Thomas Tear, 1724

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54       Ballaugh 1723/4
This is affirm’d to be the last will of 
Thomas Tear of Ballaugh who departed 
this life the 21st of February, being in 
perfect mind & memory at the making 
of the same.   First he recommended his 
soul to God & his body to Christian burial.   
Item, he bequeath’d to his eldest daughter 
the heiress his proportion of the crop of 
corn, & the husbandry gears and one of 
the plowing beasts.   Item, He bequeath’d 
to his loving wife the black mare.  
Item, he left to his brother John Tear all 
his cloath & the sd John & his sister Margt 
to be supervisors of his children.  
Lastly, He constituted and appointed his 
daughter Joney to be whole & sole 
Executor of all the rest of his goods 
moveable and immoveable whatsoever.  
Item, he bequeathed to the witnesses of 
his will six pence apiece.  
Testes: 
Gilbert Tear his mrk X, 
& John Tear his mrk X, jurati.                        
Ballaugh 
The Inventory of the goods of Thomas Teare 
of Ballavalley priz’d by 4 sworn men, vizt, 
Gilbt Tear, Wm Corris, Wm Cry, and Thomas 
Stean as follow:   
Imprs, The Dead’s pr of one horse, one mayre & 2 colts  02 pounds : 13 shillings : 08 pence;      
The Dead's pt of two cows two little stears one 
heifer & one calfe, the widow having 6s in the heifer  02:16:08;      
Two brood gees the Dead's pt  00:01:04;      
One swine the Dead's pt  00:02:08;      
The deads pr of the sheep at 1s 4d per beast  00:03:01;      
And English spaid the Dead’s part  00:01:00;      
The Deads pt of halfe a hyde & a tanned skin  00:01:04;     
The Deads pt of a saddle & bridle  00:01:06;    
the deads pt of 3 blanketts 2 Fledges & boulster  00:09:00;      
Wollen yarn  00:03:00;      
One saik & bag & little ffeathers  00:01:00;     
Yarne & flax & some tow, one pound of woole  00:01:04;      
A gridle, 4 sickels & several pieces of sticks, 
one pound of yarne  00:03:06;      
Barrels & baskets a tub a chest & a stoole  00:04:00;      
a little wheele & weights &c  00:05:00 1/2;     
 The deads pt of the dresser and Common prayers  00:01:03;      
Spoons noggins canns cupps trenchers bottle  00:00:11;      
a hatches the deads part  00:00:06;      
3 ropes the deads part  00:00:09;     
 Eight henns the deads part  00:00:08.      
[total] 07:12:01 1/2.        
Goods belonging to the Heyre:  
one steare left by her Father valued to  00:15:00;      
one pott corb  00:02:00;      
one chare & table  00:03:06;      
one chest  00:04:00;      
the heyres pr of the husbandry geares being a quartr  00:02:03;      
a coulter & Manks spade  00:01:06;      
[total]  01:08:03.                      
The execrx being underage, the supr John Tear 
& the wife are sworn in Court in form of Law.  
Probatum est & Solvit xx.    
The Inventory next Court.   
The goods & children in the mother’s hands with ye 
Lands; And ye superv has consented & agree, that 
if ye children die under age, half the goods are to 
return to him, & other half to ye wife; who is to have 
all the houses & lands till ye Heir came to 14 years.  
And she has given pledge Gilbt Tear & John Tear 
witnesses of ye will.                          

Debts to be deducted out of ye Inventory of 
Tho: Tear vizt., the one half of the xxxx foll., 
except funeral charges wch are to be deducted wholly:  
It, due to ye Parson  2 pounds : 01 shillings : 06 pence;    
It, due to ye Moare  1:04:0;     
It, to John Tear  3:00:0;    
It, to Tho Tear  1:01:0;    
It, to Wm Curlett of Lezaire  00:05:0;    
It,. To Edmd Kneal of ye sd Parish  00:05:0;    
It, to Dan: Tear of Ramsey  00:03:0;    
It, to Tho: Caley  00:00:7;    
It, to John Killip  pp:pp:7;    
It, to Tho: Stephan  00:01:0;    
It, to Wm Crain  00:04:0;    
It, to Wm Corriss  00:01:4;    
It, to John Curlett  00:01:0;    
It, manservt wages  00:05:00;    
Funeral charges  8:13:0;  
for ayle  00:08:0;  
for the coffin  00:05:4;  
for linen cloth  00:07:0;  
for candles & tobacco &c  00:01:0,      
It, Towards the Probate of the will 00:01:0.   
Note yt his wife’s part of the Debts being included herein.   

Mar 1st 1724: 
The widow & Supervisor have delivered this acct of 
debts to me, Wm Walker.                            

Ballaugh:  
Jony one of the children of Thomas Tear and his 
Execrx having departed this life about 20th of 
February, the Court has decreed her goods to her 
sister Easther, who being under age, the sd goods 
are in her Father's Inventory annex’d.  
Decretum est.   

Deducted for ye Funeral charge of the child deceased  00:10:06

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