Always interesting to find a will that you can fit into family lines. The present testator Malachi Blake of Blandford Forum was mentioned several days ago as the likely father of Elizabeth Blake, Spinster, Blandford who left her will in 1792. Indeed he is her father.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/will-of-elizabeth-blake-of-blandford.html
Malachi names his children: Mary Tice, Elizabeth Blake, William Blake and Sarah Fisher. At the time of writing the will he has named his grandchildren as: Mary, Malachi, Elizabeth, Sarah, William, Samuel, and John Tice and Robert Fisher. Interesting that what I surmised with regard to William, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah being siblings has turned out to be accurate but then I did find material later on line verifying that as well. But the actual will of Malachi Blake is a treasure for this particular line.
Probably, from the lands which are held by Malachi Blake, he lived in Somerset prior to taking up ministry at Blandford Forum. The Oxford Index of National Biography (ISBM 9780198614128) states that: Blake, Malachi (bap. 1687, d. 1760), Presbyterian minister, was born at Blagdon, near Taunton, Somerset, and baptized there on 16 August 1687, the second son of Malachi Blake (1651-1705). He appears to have been educated and trained for the ministry by his father, an itinerant preacher…….
His father was perhaps the Reverend Malachi Blake who was born 24 Jun 1651 at Blagdon Somerset (buried 1705) and he married Mary Mico. This Malachi Blake founded the dissenting congregation at Wellington ( all this information from The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark, Volume 2, Walter Wilson: W. Button, 1808). They had five children according to the website I mentioned in the blog for Elizabeth Blake:
http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm
Although I do not acquire entirely with this website, some of the information is fully sourced but I would recommend verifying every individual if you feel that you are descendant of this family.
John (1684), Malachi (testator of the present will) (1687), Sarah, Mary and William (1688-1772).
The actual line of the present testator does daughter out as his son William does not have any children.
Books written in the early 1800s do identify this family with the same Blake family as Lord High Admiral Robert Blake. It would not be surprising given the location for this particular Blake family. Perhaps there will be wills in the Somerset block that will help to take this family back further. This particular website takes this family line back to John Blake the elder (brother to Robert Blake (grandfather of the admiral).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/861/64
Testator: Malachi Blake Dissenting Minister
Place: Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 May 1753, probated 1 Dec 1760
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Malachi
[Margin]: Blake
1 This is the last Will:
2 and Testament of me Malachi Blake of Blandford
3 Forum in the County of Dorset dissenting Minister made
4 and published this Twenty Second day of May In the year
5 of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty three
6 First of all I will that all my debts and Funeral Expences
7 be paid and discharged [Whereas by my Dormant Surrender
8 bearing date June the Twenty fourth In the year of our
9 Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty I have Surrendred
10 into the hands of the Lord of the Manor of Taunton Dean
11 in the County of Somerset all my Messuages Tenements
12 Lands and Cottages whatsoever as well Bond land as in
13 Donland customary and Freeable within the hundred of
14 Poundisford and Mannor of Taunton Dean aforesaid To the
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15 use and behoof of William Blake my Son upon Condition that
16 my said Son his heirs and assigns Shall pay or cause to be
17 paid all and all manner of Gifts Bequests and Legacys Sum
18 and Sums of Money to be mentioned and contained In my last
19 Will and Testament which on the part and behalf of my said
20 Son and his heirs out of the said Lands aforesaid are to be
21 paid Now in Pursuance of the power reserved unto me
22 in and by the Condition of the said Surrender I do Give and
23 Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Blake the Sum of
24 One hundred and Sixty pounds in Lawful Money of Great
25 Britain to be paid unto her within One Month next after my
26 Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah
27 Fisher Wife of Robert Fisher the Sum of Sixty pounds in
28 Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto her within
29 Six Months next after my decease Also I Give and bequeath
30 unto my Daughter Mary Tice Wife of William Tice the
31 Sum of Twenty pounds Also I give unto my Grandson
32 Malachi Tice the Sum of Ten pounds Also I Give unto my
33 Grandson Robert Fisher the Sum of Ten pounds These three
34 last Sums herenamed and Given to Mary Tice Malachi
35 Tice and Robert Fisher I Will and Order these said Several
36 Sum and Sums of Money to be paid unto them in Good and
37 Lawful Money of Great Britain within Twelve Months next
