ANN MYLREA als WOODS
Will - 1653/4 (Michael)
Copied from Archdeacon Wills 1645-1654 because it was embedded on p307 of a 560 page .pdf document
Michael 1653
Ann Woods of kirke Michaell depted this lyfe ye 20th of Januarye 1653 intestat, ye Court haveinge Inteligence decreed her children John Macylrea and Jane Mcylrea Administrators, ye next of kinred on ye mother side supervisors, a legacie to ye husband upon sight of ye Inventory, ye father sworne to bee true to ye children
An Inventory is to bee brought in at ye next Court
sub pena xs [10s] done
Salvo tamen vincuig suo jure
Decret et solvit 1s
John Corlett enters his claime against ye administrators of Ann Woods for 16s due debt as hee ye sd Jo: will make to apere and cravith tryall accordinge to Lawe March ye 4th 1654
James Cry entereth his claime against ye administrators of Ann Woods for vjs (6s) due debt as hee will make to apeere and craveth tryall according to Lawe March ye 4th 1654 my fees 4 pence
The Inventorie is included in ye husband's will William Macylrea who depted this life in anno 1655
[The following 8 lines are crossed out:]
The Inventory of ye Decedant within written as followeth:
Imprmis The third part of a cowe 5 yeares old
It: ye third out of another cowe ten yeares old
It: ye third part of halfe a heffer 3 yeares old
It: ye third part of halfe a calfe
The third part of an old mare
The third part of a sheepe
The third part of a hogge
There is Debts to bee deducted out of this Inventorye
The goods as in father's custodie and hath putt in pledges for ye forth coming of ye sd goods and to secure ye office Adam Corlett of foretownes Debts to be deducted out of this Inventorye
Due to Jo Corlett 16s
It: due to James Crye vjs (6s)
NOTES
- No marriage or burial record found for Ann although there's a burial record for a Kat Woods als Mc ylrea on 11th January, about a week before the putative date in the will above
- Husband William had been married previously. He had a daughter Mabel, mentioned in his 1654 will, who was from his first marriage (bride unknown), while John and Jane were from his second marriage (to Ann)
- Husband William died the following year
- Husband William was the son of Margaret Callister, long time tenant of the Ballamanaugh quarterland. Margaret mentioned great grandchildren as the children of William Steane (Mabel's husband) but did not mention the children of William's second marriage to Ann Woods
- While Ann's husband William might have been the father of Hugh (1615), Rich (1619), John (1626), as well as Mable (1616), the oldest surviving son would have been William's heir-at-law but none mentioned in either William's will or in land records after his death. Rather, Mabel was his heir
Associated Documents
- Story: Early Mylreas in KK Michael 1500-1700
- 1650 Will: Margaret Calllister (mother-in-law)
- 1654 Will: William Mcylrea (husband)
- The following transactions are the only ones surviving for the Mylreas in Michael in the 1600s and have been put together in case someone can make a link between the families. There's a group of 3 relating to Thomas, another 4 relating to John (athough at vastly different times) and 2 for Hugh. However this does not imply generations of the same family
- 1597 Sale: Thomas McYlrea to John Cannell )
- 1602 Sale: Thomas McYlrea to John Cannell ) = same person
- 1607 Sale: Thomas McYlrea to John Cannell )
- 1603 Sale: John McYlrea to Patrick Cannell
- 1661 Purchase: John McYlrea from Robert Freer)
- 1663 Sale: John McYlrea to Pat Cally................ ) = same person
- 1670 Sale: John McYlrea to Adam Callister.........)
- 1703 Sale: Cath & Hugh McYlera to John Quayle)
- 1718 Sale: Hugh McYlrea to John Christian .......) = same person