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Will of Thomas
Kaighin
1870 – Jurby,
Kaighin Family 10900
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[This will was
found on Brian Lawson’s website] 37 I Thomas
Kaighin, farmer, in the parish of Ballaugh considering the uncertainty
of this life and being of sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in
the following manner viz: First I
commend my soul to God and my body to Christian burial. Secondly I leave
devise and bequeath to every one who may claim any interest in my will the
sum of one shilling legacy. Thirdly I
leave devise and bequeath to my son Thomas Kaighin all my right title
and interest in to and unto all and singular that and those lands and
premises in the parish of Ballaugh called Close Rhenny
to me belonging
and on which I now reside with the dwelling house and out offices
erected thereon, save and except that
the said Thomas Kaighin his heirs
executors administrators assigns do pay to my daughter Ellenor Kaighin the
sum of fifty pounds, the said fifty pounds to be a lien and charge upon the
aforesaid lands and premises dwelling house and out offices thereon erected
hereby bequeathed until the same fully discharged
and payable to the aforesaid Elenor Kaighin an his
the said Thomas
Kaighin his heirs executors administrators or assigns taking possess of the
aforesaid lands and called Close Rhenny adjoining
the High Road
leading to the Curraghs. Fourthly I
leave devise and bequeath to my son Humphrey Kaighin all and singular my
right title and interest in to and unto those lands and premises
situated in the parish of Ballaugh called and known as Croit
Tommy Glenshaggle with the dwelling house and out
offices erected thereon to me belonging and adjoining the road leading to the
Ellans and also joins the the
said son Humphrey Kaighin my brown mare. Fifthly I
leave devise and bequeath to my son William Kaighin the sum of one pound
legacy Sixthly I
leave devise and bequeath to my son Robert Kaighin the sum of one pounds
Legacy. Seventhly I
leave devise and bequeath to my on James Kaighin now in Eighthly I leave
devise and bequeath to my daughter Ann Kaighin the sum of
one pound legacy. Ninthly I
leave devise and bequeath to my granddaughter Eliza Teare
the sum of ten pounds legacy. Lastly I
nominate ordain and appoint my aforesaid son Thomas Kaighin whole and sole
executor and residuary legatee of all and singular the rest
residue and remainder of my personal estate, monies, goods, chattels, and
effects. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my mark to my name, this
the Fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
1866. Thomas
Kaighin his mark X Signed and
delivered in presence of the undersigned Thomas
Callister Robert
Kaighin At a Thomas
Callister and Robert Kaighin the subscribing witness to the execution of the
foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and
testament of Thomas Kaighin deceased having made oath upon the Holy Evangelists
that said testator Thomas Kaighin when of sound mind memory and understanding
duly signed and executed the same as and for his last will and testament in
their presence and that they at the same time in his presence and in the
presence of each other subscribe the same in
attestation thereof Thomas Kaighin the son of the decease the executor in
the said will named is therefore sworn well and truly to fulfil
and execute the said will 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 as far forth as his estate and effects will thereto extend and the law
bind him and to return into the Episcopal Registry of the Isle and diocese of
Sodor and Mann a full true and perfect inventory of
all and singular 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 Cashen of Closekelly in the parish of Jurby and Thomas Callister of
Poolhooie in the parish of Ballaugh who have
entered into and executed the usual bond in the presence of the court. Probatum est R.
Jebb Know all men
by these presents that Eleanor Kaighin of Close Rhenny
in the parish
of Ballaugh doth hereby own and acknowledge to have received from John Quine
and Sarah Jane Quine his wife both of Close Rhenny
aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds being the amount of a certain legacy
bequeathed to the said Eleanor Kaighin by her father Thomas Kaighin late of
Ballaugh deceased in and by his last will and testament bearing date the
Fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and sixty six probate whereof
was a Chapter Court holden at Ramsey on the Twenty seventh day of May One
thousand eight hundred and seventy granted to his son Thomas Kaighin the
executor named in the said will together with the further sum of twenty eight
pounds with interest thereon from the 27th day of May 1871 to 27th day of
February 1885 at the rate of four percent per annum such legacy being charged
and secured upon a certain dwelling house and premises in the said parish of
Ballaugh called Close Rhenny now the property of
the said John Quine and wife. And the
said Eleanor Kaighin doth hereby release acquit and discharge the said house
and premises of and from all liability claims and demand in respect of the
said legacy and interest thereon and doth direct and request that the said
legacy be and stand cancelled upon record.
In witness whereof the said Eleanor Kaighin hath hereunto subscribed
her name this 27th day of June One thousand eight hundred ninety one. Eleanor
Kaighin her x mark Witnessed by C. B. Nelson. At Ramsey
11th July 1891 Charles Banks Nelson the subscribing witness to the execution
of the foregoing instrument who is know to me being duly
sworn saith that Eleanor Kaighin duly executed the
same in his presence after the same had been read over to her. Before Me
John C. Lamothe High Balliff
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