38 after my Decease Also Whereas by my Dormant Surrender
39 bearing Date the first day of October In the year of our Lord
40 One thousand Seven hundred and Forty Seven I have Surrendred
41 into the hands of the Lord of the Mannor of Taunton Dean all
42 my Messuages Tenements and Lands lying within the hundred
43 of Staplegrove And also Whereas by my Dormant Surrender
44 bearing Date the Twenty fourth of June In the year of our
45 Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty I have Surrendred
46 into the hands of the Lord of the Mannor of Taunton Dean
47 a Dwelling house with all its Offices and Appurtenances
48 Situate lying and being in East Street in the parish of Taunton
49 St Mary Magdaline in the hundred of Hollway To the use and
50 behoof of William Blake my Son his heirs and Assigns Subject
51 Nevertheless to pay or cause to be paid all and all manner of
52 Gifts Bequests and Legacys Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever
53 mentioned contained Expressed and Declared in and by my last
54 Will and Testament which in the part and behoof of my said
55 Son and his heirs out of the said Lands aforesaid in the hundred
56 of Staplegrove and out of the Dwelling house aforesaid in
57 the hundred of Hollway are to be paid Now in Pursuance
58 of this power reserved unto me in and by Condition of the
59 Said Surrender I do Give and bequeath unto my loving Wife
60 Katherine Blake the Sum of One hundred and thirty pounds
61 in Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto her within
62 three Months next after my Decease Also I do Give and bequeath
63 Unto my Daughter Elizabeth Blake the Sum of Fourscore to
64 Eighty pounds Also I Give unto my Daughter Mary Tice the Sum
65 of Forty pounds Also I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Fisher
66 the Sum of Forty pounds Also I Give unto my Eight Grandchildren
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67 Viz Mary Malachi Elizabeth Sarah William Samuel and
68 John Tice and to Robert Fisher the Sum of Forty pounds
69 , that is to say, to each of them Five pounds apiece these
70 Four last Sums here mentioned and Given that is to say
71 To Elizabeth Blake Eighty pounds To Mary Tice Forty
72 Pounds To Sarah Fisher Forty pounds and the Sum of
73 Forty pounds to my Eight Grandchildren I will and Order
74 these said Sum and Sums to be paid unto them in good and
75 lawful Money of Great Britain out of the said Estates in
76 the hundred of Staplegrove and Dwelling house in the
77 Hundred of Hollway before said to my said Children and
78 Grandchildren at the time and Times hereafter Specified
79 or directed, that is to say, I will and appoint that these
80 said Several Sum and Sums Shall become their property
81 Imediately after my Death and I do hereby Bind the aforenamed
82 Estates and Dwelling house for the payment thereof Yet
83 I hereby reserve unto my said Son William Blake my
84 Executor hereinafter named a Liberty of postponing the
85 payment of the Principal Sum or Sums of Money due hereby
86 to them until three Years after my Death however my Will
87 Further is and I hereby appoint my said Son from the time
88 of my Death to pay or cause to be paid out of the Rents
89 Incomes and profits of the said Dwelling house and Estates
90 by half yearly payments after the rate of Four pounds to
91 the hundred the Interest of the said Several Sum and Sums
92 unto my said Children and Grandchildren until their particular
93 or Several principal Sum or Sums be paid unto them Also
94 I Give unto my Daughter Mary Tice the Bed Curtains
95 Quilt and Blankets and Bedstead that Stands and which
96 Are commonly used in the Parlour Chamber commonly
97 Called Mrs Cerbets Also I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth
98 Blake the Bed Curtains Quilt and Blankets and Bedstead
99 that Stands in and which are commonly used in the Best
100 Chamber Also I Give unto my Grandaughter Mary Tice
101 (for certain good reasons) the larger Silver Cup which was my
102 late Wives Also I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Blake
103 the Best Chest of Drawers which Stand in my own Lodging
104 Room Also I Give unto my Son in Law Robert Fisher the Stand
105 of arms which I bought a few years past All the Rest and
106 Residue of my household Goods plate and Rings I Give
107 unto my Four children Mary Tice Elizabeth Blake William
108 Blake and Sarah Fisher to be Equally Divided between them
109 Share and Share alike Also I Give unto my Son in Law
110 William Tice Mr Henrys Annotations the two first Volumes
111 in Folio Also I Give unto my Daughter in Law Hannah Blake
112 Doctor Guyse’s three Volumes in Quarto Viz his paraphrase on
113 the New Testament and Mr Burket on the 4 Evangelist a thin
114 Folio Also I Give unto my Grandson Malachi Tice Littleton’s
115 Dictionary and Horace and Juvenal in Usum Delphini Also I
116 Give unto Samuel Bellows the Elder Stronge Discourses on
117 the Two Covenants a Folio and Doctor Jacomb on the Eight of the
118 Romans a Quarto Also the Rest and Residue of my Books I Give
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119 unto my said Four children Mary Tice Elizabeth Blake William
