| Submitted by: | Joyce M Oates |
| Date: | 29 August 2020 |
| Original: | 0106200 |
Archdeacon Will 1661A #042 Andreas will of James Dowan, died 1 January 1662/3, intestate:
Summary: wife is alive [?Ellin, see ArW 1661A #50 Lezayre will of Isabel Crowe alias Corlett] alive; 2 sons both underage: son John & son Daniel [married
in 1675 to Joney Kneale, dau of deceased John Kneale & Joney Teare]; he has no relations in the Island.
Andreas parish register: James Dowan buried 2 January 1662/3.
?Wife of James: Ellin Dowan mentioned (left a waistcoat) in will of Isabel Crowe als Corlett, will 1661A #50 Lezarye, dated 16 November 1662
?Wife: Andreas parish register: xxxx Dowan buried 30 January 1674.
?Son: Andreas parish register: John Dowan buried 6 July 1664.
Marriage of son Daniel per the will of his mother in law: ArW 1677A #107 Andreas will of Joney Kneale alias Teare, Articles of Marriage dated 20 May 1675
were accepted for Joney's will in 1677: husband [John] Kneale is not mentioned (died 1655, ArW 1655A #36 Andreas), Articles of Marriage made 23 February
1674/5: Joney Kneale (daughter of Joney Kneale alias Teare) is to marry Daniel Dowan by 20 May 1675, Margaret Kneale (eldest daughter of Joney Kneale alias
Teare & an idiot); witnesses: John Kneale senior, John Kneale junior, John Teare senior, John Teare junior, and William Baston, pledges: John Kneale &
Philip Cowle.
Son Daniel, his wife Joney & her father John: 1703 Composition Book, Andreas: John Kneale was entered in 1643 for farmland in Andreas that went to daughter
Joney Kneale & her husband Daniel Dowan who had it in 1691, at which time the lives were expired.
Son: Andreas parish register: Daniel Dowan buried 19 August 1718.
Dau in law: ndreas parish register: Joney Dowan als Kneal buried 23 June 1720.
Grandson: Andreas parish register: Stephen Dowan buried 18 March 1728/9 in Andreas, Episcopal will.
(1st wife of Stephen): Andreas parish register: Cath Dowan als Innimeer buried 28 January 1723/4.
1st wife of Stephen: ArW 1723A #107 Andreas will of Catharine Dowan alias McNameer of Ballavastin (bought land), died 27 January 1723/4: husband Stephen
Dowan is alive (& remarried Isabel Clark who outlived him & she remarried to Daniel Cormode, her will ArW 1738A #61 Andreas), 2 children underage,
maternal next of kin & supervisors: John Cowle & John Teare & Joney Cowle & Joney Teare, witnesses: Joney Kelly & Margaret Cannell, pledges; Mr William
Casement & John Teare.
Old Andreas Sales, #52: John Fox sold farmland to Daniel & Steven Dowan: [date lost in decayed margin], acknowledgement dated 4 December 1710: John Fox
(Ramsey) & his wife Mary xxxx sold for £7 10s to 'our loving friends' Daniell Dowan + son Stephen Dowan and also Jon Quarke (Andreas) half of that
tenement known as Ballavastan (Andreas) at present in possession of Daniel Dowan, with yearly rent of 4s 2d; witnesses: Jon Wattleworth & xxxx.
By 1st wife: greatgrandson: Daniel son of Stephen Dowan buried 17 October 1720.
By 1st wife: greatgrandson: Willm son of Stephen Dowan, smallpox, buried 25 August 1725.
By 1st wife: greatgranddau: Lezayre parish register: Mary Dowan (at age) buried 27 November 1735.
2nd wife of Stephen: Jurby parish register: Stephen Dowan married Isabel Clark on 13 January 1725/6 in Jurby.
By 2nd wife: greatgranddau: Maughold parish register: Catharine Dowan married William Quayle on 10 December 1743 in Maughold.
2nd wife of Stephen: ArW 1738A #61 Andreas will of Isabel Cormoad alias Dowan alias Clark, died about 13 February 1737/8: 1st husband Stephen Dowan,
2nd husband Daniel Cormode, only dau Catharine Dowan underage, John Cormoad & brother William Cormoad, Jane Corlett alias Corkill, also: xxxx Brew in
Jurby & Margaret Kelly of Ballameinnagh, witnesses: John Teare & Joney Crennell, overseers: James Teare & Patrick Clark, pledges: John Cormode Cardle
& John Sayle Browes, also, suit brought by James Dowan & Daniel Dowan overseers of deceased brother Stephen Dowan's only child Catharine Dowan; also:
'At KK Andrews 29th Novr 1735: Dan'l Cormoad wth his wife Isabel relict of Stephen Dowan the father of Mary Dowan a minor dec'd have come to the
following agreemt wth James Dowan uncle & one of the supervisors of the sd Mary Dowan .... [her sister] Cath Dowan'.
North Side Sales May 1731 #30: Stephen Dowan passed over by Contract land to Isabel Clark.
Grandson: Andreas parish register: James Dowin buried 20 March 1749/50.
1st wife of James: Andreas parish register: James Dowan married Mary Brew 1 June 1714 in Andreas.
