RICHARD KILLEY snr from Robert Carran

Purchase - 1692 (Douglas)

Know all men by these presents that we Robert Carran and An als Moore my wife of of the town of Douglas, many good causes and considerations us thereunto moving but especially for and in consideration of the full and just sum of one pound five shillings to be paid us now at the signing of these presents

Have given, granted, bargained and forever absolutely sold and by these presents give, grant, bargain and absolutely sell forever all our interest, right and title in and to one small garden of three half pence yearly rent, situate, lying and being in the town of Douglas aforesaid and [adjacent]? to Robert Coultrey? on the south end to Robert Joyner's garden on the north side, unto our loving friend Richard Killey of the same town weaver, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns

To have hold, occupy and peaceably enjoy forever from us, our heirs, executors, administrators or assigns or any manner of person or persons by or under us claiming together with all ways, watercourses, easements, profits and commodities thereunto appertainng, or in any way belonging he the said Richard Killey, his heirs, executors administrators or assigns from us, our heirs, executors, administrators or assigns or any manner of person or persons whomsoever the Lord of this Isle only excepted

And for the better assurance of all and singular these presents above mentioned, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators or assigns in the penalty or forfeiture of five pounds, the one half of our right honourable Lord of the Isle and the other to the party grieved

As witness our hands this twelfth day of June 1692. Robert Carran, Ann Carran als Moore

Signed and delivered in presence of Philip Clague, William Flexney

At a Sheading Court holden at Douglas the 31st of October 1692, The above Robert Carran and his wife came this day into the Court and acknowledged the above Bill to be their voluntary act and deed and craved our allowance and confirmation to the same, which is granted according to the Statute provided by us in that behalf by us Richard Stenson, John Rowe, Edward Christian

[Ref: LC 1692 p71]

 

NOTES

  1. This is Killy's second purchase in the town of Douglas, the first in 1686
  2. Richard was the husband of Jane Mylrea. They married in 1689 in Braddan and presumably Jane was born in the late 1660s or early 1670s because she was underage when she married
  3. Burial record says "old Richard Killey aged about 90" : 30th May 1744 Braddan so Richard was born about 1655
  4. He was a weaver
  5. Jane was the younger daughter of Katherine Moore and John Mc ylroy, and the sister of Margaret (m Joyner). Kath died in about 1698, and John left the island and was never heard of again, presumed dead
  6. Between Jane and Richard they held cottage allotment #104 (later renumbered 109), described in Lib Assed three houses and two gardens 12d, another little house ¾d and a house and garden on the sand side 2d Total rent 14d. Included in #104 were two tenancies purchased by Richard in 1686 and and a third much more valuable tenancy which Jane had inherited from her parents. The allotments were on (now) Barrack St
  7. Richard & Jane sold a house and garden on the sand side of cottage allotment #104/9 in 1707, and gifted another building on the allotment to their son Charles in 1723
  8. What remained of cottage allotment #104/9 passed to their grandson Richard Moore in 1762. It was probably the original Mc Ylroy holding
  9. They had children Charles (b1693), John (1701), Richard (1699), Katherine (m John Cottiman 1724), & Esther (m Peter Moore, Richard Joyner) 1704
  10. Jane died 1725. Her sons John and Charles had both died by the time her husband Richard died in 1744, leaving only her son Richard jnr and two daughters Catherine and Esther
  11. Son Charles had five children Richard (1731-1740), Thomas (1732-1732), Charles (1733), Jane (1735-1736) by wife Dorothy Gawn m1730 & d1735, and Elizabeth (1740) by second wife Margaret Maddrel m1739
  12. He was a prosperous Douglas merchant, involved in the Manx import/export trade
  13. Daughter Katherine (Cottiman) had three children - Jane (1725), John (1725), a son (1731)
  14. 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)
  15. Son Charles had the poignant burial entry: Mr Charles Killey & Peter Moore merchants with many passengers perished at sea. Both their son and their son in law were buried January 25th 1740 in Braddan
  16. 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

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 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)

 

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