120 Blake and Sarah Fisher to be Equally Divided between them
121 Share and Share alike Also I Give and bequeath all the
122 household Goods now in my possession that were the Goods
123 of the late Mr Coombes (having bought them of his relations
124 since I married my now Wife Katharine Blake) unto my
125 said Four Children William Blake Mary Tice Elizabeth Blake
126 and Sarah Fisher to be Divided equally amongst them Share
127 and Share alike Also I Give unto my loving Wife Katherine
128 Blake all the household Goods plate and Furniture which
129 were in her possession before I Married her Exclusive of
130 the Goods things and Effects belonging to the personal Estates
131 of Thomas Coombes Clerk and Henry Wells (both deceased) or
132 either of them Also I Give and bequeath my Leasehold Estate
133 Situate lying and being in the Parish of Hammoon in the
134 County of Dorset commonly called Purkers Leaze with a
135 Meadow thereunto Adjoyning or belonging unto my Said
136 Son William Blake Subject Nevertheless to some Rent
137 charges hereinafter named, that is to say, To an Annual
138 Rent charge of Five pounds of good and Lawful Money of
139 Great Britain yearly and every year unto my said Daughter
140 Elizabeth Blake during the Term of her Natural life and
141 also to an Annual Rent charge of Five pounds to my said
142 Daughter Sarah Fisher during the Term of her Natural life
143 and Also to an Annual Rent charge of Four pounds to my said
144 Daughter Mary Tice during the Term of her Natural life
145 And my Will is that these three yearly Rent charges Shall be
146 paid to my said three Daughters out of the said Estate by my
147 said Son William Blake his heirs and assigns and that
148 the said Leasehold Estate Shall by this my last Will and
149 Testament Stand charged and chargeable with the payment
150 of these three yearly Rent charges by half yearly payments to
151 each of my said three Daughters as long as they Shall live
152 and that the first half yearly payment Shall commence
153 Immediately upon the Expiration of Six months next after my
154 decease and continue to be paid to each one of them during
155 the Term of their Natural lives and in Case of nonpayment
156 of the said Rent charges before Given and bequeathed I hereby
157 Empower and Authorize my Said daughters or either of them
158 Viz Elizabeth Blake Sarah Fisher and Mary Tice to enter upon
159 the said Estate and to pay her or themselves as the Law Shall
160 Direct Also I Give and bequeath all my Right property Claim
161 and Interest in a Leasehold Estate purchased of George Pit
162 Esq[uie]r part of the Mannor of Hilton Situate lying and being in
163 the parish of Ockford Fitzpaine in the County of Dorset
164 after the death of my Wife Katherine Blake and during
165 the lives of Peter Maber of EverShot and my Grandaughter
166 Mary Tice I Give I say this my said Estate unto my Daughter
167 Elizabeth Blake and to my Grandaughter Mary Tice to them
168 Jointly And my Will is that they the said Elizabeth Blake and
169 Mary Tice have and Shall have an equal Interest in the
170 Same Inclusive of their Joint property and of the yearly
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171 Interest Rents and profits of the said Estate Share and Share
172 alike And I hereby Further appoint that if after the Death
173 of my Wife my said Daughter Elizabeth Blake and Mary
174 Tice my Grandaughter Shall think best to buy in another
175 life that my daughter Elizabeth Blake’s life Shall be the
176 life to be bought in upon the said Estate if She herself
177 chuses it Also I Give unto my Son William Blake all
178 that messuage and Estate in the parish of Hammoon
179 in the County of Dorset of which Mr Trenchard is the Lord
181 and now in the possession of William Dean during his
182 life Also I Give unto my said Four Children Mary
183 Tice Elizabeth Blake William Blake and Sarah Fisher
184 all that my Right Claim and Interest (which I myself
185 am possessed of by Mrs Rachel Grove her last Will and
186 Testament) in all Bonds and Notes of hand due from the
187 Lady Elizabeth Russel Tryphena Grove and Tryphena
188 Russel to Rachel Grove late of Donhead St Mary
189 to be Divided between my said Children Share and Share
190 alike Also I Give unto my said Son William Blake
191 and to my Grandson Malachi Tice equally and Share
192 and Share alike all my Right Claim and property and
193 Interest in a Share of the Navigation of the River Dee
194 Also I Give unto my said loving Wife Katharine Blake
195 the Sum of Twenty pounds to be paid unto her Imediately
196 after my Decease Also Whereas there is a Bond Given to
197 me and my Wife Katherine Blake from John Lacy and
198 Thomas Haines and Mary Wells bearing Date February
199 the Seventeenth in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven
200 hundred and Fifty two for the Sum of Thirty nine pounds
201 when the Interest due to me upon the said Bond to the
202 time of my Death Shall be fully paid then I hereby Give
203 the property of the said Bond to my Wife Katharine Blake
204 and order it to be Delivered to her forthwith Also I Give
205 unto Samuel Bellows my Clark One Guinea Also all the
206 Rest and Residue of my Goods and Chattels and Securities not
