Hi All

Took me a bit to find what I was looking for but my first experience with
this was in Ireland. If you look at "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" 4th
Edition by John Grenham on page 155 this is discussed.
The lease was good for however many people you could negotiate it for. In
this case three lives and the lessee got to pick the other two
people--normally family and usually younger members to maximize the lease.
However you have to remember survival of young people was very problematic
back then.


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:14 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My interpretation is that the land lease would allow the renter be able to
> pass the contract to
> any 3rd generation heir and have the ability to extend it 3 more
> generations by paying a one
> year rent premium per generation extended.
>



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