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    Ballard, Elinor

    Female 1738 - Aft 1756  (~ 19 years)


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    • Name Ballard, Elinor 
      Christened 4 Oct 1738  Bratton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died Aft 1756 
      Person ID I09555  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 4 Dec 2012 

      Father Ballard, John Aldridge,   b. Abt 1700, Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1740, Westbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
      Mother Froud, Ann,   b. 1703, Of Rollingston, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1738- 1756, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
      Married 16 Jun 1732  Erlestoke, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Blatch, John,   b. Abt. 1735, Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1785, Bratton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
      Married Abt. 1760  Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Will of John Blatch, of Bratton, gentleman, brother-in-law Wm. Aldridge Ballard, of Bratton, esquire, and to his " relation " Henry Blatch, of Winterbourne Dancy, gentleman, their heirs, &c., two freehold messuages, &c., at Bratton, with the gardens, &c., now in the several occupations of Moses Chapman and James Cook ; and all the parcels of arable ground at or near Bratton, containing 4 acres, to the use of his wife, Eleanor, for the term of her natural life ; then to the use of his son, John Blatch, his heirs, &c. ; and in case the said son be in his minority on his mother's death, the trustees are to receive the rents and profits from the said messuage, &c., and apply them for John's benefit as they think fit. Also to the said William Aldridge Ballard and Henry Blatch, their heirs, &c., all mess ages, &c., held under Lord Weymouth in Bratton for lives, to . hold to them during the said hves in trust for his wife during her hfe, and then in trust for his son John, the rents and profits to be received by them if, on his mother's death, he be still in liis minority, and to be applied for his benefit as they think fit ; And whereas by his marriage settlement he settled certain messuages, &c., on his wife for her life, and afterwards to the first and other sons of the marriage, with a power reserved for raising out of the said premises ^300 for the benefit ot any younger children of the marriage, he bequeathes the said £300 to the said trustees for the use of his daughter, Sarah Blatch, to be paid her at the age of 21, or on her marriage if she marry with the approbation of her mother and the said trustees, but if she marry without such consent, to the use of his said son John. To his said wife, he bequeathes the use, during her life, of all his household goods, which after her decease are to be divided among his children, Philip Ballard Blatch and the said John and Sarah Blatch equally. To his said trustees a mourning ring each ; the rest of his chattels are to be converted into money, and such money to be placed at interest on Government or land security for his wife, and after her decease, the said interest to be equally divided among his said children at their ages of 21 years, or one dying before the others, between the survivors, and if on his wife's decease they arc in their minority, the said trustees are to apply the interest for their benefit as they think fit; Wife, and William Aldridge Ballard and Henry Blatch, exors. Dated 23 February 1784. [Proved at Sarum 4 October 1785.]
      Last Modified 9 Feb 2014 
      Family ID F03380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart