Primitive Methodist Local Preachers
1824-1855

Note these names are mostly taken from circuit plans - three early plans are preserved in the Manx Museum
1824 - (a copy of original issued as a souvenir) probably the 1st such PM plan
1841 - Isle of Man circuit July/Oct 1841 - covers whole Island [MM MLP43]
1855 - Douglas Circuit July/Oct 1855 - covers the southside [MM E240]

unfortunately no plan for Ramsey Circuit post 1841 exists until 1861(not yet examined)

Entries under Notes:
year n (do) place = entry on plan for year, n = number on plan (measure of 'status' of LP generally the smaller the numbr ('higher' on plan) the more years the LP has served as a LP); *= 'on trial' and 'x' = exhorter,
(do) indicates that Douglas/Castletown section (1855 only)
place = Chapel at which the LP belongs to some class
c18x1 = census entry for 1841 or 1851
other comments are from LP minute books etc.

It is possible that a couple of the nominally distinct entries refer to the same person but where geographic location or position on the plan introduce any possibility of their being two separate individuals I have not merged the entries.

One immediate difference from the Wesleyan LPs is the greater fraction of non-Manx names - the Cornish & Cumberland miners who came over to establish Foxdale and Laxey mining brought their Primitive Methodism with them.

Note also the presence of women on the plan - unknown in Wesleyan Methodism on the Island.

BECK J

miner born:1812 LP: died:
1855 17 (do) Laxey
c1851 age39 Lonan 1 18 66

BRIDSON J

born: LP: died:
1841 24 Colby
1855 9 (do) Colby

CAIN J

born: LP: died:
1841 59 Tromode

CAIN W

born: LP: died:
pm1824 15x

CALEY J

born: LP: died:
1841 70* Douglas

CALLOW Edward

Shoemaker born:1814 LP: died:
1855 28 (do) union mills
married widow Jane Skillicorn (nee Hill) 15 Oct 1838

CANNEL Christopher

born: LP: died:
6 dec 1830 'to sink 1 place for missing apps
14 mar 1831 to come off plan

CANNELL C

born: LP: died:
1841 26 kerrow moor

CANNELL John

Labourer/Farm servant born:1816 LP: died:
1855 25 (do) union mills
m. (1) Margaret Kelly 1 Jan 1842 Malew (4 children); (2)Elizabeth Clucas Braddan 9 Sep 1865

CANNELL W

born: LP: died:
1841 54 Castletown

CANNON J

born: LP: died:
1855 16 (do) Atholl St.

CANNON J

born: LP: died:
1841 52 Ramsey

CARRAN J

born: LP: died:
pm1824 13*

CHRISTIAN John

nailmaker born: 1808 LP: died:1852
see biography in PM Magazine
1841 31 Douglas

CLAGUE J

born: LP: died: 1860
1841 58 Ramsey
(1861 Plan for Jan/Apl 1861 has 'J Clague, Dead' between positions 8 and 9)

CLAGUE J

born: LP: died:
1855 19 (do) Ballasalla

CLUCAS R

born: LP: c.1842 died:
1841 71*

CLUCAS William

born: LP: died:
1824 7

COLLISTER Thomas

born: LP: died:
1841 50 Ballaugh
(report to District Meeting June 1843 [MM MD717/100] noted: "Thomas Collister, LP, expelled society on account of his wife being in a state of pregnancy to him prior to their marriage".)

COLLISTER W

born: LP: died:
1841 43 Port St Mary

COLLISTER W

born: LP: died:
1841 65* Howe

COLLISTER William

born: LP: 1831 died:
pm1824 17x
14 mar 1831 'to be seen ..re going on plan'
1841 27 Douglas

CORJEAG, John

born: 1807 LP:1839 died:1884 - Mem notice states LP for 45 years however not seen on plans - TBC

CORKHILL T

born: LP: died:
1841 68* Castletown

CORKILL Edward

Baker born: LP: died:
1855 8 (do) Duke Street

CORLETT John

born: 1817 LP: died:
1855 43 (ry) Ramsey
c1861 "Miller & Preacher" age 44 Lezayre

CORLETT John

born:1813 LP: died:1854
went to sea c.1841; in 1850 became 'town missionary' - see biography in PM Magazine
1841 42 Douglas

CORLETT Thomas

born: LP: died:
6 dec 1830 'to sink 1 place for missing appointments
1841 12 Ballaugh

CORLETT W

born: LP: died:
1855 23 (do) Duke St.

