Thanks to David Radcliffe's site (lawsonsiom.freevar.com/wills) for the will transcription from Jim Smith 27 Feb 2011, of Margaret Camaish 1770 (Bride Parish 0106225) & will summary from Frances' Manx Note Book of Margaret Camaish alias Christian 1772-1 (Bride A 26 E d 0106394). These two possibly help the ongoing research in establishing the connection between the Camaish/Comish & Callow families in Bride & Andreas. Could someone please help with the following:
MI's if they exist for :
1. Margaret Camaish died March 1770 ( buried Bride 20 March 1770); & possibly her mother
2. Margaret Camaish alias Christian widow died 5 January 1772 (buried Bride 9 January 1772 )
Also:
Trying to establish the family relationships; parents siblings, spouses of:
1. Margaret Camaish d 1770: her will mentions in order; brother William; "Brother" (but I think it should be brother in law) Dan'l Callow and her Sister Mary; Dan'l Callow's two children (including a hat to the unnamed daughter); Brother Edmun; her loving mother-not mentioned by name & finally her Sister Christian Camaish as Exec: the witnesses are Ann Cown & Christian Crenilt; in the Chapter court 31 Oct 1770, however the pledges for payment of Debts & Legacies mention Dan'l Caistil (not Callow?) & Wm Camaish. (To confuse matters Bride Parishes marriages have a Dan Castill marrying a Dorothy Camaish 6 Feb 1732 & our relative Daniel Callow marrying Mary Camaish 14 Dec 1762).
2. Margaret Camaish alias Christian widow died 1772: her will summary says "son wm; edmond; names danl callow & wife (chn John, margt & mary)*; dau Christian exec; sister w/o John Vondy; maid serv mary camaish." *These match the known family of Daniel Callow & Mary Camaish; John 1763-1833 married Catherine Cormode; Margaret 1766-1828 married William Radcliffe & Mary 1771-1853 married briefly John Crenilt/ Crennell & buried with her father Daniel in Bride. The only one not included is Thomas 1769, who possibly died as an infant as he is not mentioned in any wills from 1770 onwards.
The above Margaret Camaish alias Christian may be the wife of:
3. John Commaish 1764 KK Bride; will transcribed by Carol Gosselin 9 Aug 2008: he died 2 Oct 1763; buried 18 or 28 Nov 1763; will mentions daughters Margt & Christian; son Patt; son Edmund; his loving wife & eldest son-both not named; exec eldest son-not named; witnesses John Wattleworth & Dan Cottier; pledges for payment of debts & legacies Wm Christian & Wm Joughin both of KK Bride
With help from fellow Callow researchers have looked at IGI & Parish records;
(a) can't find a marriage in Bride of Margaret Christian to any Camaish; if she married in another parish it could be difficult to find her as for example, the Andreas Parish records have a note saying no marriages were recorded in the church registry 1685-1704;
(b) found baptisms in Bride for Mary Camaish father Jon 1730; Margt 1736 & 1739 both father John; Edmund 1749 father John; the only Pat we could find was Pat Cammaish Andreas 16 Mar 1742 father Jon Cammaish-there is no Patt in either Margaret 1770 or 1772 wills & Lawson micro site manx burials doesn't list a Pat or Patrick Camaish; No William Camaish bapt in Bride about the right age ; nor in other parishes was the IGI clear if there was a William with a father John to line up with the other "siblings" in the will (1770). On a search of the IGI, no Christian Camaish with a father John/jon was located in any parish
(c)There was an IGI record for a John Camaish marriage in Andreas to Catherine Tear 14 April 1722; but no Jon or John Cammaish marriage in Bride parish records; maybe another parish?
So in summary could we please have:
1.MIs for the 2 Margaret Camaish's-1770 & 1772
2.MI for John Cammaish 1763/4
3.MIs for any of the others above espec Edmund, Pat, Christian & William Camaish ; also Mary Callow alias Camaish (thanks to Donna we have MIs for Daniel Callow & his dau Mary; Daniel's son John Callow & his wife Catherine Cormode; their son Thomas & wife Jane etc)
4.Spouse & place of marriage of Margaret Camaish alias Christian died 1772
5.Connection of Margaret Camaish alias Christian to "sister w/o John Vondy"
6. Any connection of the above "sister w/o John Vondy" to a will summary for Isabel Christian alias Vondy A 63 0106231 1794 Ballacurrey d 3 Dec 1793 "gch. Ann Crow, John Christian; bro John Vondy's poor children; dau Jane Christian" . Interesting-there is a mention of "john Vondy's poor children" also in Frances' Manx Note Book in "Bride Donations to the Poor" from the Duke of Athol 1791 to amongst others; "john Vondy's poor children 8 (shillings?)"
7. Can you assume a family connection between the person who made the will, the people named in the body of the will & those people named in wills at the end, in the Chapter or Correction courts section, as "giving pledges for payment of Debts & Legacies"?
8. Finally is it possible that a reference to a "brother" as in the Margaret Camaish will of 1770 meant "brother in law" & the terms were, as I have been told, sometimes interchangeable?
I know this is a lot to ask but would appreciate any feedback at all;
Thanks
Shan Callow