THOMAS MYLEREA from JAMES KEWLEY

Mortgage - 1858 (Lonan)

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Mylerea of BallaKilley in the parish of Lonan do hereby own and acknowledge myself to be and stand justly indebted unto James Kewley of Ballacoare in the said parish in the full and just sum of forty pounds sterling the said amount to be well and truly paid unto the said James Kewley, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns with interest thereout at the rate of five per centum per annum and all costs and charges attending the same after six months previous notice and for the further and better security of the said James Kewley, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns for the repayment of the said forty pounds with interest as aforesaid and all costs and charges that may become due and owing thereon.

Further know you that I the said Thomas Mylerea do hereby give, grant, bargain, alienate and pass over in security and by these presents do hereby give, grant, bargain, alienate and pass over in security from myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns unto the said James Kewley, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns all and singular all my right, title and interest in and unto those lands and premises called Balnakilley as well Quarterland as Intack and situate in the parish of Lonan and bounded by the Lhekerroo the property of Mrs Tate on the south, the property of Thomas Moore on the north and north-east, and the property of William Mylechreest on the west and the sea shore on the east to have and to hold unto the said James Kewley, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns the whole of the aforesaid and described lands and premises together with all the houses and buildings thereon erected and all ways, waters, watercourses, easements, rights and members thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining until the said forty pounds with interest thereout as aforesaid and all costs and charges that may become due and owing thereon be fully paid and discharged and for the true and faithful performance of these presents I the said Thomas Mylerea do hereby bind and oblige myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in and under the penalty and forfeiture of eighty pounds sterling to be levied and paid according to law. As witness my name or subscription this twenty-third day of June one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-eight June 23rd 1858. Thomas Mylrea

Witnessed by Thomas Lewin snr, Thomas Lewin jnr

At Douglas the 20th day of June 1858 Thomas Mylrea the executing party to the foregoing Deed who has been identified to me by the oath of Joseph Clague of Douglas, joiner, acknowledged the same to be his proper act and deed. Before me Stenhouse Wilson H.B.

Registry Office 26 June 1858 I certify that the foregoing Deed was this day at the hour of twelve o’clock noon received by me at this Office for the purpose of being registered and recorded according to law and that the same is entered in the Requisition Book 4 page 276 No 2757. H.B.Watts, D. Registrar

Know all men by these presents that James Kewley of Ballacoane in the parish of Lonan the within named mortgagee doth hereby own and acknowledge to have received and been fully paid and satisfied by Thomas Mylrea of Ballakilley in the said parish of Lonan the full amount of principal, interest, costs and charges now due and owing under the foregoing Deed of Bond and Security granted and passed by the said Thomas Mylrea to the said James Kewley in the principal sum of forty pounds bearing date the 23rd June 1858 and secured upon certain lands and premises called Ballakilley in the said parish of Lonan and the said James Kewley doth therefore pwn? and direct that the said Deed of Bond and Security may be and stand cancelled upon record. As witness his name the 31 December 1875. James Kewley

Witnessed by F.J.Johnson

At Douglas 31 December 1875 James Kewley the party to the foregoing receipt who is known to me acknowledged the same to be his proper act and deed. Before me ...... Harris, High Bailiff Douglas

Registry Office 31 December 1875 Cancelled by virtue of the above receipt dated this day by me.Samuel Harris, Reg.

[Ref: June 1858 #57 Lonan]

NOTES

  1. Ballakilley
  2. Thomas was born in Douglas in 1804, the son of William Mylrea & Elizabeth Clague
    • William was from Braddan, his parentage not clear but perhaps the son of William Mylrea & Jane Taggart, and baptised 1781 (making him 10 years younger than his wife)
    • Elizabeth was the daughter of William Clague & Alice Craine, and born in Lonan. She was the youngest of several children, three of whom became instrumental in Thomas's prosperity
  3. Catharine, Isabella & John Clague all made settlements, or gave Thomas land which must have become the Ballakilley estate being mortgaged in this Deed
  4. Isabella, three months previously, had sold for £40 land to Thomas that had been purchased from William Clague, probably Isabella's brother. It is interesting that the amount being borrowed in this contract is also £40, an amount that would appear again in a Promissory Note from Thomas snr to his son, Thomas jnr. Perhaps Thomas snr never quite recovered from the initial payment to his aunt, and had to borrow successively to maintain his principal debt
  5. Thomas married Ann Killey in 1833 in Lonan, and they had eight children on record
    • Anne (1833) married John Kinrade 1883 (perhaps a mariner)
    • Elizabeth (1835) married Thomas Kermode, miner, 1860
    • Isabella (1837) migrated to NZ in 1862 when she was 25 years of age, married Peter John Calder
    • Elleanor (1839) married James Lace, miner, 1862
    • Jane (1842) married John Corkill
    • Thomas (1843) married Ann Jane Cubbon, 1875
    • William (1845) married Emily Helena Corlett, 1873
    • Margaret (1849) married John Kermeen, miner, 1870
  6. Thomas snr died in 1881 aged 76. Unfortunately his older son Thomas jnr predeceased him
  7. The other son of Thomas snr, William, inherited Ballakilley, but lived with his family at Croit-e-Quill, in Sunhill Cottage. He was a miner at the time of his marriage, and described variously during his lifetime as an engine driver & general laborer. He was listed in Brown's Directory 1894 as "owner of part of Ballakilley" but never in census collections as a farmer
  8. William & Emily had four children, all of whom quickly died
    • William Henry 1874-1874
    • Emily Ann 1880-1880
    • Robert William 1886-1887
    • Harriet Ann 1888-1888
  9. There might have been a genetic problem in this Mylrea line because there were no discernable living siblings of Thomas snr, although records of several dead ones; Thomas Mylrea jnr and wife Ann Jane Cubbon had no children in their short marriage and Thomas jnr died at the age of 35. On the other hand, it might have been a Clague endowment with siblings Isabella, John & Catherine having no living children, and Elizabeth having about 8 children, most of whom died
  10. Whatever Thomas's ancestry, his male line ceased with the death of his son, William, in 1924
  11. The MI for Thomas snr and his wife reads: In memory of Thomas Mylrea of BallaKilley, Lonan, who died February 11, 1881, aged 76 years. Also Anne, wife of the above, who died June 22, 1880, aged 74 years

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