Andreas parish register: Mary Dowan als Brew buried 23 May 1717. ?Episcopal will recorded in 1742.
2nd wife of James: Andreas parish register: James Dowan married Margaret Cannell on 14 September 1718 in Andreas.
James & wife Margaret Cannell: Old Andreas Sales #112b: James Dowan exchanged farmland with Dan Keneen: dated 28 Mar 1720: James Down & wife
Margaret [Cannell] exchanged Goldsmith's Gate with a yearly rent of 2.5d together with 22s with Dan Keneen & his wife Jony xxxx for a parcel
of Ballavasten more convenient adjacent to my own land; Witnesses John Cotteen x & N Cowley & Margt Sayle x; Setting quest confirm 2.5d for
Goldsmith's gate + state Dowan's rent 3d out of the 7d which Kaneen purchased from John Quark.
Andreas parish register: Margret Dowan als Cannell buried 31 March 1725.
2nd wife of James: ArW 1725A #128 Andreas will of Margaret Dowan alias Cannell, died 30 March 1725: husband [James] Dowan, oldest son James Dowan
underage, youngest child underage, 2 little sons (besides James), uncle John Cannell, Catharine Taylor of KK Bride owed 4s 8d, etc, also: Charles
Lace & John Garrett (Pattoon), witnesses: Thomas Lace & William Teare.
3rd wife of James: Andreas parish register: James Dowan married Margaret Sayle alias Christian on 24 October 1726 in Andreas.
Andreas parish register: Margt Dowin als Xtian buried 23 April 1742.
3rd wife of James: ArW 1742A #41 Andreas will of Margaret Dowan alias Sayle alias Christian, died April 1742: 1st husband xxxx Sayle, 2nd husband
James Dowan is alive, son John Sayle, Richard Christian's dau, Daniel Dowan's daughter, Alice Key, witnesses & pledges: John Goldsmith & Daniel
Cormode/Cormoad.
North Side Sales May 1742 #29: James Dowan & wife sett farmland on their son James Dowan: dated 13 January 1741/2: James Dowan (Andreas) & wife
Margeret als Christian settle on son James Dowan (Andreas) all their lands at the decease of the longest liver except a parcel near and about their
house vizt eastward of Hagar to Faie Vastin - James junr to pay 20s and for the reserved part another 40s at the latterday;Witnesses: Wm Teare x,
Wm Dougherdy x.
Andreas parish register: dau of Jams Dowan buried 21 January 1731/2.
Andreas parish register: James son of James Dowan buried 4 August 1751.
Grandson: Andreas parish register: Dan Dowan buried 13 May 1744, Episcopal will.
Wife of Daniel: Andreas parish register: Daniel Dowan married Ann Cottier on 2 June 1724 in Andreas.
Andreas parish register: Ann Dowan als Cottier buried 7 August 1748, Episcopal will.
Andreas parish register: Cathrine inf dau of Dan Dowin buried 9 June 1725.
?Greatgrandson: Andreas parish register: James Dowan married Ann Sayle 22 January 1744/5 in Andreas.
Andreas parish register: Ann Dowan als Sayle buried 13 January 1775, born about 1710.
MI, John Feltham, God's Acre: Andreas parish: Ann Dowin age 65, wife of James Dowin died 12 January 1775.
Andreas parish register: James Dowan married Mary Kewn on 30 November 1775 in Andreas.
Andreas parish register: Mary Dowan als Kewn buried 1 April 1820.
?Greatgrandson: Andreas parish register: James Dowan buried 1 April 1793, Episcopal will.
Also: Andreas parish register: Ann Dowan a young woamn buried 26 January 1769.
Also: Andreas parish register: Mary Dowan pauper buried 23 September 1774.
Also: Patrick parish register: Alice Dowan wife of William Dowan buried 6 December 1778.
Also: Marown parish register: Joney Dowan daug of Wm Dowan buried 4 May 1755.
Also: Braddan parish register: Jon: Dowan son of John Dowan buried 30 October 1757.
Also: Braddan parish register: Margt Dowan dau of John Dowan buried 23 October 1757.
KK Andreas (3)
James Dowan departed this life the first of Jan: untested whereof the
Church haveinge intelligence, have decreed his 2 sonns vizt: John
Dowan & Donnell Dowan executor or administrator in regard yt yr is
none in the Cuntry, yt is of any relatione or kinred to ym, the Church hath
sworne the mother supvisor
solvo tamen vincuig decretum et solvit 6d
suo jure
The Invent of the goods of James Dowan taken & priced by Will Kee
Will Daughertye & Michell Christian Sumner It: 2 pts of a cow .. 0£ - 8s - 0d
the 2 parts of a heffer ........................................ 0 - 9 - 4
It: 1 yard & halfe of rased cloath ............................. 0 - 2 - 0
It: his part of a pott & little vessel ......................... 0 - 0 - 8
Depts to be deducted, first for funerall charges, windeinge sheete
& his part of the scooring of his said heffer .................. 0 - 8 - 0
yn remains to ye executor.... 0 – xijs – 0d
Pledges secundum forman legis
Willm Daughertye
Last Modified 29 August 2020