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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Beersheba Manchester (daughter of Thomas Manchester and Elizabeth Jennings).

    Beersheba married Benjamin Springer 1775. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1704 (son of William MANCHESTER and Mary COOK); died Dec 1788.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Jennings 5 Aug 1729, Little Compton, RI. Elizabeth was born 1705; died 20 Jun 1789. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Jennings was born 1705; died 20 Jun 1789.
    Children:
    1. George Manchester
    2. Priscilla Manchester
    3. 1. Beersheba Manchester
    4. Lidia Manchester was born 10 Jun 1730.
    5. David Manchester was born 17 Nov 1732.
    6. Elizabeth Manchester was born 15 Apr 1736.
    7. Hannah Manchester was born 18 Nov 1740; died 1 Aug 1813.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 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. 2. Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1704; died Dec 1788.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas MANCHESTER was born Between 1615 and 1620, England; died Abt 1691, Portsmouth, RI.

    Thomas married Margaret WOOD Bef 1650. Margaret (daughter of John WOOD and Margaret CARTER) was born 1630; died Abt 1693. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret WOOD was born 1630 (daughter of John WOOD and Margaret CARTER); died Abt 1693.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1650, Portsmouth, RI; died 1722, Portsmouth, RI.
    2. 4. William MANCHESTER was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI; died 15 Oct 1718, Tiverton, RI.
    3. John Manchester was born Abt 1656; died 1708, Portsmouth, RI.
    4. Mary Manchester was born Abt 1657.
    5. George Manchester was born Abt 1659; died Aft 1727.
    6. Stephen Manchester was born 1661, RI; died 1719.
    7. Job Manchester was born Abt 1663, Portsmouth, RI; died 1713, Tiverton, RI.
    8. Elizabeth Manchester was born Abt 1667; died Abt May 1754, North Kingstown, RI.

  3. 10.  John "Butcher" COOKE was born 30 Mar 1630, Dorset, England (son of Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr. and Mary Unknown); died 16 May 1691, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    "John Cooke alias Butcher" was made a freeman of Portsmouth, RI, on 10 July 1648 at the age of 18. In March 1656/57 he signed as one of the purchasers of Conanicut Island (Jamestown). On 14 May 1660 his parents deeded to him 60 acres of land in Portsmouth. He was a grand juryman at the Court of Trials in 1667, 1669, and 1673. His name appears in many official records of the time period.

    See his will dated at Portsmouth on 15 May 1691, proved 25 May 1691. The will describes John as aged. He names four sons and seven daughters, plus one granddaughter: John, Joseph, Thomas (probably the one who married Mary Cory, b. 1669), Samuel, Mary (Mrs. William Manchester; these are our ancesters), Elizabeth (Mrs. William Briggs), Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Wait), Hannah (Mrs. Daniel Wilcox), Martha (Mrs. William Cory), Deborah (Mrs. William Almy), Amy (Mrs. David Clayton), and granddaughter Sarah Manchester, plus six other unnamed daughters (or granddaughters, or daughters-in-law).

    According to the book "Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island," he died of smallpox.

    John married Mary BORDEN Abt 1652. Mary (daughter of Richard BORDEN and Joan FOWLE) was born Abt Jan 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England; was christened 13 Jan 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England; died 23 Dec 1690, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary BORDEN was born Abt Jan 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England; was christened 13 Jan 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England (daughter of Richard BORDEN and Joan FOWLE); died 23 Dec 1690, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    The ages and birth order of the children are not certain. Birth years have been estimated for most.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth COOK was born Abt 1653.
    2. 5. Mary COOK was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI.
    3. John Cook was born Abt 1657.
    4. Sarah Cook was born Abt 1659.
    5. Hannah COOK was born Abt 1661.
    6. Joseph Cook was born Abt 1663.
    7. Thomas Cook was born Abt 1665.
    8. Deborah COOK was born Abt 1667.
    9. Martha Cook was born Abt 1669.
    10. Amy Cook was born Abt 1671.
    11. Samuel Cook was born Abt 1674.