What is a marriage settlement? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Reddan" <nickred@webone.com.au> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Question on wife not mentioned in will > Jan > > Another scenario is that she was provided for in their marriage > settlement. These often provided a life rent charge for the widow. > Also the eldest son might not be mentioned as the land was entailed and > went to them without need of being willed. > > A lot of marriage settlements were registered in the registry of Deeds > > -- > > > Regards > > > > > > Nick > > /Home/ > http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ > <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> > /Sites managed/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> > http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm > http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ > <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sharon In today's parlance it would be a pre-nuptial agreement. It was an agreement about how land or other resources would be held in trust to provide for a widow and children of a marriage. -- Regards Nick /Home/ http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> /Sites managed/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/>