MARY ELIZABETH MYLREA als CAINE

Will - 1877 (Michael)

originallly submitted by Shirley C. Hogensen to Brian Lawson

Michael 1877

This is the last will and testament of me, Mary Elizabeth Mylrea of Glenwillyn in the parish of Michael, widow, being of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding at the time of the making hereof, and hereby revoking every former will made by me. I do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

I leave devise and bequeath to my daughter Jane, wife of William Callister of Long Island America, the sum of ten pounds sterling.

I leave devise and bequeath to my daughter Mary Elizabeth, wife of John Caine, the sum of ten pounds sterling.

I leave devise and bequeath to each of my two sons namely William Mylrea and Philip Cain Mylrea, the sum of five pounds sterling.

I leave devise and bequeath to my son John Thomas Mylrea the residue and remainder of all my worldly goods, moveable and immoveable personal and real of every denomination whatever.

And I do hereby, nominate, constitute and appoint the said John Thomas Mylrea my sole executor of this my last will. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this twenty-seventh day of September 1877. Mary Elizabeth Mylrea

Declared by the testatrix to be her last will and testament in presence of us who in her presence and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

Philip Mylrea, John Kaighin, Philip Mylrea and John Kaighin, the subscribing witnesses to the execution of the foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Elizabeth Mylrea, late of Glenwillyn in the parish of Michael, widow, deceased, who died on the 20th day of October 1877 having made oath on the Holy Evangelist that the testatrix Mary Elizabeth Mylrea when of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding duly signed and acknowledged the same as and for her last will and testament in their presence and that they at the same time in the presence of the testatrix at her request and in the presence of each other did then and there subscribe their names as attesting witnesses

John Thomas Mylrea, son of the testatrix, the executor in the said named is therefore sworn well and truly to fulfil and execute the said will and to ......... whereunto all and singular the personal estate and effects of the deceased according to law, by paying the just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses of the testatrix, and the legacies contained in the said will so far forth as her estate and effects will thereto extend, and the law bind him and to return into the Episcopal Registry of the Diocese of Sodor and Mann a full, true and perfect inventory of the said estate and effects, and an accurate account of his administration thereof when thereunto lawfully required and to these ends, he hath given pledges, namely Philip Cain Mylrea of the parish of Michael and Philip Mylrea of Saint Marks in the parish of Malew, who have entered into and executed the usual bond in the presence of the Court.

Probatum est

R. Jebb

NOTES

  1. Wife of Thomas Mylrea, the miller at Glen Wyllin, KK Michael. She was born in Ballaugh in 1810 and married Thomas in 1839. Thomas died in 1876
  2. Thomas was oldest son of Thomas Mylrea (1788-1860) a farm worker in Braddan & Margaret als Cowin
  3. Seven children: Jane (baptised 20th May 1840), Margaret (3rd April 1842), Mary Elizabeth (3rd February 1844), John Thomas (22nd November 1845), Sarah (23rd January 1848), William (1st March 1850), Philip Caine (5th May 1853) - 5 survived
    • Jane m William Callister, went to live in the US
    • Mary Elizabeth m John Caine, eventually went to the UK
    • John Thomas m Jane Stowell, remained on the IOM
    • William m Elizabeth Horsley, went to the UK
    • Philip Caine m Elizabeth Dickenson went, to the US
  4. John Thomas remained on IOM, became a ship owner and corn dealer, and died at the relatively early age of 48
  5. John Thomas, by virtue of his father's will, inherited half of three rents - a small piece of Quarterland in Dromrewaigh, Intack #63, and a corn mill. The other half went to Thomas's widow, Mary Elizabeth, who in turn passed her share on to Thomas when she died in 1877
  6. Intack #63 was sold to Ann Cowley in Julyl 1890
  7. John Thomas left the two remaining rents to his wife, Jane Stowell (LV 1898), and when she died in 1900, they passed to John who was still a minor (LV 1901)
  8. Mary Elizabeth's grandson, Thomas Mylrea, eventually went to the US. His parents had both died by 1900 by then he was only 17. He married in 1904 but tragically his wife died a few months later. Thomas left for the US soon afterwards where he married and became a father to two daughters. The family made its home in Oklahoma
  9. Grandson Thomas sold the share of the cornmill mentioned in the 1876 will of Thomas Mylrea

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