From MM RB582 / LDS 0106222
In the name of God Amen. I Elizth Killey daughter of Mr Chas Killey decd being of sound mind & memory do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following I committ my soul to God and my body to Christian burial I leave and bequeath to my brother Mr Chas Killey all my right to the land called Baldin situate in the parish of Kk Braddan I leave and bequeath to my loving step-father Mr Robert Kennedy (for the great expence care & trouble he has been at on my acct) all my right to the lands & houses situate in the parish of Kk Conchan, called and known by the names of Ballabroij or by whatever other name or names the same are known. I also leave and bequeath to him my sd step-father Robt Kennedy all my right to the houses in the town of Douglas, that is to say, the house in wch Mr Aitchison now dwells. the house called by the name of the Tobacco House - the house near the shore in wch my sd brother Chas Killey now dwells and also the house in wch John Baker now dwells with the appurtenances to all and every the above mentioned lands & houses respectively belonging or in ant way appertaining. I leave and bequeath to my sd brother Chas Killey five pounds to my brother Robt Kennedy one guinea, to my brother John Kennedy one guinea to my sister Ann Kennedy one guinea. to my sister Margt Kennedy one guinea to my aunt Alice Redfern five pounds and to my cousn Frances Hingley five pounds I leave and bequeath to my sd stepfather Robt Kennedy all the rest residue and remainder of my effects of what kind or nature soever. And I do nominate & appoint him my sd step father Robert Kennedy execr of this my last will. In witness whereof I have herunto subscribed my name this 27th October 1757 Elizth Killey []ny'd & published to be my last will and [testa]ment in presence of the subscribing witnesses Dan Mylrea Samuel Moore Robert Quayle
Bapt 6 Jan 1740 at St Matthew's Douglas, mother Margaret Maddrell married Charles Killey Santan 18 Feb 1739 and Robert Kennedy Malew 21 Aug 1744
Alice Redfern is presumeably Alice Maddrell married to Thomas Redfern; the baptism of Frances Hingley I cannot find but she is probably the daughter of Elizabeth Maddrell and Richard Hinley (m San 14 Feb 1737, Elizabeth bur 1745 - family in Rushen), m Mal 14 Aug 1764 to Charles Radcliffe -there is a burial of Frances Radcliffe als Hingley in Ger 3 Apr 1777.
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