Margaret Quilliam alias Clucas alias Leece alias ? 1689

Archdeacon Will 1689A #055 German will of Margaret Quilliam alias Clucas alias Leece alias xxxx, died 28 March 1688/9:  
Summary: 1st husband xxxx Leece [their son John Leece], 2nd husband xxxx [?Philip] Clucas [their sons John & Philip Clucas & dau Ellin Clucas], 3rd husband xxxx 
Quilliam is alive, eldest son John Leece, son John Clucas, son Philip [Clucas], dau Ellin Teare [alias Clucas], granddau Joney Teare; witnesses: Thomas Craine & 
John Leece & William Clucas; also: Robert Christian.
German parish register:  Margt Quilliam buried 1 March 1688/9.
Will of son: ArW 1689A #051 German will of John Clucas, died 13 January 1689/90: appears not to have married, brother Philip, sister Ellin is married [to xxxx Teare] 
with a daughter [Joney Teare], half brother John Leece also: Widow Shimmin, Robert Christian, John Kelly ballabeg, [?stepfather] Philip Quilliam of the Miln, Thomas 
Radcliffe of Knockaloe, Caesar Wattleworth, William Quayle, Thomas Kennaugh, Charles Shimmin. 
?will of father in law (2nd husband's father):  ArW 1667A #41 German will of Henry Clucas, died 4 February 1667/8: wife is not mentioned, eldest son Philip Clucas 
(has a Contract Bargain), son John; also: John Leece & son entered a claim for 20s, witnesses: Henry Crellin & John Corlett & Philip Clucas; pledges: John Gell & 
John Clucas.
?husband: Philip Clucas witness to will and pledge to inventoried goods of John Quayle will 1670A #57 German.
?husband: Philip Clucas witness to will & pledge for the inventoried goods of Hugh Quirk will 1675A #140 German.
NOTE: Quilliam may be Margaret's  maiden name and not her last husband's surname.  Generally by this late date, the English custom of recording the woman's surname 
as her husband's name is usual, but sometimes still the Manx custom (use of maiden surname) is used.
NOTE: Based on son John Clucas' will where there is a sense that Ellin is older than John, I have assumed that daughter Ellin's father was xxxx Clucas, and that the 
father xxxx Leece had only one child, John Leece. Philip's father may be xxxx Clucas OR xxxx Quilliam. Will of John Clucas mentioned Philip Quilliam (Itm: he left 
to Philip his brother 23s, yt were in Tho: Radcliffe hands of Knockaloe, & 10s yt was in Philip Quilliams hands of ye Milne, & if he would not collect them, then his 
Executr: was to take it), as if he had custody of brother Philip's legacy, an indication that Philip Quilliam is the mother Margaret's brother OR her last husband. 
All this needs to be proved with further wills.  

		German

This is affirmed to be ye last will & testament 
of Margt: Quilliam being in perfect memory 
first she committed her soul to God an d
her body to Xtian buriall;  Itm: She left to her 
son Philip 5s & to her daughter Ellin 5s;  Itm: 
to her granddau Jony Tear all her 
shapen cloaths both linnen & woollen with 
a sheep & yearling yt were at Robt Xtians 
Itm: to her eldest son John Macleece a sheep & a goate 
Itm: to her husband all ye corne yt were within & 
without, & her pt of all ye utinsells in ye house with 	
ye pott & bedcloaths;  Lastly she constituted and ap=
pointed her son John Clucas her true & lawfull 
Execr: of all ye rest of her goods moveable & 
unmoveable
			The husband is sworn according to 
  Testes Tho: Craine}	Law, and soe is ye Execr: 
         John Leece }  jurati
         Wm Clucas  }

Last Modified 19 March 2019