Summary of Wills - Onchan 1698-1799

These are summaries of some wills for which a fuller transcription was necessarily not made (total for period ~400 - ~35% here) - they were done in course of other research and are given here in case other researchers find them useful -

d = decree (intestate), w = will dg = deed of gift, ua under age, [full] indicates a full transcription available.

Year   Par  court  Name                      als          My Notes  
1701   A 5     WOODS        Jane        kissag       d last of oct;husb wm;3 ch john james & alice kewn  (all ua) supv uncles wm kissage & wm kissage
1701   A 6     TEARE        Thomas                   douglas - d.o.g to niece issable charran of house garden etc
1702-1 E 02 w  Fargher      Christian   Cannell      d 30 may 1702, dau under age Thomas Lewin to bring up dau & have half goods
1702-1 E 02 d  Joyner       Alice       Kewley       d c 3 Feb 1701/2 - 4 children Robt paul wm & john + husband; 2nd child wm in ustody of Bessie Kewly pledges
                                                     Wm Caine Philp Kewly, rest with father
1702-1 E 02 d  Cannel       Alice       Qualtrough   bur new yrs day last; 3 children Thomas, Ellinr and Alice Cannell, thomas out of island
1711   A 2     BANKS        Alice       WATLEWORTH   [full]
1715-2 E    w  KISSAG       Ann         GELLING      d 14 Jul;sons John,Wm + Paul;gdau Margt Kissag;d-i-l Majory Kissag (als Creer);husb Wm
1716-1 A    d  BANKES       Isabel      COrriN       [full]
1732-2 E    d  QUINE        Sylvester                d 8 may; only dau anne corrin als quine
1733-1 E    d  LEWNEY       William                  d 12 mar;4 ch isabel, alice john cath;wife alive
1741-2 A 11    QUINE        Thomas                   d 10 nov 1741;son wm,robt philip.dau ellinor
1743-1 A 5     KNEAL        Christian   HOWLAND      gson wm dougainey of marown;bro-i-law hugh cain + hc's daus ann margt;dau margt doughanney w/o john;
                                                         1754 john doghardy now arrived at lawful yrs;
1749-1 A 6     MOORE        Thomas                   dau ann gellin als moore;gson thos cowin lanshaghyn;dau isable cowin als more exex w/o danl
1753-2 A 23    KELLY        Patrick                  made 21 mar 1753;ballakeighin;son thos exec
1754-2 A 32    KILLEY       Elizabeth   CROW         d 28 mar 1754;gdau cath lawson;dau-i-law ellinor;son wm;gdau ann lawson;dau cath;gson john;son john;husb wm;1785 wm sayle h/o cath lawson
1757-2 E    w  CHRISTIAN    Philip                   begoad;son john;wife judy als corran;dau ellinor,dorrady,mary,ann
1758-1 E    d  CAINE        Hannah      CHRISTIAN    d 2 nov;5ch Dorothy, Mary & John, Thos & Cath (ua) ;1770 john killey h/o dau margt,thos cowin h/o dorothy
1758-2 E    d  LEWN         Joney       KELLY        d 13 feb 1758;no relns ;husb robt;pledges john looney onc + robt looney douglas;inv
1758-3 E    d  MOORE        John                     mariner s/o thos;d hm hospital spithead christmas 1757;sibs whole blood wm,edwd,ellinr,jane + hannah;decd mo mary;5sibs half blood alice margt ,mary,math & phil ua 
1759-3 E    w  COWIN        Joney       BODAUGH      d 14 aug 1759;son thos christian;daus ann + margt;son wm christian (by a former usb);husb thomas;witt margt fayle als martin,anne lewin als christian
1759-3 E    w  GARRET       Margaret    COTTIER      son danl;neice margt garrett;husb john
1759-3 E    w  QUARK        Catherine   COTTIER      d 25 aug 1759;ballacottier;son james (youngest),danl (eldest) exec
1760-1 E    d  CANNELL      John                     d 30 jul 1759;ch john,thos,elinor + jane;robt kelly h/o jane;thos quine h/o ellinor
1761-1 E    d  CHRISTIAN    Margaret    CALLOW       [Full];d 15 mar 1761;8ch Jane, Thomas, Margaret, John, Ellinor, Joney, William, & Matthias Christian, most ua uncles Thomas Fargher & Thomas McYlworrey + gfa wm callow supv;husb thomas;
                                                         1775 ellinor now ellinor wheeler,thomas hampton h/o margt acks from fa-i-law thos christian of shlagaby;
1761-3 E    d  COTTIMAN     John                     d sometime ago on coast of africa on board the Recovery of Liverpool;sis isabel + joney;
1761-3 E    w  QUINE        Patrick                  made 23 feb 1760;going to some part of africa;names john cain (2 boats);fa john;bro thomas
1762-2 E    d  COWIN        Daniel                   d 6 may; ch thos eliz (w/o edmund christian) mary (rcvd dowry by contract w/o wm christian)
1765-2 A 47    FAYLE        Richard                  made 6 feb 1765;ballacain;gdau mary christian;dau ann fayle (execx)
1765-2 E    d  LEWN         Robert                   3 ch thos stephan john - wm eldest already had marr contract;
