Margaret OR Catharine Gell alias Moore 1688

Archdeacon Will 1688A #53 Patrick will of Margaret [most likely given name] OR Catharine Gell alias Moore, died 23 January 1688/9:  
Summary: husband xxxx Gell is alive, dau Ellin (underage), 2 sons (underage), brother William, sister Ann,  
'gossip'(?godmother) Joney Quirk, witnesses: John Quirk & Joney Quirk; pledges: Henry Quilliam & John Quirk.
?Will of father:  ArW 1678A #40 Patrick will of William Moore:  wife Elizabeth, son & heir William (of lawfull years), 5 other children: Isabel (in Ireland), 
Margaret, Thomas (underage), Elizabeth (underage), & Ann (underage); witnesses: William Cooper & Robert Quilliam & Samuel Wattleworth; pledge William Kermode.
NOTE: It is extremely unlikely that two given names were given at birth to this testatrix. Also, when 'Cathrine' was written above 'Margt', the name 'Margt' was 
not scratched out, which would be expected if the scribe realized that 'Margt' was a mistake, with 'Cathrine' then added above it as a correction.  Why 'Cathrine' 
was written above 'Margt' is a mystery. A will was found (ArW 1678A #40 Patrick will of William Moore) that lists William & Margaret & Ann as children; there is 
no Archdeacon will that lists William & Catharine & Ann as children, etc. In fact, through 1688, there is no Catharine Moore listed in any of the Archdeacon wills 
of Patrick or of German parishes. 
 
		Patrick 
					   Cathrine
This is affirmed to be ye last will & testamt of Margt 
Gell als Moore who depted this life ye 23d of January 
1688/  being then in perfect memory,   first she committed 
her soul to God & body to Christian buriall.   Itt: to her 
brother Willm: 6d legasie;    Itt: to her sister Ann 6d legasie;   
Itt: to her husband her part of the horse;   Itt: to her 
daughter Ellin her shaped cloathes both woollen & linnen, 
a linnen wheel & a blanket, and ye sheep yt was nominated for 
herself;   Itt: to her younges son ye sheep yt was nominated 
for himself;  Itt: to her gossip Jony Quirk a bussell;   Itt: 
to her eldest son all her pt of ye crop of corne with all 
husbandrie gears & her parte of the team, & ordained yt if ye children die under age 
her husband was to have all yt was left them, but 
a red petticoate wch she left to her sister if ye daughter died 
underage.    Lastly she constituted & appointed her husband 
sole Exr: of all the rest of her goods moveable & un=
moveable 
			The Execr: is sworne in 
Testes  John Quirk}	Court according to law 
        Jony Quirk} jurat:
			pbatum est et solvit 8d 

The Inventory amounts in grosse to 20s 0d 
half the crop for ye heir according as it will 
be when he comes to age, & ye father 
gives his pt also after his death & all 
ye gears belonging to husbandrie, and he 
also gives to his eldest son ye heir his halfe 
of ye teame after his death wch with the 
mothers half is to be understood such beast 
as he ye father hath, vizt three cattle & three 
horses, whether they be cows or oxen, 
horses, or maires 
Itm: ye father gives also to his sd heir & his other son 
a bay maire with her increase, all wch goods 
are in his own hands & given pledges in forme 
of Law Hen: Quilliam & Jo: Quirk

Last Modified 12 February 2019