JOHN THOMAS MYLREA from JAMES CLAGUE

Purchase - 1889 (Castletown)

Know all men by these presents that James Clague of Hope Street in the town of Castletown, master carter, and Catherine his wife, in consideration of the sum of one hundred and forty pounds now paid to the said James Clague from John Thomas Mylrea, of the said town of Castletown, seed merchant and the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged

Do hereby give, grant, bargain and forever absolutely sell and convey unto the said John Thomas Mylrea all and singular a certain yard or enclosure of land situate in Hope Street in the town of Castletown and parish of Malew and which said yard or enclosure of land is bounded on the north by the property of the said James Clague and of Mrs Elizabeth Karran, widow, on the south by the property of James Clague, on the east by the Claddaugh, on the west by Hope Street in the said town of Castletown

To have and to hold the same with all ways, waters, watercourses, easements, liberties, rights, members, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, together with all the estate, right, title, and interests, claim and demand of whatsoever of the said James Clague and Catherine his wife unto the said John Thomas Mylrea, his heirs and assigns absolutely and forever, from the day of the date hereof, he the said John Thomas Mylrea and his heirs and assigns yielding and paying the Lord's Rent and all other rates and taxes and also doing and performing all boons, suits and services annually or otherwise incumbent hereon, and the same are hereby conveyed subject thereto, and also subject to all covenants, conditions, provisos and restrictions contained in any deed or deeds affecting said premises prior in date to these presents

And the said James Clague doth hereby for himself, his executors and administrators, covenant and engage to and with the said John Thomas Mylrea, his heirs and assigns, that he the said James Clague with the consent and concurrence of his said wife hath good right, full power and lawful authority to sell or convey the said plot or enclosure of land in manner aforesaid, and that he and they shall and will warrant, maintain, uphold and defend the same unto the said John Thomas Mylrea, his heirs and assigns, from and against the claim, challenge and demand of all and every persons and person whomsoever.

In witness whereof the said James Clague and Catherine his wife have hereunto subscribed their names this sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine. James Clague, Catherine Clague

Usual statements of attestation and registration follow

Signed and delivered in presence of J. Stowell, R.J.Moore

REF: Jan 1889 #107

NOTES

  1. This contract is for John Thomas to purchase a block of land in Hope Street from James Clague
  2. Curiously two years later,John Thomas purchased another piece of land from Clague in the same street at the original price (REF: April 1981 #84) THEN on the same day, sold the original block back to James Clague at a profit of £20 (REF: Apr 1891 #88). Presumably the original purchase was either not Clague's block to sell or was mistakenly sold by Clague or the swap deal was mutually advantageous
  3. The major difference between the surrendered block and the newly purchased block was a reference to "premises" which was not in the original purchase - could it have been a home or a business building?
  4. John Thomas was born in 1845 in Michael, where his father Thomas Mylrea was the miller at Glen Wyllin
  5. He became a seed merchant, no doubt influenced by his father's profession, in Castletown
  6. He married Jane Stowell in 1880, and they had a son Thomas born 1883
  7. John Thomas died in 1893 at the age of 48. He must have had serious illness because he sold his business to JJ Costain months befor his death
  8. His widow, Jane, also died at age 48 in 1900, leaving their son Thomas, just 17 years of age
  9. Young Thomas married in 1904 at the age of 21, but tragically his wife Margaret Elizabeth Bell, died a few weeks later
  10. He left for the US soon afterwards where he married Bertha Margaret Thomas in 1907 and became a father to two daughters. The family made its home in Oklahoma City
  11. In 1908, Thomas sold his 1/3 share of "Harry's" corn mill that his grandfather had purchased in 1858, and which passed to his father, then his mother, then to him

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