| Submitted by: | Joyce M Oates |
| Date: | 12 September 2020 |
| Original: | 0106200 |
Archdeacon Will 1661A #113 Patrick will of Ann Watterson alias Gell, died 10 July 1663, husband xxxx Watterson is alive: Summary: husband [Phinlo] Watterson alive [died 1670, his will EpW 1670E #054 Patrick]; 5 children dau Alice & dau Isabel & dau Margaret & son Thomas & son William are exec; brothers Thomas Gell & Henry Gell, servant Bahy Brew is to bring up her youngest son; witnesses: Thomas Radcliffe & Thomas Quirk, pledges: Richard Quirk & John Kermode, NOTE, the daughter Isabel is recorded as 'Isabel Cotteir', which I believe is a confusion with the old Manx surname Quattere, which became Watterson. Will of husband: EpW 1670E #054 Patrick will of Phinlo Watterson, died 24 May 1670: wife [Ann Gell] is not mentioned [her will ArW 1661A #113 Patrick], son Thomas, dau Alice (of age), dau Isabel (of age), dau Margaret (of age), brother Patrick, servant Bahie Brew, witnesses: William Quirk & William Knickle, pledges: William Knickle & John Key. NOTE regarding Watterson & Quattere & Cotteer/Cotter: Then there is another conundrum, regarding the surname Watterson, which originally was MacWater, and became Quattere, which was Anglicized to Watterson. William Watterson died 1653 (ArW 1653A #04 Patrick) with a son Phinlo and daughter Joney who married John Kermode. (His wife, Alice Quatereh alias Callin died 1651/2, ArW 1651A #04 Patrick.) When daughter Joney Kermode alias Watterson died in 1663 (ArW 1663A #101 Patrick), she indicates that her brother is Phinlo Cotteere, which would be easy to assume it to be Phinlo Cottier. However, I think the scribe was trying to record the old Manx form of Watterson. Phinlo Watterson died in 1670, EpW 1670E #054 Patrick, naming among others his brother Patrick Watterson, and daughter Isabel Watterson. Phinlo's wife, Ann Watterson alias Gell, died 1663, ArW 1661A #113 Patrick, and lists all the same children, including daughter 'Isabel Cotter', which is believe is a confusion with the old Manx surname Quattere, which became Watterson. Then there is the Episcopal will of 'Margaret Watterson alias Taylor' per her inventory, or 'Margaret Taylor alias Cotter' per her will (Episcopal will books 1659-1666 Rushen); I believe in this instance also that 'Watterson/Quattere' is the correct surname, and not Cotter.
Patricke 1663 (50) In the name of God Amen. ye last will & testament of Anne Waterson alias Gell who departed this life ye 10th of July 1663. She bequeathed her soule to God her body to Christian buriall; to ye poore 1 firlett malt dj firlet wheat, & a sheep; to her husband twentie shillings; to Bahy Brew the bringing up of her younge est son and wth him she left her whit blanket, petticoat & wasecott, a smock, a kerchief & bodies, to her daugh ter Ales a red petticoat, & a medly wascoate; to Isable Cotteirher daughter another red petticoat; It: she con- stituted her five children Ales, Isable, Margret, Tho & Wm her lawfull executors of all her goods moveable & unmoveable, wth this provise that ye heir shall have halfe ye team of oxen & all the geares belonging to ye said plow, & halfe ye crop of corne, he paying ye rest of the children three halfe firletts a peece of barly & wheat ----- of the said 20s was left to the husband for takeinge ye charge & tuition of her children witnesses Tho: Ratliffe The Inventory of the said Tho: Quirke jurati Annes goods priced by foure The uncles on the mother side vizt Tho Gell men Rich: Quirk, Tho: Quirke Henry Gell sworne supvisors of all ye children Tho: Killy, Tho: Ratliffe being under age amounts in all to four pounds eighteen shillings Solvo tamen vincuig suo jure pledges secunda forman legis Richd Quirk & Joh Kermod
Last Modified 12 September 2020