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Old Mal Bun2 34 - Wm Taggart snr to Wm Taggart junr - [some damage, very faint + diff to read]dated 10 May 1700; Wm Taggart agrees that son Wm have half crop BallaCorros [not clear if father or son to have wholy from next michelmas] father to give a firlet of barley each year out of gary;Son wm to have the little meadow by the river;Son Wm to have half crop + geares belonging to Balla Keawe after death of father;witt Christo Bridson x, Nicholas Harrison; Court 1712 - seems some dispute as Harrison states remembers agreement but not particulars + noted that Wm senr would not deny on oath the agreement;
Old Braddan 63 dated 16 jun 1718[?yr lost in fold];john creer + ann als stole obo son Wm;wm taggart (Malew)+ Margt als Kelly obo dau cath;to marry Malew before 1 jul 1718;Taggart to give £20;Creers to settle half estate (John reserves 3 boat loads of lime stones until son shares cost + trouble of laying them on land);witt Jon Kelly x.Willm Stole x,Jon Bridson;court Oct 1717 [?yr as ack dated Oct 1718]
Old Ger bundle 1 #20 dated 18 dec 1704;wm quine + wife margt als kelly (kk german) obo son wm;wm taggart(malew) obo dau ann;to marry 18 dec;quines to give half estate inc parcell in kk pat by mullen e yhleg ? of 5s 10d rent;wm junr to pay to bro [name lost on decayed edge] + firlets of corne toi unmarried sisters;taggart to give £20;witt (some partial names lost) wm quirk?, Wm taggart, phill kelly;court 0ct 1705;attached doc that John Quine in ireland (country of entrim, parish of the Raghie) surrenders his claim to money following death of father as Wm stands in greater need of it - witt tho mclchrist x, wm caper, charles radcliffe; - same wittnesses to deed of father dated 12 aug 1719;
and the interesting Old German bun2 #10 - undated ? but attested Oct 1706;radcliffe taubman + wife Alice obo son james;wm taggart + wife Marjery obo dau jane;[would appear to be post marriage as clause 1 starts ..enter into state of matrimony: note yt this is unsummated ? + ye solemnization of marriage performed]radcliffe to give lands;wm taggart gives £24;;witt patr crellin,will cowper,hen radcliffe,xpher bridson, gilbt moore;jon fargher (signed all others x);court Oct 1707
Malew SSS Oct 1729 #23 - dated 30 Nov 1728;William Duggan senr(now living in Clycur beg) obo son William;Margret Taggart als Kelly(widow of sd ClyCurr) obo dau Jane;to marry at Malew within a month;Duggan to yield [settle] half estate + other half at decease of longer liver of Duggan + wife - Wm junr to work half land;Taggart to give £4 + that due by death of father;witt John Duggan x, Chas Moore junr (all others 'x' + seal)
there are a few more but leave these for CD - suspect two Margt Kellys married into Taggarts - but judging by will the early Taggarts killed off wives at a young age + also tended to produce more daus than sons