Hi Terrence

Luckily, I’d kept some notes from a previous Skelly search. My head’s full of Caveen wills at the moment, but I’ll paste in below the notes that may be relevant to your Ballaugh John Skelly.

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1841
Gliack, Ballaugh

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
John Skaley 60
Mary Skaley 50
Catharine Skaley 23
Christian Skaley 14
Edward Skaley 7
Maria Reid 2

John Skealy 60 mason

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1851
Gliack House, Ballaugh

Name Age
John Skelly 72
Mary Skelly 60
John Skelly 40
Christian Skelly 23
Maria Reid 12
Joseph Kinnin 1

JS 72 stone mason b Malew

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1861
Gliack, Ballaugh

Ancestry’s transcription:
Name Age
Mary Shelly 75
Christian Shelly 38
Maria Ried 21
Joseph Kinnin 11
John Gawn 2

Mary Skelly 75 widow pauper b Malew

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possible burials for your John and Mary in Ballaugh:

SKEALLY, John 80 Ballaugh 21 Sep 1856

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SKEALLY, Mary 78 Ballaugh 12 Dec 1865

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From Frances’s Malew will summaries in Manx Note Book:

1759-3 E d SKEALY John perished by sea 16 dec 1758; 2 children john & robt;wife ellinr

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This looks like John Skeally (birth year and parents not yet researched---- he married Elinor Waterson 7 July 1753 Malew), children John 9 Sept 1754 and Robert 25 March 1759.

Robt b 1759 married Leonora Curlet March 1781 Malew and he died Oct 1781 Malew.

1781-2 E w SKEALLY Robert d 3 oct 1781;c'town;bro john;wife leonora als curlet exex

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Robert b 1759’s brother John Skeally b 1754 married Ann Carralagh 21 Aug 1779 Malew.

Children:

John 11 Jun 1780 --- poss m Mary Maddrell 1 Nov 1808 Marown and had a family in Ballaugh.

Robt 1 Apr 1782 --- poss m Esther/Mgt Fell 2 Oct 1803 Malew (she died 1832 Malew) and Cath Maddrell nee ? widow 1835 Malew. Robert died 15 Oct 1845 Malew age 66---small age discrepancy. Robert was probably the 60 yr old fisherman in Castletown in 1841 with a John Skelly age 20 (not necessarily his son) – this John Skelly may or may not be the John Skelly who was the father of the 1842-born illegitimate child of Esther Radcliffe b 1817-----the reason that I did this research with Kirk Radcliffe Mayer back in Jan/Feb.

Thomas 3 Dec 1784 --- probably NOT the Thomas Skeally who married Jane Kissack in 1803 (that Thos was probably bap 1781, son of Thomas Skeally and Eleanor Kewn)

Elinor 17 Feb 1788

Ann 21 Mar 1790

Samuel 24 Mar 1793

Cath 4 Jan 1796

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Hope that helps.

Jean C