Will: Lynch, Edward February 4, 1776 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Mayo Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com September 16, 2017, 3:25 pm LYNCH, EDWARD FEBRUARY 4, 1776 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: February 4, 1776 Recorded: September 16, 2017 In the Name of God Amen I Edward Lynch of Breafy in the County of Mayo in the Kingdom of Ireland Gent being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding Do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I commend and resign my soul to Almighty God my Creator and I commend my Body to the Earth to be decently enterred in the Abbey of Straide with my dear deceased friends of Breafy or in the next Abbey to the Place where God shall please to put an end to my life and as to my Worldly Estate and fortune I dispose thereof in manner following that is to say I will and direct that all such Debts as shall really and Justly be due from me at the time of my death and my burial Expences be paid as soon as conveniently may be and that after my Debts and burial Expences are Paid the sum of two hundred Pounds Ster shall be by my Executors laid out at Interest In Trust that the Interest thereof shall go half yearly and be by him Paid to my Wife Mary Lynch otherwise Kelly during her natural life in lieu of any Claim she may make to my fortune and that after her decease the said two hundred pounds shall revert and be in my Executor in Trust that the yearly Interest thereof shall go and by paid to my Daughter Sarah Lynch during her natural life and that after her decease the said two hundred pounds shall go and be paid to such of her Issue as she shall by writing dispose thereof and that in case she shall have no Issue the said two hundred Pounds shall remain and be in my Executor in Trust for any uses or Purposes as I may hereafter by any writing Apply the same I will and direct that my Executor shall give and lay out at Interest so much of my fortune as that the Yearly Interest thereof shall be sufficient to Pay and discharge the yearly reasonable Expences of my said Daughter Sarah's Maintenance and decent Apparel as to my Executor shall seem fit during her remaining Unmarried or otherwise unprovided for but in case my said Daughter Sarah shall be minded and determine to enter into a Religious Seminary and shall enter into the same my will and direction is that my Executor in such Case Pay such sum of Money on her Account to such Seminary or Person or Persons Governing the same as usual on the like Occasion together with such Necessary Expences as are usually requisite thereupon and my Will is that my Executor shall give and lay out at Interest the sum of two hundred pounds Ster In Trust that the Interest thereof shall go and be paid yearly to my said Daughter Sarah for her own separate use in such Seminary as she may chuse to reside in but in case my said Daughter Sarah shall not enter into a Religious Seminary and shall happen to marry my will is that my Executor shall Assign or Pay the several Principal Sums of Money herein before Provided for her own immediate use and Preferment in manner aforesaid except the said sum of two hundred pounds herein before reserved for my own disposal and I will and bequeath the sum of ten pounds to my worthy friend Dr Edmund Bourke and the sum of thirty Pounds to Rose Dwyer to her own seperate proper use to be by her disposed of as she shall think fit and the sum of two Pounds ten shillings to Mr Thomas McNicholas and his fraternity at Straide and the sum of two Pounds ten shillings equally divided to Mr Randall McDonnell incumbent of Castlebar Parish and his Curate Assistant Mr Walter Burke upon the Promises of these Reverend Gentlemen to perform such Acts of Devotion to recommend my soul and those of the faithful departed to the mercy of our Creator and Redeemer as to my Exr shall seem fit to stipulate with them and I will and bequeath the sum of five pounds to Mr Anthony Geratty for his Civility Extraordinary to me and the sum of two Guineas to Mary Duffy otherwise Prendergast and the sum of two Guineas to William Furgus in regard to his Old Master my dr frd Alexr Brown Esqr and the Sum of One Guinea to Ellis Fahy and the Sum of One Guinea to poor Phillip Walsh of Bohir and that a Mourning Ring shall be purchased and presented to my worthy well beloved friend Dominick Browne of Breafy Esqr and that my Executor shall expend what to him shall seem fit in erecting a Monument wth an Inscription at my Burying Place and a stone with an Inscription erected in the Chapel of Breafy entreating the prayers of the Abbot for Mercy to me and the souls of the faithful departed and I will and bequeath to the most indigent persons of the Parish of Oran in the County of Roscommon the sum of ten Pounds not giving more than ten Shillings to any one Person and I bequeath the sum of two hundred Ster to my dear and well beloved friend John Edmd Browne of London Esqr from my Esteem of his Merit and for his Affection Assiduity and Zealous Attachment to my Interest and Affairs and I do hereby Nominate and Appoint the sd John Edmd Browne Executor of my last Will and Testament hereby expressly revoking all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made Provided always and it is my Will that my Executor shall be Answerable only for Such Money and Effects as he shall receive and that he shall not be Answerable or Accountable for any Bank Banker or other Person with whose or in whose hands any part of my Personal fortune may be lodged for safety or to whom the Same or any part thereof may be by him given out at Interest in execution of any of the said Trusts or uses herein Created or declared nor should he be responsible for the deficiencies or Insufficiencies of my Personal Estate for the Purposes aforesaid and that he shall by and out of my personal Estate reimburse himself and Pay and Allow all Costs Charges damages and Expences which he shall or may expend or sustain or be put to in or about the Execution of this my last Will and Testament or any of the Trusts in him reposed or in any wise relating thereto In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament put my hand and seal this thirtieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy five Edwd Lynch (Attestation Clause) Dom: Browne _ Walter Burke _ Anth: Geratty A Codicil to be added to and to be adjudged deemed and taken as Part of the within last will and Testament of me Edward Lynch of Breafy in the County of Mayo I give and bequeath to my Cousn Henry Lynch the sum of fifty Pounds Ster and to his Sister Mary Lynch the like sum of fifty pounds and to his Brother Philip Lynch the sum of one hundred pounds Ster and to my Cousin Una O'Don otherwise Lynch the sum of ten Pounds sterling and to her Daur Una O'Donl the like sum of ten Pounds and to her son Terence O'Donl the sum of five pounds ster and to her son Pheline O'Donl the like sum of five Pounds and to my servant John Matthews ten Pounds sterling and to Patrick Wright two Guineas and to father Randle McDonl of Castlebar the sum of ten Pounds Ster and to Mr Walter Burke of Castlebar the like sum of ten Pounds in Consideration of the Prayers they have Already read and the like number that they shall hereafter read and to far David Burke of Hall the sum of five Pounds Ster and to father John Blake of Straid the like sum of five Pounds and to father Thomas McNicholas of Straid the like sum of five Pounds and to father Edwd Dwyer the sums of ten Pounds for reading Prayers to recommend my soul to God all which prayers are to be numbered and adjusted with my Executor as he shall think Just and fit and I do in all other respects ratify and confirm my said within written will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six Edwd Lynch (Attestation Clause) Wm Kirby _ John Kirby Proved at London 19 March 1776 Prob11/1017