Episcopal Wills 1792 German #1, of Thomas Costean

(from MM / LDS 0106403)

Kk German
To the Revd Mr Evan Christian Vicar Genl
The humble petition of John Gawne of Peeltown
Sheweth that Thomas Costain of said town
your petrs father in law, in the latter
end of the month of December 1791,
departed this life intestate, and as there
cannot be a just settlement of the rights
goods and effects of the sd Thos Costain had,
untill a decree be made on the sd deceased
which causeth your petr to apply to your
Reverence for relief
In tender consideration thereof your
petr humbly prays that your reverence
will be pleased to grant an order that
administration may be able to do justice to
all concerned, the granting of which,
will cause yor petr to pray &c
Ordered that the beforegoing peition do
come on to be heard at a chapter court to be holden in the
house of Thos Quine in the parish on Friday next
whereof all proper parties and persons to have due
notice
Given at Kk Patrick 13th June 1792
Ev Christian

At a chapter  court holden at the house of Thos
Quine in the parish of Kk Patrick on the 16th
day of June 1792
Thomas Costean of the town of Peel departed this life
in or about the month of December 1791 and this court
having received intelligence thereof have decreed his
children namely Thomas, Charles, Catharine and
Isabel Costean als Crellin co-administrators of all and
singular his goods chattels and effects moveable and
immoveable whatever and the said Thomas being absent
from court, the said charles with John Gawn husband of the said Catharine
and Thomas Crellin husband of the said Isabel are
thereupon sworn well and truly to administer the
estate of the intestate, to pay all his just debts so far
forth as his goods and effects will extend and the law
shall bind them, to return a perfect inventory of the
said goods and effects to the registry of this court
and to be faithful and just each to the other as also
to their absent co-administrator in the division of
the residuem of the said estate. To which ends they
have given pledges in form of law namely David
Collister and John White both of Peeltown
decretum est
En Christian
28th May 1793 John Gawne claims £11 0 0
do Chas Costean claims £11 0 0
do Thos Crellin claims £11 0 0

An inventory of the goods & effects of Thos Costain
late deceased being valued & apprised by four men
viz Matts Cain, Jas Cowin, Patk Clucas & Willm Quayle
and sworn by Wm Oates sumner of Kk German are
as follows
Round table
0 9 4
a big chair
0 4 6
two small chairs
0 4 0
a small table
0 0 6
a chest
0 9 0
a bedstead & curtain rod
0 3 0
45lb feathers in a bed @ 5d ld
0 18 9
a knife box
0 0 3
an old pair of bellows
0 0 5
an old grdle
0 1 0
a basket
0 0 7
8 pewter plates 7¼ pounds @ 6d lb
0 3 7½
a blue coat
0 7 0
two table cloths
0 4 0
two blankets
0 2 4
a quilt
0 3 0
old container
0 1 0
an old coverlet
0 0 10
two old bonnets
0 0 8
a straw basket
0 0 1
a herring barrell
0 1 0
an old tick
0 0 6
an old door
0 0 4
two books
0 2 0
an old barrel
0 0 4
two candlesticks
0 2 0
a fourm
0 1 0
two fishing lines
0 1 0
a table
0 5 10
an ols tick
0 2 6
£4 10 4
to quarter of a cow
1 0 0
5 10 4½
to expences attending appraisement
to a decree
3 4
to charging Thos Costain twice
4
to do[ditto] the jury
4
to ale to the appraisers
1 6½
to swearing the jury & attending said jury
1 2
£0 6 0½
£5 3 8
 
The within & aforesaid goods are apprized by us

we whose names are added or subscribed this
28th May 1793
Maths Cain my X
James Cown X
Patrick Clucas my X
Wm Quayle my X

Thomas Costean - bur Peel 29 Dec 1790, bur register has Ballyiack - Feltham has MI 1793 Thomas Costain, buried 29th December age 73 - no appropriate birth in IGI, however the Costain family name is very much connected with Arbory and the parish register pre 1728 is no longer extant.

wife Catherine Dawson bur. 29 Aug 1761 Kk German - m. 22 Jan 1751 Kk Patrick.

The children's baptisms are all at Kk German unless otherwise noted.

Thomas bp 30 May 1752 (only father given) - no burial found however
Thomas bp 18 Oct 1753 - he (probably rather than father) is noted as Thomas Costain Boatbuilder as witness to Isabella's marriage
Catharine bp 12 Oct 1755 at Kk Patrick (only father given) - m. John Gawne 4 Oct 1776, witnesses Thomas Quirk Mariner & John Clark Mariner
Elizabeth bp 18 Jul 1757 - query = Isabel ? m. Thomas Crellin 13 Nov 1791
Charles bp 9 Sep 1759 - in 1788 noted as shoemaker as witness to marriage of Ann Dawson + Richard Quirk
? Margaret infant bur 8 Jul 1762

 

 

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