Annie Creer, 1914

1914 270				

This is the last will and Testament 
of me Annie Creer of No 12 North
Quay in the borough of
Douglas spinster.
I revoke all wills and testamentary
dispositions heretofore made by me
and I appoint Thomas William 
Creer of No 12 North Quay aforesaid
seed merchant executor hereof.
I bequeath to my sister Jane
Shimmin the sum of twenty
pounds.
I bequeath to Anna Creer wife
of the said Thomas William Creer
the sum of ten pounds
I devise and bequeath all
the real and personal estate whatsoever
and wheresoever of or to which
I shall at the time of my 
death be seized possessed or
entitled or over which I shall
have a power of appointment or
disposition by Will unto Ivy 
Averilda Creer and Evelyn Gertrude 
Creer daughters of the said Thomas 
William Creer and their heirs
executors administrators and
assigns in equal shares but
subject nevertheless to the
payment of my funeral and
testamentary expenses and debts
and the legacies hereinbefore
bequeathed and if only one of
them the said Ivy Averilda
Creer and Evelyn Gertrude Creer
be living at my death I
devise and bequeath the said
real and personal estate to such
one and her heirs executors
administrators and assigns.
And I hereby declare that every
gift or disposition by this my
will made to or in favour of a 
female shall be for her sole or
separate use independently of any
husband and of his debts control
and engagements and her receipt
alone notwithstanding coverture
shall be a good discharge for 
any moneys paid to her.
Witness my name hereunto
subscribed this twenty fourth day of
April one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.

Signed and acknowledged by 
the said Annie Creer as and			Annie Creer
for her last Will and testament 
in presence of us who in 
her presence at her request
and in the presence of each
other have hereunto 
subscribed our names as 
witnesses
S Stevens
TA Kelly

Know all men by these presents
that Jane Shimmin wife of
Thomas Shimmin on No 7 Christian
Road in the borough of Douglas
bootmaker doth hereby own
and acknowledge to have received 
from Thomas William Creer of
No 12 North Quay in the borough
of Douglas seedmerchant executor
of the will of Annie Creer late
of No12 North Quay aforesaid
spinster deceased who died
on the twenty seventh day
of May 1914 and probate of
whose will dated the twenty
fourth day of April 1914 was
on the sixteenth day of 
November 1914 granted to the 
said Thomas William Creer
the sum of twenty pounds 
being the amount of a legacy
bequeathed to the said Jane 
Shimmin by the said Annie 
Creer by her said will.
And in consideration thereof
the said Jane Shimmin doth
hereby release and discharge
the said Thomas William Creer
as such executor as aforesaid
and the estate of the said Annie 
Creer deceased from all 
actions accounts claims and
demands whatsoever for or
on account or in respect
of the said legacy.
Witness the name of the
said Jane Shimmin hereunto
subscribed this twenty fourth
day of December one thousand
nine hundred and
Jane Shimmin
signed and delivered
in presence of 
S Stevens

Registered in the Registry of Deeds, Isle
of Man, this 19th day of March
1915 at 11-25 o’clock forenoon
no 1914/270
Frank J Johnson  Registrar