Episcopal Wills 1755 Maughold #3, of James Gill (alias James Killey)

(from MM GL 710 / LDS 0106382 )

Ramsey Novr 3d 1755
James Gill ^ otherwise Killey ^ perished by sea on the coast
of Scotland on or about the 18th day of Septr
last intestate. The court upon intelligence
thereof hath decreed his five children
namely John, James, Ewan, Ellinr & Willm
Gill joint adminrs of all his goods & chattells
moveable & imoveable whatsoever - who being
all under age the uncles by the father's side
namely Ewan Gill & Edwd Corlet are sworn
supervisors and consent to the dead's part
of the children & their goods be committed to
the widow Ellr Gill als Kneale, who is accordingly
sworn to bring to the registry a perfect inventory
as also for payment of debts - pledges for
her in form of law are sd Ewan Gill & Willm
Curghey of Baldromch
Decreutum est 
Ro Radcliffe
Matths Curghey

Solvit 3d
1756
June 15 Wm Killey enters a claim agt the admrs of James Killey for £1 15 9
July 2 Hen Quayle claims for 0 4 0
Nov 23 Ja & Cath Joughin claim for 0 4 0

A true and perfect inventory of the goods &
effects of James Killey of Ramsey and Ellinor Killey
alias Kneale his wife both decd appraised by
four sworn men vizt Danl Sayle, Mark Camaish
Arthur Lace and John Corkill, and afterwards
sold at public cant by the supervisors of the
decds children as follows
first a cow praised to £2 15s sold at £4 0 6d
...
total 19 11 11
to be deducted out of the beforegoing inventory
first to the funeral charges 0 17 2
to the writing of a petition 0 1 3
to a decree of administration 0 3 4
to sumners fees for charging sundry times 0 0 4
to the sumner for selling the goods at a sale 0 2 6
to sundry other expenses at the sale 0 1 3
to John Wilson for performing
the office and duty of an auctionier
at selling of the goods for five
several days and for writing and publishing of the inventory etc 0 11 8
to the four sworn men who were praising of the goods for two days
at 4 pence each per day 0 2 8
sum expended 2 0 2
clear inventory 17 11 9
The price of the sheep to be yet added as aforesd
16th July 1756 An account of the sheep
first to a quarter or the fourth part of nine sheep
in the keeping or under the care of Wm Knickle
appraised to 3s each the deads part of the
whole vizt 9d each sheep is 0 6 9
[then further sheep with varying fractional ownership]
7 kishans of barley 0 5 5
49 kishans of potatoes 1 0 11
....

We James Killey Ewan Killey William Killey & Ellinor Killey
do hereby acknowledge that we have respectively received at &
from the hands of John Kneale & Henry Quayle of Lezayre our
supervisors all that was due unto us by the decree of administration
of Ellinor Killey als Kneale our mother late of sd parish & do therefore
acquit & fully discharge sd supervisrs of any claim or demand
from us hereafter on account of the same - witness our marks
to our names this 28th day of March 1769 [sic !]
James Killey, Ewan Killey, William Killey, Ellinor Killey
March 28th 1769 acknowledged before  me Matths Curghey

one of 9 mariners whose deaths are given as 18 Sept 1755

Ellinor Killey als Kneal bur Lezayre 15 May 1756, m James Killey Lezayre 3 Jun 1744