Submitted by: | Shirley C Hogensen |
Date: | 20 January 2003 |
Original: | LDS: 0106225 |
3 Santan In the name of the Blessed Trinity Amen. I Captain John Clucas of Marywoar in the parish of KK Santan and Cathrine Clucas otherwise Quay, my wife, being now both well advanced in years and greatly in the decline of life but of perfect mind and sound memory calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory and mortal life. Do make this to be our joint will and last testament in manner following. Hereby revoking all former will or wills by us made of what kind or nature soever. First we both commit our souls to the Almighty and ever blessed God who gave them; and our body's to the earth to be decently buried in the Parochial Church of St Ann aforesaid at the discretion of our executors as shall be hereafter named and appointed. Item we leave and bequeath unto all our five children vizt John Clucas, William Clucas, Isable Kelly wife of Robt Kelly, Anne Kissage wife of John Kissage and Cathrine Moore wife of John Moore the sum of one guinea each to be paid unto them at and upon the death and decease of the first of us or either of us. Item we leave and bequeath unto the poor of the parish the sum of two pounds, twenty shillings whereof to be paid upon the death of the first of us and the other twenty shillings the decease of the longer liver to be added to the fund already belonging to the said poor. Item Whereas we have purchased the right of the Right of the impropriate Third of Tythes belonging to both our Respective estate and tenements of Marywoar and Ballacreggey within the aforesaid parish from his late ------ the Duke of Atholl Lord of this Island it is our joint will and pleasure; and we do hereby - devise and bequeath unto our said son and heir John Clucas the said Third of Tythes to be possessed by him at and upon the decease of the longer of us, he our said son John paying unto our executors hereafter named in consideration thereof the sum of thirty pounds and in case the said sum of thirty pounds be not paid by him our said son within the space of one year and a day after both our decease, it is our will and pleasure in that case, and we do hereby order and direct that our executors hereafter named shall hold possess and enjoy the said Third of Tythes afterwards as their own goods and property and to their own use and benefit as they shall respectively see --- be our said son John also accounting with our executors for ever money he hath in his hands belonging to us over and above said consideration of the said Tythes which he is to pay. Item we leave and bequeath unto our said son the Rev William Clucas the further sum of forty pounds together with a furnished leather bed and also unto our daughter Cathrine Moore the chest as it now stands, after the decease of the longer liver of us; and it is our joint will and pleasure that the survivor or longer liver of us is to possess and enjoy the whole of our goods and (uninventoried) until his or her decease save and ------- the several small legacies devised and payable at the time of our decease aforesaid. Lastly we jointly nominate constitute and appoint our said son Wm Clucas and our daughters Isable Kelly, Anne Kissage and Cathrine Moore joint and sole executors and residue legatees of all the rest of our goods and effects moveable and immoveable of which kind or denominations soever, and if it shall so happen that our said son William be living abroad out of the island at the decease of the longer liver of us then and in that case he is to be excluded from having any right or share with the rest of the executors in the executorship and residuum of our effects; but only to be paid his legacy forty pounds as before devised - all which we published and declared to be our last and joint will in testament whereof we have set our names this 28th day of the year of our lord 1770. Jon Clucas Catharine Clucas my X Witnesses: Thomas Moore Thomas Moore Thomas Fargher 31 Jan 1771 Wm Clucas relinguished and assigned all his right title property and interest to share of the residuum and said executorship unto his three sisters Isabel Kelly, Anne Kissage, and Cathrine Moore the other executors named in said will. Robt Kelly husband of Isabel, John Kissage husband of Anne and John Moore husband of Katherine are sworn executors in form of law with pledges Thomas Fargher of Malew and Thomas Moore of Balnyhow of Santan Probatum est Thos Cubbon
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