THOMAS McYLREA
Will - 1711 (Ballaugh)
Ballaugh, Mar 14th 1711
This is affirmed to be the last will & testament of Thomas McYlrea of Balnecooley who was buried on ye first instant, being in perfect mind & memory at the making thereof.
Iprimus he committed his soul to God and body to Christian burial.
Item He bequeathed to his son-in-law in Oolikan in KK Braddan a firlet of wheat.
To his son Wm Mcylrea 7 or 8 shills and if that would not satisfy him, that he might take his course.
Item He left to 3 others of his children vizt Thomas, Jane & Wm 20s apiece.
He also bequeathed to his son John (if his exrs hereafter named should allow of the same) 4 bowls of oates, a bowl of barley, half a firlet of wheat, a firlet of rye, and a firlet of placket.
Lastly he constituted his loving wife & daughter Nelly full & joint exrs of all the rest of his goods moveable & immoveable whatsoever.
Witnesses Thomas Curlet, Thomas Crain] jurati
The exrs sworn in Court in form of law
Probatum est & solvit 1s
Pledges to secure the office, & the witnesses of the will
Febr 1st 1712: Will: Mcylvea enters his claime agt ye exrs of his father
Thomas Mcylrea for 3d? due debt & craveth ye law
NOTES
- Thomas was the oldest of four sons of John Mylrea, and born early 1650s
- John Mylrea died in 1665, and his children were all under age although Thomas was nominated as their supervisor, even though John's unnamed wife was still alive
- No further confirmed sightings of Thomas's younger brothers William, John & Philip, the last born in 1665
- A burial record for an Ellin Stephan als McYlrea Ballnacooiley in 1709 might be for Thomas's mother who might have married again after her husband John died in 1665
- Thomas married first Margaret Craine (1671/1672?) then after Margaret's death, Joney Craine (c1685)
- Five children with Margaret - Ann b1673, Catherine b1678, Thomas b1676-1681, William b1682, Margaret b1684
- Several children with Joney - Jane 1687, Ellin 1689, Daniel 1796, Jane 1698, Mary 1703, William 1705 + John 1687
- Birth records have not survived to show the arrival of all of the children AND burial records have not survived for the period in which some of the children died
- Thomas’s will did not provide a legacy to Catherine but did to Ellin (Nelly) & Jane who were not married by 1711. He mentions all of his sons, and his son-in-law in Oolikan, who is Margaret's husband
- Catherine (MEYLREA) might have married Gilbert Cowley in Onchan in 1721. It is not entirely clear whether this is the Thomas's daughter because (a) she would have been single at the time of her father's death as Nelly & Jane were, and (b) she would have been over 40
- First Thomas (b1680) must have died for William (b1682) was born, and after oldest son's birth in 1676-1681
- John married Margaret Corkill in 1705, and died without issue.
- William married Katherine Cowle 1707, and had three surviving sons - Thomas (23), Nicholas (17) & John (8) - at the time of his death. Thomas became heir-at-law to Ballacooiley when uncle John did not have children
- Ellin married (another) William Clague in 1717 in Ballaugh and died 1762 in Braddan
- Nothing has been established as to the fate of Thomas jnr but he was mentioned in the will of his brother William II in 1713
- Jane married Oates Killey in 1727 and died 1764
- William II died of smallpox in 1713 at the age of 8
- The next generation shows 2 of his 3 surviving sons had children (if Thomas is included), and four of his surviving daughters had children
- Thomas snr was buried at Ballaugh 1st March 1711
- Second wife Joney Craine married John Curlet in 1712
Associated Documents
- 1636 Will: John Mc lerea (grand father)
- 1665 Will: John Malerea (father)
- 1684 Will: Margaret McYlrea als Craine (first wife)
- 1705 Marriage Contract: John McYlrea & Margaret Corkill (son)
- 1707 Marriage Contract: William McYlrea & Katherine Cowle (son)
- 1711 Will: Thomas McYlrea
- 1713 Will: William McYlrea (son)
- 1724 Will: Margaret Clague als McYlrea (daughter)
- 1733 Will: William Mylrea (son)
- 1733 Purchase: Thomas McYlrea from Robert Corlet (son)
- 1738 Will: Katherine Cowley als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1738 Will: Joney Curlet als McYlrea als Crain (second wife)
- 1738 Sale: Thomas Mylrea to William Bridson (grand son)
- 1739 Will: John McYlrea (son)
- 1739 Sale: Thomas Mylrea to William Killip (grand son)
- 1739 Mortgage: Thomas Mylrea to John Caine (grand son)
- 1740 Sale: Thomas Mylrea to Nicholas Mylrea snr (grand sons)
- 1741 Will: Margaret Mylrea als Corkhill (daughter-in-law)
- 1742 Mortgage: Thomas Mylrea to Thomas Mylrea (grand son)
- 1743 Mortgage: Thomas Mylrea to Mary Gollin (grand son)
- 1744 Mortgage: Thomas Mylrea to William Corlett (grand son)
- 1744 Will: Thomas McYlrea (grand son)
- 1752 Mortgage: Nicholas Mylrea snr & John Mylrea to Robert Siddleton (grand son & great grand son)
- 1758 Will: Catherine Stephan als Cowle, Mylrea (daughter-in-law)
- 1762 Will: Ellinor Clague als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1764 Will: Jane Killey als Mylrea (daughter)
- 1774 Marriage Contract: Nicholas Mylrea jnr & Margaret Kneen (great grand son)
- 1777 Mortgage: John Mylrea snr to Richard Quirk & Thomas Waterson (great grand son)
- 1777 Purchase: John Mylrea snr from Daniel Mylrea (great grand son from distant relative)
- 1780 Mortgage: John Mylrea snr to Henry Craine (great grand son)
- 1782 Sale : John Mylrea snr to Daniel Corlet (great grand son)
- 1782 Sale: John Mylrea snr to John Corlet (great grand son)
- 1782 Mortgage: John Mylrea to Daniel Craine (great grand son)
- 1784 Will: Nicholas Mylrea snr (grand son)
- 1814 Will: John Mylrea snr(great grand son)
- 1846 Will: John Mylrea jnr(great great grand son)
- Story: Nicholas Mylrea jnr (1747-1823) (great grand son)
- Story: Three Daniels & A Thomas (great great grand great grand son and his descendants)
- Story: On Some Lonely Shore (great great great grand son)