1765-3 E    w  KELLY        Ann         COSTEAN      3 sons wm john thos kelley;husb gilbt
1766-2 E    w  CHRISTIAN    Edward                   bemaghig ;son philip edward matthias;servant maid cath killey bro hugh cannell late dec & supv of her orphan
                                                      child her husb chas gelling;wiit robert & wm christian;
1766-2 E    w  LEWN         Robert                   miller;Wm Quine + dau isabel;son robt;s-i-l patrick paterson;wife alive
1767-2 E    w  LEWN         Ellinor     OATES        d 9 may 1767;dau isable;sons stephen,robt (loom),dau ellinor,jane;gdau ellinr lewn;dau isabel exec w/o wm quine;wm killey h/o ellnr lewn
1768-1 E    w  SKILLICORN   Elizabeth   CRY          d 22 oct 1767;gdau susannah waterson (lived with her some yrs + will of her fa edw waterson ballnchow ?);only dau eliz waterson als skillicorn ballnchow execx;;only john john
1768-2 E    w  QUAYLE       Grissall    ROSS         petn by husb thos quayle that mrs ann harpur (w/o james carpenter) of c'town proposes to quit island for Liverpool;
                                                     will - sis mary fielding's dau;sis jane quinlin (+ch) w/o james dublin;serv margt moore (her fa schoolmaster in c'town still owed money £26);bro james ross
1769-2 A 29    OATES        John                     [full]
1770-1 E    w  CHRISTIAN    William                  dated 26 aug 1765;son of danl christian cleppes; died abroad on ship eccho of liverpool;sis cath cowil,sis mary creer [?w/o robt creer fam 30332] ,sis judy cotier [?fam 27284];bros thomas + john execs;mo alive in will;
1770-2 A 31    CAIN         Thomas                   d 12 mar 1770;ballecronck;dau dorothy,margt,cath;son thos (if he comes for it),john (exec)
1770-2 E    d  LEWN         Robert                   d 9 apr 1770;ballacreetch;dau mary w/o robt colvin;inv
1770-3 E    w  CANNELL      Elizabeth   KEWN         d 2 jul 1770;husb's gch elizth creatney;husb john
1771-2 A 27    CHRISTIAN    Thomas                   ballakilmartin;dau isabel cain;son edmund;sis dorothy christian (edmond to maintain her)
1771-2 A 28    LOONEY       Christopher              d 2 mar 1771;son robt;son-i-l wm brew;wife alive
1771-3 E    w  HYDE         Mary                     d 14 aug 1771;only son thos;husb alive
1772-2 A 41 dg CLAGUE       Isabel      kneal        dated 21 jan 1776;widow;to dau isable knight
1773-1 E    w  CHRISTIAN    Joney       COWLEY       d 23 sep 1773;dau jane;names stephen lewin;her un-named ch;husb wm
1773-2 A 28    CORKIL       Finlo                    made candlemas 1772;wife alive;sons finlo (eldest),james;dau cath,isabel ,ann elinor + mary;
1773-3 E    w  CREER        Mary        CHRISTIAN    clepp;dau mary,margt;son john;husb robert;son robt,thomas;thos + john christian uncles;john clucas shoemaker h/o mary;1785 edward christian h/o margt
1774-1 A 4     McDONALD     Judith      QUAYLE       douglas;husb stephen exec;bros thos (+wife alis) ,john + wm (dau ann);stephen didn't find pledges + threatened with prison - john lewney douglas tailor + thos collins 
                                                     mariner
1774-1 A 5     CHRISTIAN    Edmond                   bro thos,james,edward,danl;names edmond christian lez,thos killey;parents alive
1774-2 A 59    BANKS        Isabel                   made 3 may;gson james backs;2 daus joan + ann execx;wm corran h/o jane thos cowin h/o anne;
1774-2 A 60    SKILLICORN   James                    d 18 feb 1774;wife briggit execx
1774-2 A 61    McCULLOK     Penelope                 w/o ebenezer exec;one witt chas searle dead, other john peebles beyond seas;capt john younger + nichs christian both of douglas testify re chas searle late atty gnl;ch
                                                      ua not named
1774-3 E    d  SKILLICORN   Margaret                 d 7 jun 1774;ch john + margt (ua) uncles (mo side) Wm corlett,wm + john christian;;husb john
1775-1 A 3     MOORE        William                  d 20 dec 1774;douglas;ch wm, isabel + margt all abroad;wife alive;apointsphilip moore + wm corkill as trustees
1775-1 A 4     CANNEL       John                     ballaskeilley;son danl,thos;dau margt corkhill;gson john corkill;son patk exec
1775-2 A 38    KILLEY       William                  d 14 apr;son john (eldest),ch eliz,wm,george + ellinor;wife ellinor
1776-1 A 5     CAIN         John                     d 16 jan 1776;ch cath,elizth,jane,ellinor,ann, margt + mary;wife elizth;robt cannon h/o cath;thos kelly h/o jane;patrick quine h/o dau elizth
1776-1 A 6     CROW         Ewan                     made 16 jan 1776;son mathias;ch isabel,ewan,thos + jane;wife mary;daniel creetch h/o dau mary ?
