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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alice Manchester was born 21 May 1753, Tiverton, RI (daughter of William Manton Manchester and Rebecca Cook).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Manton Manchester was born 9 Feb 1719/20, Tiverton, RI (son of John MANCHESTER and Phebe GRAY); died Bef 1 Mar 1772.

    William married Rebecca Cook 7 Oct 1742, Tiverton, RI. Rebecca (daughter of John Cook, Jr. and Alice Southworth) was born Abt 1721; died Aft 1 Mar 1772. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Cook was born Abt 1721 (daughter of John Cook, Jr. and Alice Southworth); died Aft 1 Mar 1772.
    Children:
    1. Phebe Manchester was born 21 Jul 1743, Tiverton, RI.
    2. Gilbert Manchester was born 9 Apr 1745, Tiverton, RI.
    3. Godfrey Manchester was born 19 Sep 1746, Tiverton, RI; died Abt Jan 1816.
    4. Rhody Manchester was born 11 May 1748; died Abt Aug 1825.
    5. John Manchester was born 7 Nov 1749, Tiverton, RI; died Aft 1784.
    6. 1. Alice Manchester was born 21 May 1753, Tiverton, RI.
    7. Thaddeus Manchester was born 1 Jan 1756.
    8. Priscilla Manchester was born 28 Nov 1761.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John MANCHESTER was born Between 1685 and 1695, Portsmouth, RI (son of William MANCHESTER and Mary COOK); died Between 1766 and 1774.

    Notes:

    Jane Fletcher Fiske and John Redfern have John's ancestry as William & Mary, then Thomas & Margaret. Alden C. & Rita C. Manchester have his ancestry as John & Marie, then Thomas & Margaret.

    John was executor of his father's will.

    Tiverton Deed Book 1 has a deed dated 27 Jan 1754, naming John Manchester of Tiverton and his son Isaac of Tiverton. Does this pertain to this particular John Manchester? See elsewhere on this family tree, John Manchester born c1688.

    John married Phebe GRAY 22 Mar 1718/19, Tiverton, RI. Phebe (daughter of Edward GRAY and Mary SMITH) was born 6 Sep 1699, Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Phebe GRAY was born 6 Sep 1699, Tiverton, RI (daughter of Edward GRAY and Mary SMITH).

    Notes:

    They were married by Thomas Church, Justice.

    Children:
    1. 2. William Manton Manchester was born 9 Feb 1719/20, Tiverton, RI; died Bef 1 Mar 1772.
    2. Philip Manchester was born 11 Feb 1721/22, Tiverton, RI.
    3. John (1) Manchester was born 12 Feb 1723/24, Tiverton, RI.
    4. Mary Manchester was born 23 Jan 1725/26, Tiverton, RI.
    5. John (2) Manchester was born 17 Apr 1728, Tiverton, RI.
    6. Peleg Manchester was born Abt 1730, Tiverton, RI.
    7. Isaac MANCHESTER was born 27 Jun 1731, Tiverton, RI; died 17 Jul 1792, Tiverton, RI.

  3. 6.  John Cook, Jr. was born 1 Nov 1685 (son of John Cook and Ruth Shaw); died 24 May 1754.

    Notes:

    John was a son of John & Ruth (Shaw) Cook. He is not a descendant of Francis Cooke.

    John married Alice Southworth 25 May 1709, Little Compton, RI. Alice (daughter of William Southworth and Rebecca Pabodie) was born 14 Jul 1688, Little Compton, RI; died 25 Apr 1770, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Alice Southworth was born 14 Jul 1688, Little Compton, RI (daughter of William Southworth and Rebecca Pabodie); died 25 Apr 1770, Little Compton, RI.

    Notes:

    "Ales Coock" is named as his daughter in the will of her father, William Southworth of Little Compton.

    "Else" wife of John Cook joined the United Congregational Church of Tiverton 18 Mar 1753.

    (see "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 16, Part I, John Alden, p. 254)

    Children:
    1. 3. Rebecca Cook was born Abt 1721; died Aft 1 Mar 1772.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William MANCHESTER was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI (son of Thomas MANCHESTER and Margaret WOOD); died 15 Oct 1718, Tiverton, RI.

