Manchester Summary

Information on the Manchester family including: Ingols, Taber, Browne, Scottow, Gray, Cory, Dennis, Wilbor, Smith, Thompson, Briggs, Potter, Call, Brigden, Symes, Benjamin, Lettice, Cooke, Masters, Howland, Leighton, Errington, Lowden, Wilson, Graves, Mirricke

A summary of the data on the Manchester family contained in Herbert Poole's family history, with later additions by A Maitland (2000) from family, internet and from LDS IGI & Ancestral Files.

References "HP..." are to Bert Poole's original texts.
References "AF" and of the type (FJ2C-DB) are from the LDS Ancestral File.

References to HSRI:
Information received from, among others, Beth Hurd, in 6 March 2002, from "History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY": American Historical Society Inc, 1920, pp 146-8 shows a different line from Thomas Manchester through his son William, rather than through John as shown by HAP. This information is included under the appropriate individuals below: other than the different line, most of the data repeats HAP's earlier work.

The Poole family and additions to Herbert Poole's history are contained in a separate file.

Beth Hurd

from:
History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920

pp. 146 - 148: (part 1)

"JACOB MANCHESTER -- The name Manchester is of local derivation, meaning 'of Manchester'. It is unusual to find representatives of the larger cities, as the natural tendency was rather to come to them than to leave them. Hence many little towns, villages, corners and communities are the fruitful parents of surnames.

The surname Manchester is probably as old, or nearly so, as the town From which it was taken, and, as is usually the case in a cognomen of that sort, it has differed very slightly in orthography to the present day.

Arms -- Quarterly, first and fourth, argent three lozenges conjoined, In fesse gules within a bordure sable for Montagu; second and third or, an eagle displayed vert, beaked and membered gules, for Monthermer.
Crest -- A griffin's head couped, wings expanded or, gorged with a Collar argent, charged with three lozenges gules.
Supporters - Dexter, an heraldic antelope or, armed, tufted and hoofed argent; sinister a griffin or, gorged with a collar as the crest.
Motto -- Disponendo me, no mutando me.

Its earliest known form is Manchestre, represented by John de Manchestre, who lived in the county of York in the reign of Edward II. John Manchester is found in the Close Rolls of Henry VI.'s reign; there is a Richard Manchester, of Ratcliffe, in the public records of 1671; and a Sarah Manchester, of Manchester, in 1676.

Its representatives, though of a small family, have a large part in all the great historical events of England and America. There were pioneers and builders, doctors of medicine, solemn dignitaries of the law, gallant soldiers and famous scientists, and business men that knew no peers.

1. AUGUSTUS POOLE

AM06/05 HP4

Born: 12/4/1820
Parents: Samuel & Sarah (Cheesman) Poole.
Died: 6/4/1853
For his line, see Poole001
Married 20/9/1947, Utica, NY:

2. MARIA BISHOP MANCHESTER - 1822

AM06/06

Born (HP): 13/12/1822
IGI, Ch: 1 Jan 1825 First Presbyterian Church, Utica, Oneida, New York

Parents: Otis & Hannah (Ingols) Manchester.
Died: 5/3/1873

Issue:
1/1. Otis Augustus Poole, b. 20/12/1840
1/2. Antoinette Manchester Poole, b. 24/5/1851. No Issue.
1/3. Sarah Poole, b. 29/8/1852. Died 1861.

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3. OTIS MANCHESTER - 1795

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Born: 17/3/1795
Parents: Isaac & Abigail (Taber) Manchester
Died: 7/6/1880

1850 Census: Utica Ward 3, Oneida, NY:
Otis Manchester (52, Draper/Tailor, $25000, RI), Hannay (50, Mass), Hanerietta (19, NY), Mary (14, NY), Abigail Ingols (80, Mass), Louisa Hitchort? (48, NY), Allis Smith (20, Wis), Mariah B Pool, (27, NY), Otis M Pool (1, Wis).
1860 Census: Beloit, Wisconsin. All in same house.
Maria B Poole (37, Housekeeper, real est 2000, personal est 5000, New York), Otis A, (11, Wisconsin), Nettie M. (9, Wis), Sarah C (7, Wis), Otis Manchester (Merchant, RE 15000, PE 2000, Rhode Island), Hannah (60, Mass), Mary I (24, NY), + 2 servants.
1870 census: Beloit:
Manchester O. (78, RI), Mary (34, at home, NY), Poole Maria (47, housekeeper, NY), Nettie (19, Teacher school, Wis), +1 unreadable, 2 servants.
1880 Census, Beloit, Wis:
Otis Manchester (85, Retired Merchant, RI, Disabled, rheumatism).

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Bios/bios1232.htm

10/8/2007

Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies: "Otis Manchester"

OTIS MANCHESTER was born March 17, 1795, in Tiverton, Newport Co., R.I., and came to Wisconsin in the latter part of July, 1845, to look after his property in Rock Co., consisting of a farm of 480 acres; in 1811, he went to Providence, R.I., and served an apprenticeship at tailoring; in the fall of 1816, he went to New Bedford, Mass., and opened a tailoring establishment on his own account; then worked as journeyman in New York City a short time, and on July 20, 1817, went to Utica, N.Y., where in the winter of 1818, he engaged in the tailoring business, which he carried on for forty years with good success; in 1834 he also opened a tailoring establishment at 175 Broadway in connection with Joseph HOXIE, under the firm name of MANCHESTER & HOXIE, and shortly thereafter bought out the interest of Mr. HOXIE, and removed to 187 Broadway, at the head of John street; he continued there for six months, when he removed to what was then known as Store No. 2, under the Astor House, which he carried on for four years; in 1840, he went back to Utica to look at the interest of the business at that place; from Utica he removed to Beloit, where he opened a general store in connection with Mr. John N. REYNOLDS, which building he bought, and shortly after, the adjoining corner store, now occupied by WINSLOW & ROSENBERG. Mr. MANCHESTER was elected and served as Alderman in Utica, and was also President of the Mechanics' Association of Utica. Mr. MANCHESTER married Jan. 13, 1819, Maria BISHOP, daughter of Deacon David BISHOP, of Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y.; he married the second time, Jan. 13, 1821, Hannah INGALS, of Northampton, Mass; has three children living - Thomas Clark, Elisha Wells, and Mary Ingall. Mr. MANCHESTER is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beloit.

[Transcriber's Note: The writer spells Mr. Manchester's 2nd wife's last name as INGALS, yet spells the daughter's middle name as Ingall. Knowing that children were sometimes given the mother's maiden name as their middle name... perhaps one or the other in the bio is misspelled by the writer. And - yes - both marriages were on the same day of the same month (different year of course).]

Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, pp. 757-758.

From same site, JOHN H. POOLE, farmer, Secs. 7, 8; P.O. Beloit; born in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N.Y., April 25, 1812; son of Abraham POOLE, who was a farmer and of the old VANDERPOOLE family, one of the first families to settle in New York from Holland.

Married 13/1/1822, Utica NY:

4. HANNAH INGOLS - 1799

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Born: 1/8/1799
Parents: James & Mary Jane (Beals) Ingols.
Died 27/1/1864.

Issue of Otis & Hannah Manchester:
1/1. Maria Bishop Manchester

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5. ISAAC MANCHESTER - 1756

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Born: 4/8/1756
Parents: Isaac & Abigail (Browne) Manchester (9)
Died: 31/5/1829
Married 11/5/1783:

6. ABIGAIL (Alice) TABER - 1765

Born: 4/6/1765
Parents: Jacob & Susannah (Dennis) Taber
Died: 6/3/1834
Issue (inter alia):
1/1. Otis Manchester, b. 17/3/1795
1/2. Thomas Clark Manchester, b 1825. Went to Beloit with Maria.
1/3. Robert Manchester, b. 21/8/1790, m Hope Miller.

