E238 Quakers

Although the Island rightly prides itself on its religious tolerance, there was a period c1650-1690 when the small band of Quakers, centered on Maughold, were persecuted and banned from the Island. See article by Constance Radcliffe Maughold Quakers IoMNHAS Vol VIII No. 2 pp116-129 or chaper 6 of A History of Kirk Maughold. In this she quotes what may be the full list of Maughold Quakers:

Ann Cottiam [sometimes Cottingham or Cottiman]; Will Calow with wife; Robt Calow; John Cottiam; John Calow; Robt Coonill and wife; Jaine Cannell; John Christian and wife; Ewan Christian; John Christian and wife; Bessy Christian, daughter of John (who later married Robert Callow brother of William; James Coleish [Quilleash]; Tho Coonill; Ewan Kerruish and wife.

A fuller list is however given by Carswell

Online Pages:

• C Carswell Man & the Quakers: Quakers in the Isle of Man 1655-1735
• Presentments in Archdiaconal Wills 10 March 1662/3; 1 Jul 1663:
• Letter to Quakers by Bishop Barrow 1664
• J Gough  A History of the people called Quakers from their rise to the present time" ;, vol. i pp. 298-301 , vol. ii. , pp 274-292
• A. W. Moore Quakers In The Isle of Man, and Their Treatment. YLM Vol 1 p281/287 - also Manx Worthies p57
• Thomas Hodgkin Ruillick-Ny-Quakeryn. Notes on The History of Friends in the Isle of Man. 1908
• E Callow From King Orry to Queen Victoria 1899.

Offline References

•  Constance Radcliffe Maughold Quakers IoMNHAS Vol VIII No. 2 pp116-129 or chaper 6 of A History of Kirk Maughold