Blyth Wills
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The following information was taken from Blyth family wills. I have picked out all names mentioned and the major land, property and monetary legacies.
All place names are in Essex unless otherwise stated.

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John Blyth Probate: 1727 Boxted Yeoman
Wife: Susan Blyth
Sons: John Blyth - land & premises copyhold of Boxted Hall; Samuel Blyth - land & premises in Langham.
Daughters: Mary Blyth and Susan Blyth.
Brother & Executor: Samuel Blyth from Langham.
Samuel Blyth Probate: 1751 Langham Yeoman
Wife & Executrix: Mary Blyth - land in Stratford which was occupied by John Powell.
Sons: Samuel Blyth - land from Mother when 21; Thomas Blyth.
Daughter: Mary Blyth.
John Blyth Probate: 1762 Boxted Farmer
Son of: John Blyth who died in 1727.
Wife: Dorothy Blyth.
Sons: John Blyth - land & property copyhold of Boxted Hall; Isaac Blyth, Samuel Blyth and William Blyth.
Executors: Isaac Blyth and Samuel Blyth of Langham and his son John Blyth.
James Blyth Probate: 1764 Langham Farmer
Wife & Executrix: Ann Blyth - land occupied by Thomas ___.
Son (first wife): James Blyth.
Daughters (first wife): Deborah Blyth m. Joseph Sadler; Martha Blyth m. Samuel Blyth.
Daughters (second wife): Esther Blyth m. William Blyth; Mary Blyth m. William Greaves; Ann Blyth; Elizabeth Blyth; Susan Blyth.
Sons (second wife): Isaac Blyth - land in Langham; Daniel Blyth - land in ?; Samuel Blyth; Thomas Blyth; William Blyth.
Joseph Sadler Probate: 1767 Gt Horkesley Farmer
Wife & Executrix: Deborah (nee Blyth) - use of the 2 best rooms in the family house and land in Gt Horkesley.
Sons: Thomas - land in Gt Horkesley (20 acres called ___ and 1 acre called Church Meadow) and half the remainder of his father's estate; Joseph (Executor) - the family home, land in Gt Horkesley (7 acres adjoining the house, Church Fields comprising 12 acres, 13 acres of land and a cottage called ___ and 20 acres called Kings) and half the remainder of his fathers estate.
Daughters: Deborah m. Nathanial Cardy - £5; Susanna - £200; Elizabeth - £200; Sarah - £200.
Friend & Executor: John Harvey of Gt Horkesley.
Daniel Blyth Probate: 1775 Elmstead Farmer
Wife: Ann Blyth.
Son & Sole Executor:
Daniel Blyth m. Elizabeth, at time living in Arlesford. Daniel received land & property in Thorpe occupied by William How and land & property in Elmstead & Wivenhoe occupied by his father.
Brother:
Isaac Blyth of Langham - land & property in Arlesford.
Ann Blyth Probate: 1779 Langham Widow
Widow of: James Blyth who died 1764.
Sons:
Isaac Blyth (Executor) m. Sarah; Daniel Blyth; Samuel Blyth; William Blyth; Thomas Blyth.
Daughters:
Esther Blyth; Mary Blyth m. ___ Greaves; Susanna Blyth m. ____ Green; Ann Blyth m. ___ Peak.
Samuel Blyth Probate: 1785 Dedham Gentleman
Wife & Executrix: Martha Blyth - land & property in Dedham and Dedham Heath.
Sons:
Samuel Blyth - land & property in Langham;
Daughters:
Susanna Blyth m. Samuel Ratcliff of West Bergholt - land & premises in West Bergholt where they were living; Mary Blyth - land in Dedham called Westfields;
Son in Law & Executor:
John Blomfield.
Grandsons:
John Blomfield - land & property from Martha Blyth when she died; Samuel Blomfield - land & property in Dedham; George Blomfield - Mary Blyths land in Dedham upon her death; Thomas Blyth - land & property from Samuel Blyth when he dies; John Blyth - land & premises in Langham called Parkers; Samuel Blyth - land & buildngs in Langham; James Ratcliff - land & premises in West Bergholt upon his mothers death;
Grandaughters:
Sarah Blyth, Frances Blyth, Mary Blyth, Martha Blyth and Ann Blyth - children of Samuel Blyth.