This line supplied by Liz (Manchester) Perkins.
2/1. James Manchester, 1818-1882, M. Harriet Lindley Thomas,

19/8/1841, Providence. Both bur Greenwood Cemy, Brooklyn, NY.
3/1. James Thomas Manchester, b. 3/1/1846, d. abt 1934.

M. Caroline Riell Jonas, Tiverton, RI. Both bur Tiverton.
4/1. Arthur Leale Manchester, b. NYC, M. Maude Royal Kenneally,

dau of Patrick & Harriet Kenneally of Ireland.
5/1. Arthur Leale Manchester b. 14/11/1906,

m. Anne Edna Kronke 2/5/1936 NYC.
6/1. Elizabeth Manchester, m Mr Perkins,

Liz provided information on this line; she is (2001) a teacher of children with special needs in the US.
Issue:
7/1. Timothy Perkins.
8/1. Mick Perkins, b abt 1992.

6/2. June Manchester.

1/4. Jacob Manchester, b 1806. See below heading 86.

Ref Liz Perkins:
Isaac (2) Manchester, the third son of Captain Isaac (1) Manchester, was born at Tiverton, R. I., August 4, 1756. His wife, Alice (Tabor) Manchester, whom he married May 11, 178--, was a daughter of Jacob and Susanna Tabor. Jacob Tabor was son of Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Tabor. Mary Thompson was the daughter of John and Mary (Cook) Thompson. Mary Cook was the daughter of Francis Cook, who came over in the 'Mayflower'.

Isaac and Alice (Tabor) Manchester had the following children, all of whom were born at Tiverton, as follows: John, May 19, 1783; Otis, Jany. 28, 1786, died April 26, 1788; Lucy, born March 26, 1788; married a Mr. Hammond; Robert, born Aug. 21, 1790; Isaac, born Sept. 21, 1792; Otis, born March 17, 1795; Willard, born May 12, 1797; George, born Aug. 20, 1799; Humphrey, born Aug. 10, 1803; Jacob, mentioned below; Eli, born Oct. 21, 1808.

See at the end of this paper for the line on from Jacob, son of Isaac.

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7. JAMES INGOLS - 1771

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Born: 2/1/1771
Parents: James & Abigail (Scottow) Ingols.
Died: 8/5/1835.
Married 24/8/1791:

8. MARY JANE BEALS -1776

Born: 31/3/1776, Died: abt 1820

Issue:
1/1. Hannah Ingols, b. 1/8/1799.

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9. ISAAC MANCHESTER, Captain - 1731

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Born: 27/6/1731
Parents: John & Phebe (Gray) Manchester (15)
Died: 27/6/1792
Married 11/5/1783:

10. ABIGAIL BROWNE

Born: 21/2/1730-31
Parents: Abraham & Sarah (Cory) Browne
Died: 1769
Issue:
1/1. Isaac Manchester (5), b. 4/8/1756

Ref Liz Perkins:
Captain Isaac Manchester, son of John Manchester, was born at Tiverton, R. I., June 27, 1731. He married (first), November 1, 1750, Abigail Brown; (second), April 9, 1769, Deborah, daughter of Thomas Cook.
He had eight children, all by his first wife, and all born at Tiverton: Phillip, born Aug. 23, 1751; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1753; Isaac, mentioned below; Thomas, April 5, 1759; Abraham, Aug. 8, 1761; John, July 10, 1764; Phebe, Aug. 22, 1766; Abigail, Feby. 9, 1769.

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11. JACOB TABER - 1735

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Born: 2/10/1735
Parents: Ebeneezer & Abigail (Taber) Taber
Married 11/5/1783:

12. SUSANNA DENNIS - 1736

Born: 19/1/1736-7
Parents: John & Hannah (Wilbor) Dennis
Issue:
1/1. Abigail (Alice) Taber 4/6/1765

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13. JAMES INGOLS - 1739

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Born: 25/3/1739
Parents: James & Joanna (Call) Ingalls
Married:

14. ABIGAIL SCOTTOW - 1740

Born: 17/9/1740
Parents: Joshua & Mary (Smith) Scottow.
Issue:
1/1. James Ingols (2/1/1771)

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15. JOHN MANCHESTER - 1695

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Born: 1695
Parents: John & Mary (Grinnell) Manchester

Married:

16. PHEBE GRAY - 1699

Born: 6/9/1699
Parents: Edward & Mary (Smith) Browne
Issue:
1/1. Isaac Manchester, b. 27/6/1731

The modern line rejoins HAP's line here:

Ref Liz Perkins & Rhode Island and Providence:
John Manchester, son of William and Mary (Cook) Manchester, was born in 1695. He lived at Tiverton all of his life, and married, June 22, 1718-1719, Phebe Gray. Children, all born at Tiverton: William, Feby. 9, 1719-1720; Philip, Feby. 11, 1722; John, Feby. 12, 1724; Mary, Jany. 23, 1726; John, April 17, 1728;

(VI) Jacob Manchester, a son of Isaac (2) and his wife, Alice (Tabor) Manchester, was born at Tiverton, R. I., May 2, 1806, on the old homestead which had for generations been the seat of the family in that vicinity. He attended the public schools of Tiverton until he reached the age of twelve years, and then left home to go to Providence, R. I., there to study the science of surveying under the immediate tuterage of his brother Robert, who was at that time well known in surveying and civil engineering circles throughout the State. Jacob Manchester became quite proficient in this profession in a short time, and followed it with varying degrees of success until he became interested in and learned the trade of carpenter. This

trade he followed with uniformly good fortune for some years, finally forming a partnership with Albert Dailey, of Providence, and engaging in the lumber business, with headquarters and yards on Dyer street, under the firm name of Manchester & Dailey. This firm continued until 1840, when Mr. Manchester left it to enter business as a dealer in builders' supplies, including soon after the handling of coal, and thus became one of the first coal dealers in the city. His offices at that time were on the Dorrance street wharf. He took as a partner, in 1846, William H. Hopkins, and the firm name became Manchester & Hopkins. When G. P. Pomroy and John H. Hopkins were later admitted, the name was again changed to Manchester, Hopkins & Company. He continued as the active head of this business until his death.

Mr. Manchester was a selfmade man in every sense the word implies. He began life with only a rudimentary education, and entered business with practically no capital except that which he was able to gather together through his own exertions. He became well known and popular throughout the city because of his honest dealings. He was honorable, enterprising and progressive in all walks of life, and eminently successful in business because of his high and well practiced principles, combined with a keenness and far-sightedness always chief among his characteristics. The long up-hill fight that he encountered at the beginning of his career would have been more than sufficient to sour the nature of many another man, but it had the effect of making Mr. Manchester only more patient of the faults of others, and more tolerant of the aversities of life.

In politics, he was a pronounced Republican, taking a large interest in the affairs and government of his State and city, although the great amount of time and attention his business demanded prevented him from availing himself of the opportunities to fill the various public offices frequently offered him. He was one of the early members of the old Providence Fire Company.

He married (first) in Providence, R. I., September 3, 1827, Caroline Pettis, who was born September 19, 1806, and died June 6, 1838. He married (second), December 25, 1838, Thankful Stevens, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Hilliard) Stevens, born at Barnstable, Mass., September 25, 1817, and died at her home on Friendship street, Providence, September 15, 1892. She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church on Chestnut street.

Jacob Manchester died at his home in Providence, June 29, 1871, at the age of sixty-five years, and is bured in the North Burying Grounds, in the latter city. Children by first wife, born in Providence: 1. Caroline Frances, born Sept. 14, 1828, died Aug. 18, 1904; married Norval B. Lamb. 2. William Dart, born March 13, 1834, died Aug. 1, 1877, in Chicago. 3. Mary Ann, born May 31, 1838, died Oct. 1, 1838. Children by second wife: 4. Daughter, born March 15, 1840, died same day. 5. Lucy Hammond, born Sept. 22, 1841, died March 8, 1846. 6. Jacob, Jr., born July 24, 1843, died Feby. 14, 1846. 7. Emma Louise, mentioned below. 8. Mary Simmons, born Dec. 26, 1849. 9. Walter Howland, mentioned below. 10. Eleanor Lewis, born March 1, 1855, died Sept. 15, 1858. 11. Willard, mentioned below.