1776-1 A 7  jw COTTIMAN     William                  wm + ann als knail;gdau isabella knail;friend + reln john cottiman maughold;daus judy + isabella cottiman;wm kneale h/o judy;
1776-2 A 48    LOONEY       Bahee [Bridet] boide        d Feb 1776;sons Robt, Wm (exec)
1776-2 A 49    BANKS        Robert                   Balnyhow, Onchan,: son James, Dau Isab, son Wm, wife Isabel;[full]
1777-1 A 1     STOWELL      John                     d 26 nov 1776;bro philip killey;bro-in-law paul knight;wife isable als knight
1777-1 A 2     CAIN         Margaret    howland      d 22 jan 1777;dau alice,margt,anne;son patrick,john;gson john christian;gdau isable cain s/o john;son hugh exec;thos kewin h/o margt,john christian h/o alice
1777-2 A 4     CANNAN       Thomas                   son wm,charles (abroad);gson thos cain;son robt (a beehive),wife alive (the flax);daus ann + eliz
1777-2 A 5     OATES        Margaret    COWLEY       son Jn, dau Jane, dau in law Mary Oates; husb Jn still alive [full]
1777-2 A 7  jw TAGGART      Elizabeth   christian als kneale  christr taggart + wife eliz;ballvinch;son danl christian of douglas re meat + drink dated apr 1769nchristr dead by 1777;
1777-2 E    w  BANCKS       Alice                    made 25 may 1777;balnyhow;sis jane corran als bancks,ann cowin als bancks;names wm bancks;sis-i-law isabel bancks execx
1777-2 E    w  CANNELL      John                     d 26 may 1777;beabealoa ?;son john(eldest),edwd,wm (not at age);daus rose + mary;wife rose pregnant execx;uncles robt kelly + thos quine on fa's side;inv; 
1777-2 E    d  CHRISTIAN    Elizabeth                d 15 jan 1777;ch james,edwd + danl; (only edwd on island);husb edmd;inv  
1777-2 E    d  KEWLEY       Dorothy                  d 12 feb 1777;ch wm cooilleish + daniel kewley;
1777-2 E    w  LEWN         John                     d 16 may 1777;mo isabel execx
1777-3 E    w  QUINE        Margaret    CREER        made 28 apr 1777;son john,patrick;dau eliz;husb thomas
1778-1 A 4  jw COTTIMAN     Ann         knail ?      william + ann;gdau isabella knail;friend + reln john cottiman (maughold);dau isabella;wm kneal h/o judy cottiman 
1778-1 A 5     CHRISTIAN    Edward                   made 2 jan 1778;boomaughaig;ch edwd john alice + margt,cath + eunice
1778-1 E    d  CAINE        Ellinor                  mo eliz kissack;sis cath,elizth jane ann margt + mary; john kissack husb of mo eliz;robt cannon h/o cath,thos kelly h/o jane
1779-1 A 3     CANNON       Robert                   d 3 jan 1779;dau elizabeth;wife cath als cain;thos,john + wm cannon uncles supv of ua child;
1780   A 4     KENNAUGH     edward                   douglas,mariner;unnamed sibs;wife elinor als mylechreest;made 3 may 1773;
1780   A 5     LEWIN        Margaret    killip       w/o jno (house in douglas);son robt,wm,john (if he come);dau eliz;,mary  (w/o john oates) + margt(w/o ewan lewin);gdau ann lewin;edmond quine h/o elizth
1780   A 6     BANKES       Isabel                   bal ny how;dau isable white als banks;son james,robt + thos (last 2 off island) ,wm exec;godson robt banks
1780   A 7     LEWIN        Mary                     ballacreetch;made 28 jan 1780;gdau isabel calin,cath calvin;dau-i-law christian lewin;son-i-law robt calvin
1780-2 E 38 w  CANNELL      Margaret    crow         made 24 jun 1780;dau ann;husb james exec;witt robt lewin,mary crow
1780-2 E 38 w  KARRAN       Phillip                  uttered 18 jan 1780;son john,thos;dau elizth;wife alive
1781   A 3     QUINE        Margaret    christian    dau cath ;gson james crow,gdau cath crow;dau mary quine;
1781   A 4     CROW         James                    sumner;son james,dau jane cath elizbth,ann;wife cath
1781-1 E    d  CANNELL      Mary                     d 31 may 1781;only ch margt cannell admx;husb john
1781-1 E   jw  COWIN        Thomas                   jw made 28 may 1781;thos + ann;lanjahan;son thos;dau elizth,other ch robt ann mary;gson thos cowin ...
