ELIZABETH MYLREA als SHIMMIN Will 1729 Malew
From Summary of Wills, A Manx Notebook
dated 20 aug 1729; Fildraw; Deed of Gift to dau Issable Quackin als Mylrea
NOTES
- Fildraw
- also referred to as Bess
- Married John Mylrea 1686; six children: Elizabeth (married Thomas Norris) born 1686, Charles (married Margaret Kewley?) b1687, Thomas (married Jony Kinley) b1689, Ann (married Thomas Cain) b1694, Cath (unmarried) b1697, Isable (married Thomas Quackin, Robert Shimmin) b1701
- Husband John died 1727
- An apparently fractured family, with pressing financial issues over several generations
- 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
- 1708 Marriage Contract: Elizabeth Mylrea & Thomas Norris (daughter)
- 1712 Marriage Contract: Thomas Mylrea & Jony Kinley (son)
- 1727 Will: John Mylrea (husband)
- 1728 Will: Thomas Mylrea (son)
- 1728 Will: Thomas Mylrea (brother-in-law)
- 1740 Will: Charles Mylrea (grand son, son of Thomas & Jony)
- 1741 Will: Jony Mylrea als Kinley (daughter-in-law)
- 1757 Will: Catherine Mylrea (daughter)
- 1758 Will: Elizabeth Norris als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1771 Will; Ann Cain als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1777 Settlement: Elizabeth Shimin als Mylrea, Quaggin (daughter)
- Story: The Fatally Flawed Family of Fildraw