ALES MILERA als BELL 1646 Malew
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The last will and testament of Ales Bell ............. March and departed the 30th day of March 1646
I bequeath my soul unto the hands of almighty God my creator and ….. body to Christian burial
I leave to the poor a firlot of malt and firlot of .... and a mutton
I leave to my grandchild Jane Bridson a kerchief
I leave to my son Finlo Marilrea half a flaxen sheet and [one of his? daughters] .... white coat legacy
I leave to my son Thomas Marilrea a gray blanket
I leave to my daughter Isabel a white coat and a kerchief legacy
I leave …. eldest son a sheet and a blanket legacy
I leave to my four children John, Hugh, [Finlo?] and Isabel Milera the cow betwixt them for my funeral expenses ...... my 3 children that is to say John, Thomas and Isabel Mylrea to be my lawful executors of all my goods excepting the legacies
Probatum est et solvit 4d
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...... Brew, ..... Bell ] jurati
The inventory of Alice Bell
old blanket ……………, a yard or so of flaxen cloth ……….., an old waistcoat ……………
Edward Brew pledger
Thomas Quayle pledger
NOTES
- Ales was buried 31st March 1646 - burial recorded as "m/o of John". Could she also have been a widow? And who was her oldest son?
- She was presumably the daughter-in-law Alice Bell mentioned in Annas McIllrea's 1603 will and so her husband was Thomas who died in 1619
- Son Ffinloe married Elin Stoell. They had two daughters in the 1630s - Katherine (married Thomas Quaile 1654) and Jane who died 1658. Ellin died 1643 and Ffinloe 1650
- A Hugh McIlrea died in 1648 in Malew - almost certainly another son of Ales. He had a wife possibly Margaret Stoele and siblings John, Thomas, Issable
- Son Thomas is probably the Thomas Mylrea who married Isabel (als ??). They had children Thomas, John, Martin & Isabel around the 1630s
- Son John died in 1654, leaving his wife Ellin Bell and son Thomas. Ellin's 1682 will identifies a daughter Catherine
- The marriages of Ales's children suggest that they were born 1600-1610s
- Her legacy to grandchild, Jane Bridson, could be an indication that another of her children was Margaret (Marriot) Bridson als Marillrea who died in 1643
- There is much about the Malew Mylreas of the 1600s and early 1700s that does not hang together so extreme caution must be exercised
- For further insights into the Malew Mylreas, please refer to Mylreas in Ballaquaile and Fildraw
Associated Documents
- 1619 Will: Thomas McYlrea
- 1603 Will: Annas Mcillrea als Quain (mother-in-law)
- 1643 Will: Margaret (Marriot) Bridson als Marillrea
- 1643 Will: Ellin McYlriah als Stoell (daughter-in-law)
- 1643 Will: Margaret (Marriot) Bridson als Marillrea (daughter?)
- 1648 Will: Hugh Mcyllerea (son)
- 1648 Will: Isabel Mylrea als ?? (daughter-in-law?)
- 1650 Will: Ffinloe McYlleriah (son)
- 1654 Will: John McYlleriah (son)
- 1658 Power of Attorney: Jane Marillrea (grand daughter)
- Story: The Fatally Flawed Family of Fildraw