1781-1 E    d  FARGHAR      Edward                   d 18 nov 1780;ch james,robt,ann,elizth all at age;pledges daniel + edward christian both onchan
1781-1 E    d  KELLY        Robert                   mariner d on board 'Bella' captain wm currie by advice from jamaica;ch william,robt,ann + cath all ua widow cath kelly;pledges daniel callow kk maughold,john caine malew;henry,wm,thos kelly + thomas grimshaw h/o elinor kelly uncles + aunt guardians + suprv;inv;petn by cath widow
1782   A 3     FAYLE        Margaret    mastyn ?     dau mary;husb james;gson james fayle;son wm;
1782   A 4     QUICKEN      Adam                     douglas,labourer;son john,thos,robt,wm;dau margt;wife margt;
1782-2 E    w  QUAYLE       Judith                   made 14 oct 1782;3ch john,danl + judith;son edward,philip exec;dau margt w/o james taggart
1783   A 2     CHRISTIAN    Thomas                   dated 6 dec 1782;shoemaker douglas;dau cath,son edward,john,dau eliz ,mary wife elin ? christian als christian
1783   A 3     CAIN         Margaret                 dated 1 mar 1783;names margt lewn,eleanor lewn;sibs john,james + isabel cain;
1784   A 17    GELLING      John                     d 10 jan 1784;of douglas;son robt;wife unnmd alive;
1784   A 18    KELLY        John                     d 3 apr 1784;of douglas;sons john,thos;dau cath,mary;wife unnmd but dead by 9 jun 1784
1784   A 19    KELLY        Christian                d 11 apr 1784 (widow of john d 3 apr)pledges matthias kelly weaver, robt kewley joiner both of douglas
1785   A 3     LoWNEY       John                     d 4 feb 1785;douglas;wife mary
1785   A 4     QUINE        Patrick                  d 12 jan 1784;2 dau eleanor + margt;son robt
1786   A 5     FAYLE        William                  ballacain;eldest son james;4 ch  wm eliz robt + charles;wife alive
1786-1 E    d  CASHIN       John                     departed isle about 40 yrs ago;only sis margret cashin als gawne w/o henry gawne;
1786-1 E    w  GARRETT      Christian                d 7 june 1785;husb daniel
1786-1 E    d  QUILLEISH    Joney                    d 22 dec;2 sons daniel + wm cooilleash;husb wm;pledges george oates,john cross
1786-2 E    w  CLAGUE       Robert                   son john;wife margt als cowel;;sons wm paul robt;dau margt;gch john,robt + margt clague;gdau margt quine (d/o jno quine);gdau isabella d/o robt quine;
1786-2 E    w  MYLCHREEST   Mary        gelling      sons john,thos + danl;gson matthias christian;husb danl;dau mat execx
1787   A 5     CREECH       Mary        LEWIN        made 17 jan 1786;son thos;dau ann Karran,Mary (execx);gdau Mary creech;names joney karran
1789-1 E209 d  FARGHER      Isabel      CAIN         d 19 dec 1788;7 ch james,edw,jane,elizth,isabel,margt + ann;husb james;
1788-1 E    w  OATES        William                  bibaloe;nephew richard symons;sis cath allen (+ her ch)sis jane quayle, robert symons son;henry,jane + cath c/o cath allen ack
1789   A 3     CRow         Catherine   quine        made 3 mar 1788;dau ann w/o thos skillicorn;gdau ellinor skillicorn;dau jane,cath,elizth;son james;dau isabel
1789   A 4     CANNaN       Ellinor     kewin        made 25 sep 1788;son john;gdau ellinor cannan;husb james exec
1789-2 E    w  CAINE        John                     d 10 oct 1789;ballachrink;wife mary;son philip,john,mathias (2 youngest to be sent to a trade);dau mary,isabel
1790   A 5  w  CHRISTIAN    Edward                   [Full] Beemaghag
1790-2 E    d  LEWIN        Margaret                 d 6 aug 1790;widow;ch robt + margt
1792   A 3     STEPHEN      Margaret                 widow;douglas;son john, wm;dau cath (execx - land in douglas);wm acks from Liverpool;husb was thomas;
