Places

Parishes, towns and named farms across the Isle of Man that appear in this collection. Several farm-names are uncertain readings of the manuscript and are flagged as such.

Andreas

Parish, Isle of Man. Ann's own reported birthplace in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, and home to William Quayle's residence at Lhenmoar/Lhaone Moar, on the boundary with Jurby.

Marriage of William Quayle and Ann Hudgin (31 August 1839)
Baptism of John James Quayle (4 October 1840)
1841 Census: household of William Quayle (1841)
Baptism of William Edward Quayle (3 April 1842)
1851 Census: household of Ann Callister (1851)
1871 Census: household of Henry Preston (1871)

Arbory

Parish, Isle of Man. Ann's birthplace per the 1851 census (though the 1841 and later censuses instead say Andreas), and also Henry Preston's own recorded birthplace in the 1871 census.

Ballakibberagh

Location in Lezayre parish (near Sulby), John Cowley's residence in the 1849 Quayle estate papers, and also the residence given for Ann herself at her 1851 baptism of Daniel Callister and her 1855 marriage to Patrick Kneale — a plausible but not confirmed match to "Ballacuberagh," Sulby.

Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)
Baptism of Daniel Callister (19 August 1851 (private baptism))
Marriage of Patrick Kneale and Ann Callister (30 June 1855)

Ballaugh

Parish, Isle of Man. William Callister's residence at the time of his 1850 marriage, and where he was buried in 1852.

Marriage of William Callister and Ann Quayle (5 November 1850)
Burial of William Callister (16 March 1852)

Braddan

Parish, Isle of Man. Edward Quine, who administered William Kneale's estate, resided at Ballalig, Braddan.

Henry Preston's Bond of Debt to William Kneale (16 August 1870, discharged 29 December 1894)

Bride

Parish, Isle of Man, named as the location of land securing two of the bonds assigned in Henry Preston's 1870 trust deed.

Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))

Castletown

Former capital of the Isle of Man, and seat of the Chapter Court where Henry Preston's 1875 will was proved.

Last Will and Testament of Henry Preston (Made 16 May 1874, proved 14 May 1875 (registered 22 May 1875, No. 117))

Clennagh

Patrick Kneale's residence at the time of his 1855 marriage to Ann Callister.

Marriage of Patrick Kneale and Ann Callister (30 June 1855)

Douglas

Town, Isle of Man, and the island's capital. Ann Preston died at 43 Peel Road, Douglas, in 1888; her sons Daniel Callister and Thomas Kneale, and various witnesses and officials in the later Preston documents, are also recorded in Douglas addresses.

Henry Preston's Bond of Debt to William Kneale (16 August 1870, discharged 29 December 1894)
Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))
1881 Census: Ann Preston and Thomas Kneale, neighbouring households (1881)
Last Will and Testament of Ann Preston (Made 24 October 1888; Ann died 27 Nov 1888; probate granted 17 Dec 1888)

Glen Moar

See Glion Moar / Lhenmoar.

Marriage of William Callister and Ann Quayle (5 November 1850)

Glion Moar

William Quayle's residence within Lezayre parish per the 1849 estate papers, likely the same place elsewhere rendered "Lhen Moar"/"Glen Moar."

Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)

Jurby

Parish, Isle of Man, where the Quayle family regularly worshipped and where most of Ann's children by William Quayle and William Callister were baptised, even though the household itself sat just across the boundary in Andreas.

Marriage of William Quayle and Ann Hudgin (31 August 1839)
Baptism of John James Quayle (4 October 1840)
Baptism of William Edward Quayle (3 April 1842)
Baptism of Catharine Ann Quayle (2 November 1845)
Baptism of Daniel Callister (19 August 1851 (private baptism))

Killybragey

Location in Lezayre parish, Thomas Kinrade's residence per the 1849 Quayle estate papers — matched, with reasonable confidence, to the historically recorded farm-name "Killabraggah" (also "Killey briggey" 1761, "Killabricky" 1757).

Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)

Kirk Andreas

Parish church and burial ground, Isle of Man, where William Quayle was buried in September 1849.

Burial of William Quayle (4 September 1849)

Knockfroy

Henry Preston's farm/residence in the parish of Santon, named in his 1875 will (and probably the same place rendered "Birchfroy" in the 1871 census).

