Cornet Andrew Spruell is the father of the Sproule families known as the Grennan Sproules and the Curraghamulkin Sproules. In this Deed of 1719 Cornet Andrew acquires lands in Greenan, Dressoge, Derrynaseer and Curraghamulkin, all in County Dromore
Edwards to Spruell, reg’d 30th April 1723
41 289 25944 Registry of Deeds, Familysearch.org, transcribed by
Jamie Reid
Indenture of lease dated 10
March 1719 made between Thomas Edwards Edwards of Castlegore in Co.
Tyrone Esq. on the one part and Cornet Andrew Spruell of the other part.
Witnessing that the
said Thomas Edwards has demised set and to farm let unto the said Andrew Spruell
all that parcel of land commonly called Dressog, Derenaseer & Grenan in the parish
of Dromore and Corughamulkin in the parish of Longfield, as they were lately in
tenure and possession of Capt. Michael Law, situated in the Manor of Hastings in
the said county aforesaid (excepting all mines, minerals, coals, quarry, woods,
underwoods, timber, trees, hunting, fishing, fowling and all royalties
whatsoever and excepting liberty to build a corn mill on the premises and to
make dams and water coarses and two acres of plow ground and four sums grass
for the miller), for and during the lives of Joseph, Charles and Oliver Spruell
the fifth sixth and seventh sons to the said Andrew Spruell, commencing the
first day of May then last past yielding and thereout unto the said Thomas
Edwards his heirs and assigns the yearly rent or sum of seventy pounds on first
day of November and May by even and equal portions, four pence per pound Receiver
fees together with duty of three yearling bullocks during the said term yearly
and it is declaried by the said indenture to be the true intent & meaning
thereof that if the said Joseph, Charles & Oliver Spruell do not live sixty
one years after commencement of said lease the said Andrew Spruell his ex+adms
shall hold the premises sixty one years from and after the date of commencement
aforesaid. Indenture of lease was effected by the the by said Thomas Edwards
and is witnessed by Nehemiah Donaldson of Gavetagh, Thomas Spruell of Drumnabeigh
and William Adair of Ballylennan all in County of Tyrone gents and this
memorial is witnessed by the said Thomas Spruell, Andrew Crawford of Carnalea
in the County of Tyrone aforesaid Gent.
Signed Andrew Spruell, sworn at Omagh 9 April 1724 by Thomas Spruell.
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Thomas
Edwards of Castlegore was born 4 Jan 1669, he married Jean Cairns on 13 Jul
1699 and he died in Castlegore on 27
April 1721. He was the brother of Robert Edwards of Kilcroagh who married
Martha La Vie. Their daughter Martha Edwards married Robert, the son of Thomas
Spruell of Drumnabeigh / Golan who a was witness and registered this deed.
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The
modern names for the townlands mentioned are Dressoge, Derrynaseer, Greenan,
and Curraghamulkin. We do not know how many acres were in this ‘parcel’ of
land. It was definitely not the whole of each of those townlands.
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From
this we know that Cornet Andrew had 7 sons in 1719 and we know that the last
three were Joseph, Charles and Oliver.
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