Will: Kelly, Daniel December 13, 1847 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Roscommon Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com November 18, 2017, 2:51 pm KELLY, DANIEL DECEMBER 13, 1847 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: December 13, 1847 Recorded: November 17, 2017 In the Name of God Amen I Daniel Kelly of Cargins in the County of Roscommon Esquire being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former or other Wills at any time made by me I devise and bequeath all my Estate in my several lands tenements hereditaments and premises (except those in and about Athlone) and all my Personal Property of every kind and description whatsoever and wheresoever including my Insurances on my life unto the Reverend John French of French park Clerk and John Richard French of Cargins Esquire both in the County of Roscommon and the survivor of them upon Trust as soon as may be after my decease to call in and realise the amount of my personal property save the furniture in my house at Mountjoy Square and either by private sale or public auction to sell and dispose of all my Estate in lands tenements hereditaments and premises except as hereinbefore excepted and in such parts as they may deem necessary or expedient and out of the monies arising from such sale or sales to pay off and discharge my funeral and testamentary expences and all my just debts of every kind whether mortgage Judgment or simple contract and to give receipts and obtain releases as may from time to time be necessary then upon Trust to form a fund in such manner as they or the survivor of my Trustees shall think most for the benefit of my estates for the purpose of releasing them or such part as may be deemed advisable from the payment of the jointure or annual charge of five hundred pounds late Irish currency provided for Anne Kelly the Widow of my late Son during the term of her natural life and to make such agreement with the said Anne Kelly as may be necessary for such purpose And whereas I have on the marriages of my Daughters Mary Jane and Elizabeth given them such portions as I was then enabled to do and did intend to have increased and my property diminished so that I am unable to do what I did intend I therefore appoint the sum of three hundred pounds to be raised off my said Estates under the power I had of charging seven thousand pounds for younger Children and direct that the same be divided into three equal portions and paid one hundred pounds to Mary one hundred pounds to Jane and one hundred pounds to Elizabeth and that same shall be in full for their claims on said sum of seven thousand pounds And all the rest residue and remainder of my said property whether real or personal after payment of my debts to go in equal shares and proportions amongst my unmarried Daughters Louisa Harriott Fanny Anne and Helena share and share alike and in case of the death or deaths of any of them unmarried and without having made any disposition by Will their share and proportion to go among the survivors or survivor of the said Louisa Harriott Fanny Anne and Helena GallagherI Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth her heirs and assigns for ever all my lands tenements and hereditaments in and about the Town of Athlone in addition to any provision I have made for her I devise my house in Mountjoy Square and the furniture to the Honorable Charles Handcock in trust for the use of my said unmarried Daughters in hope that they may reside together paying the rent in proportion I devise to Miss Clements now living with me the sum of two hundred pounds and I appoint the said John French and John Richard French to be the Executors of this my Will In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty seven the words "unmarried" and "paying the rent in proportion" being first interlined and also the words "and without having made any Disposition by Will" Daniel Kelly (Attestation Clause) Richard Pennefather Lloyd 14 Herbert Place _ Thomas Gallagher December fourteen 1847 Proved 7 July 1849 Proved at London 3 January 1850 PCC Prob11/2106