Locating the husband of Sarah Blake was not possible initially as he was not named in the will.
Her niece Elizabeth Simpson, married to William Woolley Simpson, was also not found although I did find the Will of her husband and they were living at Montagu Place Russell Square Middlesex as well as his being an Auctioneer at Bucklersbury London. It is a short will which leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth; will dated 12 Oct 1847 and probated 9 Dec 1847.
The marriage of Mr John Wyatt Lee of Maldon, Essex to Ann Dunkin (daughter of John Dunkin Esquire of Woodham Mortimer) at Woodham Mortimer 17 October 1805 (Find My Past).
One of the names of the great nephews of Sarah Blake is William Staddon Blake Lee and googling this name reveals a William Staddon Blake who lived in St Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch, London. He was in 1795 one of the churchwardens.
There is a will for William Stadden Blake of Change Alley in the City of London, Engraver. He mentions his wife Sarah Blake. His will was probated 10 November 1814. His will was written 2 Nov 1795. I will transcribe his will next. It is interesting sometimes how one can discover more about individuals who leave their wills. I did find the baptism of William Stadden Blake son of William and Fanny Blake of Saff[ron]hill, St Andrew Holborn, 14 Jan 1747 (Ancestry.ca). Cornhill is approximately 1 mile away from Saffron Hill.
Names mentioned in the will:
Sarah Blake, testatrix, Maldon, Essex
Francis Maria Lee, executrix, sister, Maldon, Essex
John Rowe, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
George Turney, tenant, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
Elizabeth Simpson, niece, Bucklersbury, London
William Woolley Simpson, Auctioneer, husband of Elizabeth, Bucklersbury, London
John Wyatt Lee, nephew
Thomas Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
David Stringlet, tenant, Great Totham, Essex
John Dunkin Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew
William Staddon Blake Lee, son of John Wyatt Lee, great nephew,
Samuel Willett, executor, Barnards Inn, Middlesex, gentleman
George May, executor, Maldon, Surgeon
Mary Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Nancy Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Joanna Dunkin Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Elizabeth Frances Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Emma Lee, daughter of John Wyatt Lee, great niece
Robert Clarke, Little Totham, Essex, Farmer
Hannah Fanks, Castle Street, Southwark Bridge
Ann Cotter, wife of Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex
Joseph Cotter, Great Totham, Essex, husband of Ann, Innholder
Elizabeth Sly, Purleigh, Essex
Elizabeth Goddard, residing with Lady Julia Howard
Ann Goddard, sister of Elizabeth Goddard
Elizabeth Foster, servant
Mary Wood, servant to Francis Maria Lee
Hannah Ruggles, residing with the testatrix
Betsy Stotherd, witness
Wm Wright, witness, Sol[icito]r Maldon
Z: W: Digby, witness, Clerk to Wm Wright
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1708/416
Testator: Sarah Blake, Widow
Place: Maldon, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jun 1825, probated 27 Feb 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 27
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 Sarah Blake of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex but me residing
3 at Maldon in the County of Essex Widow being of sound mine memory and
4 understanding (praised be God for the same) do make publish and declare my last
5 Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) in the first place I direct
6 all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses to be paid off and discharged
7 by my Executrix and Executors hereinafter appointed from and out of my personal
8 Estate And I give devise and bequeath unto my Sister Francis Maria Lee of Maldon
9 aforesaid Spinster all those my two Leasehold Messuages or dwellinghouses with the
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10 outbuildings and appurtenances thereto respectively belonging being Numbers 16 and 18 in
11 Change Alley Cornhill in the City of London now in the occupations of John Rowe
12 and George Turney To hold the same unto the said Francis Maria Lee her Executors
13 Administrators and Assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit for the
14 residue of my Estate Term and interest therein respectively And I also give and bequeath
15 unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee all my Principal Money Stocks of Funds
16 standing in my Name in the Long Annuities in the Books of the Governor and
17 Company of the Bank of England to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct
18 the same to be paid or transferred to her within six months next after my decease
19 and I give and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Simpson Wife of William Woolley
20 Simpson of Bucklersbury in the said City of London Auctioner the Sum of two thousand
21 pounds Stock part of the money Stock or Trust standing in my name in the new four
22 per cent Annuities to and for her own absolute use and benefit and direct the same
23 to be paid or transferred to her within six Calendar months next after my decease but
24 in case she shall happen to depart this life in my lifetime hereby the said Legacy
25 would lapse then I give and bequeath the said two thousand pounds Stock in the
26 now four per cent Annuities unto the said William Woolley Simpson absolutely
27 and direct the same to be paid or transferred to him within six Calendar months
28 next after my decease And I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Wyatt Lee
29 the Legacy or Sum of One thousand pounds and direct the same to be paid to him
30 within six Calendar Months next after my decease to and for his absolute use and
31 and benefit And I give and devise unto Thomas Lee Son of the said John Wyatt Lee All
