JOHN MYLREA snr
1865 Will (Andreas)
Michael
Arch 1865
In the name of God amen the twenty-fifty day of October one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four
I John Mylrea of the parish of Andreas, being diseased and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God; therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body, knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of almighty God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors; nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the power of almighty God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form:
First I give and bequeath to John Mylrea my well beloved son the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England to be raised and levied out of my estate and paid to him by my executors after my decease
Also I give and bequeath to my son-in-law John Boyde and Ann his wife (formerly Mylrea) the sum of thirty pounds lawful money of England to be raised and levied out of my estate and paid to them by my executors after my decease
Also I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son-in-law William Mylrea whom I likewise constitute, make and ordain my sole executor of this my last will and testament all and singular my estate and all that I possess in this world by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed. And I hereby disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other testaments, wills, legacies, bequests, and executors by me in any ways before named, willed and bequeathed; ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year above written. John Mylrea
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said John Mylrea as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers. William Skillicorn, Thomas Robinson
At a Chapter Court holden at Peel on the 26th day of May 1865 Thomas Robinson one of the subscribed witnesses to the foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Mylrea, deceased, having made oath upon the Holy Evangelist that the testator when of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding duly signed and executed the same as and for his last will and testament in his presence and in presence of William Skillicorn, the other subscribed witness thereto, William Mylrea the sole executor named in the said will is therefore sworn well and truly to fulfill and execute the same and to administer all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased according to law by paying the just debts and funeral expenses of the deceased, and the legacies contained in his will so far forth as the goods and effects will thereto extend, and the law bind him and to return unto the Archdeacon’s Registry a full, true and perfect inventory of the said estate and effects with an accurate account of his administration thereof when thereunto lawfully required, and to these ends he hath given pledges, namely John Cannan and Thomas Mylrea both of the parish of Michael who have entered into and executed the usual Bond in the presence of this Court. Probatum est. Thomas Callow AC
NOTES
- Cronk Urleigh
- John Mylrea came from Ballaugh and married Isabella Quayle in 1814 in Michael
- His father was Daniel Mylrea, second son of John Mylrea, the steward of Ballacooiley estate
- John was always a farm worker. There is no evidence that he brought anything of significance to the marriage, nor that Isabella's family contributed anything other than monetary legacies. John's father Daniel had left him 6d, and his mother nothing
- In the LA entries for Michael, no evidence can be found that John ever acquired a tenancy in the parish
- John & Isabella lived most of their lives in Michael where they were recorded as having four children, of whom three achieved adulthood:
- Ann born 1815 married John Boyde, a mariner
- John born 1818 married widow Margaret Barrie als Brew
- Elizabeth born 1822 died 1839
- Mary born 1825 married William Mylrea from Andreas
- John spent his final years in Andreas, living with their daughter Mary and her husband William, the blacksmith of Andreas and their growing brood of children. In 1851 Isabella was recorded as living with the recently-married couple; by 1861, Isabella had died and her widowed husband was living with Mary & William