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17. ABRAHAM BROWNE

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Born: No info
Married, 17/12/1731, Tiverton:

18. SARAH CORY

Born:
She married 2nd, Robert Burrington.
Parents: Thomas & Sarah (Taber) Cory
Issue:
1/1. Abigail Browne, 21/2/1730-1

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19. EBENEEZER TABER

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Born: Abt 1685

Parents: Joseph & Hannah (Taber/Gray) Taber
Married:

20. ABIGAIL TABER

Born: 2/5/1693
Parents: Thomas & Mary (Thompson) Taber
Issue:
1/1. Abigail Taber 2/5/1693
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21. JOHN B DENNIS - 1706

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Born: 24/1/1705-6
Parents: Robert & Susannah (Briggs) Dennis
Died:
Married:

22. HANNAH WILBOR - 1709

Born: 9/2/1708-9
Parents: Samuel & Mary Potter Wilbor
Died:
Issue:
1/1. Susanna Dennis, b. 29/1/1736-7

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23. JAMES INGOLS - 1711

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Born: 22/4/1711
Parents: Robert & Anna (Parker) Ingalls
Married:

24. JOANNA CALL - 1714

Born: 4/3/1713-4
Parents: John & Joanna (Brigden) Call
Issue:
1/1. James Ingols (25/3/1739)

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25. JOSHUA SCOTTOW - 1708

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Born: 5/5/1708
Parents: Joshua & Sarah (Symmes) Scottow

Married:

26. MARY SMITH - 1711

Born: 23/11/1711
Parents: Samuel & Mary (Benjamin) Smith
Issue:
1/1. Abigail Scottow, b. 17/9/1740

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27. JOHN MANCHESTER - 1656

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Born: 1656
Parents: Thomas & Margaret (Wood) Manchester
Married:

28. MARY GRINNEL

Issue:
1/1. John Manchester, b. 1695 Goto: 15.

Other more modern researchers have the line continuing from Thomas to William to John, b. 1695:

29. WILLIAM MANCHESTER - 1654

(II) William Manchester, son of Thomas Manchester, was born in 1654, probably in the vicinity of Portsmouth, and resided at Tiverton, R. I., in 1718. He was one of the public-spirited and prominent men of his day. He was admitted a freeman in 1675. There is a record that he with others purchased, March 5, 1680, of Governor Josiah Winslow, land at Pocasset, and became the owner of five of the thirty shares. He was one of the organizers of the town of Tiverton, March 2, 1692. In his will, dated September 27, 1716, and proved November 3, 1718, he left his lands at Tiverton to his son John, and made other legacies to his wife and children, to be paid by John as administrator. He left a large estate for that early date, it being appraised at £1,586. He married Mary Cook, a daughter of John and Mary (Borden) Cook, and she died in 1716.
His children were:
1/1. John Manchester, b 1695, mentioned above in 15;
1/2. William,
1/3. Mary,
1/4. Sarah,
1/5. Deborah,
1/6. Elizabeth,
1/7. Margaret,
1/8. Amey,
1/9. Susanna,
1/10. Rebecca,
1/11. Thomas.

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30. EDWARD GRAY - 1666

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Born: 31/1/1666-7, USA
Parents: Edward & Dorothy (Lettice) Gray
Died: 7/6/1720, USA.
Married:

31. MARY SMITH

Born:
Parents: Phillip & Mary (Sherman) Smith (mother possible)
Issue, inter alia:
1/1. Phebe Gray, 6/9/1699
1/2. Thomas Gray, 4/2/1704-26/2/1773

2/1. Thomas Gray, Col, 27/1/1729-aft 1803

Will from Richard Gray, 4/2004:
I Thomas Gray, of Bristol, in the county of Bristol, and State of Rhode Island, yeoman, being weak in body, but of sound mind and memory, blefsed be God for the same, do make and publish this as my last will and testament, in form following that is to say. _____________________________________________

First. I give and bequethe unto my beloved wife Abigail Gray, all my household furniture and indoor moveables of what kind or nature soever; also my negro woman Hannah, and negro boy Richard, together with my riding Mare, womans saddle, one cow, such as she may choose from among my cows at the time of my decease; also I will and order that my Son Pardon Gray, furnish and provide for the aforesaid Abigail, his mother, yearly and every year so long as she remains my widow, two hundred weight of good beef, and two hundred weight of pork, fifteen bushels of merchantable indian corn, thiryy weight of flax, and twenty weight of wood, and to pay or cause to be paid her twenty dollars yearly, so long as she remains my widow; also I will and order that my aforesaid son Pardon, cut and draw to the door as much fine wood as may be necefsary for her use: also my Will is and I hereby order that my wife Abigail have a privilege in the orchard for as much fruit summer & winter, as she may need for her own consumption; and to be furnished with three barrels of cider yearly, provided the orchard affords so much: also my Will is that my aforesaid wife have the use and improvement of all the new part of my now dwelling house in situate in the Township of Bristol, with the garden to the Northward of the house, together with the privilege of keeping any kind of poultery in and about the houses and yard, with free privilige of pafsage to and from any part of my farm wherever she may have an occasion: also my Will further is that my Son Pardon furnish keeping summer and winter for the horse and cow aforesaid long as she remains my widow: all of which I give unto my wife Abigail in liew of her dower or right of thirds (provided she accepts the same) and not otherwise. __________________________________

Having of late given to my Son John Gray, such parts and parcels of my real Estate lying in Bristol and else where by Deed, to enable him to distribute the same amongst his wife and children in such a way and manner as he thot’ best by Will, which distribution he has since made and is now dead. I shall therefore make no other provision for my grandchildren, the children of my son John aforenamed than to give to the sons and daughters of the sd. John, that may survive me, One dollar in cash; which I hereby order my Executor named to pay them immediately after my decease. __________________________________

Item I give and devise unto my Son Pardon Gray, all my lands and buildings thereon standing lying and being in the township of Bristol, which I have not heretofore disposed of (saving and excepting out of the same such uses and priviliges as I have heretofore afsigned and set out to my aforenamed wife Abigail) to him, his heirs and afsigns forever._____________________________________________

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Moribah Munro, one hundred and twenty dollars, to be paid to her in one year after my decease, by my Executor hereinafter nam’d. __________________________________________________________

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ruth Waldron, One hundred and thirty dollars, to be paid her by my Executor in one year after my decease.________

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Abigail Peck, one hundred and twenty dollars, to be paid her by my Executor in one year after my decease. ______

Lastly As to the remainder and residue of my Estate that I have not heretofore disposed of, be it what kind or nature soever I give and bequeath the same to my son Pardon Gray to further enable him to perform the duties enjoined upon him by this my Will; whom I hereby appoint whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all former Will by me made.__ In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three. __________________________________________

Signed, Sealed published and Declared by the aforesaid Thomas Gray, to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed names as Witnefses in his presenceand in the presence of each other. ___________

John Cook

Sarah Almy

Thomas Durfee

___________ .............................................................. Whereas it escaped my recollection in giving off the various devises contained in the foregoing Will to do for my Wife Abigail, what my desire is to do for her. Now my mind and Will is that all the ready Money I may have by me at the time of my decease, I give and bequeath to my aforesaid Wife, Abigail, to be taken out before any legacy or other things are paid out by my Executor. And I hereby declare this present Instrument to be a Codicil to my said Will and direct the same to be annexed thereto and taken as part thereof. In Witness whereof I have set my hand thereto, in (presence) of the subscribing

