WILLS: Kelly, Dawson August 28, 1834 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Armagh Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com June 24, 2018, 2:32 pm WILLS: KELLY, DAWSON AUGUST 28, 1834 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: August 28, 1834 Recorded: June 24, 1818 Extracted from her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative in Ireland In the Name of God Amen I Dawson Kelly do hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament revoking any other Will or Testament I may heretofore have made 1st I bequeath to my brother Arthur T Kelly the sum of Ten thousand pounds sterling £10000 2nd I bequeath to my sister Mrs Sarah M Evans the sum of two thousand pounds sterling £2000 3rd I bequeath to my nephew George Evans the sum of five thousand pounds sterling £5000 4th I bequeath to my nephew Thomas K Evans the sum of three thousand pounds Sterling £3000 5th I bequeath to my nephews Robert and Edward Evans the sum of five hundred pounds sterling each £1000 6th I bequeath to my Niece Mrs Priscilla Sherrard the sum of five hundred pounds sterling £500 7th I bequeath to my Nieces Mrs Louisa Stewart Alicia Bland and Maria Mathews the sum of two hundred pounds sterling each £600 8th I bequeath to my nephews Thos Kelly and Alexander Daniel Kelly the sum of two hundred pounds sterling each And I bequeath to my Nephew Alexr D Kelly an Additional sum of three hundred pounds sterling together with the legacy left me by Louisa Kelly of One thousand pounds with the Interest due on the same which will be payable at the death of Mrs Kelly and levied of the Estate of Dawson Grove £700 9th I bequeath to my friend Edwd Evans Snr the sum of One hundred pounds Sterling £100 and it is my Will that should any of the above named persons die before this my Will comes into effect the legacy left to such person should go to my brother Arthur And I also bequeath to my brother Arthur the residue of my property of every description with the exception of my Gun which I leave to my Nephew Geo Evans And I request my brother Arthur to act as my Executor in the above distribution of my property Witness my hand and seal this eighth day of July 1818 Dawson Kelly At such an awful Period as the present when it has pleased the Almighty to visit us with the Cholera I consider it right to add the following as a Codicil to my Will to say that if it shall please God to take my brother Arthur suddenly from this life before myself and before I have time to make further Arrangements it is my Will that the ten thousand pounds bequeathed to my said brother Arthur shall be divided share and share alike between my Nephews George and Thomas Evans and their heirs And it is my Will further that my Nephew George Evans should possess the residue of my Property of every description Witness my hand this 28th day of August 1834 Dawson Kelly(Appearance by John Davidson Junior of Armagh in the County of Armagh who knew Dawson Kelly late of Armagh aforesaid as to the manner and character of his handwriting 7 April 1837) 2 May 1837 Administration with Will annexed to Thomas Kelly Evans Esquire the Nephew Arthur Irwin Kelly the Brother having renounced PCC Prob11/1878