Eighth lines and the Erazure
232 first made on the Twenty fifth line of the third
233 Sheet Grezy Porter Matthew Anstis Francis Warring
234 This Will was proved at London the
235 second day of April in the year of our Lord One
236 thousand Eight hundred and eight before the Right
237 honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
238 Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
239 of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of
240 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
241 Thomas Blake the Sons of the said deceased and
242 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
243 administration was granted of all and Singular the
244 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
245 having been first sworn by Commission duly to ad[minister]r
Looking at the marriage records for Landrake
Philip Blake married Joan Palmer 14 Jul 1791 with witnesses C (senior) Blake and Jonathan Palmer. This Philip is the son of the testator. Philip is listed as a farmer. And his condition has not been inserted (the bride was a spinster).
Philip Blake married Mary Raw 5 May 1712
Mr Richard Blake married Mrs Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732
Walter Blake married Mary Parsons 25 Jul 1743
Nicholas Littleton married Thomasin Blake 30 May 1782
Jonathan Palmer married Ursula Blake 1 Mar 1786
Samson Rundle married Mary Blake 2 Aug 1791
Thomas Blake married Maria Elizabeth Palmer 7 Aug 1800
Henry Blake married Emma Palmer 8 Jun 1831
There are 67 baptisms at Landrake between 1606 and 1872
Henry Blake and his wife Margery baptized seven children between 1606 and 1625 namely: Mary, Nicholas, Anne Urcilla, Dorathy, Bridgett, and Phillipp.
Then a Henry, John, Richard, Walter and John are shown with baptisms for one child each between 1689 and 1743 with two Philip Blake baptisms one the son of John and Thomazin and the second the son of Mr Richard and Mrs. Elizabeth (8 Jul 1733 and 1 Jan 1734 respectively).
Followed by eight baptisms for the children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake at Landrake with St Erney namely:
Ursula 29 Feb 1760
Elizabeth 16 Apr 1762
Henry 20 Jul 1767
Grace 7 Aug1769 (buried 17 Mar 1826 at the age of 56 living at Cutivet, spinster)
Richard 26 Jul 1771
Catharine 6 Aug 1773 (buried 24 Sep 1827 at the age of 54 living at Cutivet, spinster)
George 19 Nov 1775 (buried as an infant in 1776)
Thomas 1 Mar 1778
This accounts for all the sons mentioned in the will except for John and Philip.
This is then followed by the baptisms for the grandchildren of Philip and Elizabeth likely and they number nine for Philip and Joan/Jane, nine for Thomas and Maria, nine for Richard and Philadelphia.
The testator Mr Philip Blake was buried at Landrake (living at Penquite) 25 Feb 1808 at the age of 74 giving him a likely year of birth of 1734 but having two baptisms one in 1733 and one in 1734 that doesn’t help to decide his parents although he is perhaps the son of Mr. Richard and Elizabeth Blake given his subsequent status. The testator Philip’s wife Elizabeth was buried 30 Jan 1794 at the age of 59 giving her a year of birth of 1735.
Looking at the LDS I found a couple more baptisms for children of Philip and Elizabeth Blake:
Thomazin 10 Jan 1755 at St Erney
John 4 Dec 1757 at Landrake
On Find My Past there was a marriage celebrated at Plymouth, Devon 21 Mar 1754 between Philip Blake and Elizabeth Denstowe.
World Connect has a partial family tree with Philip Blake having a year of birth circa 1768. I suspect this is fairly accurate as he was likely born after Henry (born 1767) as he is named after him in the will. Grace was born in 1769.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dalmanic&id=I79449
From “A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Compiled Volume 2 by Joseph Poisue (on Google Books: http://books.google.ca/books?id=MRsiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22philip+blake%22+%2B+landrake&source=bl&ots=xJ--ab7aXF&sig=HziwzoJUL8l5KSqwIKMDW9XSOP8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=706vUeeCO4i5rgHjtIDADg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22philip%20blake%22%20%2B%20landrake&f=false)\ and on page 400
The tombstone for Philip Blake: Near this place lie deposited the remains of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish, gent., who departed this life the 20th day of February, A.D., 1808; aged 74 years. Also the remains of Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life the 27th day of January, A.D. 1794; aged 60 years. And also the remains of George their son who departed this life the 4th day of November, 1776; aged 12 months.
