Catharine Stephen alias Christian 1611

ManxWill 1611M #33 Ballaugh will of Catharine Stephen alias Christian, died about 7 August 1611:
Summary: husband John Stephen [Did he remarry & have at least one other child?], eldest son George Stephen, unnamed youngest daughter, her 3 children are 
made executors, father John Christian, sister Margaret, also: Philip Cleator's eldest & younger daughters, Ellin Corlett, servant Thomas Stephen, servant 
William Cowley, Robert Key's wife.
Ballaugh parish register: Kathren Christin buried 3 August 1611.
?Husband: Episcopal will books 1624-1628 Jurby? [Ballaugh], will of John Stephen.
?Son: Ballaugh parish register: Geo Stephan buried 31 December 1665.
?Son: Episcopal will books 1659-1666 Jurby? [Ballaugh], will of George Steane/Stephen.
?Dau: Ballaugh parish register: Averick Steane als Kneen buried intus 3 November 1632.
?Will of dau: MmW 1633M #05 Ballaugh will of Averick Kneen alias Stephen/Steane, died 3 November 1632: husband William Kneen, son & exec xxxx Kneen, sister 
Catharine Stephen/Steane/Staine, sister Christian Stephen/Steane/Staine, brother George Stephen/Steane, sister in law? Christian Kneen, father in law xxxx 
Kneen is alive, also: Catharine Craine alias Stephen/Steane/Staine, also:Daniel/Donold Craine & William Craine, Catharine Cleator, witnesses: Daniel/Donold 
xxxx & xxxx, appraisers of the inventory: John Gawne sumner/sumpter & Thomas Quayle & Philip Killip & George Stephen/Steane, pledge: John Thwaites, new 
pledge per 4 July 1637: John Key senior, also mentioned in 1637 (has custody of various goods): Phinlo Stephen/Steane.

------ ------ of Ketheren Christian alias Stephen wch depted
----- ---- vij of August anno 1611,  first shee bequeathed her soule -----
------ ---- her only creator & redeemer, and her bodie to Christian burxxx
burial,  Item left & bequeathed to the poore agaynst hallowtyd one boule ----[edge]
& half a firlet malt, one firlet wheat, iij sheep & oate meall att the
discretion of her husband John Stephan,  Item to Phillip Cleaters oldest daughter
her best peticote & one yonge sheep,  Item to the said Phillip his yonger
daughter one yonge sheipe,  Item to her sister Margrat one whet petticot
and kercheife & one yonge sheepe,  Item to Ellin Corlet one yonge sheepe
Item to Thomas Stephan & Willm Cowley her servants half a ferlet barlie
& one hog sheep betwixt them,  Item to Robert Keys wife half
a firlet barlie,  Item to her father John Christen a heffer of
three yeares old,  Item to her husband the rydding horse out of
the wholl,  Item to her eldest sonne George out of the whole her pt of the cropp
of corne & her pt of the plough of oxen,  Item constituted her
three childeren Executors of all the rest of her goods movable and
unmovable,  And her husband John Stephen overseer of them

pbatu et solvit xijd                      testes Patrick Caret &
Invent ante sestum purific: sub           iurati Danold Cowley
   Invent infra

The sayd testatrixe beinge wyllinge to leave to her
husbande a choyse beaste more then the horse afore
named, he wylled her to Remember her yongest
daughter so wth the consent of her sayd husbande
the sayd choyse beast shee bequeathe to her
sayd yongest daughter

     Invent 1 cowe incalff ten years olde 1 farrowe cowe
            vj yeares one steere of ij years 1 horse ix
            yeares 1 mayre and her follower the mayre
            xvj yeares iiijor muttone iiijor sheepe and iiijor of
mare ij     ij yeares olde, cannor[?] h--- called ewes
goates & a  vj hogge all housholde stuffe (praysed
kyd,        and to xxxjs) belonginge to the execut dj
ij geese 1  a brewing lea---- dj the cropp
calffe      and ij oxen thone ten yeares thother
            vj yeares  theyr ffather bounde in
            penalti of doble value to annswere
            the sayd inventorie to the exeuctors when
            they com to lawfull yeares of discretion
            witness his signe manuele
                              signe manuell John St------

Last Modified 4 August 2021