CORLETT W

born: LP: died:
1841 40 Peel

CORRIN R

born: LP: died:
pm1824 9*

COTTIER J

born: LP: died:
pm1824 12*

COWEN J

born: LP: died:
1841 32 Kk. Maughold

COWLE George

born: LP: died:
20 Jan 1831 'exhorter'

COWLE W

born: LP: died:
cmb 6 mar 1830 'to take Laxey'
by 1831 in senior position as sees Bro Hogg
1841 9 Ramsey

CREBBIN T

born: LP: died:
pm1824 10*

CREGEEN J.T.

born: LP: died:
1841 48 Ballaugh

CRENNALL D

born: LP: died:
1841 49 Ramsey

CRETNEY W

born: LP: died:
1841 35 Douglas

CUBBON J

born: LP: died:
19 sep 1831 'be seen re neglect of Castletown'
1841 6 Douglas

FARGHER P

born: LP: died:
1855 34 (do) Newtown

FARGHER R

printer (ex WM) born: 1803 LP: died: 1863
1841 69* Ballasalla
1855 15 (do) Ballasalla

FELL Catherine

born: LP: died:
cmb 6 dec 1830 to be left off plan

FITZSIMMONS J

born: LP: died:
1841 53 Castletown

GALE Margaret

born: LP: died:
1841 20 Douglas

GELLING J

born: LP: died:
1855 31 (do) Virginia

GELLING John

born: LP: died:
20 jun 1831 'on trial'

GELLING Robert

Cartwright (Douglas)born: LP: died:
1824 16x

GICK J

born: LP: died:
1824 6

GILL T

born: LP: died:
1841 64* kerrow moore

GILLMORE W

born: LP: died:
1855 36* (do) ballagary

GOLDSMITH Ewan

farmer Ballathane born:1781 LP: died:
1841 28 Kk Andreas
c1851 age 70 Andreas 5 23 005

GOLDSMITH R

born: LP: died:
1841 21 Laxey

HARRISON J

born: LP: died:
1841 73* Kentraugh Mill

HICHCOCK N

born: LP: died:
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 circuit committee

HOGG

born: LP: died:
cmb 20 June 1831 'to be seen by Bro Cowle re' been a member and local preacher'

JOHNSON George

Lead Miner born:1801 in Ireland LP: 1830 died:
cmb 6 dec 1830 'presented to exhort'
14 mar 1831 to go on plan as exhorters
20 June 1831 to come off plan
1855 18 (do) Foxdale
c1851 age50 Patrick 2 39 54 - married to Manx wife 5 sons 1 dau

JOHNSON Samuel

Bookseller born: 1788 LP (PM post 1850): died:
1855 26 (do) Duke St.
Ex Wesleyan LP - left over row caused by LPMA

KAY / KAYE James

schoolmaster born:1782 LP: died:
18 sep 1830 'not eligible to be a travelling preacher on account of his lameness' letter to be sent to Bolton
1841 17 Strang
1855 6 (do) Strang
c1851 age 69 Marown 1 34 41;

KEIG Thomas

Artist/Photographer (see biography) born:1833 LP: 1851 died: 1896
1855 35 (do) Atholl St.

KELLEY John

born: LP: 1830 died:
6 dec 1830 to be rcvd on full plan
1841 19 Ballasalla
1855 6 (do) Ballasalla

KELLY J

cloth dresser at mills born: 1791 LP: 1824 died: 1869
1824 8
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 on circuit committee
1841 13 Union Mills
1855 10 (do) Union Mills
(obituary in 1869 stated that he was a preacher in the Gospel for 50 years)

KELLY J

born: LP: died:
1841 25 Laxey

KELLY J

born: LP: died:
1841 39 Douglas

KELLY J

born: LP: 1841 died:
1841 51 union mills

KELLY R

born: LP: died:
1841 38 Douglas

KELLY R

born: LP: died:
1841 55 corrra Bridge

KELLY T

born: LP: died:
1841 7 Ramsey

KELLY W

born: LP: died:
1841 36 Douglas

KENNISH W

born: LP: died:
1855 45 (ry) corna

KERMOD Robert

born: LP: died:
cmb 6 Dec 1830 'presented to exhort'
14 Mar 1831 to go on plan as exhorter
20 June 1831 to come off plan

KERREN W

born: LP: died:
1841 44 Castletown

KEWIN W

born: LP: died:
1855 33 (do) Castletown

KEWISH J

born: LP: died:
1841 37 Ramsey

KEWLEY W

born: LP: died:
1841 60 Laxey

KINLEY J

born: LP: died:
1841 45 Douglas

KNEAL J

born: LP: died:
1841 30 kerrowmoar

KNEEN J

born: LP: died:
1855 22 (do) Port St. Mary

KNEEN J

born: LP: died:
1855 46(ry) Strang

KNEEN J

born: LP: died:
1841 63* Corna Bridge

LAWSON E

born: LP: died:
1855 14 (do) Castletown

LAWSON W

born: LP: died:
pm1824 11*

LEAH Miles

Druggist Ramsey (one time congregationalist preacher) born1773 : LP: died: 1841 (age 68 bur Ballaugh)
pm1824 5