Sacred to the memory of Samson Rundle (late of this village (landrake) who departed this life March the 27 1821, aged 53 years. Also of Mary, his former wife, and daughter of Philip Blake, late of Penquite, in this parish. She departed this life in April, 1795; aged 30 years.
Sacred to the memory of Catherine Blake, late of Cutivett, who departed this life September the 20th, 1827; aged 54 years.
I did not find a baptism for Mary (daughter of Philip and Elizabeth) who was married to Samson Rundle/Rendle. They were married 2 Aug 1791 at Landrake and he was of St Mellion (witnesses C (Senior) Blake and Philip (junior) Blake and perhaps this is P (Senior)).
The Visitation of Cornwall provides some information on Thomazine in that her daughter Eleanor Littleton (grand daughter mentioned in the will below) was born 6 July 1791 and married 29 May 1816 to Philip Porter.
But the ancestry of this Blake line eludes me for the moment.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1477/16
Testator: Philip Blake, Gentleman
Place: Landrake, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1808 , probated 2 Apr 1808
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Philip
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will
2 and Testament of me Philip Blake of penquite in the
3 parish of Landrake in the County of Cornwall
4 Gentleman which I make publish and ordain
5 in manner and form following that is to say
6 I direct all my just debts and Funeral Expences
7 to be paid as soon as may be after my decease
8 I give and devise to my Son John Blake his
9 heirs and assigns for ever the undivided Moiety
10 of and in all that Freehold Tenement called
11 North parks and yellow Torr with the appurt[enances]
12 I give and bequeath to my said Son John Blake
13 all that my Tenement called Trelugham situate
14 in the said parish of Landrake for and during
15 the Term of his natural life and after his
16 decease then I give the same Leasehold Tenement
17 to my Son Henry Blake for all my Estate and
18 Interest therein I give devise and bequeath unto my
19 Son Philip Blake his heirs Executors Admors and
20 assigns for ever all that my Freeehold Tenement
21 called Hodges Barah and also all that my
22 Leasehold Tenement called underway in Brightor
23 drews park and Brigham Steps respectively situate
24 in the parish of Landrake aforesaid I give to my
25 said Son Philip Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four
26 hundred pounds and direct the same to be paid to
27 him by my Son Henry Blake out of my Estate
28 of Saint Erney within one year after my decease
29 I give and devise to my said Son Henry Blake his
30 heirs and assigns for ever all that my Freehold
31 Estate called Saint Erney with its appurt[enance]s situate
32 in the said parish of Landrake subject nevertheless
33 to and I do hereby charge the same with the
34 payment of the said Sum of Four hundred pounds
35 to my said Son Philip Blake at the time and
36 in the manner aforesaid I give and devise to my
37 Son Richard Blake his heirs and assigns all
38 this my Freehold Tenements and Fields called
39 respectively Harards Tenement and the Cove and
40 Marsh and Wood all lying in the parish of
41 Landrake aforesaid I give and devise all that my
42 Freehold Estate called Vigurs’s perquite which I
43 purchased of Mr Carew and also all those my two
44 Freehold Fields called Broomball and West Park
45 respectively situate in the parish of Landrake
46 aforesaid unto Peter Palmer of the said parish of
47 Landrake Tanner and Solomon Brown of
48 Landrake aforesaid Farmer and their heirs to
49 upon
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50 upon and for the uses interests and purposes and
51 with and subject to the powers provisiors and
52 limitations hereinafter mentioned and expressed
53 concerning the same (that is to say) to the use of
54 my Son Richard Blake for and during his life
55 and from and after the said end Expiration or other
56 soever determination of that Estate by Forfeiture
57 or otherwise in his lifetime then to the use of
58 the said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and
59 their heirs during the life of my said Son
60 Richard In Trust to support and preserve the
61 contingent uses and Estates hereinafter given or
62 limited from being defeated or destroyed and for
63 that purpose to make entries and bring actions
64 that purpose to make entire and bring actions
65 as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless
66 to permit and suffer my said Son Richard or his
67 assigns to receive and take the Rents and profits