Isaac Blyth Probate: 1795 Langham Farmer
Brother of: Daniel Blyth who died 1775.
Wife: Elizabeth Blyth.
Daughter: Ester Blyth m. John Moor - all land & property.
Sole Executor: John Johnson - farm where he lived.
Witnesses: James Blyth Snr and George Alston.
Mary Blyth Probate: 1802 Arlesford Spinster
Sisters: Elizabeth Blyth m. William Fox; Ann Blyth m. Benjamin Carrington; Susan Blyth (Sole Executrix) - land & property in Arlesford occupied by Samuel ___.
Martha Blyth Probate: 1802 Dedham Widow
Widow of: Samuel Blyth who died 1785.
Daughter: Susanna Ratcliff - land & property in Langham occupied by William Sebborn;
Granddaughters: Amelia & Susanna Ratcliff - land & property in Langham upon their mothers death;
Son: Samuel Blyth (deceased) m. Sarah;
Daughters of Samuel & Sarah Blyth: Sarah Blyth m. John Cole, Susanna Blyth m. ___ Durrant, Mary Blyth, Martha Blyth m. Robert Baines, Ann Blyth, Esther Blyth;
Son in Law: John Blomfield of Dedham;
Children of John Blomfield: John, George, Henry, Samuel, Martha, Susanna;
Grandsons: William, John, Robert and Samuel Freeman - sons of her late daughter Mary Freeman.
Grandsons: Samuel Blyth; John Blyth; Thomas Blyth;
Greatgrand children: John and Sarah Cole; Martha and Robert Baines;
Executors & Trustees: Daniel Blyth and William Francis.
William Blyth Probate: 1813 Sneating Hall, Kirby-le-Soken Gentleman
Wife: Mary Blyth
Son: William Blyth.
Executors & Trustees: South Morse, Wm Blyth.
Ann Oathwaite Blyth Probate: 1815 Elmstead  
Daughters: Ann Oathwaite Blyth, Elizabeth Dorothy Blyth, Margaret Sophia Blyth - divided proceeds of sale of land in St Leonards, Colchester.
Sons:
James Blyth, Daniel Oathwaite Blyth (Executor).
James Blyth Probate: 1822 Langham  
Wife: Sarah Blyth.
Son:
James Blyth.
Daughters:
Elizabeth Blyth married Rev. William Kemp; Sarah Blyth married John Enfield.
Grand-daughters:
Elizabeth and Rachael Kemp.
Susannah Ratcliff Probate: 1823 Colchester, late of West Bergholt Widow
Sons & Executors: Samuel Ratcliff - £1000; James Ratcliff - £300;
Daughter in Law: Mary (wife of James) - £30;
Daughter: Amelia (wife of Timothy Mudd) - annual interest on a Trust of £200. The principal to be paid to her children when they reach 21 years.
Friends: Robert & Ann Seaman of Colchester - £50 each and Susannah's bedstead.
Executor: Francis Smythies of Colchester.
Martha Baines Probate: 1838 Langham Widow
Daughters: Elizabeth Baines - all her mothers personal and real estate; Frances m. ___ Dunnett.
Granddaughter: Eliza Dunnett - £50 in trust when she reaches 21.
Friends & Executors: John Green Fenn, Auctioneer from Ardleigh and Robert Green, Farmer from Langham.
Daniel Oathwaite Blyth Probate: 1839 Colchester Merchant
Son of: Ann Oathwaite Blyth who died 1815.
Wife:
Charlotte Blyth.
Margaret Blyth Probate: 1843 Lexden Spinster
Daughter of: William Blyth, died 1813.
Nieces: Mary Morse, wife of South Morse, - £100; Ann Oathwaite Blyth - £50; Sophia Margaret Blyth - £50.
Nephew & Executor: William Blyth of Stanway - the residue of her personal property and other money.
Friend & Executor: William Carrington Simpson of St Osyth.
Edward Blyth Probate: 1845 Thorpe le Soken Farmer & Auctioneer
Son of: William Blyth, died 1813.
