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About Thomas Manchester, Jr
Thomas Manchester
Born: 1650
Died: before 9 May 1722,
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: Thomas Manchester, b.1620, Yorkshire, England; d. 09 Jul 1691, Portsmouth, Newport, R.I.
Mother: Margaret Wood, b. 1634, Southwark, Surrey, England , d. 1693, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Wife: Mary Browning, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Freeborne) Browning
Thomas Manchester was born in 1650. He was the son of Thomas Manchester and Margaret Wood. Thomas Manchester married Mary Browning on 6 January 1677. Thomas Manchester died before 9 May 1722.
He was admitted a freeman of Portsmouth 29 April 1673.
Notes: "Thomas married Mary Brownell on 6 Jan 1676/1677. Mary was born in 1655." - John Osborne Austin, GDRI, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
Sources:
http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p2118.htm#i105865
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~corey/djw/djwg03.htm
http://www.antonymaitland.com/hptext/hp0320.txt
"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, Vol 101, October 1947.
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:
- John Manchester, b 1695, mentioned above in 15;
- William,
- Mary,
- Sarah,
- Deborah,
- Elizabeth,
- Margaret,
- Amey,
- Susanna,
- Rebecca,
- Thomas.
Sources:
http://www.antonymaitland.com/manch001.htm#JM
Thomas Jr. was admitted freeman of Portsmouth on April 29/1673.
He was a blacksmith.
Thomas Manchester, Jr's Timeline
1650 |
1650
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Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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1674 |
1674
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Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
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1675
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Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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1679
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Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
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1681
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Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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1684
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Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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1685
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East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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1685
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East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
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1686
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Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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