You have been lucky !
We haven't transcribe all the information of the will of Domenico son of Mariano :
Will the 1649-05-09 : Domenico VASSALLO son of late Mariano from Mosta
Universal heir : La Lampade del Ssmo Sacramento
Particuliar heir : Maria, his wife, daughter of late Paolo XERRI.
1654-05-14, another will with the same heir (I supposed he changed somethings in the will, but not "important" for Adami).
Codicille the 1655-12-05, so he died most likely between 1654 and 1655.
"In detto testamento fundo un legato di maritagi anuale di 95 uncies in favor delle femine sue consanguine".
(Like you can see the information has been added after)
In 1649-05-09, Maria, his wife, made a will to his nephews (children of her sister).
In 1649-09-12, Maria, his wife, made a will to his husband.
You have the confirmation ! It's this Domenico who made a legato !
As you can see, no children are listed are heirs.
When it happens, it proves, most likely, that there is no children at all (I saw this case, many, many times).
And his wife made her nephews, her heirs. So it matches.
So clearly, your Domenico is not a priest.
He is just a man who hadn't children that reached adulthood (not rare situation).
Why the "priest theory" so ?
Because, when you want to prove that you are the current descendant, but your direct line go to the "cousin", it's better to say that he was a priest in order to exclude all hypothetical children that could change the heritage.
If someone found another wife with children, the title holder would change !
N.
We haven't transcribe all the information of the will of Domenico son of Mariano :
Will the 1649-05-09 : Domenico VASSALLO son of late Mariano from Mosta
Universal heir : La Lampade del Ssmo Sacramento
Particuliar heir : Maria, his wife, daughter of late Paolo XERRI.
1654-05-14, another will with the same heir (I supposed he changed somethings in the will, but not "important" for Adami).
Codicille the 1655-12-05, so he died most likely between 1654 and 1655.
"In detto testamento fundo un legato di maritagi anuale di 95 uncies in favor delle femine sue consanguine".
(Like you can see the information has been added after)
In 1649-05-09, Maria, his wife, made a will to his nephews (children of her sister).
In 1649-09-12, Maria, his wife, made a will to his husband.
You have the confirmation ! It's this Domenico who made a legato !
As you can see, no children are listed are heirs.
When it happens, it proves, most likely, that there is no children at all (I saw this case, many, many times).
And his wife made her nephews, her heirs. So it matches.
So clearly, your Domenico is not a priest.
He is just a man who hadn't children that reached adulthood (not rare situation).
Why the "priest theory" so ?
Because, when you want to prove that you are the current descendant, but your direct line go to the "cousin", it's better to say that he was a priest in order to exclude all hypothetical children that could change the heritage.
If someone found another wife with children, the title holder would change !
N.