Hi Bill,
Yes, the wills were at the website addresses that I wrote on the message. You need to left-click on the mouse and hold down, then drag it across the address to highlight it, then right-click over the highlighted area and press on "copy". Then go to the top of the screen to the explorer bar, click on it, then right-click on the mouse and press "paste". Then enter.

These are the ones I wrote about in a previous message:
This is the decree of Nicholas Kinnish who died in 1734:

K Lonan Oct.22 1734
Nich. Kinish departed this life abt the 30th
of Augt. last intestate, whereupon the
Court has decreed his 2 children, vizt
Nich. & Margt. Kinish sole & joint Admrs
of all his goods & chattels wtsoever, the
next Relations, the 2 Aunts, Ellin Clague
& Anne Corteen supervisr whose Husbands
& the widow are sworn in Court. And the
Admrs with their goods are -----id by them
to the Widow, on condition, that if the
Admrs die under age, they are to have
only three fourth parts of the goods.

Pledges Phillip Tear of Lezaire
& Tho. Quine of Brondal, in K Lonan

Decretum est, & solvit =3s = 0d

Lonnan October 11 1734
A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods and Chattels of Nicholas
Kinnish of Baldoon who departed this life about the 29 of August
1734....

Note: 2 pages of Inventory & Debts follow, including
"It. half an Intack of 1s = 1d Lord's Rent".
The inventory in poor condition and has not transcribed.
Inventory totalled £29 = 6 = 4

Debts to be deducted out of the Annexed Inventory

To John Kennish the Deceadents father ---------------- 3 = 10 = 0
To halfe the Rent of the present year - - - - - 0 = 9 = 8
To the dead's part of Old Rent due - - - - - - 0 = 4 = 2
To the dead's part of the Servants Wages - - - - 0 = 13 = 0
To the dead's part of what is due to Anne, Margaret and }

Catherine Tear of their fathers Goods ~~~~~~~~~~ - } 0 = 12 = 0
To funerall Charges - - - - - - - - - - 0 = 14 = 6
To Thos Farghers wife f? whitening - - - - - -- 0 = 1 = 4
To the dead's part of Shearers wages - - - - - - 0 = 2 = 8
Th John Hogg f making the Coffin - - - - - - 0 = 1 = 0
To Wm Kewley Taylor - - - - - - - - - - 0 = 1 = 2
To John Corkill Smith - - - - - - - - - 0 = 0 = 5
To the deads part of moneys Due to a Weaver & c - -- 0 = 3 = 0 1/2

Deductions 6 = 12 = 11 1/2

The Widows legacy is half the
riding horse praised to 0 = 15s = 0d

Oct 18 1735 Anne Margt & Cath
Tear enter a claim agt the Admrs of
Nich. Kinish for ~~ 1 = 4s = 0d
..............

This is his father's 1737 will:
31 KK Maughold
This is affirmed to be the Last Will and testament of Jon
Kenish who departed this life about the 8th of March 1736
and was of perfect mind and memory at ye makeing of
ye same

First he committed his soul to God and his body to Christian
burial

Ittm he declared that there was due to him from his son in law
Thos Clauge of KK Braddan fortty shillings which sd fortty
he left to himself vizt Thos Clauge

Ittm he left and bequeathed to his two grand children in balldoon
vizt Nicholas and Margt Kenish twenty shillings
to be paid them when they come to ye age of sixteen
or seventeen years

Ittm he left to his grand child Edmd Corteen of KK Maughold
three shillings to buy him a couple of lambs

Ittm he left to Thos Corteen’s two children vizt
Robt and Elinr Corteen three shillings to buy them
another couple of lambs

Ittm he left to Wm Kenish ye best of his coat and vest and a
second coat to Wm Sayle and ye rest of his cloathes to
ye poor

Ittm he declared that there is due to him from his daughter in law
and now married to Jon Kewley of KK Lonan ye sum of four
pound

To ye witnesses of ye will sixpence each

Lastly he nominated and appointed his daughter Ann Cortteen
als Kenish and her son Thos Corteen joint Execrs of all ye rest
of his goods movable and Immovable whatsoever.
Wittnesses
Hen Kelley his mrk X } Jurati
Many Kg her Mrk X } The Execrs are Sworn in

Court in form of Law ~~

Pledges are Wm Kneal & Hen: Kelly the Witness

Probatum est & solvit 12d
..........................

This is the will of John Kinnish's wife Alice Crain (mother of Nicholas):

The last Will and Testament of Alice Kinnish, Alias Crain of
the Parish of KK Lonnan who Departed this Life about the 14th
Day of May 1726, is as followeth.
She being of perfect good mind and memory, first committed
her Soul into the care and protection of Almighty God, and next
her body to the Earth from whence it came, and to be buried after
a decent Christian Manner.

Imprimus she left and bequeathed two kishans of Meal to be dis-
tributed to the Poor. Item she bequeathed her part of a Calfe about
a year old unto John Corteen of KK Maughold her Grandson, Item
she bequeathed her Ridinghood and a new black petticoat unto
her Daughter Inlaw Christian Kinnish allias Tear, Item she
bequeathed unto Ann Tear allias Goldsmith a petticoat, Item
she bequeathed her Linnen and Woolen apparel unto her ~
Daughters Ann and Ellinor and also to Christian Kinnish &
her Grand Daughter Cathrine Corteen, to be equally divided
between them, the four mentioned persons, and Lastly she
Constituted and appointed John Kinnish her beloved Husband
Sole and whole Executor of all the Rest of her goods in this
world, moveable and immoveable. This we affirm to be the
Last will and testament of the above Allice Kinnish allias
Crain. Witness our names and marks this 11th Day of June
1726. Phillip Corrin his Mark X

Ann Tear Allias Goldsmith her mark

The witnesses sworn

The Execr sworn according to Law, & gave
pledges Jon Gellin, & Phil Corrin
...................................

[My transcripts, from Brian Lawson's will index.]

Nicholas had two children Nicholas and Margaret (please see my previous message).
Both of these Nicholas Kinnishes, father and son, appear to have died unexpectedly leaving young children.

This decree summary from Manx Notebook (see link at the top of the screen) appears to be that of Nicholas's son Nicholas:

KENNISH Nicholas, died 25 feb 1784; children john, thos, mary, elinor, margt + joney under age [all under the age of 14]; john + charles kewley half bros decline [to be supervisors of the underage children]; john kneale principle creditor (petn by him as stood bail for nicholas kinnish + wm garrett douglas for £16 - not covered by effects); [Nicholas's] wife jony; 1791 john kennish son of nicholas [the eldest son and heir] reaches age 14 and chooses john fayle kk braddan + john callister kk lonan [to be his supervisors].

John & Charles Kewley, Nicholas's half-brothers, were two of the children of Christian Tear from her 2nd marriage to John Kewley (see my previous message about her).

So John was the eldest son of Nicholas Kinnish and wife Jony, and probably the John Kinnish bapt 21 Feb.1779 Lonan, son of Nicholas Kinnish (previous message), who married Cath Kneal 3 Jan.1805 Lonan, and had son John 24 Nov.1805.

To be absolutely certain you need to check (or have someone check) the land records in the Manx Museum which should show the land transfers from father to eldest son.

There were quite a few Nicholas Kinnishes, mostly in Maughold, and I haven't heard of one being captain of the parish, but it is possible.

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Sue