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     Deemster John McCrystyn was born circa 1368 at Isle of Man.¹ He died after 1422 at Altadale, Lezayre, Isle of Man.²
     Deemster John McCrystyn held the office of Deemster in 1408.³
     Owing to the disappearance of all early Manx records, this John McCrystyn is the earliest of whom a written record exists, when he is recorded in 1408 as a Deemster. An "indenture" is to be seen at the British Museum, signed by him as "John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae".
[TAB]From the earliest records extant, the Christians held the Office of Deemster, an office of the greatest dignity and authority. In the ancient court rolls, the deemsters were styled "Justiciarii Domini Regis". They were not only the chief judges, but were also the Lord's Privy Councillors, and their influence over the people resembled the civil authority of the ancient Druids. They alone knew, and were guardians of the unwritten laws, which only on important occasions were verbally divulged to the people.
The Deemstership was hereditary in the Christian family, either by some decree of which all knowledge is lost, or because it was convenient for a son, as soon as old enough, to attend his father, the Deemster, at Courts, acting as his amanuensis and assistant, in order to be initiated into the duties, to learn the unwritten laws and customs, and to prepare himself for the serious and important oiffice.
Notes from a Christian family genealogical table prepared in the early 1900s

The family name had many spellings which, for ease of continuity and understanding, have been standardised as McCrystyn.²

     John Parker was born circa 1526 at Kirkham, Lancashire, England.¹ He married unknown (?).¹

     unknown Samsbury was the son of Daniel Caine and unknown daughter2 McCrystyn.¹

     William Samsbury was born at Ronaldsway, Malew, Isle of Man.¹ He is the son of Thomas Samsbury.¹ He married unknown daughter1 McCrystyn, daughter of John McCrystyn.¹

     unknown daughter1 McCrystyn is the daughter of John McCrystyn.¹ She married William Samsbury, son of Thomas Samsbury.¹

     unknown daughter3 Wattleworth is the daughter of Venerable Samuel Wattleworth and Jane Barton.¹

     unknown daughter4 Wattleworth is the daughter of Venerable Samuel Wattleworth and Jane Barton.¹

     Jean d'Esterre Mylne was born in 1915.¹ She is the daughter of Reverend Charles Hamilton Mylne and Kathleen d'Esterre Hubbard.¹ She married Nigel Howard.¹
     Her married name became Howard.¹

     Nigel Howard married Jean d'Esterre Mylne, daughter of Reverend Charles Hamilton Mylne and Kathleen d'Esterre Hubbard.¹

     Edward Harcourt Longden was born in 1820.¹ He was the son of John Robert Longden.¹ He married Sophia Elizabeth Waddell. He died in 1859 at India, killed in the Indian Mutiny.¹