68 of the said Estate Fields and premises for his own
69 use during his life and from and immediately
70 after the decease of my said Son Richard to the
71 use of my Grandson Philip Blake Son of my
72 said Son Richard and the heirs male of his
73 Body Issuing and for default of such Issue to the
74 use of the second third fourth and fifth Son and
75 Sons and all and every other the Son and Sons
76 of my said Son Richard lawfully to be begotten
77 severally successively and in remainder one after
78 another as they shall severally be in priority of
79 Birth and the heirs Male of the Body and Bodies
80 of all and every such Son and Sons Issuing The
81 Elder of such Sons and the heirs Male of his and
82 their Body and Bodies being always preferred and
83 to take before the younger of the said Sons and
84 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
85 Bodies Issuing and for want or in default of such
86 Issue to the use of my Son Thomas Blake and
87 his assigns for and during his life and from and
88 after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture
89 or otherwise in his lifetime to the use of the
90 said Peter Palmer and Solomon Brown and their
91 heirs during the life of my said Son Thomas In
92 Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses
93 and Estates hereinafter given or limited from
94 being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose
95 to make Entire and bring Action as occasion shall
96 be and require but nevertheless to suffer my said
97 Son Thomas and his assigns to receive and take
98 the Rents and profits of the said Estate Fields
99 and premises for his own use during his life and
100 from and immediately after the decease of my
101 said Son Thomas to the use of his first Son lawfully
102 begotten and the heirs Male of the Body of
103 such
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104 such first Son Issuing and for default of such
105 Issue to the use of the second third fourth and
106 fifth Son and Sons all and every other the Son
107 and Sons of my Son Thomas lawfully to be
108 begotten severally successively and in remainder
109 one after another as they shall severally be
110 in priority of Birth and the heirs Male of the
111 Body and Bodies of all and every such Sons
112 and Sons Issuing the Elder of such Sons and
113 the heirs Male of his and their Body and
114 Bodies being always preferred and to take
115 before the younger of the said Sons and the
116 heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies
117 issuing and for want or in default of such
118 Issue to my own right heirs for ever I give
119 and devise unto my Son Thomas Blake his
120 heirs and assigns for ever all those my several
121 Freehold Messuages or Tenements Fields or Closes
122 of Land and hereditaments respectively called
123 Smiths Star park Openheads high Park East
124 park and Little Penquite and Grissons Close
125 with their appurt[entance]s situate in the said parish
126 of Landrake The principal part of which I
127 purchased of Lord Viscount Edgecumb I give unto
128 the said Thomas Blake his heirs and assigns
129 all that my Freehold Tenement or dwelling
130 House and Garden being at Wootton Cross and also
131 all my reversionary Freehold Estate and situated
132 of and in all those three Fields called Wootton
133 Cross Grounds situate in the parish of Landrake
134 aforesaid and now held by William Steed I give
135 and devise all that Freehold Tenement called
136 Griggs House and Garden and also all those my
137 two Freehold Fields called Broad Park and
138 __adons respectively lying in Landrake aforesaid
139 to my daughter Grace Blake and her assigns for
140 and during the time of her natural life and
141 after her decease then I give and devise the same
142 to my Grandson Thomas Denham for his life
143 and from and after his decease then I give and
144 devise the said last mentioned Tenement and
145 fields to my said Son Philip Blake his heirs
146 and assigns for ever I give and devise unto my
147 Grandson Henry Blake his heirs and assigns for
148 ever all that my Freehold Tenement called Cross
149 Parks and West Parks situate in the parish of
150 Landrake aforesaid I give and bequeath unto
151 my Grandson Philip Son of the aforesaid
152 Philip Blake my Son his Executors admors
153 and assigns all my reversionary Estate and
154 Interest of and in all that Leasehold Tenement
155 Called Hurslade lying in Landrake aforesaid and on
156 which
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157 which I have put in his life I give and bequeath
158 unto my daughters Catherine Blake and Grace
