Thursday, 1 July 2021

Marriage of John Sproule son of Joseph of Clover Hill and Rebecca Beatty

This is the marriage settlement of John Sproule, son of Joseph of Clover Hill, and Rebecca Beatty, daughter of William Beatty of Trillick,  7 Feb 1820

750 266 512210 Registry of Deeds, Familysearch.orgtranscribed by Kate Tammemagi

A memorial of an indented deed bearing the date 7 Feb 1820 and made  between Joseph Sproule of Clover Hill in the Co of Tyrone and John Sproule, second son of the said Joseph Sproule of the first part, William Beatty of Trillick in the said County and Rebecca Beatty, only daughter of the said William Beatty of the second part, and George Thompson of Cork Hill and Edward Sproule of Carrickamulkin both of the said Co of the 3rd part. Reciting that a marriage was intended to be had between the said John Sproule and the said Rebecca Beatty and that the said Joseph Sproule stood seized of certain proportion of the lands of Altamullan situated in the Manor of Hastings and county of Tyrone for three lives renewable forever under Hugh Edwards, late of Castlegore esq. deed at the yearly rent of £11 he the said Joseph Sproule in consideration of £500 sterling to be received by the said John Sproule as a marriage portion with the said Rebecca Beatty did grant bargain sell assign and transfer unto the said George Thompson and Edward Sproule and their heirs the said Lands of Altamullan with the appurtances during the continuance of the said term for lives renewable to and for the several uses therein mentioned yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said R. Beatty and her assigns during the term of her natural life in case she survived the said John Sproule her intended husband without leaving any issue on jointure of £50 stg to be paid in two equal half yearly payments out of the said lands of Altamullan on every 1st day of May and 1st day of Nov the first of said payments to be made on which ever of said days that should next happen after the decease of the said John Sproule but in case the said Rebecca Beatty should survive the said John Sproule having one or more child or children she and her assigns should receive no more than £40 stg yearly during her life to be paid on the day mentioned and in case of non payment of the said jointure of £50 or £40 as the case may be to distrain for the same as in such leases usual but if there should be issue two or more sons who should survive said John Sproule the said lands should go to and be enjoyed by any one of such sons that the said John Sproule by any deed in writing or by his last will duly executed in the presence of three or more credible witnesses should limit and appoint subject to £200 stg for the use of the other issue but if there should be no male issue at the decease of the said John Sproule and that there should be two or more daughters the said John Sproule should have power by deed or will executed as aforesaid to divide the said lands in such shares as he should thereby limit and appoint and if there should be one child the said lands should be enjoyed by such only child and which said deed is witnessed by by David Cowen of Trillick, and Robert Sproule of Kirlish and the memorial is witnessed by George Thompson and George Hamilton of Trillick.

 

Carrickamulkin is the old word for Curraghamulkin

Joseph Sproule of Clover Hill is the son of John ‘Jack Roe’ of Curragamulkin

Robert Sproule of Kirlish is the son of Joseph Sproule of Clover Hill

Edward of Carrickamulkin is Edward, brother of Joseph Sproule of Clover Hill, who later became Edward Sproule of Glenvale


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