Witnefses: the day and year above said,

John Cook

Thomas Durfee Thomas Gray (seal)

Sarah Almy

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At a Court of Probate holden within and for the Town of Bristol, Dec. 5, 1803; The last Will and Testamenrt of Thomas Gray, late deceased, and a Codicil to the same was exhibited to said Court and John Cook, Sarah Almy and Thomas Durfee, the subscribing witnefses to the said Will and Codicil appeared and made oath agreeably to Law, and the said Court having examined the evidence relative to the execution of the said Instruments, do consider that they are proved, and thereupon do order and Decree that the same be Recorded as & for the Last Will and Testament of the said Thomas Gray.___

Byorder of said Court.-- Jon a Rufsell, Clk._

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Recorded by Geo. Munro 2nd Prob’t Clk.__ March 30, 1815

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32. THOMAS CORY - 1661

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Born: Abt 1661
Parents: William & Mary (Earle) Cory
Died: 1738, Portsmouth, RI
Married:

33. SARAH TABER

Born: abt 1669, USA
Parents: Phillip & Mary (Cooke) Taber
Issue:
1/1. Sarah Cory
1/2. Philip Cory, M Hannah Gray

2/1. Philip Cory, m Comfort Hicks (info from Thomas E Cory, 10/2002).

3/1. Joseph Cory m Mary Gray,

4/1. Philip Cory m. Louisa Miller

5/1. William Cory m Mary Moloney

6/1. Joseph Cory m Edna Diebert

7/1. Joseph Cory, son Thomas E. Cory, William Cory.

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34. JOSEPH TABER - 1646

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Born: 2/1645-6, USA
Married:

35. HANNAH GRAY

Issue:
1/1. Ebeneezer Taber, abt 1685
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36. THOMAS TABER - 1644

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Born: 2/1643-4, Yarmouth, Mass
Died: 11/11/1730, Yarmouth
Married 6/1672:

37. MARY THOMPSON - 1650

Born: 1650
Parents: John & Mary (Cooke) Thompson
Died: 30/5/1734
Issue:
1/1. Abigail Taber, 2/5/1693.

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38. ROBERT DENNIS - 1677

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Born: 6/11/1677 Portsmouth, RI
Died: 5/1/1729-30
Married 6/1/1699-00

39. SUSANNA BRIGGS - 1681

Born: 9/4/1681, Portsmouth, RI
Parents: William & Elizabeth (Cooke) Briggs
Died: 4/1744

Issue:
1/1. John B Dennis, 24/1/1705-6

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40. SAMUEL WILBOR - 1646

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Born: 2/1645-6, USA
Parents: William & Martha Wilbor.
Died: 1740
Married 1689:

41. MARY POTTER

Parents: Nathaniel & Elizabeth (Stokes) Potter (69)
Issue:
1/1. Hannah Wilbor, 9/2/1708-9

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42. ROBERT INGALLS - 1684

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Born: 16/7/1684, USA
Parents: Robert & Rebecca (Leighton) Ingalls
Married:

43. ANNA PARKER - 1687

Born: 4/11/1687
Issue:
1/1. James Ingalls, 22/4/1711

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44. JOHN CALL - 1687

AM11/179 HP178

Born: 2/11/1687 USA
Parents: John & Martha (Lowden) Call
Married:

45. JOANNA BRIGDEN - 1690

Born: 14/2/1689-90
Parents: Michael & Joanna (Wilson) Brigden.
Issue:
1/1. Joanna Call 4/3/1713-4

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46. JOSHUA SCOTTOW

AM11/181 HP180

Born: No more info.
Married 25/5/1697, Boston

47. SARAH SYMMES - 1672

Born: 20/5/1672, Mass, USA
Parents: Zecharia & Susanna (Graves) Scottow
Died: 15/3/1708-9
Issue:
1/1. Joshua Scottow, 5/5/1708

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48. SAMUEL SMITH

AM11/183 HP182

Married 30/11/1710

49. MARY BENJAMIN - 1672

Born: 22/12/1672, USA
Parents: Abel & Amathia (Mirricke) Benjamin
Issue:
1/1. Mary Smith, 23/11/1711

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50. THOMAS MANCHESTER

AM12/321 HP320

Born: Abt 1620, England (Warwick ref Liz Perkins).
Parents: Henry de Mancestre (this is pure speculation, others say Peleg)
Died: Abt 1691, Portsmouth, RI
Married, bef 1650:

51. MARGARET WOOD

AM12/322

Born: Portsmouth, RI
Parents: John Wood, of Portsmouth RI (ref HP), and of Southwark, London (ref Liz Perkins).
Died: abt 1693.

There are two lines from Thomas Manchester which lead to our family:

HAP, to quote his sources:
The following is from "The Manchester Family of Rhode Island", by Alden and Rita C. Manchester, Takoma Park, Md., in the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston Register, October 1947. It differs considerably from, and corrects many errors in the following other genealogies, from which I have added several items of interest, namely:. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Vol 2, p 108: from "New England Families", by William Richard Cutter, Vol 2, p 853, New York, 1913: from "Colonial Families", by the American Historical Society, New York, 1929: from the "Genealogy of Stephen Manchester: from "The Genealogy of the "Briggs Family", by Pearl Leona Heck: from Daniel Wilcox of Puncatest", by Herbert A. Wilcox, South Pasadena, Cal., 1943: and from the "Cooke Family & Descendants and Relatives of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower". The genealogy by Alden and Rita C. Manchester carries the descendants down much further than given below (in HP320).

An alternative line comes from "History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY": American Historical Society Inc, 1920, pp 146-8 (sent by Beth Hurd) largely repeats HAP's work, though the latter contains more general detail, except that it shows John Manchester born 1695 to be son of William Manchester (1654), rather than of John Manchester (1656): Some of HAP's sources post date this publication.

Issue:
1/1. John Manchester, abt. 1656.

HAP has our line descending from this John:
2/1. John Manchester, b. 1695., and his son Isaac.

1/2. William Manchester, abt 1654, Portsmouth RI,

Rhode Island and Providence Biographical has our line from the William:
d 15/1/1718, Tiverton.
m. Mary Cooke, dau of John & Mary (Borden) Cooke, (HP320/694). This Cooke line rejoins the Poole line from Mary's sister, Elizabeth (Cooke) Briggs.
2/1. John Manchester. HAP has no data on this line,

but Liz (Manchester) Perkins and others has this John as our ancestor, b. 1695. For her line see above, Isaac, b. 1756.

1/3. Elizabeth Manchester,

ref Internet: b 1667, RI, m Benom Sweet (b 28/3/1663, Warwick, RI). Descendancy on Ancestry.com, 11/2001.

The following passage from History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY: American Historical Society Inc, 1920, pp 146-8 (sent by Beth Hurd and found on internet) largely repeats HAP's work, though the latter contains more general detail:

(I) The immigrant ancestor of the branch of the Manchester family treated in this article, Thomas Manchester, was born in England, where he spent the earlier years of his life. He took passage for this country late in 1638, and became a resident of New Haven, Conn., in 1639, one year after the planting of that colony. Shortly afterward, however, he removed to Portsmouth, R. I., and there spent the remainder of his life. He is mentioned in the land records of that town, January 25, 1655, when he and his wife sold to one Thomas Wood twelve acres of land, but there is evidence that he had lived in Portsmouth or the vicinity for some years previous to the latter date. A grant of eight acres of land was made to Thomas Manchester at Portsmouth, December 10, 1657, and during the same year he sold to Richard Sisson one three-hundredth rights in Canonicut and Dutch Islands. On July 9, 1691, a short time before his death, he granted to his son John his mansion house and lands at Portsmouth, except the place at the lower end of the grounds then in possession of his son Thomas, all of his personal effects including cattle, tools, etc., one-half to be his at the death of the grantor and the other half at the death of grantor's wife, mother of grantee, providing he pay to the sons Thomas, William and Stephen, ten shillings each; to Job twenty shillings; and to the daughters Mary and Elizabeth, ten shillings each. Thomas Manchester died in 1691, and his wife followed him two years later in 1693.
Children: Thomas, born about 1650; William, mentioned below; John, George, Stephen, Job, Mary, Elizabeth.

