"John(2) Blaney died between Sept. 29, 1715, the date of his will, and March 15, 1715-16, the date of the probate thereof, the decree allowing the will stating that the testator died in Virginia. Middlesex Probate, No. 1934, Vol. 14, p. 418. By this will he gave the improvement of his entire estate both real and personal to Katherine his beloved wife during her being his widow; but in case of her marrying again he gave £20 to his cousen (meaning nephew) Thomas Cook and one half of the remainder to his wife Katherine, and the remaining half, in case his wife was with child, as he trusted and hoped she was, to said child, his wife to have the improvement of the whole of the child's part until said child should arrive at lawful age; but in case said child should die before arriving at lawful age, or his wife should not be with child, or should miscarry of it she might then be going with,-then, from the half given to said child, to his sisters Frothingham, Wood, Phillips and Cutler, £10 each, to his sister Edmonds her children £5 to be equally divided between them, to his sister Cook's three daughters by her first marriage,-Sarah, Beriah and Susannah Fowle, £5 to be equally divided between them; and the residue to his wife Katherine who is named executrix. This will is the only document in the case, there being no inventory or account on file or of record. …
This disposition of John(2) Blaney's estate by his widow, his sisters and the children of his deceased sister, coupled with the fact that there are no conveyances by any John Blaney other than those by John(1) Blaney and John(2) Blaney noted above, recorded in Middlesex So. Dist. Deeds up to 1800, would seem to indicate conclusively that John(2) Blaney's expected child either was not born, or if born died before arriving at lawful age; that the John Blaney who married Abigail Phipps, published in Boston March 4, 1741, was not the son of John(2) Blaney of Charlestown; and that the male line of descent from John(1) Blaney ended with his son John(2) Blaney, or with John(2) Blaney's son if he had one."
