Christopher Callow 1664 / 65

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 16 July 2004, updated 7 December 2020
Original: 0106201

Archdeacon Will 1665A #007 Santan will of Christopher Callow, died 9 February 1664/5:  
Summary: 1st wife Christian Moore, 2nd wife Alice Watterson alive; daus by 2nd wife: dau Jane underage & dau Alice; sons by 1st wife: son Robert, son John, 
son Hugh, & son William Callow; brother in law (brother of 1st wife) John Moore of Glantraugh; supervisor of children Hugh Cosnahan, clerk, witnesses: Hugh 
Cosnahan & John Halstead, pledges: Hugh Cosnahan & John Quay.
Son: Santan parish register: Hugh Callow buried 26 December 1701, no will found.
Son: Santan parish register: Robt Calow buried  16 September 1690, no will found.
?Dau: Santan parish register: Jane Kissage alias Calow of Ballakissage, dyed in Kk Malew buried 26 Jun 1723, no will found.
?Dau: Malew parish register: Jane Kissack als Calow, buried at Kk St Anne, buried 27 July 1723, no will found.
Will of mother: ArW 1647A #38 Santan will of Alice Callow alias Bridson: husband John Callow is alive (died before 1659, Episcopal will, Santan), dau 
Margaret, son Christopher (married 1st Christian Moore, & remarried Alice Watterson, his will ArW 1665A #007 Santan), dau in law Christian Moore (married 
to Christopher Callow), grandson ('nephew') Robert Callow, witnesses: Phinlo Fargher & John Bridson.    
Will of dau in law:  ArW 1668A #41 Santan will of Averick Callow alias Karran, died 6 February 1668/9, intestate: husband John Callow was still alive in 
1684, only dau Ellin, brother in law William Callow, sister in law Alice Callow, supervisor (?brother) William Carran, pledges: William Carran/Karran & 
Hugh Callow & William Moore Ballacraine & Nicholas Killey/Kelly of Braddan (in 1672).
Father & son: 1659 Liber Vastarum, Santan: John Callow had a parcel of Intack land belonging to Knocklough treen of 1d rent, and in 1659, his grandson 
Robert Callow was entered for it, it being left to Robert by the last will & testament of grandfather John Callow.
Son: 1668 Liber Vastarum, Santan: Robert Callow had a parcel of Intack of 1d rent, belonging to Meary treen, and he sold it to Thomas Bridon, reserving 
the right of his aunt Margaret Callow if any right appears.  
Son: 1672 Liber Vastarum, Santan: John Moore junior had farmland of 7s 7d rent in Ar Rogane treen (total quarterland rent of 12s 7d), and in 1672, Robert 
Callow became right heir (as the chapter quest vouched) and being in possession of this 7s 7d rent by bargain from the said John Moore hereunto annexed, 
he is entered for the same.
Son: 1672 Liber Vastarum, Santan: John Moore junior had farmland of 2s 2d yearly rent in Grenick treen (total quarterland rent of 19s 2d), and in 1672 
Robert Callow was entered for it as the rightful heir, in possession of this 2s 2d rent by bargain from the said John Moore junior as annexed.
Son: 1672 Liber Vastarum, Santan: John Moore junior had a part of quarterland of 2s 2d rent in Knockeneyig? treen, and in 1672 Robert Callow was entered 
for it as the rightful heir, in possession of this 2s 2d rent by bargain from the said John Moore junior as annexed.
Testator & 1st wife & son: 1679 Liber Vastarum, Santan: Christopher Callow & his wife Christian Moore had a parcel of intack of 8d rent, belonging to 
Knockaloghan treen, and in 1679, their son John Callow was entered for it, reserving the rights of his brothers & sisters if any rights appear.
Will of brother in law: ArW 1673A #15 Santan will of John Moore of Glentraugh, dated 3 May 1674: not married, brothers Edmund Moore (son Thomas), brother 
Philip Moore, brother William Moore; also: [stepniece] Jane Callow, [nephew] Robert Callow (executor), [stepniece] Isabel Callow, [niece] Alice Callow, 
[nephew] John Callow, [nephew] Hugh Callow, Margaret Callow [alias Moore] alias Oates [her first husband John Moore Ballafurt, their son John Moore married 
in Feb 1663/4 to Margaret Moore the daughter of Thomas Moore who was the brother of this John Moore [of Glentraugh] who died 1674], witnesses: Thomas Brew & 
Hugh Cosnahan, pledges: Edmund Moore & William Moore.
Will of brother in law: ArW 1676A #22 Santan will of Philip Moore, dated 9 February 1676/7: not married, brother William Moore, brother Thomas Moore, nephew 
(sister's son [Christian Callow alias Moore, dead]) John Callow, brother Edmund Moore is dead (see ArW 1676A #24 Santan); also: Mally Bridson alias Coole, 
witnesses: Hugh Cosnahan & Robert Quirk, pledges: Robert Brew & Christopher Bridson.  
Will of brother in law: ArW 1676A #24 Santan will of Edmund Moore of Ballavilley, dated 26 January 1676/7: wife Joney Quay died 1676; eldest son Thomas 
Moore (left Ballavilley), son William (left ground in Braddan, of age by 1683), eldest dau Mally/Mary (of age by 1683, married John Callister by 1694), dau 
Ellin (of age by 1683) & dau Margaret (youngest daughter, died in Ireland by 1694); witnesses: John Brew & William Moore; pledges: brother Thomas Moore & 
William Bridson.
Will of brother in law: ArW 1689A #023 Santan will of Thomas Moore, per 1674 Articles of Marriage between John Moore (son of John Moore Ballafurt & Margaret 
Oates) and Margaret Moore (dau of Thomas Moore & Margaret Rowan/Ronan), Thomas died February 1689/90, accepted as his will in 1690: wife Margaret Rowan /
Ronan, dau Margaret is to marry John Moore (father is John Moore of Ballafurt & Margaret Oates) before 1 November 1674; witnesses to the Contract: (brother) 
Edmund Moore (dead by 1678) & John Kelly (dead by 1678) & Martin Moore (uncle of John Moore) & Sir Hugh Cosnahan; appraisors of the inventory in 1689/90: 
Peter Quirk [husband of Isabel Oates] & John Quinney & Andrew Oates & Hugh Kinnish [of Ballafurt].