Last Will and Testament of Henry Preston (Made 16 May 1874, proved 14 May 1875 (registered 22 May 1875, No. 117))

Laxey

Village, Isle of Man. Ann's son Edward Quayle was living here by the time of her 1888 will.

Last Will and Testament of Ann Preston (Made 24 October 1888; Ann died 27 Nov 1888; probate granted 17 Dec 1888)

Lezayre

Parish, Isle of Man, and the setting for most of this collection: William Quayle's death and estate (1849–50), Ann's marriages to William Callister (1850), Patrick Kneale (1855) and Henry Preston (1867), and the 1861 census of the Kneale household.

Burial of William Quayle (4 September 1849)
Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)
Marriage of William Callister and Ann Quayle (5 November 1850)
1851 Census: household of Ann Callister (1851)
Baptism of Daniel Callister (19 August 1851 (private baptism))
Marriage of Patrick Kneale and Ann Callister (30 June 1855)
Baptism of Thomas Kneale (4 November 1855)
1861 Census: household of Patrick Kneale (1861)
Burial of Patrick Kneale (4 September 1866)
Marriage of Henry Preston and Ann Kneale (10 July 1867)
1871 Census: household of Henry Preston (1871)

Lhenmoar

William and Ann Quayle's residence, recorded variously as "Lhenmoar," "Lhaone Moar," and (in the 1849 estate papers) "Glion Moar"/"Glen Moar" — likely all the same place, on the Andreas–Jurby boundary.

Baptism of John James Quayle (4 October 1840)
1841 Census: household of William Quayle (1841)
Baptism of William Edward Quayle (3 April 1842)
Baptism of Catharine Ann Quayle (2 November 1845)

Malew

Parish, Isle of Man, named as the location of land securing one of the bonds assigned in Henry Preston's 1870 trust deed.

Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))

Onchan

Parish, Isle of Man, adjoining Douglas. Ann Preston and her son Thomas Kneale's family were recorded as neighbouring households at Brown Bobby House, Peel Road, in the 1881 census.

Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))
1881 Census: Ann Preston and Thomas Kneale, neighbouring households (1881)

Patrick

Parish, Isle of Man, named as the location of land securing the bond from William Callister to Henry Preston in the 1870 trust deed.

Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))

Ramsey

Town, Isle of Man. Residence of Edward Kenyon, the creditor whose 1849 petition opened the case of William Quayle's estate; the Ecclesiastical Court sat here. Also Henry Preston's stated residence at his 1867 marriage and in the 1870 trust deed.

Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)
Henry Preston's Bond of Debt to William Kneale (16 August 1870, discharged 29 December 1894)
Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))

Santon

Parish, Isle of Man — see St Anne (Santon). Site of Henry Preston's farm at Knockfroy, and of the land he purchased from George Henry Wood and later placed in trust in 1870.

Henry Preston's Bond of Debt to William Kneale (16 August 1870, discharged 29 December 1894)
Henry Preston's Deed of Conveyance and Trust (20 August 1870 (registered 23 Aug 1870))
Last Will and Testament of Henry Preston (Made 16 May 1874, proved 14 May 1875 (registered 22 May 1875, No. 117))
Last Will and Testament of Ann Preston (Made 24 October 1888; Ann died 27 Nov 1888; probate granted 17 Dec 1888)

St Anne (Santon)

Parish, Isle of Man (also called Santon). Henry Preston's farm, Knockfroy/Birchfroy, lay here, and this is where he died and made his will.

1871 Census: household of Henry Preston (1871)

Sulby

Locality within Lezayre parish. Patrick Kneale was buried here in 1866, and the parish chaplain of Sulby, W. Kelly, officiated at Thomas Kneale's 1855 baptism.

Estate of William Quayle (1849–1850) (December 1849 – April 1850)
Baptism of Thomas Kneale (4 November 1855)
Burial of Patrick Kneale (4 September 1866)

Thalloo-Garrett

A traditional Manx place-name recorded as Patrick and Ann Kneale's abode at Thomas Kneale's 1855 baptism.

Baptism of Thomas Kneale (4 November 1855)