Mary Tear als Kewn, 1715

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31               KK Andrew
This is affirmed to be the last will and testament of 
Mary Tear als Kewn, who departed this life about 
ye 8th April 1715, being in perfect mind & memory 
at the making thereof.   First, she committed her 
soul to God and her body to Xtian burial.   
Item, She left to her husband the laughton wool 
and her part of Kear raw cloth, to cloath him.   
Item, She left the gray raw cloth to ye children for 
to cloath them.   Item, She left to her sister Jony 
a red petticoat;  And to Dan: Tear’s daughter 
Alice a coife & a blew petticoat.   To Jony Tear 
daughr of ye sd Dan: Tear her shoes & a small pair 
of sleeves.  And She left a lamb betwixt Jony & 
Nelly Tear children of the sd Dan: Tear.   
Item, She left a she lamb to the heir of Bratney in Jurby.   
Item, She left to her sister Bahy her wearing 
cloaths & a coife.   And she declared that her said 
sister Bahy ow’d her10s 10d, and that she shu’d 
be charg’d with no more.  Item, She left to her sister 
Ann a black petticoat.   Item, She left a she yearling 
betwixt Alice & Averick Tear.   Item, She left a little 
coif to Philip Joughin’s child.  And her stockings to 
Cathrine Crenilt.   
To ye Witnesses of ye will 6d apiece.   
She delcar’d that there was nothing betwixt herself 
and her sister Jony.   Item, She left all ye linen 
& woolen spun or unspun to be disposed, to 
discharge ye Debt due to ye Archdeacon.   
Lastly, She left all the goods to ye children, when 
she left to ye care & tuition of their father:  
And if ye children died underage, then her sisters 
living shu’d have ten shills apiece.   
And ye rest of the goods unto her husband.    
Witnesses: 
Alice Tear, 
Alice Brew, jurati.                          

The Children being under age, the Husband, with 
two of ye Aunts vizt., Ann & Bahy Kewn are 
sworn in form of Law.         Probatum est & Solvit 12d.                      

The Inventory in Goods immovable  02 pounds : 00 shillings : 08 pence;    
The half of a musket  00:02:00;     
The Dead’s part of quick goods  01:02:00;     
The sheep with ye lamb included prized at 20d apiece;    
The goods & children in ye father’s hands who 
hath give pledges Thomas McYlvory & John Crebbin 
according to Law.                         
More to be added to the Inventory:  
The half of ye debt due from her sister Bahy  00:05:05;     
The half of Wm Tear’s debt KK Bride  00:06:00;      
The half of Jon: Lace’s debt of BallaSear  00:10:00;      
The half of Alice Brew’s debt  00:02:00;      
The half of Pat: Cain’s debt of Jurby  00:07:00;      
The half of Jon: Caimaish’s debt  00:00:10.                      

10 Feb 1715
Mr. Archdeacon Wattleworth enters for arrear of tyth 
corn &c., against Mary Tear als Kewn’s Execrs &c.                            

May 2d 1733
There being 7 shillings left upon Pat: Cain of Jurby in the 
above Inventory,  Wm Tear overseer of the Execrx 
acknowledges to be fully paid & satisfy’d as well for 
the sd 7 shills on ye Dds part, & for the like sum also 
paid to himself & this 
Before me, 
Edwd Moore Ar:Regr.   Wm Tear’s mrk X.

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