The name Maddrell has inspired certain romantic notions in the south of the Isle of Man where there is the largest number of people by that name. As a number of them have a swarthy appearance, legend has it that they are descendants of people who survived thae wreck of a Spanish Armada ship at a place now known as Spanish Head. The name would then be derived from Madrilenos (people from Madrid).
Sadly for this tale that is no actual proof of any such wreck and there are examples of people with a version of this surname living on the Island prior to the Spanish Armada.
A more likely explanation is that the name derives from the term "Madderer", a dyer of cloth and wool.

Opposite - Thomas Maddrell born 1896 - died 1953

JOYCE
A James Joyce (or Joice as it was then spelt) was born in Wigtown around 1789 and moved to the Isle of Man sometime before 1815 when he married Margaret Garrett at Kirk Michael. As a result of this union there are a large number of descendants living all over the Island, not only under the surname Joyce, but through marriage as Jackson, Cottier, Ennett, Kelly, Jones, Skinner and others.

HARRISON
In 1742, Thomas Harrison was baptised at Rushen Parish Church in the south of the Isle of Man. He is the earliest known ancestor to date. The family continued to work as farmers and fishermen in the south of the Island and even to this date there are Harrison descendants living within Rushen Parish.

OTHER NAMES BEING RESEARCHED INCLUDE SHIMMIN AND CREGEEN

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