ignore the junk story about banishment - Tear is a common Manx name (found on Man since earliest written records) - possibly contracted from Mac-an-t-saoir, ' the carpenter's son. (A W Moore - Manx names)

However the mention of Mark Christian is intriquing as I think there were less than 10 in the parish registers pre 1850 - there is a mark Christian born 1814 s/o thomas + margt cormode who seems to vanish by 1841c - no burial I can see on Island - was the marriage in the US ?