Good work. I wonder if the Molly part in Ann Martin's name is a middle name or nickname? Perhaps they thought Molly was like the Manx prefix Myl etc and they sometimes wrote it down as a surname.
Blue
Blue, this is an interesting read:
Taken from Manx Surnames by A. W. Moore 1885
"Where the syllable Mac was prefixed to personal names beginning with Giolla (" servant of"), the initial syllables have been frequently contracted into .Myl, the surname MAC GILCHRIST, for instance, becoming MYLCHREEST. Early in the 16th Century the prefix Mac was almost universal; a hundred years later it had almost disappeared."..........A. W. Moore
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v02p044.htmhttp://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v03p083.htmBelow could also be relevant to the surname Martin...
...."MYLVORREY, contracted from MacGiollavorrey, 'the son of Mary's servant,' is also Anglicised into MORRISON, but the original name still survives, though not so common as formerly. Its spelling has proved a great puzzle to the keepers of the Parish Registers, as will be seen from the great variety of forms given below-
...........*MOLLYVORREY [1685], MYLEVOREY [1713], * MOLLYVERREY [1717], *MOLLEYBOIREY [1721], -*MOLLEVORY [1725], MYLWOIREY [1737], *MOLLEBORRY [1740],MYLEVOIREY [1762], MYLVORREY [1763], MYLVOREY [1782], MYLEVOIRREY [1786]."
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v04p130.htmMargaret