| The following information has been reproduced with the kind permission of Brian Lawson, an expatriate Manxman now residing in Western Canada. On his website, The Manx Lawsons & Related Families, Brian has published an Index of Wills, covering the years 1633-1920, from which the below Brew entries have been extracted. |
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Brian explains, "This index has been prepared from the official indices in the Archdeacon's (LDS film 0106195) and Episcopal (LDS film 0106366) Registries. Some entries have been modified as information becomes available from Will transcriptions, e.g. maiden or alias names have been added when they are stated in the Will but not in the official index.
The separate Registries were combined into one Civil Registry from 1885 onwards. The index to this Registry up to and including the year 1949 is available on LDS film 0106366 - the last part of the film recording the Episcopal Registry Index.
The LDS have copied all Wills and Decrees that were in the Rolls Office up to and including the year 1916. Although this index contains Wills and Decrees for the years 1917-20 no LDS film number can be given for these Wills and Decrees. They are included only for the sake of completeness as 1920 marks the end of an Index Book.
Rare instances have been found of Wills or Decrees that do NOT appear in the official indices. As these are discovered they will be added to this index.
Damaged or Unreadable entries - Some entries were unreadable due either to damage in the original books or poor condition on the film. These entries will be found under "U".
Indexing Methods - Original spelling has been maintained but obvious variations have been grouped, e.g. Cane, Cain, Caine, Cayne have all been grouped under Cain. In the same way forenames such as Eleanor, Elin and all the variations have been grouped under Eleanor. Kate/Katharine will be found under Catherine and Bessie/Eliza under Elizabeth."
Due to the size of the list, I have split it into two parts, in alphabetical order of forename: A-J and K-Z