159 Blake the Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds
160 apiece and to my daughter Elizabeth Denham
161 the Sum of Two hundred pounds and which said
162 three Legacies of Four hundred pounds Four
163 hundred pounds and Two hundred pounds I direct to
164 be paid by my Executors within the space of
165 a year after my decease I give and bequeath
166 to my Grand daughters Thomasin Littleton and
167 Eleanor Littleton Mary Denham and Catherine
168 Denham Elizabeth Rundle Elizabeth Palmer
169 And Ursula Palmer Elizabeth Maria and Mary
170 Blake the three daughters of my said son
171 Thomas Blake Elizabeth and Thomasin Blake
172 daughters of my said Son Philip Blake and
173 Elizabeth Blake daughter of my said Son
174 Henry Blake the Legacy or Sum of Fifty pounds
175 apiece and I will and direct that the said
176 several Legacies shall be vested Interests in
177 them respectively and be transmissible to their
178 Several personal Representatives and my will
179 further is that the same shall be payable
181 and paid to them respectively when they
182 attain the ages of Twenty one years respectively
183 and I give all the rest and residue of my Goods
184 Chattels personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
185 which shall remain after payment of my debts
186 Funeral and Testamentary Expences and
187 the before said pecuniary Legacies except the said
188 Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds which
189 I have solely charged on the said Estate called
190 Saint Erney and made payable thereout by
191 my said Son Henry Blake to my said Son
192 Philip Blake as aforesaid unto my said Sons
193 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
194 Thomas Blake their Executors admors equally
195 to be divided between them share and share
196 alike and I Nominate and appoint therin my
197 said Sons Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard
198 Blake and Thomas Blake Executors of this my
199 Will and I do hereby revoke all other Wills
200 and declare this to be my last Will and
201 Testament provided always and my Will is
202 that they the said Philip Blake Henry Blake
203 Richard Blake and Thomas Blake or either of
204 them their or either of their Executors Admors
205 or assigns shall not be charged or chargeable
206 but only each of them for his own respective
207 receipts payments acts and wilful defaults and
208 Not otherwise nor with any Sum or Sums of
209 money other than such as shall actually
210 come
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211 come to their or his own hands respectively by
212 virtue of this my Will In Witness whereof I the
213 said Testator Philip Blake have to this my
214 last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets
215 of paper set my hand and Seal (that is to say)
216 my hand to the two first Sheets thereof and my
217 hand and Seal to this Third and last Sheet thereof
218 this Nineteenth day of February in the year of
219 our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eight
220 Philip Blake Signed Sealed published and
221 declared by the said Testator Philip Blake as
222 and for his last Will and Testament in the
223 presence of us who in his presence at his
224 request and in the presence of each other have
225 hereto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
226 the words “which I purchased of Mr Carew having
227 been first inserted between the Twentieth and
228 Twenty first lines of the first Sheet” and the
229 words daughter of my said Son Henry Blake
230 having been also first Inserted between the
231 Seventh and Eighth lines and the Erazure
232 first made on the Twenty fifth line of the third
233 Sheet Grezy Porter Matthew Anstis Francis Warring
234 This Will was proved at London the
235 second day of April in the year of our Lord One
236 thousand Eight hundred and eight before the Right
237 honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
238 Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
239 of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of
240 Philip Blake Henry Blake Richard Blake and
241 Thomas Blake the Sons of the said deceased and
242 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
243 administration was granted of all and Singular the
244 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
245 having been first sworn by Commission duly to ad[minister]r
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Gardening, genealogy and MOOC
Time slips by so quickly in the spring/summer with gardening and then I helped my husband with a couple of wills and became somewhat bogged down with one of my own.
