JANE KILLEY als MYLREA
Will - 1725 (Douglas)
KK Braddan
The last will and testament of Jane Killey of the town of Douglas who was buried the 27th April 1725 being in good mind and perfect memory at the making thereof
...... she committed her soul to God and body to Christian burial
Item to her 2 daughters Kath and Esther Killey ten pounds each, Katherine's ten pounds being promised her in contract bargain
Item she left to her son John Killey her part of the outhouse or barn adjoining? to Charles's house her husband Richard Killey consented also to give his part thereof to the said John after his decease
Item she left to her son Richard Killey her part of the dwelling house if he comes for it otherwise the like the same to her said husband
Item to her son Charles a dozen sheep
item she left to her said husband the slate house near John Clague's house
And lastly she constituted and named her said husband Richard Killey sole executor of all the rest of her goods moveable and immoveable whatsoever
Witnesses John Curghey, Charles Joyner to be sworn by Mr Gell
The executors sworn in Court in form of law
Pledges John Clague, John Mcylrath
Probabum est et solvin
NOTES
- Original Douglas Mylrea clan (I am increasingly convinced that Jane's father, John Mcylroy, was a descendant of one of the early Mylrea men, recorded in Douglas in the early 1600 [John, Thomas, Henry) although no records exist to link him back to those early residents
- Jane was the younger daughter of Catharine Moore and John Mc ylroy, and the younger sister of Margaret (Joyner)
- Her mother Catharine (Moore) died in about 1698, and her father John Mc ylroy left the island, was never heard of again, and presumed dead
- Her mother's estate was dealt with in a Consistory Court in 1741, long after Margaret's mother is said to have died (1698), and long after the deaths of her daughters Margaret (Joyner) & Jane (Killey) in 1729 & 1736 respectively. The purpose of the hearing was not stated but the administration of the estate was handed to the widowers of Margaret & Jane
- Jane married Richard Killey in 1689 in Braddan, so presumably she was born in the 1660s. Richard Killey was a weaver
- They had children Charles (b1693), John (1701), Richard (1699), Katherine (m John Cottiman 1724), & Esther (m Peter Moore, Richard Joyner) 1704
- In 1730 Douglas: Richard (widowed) living with onr child . The family lived in James St
- Jane's legacy from her parents was Conchan (Douglas) cottage allotment #104 (later recorded #109), described in Lib Assed "three houses and two gardens 12d. Her husband Richard had purchased two tenancies in 1686 and 1692, and these were amalgamated into #104, described as a house and garden on the sand side 2d and a little house ¾d respectively. The allotments were on (now) Barrack St
- Their neighbours were Phil Higgin and his wife Jane Mcylrea, and Robert Lewn, father of Margaret who married Thomas Mylrea in 1717. The Lewns, Higgins & Mylreas all lived in Barrack St)
- Jane's sons John and Charles both died before their father Richard died in 1744, leaving only her son Richard jnr and two daughters Catherine (Cottiman) and Esther (Moore, Joyner)
- Richard snr was described in the parish burial register: "old Richard Killey aged about 90": 30th May 1744 Braddan so Richard was born 1655-1660
- Son Charles had five children Richard (1731-1740), Thomas (1732-1732), Charles jnr (1733), Jane (1735-1736) by wife Dorothy Gawn m1730 & d1735, and Elizabeth (1740) by second wife Margaret Maddrel m1739
- He was a prosperous Douglas merchant, involved in the Manx import/export trade. He amassed a considerable land holding in the surrounding area, and in Douglas itself
- Charles had a poignant burial entry: Mr Charles Killey & Peter Moore merchants with many passengers perished at sea. Peter Moore was Charles's brother in law. Both were buried January 25th 1740 in Braddan.
- Daughter Catherine (Cottier) had three children - Jane (1725), John (1725), a son (1731)
- Daughter Esther had seven children Robert (1732), Richard (1735), Esther (1739), Peter jnr (1741), & Isabel (1737) with Peter Moore; after his death, Esther married Richard Joiner in 1742 and had children Margaret (1743) & Catherine (1745)
- What remained of the allotment #104/9 passed to their daughter Esther, and then to grandson Richard Moore in 1762. It was probably the original Mcylroy holding
- A Jane Killey in Braddan was on 20th April 1724, which is a year earlier than the date nominated in her will. However, there is no burial recorded in Braddan for Jane Killey on the date specified in the document above
- NOTE: Be aware that cottage allotment numbers changed over time as Douglas expanded. Rent and neighbours become key elements in confirming whether the tenants (ie Charles Killey) have changed properties or whether they have remained stable while the allotment number from one LA to the next
Associated Documents
- 1686 Purchase: Richard Killey from Patrick Christian (husband)
- 1692 Purchase: Richard Killey from Robert Karran (husband)
- 1698 Will: Catharine McYlroy als Moore (mother)
- 1707 Sale: Richard & Jane Killey to Thomas Cannell
- 1723 Gift: Richard & Jane Killey to Charles Killey (son)
- 1724 Articles of Marriage: Katherin Killey (daughter)
- 1725 Will: Jane Killey als Mylrea
- 1729 Will: Margaret Joyner als Mylrea (sister)
- 1729 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from William Corlett
- 1730 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from John Quayle (son)
- 1730 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from Charles Cowle (son)
- 1730 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from William Corlett (son)
- 1732 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from William Corlett (son)
- 1734 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from Patrick Cannell (son)
- 1735 Will: Dorothy Killey als Gawn (daughter in law)
- 1736 Will: Jane Killey (grand daughter)
- 1737 Purchase: Charles Killey snr from Philip Higgin snr & jnr (son)
- 1741 Will: Charles Killey snr (son)
- 1744 Will: Richard Killey snr (husband)
- 1758 Will: Elizabeth Killey (grand daughter)
- 1760 Purchase: Charles Killey jnr from Ewan Callister (grand son)
- 1761 Purchase: Charles Killey jnr from Thomas Murray (grand son)
- 1761 Will: Esther Joyner als Moore als Killey (daughter)
- 1764 Sale: Charles Killey jnr to Thomas & William Kelly (grand son)
- 1766 Will: Richard Moore (grand son)
- 1768 Will: Charles Killey jnr (grand son)
- 1769 Will: Peter Moore (grand son)
- Story: The Mylreas of Douglas & District 1600-1900
From Summary of Wills, A Manx Notebook
1759-1 E d KILLEY Richard d 17 dec 1758; only dau Ellinor admx; pledges John Christian carpenter, Matth Christian butcher (both Douglas). Is this their other surviving son? (m Alice Quirk in 1732? 1735-1 A 25 KILLEY Alice QUIRK d 25 Feb 1734; sis Ann; mo alive; child on her bearing; husb alive; ch ua uncle Wm Quine + Isabl Quirk supv) - son?
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