207 before Given after my Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences
208 are paid and discharged I Give and bequeath unto my
209 said Four Children Mary Tice Elizabeth Blake William
210 Blake and Sarah Fisher to be Equally Divided between them
211 Share and Share alike Also I do hereby nominate
212 Constitute and appoint my said Son William Blake whole
213 and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
214 In Witness whereof I the said Malachi Blake have to
215 this my last Will and Testament Set my Name and Seal
216 to the Sheet and half Sheet of Paper wherein is contained
217 my whole as well as my last Will and Testament the day
218 and year first above written viz May 22nd 1753 Malachi
219 Blake Signed Sealed published and Declared by Malachi
220 Blake the said Testator as and for his last Will and
221 Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our
222 names as Witnesses unto the same in the said Testator’s
223 presence and at his request Ambrose Biles Jun[io]r
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224 Elizabeth Thorne Joseph Bellows
225 August Twenty Ninth One thousand Seven
226 hundred and fifty five I Malachi Blake of Blandford Forum
227 make and appoint this as my Codicil to my last Will and
228 Testament which bears date May the Twenty Second One
229 thousand Seven hundred and Fifty three Whereas my Dormant
230 Surrender of my Estate at Rowbarton in the hundred of
231 Staplegrove is Expired and my Dormant Surrender of my
232 Estate at Horsly in the hundred of Poundisford and of my
233 Dwelling house in Taunton in the hundred of Hollway both
234 which are Included in one surrender and is near Expiring
235 I have therefore thought proper to make a new Dormant
236 Surrender which bears Date the thirteenth day of August
237 One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty five Inclusive of all
238 my Messuages Tenements Lands and Cottages whatsoever
239 within the hundreds aforesaid and Elsewhere within the
240 Manor of Taunton Dean to the Use and behoof of William
241 Blake my Son his heirs and assigns for ever according to
242 the Custom of the Manor aforesaid To be holden upon
243 Conditions following (to wit) that the said William Blake
244 his heirs and assigns shall pay or cause to be paid all and
245 all manner of bequests Legacys Sum and Sums of Money
246 whatsoever and also do perform fulfill and Execute all and
247 Singular other the articles Clauses Matters and things
248 mentioned and contained in the last Will and Testament
249 of the said Malachi Blake Already or hereafter to be
250 made which on the part and behalf of the said William
251 Blake his heirs or assigns out of for or in respect of the
252 Lands aforesaid are or Shall be Directed in and by the said
253 last Will to be paid done performed fulfilled and Executed
254 and that according to the true Intent and Meaning of the
255 same Will having observed that it is mentioned and said
256 in my last Surrender bearing date as above said the 13th
257 day of August 1755 (A Copy of which I have by me) the Last
258 Will and Testament of the said Malachi Blake already or
259 hereafter to be made I do by this my Codicil Declare
260 Testify and Ordain that my last Will and Testament be
261 and is that which bears Date as before said May the
262 Twenty Second One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty three
263 and that this my last Will and Testament together with
264 my last Surrender of the 13 of August 1755 be looked upon
265 as esteemed as Inseperately united and Just the very same
266 as if my aforesaid last Will has been made and had born
267 Date a Day or Week or two after the Date of my said last
268 Surrender and the very Same to all Intents and purposes
269 as if my said last Will had Expressly mentioned therein the
270 very date of my last Dormant Surrender and that this
271 my last Will before named be the Rule of my Sons precedence
272 and in all respects whatsoever binding on him as my last
273 Will and Testament In Testimony that this is my Codicil to
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274 my last Will and Testament which bears Date May 22nd
275 1753 I do hereunto the day and Date above written
276 set my hand and Seal Malachi Blake In the
277 presence of the persons whose Names are hereunder
278 written, I do now publish and Declare this to be my
279 Codicil to my last Will and Testament Henry Field
280 Rebekah Blake Betty Howard
281 This Will was proved at London with a
282 Codicil the first day of December In the year of our
283 Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty before the
284 Worshipful James Marriott Doctor of Laws Surrogate
285 of the Right Worshipful Edward Simpson also Doctor
286 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
287 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
288 William Blake the Son of the deceased and Sole Executor
289 named in the said Will to whom Administration was
290 Granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and
291 Credits of the said deceased he having been first Sworn
292 Duly to administer
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