LEWIN Thomas

Blacksmith born: 1803 LP: 1823 died:1891
6 dec 1830 'to have a few appointments
19 sep 1831 does not attend class and thus should be off plan
1841 8 Baldrine
1855 4 Baldrine
c1851 Lonan 03 06 20;
see article in MMHSoc Newsletter 24 and brief biography

McLEAN W

born: LP: died:
1841 61 Kk Maughold

MOORE T

born: LP: died:
1841 57 Ballakilley

MORRISON John

born: LP: died:
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 to be spoken to re missing app
14 mar 1831 disapproved of re substituting a person thats no member
1841 10 Kk Andreas

NEWLOVE R

born: LP: died:
1841 66* Foxdale
c1841 not found; c1851 not found

NOAL R

born: LP: died:
1855 13 (do) Laxey

PRICE B

born: LP: died:
1841 34 Douglas

PROCTOR William

shoemaker (later M.H.K. see biography) born: 1832 LP: 1854 died:
on 1855 plan W.P. exhorter Douglas

QUAYLE Thomas

born: LP: died:
pm1824 14*
cmb 14 mar 1831 'sink for neglect'
1841 11 Laxey

QUAYLE W

born: LP: died:
1855 44 (ry) Ramsey

QUIGGIN J

born: LP: died:
1855 27 (do) strand St.

QUIRK Edward

Cartwright born: 1773 LP:1823 died:1845
(Early convert & president of circuit 1835) see biography in PM Mag
1841 18 Douglas

QUIRK T

born: LP: died:
1855 12 (do) Onchan

RODGERS J

born: LP: died:
1841 46 Kk Michael

SAGER Abraham

born: LP: died:
1855 30 (do) duke St.
c1851 not found
in 1850 Abraham Sager shown as travelling preacher in Douglas

SENOGLES J

Blacksmith ? born: LP: died:
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 on circuit committee
1841 15 Renshent

SHIMMIN T

born: LP: died:
1841 56 Castletown

SHIPLEY J

born: LP: died:
1841 22 Douglas
1855 7 (do) duke street

SKILLICORN T

born: LP: died:
1841 14 Kk. Michael

STEPHENSON Robert

born: LP: 1830 died:
cmb 6 dec 1830 'to be rcvd on trial'
14 mar 1831 'to be seen for neglect of k bride'

STEVENSON R

born: LP: died:
1841 41 kerrow Moor
(probably Robert Stephenson)

STOUT William

Lead ore miner born:1799 in England LP: died:
c1841 (along with brothers + families ?)

STOWELL Quayle

Joiner/House Painter born:1818 LP: c.1842 died:
1841 62* Castletown
1855 11 (do) Castletown
(brother of Flaxney Stowell, WM and temperance advocate)

TEARE J

born: LP: died:
1841 33 Tromode

TEARE R

born: LP: died:
1841 72* Ramsey

TEARE T

born: LP: died:
1855 29 (do) strand St. ?*?

TRAYWATER James

born: LP: died:
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 to be on full plan next quarter day

WATERSON R

born: LP: died:
1841 47 Douglas

WATERSON W

born: LP: died:
1855 24 (do) ballahot [in Malew]

WATTERSON Robert

born: LP: died:
20 June 1831 to come off plan

WATTERSON William

born: LP: died:
pm1824 24x
Renshant
6 dec 1830 to come off plan

WEILDEN / WHEILDING /WHELDIN Edward

born: LP: died:
1830 cmb 6 sep 1830 on circuit committee
6 dec 1830 to be seen by Mr Moss to see if remains on plan
14 mar 1831 to go on plan
20 jun 1831 to come off plan

WELCH / WELSH Henry

Tailor born:1818 in France (British subject) LP: died:
1855 21 (do) Castletown
c1851 age 33 Malew 4 15 14; married

WILLIAMS Richard

born:1806 LP: died:
1855 32 (do) balladoo
c1861 "gentleman & preacher" age 53

WOOLCOCK Nicholas

Engineer in mines & farms 20 acres, born:1796 in England LP: died: 1860 (bur Marown age 64)
1841 16 Renshent
c1841 age 40 patrick 5 5 23 (with family)
c1851 age 55 patrick 3 20 71; married 3 sons, 2 daughters + 1 farm servant