Hi
The only link I can give you is that LEECE may be connected to KERMODE in some way, in 1881 my grt aunt (who was a CAIN )was,according to 1881 census, staying with her uncle, a John LEECE-KERMODE and his wife margaret in the MAROWN area of the Isle of Mann. It might give you a lead or something, even if the long way round.
Sheila