Unfortunately I don't have a scanned copy of marriage certificate, John to Ann Waddle in 06/05/1826, but you may well be correct that John was born in Whitehaven. Slightly disappointing, IOM ancestry has a nice ring about it!:) Also my Great Grandmother Clara Caroline Outram passed down info that we were related in some way to Fletcher Christian and John Milton the poet, but maybe this is through her Outram or Burton ancestry. The Surname Christian popping up started to tick boxes, but then I was told every second person in IOM has the surname Christian!
Graham.