32 that my Messuage or dwellinghouse with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and the
33 several pieces or parcels of Land thereto belonging containing by Estimation thirty
34 acres (be the same more or less) with the Appurtenances (part Freehold and part
35 Copyhold) situate and being in the parish of Great Totham in the said County of
36 Essex now in the occupation of David Stringlet To hold the same unto the same
37 Thomas Lee his heirs and Assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto John
38 Dunkin Lee another Son of my said Nephew John Wyatt Lee All those my ten
39 shares (of One hundred pounds each) of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
40 called or known by the Name of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company and direct
41 that the same shall become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him
42 when he shall attain the Age of twenty one Years and the Interest dividends and
43 produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John
44 Wyatt Lee to be applied by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and
45 Education and I give and bequeath unto William Staddon Blake Lee another Son
46 of the said John Wyatt Lee All and every my shares (being about twenty one in number
47 of and in the Capital Stock of a certain Company called the London Dock Company And
48 also all my shares and Interest or Interests in the Capital Stock of a certain Company
49 called the Waterloo or Stand Bridge Company and direct that the same respectively shall
50 become vested in and be paid or Assigned and transferred to him when he shall attain the
51 age of twenty one years And the Interest dividends and produce thereof respectively in
52 the meantime I direct to be paid to his Father the said John Wyatt Lee to be applied
53 by him for and towards his maintenance benefit and education provided always And
54 in case either or both of them the said John Dunkin Lee and William Stadden Blake
55 Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one years then I give and
56 bequeath the shares of the Stock of him of them so dying unto all his or their surviving
57 Brothers and Sisters in equal shares and proportions share and share alike and in
58 case there shall be but one Survivor then I give and bequeath the whole to such
60 only Surviving Child to and for his or her own absolute use and benefit and direct that
61 such accruing share or shares shall become vested in and be paid to assigned and
62 transferred to them him or her as and when they severally attain the Age of twenty one
63 Years and the Dividends Interest or produce thereof in the meantime I direct to be paid
64 to the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied for and towards their his or her
65 maintenance benefit and Education and I give and bequeath unto my Sister the said
66 Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett of Barnards Inn in the said County of Middlesex
67 Gentleman and George May of Maldon aforesaid Surgeon the Sum of two thousand
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68 five hundred pounds upon trust that they the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel
69 Willett and George May or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors
70 of such Survivor do and shall lay out and invest the same in their his or her own
71 names or name in some or one of the public Stocks or Funds or upon Government or
72 Real Security at Interest and from time to time to call in alter and transpose such Stocks
73 Funds and Securities as they she or he shall think fit and proper and do and shall pay the
74 Interest dividends and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due
75 and be received into the proper hands of the said John Wyatt Lee to be by him applied
76 for and towards the maintenance benefit and Education of his daughters Mary Lee
77 Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma Lee until they
78 shall severally and respectively attain the age of twenty one years and Marry with
79 the consent of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the majority of them
80 or until such time or period as they shall (from any other cause than marriage)
81 severally cease to be maintained and supported by and at the Expence of the said John
82 Wyatt Lee their Father And when and as they shall severally and respectively attain
83 the age of twenty one Years and marry with such Consent as aforesaid or as and
84 when they shall (from any other cause than Marriage) severally cease to be
85 maintained and supported by their said Father then I do hereby declare and direct that
86 that the said Francis Maria Lee Samuel Willett and George May or the
87 Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor
88 shall stand and be possessed of the said Sum of two thousand five hundred pounds
89 or the Stocks Funds and Securities in or upon which the same shall be laid out and
90 invested as aforesaid in trust for and to pay or assign and transfer the same unto the
91 said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances Lee and Emma
92 Lee in equal shares and proportions share and share alike to and for their
93 respective absolute use and benefit nevertheless I do hereby declare my Mind and Will
94 to be that the said several and respective shares shall become vested in the said daughters
95 of the said John Wyatt Lee as and when they severally attain the age of twenty one
96 years notwithstanding the payment thereof is postponed till the time of their
97 marriage or (from any other cause) ceasing to be maintained and supported by
98 their said Father provided always and I do hereby further declare and direct that if
99 any one of more of them the said Mary Lee Nancy Lee Joanna Dunkin Lee Elizabeth Frances
100 Lee and Emma Lee shall happen to depart this life under the Age of twenty one
101 Years then the share or shares of her or them so dying shall go accrue and belong
