Gershom Manchester

Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Ruth (Wodell) Manchester Grandson of Thomas and Margaret (Wood) Manchester Married 1st Anna Fenner in 1707 Married 2nd Mary Farrow on December 16, 1731 The minister's record book lists Gershom and Mary as having unmarked graves. Soon after his son Stephen went to Marblehead (now Windham), Gershom followed with his second wife and some of his children, built himself a house on lot 15 and cleared 8 acres of land.

Family: Gershom Manchester / Anna Fenner (F01404)
m. Abt 1707

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Gershom Manchester

Born Abt 1687
Died 15 Mar 1748/49 Marblehead, Windham, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried
Married Abt 1707
Other Spouse Mary Farrow | F01408
Married 16 Dec 1731 Tiverton, RI or Freetown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
Father Stephen Manchester | F01171 Group Sheet
Mother Elizabeth Wodell | F01171 Group Sheet

Mother | Female
Anna Fenner

Born 1 Jan 1686/87 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Between 1721 and 1730
Buried
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Mother

Child 1 | Female
Elizabeth Manchester

Born 28 Sep 1709 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
Buried
Spouse John Tripp, IV | F01405
Married 28 Apr 1730 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location

Child 2 | Female
Hannah Manchester

Born 4 Feb 1710/11 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
Buried
Spouse Othniel Tripp | F01407
Married 4 Feb 1731/32 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location

Child 3 | Male
Stephen Manchester

Born 23 May 1717 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 24 Jun 1807 Windham, Cumberland Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried Knight Cemetery, Windham, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
Spouse Grace Farrow | F04764
Married Abt 1738
Spouse Seafair Mayberry | F04773
Married 21 Dec 1749
Spouse Mary Bailey | F04774
Married 9 Apr 1758

Child 4 | Male
Alex Manchester

Born 14 Apr 1721 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
Buried

Child 5 | Male
Eber Manchester

Born 14 Apr 1721 Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
Buried

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Gershom Manchester (1690 - 1748)

Gershom Manchester
Born 27 May 1690 in Tiverton, Newport Co, Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Stephen Manchester and Elizabeth (Wordell) Manchester
Brother of Ruth (Manchester) Potter, Elizabeth (Manchester) Macomber and Elizabeth (Manchester) Shearman [half]
Husband of Anna (Fenner) Manchester — married about 1707 in Tiverton, Newport, Co., Rhode Islandmap
Husband of Mary (Farrow) Manchester — married 16 Dec 1731 in Tiverton, Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Elizabeth (Manchester) Tripp, Hannah (Manchester) Tripp, Stephen Manchester, Alix Manchester, Eber Manchester and John Manchester Sr.
Died 15 Mar 1748 at age 57 in New Marblehead, Cumberland Co, Maine Dist, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Gershom Manchester married, first, about 1707, Anna ---: some say she was née Fenner, referencing: Volume 74, SAR Membership, Number: 14628. Anna's surname as FENNER can be found in the "Descendants of John Tripp of Portsmouth", [1] and also in "The Dinghy" of 1994, vols. 6-7, p. 8.[2]

Gershom Manchester married second, on December 18, 1731, Mary Farrow of Freetown, Massachusetts Bay.[3][4][5]

Gershom resided in Tiverton, Rhode Island, but in 1738-9, moved to Marblehead (now Windham), Maine, and settled on lots 15 and 16 soon after his son Stephen went to Marblehead; Gershom followed with his second wife and some of his children, built himself a house and cleared 8 acres of land.

Gershom and his sons were living in the Fort in April 1746; he was an Indian scout in Capt. George Berry's company that year.[6][7]

Gershom Manchester and second wife Mary Farrow are buried in unmarked graves at the Old Smith Cemetery in Windham.[8]

Sources

↑ (Snippet view only) http://books.google.ca/books?id=qLpnAAAAMAAJ&q=Anna+Fenner+and+Gers... Anna+Fenner+and+Gershom&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h0CgUb-3CbHAiwK8k4CABA&sqi=2&ved=0CD sQ6AEwAw
↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=i4dYAAAAMAAJ&q=Anna+Fenner+and+Gers... Anna+Fenner+and+Gershom&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h0CgUb-3CbHAiwK8k4CABA&sqi=2&ved=0CE 8Q6AEwBw
↑ Spouse/Mary Farrow: Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB532/i/14343/7-25/260893410 (by subscription)
↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KD-JTR : 22 January 2020), Mary Farrow in entry for Gershom Manchester, 17 Dec. 1731.
↑ Manchester Family of Rhode Island published 1947-8 in NEHGR, Vol 101; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11736/313/23534768. See also Vol. 102.
↑ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB532/i/14343/7-25/260893410
↑ "Windham in the Past", by Samuel Thomas Dole and Frederick Howard Dole, Auburn, Me.: Merrill & Webber company, 1916, p. 38; https://archive.org/details/windhaminpast00dole/page/38/mode/2up ; also p. 480; https://archive.org/details/windhaminpast00dole/page/480/mode/2up
↑ Burial Records of Old Smith Cemetery, Windham, Maine
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Birth, family, death, and burial (no image of gravestone; grave is unmarked): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 August 2020), memorial page for Gershom Manchester (27 May 1690–15 Mar 1748), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57012685, citing Old Smith Burying Ground, Windham Center, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by private (contributor 47321841); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57012685/gershom-manchester