Hi Janette,
Using the added information which Carol posted about James Starkey at his marriage [11/11/1863 Malew: James Starkey full age bachelor Labourer Ballavarane f. James Starkey Farmer...] I had another look for James in censuses. In the 1861 Santan census there was a James Starkey, servant in the Dougherty household, ag.27, Carter, b.Malew (bapt not found in Malew), and the only possible bapt for him seemed to be the one in Douglas I found before, with father John. However in the 1851 census James Starkey was in Braddan, Algarve, a servant unmarr., aged 16 Farm lab b.MAUGHOLD in the household of John Cain mar 33 Tailor farming 30 acres, wife Mary 32 b.Peel, and children b.Braddan: Elizabeth 9, Andrew 5, Christian 2, and Eleanor Cain visitor 18. [James is in the Ancestry index under STARLY.]
Having born in Maughold opens another possibility, and this James has probable father James - a farmer!
This is the only James Starkey I found in Maughold censuses of around the right age:
Maughold 1841 census [1841 census had no relationships given, and adult ages were usually rounded, although these ones look accurate]:
3 13 50 Doon
John STARKEY 76 Sailor Isle of Man [John STARKEY ag. 80 bur. Maughold Nov 6 1843]
James STARKEY 34 Isle of Man
James STARKEY 9 Isle of Man
Jane STARKEY 72 Isle of Man
The 34-yr-old looks like James Starkey bapt. 18 March 1807 Lezayre, son of John Starkey & Jane KISSACK. With James Starkey aged 9 his [possibly illegitimate] son? James married in 1843 and I can’t see an earlier marriage for him. However it was the IOM custom to use the father’s surname even if his parents didn’t marry.
A good possibility? - The Maughold parish register has John James Illegitimate son of Jane Corlett bapt 20 Jan 1833.
Jane CORLETT aged 30 was buried in Maughold on Jul 25 1838.
The IGI has extracted records for the bapts of these children of John Starkey & Jane Kissack, who married 4 FEB 1802 Braddan :
EVAN STARKEY Christening: 06 FEB 1803 Kirk German
MARY STARKEY Christening: 08 DEC 1805 Saint Mathews, Douglas
PATRICK STARKEY Christening: 18 MAR 1807 Lezayre
JAMES STARKEY Christening: 18 MAR 1807 Lezayre
ROBT THOS STARKIE Christening: 22 OCT 1809 Lezayre
GEORGE EDWD STARKEY Christening: 28 MAY 1814 Lezayre
Maughold 1851 census:
James Starkie hd, Mar., 41, Farmer of 12 acres, b.Lezayre [Ancestry has “Mackie”.]
Ellanor wife 30 b.Lonan
Sophia daur 8 scholar b.Maughold
Jane daur 7 b.Maughold
Margaret daur 1 b.Maughold
& 2 lodgers.
James STARKY & ELLEANOR SKILLICORN
Marriage: 02 JUL 1843 Lonan, Isle Of Man
Husband Age at Marriage: 34
Wife Age at Marriage: 23
Maughold parish register has these children for James STARKEY & Ellinor SKILLICORN:
STARKEY Jane [daur of] James Starkey/ Elinor Skillicorn [bapt] Parish Church 27 Mar 1844
STARKEY Lucia James Starkey/ Elinor Skillicorn Parish Church 30 May 1846
STARKEY Margaret James Starkey/ Elinor Parish Church 30 Jun 1849
STARKEY Elinor James Starkey/ Elinor Parish Church 14 Sep 1851
STARKEY John James James Starkey/ Elinor Skillicorn Parish Church 13 Jul 1855
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