Catherine Corlett als Christian, 1766

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48, Douglas
Whereas we Patrick Corlet and Cathrine Corlet my wife 
als Christian are old and infirm and do make our last 
will and testament jointly & severaly in manner following: 
First we commit our souls to Almighty God and our 
bodies after death to a decent & Christian burial, 
hopeing for mercy through the merits of our blessed 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and a glorious resurrection, 
we do hereby agree that the longer liver of us is to 
possess & enjoy all our goods chattels & effects moveable 
and immoveable of any kind and nature whatsoever and the 
same to be at the disposing of the longest liver of us, 
and if in case that God shall be pleased to call for one 
or the other of us at any time hereafter, then and in that 
case after the decease of the first of us we do leave 
twenty shillings to be paid to the poor of Douglas, by 
the longer liver on demand and that by authority & grant 
of the minister & wardens of Douglas to the poor that 
shall stand in need and as their necessity requires.  
We do leave & bequeath by us the longest liver to our 
DAUGHTER CATHRINE five shillings.  
We do leave to our DAUGHTER ANN the second daughter five 
shillings and we do also leave to our younger DAUGHTER 
MARGRET CORLET ALS CALLOW five shillings and all her 
mother's wearing apparel and a mourning ring, of gould 
and alsoe this after the decease of the longer liver of us, 
to be paid and sattisfyd by the longer liver.  
We do also leave to any person or persons six pence apiece 
legacy that shall claim any right or title to any part or 
parcel of our effects moveable or immoveable and to the 
subscribeing witnesses one shilling each legacy And this 
will to be irrevokeable and the longer liver to be accomptable 
for the payment of the legacy's before mentioned to each 
person and the poor to be fully paid by one of the other 
of us and lastly we do constitute nominate & appoint the 
longer liver of us to be whole sole Executor of our goods 
chattels & effects moveable and immoveable of any kind and 
nature whatsoever and all that to be paid by the longer 
liver of us the aforementioned Legacys, In testimony 
whereof we do jointly and severally put our names & marks 
this 20th of Janry 1758. 
Patrick Corlet my mrk X, 
Cathrine Corlet als Christian my mrk X.   
Signed and deliverd in presence of us 
the subscribeing witnesses: 
John Corkell, 
Thomas Brew my mrk X, 
John Kissage junr, jurati.                      

AT A CHAPTER COURT HOLDEN AT KK MAROWN Novr 17, 1766: 
PATRICK CORLET having survived his WIFE, he the sd PATR 
is sworn Execr in Court in form of Law & has given pledges 
for payment of debts & legacies namely John Corkill & 
Thos Brew the witnesses of the Will.  
Solv: 12d, Probatum est, 
Ro: Radcliffe, 
Matths Curghey.                     

26TH FEB: 1767: 
DANL. SKINNER enters a claim agt the Execrs of Cath Corlet 
for £2 - 1s - 0.            

22D APRIL 1767: 
ROBT LEWN enters do agt do for 9-5-0