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.org, transcribed 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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