Thanks to Francis Coakley, who did the look up for Sue Pedersen, we have the following transcript of the marriage contract for William Kermeen and Isabel Callow:
“william cremeen + wife ann cremeen als christian obo son wm with Isable calow obo herself
wm snr would give half tennancy of chorrany + half intacks lord rent 17s 3d (not quite sure re 17 14 ? in figs and not easy to read)
sigs all with x
willm cremeen (fa + son)
ann cremeen
isable callow
witt william kinish + thos kermod
contract dated 3 aug 1739; court dated 15 jul 1740"
I have just completed a transcript of the will of William Callow (1679-1732) of Ballaskeig and I have sent the transcript to Brian to put up on his site. The Radcliffes have this Callow family on pp 271-3 of their History of Kk Maughold. The will mentions children: Edward, John, Isabel, Margaret and an older daughter Margaret who married Nicholas Kennish, and [second] wife Catherine. The Radcliffes point out that William was married twice and had two daughters named Margaret.
The signicant thing for me is the extent of the bequest to Isabel, viz. all his sheep and six lambs. That would have made a nice marriage settlement.
I then looked at the will of Edward (1683-1761), a younger brother of William, on Brian Lawson’s site and who is also mentioned in the Radcliffe book. The early part of Edward's will seems to be giving small bequests to family members. I quote the relevant part of Edward's will:
"He then bequeathed the sum of Twenty Shillings to William Calow his
Brother's Son, & to Marjery his Sister, equally betwixt Them.
He left to Catherine Cashin daughter of John Cashin of Glenshione deceased,
a Sheep & a Lamb, legacy.
He left to William Kirmeen the Younger of the Corany, a Yearling or a lamb,
legacy.
He bequeathed to Robert, son of Thomas Keruish, a Sheep.
He bequeathed also to William, son of William Kinish, a Sheep."
Notice that among those mentioned is "William Kermeen, the younger, of the Corany", who is given a legacy of yearling or lamb. That surely is the William Kermeen who married Isabel Callow who would be Edward's niece.
Notice also that William Kennish is witness to the marriage contract and his son is mentioned in the will.
From the above I feel now pretty certain that the Isabel who married William Kermeen is Isabel, daughter of William Callow and most probably his first wife. If his second wife was Isabel’s mother she would have surely been mentioned as a party in the marriage contract.
Note that for the other Isabel, her father, James, was dead at the time of the marriage contract but her mother, Joney, was still alive and would have surely been mentioned as a party in the marriage contract.
Earlier I had mentioned my reasoning for believing that the Isabel Callow who married John Kermeen was the daughter of James and Joney Callow had to do with naming patterns. Isobel and John Kermeen had the following children (all bapt in Maughold) Jon, 1741; Catherine, 1742; James, 1744, Thomas, 1750; Isabel, 1753; Jane, 1758; Mary, 1762. Those are all from the IGI. There is one further child, Ann, who is not to be found in the IGI but whose name appears in her father's will of 1769 (this will is now on Brian Lawson’s site) There is a further child – Joney who was buried on July 13 1751 at Maughold.
The names for the children of William Kermeen and Isabel Callow are: Margaret, 1741; William, 1743; Anne, 1748 (died as an infant); a second Anne mentioned in wills; and Thomas, 1747.
In John and Isabel's line the name of James and Joney and other names from James and Joney's family appear, while none of the names appear in William and Isabel's line.
I think the accumulation of evidence, though indirect, is sufficient to assert that the Isabel who married John Kermeen was the daughter of James and Joney Callow, while the Isabel who married William Kermeen was the daughter of William Callow (1679-1732) of Ballaskeig.
Do you have any comments or thoughts?