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Will
of
Audley Brown
meml [memorial?]
11414
Return to
Mr. Audley Brown
Rathneeny
6 June 87
William £20 - Anne £30 Rob [Robert?] £40.
Ellen dr. [daughter?] of Willm [William?] £10 --
My wife shall have spotted Heiffer [heifer?] to be
grazed on the land. A fair support to be give by Audley
to his mother, such as shall be named by two respectable
men. All the land and stock & furniture to go to Audley
and I [stained] that above mentioned [stained]
I Audley Brown of Rathneey being of sound & disposing mind
do hereby make this my last Will & Testament. I do hereby
bequeath to my son William Brown the sum of Twenty pounds,
to my daughter Anne the sum of thirty Pounds, to my son
Robert the sum of Forty Pounds, & to Ellen the daughter of
my son William the sum of Ten Pounds, the said sums to be
paid off my farm as hereinafter mentioned. I also bequeath
to my dear wife the short horned spotted Heiffer, [heifer?]
which is to be grazed & supported for her use off the farm:
& it is also my will & pleasure that she my Wife shall
receive from my son Audley a fair support, such as shall be
named by any two respectable men to be appointed by them.
I leave & bequeath to my son Audley Brown all the land,
crop, stock, & furniture of which I cUdri?] possessed, but
subject to the payment of each & every of the above
mentioned legacies. It is also my will & pleasure that the
Ten Pounds left to my grandaughter Ellen shall be invested
at interest for her use, & that the principal sum shall not
be paid to her until she is either married or shall attain
the age of Twenty-one years, whichever shall first happen.
And I do hereby appoint Eadie McClay of Laghey [Laghy?], &
my son Audley Brown as Executors of this my last Will &
Testament,
In witness whereof I have hereto signed my name on this
sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred & seventy five
Signed and published as my last Will & Testament
of Audley Brown of Rathneeny in our presence
in the presence of each other on the within named
day.
Adam McClay [Audley B?]
John [Harries?] Audley Brown
(* The owner of these documents has informed us that this
townland is spelt "Rathneeny" and that the older spellings of it
are "Roniney" or "Raneny". In the "Index To The Townlands and
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland" the spelling is
"Raneany")