- John, the only son of John & Isabella, went to Douglas where he worked as a joiner (carpenter) before returningto Michael in about 1850
- Son John achieved the status of farmer. He purchased two tenancies in Michael, one of 8 acres which was Cronk Urleigh and another small patch near Cronk Urleigh
- Son John also acquired four dwellings in Douglas although in reality they provinence was more likely to have come through his wife, Margaret
- Sadly, grandson John Mylrea, the only son of John (and Margaret Barrie his wife), was intellectually impaired, possibly quite profoundly, probably the result of a catastrophic accident in Manchester where he was working as a joiner. Thus ended this male line of Ballacooiley descendants
- However, his grand daughter Mary Ann demonstrated the same business accumin as her father and consolidated and expanded the family's holdings
- The other Mylrea family in Michael at much the same time belonged to Thomas Mylrea, the corn miller, and Mary Elizabeth Caine. Thomas came from Braddan and had no connection to the Mylreas of Cronk Urleigh although in 1850, Thomas's youngest brother William married John's youngest daughter, Mary. Thomas was also one of the pledgers to John Mylrea's will
Associated Documents
- 1803 Will: Jane Mylrea als Clark (grand mother)
- 1814 Will: John Mylrea (grand father)
- 1830 Will: Daniel Mylrea (father)
- 1843 Will: Mary Myllerea als Hughes (mother)
- 1857 Purchase: John Mylrea from Corlett
- 1863 Mortgage: John Mylrea jnr from Jane Cowley (son)
- 1865 Will: John Mylrea snr
- 1874 Purchase: John Mylrea from Edward Taubman Corlett BIGWELL ST (son)
- 1875 Purchase: John Mylrea from James Jelly JAMES ST (son)
- 1875 Settlement: Elizabeth Quayle to John Mylrea jnr (grand son)
- 1887 Will: Mary Ann Mylrea (niece)
- 1887 Will: John Mylrea jnr (son)
- 1888 Court Petition: Mary Ann Mylrea re John Mylrea (grand children)
- 1890 Mortgage: Mary Ann Mylrea to John Corlett (grand daughter)
- 1891 Purchase: Mary Ann Mylrea from Ann Kerruish (grand daughter)
- 1894 Sale: Elizabeth Corlett als Barrie to Douglas Town Commissioners (son's step -daughter) JAMES ST
- 1894 Sale: Mary Ann Cowley als Mylrea & husband to Douglas Town Commissioners (grand daughter) JAMES ST
- 1894 Purchase: John Corkill Watterson Cowley from Kerruish, lockman (grand daughter) PARK ROAD
- 1895 Purchase: Mary Ann Cowley & husband from Kerruish, lockman (grand daughter) CIRCULAR ROAD
- 1895 Mortgage: Mary Ann Cowley & husband to Samuel Harris (grand daughter) CIRCULAR ROAD
- 1896 Sale: Mary Ann Cowley & husband to Margaret Cowley (grand daughter) CIRCULAR ROAD
- 1896 Purchase: Mary Ann Cowley & husband from James Chadwick (grand daughter)
- 1896 Mortgage: Mary Ann Cowley & husband from Samuel Harris (grand daughter)
- 1899 Court Order: John Mylrea jnr & trustees re sale of Douglas property (grand son) BARRACK ST
- 1900 Sale: Mary Anne Cowley et al to Jonathan White Johnson (grand daughter) BARRACK ST
- 1900 Purchase: Mary Ann Cowley from Jonathan White Johnson (grand daughter) BARRACK ST
- 1900 Sale: Mary Ann Cowley to Thomas Kewley (grand daughter) BARRACK ST
- 1900 Will: John Corkhill Watterson Cowley (grand son in law)
- 1902 Court Application: Mary Ann Cowley to sell John's assets (BIGWELL ST, WELLINGTON SQUARE, Michael) grand daughter
- 1902 Sale: Mary Ann Cowley to Joseph Sharp (BIGWELL ST, WELLINGTON SQUARE, Michael) grand daughter
- 1902 Purchase: Mary Ann Cowley from Joseph Sharp (BIGWELL ST, WELLINGTON SQUARE, Michael) grand daughter
- 1902 Bond: Mary Ann Cowley to Chancery Division (grand daughter)
- 1905 Purchase: Mary Ann Cowley from Elizabeth Corlett (WELLINGTON SQUARE) grand daughter
- 1905 Mortgage: Mary Ann Cowley from Daniel Cannan (WELLINGTON SQUARE) grand daughter
- 1911 Will: Mary Mylrea als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1923: Sale: Mary Ann Cowley to Ernest Richards (PARK ROAD)
- 1927 Sale: Mary Ann Cowley to Mary Louisa Christian (WELLINGTON SQUARE)
- 1934 Sale: JRS Cowley to Kate Timings (son) CRONK URLEIGH - not transcribed
- 1935 Sale: JRS Cowley to John Cannell (son) CRONK URLEGH - not transcribed
- 1937: Sale JRS Cowley to Willian Hornby (son) CRONK URLEIGH -not transcribed
- Story: Early Mylreas in KK Michael 1500-1700
- Story: John Mylrea (1852-1923) grandson
- Story: Mylrea of Cronk Urleigh