Cork - Cronin, John November 12, 1780 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Cork Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com January 22, 2019, 2:41 pm CRONIN, JOHN NOVEMBER 12, 1780 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: November 12, 1780 Recorded: January 22, 2019 In the Name of God Amen I John Croneen belonging to his Majestys Ship Montague being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament first and Principally I recommend my Soul to Almighty God hoping for Remission of all my Sins through the Merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order and as for such Worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say I give and bequeath unto my Loving Catherine Ryan of Bandon in the Kingdom of Ireland all such Wages Sum and Sums of Money as now is or hereafter shall be due to me for my Service or otherwise on board the said Ship or any other Ship or Vessel and do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Catherine Ryan Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I do give and bequeath unto my said Executrix all the rest and residue of my Estate whatsoever both real and Personal hereby revoking and making void all other and former Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twelfth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty and in the twentieth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland Kind Defender of the faith John Croneen X his Mark (Attestation Clause) William Duncan _ Matthew Callaghan Proved at London 24 July 1783 by the Oath of Catherine Ryan Wife of John Ryan PCC Prob11/1105