ROBERT JOYNER jnr

Will - 1715 (Douglas)

Douglas in parish of St Brendmi

Robert Joyner jnr departed this life in Guinea on about the 15th April 1715 whereof the Court having intelligence has decreed his brother Charles and sisters Margaret and Amy Joyner joint administrators of all his goods moveable and immoveable, Charles and Margaret being in Court are sworn secundum forman logis vict to bring into the Registry a true and perfect inventory of all the said goods, to pay all the deceased's just debts as far the the said goods will extend, and as the Court shall require them, as also to be faithful to eachother and to their sister Amy, the other administrix to which end they have given in security Mr William Murray of Douglas, merchant. Decretum est & solvit. Salvo Tamen vincinsuo jure

NOTES

  1. Robert joyner jnr was probably the oldest son of Robert Joyner and Margaret Mcylrea
  2. He became a mariner like his father
  3. Margaret MALLEREIGH married Robert Joyner 3rd November 1685, Braddan, suggesting she was born in the 1660s. Robert was a mariner
  4. The Joyners had four children: Margaret (August 19th, 1686), Charles (c1693), Emma (1700). Robert Joyner jnr died in 1715 naming in his will siblings Charles, Margaret and Amy which more or less coincides with the family of Robert and Margaret, the names Emma and Amy being similar although Robert had no baptism record
  5. Sister Margaret b1686 married Robert Quillin in 1717 (children: Richard b1717, Robert b1718, William b1719, Susannah b1721). He died and she then married Charles Cosnahan 1724 (Francis b1726, Charles b1727, Margaret b1728)
  6. Brother Charles was a glover, as was brother-in-law, Charles Cosnahan
  7. Brother Charles b1693ish married Jony Clukas - 5 children: John, Robert, Charles Margaret, Ellinor of whom Margaret died soon after birth and John and Charles had no records of baptism but were named in both parents' wills
  8. Although his mother left her part of the house and garden to daughter Emma & in case he (Robert snr) "had it to spare" either Emma died or was simply excluded from ownership of the house. Also possible that the documentation relating to Emma's share of the house and garden has not survived
  9. In 1730 Douglas: Robert (widowed) was living alone, widow (Joney) Joyner with 4 children, Margaret & Charles Cosnahan with 6 children (so either one child had died, or the oldest was elsewhere). The family lived in Barrack St
  10. Robert Joyner snr died 1744: his MI in Malew church - Robert Joyner, mariner, buried Braddan and the parish records "old Robert Joyner aged 91"
  11. MI Santon: Margaret Cosnahan alias Quillian alias Joiner from Malew, buried the 11 March 1764
  12. The Joyners (Robert & Margaret) might have been relatively wealthy. Robert inherited several allotments in Douglas from his William Joyner (b1628), originally compounded for in 1643 by Robert Joyner his grandfather, and described as a dwelling house, brewhouse, backside, chamber and garden over the way (rent 3s 9d) and Margaret enjoyed a smaller legacy from her mother, Catharine. See the 1705 Survey of Douglas allotments [12/15, 13/09, 16/05] The allotments were on (now) Barrack St
  13. NOTE: Be aware that cottage allotment numbers changed over time as Douglas expanded. Rent and neighbours are key elements in confirming whether the tenants (eg Robert Joyner) have changed properties or whether they have remained stable while the allotment number from one LA to the next has changed

Associated Documents

From Summary of Wills, A Manx Notebook

1730-1 E d JOYNER Charles d 14 dec; ch Jon, Robt, Ellinr + Charles all ua, uncle Charles Cosnahan jt supv with wife Jony als Clucas; claims; inv; debts - Court allows widow to mortgage houses - son

 

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