JOHN MYLREA jnr from JANE COWLEY

MORTGAGE - 1863 (Michael)

Know all men by these presents that John Mylrea of Cronk Urleigh in the parish of KK Michael doth own and acknowledge himself to be and stand justly endebted to Jane Cowley, widow, of Baregarrow, Michael in the sum of one hundred pounds sterling to the payment whereof well and truly to be made unto the said Jane Cowley, her executors, administrators and assigns with interest at the rate of four and a half per cent yearly to the said Jane Cowley, her executors, administrators and assigns and all costs and charges attending these presents, the said John Mylrea doth bind and oblige himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in and under the penalty hereafter mentioned

And for the further and better security of the said Jane Cowley, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in the payment of the said sum of one hundred pounds sterling with interest as aforesaid, and all costs and charges

Further know ye that the said John Mylrea with the consent of his wife Margaret Mylrea, testified by her becoming an executing party to these presents, have given, granted, and transferred and assigned in security and by these presents do give, grant in security unto the said Jane Cowley, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns all and singular those lands and premises situated in the parish of Michael called and known by the name Cronk Urleigh and to hold the said premises with the garden, and the houses and buildings thereon erected, and all ways and waters and watercourses, easements, liberties, rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining in security, until the said sum of one hundred pounds sterling with interest as aforesaid and all costs and charges attending these presents be fully paid and satisfied to Jane Cowley, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns

And for the true and faithful performance of these presents John Mylrea and Margaret his wife doth firmly bind and oblige themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in and under the penalty of two hundred pounds to be levied and paid according to law

In witness whereof the said John Mylrea and Margaret his wife have hereunto subscribed their names this twentieth day of February one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three. John Mylrea, Margaret Mylrea

Witnessed by John Quiggin, Philip Quayle

At Douglas the 21st February 1863 Philip Quayle one of the witnesses to the execution of the foregoing Deed who is known to me made oath that John Mylrea and Margaret Mylrea the executing parties thereto duly signed the same in deponent’s presence and in presence of John Quiggin, the other witness. Before me Stenhouse Wilson

Registry Office 21 February 1863 I certify that the foregoing Deed was this day at the hour of twelve o’clock noon received by me at this Office for the purpose of being registered and recorded according to law and that the same is entered in the Requisition Book 5, page 306, No. 3669. … Watts, D. Reg

Registry Office 24 April, 1869 Cancelled under and by virtue of the annexed receipt 1st March 1869. By me Samuel J. Harris, Dy. Reg.

Know all men by these presents that Jane Cowley of Baregarrow in the parish of Michael, widow, doth hereby own and acknowledge to have received and been fully paid and satisfied the full amount of principal, interest, costs and charges due and owing under a certain Deed of Bond and Security granted and passed by John Mylrea of Cronk Urleigh in the parish of Kirk Michael to the said Jane Cowley for the principal sum of one hundred pounds, bearing date the 20th day of February 1863 and secured upon certain lands and premises situate in the parish of Michael called and known by the name of Cronk Urleigh, and the said Jane Cowley doth will and direct that the said Deed of Bond and Security dated as aforesaid may be and stand cancelled upon record.

As witness her name this the 1st day of March 1869. Jane Cowley her mark X

Witnessed by John Quayle, William Quayle

At Peel 6th April 1869 John Quayle of the parish of Michael who is personally known to me made oath on the Holy Evangelist that Jane Cowley duly executed the foregoing Deed in his presence and that of William Quayle the other subscribing witness thereto. Before me Robert J. Moore

[Ref: Feb 1863 #25]

NOTES

  1. Cronk Urleigh
  2. John was the only son of John Mylrea & Isabella Quayle, and baptised in Michael in 1818
  3. This family was of the Ballacooiley Mylrea clan, but descended through Daniel Mylrea, the second son of John Mylrea & Jane Clark, and as such not entitled to inherit the family estate. There is no information about how Daniel earned his living but he and his wife Mary Hughes lived much of their life in Jurby
  4. John Mylrea snr, the father of the John Mylrea in this mortgage, remained a farm worker all his life. His son, John Mylrea jnr, was recorded in the 1851 census as having 8 acres of land, although he didnot purchase Cronk Urleigh until 1857, suggesting that he was already resident on those lands
  5. John Mylrea jnr married widow Margaret Barrie als Brew in Braddan in 1846 where he worked as a joiner. Margaret had 2 living children, Margaret Jane and Elizabeth when she married John (a third child, Robert Tom Barrie died soon after birth in 1839)
  6. John & Margaret returned to Michael in the late 1840s, where they lived for over 30 years
  7. Elizabeth (Barrie) went with them to Michael while her older sister Margaret Jane remained in Douglas with her Brew grandmother
  8. The Mylrea children were:
    • Emma born Braddan 1846, married Daniel Kneen, a widower with two children and a stone mason, in 1883
    • John born Michael 1849, met with a catastrophic event in his 20s and was listed in the 1881 census as an imbecile, and in 1899 & 1901 Court hearings, as a lunatic
    • Mary Ann born Michael 1854, inherited almost the entire estate from her father, married a theology student later a teacher, John Corkhill Waterson Cowley, in 1891. She had three sons in quick succession then her husband died in 1900
    • also Mary Ann 1852-1853 & Louisa 1860-1862
  9. This is the only mortgage document on record for John jnr. His 1887 will stated that he also had four dwellings in Douglas. He was a carpenter by trade, and this rather large mortgage for the time might have been what gave him the seed money to expand his business activities beyond farming
  10. The four Douglas dwellings mentioned in his will were James Street, Barrack Street, Bigwell Street and Wellington Square. The latter two had been inherited by his wife and his step daughters on the death of their father, Robert Barrie in 1841, and it's quite possible that the other two houses were not acquired by John but by his wife, Margaret Brew
  11. The other Mylrea family in Michael at much the same time belonged to Thomas Mylrea, the corn miller, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Caine. Thomas came from Braddan and had no connection to John Mylrea of Cronk Urleighh although in 1850, his youngest brother William married John's sister, Mary

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