From the internet,
A Court held at New Haven the 4th of December, 1642
Thomas Manchester, servant to Mr. Perry, being accused by his master for being drunk, and for giving his master uncomely language, for which his master having given him some correction, the Court caused him to be set in the stocks for a certain time.

Comment by Wendell Hayes, 22/10/2002.

In your subject 320 (Thomas Manchester, b. a 1620) there is a Thomas Manchester b. 30 Sep 1749, son of Matthew, son of Thomas, son of Thomas, son of Thomas [above subject 320].

Thomas Manchester, b. 30 Sep 1749 is shown marrying 2nd, Hannah Carr, born 3 Aug 1763 as the daughter of Esek and Susannah Clarke.

However, in your subject 174, Samuel Wilbor, it is showing a Samuel Wilbor b. 7 Nov 1692 who married Elizabeth Carr, b. 29 Jul 1691, also the daughter of Esek Carr and Susannah Clarke.

Unless there were two different Esek Carrs who married two different Susannah Clarkes something doesn't look right.

I have an Esek Carr b. 1650 and Susannah Clarke with children Mary, Elizabeth, Esek (b 1693), Robert and Thankful. The Hannah Carr (above with Manchester) with a birth date of 1763 just doesn't fit.

Wendell descends from Susannah Manchester (dau of William & Mary Cooke) and John Taber.

Carr confliction prob due HAP confusion.

2^nd Email:

….My connection is to the Manchesters, as well as several others in early new England, such as Francis Cooke and Richard Warren.

I also trace back to Nicholas HART (of Tauton, Mass) born in London about 1610. He married Joanna Rossiter of Devonshire.

The connection to Manchester comes from Susannah Manchester, b. abt 1683 in Portsmouth, RI. Susannah married John Taber and their daughter Sarah Taber married my 5th great grandfather, Stephen Hart of Little Compton or Tiverton, RI. Their son, Joseph Hart is therefore my 4th great grandfather, etc.

Susannah Manchester, the daughter of William Manchester and Mary Cook.
William Manchester, the son of Thomas Manchester and Margaret Wood.

My source for much of the HART information came from: "HART Gen. hist. of Samuell Hartt from London, Eng. to Lynn, Mass., 1640, & desc. to 1903, Nicholas, Isaac & others, by J.H. Hart. 631p. 1903"; [by James M. HART.}

Roostweb: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MANCHESTER/2002-11/1036847358 10/8/2007.
From: "BBFFRRPP" <bbffrrpp@attbi.com>
Subject: [MANCHESTER] Gilbert MANCHESTER and Mary TOMPKINS, 1800, Westport, MA
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 08:14:30 -0500

I spent a good part of yesterday looking for information on one couple:
Gilbert MANCHESTER and Mary TOMPKINS. And, because of the help of several researchers and on-line information, I have come up with a possible description of their family:

Gilbert Manchester* was born in 1766 in Little Compton, RI, and he was the son of Thomas MANCHESTER and Dorcas GIFFORD (of Little Compton, RI?).
Mary TOMPKINS was born in 1763 and was the daughter of Micah TOMPKINS and Sarah DRING married in 1755 in Little Compton, RI.

Gilbert and Mary married in 1788? in Little Compton, RI. At some point they moved to Westport, MA, as they were listed in the 1800 Census as living in Westport with 5 children, and their younger children were born there.
So far, I have come up with the following for their possible children:

Samuel Tompkins Manchester, born 1789
Otis Manchester, born 1795
Hannah Manchester, born 1797
Calvin Manchester, born 1800
Rhoda Manchester, born 1800
Elizabeth Manchester, born 1805

Note: Rhoda was born in Dec., so Calvin could have been born in Jan.
Note: I have seen a Salome Manchester mentioned as having been born in Westport in 1803.
Note: There seems to be a child missing between 1789 and 1800.

Rhoda Manchester's first husband was Epophraditus LAVARE. They married in Westport in 1816, and had 3 children: Arnold, William, and Lavinia.
Epophraditus died in 1825 before his daughter was born. (Information from K. Eddy) Rhoda's second marriage was to James CLARKE/CLARK in 1829 in Westport, MA. The only child I know about is Mary Anna CLARK/E born there in 1837. James seems to have died in the 1840's, as he is not listed in the 1850 Census with Rhoda and Mary, Age 13.

Note: Mary Anna CLARKE/CLARK married John DEXTER who had been born in 1837 in Killingly, CT. I cannot locate the information on their marriage. When? Where? I also cannot locate any information on children born to them. Where? (possibility of Killingly, CT, on both)

Note: Samuel T. Manchester seems to have had 2 sons: Erastus Manchester and Otis Manchester. I think someone said that Samuel and his wife had moved north (to NY?) (to ME?). Otis Manchester, brother to Samuel T., seems to have headed to Wisconsin, where he died at Age 85. It's possible that Calvin Manchester (brother) did not live to adulthood.

>From another researcher I have learned that Gilbert Manchester died in 1834, and his widow, Mary, died in 1855. And, Karen Eddy found out that Rhoda (Manchester) (Lavare) CLARKE died in Westport, MA, in 1886 at Age 85. (Her daughter, Mrs. Mary DEXTER, died in 1899, and was buried in Killingly, CT.)

*There was another Gilbert MANCHESTER who was born some 20 years before this one. And, it seems many researchers have "mixed up" the two families. This Gilbert was the son of William MANCHESTER and Rebecca COOK and was born in 1745. This Gilbert married Mary or Mercy DURFEE in 1767 in Tiverton, RI. They had 2 children: Eliphal (f) and James MANCHESTER. I have not yet looked up this Gilbert's "line" .. but wonder whether the two Gilbert's could have been cousins or somehow related.

Thank you for your time.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings."
Hodding Carter, Jr.

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52. EDWARD GRAY - 1623

AM12/325 HP324

Born: 15/4/1623, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England.
Died: 30/6/1681, Tiverton, LI.
See Edward Gray Descendants
Married 12/12/1665:

53. DOROTHY LETTICE

AM12/310

Born USA
Parents: Thomas Lettice & possibly, Anne Savoy
Died: 1686.
Issue:
1/1. Edward Gray, 31/1/1666-7.

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54. PHILLIP SMITH - 1634

AM12/327 HP326

Born: 1634, USA.
Parent: Edward Smith
Died: 6/12/1700, Newport, RI.
Married (Possible):

55. MARY SHERMAN - 1644

AM12/328

Born 1644, USA
Died: 3/12/1700
Issue:
1/1. Mary Smith

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56. WILLIAM CORY

AM12/333 HP332

Born: Abt 1615, Devon, England.
Died: 4/1/1682-3, Portsmouth, RI.
Married Abt 1653:

57. MARY EARLE

AM12/334

Born: New England
Parents: Ralph & Joan (Savage) Earle.
Died: 22/3/1717-8
Issue:
1/1. Thomas Cory, abt 1661

Information from Thomas E Corey 10/2002.

