Submitted by: | Wayne Knapp |
Date: | 4 January 2012 |
Original: | LDS : 0106247 |
JAMES CROW ONCHAN 1831 Will #1 In the name of God Amen I James Crow in the Parish of KK Onchan being sick & weak in body but of perfect mind understanding & memory do make & appoint this to be me last Will & Testament---Principally & first of all I commend my Soul to God through Jesus Christ my Redeemer & my body to the Earth to be buried with A Christian Burial. And as to my worldly goods I dispose of the same in the following manner: I leave & bequeath to my son William & four daughters Viz Elizabeth, Jane, Isabella & Ann Crow one shilling each. Lastly I ordain nominate & appoint my two daughters namely Catherine & Eleanor Crow sole Executrixes of the rest of my goods of whatever name or denomination. This [21] February 1831 [signed] James Crow Signed in presence of us George Killey } Jurati Michael Cannon } [Page 2: right extremity of page not visable] At a Chapter Court holden at [____] on the 9th day of May 1831. Catherine Crow and Elleanor C[row] the Executrixes in the foregoing Will named are sworn in Court in form [of] Law well and truly to execute the last [Will] and Testament of James Crow deceased [to] pay all his just Debts and Legacies [so far] forth as the goods and Effects will ex[tend] and the Law bind them and to be [true] and just the one to the other in the dis[tribution] of the residuum of the Estate. And [to this] end George Killey and Michael Can[non] both of the Parish of Onchan have en[tered] into a bond unto the Lord Bishop of [Sodor] & Mann in the sum of Thirty pounds Br[itish] Probatum est [signed] John Nel[son] [Page 3] Know all men by these presents, that We, George Killey in the Parish of Conchan and Mich'l Cannon of the Parish of Conchan are held and firmly bound to William Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, and his Successors, in the Sum of Thirty pounds British; to the Payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind Ourselves, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, jointly and severally, by these presents, to the said Lord Bishop and his Successors. Witness our Subscriptions, this 9day of May 1831 Whereas the Ecclesiastical Court of this Island hath this Day granted probate of the Will of James Crow deceased, to Cathe'rn & Ell'r Crow Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the said Executrix shall well and truly administer the Estate and Effects of the said James Crow deceased; and shall in all Things relating thereto conform to the Laws of this Isle, the Orders of the Ecclesiastical Courts thereof, and the Oath they hath this day taken, then the foregoing Obligation to be void, otherway to be and remain in full force and virtue in Law [signed] Michael Cannon George Killey Signed in the presence of [T. Watts]
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