Meath - Wills: Maher, Thomas November 2, 1854 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Meath Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com September 20, 2017, 2:30 pm WILLS: MAHER, THOMAS NOVEMBER 2, 1854 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: November 2, 1854 Recorded: September 20, 2017 In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Maher of Clownstown in the Coy of Meath do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made I give & devise to my Wife Emily Maher an annuity yearly rent charge or annual sum of sixty five pounds the same to be paid and payable to her during the term of her life by two equal half yearly payments on every first day of May and first day of November in each year the first half yearly payment thereof to be made on whichever of said days shall first happen after my decease the said annuity or yearly ... charge to be free of legacy duty income tax and all other charges and to be charged upon and payable out of the lands at Rathcarren in the County of Meath held by me in fee simple I make this demise to my said dear Wife in lieu of any provision made by me for her by any Settlement executed on our intermarriage I declare that in case the said Emily Maher shall for any time reside with any of my Sons at Clownstown the said annuity shall not be paid or payable during such residence I give and devise all my estate and interest in the said land at Rathcarren subject to the payment of the said annuity and all other real and freehold property I may die possessed of or entitled to unto my Nephews Edward Cullen of Garrardstown and Garrett Cullen of Tara both in the County of Meath and to the survivor of them and to the heirs and assigns of such survivor and I also give and bequeath unto the said Edward Cullen & Garrett Cullen and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor All my Personal Property including my interests in lands held for terms of years or from year to year or at will Upon Trust however as to all said properties real freehold & Personal Interest for my four sons in such shares & proportions and subject to such restrictions & limitations as the said Edward Cullen and Garrett Cullen or the survivor of them shall by ay deed or instrument in writing with or without power of revocation to be by them or him sealed in the presence of one or more credible witness or witnesses or as the said survivor shall by his last Will and Testament direct & appoint and for want of such direction then the whole of such freehold real & personal property to my four Sons or the survivors or survivor of them or at the death of the survivor of the said Edward Cullen and Garrett Cullen in equal shares & proportions I nominate and appoint the said Edward Cullen and Garrett Cullen Trustees and Executors of this my last Will and Testament and Guardians of my minor children In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2nd Novr in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four _ Thomas Maher (Attestation Clause) Patrick O'Connor _ John Kelly Proved 8 September 1855 to Edward Cullen of Gerrardstown Dunshaughlin and Garrett Cullen of Tara Hall Tara both in Meath Proved at London 4 February 1856 PCC Prob11/2227