Submitted by: | Margaret Schofield |
Date: | 29 September 2007 |
Original: | LDS: 0106475 |
In the name of God Amen. I, ROBERT KELLY of BALLADHOO in the PARISH OF LONAN, do hereby make this my last Will and Testament in way and manner following viz: I leave devise and bequeath unto my Son, RICHARD CHARLES, and unto my Son, JAMES FREDERICK, and unto my son, ROBERT GEORGE KELLY, and unto my Daughter, ELIZABETH MARGARET, and unto my Daughter, ANN JANE, and unto my daughter, ELIZA CATHERINE KELLY, the sum of TWO SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE each as legacy. I leave, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, ANN KELLY, all the rest and remainder of my goods, monies, clothes and effects of whatsoever kind, nature or description soever and wheresoever and I do hereby appoint and ordain my said wife, ANN KELLY, executrix and residuary legatee of this my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name or mark this TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, JUNE 25 1870. WITNESS BY: ) ROBERT KELLY THOMAS LEWIN ) HIS MARK: X WILLIAM COJEEN ) [At a] Chapter Court held in DOUGLAS on the 30th day of SEPTEMBER 1870 Diocese of Sodor and Mann: THOMAS LEWIN and WILLIAM COJEEN, the subscribing Witnesses to the Execution of the foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of ROBERT KELLY of BALLADHOO in the Parish of Lonan, deceased, having made oath with authority Evangelists that after the said paper writing had been read over to the said, ROBERT KELLY, in their presence and when he was of sound mind, memory and understanding, he duly executed the same by putting his cross mark thereto and as and for his last Will and Testament in their presence and that they at this same time was in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed the same in attestation thereof, ANN KELLY, the widow and Relief of the Testator and the Executrix named in his said Will is therefore sworn well and truly to fulfil and execute the said Will and to administer all and singular the deceased Estate and Effects of the said deceased according to Law by paying the just debts and funeral expenses of the deceased and the Legacies contained in his Will so far forth as his Estate and Effects will thereto extend and the Law bind him and to return to the Episcopal Registry of this Isle and Diocese of Sodor and Mann a full true and specified inventory of all and Singular the Personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased with an accurate account of his administration thereof when thereunto lawfully required and to these ends she hath given pledges namely WILLIAM COLLISTER of LAXEY in the Parish of Lonan and WILLIAM COJEEN of BALLARRAGH in the Parish who have entered into and executed the usual Bond in the presence of the Court. Probatum Est. R. Jebb CLAIMS ENTERED Probate Granted to ANN KELLY 30th September 1870 LONAN July 17 1871 WILLIAM GELLING £15.0.0
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