Tyrone - Killen, James March 14, 1780 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Tyrone Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com February 1, 2019, 10:33 am KILLEN, JAMES MARCH 14, 1780 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: March 14, 1780 Recorded: February 1, 2019 In the Name of God Amen I James Killen Pursers Steward of his Majestys Ship Maidstone being of sound and disposing Mind and Memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament First and Principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of 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 and as for such Worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be possessed of or entitled unto at the time of my decease I give and devise and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say I give and bequeath unto my beloved Father Robert Killen and Elizabeth Killen Spinster both of Strabane in the County of Tyrone in the Kingdom of Ireland all such wages Sum and Sums of Money as now or hereafter shall be due to me for my Service or otherwise on board the said Ship..or any other Vessel And I do hereby nominate..and appoint the said Robert Killen and Elizabeth Killen Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do give and bequeath unto my said Executors 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 fourteenth day of March 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 ffrance and Ireland King Defender of the Faith etc. James Killen (Attestation Clause) A V Parker _ Ro: Teare 1 October 1785 administration with Will annexed to John Patterson lawful Attorney to Robert Killen the father and Elizabeth Bolding (?) formerly Killen the sister PCC Prob11/1134