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2005
(from MM GL721 / LDS )
GL721 Douglas At a consistory court holden at St Johns Chapel the 11th of August 1784 William Kelly (Gracey) of the town of Douglas boatman having departed the sd port of Douglas aforesd in a small boat bound to Ridland [sic ?] in North Wales upwards of ten weeks ago and a storm coming on, on the evening of the same day and the sd boat or the sd Wm Kelly or any of the crew having not arrived at their sd destined port or been heard of since it is therefore presumed he & they perished in the sd storm and no will appearing and the next of kin having refused to sue out letters of administration unto the sd Wm Kelly the court there upon the application of Mr Robt Heywood of Douglas merchant as principal creditor the court for the preservation of the rights of creditors & of all of those who may be interested in the estate of the sd Wm Kelly hath decreed the sd Robt Heywood administrator in trust of all and singular the goods chattles credits orders rights & effects of the sd intestate whereupon he is sworn well & truely to administer the sd intestate's goods chattles credits rights & effects to pay all his just debts so far forth as such goods & effects will extend & the law shall bind him to return a true & perfect inventory and account [of the] sales of such goods & effects to the registry of this court and to be accountable for his said administration when thereunto lawfully required and to these ends he hath given pledges in form of law namely Richard Clague dep. seneschal and John Gell jnr of Kinnah in Kk German decretum est Joh: Moore Ev Christian 1784 11 Aug Margt Quayle claims for £12 0 0 Brit 17 Oct Chas Moore £ 0 13 0 28 Oct John Gelling £4 0 0 1 Nov George Redfern £3 4 0½ 1 Nov Thos Corlett 0 10 0 1 Nov Robt Heywood admr desires notice may be taken of his claim £50 0 0 Brit 9 Nov Paul Kelly £4 0 0 10 Nov Joshua Redfern 3 13 0 27 Nov Henry Duke £13 4 8 Brit 14 Feb 1785 Mary Kelly £6 19 0 Brit 11 Apr Wm Costain £2 0 0 Brit 29 Apr John Lewin 4 10 0 26 May Peter Moore 10 0 0 31 May Robt Cowley 6 0 90 30 May Robt Cowley 5 0 0 27 May Wm Cowley 1 4 6 25 July Robt Heywood admr desires notice may be taken of his claim £50 0 0 Brit 3 Aug Mary Mullan 1 5 0 An inventory ...
The estate of Wm Kelly (Gracy) To Robt Heywood the admor
1784
| 2 August | to paid Mr Richd Clague for drafting & fair copying & preferring petition to the Vicar General for adminicion to the sd estate |
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| to paid special messr to Kk Arbory with the same for the Vicar General's reference thereto |
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| 3 | to paid the sd Richd Clague for drawing & preferring long petition to the Deemster stating that the widow had under pretence of acting for her husbd under a presumptn that he was not dead appeared before his worship & acknowledges a demand on debt of £10 0 0 Brit due Henry Duke in order to give him a preference in the payment thereof praying that as there was application made for adminicion that the sd Henry Duke's execution might be stayed and |
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The father is most likely John Kelly buried Kk Michael 15 Feb 1785 - as he is alive in late 1784 and successfully bids for his son's goods but is dead by 8 Aug when Robt Heywood proceeds against the administrators of his estate for the payment thereof.
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