It is an interesting will for Philip Blake who lived at Penquite in Landrake, Cornwall. I have found quite a bit of information but wanted to try and take him back in time. He wrote his will ion 1808 and I am able to likely take him back to the early 1700s with his likely father Richard Blake who married a Mrs. Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732 at Landrake.
The Foote wills were of interest to my husband so we transcribed the two oldest ones 1558 and 1608 for John Foote and Robert Foote (his son) respectively. It was the son of Robert Foote Nathaniel who was an emigrant to the Americas in the 1630s and founded the Foote line there. We attended a Foote family reunion in South Burlington where we met a number of descendants of Nathaniel and hence cousins to my husband. We have toured Wethersfield Connecticuit where Nathaniel lived and will do that again one of these days. He was one of the early settlers there.
My husband's blog:
http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-robert-foote-ueoman-england.html
http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-john-foote-tallow-chandler.html
I always find my husband's genealogy fascinating because 90% of his people were here by the mid 1600s in the American colonies. He has a few late comers with one set of his great grandparents having come directly from Pomerania (Eastern Germany/Western Poland) in the mid 1800s and one set of his 3x great grandparents arrived with his 2x great grandmother Mary Ann Abbs in Ontario (East Gwillimbury) by 1833 as their last child was born here and the second last born in England so fairly easy to date that arrival. They were from Norfolk, England. Having that length of American genealogical history though is a challenge. The records are often sparse and in the case of his Kipp 2x great grandfather we have not yet found his paper trail back to the Kip family of New Amsterdam/New York but his yDNA takes him back. Another success story for yDNA.
Also there is a MOOC for Irish genealogy which I am trying to work away at. An interesting way to learn and I must try to get back to that study.
It is an interesting will for Philip Blake who lived at Penquite in Landrake, Cornwall. I have found quite a bit of information but wanted to try and take him back in time. He wrote his will ion 1808 and I am able to likely take him back to the early 1700s with his likely father Richard Blake who married a Mrs. Elizabeth Blake 28 Sep 1732 at Landrake.
The Foote wills were of interest to my husband so we transcribed the two oldest ones 1558 and 1608 for John Foote and Robert Foote (his son) respectively. It was the son of Robert Foote Nathaniel who was an emigrant to the Americas in the 1630s and founded the Foote line there. We attended a Foote family reunion in South Burlington where we met a number of descendants of Nathaniel and hence cousins to my husband. We have toured Wethersfield Connecticuit where Nathaniel lived and will do that again one of these days. He was one of the early settlers there.
My husband's blog:
http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-robert-foote-ueoman-england.html
http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-john-foote-tallow-chandler.html
I always find my husband's genealogy fascinating because 90% of his people were here by the mid 1600s in the American colonies. He has a few late comers with one set of his great grandparents having come directly from Pomerania (Eastern Germany/Western Poland) in the mid 1800s and one set of his 3x great grandparents arrived with his 2x great grandmother Mary Ann Abbs in Ontario (East Gwillimbury) by 1833 as their last child was born here and the second last born in England so fairly easy to date that arrival. They were from Norfolk, England. Having that length of American genealogical history though is a challenge. The records are often sparse and in the case of his Kipp 2x great grandfather we have not yet found his paper trail back to the Kip family of New Amsterdam/New York but his yDNA takes him back. Another success story for yDNA.
Also there is a MOOC for Irish genealogy which I am trying to work away at. An interesting way to learn and I must try to get back to that study.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Will of Peter Blake of Saint Breock, Cornwall - The National Archives PROB 11/706/316, probated 13 Dec 1740
Peter Blake is the testator and he states that he is of Saint Breock. He names his brother in law as John Buscombe so perhaps his wife’s maiden name was Buscombe. No children are named. Peter was a common name in the Blake family at Breock.
Looking back at the will of Andrew Blake and his executrix was to be living in Southwark and his will was dated 1691 so earlier and he mentions his brothers and their children and they include a Peter Blake son of Henry Blake. Is this the Peter Blake writing this will?
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-andrew-blake-cooper-st-breock.html
On the OPC webpage for St Breock there is memtion that John Buscombe was a Church Warden in 1732 at St Breock.