William was raised by his step grandfather (John Roome) and paternal grandmother Anne Roome. His father John Cory is not the same John Cory of Southold, Long Island, New York. DNA testing by descendants has proven that they are not the same blood line. There was a John Cory in Portsmouth about the same time as the Roomes but disappeared and was never heard from around Portsmouth again.
In Anne (Wauker) Roome's will she left the bulk of her estate to William. In her will she spelled his last name the same as the old Scottish spelling (Corrie) which led everyone to think our branch of the Cory's came from Scotland. Later information shows William to have been born in Bristol, England before 1634.
He was Baptized at the Saint James Parish in Bristol, England in 1634. Charlotte Muller of Farminton, MI provided this information after she made a search seeking mission to England. Much of the information on the early Cory families in Rhode Island come from the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by Austin and The Little Comptons Families by Wilbour.
William apparently was a Carpenter (a trade taught to him by John Roome) and miller. From the Gen Dic of R.I. he built one of the first mills in Portsmouth.
William was declared a freeman in Portsmouth in 1658.
Source: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island pg. 56
>From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume CXVLV April 1991 Page 122
A clue to the English Background of the Cory Family of Rhode Island by Jane Fiske note; Jane Fiske is a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists and editor of both the Register and Rhode Island Roots, the quarterly of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society.
The first record on William in Portsmouth is on 10 December 1657, when the town granted him 8 acres of ground. From the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island we find that he was admitted a freeman in May of 1658. A record that many researchers missed is from the Colony Records: on 28 Feb. 1667, Ann Roome, widow of John Roome of Portsmouth, "for and in consideration of full and just satisfaction and true payment by mee in hand Received from" William Corrie of Portsmouth, house carpenter, deeded to him "two certain mansion houses with the lands thereto belonging... in St. James Parish in the street called St. James back in the Citty of Bristol, in Old England" which had been left to her by her late husband and by him "put into the hands and care of Mr. Thomas ffloyd of Bristol" On 18 Oct. 1667, she gave him a confirmatory deed, and immediately following it, on the same page is another record dated 13 Nov. 1669, stating that William Correy, being aged about fowre and thirtye yeares being now personally presant and intending a voyage to England upon ocation of demandeing and Recieving the Estate that his grandmother named Ann Roome hath made sale and surrender of unto him by within written deed: I say this certifieth that the bearer hereof William Correy aforesaid is the reputed son of one John Correy deceased who was somtime inhabitant in or near the City of Bristoll in England and the son of Ann Roome aforenamed: and further this certifieth that the said William Correy is bound for England in Company with one William Earll inhabitant in the same towne of Portsmouth on Rhod Island and the aforesaid William Correy is alsoe Inhabitant of the aforesaid Portsmouth... which said William Earll may be able to testifie in England and to the parson that shall ther Exhibett these presentes whether hee be the same to whome they are now committed and in whose behalfe these Lines are written ... Voted at Newport ... the thiertenth day of November ... 1669 ... under hand of the governor [Benedict Arnold] ... Joseph Torrey recorder.
16 April 1657; Portsmouth, Rhode Island, acknowledged as townsman among us.
16 Dec. 1657; Portsmouth, Rhode Island, granted eight acres of land.
18 May 1658; Portsmouth, Rhode Island, designated as a freeman.
28 Apr. 1668; Portsmouth, Rhode Island, permission to build a windmill on Briggs Hill.
04 Dec. 1669; Purchased a one third share in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, (now Westport)
05 Mar. 1679/80; Purchased a one thirtieth share in the Pocassett Purchase (Tiverton)
1678; Appointed representative Lieutenant William Corey.
1680; Militia Company officer Captain William Corey
29 Feb 1680/81 Will proved pgs. 182-184.

>From Rhode Island Genealogical Register Volume 3 No. 1 Page 24
Cory, William of Portsmouth Will dated 4 Jan 1681, proved 29 Feb 1681, pgs 182-184. Mentions Wife Mary Cory. Sons John eldest, William, Thomas 3rd, Caleb 4th, & Roger 5th last 3 under 21. Daughters Marcy eldest, Ann 2nd, Mary 3rd, & Joan 4th last 3 under 18 no surnames given.

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58. PHILLIP TABER - 1644

AM12/335 HP334

Born: 1644, USA.
Parents: Phillip & Lydia (Masters) Taber. (see below:
generations mixed)
Died: 1693.
Married abt 1667:

59. MARY COOKE - 1651

AM12/336

Born: 12/1/1651-2, USA
Parents: Rev John Cooke & Sarah (Warren) Cooke
Died: 1694, Dartmouth, RI.
Issue:
1/1. Sarah Taber, abt 1669.

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60. PHILLIP TABER

AM12/337 HP336

As son Joseph appears in the tree one generation later than his brother Phillip, the individual numbers are a bit confusing.

Born: prob 1605, Essex, England.
Died: aft 1672, Providence, RI.
Married 21/12/1639, Watertown

61. LYDIA MASTERS

AM12/310

Parents: John & Jane Masters.
Issue:
1/1. Joseph Taber 02/1645-6, USA.
1/2. Phillip Taber, 1644, USA. (HP168)
1/3. Thomas Taber, 2/1643-4 (HP170).

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62. JOHN THOMPSON

AM12/343 HP342

Born: Abt 1616, N. Wales.
Parents:
Died: 6/6/1696.
Married 26/12/1645.

63. MARY COOKE - 1626

AM12/344

Born: 1626, Plymouth, Mass
Parents: Francis & Herter (Mahieu) Cooke
Died: Abt 1714.
Issue:
1/1. Mary Thompson, 1650.

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64. ROBERT DENNIS

AM12/345 HP344

Born: Abt 1645, Portsmouth, RI
Parents: Robert Dennis
Died: 5/6/1691, Portsmouth, RI
Married, 16/11/1672:

65. SARAH HOWLAND - 1645

AM12/346

Born: 1645, Duxbury, Mass
Parents: Henry & Mary (Newland?) Howland
Died: 2/10/1712, Duxbury, Mass.
Issue:
1/1. Robert Dennis, 6/11/1672.

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66. WILLIAM BRIGGS - 1650

AM12/347 HP346

Born: 1650, Portsmouth, RI
Parents: John & Hannah Briggs.
Died: 5/1716 of smallpox.
Married, 1680:

67. ELIZABETH COOKE - 1653

AM12/348

Born: 1653, USA
Parents: John & Mary (Borden) Cooke
Died: 8/1716 of smallpox.

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:40:59 -0500
   If this inquiry is a bother, please just delete. Your site peeked my interest because of the Borden line from Headcorn. We are descended from that line as are many millions of other Americans. It's well documented however I have had this nagging impression for years that the Borden of Headcorn and the Boorman of Headcorn are actually the same family.
    I suspect that the surname of Borden was a result of Quakerism. I can't prove this of course as I am not privy to the church records if any exist. I have searched for earlier wills from Headcorn but to no avail.
    I find it interesting that you quote from Herbert Armstrong Poole, as the Poole family of Kent is connected to the Boorman family by marriage. In particular a rogue named Anthony Poole who literally threw his first wife and children out on the street. I would love to find that man in a genealogy file just to satisfy myself that he died a horrid death. He would have died in the early 17th century.
    Any connection you can lead me to as a connection between the Borden family and the Boorman family would be appreciated.

Yours, Patty Sullivan

Issue:
1/1. Susannah Briggs, 9/4/1681.

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68. WILLIAM WILBOR

AM12/349 HP348

Born: 1630, USA
Parents: Samuel & Ann (Smith) Wilbor
Died: 1710, Tiverton, LI.
Married, 1653: Martha.
Issue:
1/1. Samuel Wilbor, b 1664, (40), married Mary Potter.

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69. NATHANIEL POTTER - 1637

AM12/351 HP350

Born: 1637, USA (HAP)
Parents: Nathaniel & Dorothy Potter (HSRI) (85).
Died: 20/10/1704.(HAP)

HSRI:
(II) Nathaniel (2) Potter, son of Nathaniel (1) and Dorothy Potter, was born in 1637. He was a resident first of Portsmouth, R. I., and later of Dartmouth, Mass., where he died October 20, 1704. In 1677 he became a freeman. His will, dated October 18, 1704, was proved November 20, of the same year. He married Elizabeth ----- , and among their children was Nathaniel, mentioned below.