1792-1 E    w  CANNAL       Anne        KINREAD      d 12 may 1792;son John Killey,thos Killey,husband's son Philip Cannal;sis ellenor Kewley;husb Adam
1794-1 E    w  SKILLICORN   Elizabeth   CORRAN       d 12 jun 1794;son john (elder),wm;dau margt,elizbth;husb John;pledges wm corran fa-in-law + matthias corran bro-in-law + uncle john skillicorn suprv
1794-2 E    d  KELLY        Margaret    CREER        d 20 aug 1794;douglas;ch charles + eliz w/o john clague
1794-2 E    d  QUARK        Ann         quine        d beg nov 1794;w/o daniel sumner;4 ch daniel,edwrd,elinor + eliz;pledges edmd + wm quine onchan;uncles edmd quine + hugh kneale
1795   A 11    CREER        Robert                   made 4 apr 1795;boat builder douglas;fa robert;bro thos,sis mary w/o john clucas,margt w/o edward christian;
1795-1 E    jd McCULLOK     Catherine                see ebenezeer
1795-1 E    jd McCULLOK     Ebenezer                 petn by creditor dr patrick scott;inv inc 172 books
1795-2 E    d  kneen        Mary        COLVIN       d apr;ch jane,esther + robert ua + tender yrs;husb patrick
1796   A 12    CHRISTIAN    Catherine   garrett      dated 6 apr [1796];dau;4 sons (inc mathias + john);husb mathias exec;1 ch ua
1796-1 E    d  ARCHER       Jane        [?fargher]   d 13 dec;wife jane;3 ch  [?jane fargher w/o Robert Archer bur onc 17910517]
1796-2 E    w  CHRISTIAN    Elinor                   spinster;left  half a guinea to methodist preaching house;names mary cain als christian widow
1797   A 8     KELLY        Alice       craine       dau eliz;husb wm exec
1797   A 9  jw LEWIN        Ann         christian    stephen + ann als christian;son edward (loom he now weaves),stephen + robt,daus elinor,an + jane
1797-2 E    w  COWIN        Ann         BANKS        husb ? thos;dau isable christian,elizth banks,ann clark,mary kelly;only son robt
1798   A 3     SKILLICORN   John                     sulby ? onchan;wife eleanor (house douglas adj street south,henry moore west,widow lewn north + east; + sand side john anthony's house);dau eliz w/o edwd charles;gdau
1798   A 6     QUAYLE       Thomas                   [full]
1798-1 E    jd COWIN        Elizabeth                ch john,james,wm,jane + ann;uncles james crew,john lace,john kelly,thos skillicorn,john mrrison + john creech;1811 wm cowin chooses john taggard + wm fayle
1798-1 E    jd COWIN        William                  see eliz
1798-2 E654 w  crenil       margaret                 made 18 may 1798;widow;ch philip (now off isle) ,john + cath cottier als crenil (houses in onchan + sandside douglas);philip cottier h/o cath;
1799   A 4     cowin        thos                     made 6 oct 1799;dau elinor,isable;son james;wife  alive + other unnamed ch
1799   A 5                                           number not used
1799   A 6     TAGGART      Mary                     made 17 dec 1798;[paragph xd thru - dau elinor]son wm,john,robt,;husb thos exec;john + elinor taggart ack from bro wm;
1799   A 7     CHRISTIAN    Edward                   dau ann (not 21)son edwd;wife ann als nelson
1799-1 E    w  crenil       margaret                 [?in bl]made 18 may 1798;widow;ch philip (now off isle) ,john + cath cottier als crenil (houses in onchan + sandside douglas);philip cottier h/o cath;
1803   A 9     LEWN         Edward                   ch edward + thos;wife execx
1819   A 6     SKILLICORN   Jane        quark        w/o john;sulby;dau jane,mary,isabella,eleanor
1819   A 7     KNEALE       Elizabeth   quine        husb hugh;son robt kneal;eliz cain partial;y xd thru;


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