Submitted by: | Wayne Knapp |
Date: | 3 January 2012 |
Original: | LDS : 0106247 |
ELIZABETH CROW ONCHAN 1832 Archdeacon Will #8 8 In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Crow in the Parish of KK Onchan calling to mind the mortality of my body do make & appoint this to be my last Will & Testament Principally & first of all I commend my soul to God through Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my body to the Earth to be buried with a Christian Burial-and as to my worldly goods & effects I dispose of the same in the following manner First I leave & bequeath to my brother William Crow one shilling. I leave & bequeath to my sister Jane Gell one pound. I leave & bequeath to my sister Ann Crow one pound. I leave & bequeath to my sister Eleanor Crow one pound. I leave & bequeath to my sister Isabella Cottier one pound. I leave & bequeath to John Cottier my nephew two pounds. [Page 2] Lastly I ordain nominate & appoint Chatrine Crow my sister sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament This 31 of January 1831 [signed] Elizabeth Crow her X Signed in presence of us George Killey } Thomas Cowin } Jurati At a Chapter Court holden at Douglas on the 15th day of May 1832 Catherine Crow the Executrix in the foregoing Will named is sworn in Court in form of Law well and truly to execute the last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Crow deceased to pay all her just Debts and Legacies so far forth as the goods and Effects of the deceased will extend and the Law bind her and to do all other things pertaining to the office of executrix according to Law. And to these ends she has given Pledges namely George Killey and Thomas Cowin both of Onchon the witnesses of the Will. Probatum est [signed] John Nelson R. Philpot. [Page 3] Know all men by these presents, that We, George Killey in the Parish of Conchan and Thomas Cowin 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 Twenty 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 15 day of May 1832 Whereas the Ecclesiastical Court of this Island hath this Day granted Probate of the Will of Eliz Crow deceased, to Cath'r Crow and Now the condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the said Cath'r Crow shall well and truly administer the Estate and Effects of the said Eliz 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 she hath this day taken, then the foregoing Obligation to be void, otherway to be and remain in full force and virtue in Law. [signed] George Killey Thomas Cowin Signed in the presence of [H.B. Watts]
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