Married:

70. ELIZABETH STOKES

AM12/350

Issue:
1/1. Mary Potter, (41) married Samuel Wilbor.
1/2. Nathaniel Potter:

(III) Nathaniel (3) Potter, son of Nathaniel (2) and Elizabeth Potter, was born about 1669. He was a life-long resident of Dartmouth, Mass., and married there Joan Wilbur, who died in 1759, daughter of William Wilbur. Nathaniel Potter died November 16, 1736, and his will, dated November 15, 1732, was proved on the day of his death.

(IV) William Potter, son of Nathaniel (3) and Joan (Wilbur) Potter, was born in Dartmouth, Mass., November 12, 1689. Toward the close of the seventeenth century he settled in Rhode Island. He married Mary Browning, and they were the parents of several children, among them Benjamin, mentioned below.

(V) Benjamin Potter, son of William and Mary (Browning) Potter, was born in Dartmouth, Mass., April 15, 1712, and was a farmer on an extensive scale in Richmond, R. I. He married Mary Manchester, and among their children was Nathaniel, mentioned below.

(VI) Nathaniel (4) Potter, son of Benjamin and Mary (Manchester) Potter, was born in 1736. He resided all his life in Richmond, R. I., a prosperous farmer, and well-known member of the early community. He married Lucy Moore, and died in February, 1825.

(VII) Joshua Potter, son of Nathaniel (4) and Lucy (Moore) Potter, was born in Richmond, R. I., August 18, 1768, and died there January 18, 1853. He married Mary Sherman.

(VIII) Freeborn Potter, son of Joshua and Mary (Sherman) Potter, was born in Richmoond, R. I., October 18, 1793, and died February 16, 1877. He married Deborah Clark, who was born in 1795, and died in 1882, a daughter of Moses Clark.

(IX) Freeborn (2) Potter, son of Freeborn (1) and Deborah (Clark) Potter, was born in Richmond, R. I., February 14, 1817. In 1858 he removed to Cranston, R. I., where he followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life. He was prominent in the affairs of Cranston, and a leader in civic life until the time of his death. The Potter residence, which he built on his coming to Cranston, was his residence for thirty-nine years, and there he died, February 20, 1897. Freeborn Potter married, November 26, 1843, Louisa Williams, daughter of Pardon and Mary (Stafford) Williams; she was born September 28, 1820, and died August 9, 1898. (See Williams VII). Freeborn and Louisa (Williams) Potter were the parents of the following children: 1. Daniel Clarke, a graduate of Amherst College, and a landscape architect; resides at Fairhaven; he married Ellen H. Parker, and they are the parents of a daughter, Mabel L. Potter, graduate of Brown University, now a teacher. 2. Julia Anne, born in Cranston, was a teacher in the schools of Warwick for twenty-three years, and in various nearby localities; she is now registrar of the Roger Williams Society; Miss Potter resides in Auburn, R. I. 3. Jobe [sic] S., inherited the Potter farm in Cranston, on which he resided until 1915; he married Ida Budlong, and now makes his home at Hills Grove; they are the parents of the following children: Earl A., Mary E., Lydia M., Gladys.
Freeborn Potter was a member of the Town Council of Cranston for twenty-two years, and throughout that period worked earnestly for the advancement of the welfare of the city, and the introduction of many needed reforms, and also served on various other committees. He was a Democrat in political affiliation. A Baptist in religious belief, he was one of the founders of the Congregational church of Cranston, and one of its most liberal supporters throughout his life.

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71. ROBERT INGALLS - 1689

AM12/353 HP352

Born: 9/2/1648-9, Lynn, Mass.
Parents: Robert & Sarah (Harker) Ingalls
Died: 30/1/1688-9.
Married, 10/6/1675:

72. REBECCA LEIGHTON

AM12/354

Parents: Thomas Leighton
Issue:
1/1. Robert Ingalls, 16/7/1684.

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73. DANIEL PARKER - 1667

AM12/355 HP354

Born: 1667, Charlestown, Mass.
Parents: John & Mary (Fairfield) Parker.
Died: 18/10/1694.
Married:

74. ANNE ERRINGTON

AM12/356

Born: 1661, USA
Parents: Abraham & Rebecca (Cutter) Errington.
Issue:
1/1. Anna Parker, 4/11/1687.

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75. JOHN CALL - 1658

AM12/357 HP356

Born: 1/1657-8, USA
Parents: John & Hannah (Kettel) Call.
Died: 4/5/1713.
Married, 20/7/1681.

76. MARTHA LOWDEN - 1659

AM12/358

Born: 6/2/1658-9
Parents: Richard & Mary (Cole) Lowden.
Died: 4/9/1729.
Issue:
1/1. John Call, 2/11/1687.

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77. MICHAEL BRIGDEN - 1664

AM12/359 HP358

Born: 2/6/1664, USA
Parents: Thomas & Mildred (Carthrick) Brigden
Died: 12/6/1709, Charlestown, Mass
Married, 11/1/1687-8

78. JOANNA WILSON - 1667

AM12/360

Born: 20/4/1667, Charlestown, Mass
Parents: Edward & Mary (Hale) Wilson.
Died: 19/10/1735.
Issue:
1/1. Joanna Brigden, 14/2/1689-90.

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79. ZECHARIA SYMMES - 1636

AM12/363 HP362

Born: 9/1/1636-7, USA
Parents: Zecharia & Sarah (Baker) Symmes.
Died: 22/3/706-7
Married, 18/1/1669:

80. SUSANNA GRAVES - 1643

AM12/364

Born: 8/5/1643, USA.
Parents: Thomas & Katherine (Gray) Graves
Died: 23/7/1681
Issue:
1/1. Sarah Symmes, 10/5/1672.

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81. ABEL BENJAMIN

AM12/367 HP366

Born: Charlestown, Mass
Parents: John & Abigail (Eddy) Benjamin.
Died: 1710
Married, 6/11/1671:

82. AMATHIA MIRRICKE - 1641

AM12/368

Born: 1641, Windsor, Conn.
Parents: John & Hopestill Mirricke
Died: 10/5/1710.
Issue:
1/1. Mary Benjamin, 22/12/1672.

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83. FRANCIS COOKE

AM13/687 HP686

Born: bef 1579
Parents: Richard & Alice (Caunton) Cooke
Died: 7/4/1663
Married: 20/7/1603, Leiden Holland:

84. HESTER MAHIEU

AM13/688

1/1. Mary Cooke

See Cooke ancestry file

85. NATHANIEL POTTER

HSRI:
(I) Nathaniel Potter, immigrant ancestor and progenitor of the Rhode Island family of which the late Freeborn Potter was a member, was a native of England, and first appears on the records of Aquidneck, R. I., in 1638, when he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island. On April 30, 1639, he was one of the twenty-nine signers of the following compact: 'We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of his Majesty King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politicke, unto his laws according to matters of justice.'
He married Dorothy ----- , who married (second) John Albro; she was born in 1617, and died February 19, 1696. Nathaniel Potter died about 1644.

Issue:
1/1. Nathaniel Potter (69)

HSRI: p. 161 - 162:

FREEBORN POTTER -- The first form of surname to be adopted in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when the custom came into use in England, was that form derived from the estate of the bearer, or if he were a man of humble circumstances, from the locality in which he lived. When the custom obtained a greater vogue, names were taken from widely diversified sources. The surname Potter belongs to that class of English surnames which were originally derived from the occupations or callings of their bearers, of which class Smith and Cooper are also examples. The name is very ancient and is found in the earliest of English registers. It boasts a very honorable and distinguished lineage in England. The coat-of-arms is as follows:

Arms - Sable a fesse ermine between three cinquefoils argent.
Crest - A seahorse or.

