Curraghamulkin Deed, giving Age of George Sproule's Children

 Leases are great to find! They will contain land details and, very often, names and ages. This lease  from 1805 is typical of the type.  George Sproule of Curraghamulkin is leasing 100 acres of land in Curraghamulkin, land that has been in their family for generations now.

It is what is called a ‘perpetual lease’, that is it can be renewed forever. The length of the lease is based on the lives of the people named in the lease, in this case it is George Sproule’s children. The lease will renew when new names need to be added to the lease – the people on the last renewal are now dead. Because of this, a lease can often tell us the age of family members and when each died. In this lease we just have the new names to be added, and their ages.

 

Deed George Sproule of Curraghamulkin – leasing 100 acres of Curraghamulkin from Daniel Moore Echlen 29 January 1805 

583 48 394166 Registry of Deeds Familysearch.org, transcribed by Jamie Reid

Echlen to Sproul, reg’d 15^th July 1806

Indenture of demise dated 29^th January 1805 made between Daniel Moore Echlen of the City of Dublin atty-at-law in the 1^st part, and George Sproul of Carrickamulkin (Curraghamulkin) in the second part co. Tyrone farmer, whereby Daniel Moore Echlen did demise grant set and to farm let unto George Sproule of Carrickamulkin all the one undivided moiety of that part of the townland of Carrickamulkin cont’g by common estimation about 100 acres Cunningham measure bounded on the south by Thomas and John Sprouls part of Carrickamulkin afsd, on the north by the lands of Dowish and that other part of Carrickamulkin pos’d by John Armstrong and partners, on the east by the Ola Road leading from Drumquin to Enniskillen and on the west by the lands of Grennan, to hold to George Sproul for and during the natural life and lives of Andrew Sproul eldest son of the sd George Sproul aged about 4 years, Robert Sproul second son of George Sproule aged about 3 years, Elizabeth Sproul only daughter of George Sproule aged about 3 months and the survivor of them subject to yearly rent of £20 in which lease is cont’d a covenant for perpetual renewal the sd 2 paying a peppercorn on the fall of each life and sd lease contains the usual covenants btw landlord and tenant and is witnessed by Robt Belly of the City of Dublin and Henry Cooper of Dromore in the co. of Tyrone and this mem’l is witnessed by the sd Henry Cooper and John Galbraith of sd city of Dublin, George Sproule, signed sealed, sworn by Henry Cooper 18^th April 1806 at Omagh.

 Notes:

• George Sproule is the son of Andrew Sproule of Curraghamulkin who died in 1799. The bulk of his estate went to George. He died on 12 Jul 1836
• Thomas and John Sproule – these are the sons of Joseph of Curraghamulkin. Joseph has died before this, 1805, and this land must have been passed in his will. John is John ‘Jack Roe’ Sproule who was in Cornear at this time. Thomas is, I believe, Thomas Sproule of Drumgallan.
• This deed tells us that;

1. Andrew Sproule, the eldest son of George Sproule of Curraghamulkin was born in 1799 
2. Robert Sproule, the second son was born 1802
3. Elizabeth sproule, the only daughter at this time was born 1805