John Corlett, 1725

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45       Ballaugh 1724  
This is affirmed to be the last will of John Corlet who 
departed this life the 9th of March 1724.  
Imprs., he commended in sound mind & memory his soul to 
God & body to Christian burial.   
Item, he left his son John all his Lands, wth his pt 
of the crop & husbandry gears, & his wife also consented 
that the sd son shd have her pt of the Lands, crop & 
husbandry gears after her decease.   
Item, he left to his 2 daughters Katherine & Margt Corlet 
six pounds vizt 3 pound each wch he order’d his son John 
to pay them in consideration of what is bequeathed to him 
in this will, & in case one of the sd daughters dyed, he 
left the whole 6 pounds to the surviver.   
Item, he declar’d he owed 9s to his brother Wm, & 19s 6d 
to Parson Walker.    
He also left 6d each to the witnesses, & Lastly constituted 
his loving wife sole Execx of all the rest of his goods 
moveable & immoveable wtsoever.  
Witnesses: 
Wm Corlet senr, 
Wm Corlet junr, 
Wm Caley, jurati.           

The Executrix sworn in form of Law.  
Probatum est & solvit 10d.               

The 2 daughters Catherine & Margt have consented to 
abate 10s each of the 6 pounds bequeath’d them, 
in consideration that their mother is to have her pt 
of the crop at her own disposal.  
Pledges for the Executrix Tho & Wm Caley.           
The tuition of the Heir who is underage is wth the 
consent of his sisters committed to the mother.                          

Octr 3d 1738:  
Cath & Margt Corlett the children of the within John 
Corlett do acknowledge to be fully paid and satisfy’d 
by their bror John Corlett in the Legacy of 3 pounds 
each bequeathed unto them by their father, having 
abated 10s each, thereof pursuant to their consent 
at the probate of ye will.   
Before me, Ed: Moore.