Paul Gelling 1684

Archdeacon Will 1684A #003 Braddan will of Paul Gelling, died 4 January 1684/5: 
Summary: not married, sister Isabel, half-sister Margaret, stepmother [Margaret Gelling alias Kermode, her will ArW 1691A #04 Braddan], brother (half brother) 
Patrick Gelling, witnesses: Edmund Lewin & James Killey,  pledges: Edmund Lewin & Henry Parr; NOTE that halfbrother Patrick became the heir when Paul died.
Will of mother: ArW 1637A #37 Braddan will of Marriad Gelling als Lewin, died first July 1637, intestate: husband Paul Gelling (still alive in 1676, 2nd wife was 
Margaret Kermode, his will ArW 1679A #06 Braddan, did he have at least one illegitimate son?), son Paul (received inheritance by 1672, but died in 1684 without 
issue, his will ArW 1684A #003 Braddan) & dau Isabel Gelling (married William Norris by 1676 [his will ArW 1688A #40 Marown]), sister Joney Lewin, sister Alice 
Lewin; appraisors: Daniel Cowley & husband Paul Gelling & Daniel Lewin & William Gelling, pledges: husband Paul Gelling & John Christian; witnesses in 1672: 
Mallooney Lewney & William Cormode & Edward Fletcher.
Father: Braddan parish register:  Paul Gelling buried 18 December 1679.
Will of father: ArW 1679A #06 Braddan will of Paul Gelling, died 16 December 1679: [1st wife Marriad Lewin her will ArW 1637A #37 Braddan], 2nd wife [Margaret 
Kermode] is alive [her will ArW 1691A #04 Braddan], children by 1st wife Marriad Lewin: Paul (died 1684), Elsabeth/Isabel (married William Norris by 1676, his will 
ArW 1688A #40 Marown), children by 2nd wife Margaret Kermode: Margaret (married xxxx Parr by 1691, son John senior, son John junior, son Patrick (the heir, rec'd 
legacies July 1689), also: grandson Paul (son of Patrick); ?son by an affair:Robert, witnesses: Philip Christian & Mally Callow; pledges Robert Lewin & John Gelling 
(note that in 1689, heir Patrick called pledge John Gelling his 'brother in law', but he is not a son of Paul's 1st wife, nor with such a designation is he one of 
Patrick's younger brothers John senior & John junior, so is he a half brother by a middle wife of Paul [but then he would be the heir] or an uncle or an illegitimate 
son of deceased father Paul?).
Will of stepmother: ArW 1691A #04 Braddan will of Margaret Gelling als Kermode, made 20 Apr 1691: husband [Paul] Gelling is dead [his will ArW 1679A #06 Braddan], 
stepdau Isabel Norris alias Gelling [her husband William Norris died 1688], dau Margaret Parr alias Gelling (dau is Ellin Parr), son John Gelling senior in London, 
son John Gelling junior in London, son Patrick Gelling  (married Ursula xxxx, he died 1720, EpW 1720E Braddan decree], grandson Paul Gelling (father is Patrick), 
goddau Margaret Lewin, also: Mary Kissage, Mally Christian, Robert Creer's wife, witnesses: Edmund Lewin & John Bridson, pledges: Henry Parr & Edmund ----.
Will of half brother: EpW 1720E Braddan will decree of Captain Patrick Gelling of Douglas, died 15 December 1720, intestate: 
wife is not mentioned, eldest son Captain Paul Gelling, other children; pledge: Mr William Oates merchant in Douglas.

	Braddan

This is afirmed to be ye last will & testa
=ment of Paule Gelling who depted this life 
ye 4th of Januarie 1684,   first he comitted 
his soule to God & his body to Christian buriall
It: he left to his sister Iseabe a mayre 
& her falower legasie.  It: he left to his 
sister Margrett a yong horsse & a sheep legase 
It: he left to his stepmother a sheep yt was 
at John Kewleys legase   It: he constituted & 
ordayned his brother Patrick Gelling to be 
his true & lawfull executor of all ye rest 
of his goods moveable & unmoveable wtsoever 
Testis			{ Edmond Lewne
		 jurati	{ James Killey
The executr sworne
in form of Law		pbat est et solvit 6d

the whole Inventory amounts to 1£- 5s 
pledges in forme of Law Edm: Lewn & Hen: Parre

Last Modified 21 October 2018