102 to the Survivors of them in equal shares and in case of only one Survivor then the whole
103 shall go and accrue to such Survivor and shall vest in and be paid or assigned and
104 transferred to them or her at the same time or times and be subject to the same
105 contingency as is hereinbefore declared or expressed relative to her or their original
106 share or shares and the dividends and Interest thereof in the mean time shall be
107 paid and applied for their benefit as aforesaid And I give devise and bequeath unto
108 my Friend the said Samuel Willett All those two Leasehold Messuages or dwelling
109 houses with the Outbuildings Yards Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging
110 being Numbers 29 and 30 in Queens Row Walworth in the County of Surrey To
111 hold the same unto the said Samuel Willett his Executors Administrators and
112 Assigns to and for his and their own absolute use benefit and disposal for the
113 residue of my Estate Term and Interest therein respectively and I also give and
114 bequeath unto the said Samuel Willett the Legacy or Sum of One hundred pounds
115 and I give and bequeath unto my Friend the said George May the Sum of Fifty
116 pounds and I give and bequeath unto my Friend Robert Clarke of Little Totham
117 in the said County of Essex Farmer to Hannah Fanks of Castle Street Southwark
118 Bridge to Ann Cotter wife of Joseph Cotter of Great Totham aforesaid Innholder
119 and to Elizabeth Sly of Purleigh in the said County of Essex the Sum of Five Guineas
120 each as a token of my respect for them and I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
121 Goddard now residing with Lady Julia Howard the Sum of nineteen Guineas
122 and I give and bequeath to Ann Goddard the Sister of the said Elizabeth Goddard
123 the Sum of Five Guineas and I give and bequeath unto my Servant Elizabeth
124 Foster the Sum of ten Guineas and I give and bequeath unto Mary Wood the
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125 Servant of my said Sister Frances Maria Lee the Sum of Five Guineas all which said
126 several last mentioned Legacies I will and direct shall be paid to the said several and
127 respective Legatees thereof within one Calendar months next after my decease and I
128 give and bequeath unto Hannah Ruggles now residing with me all my Clothes and
129 Linen And I give and bequeath unto my said Sister Francis Maria Lee All and
130 singular my ready money and Securities for Money debts and the rest and residue of
131 my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever to and for her own absolute use benefit
132 and disposal And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Francis Maria
133 Lee Samuel Willett and George May Executrix and Executors of this my Will And
134 do hereby declare my Will to be that my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and
135 and their respective Executors and Administrators shall be charged and Chargeable
136 respectively for such monies only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue
137 of this my Will notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or joining
138 in any receipt or receipts for the sake of Conformity And that no one or more of
139 them shall be answerable or accountable for the acts receipts neglects of defaults of
140 the others or other of them but each and every of them for her and his own acts
141 receipts neglects and defaults only and that they or any or either of them shall not
142 be answerable or accountable for any Banker Broker or other person with or to
143 whom or in whose hands any part of the said Trust monies shall or may be
144 intrusted paid or deposited for safe custody or otherwise in the Execution of the
145 Trusts of this my Will nor for the rise or fall in the price or value of Stocks or the
146 insufficiency or deficiency in Title or value of any Security and Securities in or upon
147 which the said Trust monies or any part thereof shall be laid out or invested nor
148 for any other loss of misfortune which may happen to the same trust monies
149 or any part thereof except the same shall happen by or through his her or
150 their own respective wilful act neglect or default and also that it shall be
151 lawful for my said Trustees and Executrix and Executors and their respective
152 Executors and Administrators by and out of the monies which shall come to
153 their hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves
154 respectively and also to allow their respective Co Trustee and Executrix and Executor or respective Co Trustees and Executrix and Executors
155 All Costs Charges damages and Expenses which they or any or either of them shall
156 or may pay sustain or be put unto in the Execution of this my Will and the trusts
157 hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me
158 at any time heretofore made and declare this alone to be and contain my last
159 Will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in five
160 Sheets of paper set my hand and Seal to wit my hand to the four preceding sheets
161 and my hand and Seal to this fifth and last sheet hereof the tenth day of June in
162 the Year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five Sarah Blake
163 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sarah Blake as and for her last Will
164 and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto at her request in her
165 presence and in the presence of each other Subscribed our names as Witnesses
166 Betsy Stotherd Wm Wright Sol[icito]r Maldon Z: W: Digby his Clerk
167 Proved at London 27th February 1826 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams d[octo]r of Laws
168 and Surr[ogate] by the Oaths of Frances (in the will written Francis) Maria Lee Spinster the
169 Sister Samuel Willett and George May Esq[uie]rs the Ex[ecuto]rs to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted
170 being first Sworn duly to adm[iniste]r
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