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William Killip, 1830

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Submitted by: Marg Morse
Date: 11 February 1851
Original: LDS: 0106430

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                To the Revd. John Nelson Vicar
                General of the Northern District
                The humble Petition of
                James Callister of the parish
                of Ballaugh and Catharine
                his wife ~~~~~~~~
Sheweth
       That William Killip of the parish
       of Lezayre and Catharine his wife who
       were Father and Mother of your Petnr
       Catharine sometime ago departed this
       life having made and published their
       Joint will and whereof your Petnr
       Catharine is appointed executrix
       That it is necessary that some person
       be immediately authorized and appointed
       to superintend and manage the Decedent’s
       property and take charge thereof
           Your Petitioner therefore

           Pray a hearing hereof					
           and that your Reverence
           may be pleased to receive
           the sd will and that your
           Petitioner James may be
           sworn to execute the 
           same according to Law
           And your Petitioner shall pray

Ordered that this Petition
do come to be heard at
a Court to be holden at
Ramsey on Friday the 19th
Next whereof all proper parties 
and persons to have due
notice ~
     Given this 11th Feb 1830
       Wm. Nelson

In the name of God Amen
We William Killip and Catharine Killip of the
parish of Lezayre being weak in body but of sound 
mind and memory do proceed to make
this our last Will and Testament in manner
following hereby revoking all other wills by us
heretofore made ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First 	We commit our Soul to God and our Bodies 
to Christian burial ~~~~~~~~
Secondly  We leave and bequeath to our Son John Killip the
amount of a Deed of Mortgage which we have on a 
Part of the Estate of Cooilbane called Crook Woods
(the property of Mr. Harrison) for the sum of thirty
pounds with Interest as legacy ~~~~~~~
Thirdly We leave and bequeath to our daughter Elizabeth
wife of Thomas Kewney the sum of fifteen pounds
British together with the Cow which we have 
already given her as legacy ~~~~~~~~
Fourthly  We leave and bequeath to our daughter
Jane wife of John Fayle the sum of Twenty pounds
British, over and above whatever money or monies
we have already given our sd. daughter and husband
afsd. as legacy 
Fifthly  We leave and bequeath to our daughter Ann
Wife of Ewan Caley the sum of ten pounds British
with whatever money or monies they have already 
recd. from us ~ as legacy 
Sixthly  We leave and bequeath to our daughter
Margaret Forty pounds British and we do appoint
our sd. son John and Ewan Caley afsd. trustees for and in
behalf of our sd. daughter Margaret to receive the sd.
legacy or sum of forty pounds for her use and to apply 
the same for her use and benefit in such way 
and manner as to them shall seem necessary 					
and proper ~~~~~~~
Seventhly  We leave and bequeath to our grand daughter
	Catharine Killip daughter of our son William 
	twenty pounds British, a Wheel, a Chest and 
	Feather Bed and Bedding, as legacy ~~
Eighthly  We leave and bequeath to our grand daughters Ann
	and Elizabeth Killip daughters of our son William
	Five pounds British each as legacy ~~
Ninthly  We leave and bequeath to our grand Daughter
	Jane Kneal wife of Hugh Kneal, ten pounds
	British, two Sheep and Lambs as legacy ~
Tenthly  We leave to our grandsons William and
	John Killip sons of our sd. son William, half a
	Dozen Sheep as legacy.
Eleventhly  We leave to our sons William and John
	all the sheep which we have on the East side
	of the ‘Slieu Meanagh’ equally between them 
	as legacy ~~~~~
Twelfthly  We leave all the rest of our sheep to our son
	William afsd. as legacy.  And we also leave to 
him our Clock on condition that he pays to our 
Executor hereinafter mentioned the sum of four
Pounds British.
Thirteenthly  We leave and bequeath to the Trustees of 
Sulby Methodist Preaching house the sum
of five pounds British as legacy ~~~~~
Fourteenthly  We do hereby further declare and it
	is our Will and Intention that all and every 
the afsd. legacies shall be paid at and after	
the decease of the longest liver of  us and ---??--- 
	and that the longest liver of us shall remain
	in the quiet and undisturbed possession and
	enjoyment of all and singular the goods &
	effects to us belonging during the life time of
	such longest liver ~~~~
Fifteenthly  We leave to our grandson John Fayle
	five pounds British as legacy to be paid him
	as before mentioned ~~~
	We leave to the Witnesses of this our Will
	five shillings British each to be paid them
	by our Exor. for their trouble.
Lastly We Nominate Constitute and appoint our 
Daughter Catharine Killip whole and sole
Executrix of this our Will and of all the rest 
of our Goods, Cash, Credits Chattels and Effects
movable and immovable of what kind
or nature so ever, to have the whole and all
control of and over all and Singular our Goods
and Effects after the decease of the longest liver 
of us as afsd. hereby debarring all or any
of our Children who may attempt to dispute 
this our Will with six pence lecacy ~~~
Witness our Subscriptions this 1st day 
of December 1827	
William Killip my mk X
				Catharine Killip my mk X
Signed and declared as and for our		}
last Will and Testament in presence of	}
	John Corlett Jnr.
	Patrick Caley

