Patrick Freer 1610

ManxWill 1610M #27 Jurby will of Patrick Freer, dated 5 April 1610:
Summary: wife Joney Clague [died before 1631], eldest son William Freer [?his will ArW 1643A #42 Jurby], dau Averick (not yet married [married Edmund 
Moughton, her will ArW 1637A #107 Jurby]), dau Bahie [married xxxx Moughton, her will ArW 1637A #107 Jurby], dau Joney, son John [his will ArW 1658A #044 
Ballaugh], youngest son Thomas underage, sister Joney Freer, sister Marriad Freer, also: William Caine, witnesses: Sir Thompson parson & Sir John Clark & 
John Corkill, pledges: Philip Kelly & Nicholas Kelly.
Will of dau: ArW 1631A #082 Jurby will of Bahie Moughton alias Freer, dated 16 June 1631: husband xxxx Moughton is alive, son Thomas (underage) and dau 
Joney (underage) Moughton, brother William Freer, mother is dead and left her a legacy, witnesses: Sir John Clark & [brother in law] Edmund Moughton 
[married to Averick Freer, sister of the testator Bahie], pledge:Thomas Kelly.
Will of dau: ArW 1637A #107 Jurby will of Averick Moughton alias Freer, dated 10 June 1637: husband Edmund Moughton is alive & said this will stood for his 
also; son William Moughton, dau Ann Moughton (married xxxx Cowley, their son Nicholas), son Nicholas Moughton, son Daniel/Donold Moughton (had a son); also: 
Catharine Garrett, Margaret Stafford, Bahie Clark, [sister] Joney Freer, [brother] William Freer, Thomas Mylevorrey; witnesses: Sir John Clark & Daniel/ 
Donold Christian & William Caine clerk, pledges: William Moughton senior & William Moughton junior.
Will of son: ArW 1643A #42 Jurby will of William Freer, of Slekby treen & Sertfell treen, dated 28 December 1643: 2nd wife Joney Key, son John by 1st wife, 
underage children by 2nd wife: Thomas & Ann & Catharine; son John Freer supervisor, witnesses: Daniel/Dollin Caine & [brother] John Freer.
Will of son: ArW 1658A #044 Ballaugh will of John Freer, died 8 June 1658: wife is not mentioned, dau Joney Freer (married to John Craine, has a contract 
bargain, her will ArW 1658A #040, died April 1658), stepdau Elizabeth Teare [NOTE, the given name Elizabeth seems to have morphed from Elsabeth and 
originally from Isabel, as recorded in her mother Elizabeth Mason's will ArW 1654 #45, though at one point, 'Elizabeth' was written down & then crossed out 
and 'corrected' to 'Isabel' in mother Elizabeth's will], sister Joney Freer, [niece] & executor Catharine Freer [?dau of William Freer, his will 1643A #42 
Jurby], also: [nephew] Thomas Freer [son of William Freer, his will 1643A #42 Jurby], [nephew] John Freer [son of William Freer, his will 1643A #42 Jurby], 
niece Ann Freer [dau of William Freer, his will 1643A #42 Jurby], also: Christian Christian, [nephew] Thomas Moughton [son of xxxx Moughton & Bahie Freer, 
her ArW will 1631A #082 Jurby], [nephew] William Moughton [son of Edmund Moughton & Averick Freer, her will ArW 1637A #107 Jurby], [niece] Joney Moughton 
[dau of xxxx Moughton & Bahie Freer, her ArW will 1631A #082 Jurby], weaver (?son in law) John Craine, Catharine Callow, Mally Stephen, Margaret Stephen, 
Ellin Casement, Bahie Brew, Joney Corlett, brother in law Thomas Clark (married Isabel Freer who died Dec 1662, ArW 1661A #56 Ballaugh), Thomas Kelly (son 
Daniel/Dollin, Thomas is stepfather of son in law John Craine who married [dau] Joney Freer), Nicholas Cowley, Daniel Gawne, Philip Gawne, Ann Nidderaugh, 
James Kelly, John Kelly, Thomas Kelly.

Jurbie                             Aprill the fifte day

In the name of God Amen, I Patrick Ffrere am sick in bodie but who---
in mind the Lord God be praysed for the same, do mak my last
wyll and testament in manner and fforme ffollowinge, ffirst I be=
queath my soule into the hands of Almightie God and my bodie to ----
buried to the church yeard neere unto the dore,  Item I bequeath ---
the poore iij ferletts malte 1 ferlett oatt meall ij mottons and ij g---
Itm I bequeath to Wyllm Averick & Bahey Ffrere my children 1 mayre
x[10] yeres old, & 1 yong oxe iij yeres old,  Item I bequeathe to John & ----
Frere my children 1 mayre iiij yeres old, & 1 yong ox of iij yeres
old as legasie, Itm to Jonie Ffrere my sister 1 ferlett barlie, to
Mariod Ffrere my sister 1 ferlett barlie,  Item to Wyllm Caine -----
Itm to Averick Frere my daughter iij Ferletts barlie to mariage ---
to Wyllm Frere my eldest son the gray horse,  Item to Sr John
Clerk 1 motten,  Itm to my wyffe Jonie Cloaige the keare hors ----
of the wholl,  Itm I do constitute & ordaine Thomas Wyllm Ffreer my yong---
sonne my true & lewfull exect, and yf it pleasse God to ca---
before he come to yeres of discretn, then my wyll is that my w---
shall have half of his goods, and the rest to be divided bet----
my other children, viz, Wyllm, Averick, Bahey, Jonie, & John Frere, ---
my pleasure is that my wyff shall nurse the child, & have the ca----
of his goods
         pbatum est et solvit xijd    Testes { Sir Nicholas T----
                                             { son pson
                                             { Sr John Clerk

[inventory found on next page:]
      An Inventorie of the goods of
      Patricke Freere delivred by Jony
      Cloage sometyme wyf of the said
      Patr: as followeth
Inpr: ij oxen vj yeeres ould,  ij hefferr calves a yere ould,
one oxe v[5] yeares ould,  1 hefferr iiij yeers ould,  1 yonge
mayre iiij yeares ould,  & dj a mayre vj yeeres old,
fyve sheepe & dj a sheepe,  two muttons, iij goats,  dj a
goate,  & iij kidds & dj a kidd,  v[5] lambes & ten geese,  two swyne
& 1 pigge,  ijs vjd for dj a qrter of a boate,  ij sheets & ij
yeards of medley cloth,  ij sake & dj rough sheete dj a
yuen grape,  1 barrell,  & one stoune,  1 cheese new,  1 plowe &
ij new harrows, foure stoukes of barlie,  three stoucks & five
sheaves of rye,  In otts viij stoucks

plege Phillipp & Nicholas Kellie for the foorth comminge
of the said goods unto Thomas Ffreere son & exec of the saide
Patr deceassed whenthe said Thomas cometh to lawfull
yeeres

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