Wife & Sole Executrix: Sarah Blyth - leases of farms in Thorpe le Soken and Folly Farm, St Osyth. All Edwards personal effects and money.
Nephew: William Wilson Blyth - a plate.
Elizabeth Kemp Probate: 1852 Terling Widow
Daughter of: James Blyth who died 1822.
Daughter:
Elizabeth Kemp m. Isaac Blyth.
Friend & Executor: Frederick Hasell Newell of Colchester.
Samuel Blyth Probate: 1852 Colchester, late of Boxted.  
Sons: Samuel Blomfield Blyth, Thomas Blyth and Isaac Blyth.
Mary Stammers Blyth Probate: 1854 Nayland, Suffolk Widow
Widow of: Thomas Blyth who died before 1841.
Sons & Executors: Thomas Stammers Blyth; James Frederick Blyth.
Daughters: Emily Mary Blyth (Executrix); Hannah Elizabeth Blyth; Catherine Ann Blyth.
Executor: Samuel Blyth.
William Edward Blyth Probate: 1873 Upper Norwood, Surrey Civil Servant
Wife & Sole Executrix: Sarah Blyth.
Sons: William Henry Blyth - estate called Blythsdale in Aukland, New Zealand; Herbert Arthur Chamberlain Hunter Blyth - estate called Wharncliffe in Aukland, NZ;
Son in Law: Edward George Wace
William Wilson Blyth Probate: 1884 St Osyth Farmer
Wife & Executrix: Mary Elizabeth Blyth.
Sons: William James Blyth; Edward Mark Blyth; Wilson Blyth (Executor); Henry Percy Blyth; Charles Arthur Blyth.
Friends & Executors: John Smith of Alton Park, Great Clacton; Thomas Grimwood of Weeley.
Sarah Blyth Probate: 1885 St Leonards on Sea, Sussex Widow
Widow of: William Edward Blyth who died 1873.
Sarah Blyth died intestate, all her estate was granted to Edward George Wace.
Ann Catherine Blyth Probate: 1901 Nayland, Suffolk Spinster
Sisters: Emily Mary Alger (Executrix & Trustee); Hannah Holton.
Brothers: James Frederick Blyth (deceased); Thomas Stammers Blyth.
Nephew: Francis Holton (Executor & Trustee).
Mary Elizabeth Blyth Probate: 1906 Peckham, Surrey Widow
Widow of: William Wilson Blyth who died 1884
Sons: Henry Percy Blyth (Executor); Charles Arthur Blyth (Executor) m. Blanche Harper Blyth; Wilson Blyth m. Kate - cottage & garden in Copford, furniture & household items from Park Farm, St Osyth.
Codicil to the will was written whist Mary was living at the Hawthorns, Witham.
Isabella Blyth Probate: 1909 Stour House, Nayland, Suffolk Widow
Widow of: Thomas Stammers Blyth who died 1900.
Sisters: Elizabeth Emily Barnes; Sarah Roberson Barnes (deceased).
Aunt: Mrs Saxby (deceased).
Neices: Isabella Dora Fitch of Harlesden, Middx (Executrix); Ellen Florence Fitch.
Nephew & Executor: Richard Edward Fitch of Harlesden, Middx.
Wilson Blyth Probate: 1941 St Osyth Threshing Machine Proprietor
Wife & Executor: Kate Blyth.
Sons: Reginald Everett Blyth (Executor); Walter Wilson Blyth; Edward Mayhew Blyth; Albert Victor Blyth; Charles Alexander Blyth; Wilfred Leslie Blyth.
Daughter: Elsie Kate Blyth.
Friends: Joseph William Peacock of Station Road, Clacton (Executor); Sidney Maurice Cunningham of Little Clacton.
Kate Blyth Probate: 1946 St Osyth Widow
Widow of: Wilson Blyth who died 1941.
Daughters: May Nottage of Barnet, Herts; Elsie Kate Willis of Wivenhoe.
Sons: Reginal Everitt Blyth (Executor) of Lamb Farm, St Osyth; Charles Alexander Blyth (Executor) of By Pass Road, St Osyth; Walter Wilson Blyth; Edward Mayhew Blyth (deceased); Albert Victor Blyth; Wilfred Leslie Blyth.

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