At Ramsey 19th Feby 1830
William Killip and Catharine Killip the
Testator and Testatrix having departed this life
and James Callister the husband of Catharine
the Executrix Admnst. in the foregoing last Will
& Testament named having made application
for Probate thereof. Therefore Probate of the 
same is granted unto the said James 
Callister he being duly sworn well and
truly to execute the same  to pay the 
debts legacies and funeral expenses
so far as the goods will extend and 
the law binds him.  To return into this Episcopal
Registry when required a full and
perfect inventory of the Effects and an
accurate account of all his transactions
touching said Estate and to these ends 
John Corlett  Jnr. of the Kella and Patrick
Caley of Lezayre have entered into a Bond in 
the sum of Three Hundred Pounds 
		Probatum Est.
			John Nelson

	KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we John Corlett Jnr
of the Kella ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
in the Parish of Lezayre ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- and
Patrick Caley  of  ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
in the Parish of Lezayre are held and firmly bound
to William Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, and his Successors,
in the Sum of Three hundred pounds 
British, to the Payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind
Ourselves, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, jointly and
severally, by these presents, to the said Lord Bishop and his Successors.

	Witness our Subscriptions, this  
	19th day of Feby 1830.



WHEREAS  The Ecclesiastical Court of this Island hath this Day
granted probate of the joint last Will & Testament 
of William Killip and Cath. Killip his Wife
deceased, to James Callister ~-~-~-~-~- and
in his Wife Catherine’s  Killip’s  right.


	Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the said
		James Callister  ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
shall well and truly administer the Estate and Effects of the said
Deceadents ~-~-~-~-~-~ deceased; and shall 
in all Things relating thereto conform to the Laws of this Isle, the Orders
of the Ecclesiastical Courts  thereof, and the Oath  He
hath this day taken, then the foregoing Obligation to be void, otherway
to be and remain in full force and virtue in Law.

Signed in the presence 			John Corlett Jnr.
of						Patrick Caley
John C. Stephen.	}
	

17th December 1830
John Killip Son of William & Catharine Killip of
the Parish of Lezayre appeared this day at the
Registry and acknowledged to have received
the sum of Thirty Pounds with interest being the amt.
of a legacy left him in and by the joint last
will & Testament of Wm. & Cath. Killip deceased.
At the same time and place appeared John
Fayle husband of Jane, a daughter of the
Testator’s and acknowledged to have recd.
the sum of Twenty Pounds British left to his
sd. wife Jane and also the sum of Five Pounds
British left to their Son John Fayle grandson
of the Testators.  At the same time & place
appeared Ewan Caley husband of Ann
a daughter of the sd. Testator’s and acknowledged
to have recd. the sum of Ten Pounds British
Bequeathed to his sd. Wife in & by the sd. joint
last Will and Testament.  At the same time & place
appeared John & Ewan Caley trustees for and
on behalf of the sd. Testators daughter Margt
and acknowledged to have recd. for the sd. Margt’s
use and benefit the sum of Forty Pounds 
British.  At the same time and place appeared
of Wm. Son of the Testator
Ann & Elizth Killip daughters ^ of the sd. Testators
and acknowledged to have recd the sum
of Five Pounds British each the legacy
Bequeathed to them in and by the sd.
joint last Will and Testament 

