Waterford - McGrath Or Magrath, James September 1, 1748 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Waterford Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com May 22, 2018, 1:07 pm MCGRATH OR MAGRATH, JAMES SEPTEMBER 1, 1748 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: September 1, 1748 Recorded: May 22, 2018 In the Name of God Amen I James McGrath Seaman on board his Majesties Ship Panther Capt John Wickham Commander being of Sound and disposing Mind and Memory and considering the dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life do for avoiding Controversies after my Decease make Publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say first I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my body to the Earth or Sea as it shall Please God to order and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth that is to say all Ticketts bounty Money Prize Money Short allowance Money Smart Money Pentions Wages Sum and Sums of Money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate as shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my Decease I do give devise and Bequeath the same unto my loving Wife Joanna McGrath and Mary McGrath my Daughter of the Parish of Tramore in the County of Waterford in the Kingdom of Ireland to be equally divided betwixt them and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Joanna and Mary McGrath Joint Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all former and other Wills and Testaments and Deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and ratifye these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my Will I have Set my hand and Seal this first day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty eight and in the Twenty third year of the Reign of hid Majesty King George the Second over Great Britain etc. James McGrath his Mark Signed Sealed Published and declared on board his Majesties Ship Panther in Louisbourg harbour in Presence of John Wickham C Kelly Andrew Elliott 12 May 1752 Administration with Will annexed to James Henshaw lawful Attorney to Joanna McGrath otherwise Magrath the Relict and Mary McGrath otherwise Magrath Spinster now residing at Waterford the Grant of Administration in the month of April 1751 to Eleanor Magrath the pretended Widow of the deceased being first revoked and declared null and void PCC Prob11/795