Hi Donna
Can't decide whether I'm being very dense here, or brilliantly perceptive !
Until you posted this will on Sunday, I hadn't seen it before. Looking properly at it just now, I don't understand how Wm Gick, who, according to this, died in 1823, refers to his daughter Christian as "Christian Bridson." In 1823, she was only 15, and she didn't marry Thomas Bridson unril 1831.
There's no entry in Brian Lawson's burial index for a William Gick buried June 1823. I'm assuming that this is definitely William b 1787 ( son of William Gick and Jane Moore ) who married Catherine Quine in 1807.
GICK, William 1825 Mal E 1 0106425
This one isn't on the Will INDEX
EPISCOPAL WILL Santan 1825 FHL Film #0106425:
In the name of God Amen.
I William Gick of Ballaquaggin in the parish of KK Malew Farmer being of
sound and disposing mind memory and understanding at the making
hereof but considering the uncertainty of this life do make this my last
will and testament in manner following, that is to say:
I commit my soul to God and my body to be buried at the discretion of my
executrix hereinafter named.
I leave devise and bequeath unto my daughter Christian Bridson of forty pounds British as legacy.
I leave and bequeath unto my daughter Catherine the sum of forty pounds British.
I leave and bequeath to my daughters Esther and Elizabeth the sum of
forty pounds British each.
I leave unto my sons John and Thomas the sum of forty pounds British
each and unto William my eldest son and heir at law I leave and bequeath
the sum of five shillings British.
And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Catherine my loving
wife whole and sole executrix and residuary legatee of the rest residue
and remainder of my goods chattels and effects of every nature or kind
whatsoever and wheresoever and I do hereby revoke and make void all
and every former will or wills by me heretofore made and executed and
do declare this only to be my last will and testament.
As witness my subscription this 24th day of February 1825. Wm Gick
Witnesses:
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Kelly.
At Douglas July 29th 1823 Wm Gick the testator having departed this
life and Catharine Gick relict and widow of the deceased the executrix to
the foregoing will having made appplication for probate thereof .
Therefore probate of the same is hereby granted to the said Catharine
Gick she having been duly sworn well and truly to execute the same to
pay all the debts funeral expences and legacies so far as the goods will
extend and the law bind her. To return unto the Episcopal Registry a full
and perfect inventory of the estate and an accurate account of all her
transactions touching the estate when thereto lawfully required and to
these ends William Gick and John Quine have entered into a bond inthe
sum of five hundred pounds British and said executrix hath made
affidavit that the personal property of the deceadent will not exceed
said sum. Will Roper
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This is an extract from a Gick descendant chart I was given last year:
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4 William GICK b: Bef. Feb 1787 St George, Douglas, Isle of Man Baptism: 11 Feb 1787 St George, Douglas, Isle of Man d:
14 Jun 1823 Ballaquaggin, Marown, Isle of Man
........................ +Catherine QUINE b: Abt. 1786 Glentraugh, Isle of Man m: 28 Nov 1807 St Anne, Santan, Isle of Man d: 30 Apr 1845
Ballaquaggin, Marown, Isle of Man
........................... 5 Christian GICK b: Bef. Mar 1808 Santan, Isle of Man Baptism: 08 Mar 1808 Santan, Isle of Man
............................... +Thomas BRIDSON b: Abt. 1808 Unknown m: 23 Jun 1831 Isle of Man
........................... 5 Catherine GICK b: Abt. 1809 Unknown
............................... +John CAMPBELL b: Abt. 1809 Unknown m: 13 Jul 1830 Malew, Isle of Man
........................... 5 Jane GICK b: Bef. Apr 1811 Malew, Isle of Man Baptism: 14 Apr 1811 Malew, Isle of Man d: 05 Dec 1823
Ballaquaggin, Marown, Isle of Man
........................... 5 Esther GICK b: Bef. Feb 1814 Malew, Isle of Man Baptism: 12 Feb 1814 Malew, Isle of Man
............................... +Robert COWLEY b: Abt. 1814 Unknown m: 16 Aug 1842 Malew, Isle of Man
........................... 5 Elizabeth GICK b: Bef. Sep 1815 Malew, Isle of Man Baptism: Bef. 03 Sep 1815 Malew, Isle of Man
............................... +John KARRAN b: Abt. 1815 Unknown m: 07 Oct 1835 Malew, Isle of Man
........................... 5 John GICK b: Abt. 1816 Unknown d: Aft. 1851 Unknown
........................... 5 William Moore GICK b: 03 Oct 1817 Malew, Isle of Man Baptism: 01 Jan 1818 Malew, Isle of Man d: 23 Aug 1850
Ballaquaggin, Marown, Isle of Man
............................... +Catherine CURPHEY b: Bet. 1820 - 1831 Malew, Isle of Man m: 28 Feb 1839 Malew, Isle of Man d: 13 Mar 1899
Isle of Man
........................... 5 [2] Thomas GICK b: Bet. 1820 - 1821 Malew, Isle of Man d: USA
............................... +Eleanor CORKHILL b: Abt. 1818 Unknown m: 23 Aug 1838 Isle of Man
........................... *2nd Wife of [2] Thomas GICK:
............................... +Margaret CORRIN b: 12 Dec 1828 Arbory, Isle of Man Baptism: 27 Jul 1829 Arbory, Isle of Man m: 13 Apr 1846
Arbory, Isle of Man Father: Richard CORRIN Mother: Margaret WATTERSON
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It would be interesting to see the actual will.
Jean C