Interesting that he wrote his will while visiting at Berwick Street in Saint James’ Westminster. The survey of London which included The Parish of St James Westminster, South of Piccadilly lists a Robert Hutchinson and he was a carpenter living at number 21. I am not able to see this book unfortunately.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/706/316
Testator: Peter Blake
Place: Saint Breock, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Jul 1738 , probated 13 Dec 1740
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Peter
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 I Peter Blake of the parish of Saint Breock in the County
3 of Cornwall being at present in an ill State of health but of
4 sound mind and memory thanks be to God for the same Do
5 make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
6 following that is to say I give and bequeath to my kinswoman
7 Mary Moyes ten pounds Also I give and bequeath to my
8 loving wife Margaret Two hundred pounds Lastly all the
9 rest and residue of my Estates Goods and Chattells I give and
10 bequeath to my brother Law John Buscombe and his heirs
11 for ever Upon condition that the said Buscombe do pay and
12 discharge all my debts and Funeral Expences whatsoever and
13 for that purpose do nominate and appoint the said John
14 Buscombe Executor of this my last Will and Testament revoking
15 and cancelling all former Wills by me made In Witness my
16 hand this thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred
17 and thirty Eight in Berwick Street Saint James’s Westminster
18 Peter Blake Signed Sealed published and declared to be my
19 last Will and Testament in presence of us Robert Hutchinson
20 Cathen Hutchinson Francis Wallis Esquire
21 This Will was proved at London before the
22 Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth doctor of Laws Master
23 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
24 lawfully consdtituted the thirteenth day of December in the year
25 of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty by the Oath
26 of John Buscombe the sole Executor named in the last Will
27 and Testament of the said deceased to whom administration
28 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
29 of the said deceaserd being first sworn by Commission duly to
30 administer the same
Looking back at the will of Andrew Blake and his executrix was to be living in Southwark and his will was dated 1691 so earlier and he mentions his brothers and their children and they include a Peter Blake son of Henry Blake. Is this the Peter Blake writing this will?
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/05/will-of-andrew-blake-cooper-st-breock.html
On the OPC webpage for St Breock there is memtion that John Buscombe was a Church Warden in 1732 at St Breock.
Interesting that he wrote his will while visiting at Berwick Street in Saint James’ Westminster. The survey of London which included The Parish of St James Westminster, South of Piccadilly lists a Robert Hutchinson and he was a carpenter living at number 21. I am not able to see this book unfortunately.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/706/316
Testator: Peter Blake
Place: Saint Breock, Cornwall, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Jul 1738 , probated 13 Dec 1740
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Peter
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 I Peter Blake of the parish of Saint Breock in the County
3 of Cornwall being at present in an ill State of health but of
4 sound mind and memory thanks be to God for the same Do
5 make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
6 following that is to say I give and bequeath to my kinswoman
7 Mary Moyes ten pounds Also I give and bequeath to my
8 loving wife Margaret Two hundred pounds Lastly all the
9 rest and residue of my Estates Goods and Chattells I give and
10 bequeath to my brother Law John Buscombe and his heirs
11 for ever Upon condition that the said Buscombe do pay and
12 discharge all my debts and Funeral Expences whatsoever and
13 for that purpose do nominate and appoint the said John
14 Buscombe Executor of this my last Will and Testament revoking
15 and cancelling all former Wills by me made In Witness my
16 hand this thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred
17 and thirty Eight in Berwick Street Saint James’s Westminster
18 Peter Blake Signed Sealed published and declared to be my
19 last Will and Testament in presence of us Robert Hutchinson
20 Cathen Hutchinson Francis Wallis Esquire
21 This Will was proved at London before the
22 Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth doctor of Laws Master
23 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
24 lawfully consdtituted the thirteenth day of December in the year
25 of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty by the Oath
26 of John Buscombe the sole Executor named in the last Will
27 and Testament of the said deceased to whom administration
28 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
29 of the said deceaserd being first sworn by Commission duly to
30 administer the same
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