K St Ann ffebruary ye 9th 1664 (8) In ye name of God Amen, I Xopher Calowe sicke and weake in body yet in pfect memory praised bee God doe make this my last will & testament in forme and manner followinge: Imprms: I committ my soule unto God yt made it and my body to Xian buriall; Itt: I leave unto my loveinge wife Alice Waterson and to my daughter Jane Calowe my right of one cowe and calfe equally betwixt them; Itt: I leave unto my loveinge wife 1 iron pott Itt: I leave unto my 4 children ye summe of six shillings in liewe of ye iron pott ye same be ye same beinge due debt from my brother in law John Moore of Glantraught Itt: I leave unto my 4 children afforesaid 12d apiece Legasie viz: Robert, John, Hugh, & William Calowe Itt: I leave unto my son William my best suite of cloathes Itt: I leave unto my loveinge wife ye right of my croft and dwelling house dureinge her life and soe after her decease shee to leave it unto my son John Itt: I leave unto my son Robert 12d Legatt Itt: I leave to my daughter Alice as much cloath as will make her a suite Legate Itt: I leave my youngest daughter Jane Calowe sole executor of all my goods moveable and unmoveable, alsoe appointing Hugh Cosnahan Clarke to bee supvisor until shee come to yeares The Supvisor sworne in Court Witnesse hereof Jo: Halsted Decretud et solvit ... 6d Hugh Cosnahan jurati pbatum [next page] The Inventory of ye goods of Xopher Calowe praised by 4 sworne men viz as foll: Jo: Bredgeson Tho: Kinley Xopher Quay Phinloe Kneale £ s d Imprs: Halfe a sheet, halfe a blankett ......... 00 - 03 - 04 Halfe one spinninge wheele ..................... 00 - 00 - 10 one old sheepe, hempe yarne, & flax ........... 00 - 01 - 10 in treene vessells & 1/2 one manks spade ....... 00 - 02 - 00 Halfe a chest .................................. 00 - 00 - 06 one kishen of salt ............................. 00 - 00 - 03 Halfe of one cowe with a calfe of a yeare old .. 00 - 10 - 00 Summ: totall ... 00 - 18 - 09 The goods in ye mothers hands & have given in pledges secunda forman legis Hugh Cosnahan & Joh: Quay May ye 25th 1691 Jane Calow ye execr came this day and acknowledged her self to be fully paid all ye goods due to her by ye death of her father As witnesse her mrk Jane Calow X befor me S: Watleworth Regr:

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