Will: Shea, Dennis March 6, 1814 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com September 26, 2017, 10:44 am SHEA, DENNIS MARCH 6, 1814 Source: National Archives Kew Written: March 6, 1814 Recorded: September 26, 2017 In the Name of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Ghost Amen I Denis Shea of the City of Limerick Shoemaker being weak in Body but of sound mind & understanding do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament In the first Place after the Payment of my lawful Debts I give & bequeath to the Revd father McMullen of the Parish of Doonagh in the County of Monaghan the Sum of five Guineas to erect an Altar piece in the Chapel of Glannan in said parish to the Memory of Thomas Shea Item I also give & bequeath to the said father McMullen the Sum of twenty pounds to be expended by him in Cloathing the Poor of the above mentioned Parish of Doonagh in the County of Monaghan according as he shall see most conducive to the Advantage & benefit of sd poor Item I also give & bequeath unto Catherine Doherty of the County Donegal my Wife's Sister the Sum of five Guineas I also give & bequeath unto Bridget O'Halloran alias Shea of Morow near Ennis in the County of Clare the Sum of Six Pounds Item I also give & bequeath to the said father McMullen of the aforesaid Parish of Doonagh the Sum of five Guineas to erect an Altar piece on the Parish of Corraghshrine(?) in the said Parish to the Memory of Maurice Shea Item I also give & bequeath the Sum of twenty pounds to be expended in procuring Masses to be sayd for the repose of my Soul Item I also Will & ordain that the remainder of my property now in the English funds be sold out & disposed of in the following manner Item I also give and bequeath unto john Cantillion of the City of Limerick Shoemaker the Sum of one pound & a Small Cloaths Item I give & bequeath unto Catherine Shea the sum of Two hundred pounds as a Marriage portion the like Sum to be given to my daughter Mary out of which my funeral Expences are to be defrayed Item I ordain that the residue of my property above mentioned when sold out after Payment of the above Legacies shall be divided into three equal parts & laid out in the purchase of Annuities or any other way by which they may have a yearly property which cannot be sold out one part thereof to my Wife Anne Shea one to my daughter Catherine Shea & the other to Mary Shea alias Sullivan my other Daughter item if any of the above mentioned should die without Issue their part must revert back to my Nephew Maurice Shea's Children Item I bequeath also the sum of fifty pounds to be expended in Charitable intentions for the souls of my Mother & Brother Thomas Shea N.Bm it is to be noted that when my Wife dies half her part is to be divided between the Children of my Daughters Catherine & Mary if they be poor & the other half to be given in Charity for my Soul & the Soul of my Son Maurice Shea if they are in good circumstances the whole is to be applied to the above purposes Item Whatever Moveables or other Property I die possessed of I bequeath to my Wife Anne Shea I Appoint the Revd James O'Regan of the Franciscan Convent Newgate Lane in the City of Limerick & my Nephew Maurice Shea of Market Alley in said City Bookbinder Executors of this my last Will & Testament this Sixth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & fourteen Dennis Shea Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of Thomas Quinlivan _ Patrick Haly his Mark _ Maurice O'Shea Proved at London 9th June 1814 to Maurice Shea power reserved to Rev'd James O'Regan PCC Prob11/1558