hidden-metaphor

Manx Genealogy

Re: Inheritance question, 1700s
In Response To: Inheritance question, 1700s ()

depends on how the property came into the family and how it was acquired (ie was it bought or inherited) - if she and her husband bought it then she has half, if it was her land by purchase eg with a prev husb who left her his half) then she can do what she likes, if inherited then she has a widowright (or if it came with her into marriage) but land goes to heir at law