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From LDS Film #0106205
Includes Marriage contract for Henry Quilliam + Isabel Finch
Articles of marriage concluded & agreed upon by & be= twixt Philip Quilliam in behalf of his son Henry and Alice Crellin wife of sd Philip in behalf of her sd daughter Isabel Finch as followeth Imprmis It is agreed & concluded upon by & betwixt ye parties aforesd that ye Henry Quilliam & Issable Vinch shall enter into ye holy state of marriage God & his church permitting ye same at or before ye feast of St Andrews next. 2dly It is agreed upon & condescended unto that ye said Philip Quilliam and his wife Alice shall & doe hereby give unto their said children Henry & Issable half of ^all^ ye lands & tenements now in their possession half of the crop of corne; half of the teame at plow with half of all ye geares & utensils belonging to the working of the farme or said land and the other half of all these to ye said young couple and their issue after ye death of the longer liver of ye said Philip & Alice his wife save only a bowle of barley & a bowle of drie corne wch is reserved out of ye whole & to be paid by ye said Henry unto his sister Ellin if it be not paid or otherwise discharged by his father Philip Quilliam before his death but if souner required it is to be paid betwixt them ye sd Philip & Henry his son. 3dly It is covenanted & condescended unto that ye said Alice Crellin doth hereby give unto her daughter Issable [] a quarter part of all the goods [in or] in her [own or] husbands possession and ye other quarter part (wch is all belonge to her by law) after her decease save only the riding horse & twenty shillings to be at her own free disposal. 4thly It is covenanted & agreed uon that if in case it shall please God that ye young couple die without issue that then the said Issable or her executrs shall have & enjoy for her part of the crop of corne twenty shillings; but in case there be issue and she happen to remove then she is to have none but ye heir enjo[edge worn] ye crop 5thly It is covenanted & agreed upon that ye said Henry in considerat[ion] of his fathers patronall portion aforesd doth hereby acquitt exon[er=] rate & discharge his said father of & from all [] goods quit claims & demands that he might have or now hath by ye death of his mother & brother [kipriagt?] his said father his executrs & admstrs for ever [] present For performance hereof & singular ye premises each partie have bound themselves each to other in ye penaltie of thirtie pounds sterl ye one half to ye honble Lord of this Isle ye other half to ye partie grieved In testimony whereof they have hereunto subscribed their signes manuall this 10th of October anno Domini 1682 Philip Quilliam mrk signed & delivered Alice Quilliam als Crellin her mrk in presence of Henry Quilliam mrk (note yt ye word all in Issable Vinch her mrk ye 3rd line of ye 2nd article was interlined before ye signing hereof John Quilliam X Tho Clucas X Rich Clucas X [page 2] May the 29th 1688 Phillip Quilliam the father and Henry Quilliam his son came this day and ackowledged all the wthin premises to be their mutuall agreement as so written before me Edw Christian This contract is accepted as ye last will of Alice Crellin and ye 20s therein reserved is to be paid by Henry Quilliam according to ye sd Alice dispo] nist to her son John Vinch 10?s and to her daugh: ter Alice Quirk 13s and ye horse to her husband who with another [] hath declared in court this to be her dispose of these prticulars; and in regard th[] deceadt left all her woolen & linnen to her fore sd daughter yet ye court for a friendly agreement be= twixt ye prties hath ordered yt ye daughter shall have one halv of cloathes of wollen & linnen acceptum est et prbatum et solvit 12d The inventory included in this disposal and Hen: Quilliam is sworne to pay all debts [] his childrens rights in ye goods of ye decadt & to fulfil ye law & hath accordingly given pledges in ye will of his wife
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