Will: O'Reagan, John March 31, 1832 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com December 10, 2017, 3:17 am O'REAGAN, JOHN MARCH 31, 1832 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: March 31, 1832 Recorded: December 10, 2017 In the Name of God Amen I John O'Reagan of the Town of Adare innkeeper being of sound state of mind and health and wishing to have my property disposed of as follows doth make this my last Will and testament first I bequeath my Soul to the care of my Creator hoping in his mercy to forgive me my sins I do request of the Earl of Dunraven Mr Thomas Quinlan Coach Maker of the City of Limerick and Mr Thomas Potter of farm Lodge to act as Executors to this my last Will revoking all others made previous to this date I wish that everything belonging to me in the way of farming viz. the following Articles horses Coaches Carrs Gigs all descriptions of farming Stock and Produce farming Utensils Timber Twigs Hoops Rods should be sold by Publick Cant (?) one month after my death the receipt of such sale I request of the Earl Dunraven to invest in the Government funds for the benefit of my children first all lawful debts due by me to be paid also any rent due by me to the Earl Dunraven I bequeath to my dear Wife all the Grocery in my possession at the time of my decease also all the household furniture belonging to me with the shop and the Parlour adjoining same the present Kitchen the room over the Parlour our own Bedroom the Nursery and as much of the Kitchen Garden as will range with the Kitchen fireplace back to the Wall that bounds Parson Fitzgerald and I free from any rent I also wish that the remaining part of the Inn and premises should be let to a proper tenant which premises consist of the present Hall Passage Bar Bed room over same But Parlour and two bedrooms with the large room and the rooms beneath I wish my Wife should receive the rents of my houses and the Inn for the education of my children and also the yearly rent of said houses due to Earl Dunraven to be paid by her I also wish that she should receive the yearly vallue of Mr Rose's Sallow Bed to enable her to pay yearly the Insurance of the life of Mrs Fitzpatrick's to enable her to pay yearly the Insurance of the life of Mrs Fitzpatrick's and also the Insurance of 700 on my houses in Adare I wish it should be understood that in case my Wife wishes not to reside in Adare or that she should marry she shall not be entitled to the foregoing receipts of rent or other property but shall resighn all and every part of my property and receive for her own use one hundred pounds And my children to be supported and educated as my Executors shall think fit I also wish that in case my Wife and Mother should not wish to live together that my Wife should pay yearly to my Mother during her lifetime ten shillings each month for her support I also wish that my Executors should not pay the above one hundred pounds to my Wife if she does not reside in Adare five years unmarried after my death as I think that the Grocery left her quite enough I wish that when any of my daughters should marry with the consent of my executors she shall receive five hundred pounds and after her first child being one week old she shall receive what other portion she may be entitled to in cash the death of any of my children her share to go to her surviving sisters and in case of the death of my Wife what property she may have in right of me to go to my children and in case my children should die without issue my property to go to my brother James and my brother William or their heirs or assigns I also wish that my brother James should have any land belonging to me and that my brother William should have all my Sallow Beds both paying the yearly rents due of same and that each of them should pay my brother Thomas seven shillings per week during his lifetime the annuity of forty pounds Irish Currency which I receive out of the lands of Kirrimpien to be yearly invested in the Government funds for my children I also request that my Gold Watch given me by my late friend Major Edward O'Brien would be carefully given to my daughter Ellen and kept by her as a loving token of mine and at her death it be given to one of her sisters Mrs Roses Sallow Beds not included for my brother William Dated this 31st day of March 1832 and thirty two J O'Reagan Witness John Spearing _ George Spearin _ John Harman Proved in Common Form 24 October 1835 14 March 1851 Administration with Will annexed to Elizabeth Anne O'Reagan Spinster the daughter Executors having survived the Deceased without having proved the Will Anne O'Reagan Widow having died without taking upon her Letters of Administration PCC Prob11/2129