    Notes:

    "William Manchester was admitted freeman of Portsmouth 9 Apr 1675 (records of the town of Portsmouth). He was one of the purchasers of Pocasset in the Plymouth Colony (now Tiverton and Little Compton, RI) in March 1679/80. He was an inhabitant at the organization of Tiverton 2 Mar 1692/93 (Tiverton T.R., vol. 1). He held numerous town offices from representative to the General Court of Massachusetts to fence viewer." (excerpted from "The Manchester Family of Rhode Island" by Alden C. & Rita C. Manchester, published in "Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I," p. 676; also Family Tree Maker CD 108)

    The cause of death, according to Court Files, Suffolk, 12614: he "fainted away in his field."

    William married Mary COOK Between 1672 and 1675. Mary (daughter of John "Butcher" COOKE and Mary BORDEN) was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary COOK was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of John "Butcher" COOKE and Mary BORDEN); died Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    Mary's brother Thomas Cook married Mary Cory (b. 1669, sister of our ancestor Anne Cory who married Robert Bennett). Mary's sister Martha Cook married William Cory (probably the one b. 1659, son of William and also brother of Anne and Mary Cory; but there were four cousins named William Cory in his generation).

    Children:
    1. William Manchester was born Between 1675 and 1680; died Bef 1760.
    2. Mary Manchester was born Abt 1677; died 1729, Tiverton, RI.
    3. Deborah Manchester was born 5 Oct 1677.
    4. Elizabeth Manchester was born Abt 1678; died Bef 1729.
    5. Sarah Manchester was born Abt 1680; died Aft 1741.
    6. Margaret MANCHESTER was born Abt 1682.
    7. Rebecca Manchester was born Abt 1684.
    8. 4. John MANCHESTER was born Between 1685 and 1695, Portsmouth, RI; died Between 1766 and 1774.
    9. Susanna Manchester was born Between 1686 and 1693; died Abt 1774, Tiverton, RI.
    10. Amey Manchester was born Abt 1687.
    11. Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1704; died Dec 1788.

  3. 10.  Edward GRAY was born 3 Jan 1665/66, Plymouth, MA (son of Edward GRAY and Dorothy LETTICE); died 7 Jun 1726, Tiverton, RI.

    Notes:

    Information for this family group is found in "Genealogies of RI families, Vol. I," "The Manchester Family of RI," by Alden C. & Rita C. Manchester, p. 676; also Family Tree Maker CD 180.

    Jane Fletcher Fiske has Edward's date of birth as 31 Jan 1667.

    One genealogy, from the Gray-Ide Bible Records, has this Edward Gray as marrying Dorothy Lettice, and having a son Philip who settled in Little Compton. (Family Tree Maker CD 180)

    Edward married Mary SMITH Abt 1690. Mary (daughter of Philip SMITH and Mary Unknown) was born Abt 1670; died Bef 1712. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary SMITH was born Abt 1670 (daughter of Philip SMITH and Mary Unknown); died Bef 1712.
    Children:
    1. Peleg Gray was born Abt 1695.
    2. Sarah Gray was born 8 Apr 1697; died 16 Oct 1770.
    3. 5. Phebe GRAY was born 6 Sep 1699, Tiverton, RI.

  5. 12.  John Cook was born Abt 1657 (son of John "Butcher" COOKE and Mary BORDEN).

    John — Ruth Shaw. Ruth was born 10 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Ruth Shaw was born 10 Oct 1660.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Cook, Jr. was born 1 Nov 1685; died 24 May 1754.

  7. 14.  William Southworth was born 1659, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., RI; died 25 Jun 1719, Little Compton, RI; was buried , Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, RI.

    Notes:

    William is a son of Constant & Elizabeth (Collier) Southworth.

    William's brother Edward Southworth married Rebecca's sister Mary Pabodie, and his sister Mary Southworth married Rebecca's uncle David Alden.

    William died in his 60th year.

    William married Rebecca Pabodie Abt 1680. Rebecca (daughter of William PABODIE and Elizabeth ALDEN) was born 16 Oct 1660, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA; died Abt 3 Dec 1702; was buried , Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Rebecca Pabodie was born 16 Oct 1660, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of William PABODIE and Elizabeth ALDEN); died Abt 3 Dec 1702; was buried , Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, RI.
    Children:
    1. 7. Alice Southworth was born 14 Jul 1688, Little Compton, RI; died 25 Apr 1770, Little Compton, RI.