checked the list of priests ordained from St. Patrick's College, Carlow, for Kildare and Leighlin , 1793-1900s , no Father Couran listed. > From: rnowlan@primus.ca > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:42 -0500 > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Will of THOMAS NOLAN of BALLON (1832) - mentioning lands in BALLON & MYSHALL area > > Hi All! > > Anyone with Nolan ancestry in the Ballon-Myshall area will cetainly be > interested in this early Nolan will (1832) > for a Thomas Nolan of Ballon, a seemingly wealthy man with a house and > property in Ballon and leaseholds on various lands in the Ballon-Myshall > area. > > I believe that I may be realted to this family of Nolans and I would > appreciate hearing from anyone who can identify with any of the Nolans > mentioned here or the townland names mentioned. > > Bye for now, > Roger Nowlan (http://nolanfamilies.org ) > > ****** SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF WILL ************ > > In the will dated April 20, 1827, Thomas Nolan of Ballon names Rev. Peter > Nowlan of Carlow as executor and, > after his death on June 12, 1832, according to his will, his worldly > possessions were distributed to > 5 sons, Richard, Thomas, Patrick, Michael and John, as follows: > > 1)Richard received: > * his leasehold on lands of Ballinadrum owned by James Leckey > *bulloc cows & two horses > *the shell of a house to be built on the named lands out of testor's > [monies?] > > 2)Thomas received: > *his leasehold on lands in Myshall owned by Mr?/Wm? Baggott > *300 Irish pounds being held by Mr?/Wm? Baggott, > but which need not be released for another 3 years > > 3)Patrick received: > *his leasehold on lands in "Kiletheen" (?) owned by James Leckey > *10 cows, 2 horses > *100 Irish pounds now on loan to another son, Michael, > (who has up to 4 years to repay the loan) > > 4)Michael received: > *his lands (not a leasehold!), dwelling house aand out offices in Ballon > *his stock and merchandise in said house & offices > NOTE:Receipt of the above was subject to > an annuity of 10 Irish pounds to be paid for life to his wife > > 5)John received: > *his leasehold on lands and premises manged by > "the Representatives of the late Rev. James Couran" (sic Rev. James > Curran) > *his leasehold on lands of "Garryonouge" (?) owned by James O'Brien > *his leasehold on lands of "Coneberry" (sic Cunaberry) owned by the late > Robert Marshall > *14 cows, 2 horses > *100 Irish pounds to be paid in 4 years by his son Michael > > If anyone can shed light on any of the Nolans identified in the will, pleae > let me know. > > NOTE 1: > There is no mention in the will of who was younger or older but the order > given above is as it appeared in the will. > > NOTE 2: > I believe that the Rev. Peter Nowlan mentioned above as executor was the son > of Michael Nowlan and Ann Brennan of Killane born in 1793. His baptismal > record of February 14, 1793, gives his parents as a Michael and Judith > Nowlan of Killane and his godparents as a james Brennan and an Anne Nowlan. > based upon an ind-depth analysis of all baptismal and marriage entries for > 1785-1795 it is beleive that the first names of the mother and godmother > were switched when entering the information in the parish register. In > earlier research I also determined with a high degree of certainty that the > assumed father of the rev. Peter Nowlan mentioned above, namely Michael > Nowlan married to Ann Brennan, was a brother to my ancestor James Nowlan who > married Mary Clowry (née Shortall) in Shortall in 1793. Interestingly > enough, supporting the fact that James and Michael were brothers is the fact > that the "James Brennan", the assumed godfather of Rev. Peter Nowlan, was > also one of the witnesses at my ancestor James' marriage in 1793. > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/