At the same time and place appeared Hugh
Kneale husband of Jane granddaughter
of the sd testators and acknowledged to have
recd the sum of Ten Pounds British 
two Sheep and Lambs the legacy bequeathed
to his sd wife in and by the sd joint last
Will and Testament.  At the same time
& place appeared William son of the sd Testators
and acknowledged to have recd half
a dozen of Sheep the legacy Bequeathed
his sons Wm. and John in and by the said
joint last Will and Testament.
At the same time and place appeared
William and John Sons of the sd Testators
and acknowledged to have received
the all the Sheep which the Testators
had on the East side of the Slieu Meanagh
left equally between them in and by
the sd joint Last Will & Testament. 
At the same time & place appeared Wm.
Son of the said Testators and acknowledged
to have recd. all of the rest of the said
Testator’s sheep, and also the Clock bequeathed
to him in and by the Joint last Will 
and Testament.  And they the said
   for himself and his son John &
legatees John Killip, John Fayle ^   Ewan
     on behalf of Margt Killip
Caley, John and Ewan Caley ^  Ann Killip
and Elizth Killip, Hugh Kneale, William
                Wm. & John
Killip on behalf of his sons ^  and for
himself, & John Killip for, and in 
behalf of themselves and their sd. 
Children do hereby severally Exonerate
acquit and discharge the Executor
James Callister husband of Catharine
Killip the Executrix their Heirs
Exors and Admons of the said 
several legacies and of  every
Part thereof as witness
their several signatures or marks
affixed to their names the day
and year before just written

This Before	}
Joseph Brown	}	John Killip
	ER			John Fayle for self & son  X mk
				Ewan Caley
				Ann Killip  X mk
				Elizth Killip  X mk
				Hugh Kneale’s X mk
				William Killip –

			Episcopal Registry
			17th December 1830
	Patrick Caley one of the Trustees of
Sulby Methodists Preaching house appeared
at the Registry and acknowledged
	to have received the sum of Five
Pounds Brisish a legacy left to the said
     in & by the sd joint last Will & Testament of William Killip
Trustees ^ and his wife Catharine 

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Executor his Heirs Exors Admons
of the Same and of every part
thereof as witness his subscription
this day and year before written

This Before	}	Patrick Caley
Joseph Brown	}
		ER

Thos Kinnish    Eliz
Killey  Cath


        Kewney  
Thos Kinnish ^ husband of Elizabeth appeared at the
Registry this 19th day of January 1833 and acknowledged that he
had received the Legacy bequeathed to his said wife
Elizabeth in and by this Will, and hereby exonerates
discharges and acquits the Executor his Heirs Exors
Admons of the same and of every part thereof 
      	 or mark
as witness his subscription ^ the day and year 
before written
					Thos Kewney’s  X mk.

	This before Joseph Brown ER
Thomas Killey Husband of Catharine a legatee named
             will of
in the joint last ^ Wm. Killip & Cath Killip of Lezayre
appeared at the Registry this nineteenth day of
January 1833 and acknowledged to have received
the legacies bequeathed to his wife Cath. and hereby ex-
onerates discharges and acquits the Exor his Exors Admons
& Assigns of the same and of every part thereof, As
witness his mark.
					Thos Killey’s  X mk.
This before me Joseph Brown ER