The American family has been no less distinguished. Seven immigrants of the name came to the New England Colonies in the early decades of the seventeenth century, driven hither by religious intolerance and persecution in the mother country. Many came to seek their fortunes, and many purely through the spirit of adventure. The descendants of these early Potters are of a stock than which there is no finer in America, men of patriotism, high moral stamina, stern and rugged codes of honor and business. The name of Potter has figured in the annals of the Nation from the very earliest settlements down to the present day, and has been borne by men who have achieved prominence in the professions, in the ministry, and in every department of financial, commercial and industrial life in the country.
The line herein under consideration is that of the late Freeborn Potter, of Cranston, R. I., descendant of Nathaniel Potter, the founder of the family in Rhode Island.

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86. JACOB MANCHESTER - 1806

Son of Isaac Manchester (5):

"History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY": American Historical Society Inc, 1920, pp 146-8

"(VI) Jacob Manchester, a son of Isaac (2) and his wife, Alice (Tabor) Manchester, was born at Tiverton, R. I., May 2, 1806, on the old Homestead which had for generations been the seat of the family in that vicinity. He attended the public schools of Tiverton until he reached the age of twelve years, and then left home to go to Providence, R. I., there to study the science of surveying under the immediate tuterage of his brother Robert, who was at that time well known in surveying and civil engineering circles throughout the State. Jacob Manchester became quite proficient in this profession in a short time, and followed it with varying degrees of success until he became interested in and learned the trade of carpenter. This trade he followed with uniformly good fortune for some years, finally forming a partnership with Albert Dailey, of Providence, and engaging in the lumber business, with headquarters and yards on Dyer street, under the firm name of Manchester & Dailey. This firm continued until 1840, when Mr. Manchester left it to enter business as a dealer in builders' supplies, including soon after the handling of coal, and thus became one of the first coal dealers in the city. His offices at that time were on the Dorrance street wharf. He took as a partner, in 1846, William H. Hopkins, and the firm name became Manchester & Hopkins. When G. P. Pomroy and John H. Hopkins were later admitted, the name was again changed to Manchester, Hopkins & Company. He continued as the active head of this business until his death.

Mr. Manchester was a self made man in every sense the word implies. He Began life with only a rudimentary education, and entered business with practically no capital except that which he was able to gather together through his own exertions. He became well known and popular throughout the city because of his honest dealings. He was honorable, enterprising and progressive in all walks of life, and eminently successful in business because of his high and well practiced principles, combined with a keenness and far-sightedness always chief among his characteristics. The long up-hill fight that he encountered at the beginning of his career would have been more than sufficient to sour the nature of many another man, but it had the effect of making Mr. Manchester only more patient of the faults of others, and more tolerant of the adversities of life.

In politics, he was a pronounced Republican, taking a large interest in the affairs and government of his State and city, although the great amount of time and attention his business demanded prevented him from availing himself of the opportunities to fill the various public offices frequently offered him. He was one of the early members of the old Providence Fire Company.

He married (first) in Providence, R. I., September 3, 1827, Caroline Pettis, who was born September 19, 1806, and died June 6, 1838. He Married (second), December 25, 1838, Thankful Stevens, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Hilliard) Stevens, born at Barnstable, Mass., September 25, 1817, and died at her home on Friendship street, Providence, September 15, 1892. She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church on Chestnut street.

Jacob Manchester died at his home in Providence, June 29, 1871, at the age of sixty-five years, and is buried in the North Burying Grounds, in the latter city. Children by first wife, born in Providence:
1. Caroline Frances, born Sept. 14, 1828, died Aug. 18, 1904; married Norval B. Lamb.
2. William Dart, born March 13, 1834, died Aug. 1, 1877, in Chicago.
3. Mary Ann, born May 31, 1838, died Oct. 1, 1838.

Children by second wife:
4. Daughter, born March 15, 1840, died same day.
5. Lucy Hammond, born Sept. 22, 1841, died March 8, 1846.
6. Jacob, Jr., born July 24, 1843, died Feby. 14, 1846.
7. Emma Louise, mentioned below.
8. Mary Simmons, born Dec. 26, 1849.
9. Walter Howland, mentioned below.
10. Eleanor Lewis, born March 1, 1855, died Sept. 15, 1858.
11. Willard, mentioned below.

(VII) Emma Louise Manchester, daughter of Jacob Manchester and his wife, Thankful (Stevens) Manchester, was born at Providence, R. I., July 29, 1846. She and her sister, Mary Simmons Manchester, reside at No. 152 Adelaide avenue, Providence, in the section known as Elmwood. They are Prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Misses Emma L. and Mary Simmons Manchester are members of both the Rhode Island Woman's Club and Elmwood Woman's Club. Miss Emma L. Manchester has been a member of the board of the Providence Children's Friends' Society for over forty years; was manager many years and is now vice-president of the same.

(VII) Walter Howland Manchester, son of Jacob Manchester, was born in Providence, R. I., August 16, 1851. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and later entered and graduated from Scofield's [sic] Commercial College. He entered the employ of Manchester & Hopkins as a salesman at the age of eighteen years, continuing with that firm until 1878, when he became a partner in the firm of Manchester & Hudson, dealers in masons' and builders' supplies, and located in Point street, near the Point street bridge. In 1910 Mr. Manchester arose to the presidency of the company, when it was incorporated under the laws of Rhode Island, and holds that position today. Since his entrance into the firm the business has prospered exceedingly, and Mr. Manchester is known as one of the foremost and progressive of Providence business men and merchants.

He is equally prominent socially; a member of What Cheer Lodge, No. 21, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of Providence Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; of Providencce Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; of Calvary Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar; Palestine Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Rhode Island Consistory (thirty-second degree).

Mr. Manchester married (first), December 31, 1872, Ida Davis, daughter of James and Julia (Sherman) Davis. She died September 8, 1905.
Children:
1. Child, died in infancy.
2. Ida Louise, born Oct. 12, 1875; died Feby. 15, 1878.
3. Edith Howland, married Thomas J. Griffin, now of Abington, Mass., and has had children: Thomas J., died in infancy; Deborah Manchester; Thomas J. (2nd), and Edith Amanda Griffin. Bertha Simmons married J. Forrest Perkins, of Providence [sic - this is how the text reads].
Mr. Manchester married (second), March 19, 1907, Ella (Patton) Bardeen, widow of Bernard Bardeen, and a daughter of Lorenzo Patton.

(VII) Willard Manchester, son of Jacob Manchester, was born at Providence, R. I., July 27, 1857. He was educated in the Providence public schools. He was for years in the office of Manchester & Hudson, and later engaged in the insurance business. He died at his home in Providence, May 1, 1910. He married Vesta Louise Trescott, and they had four children:
1. Raymond Lindumon, born April 14, 1881, died April 12, 1893.
2. Helen Louise, born April 10, 1883.
3. Ruth Frances, born May 22, 1886; married Howard W. Congdor, April 7, 1915; died Jany. 16, 1916.
4. Lewis Trescott, born Oct. 13, 1887, died in infancy."

from the RI Historical Cemeteries Database Index:
MANCHESTER, JACOB       1806 - 29 JUN 1871    PV001
MANCHESTER, CAROLINE (PETTIS)   1806 - 6 JUN 1839    PV001
MANCHESTER, THANKFUL (STEVENS) 1817 - 15 SEP 1892 PV001
MANCHESTER, EMMA L       1846 - 2 SEP 1933    PV001
MANCHESTER, MARY S       1849 - 17 NOV 1920 PV001
MANCHESTER, WALTER H 1851 - 14 JAN 1936   PV001
+MANCHESTER, IDA A (DAVIS) 1853 - 8 SEP 1905 PV001

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12/2/2001: edited and added data.

15/6/2001: resaved HTML from Word

15/1/2002: added data from Robert Manchester 1790.

29/10/2002: revised and extra data

25/3/2004: links edited

1/6/2004: Thomas Gray will

2/7/2004: Tree Data

22/4/2006: added Manchester/Poole letters
18/8/2007: added HSRI data and reformatted.