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Isaac Manchester

Male Abt 1765 - 1860  (~ 95 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Isaac Manchester was born Abt 1765 (son of Archer Manchester and Elizabeth Gifford); died 13 Feb 1860, Westport, MA.

    Isaac married Priscilla Taber 24 Jun 1792, Tiverton, RI. Priscilla was born 18 Apr 1773, Tiverton, RI; died 2 Apr 1852. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Archer Manchester was born 22 Jan 1722/23, Little Compton, RI (son of Edward Manchester and Anna Williston).

    Notes:

    One family tree online had 10 children listed for Archer: Jabez, Jacob, Zebedee, Job, Edward, Isaac, Abraham, and 3 unnamed daughters.

    Archer married Elizabeth Gifford 10 Nov 1751, Little Compton, RI. Elizabeth (daughter of John Gifford and Comfort Hart) was born Abt 1734; died Bef 19 Dec 1788. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Gifford was born Abt 1734 (daughter of John Gifford and Comfort Hart); died Bef 19 Dec 1788.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth's three daughters are mentioned in the 19 Dec 1788 will of John Gifford, Elizabeth's father.

    Children:
    1. Zebedee Manchester was born Abt 1752.
    2. Elizabeth Manchester was born Abt 1754.
    3. Job Manchester was born Abt 1755, Little Compton, RI; died 4 Jul 1826, Little Compton, RI.
    4. Judith Manchester was born Abt 1756.
    5. Phebe Manchester was born Abt 1760.
    6. 1. Isaac Manchester was born Abt 1765; died 13 Feb 1860, Westport, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward Manchester was born Abt 1693 (son of Thomas Manchester and Mary Browning); died Jan 1793.

    Edward married Anna Williston 4 Feb 1719/20, Little Compton, RI. Anna was born 1693; died 1778. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Williston was born 1693; died 1778.

    Notes:

    Her date of birth was given as 1683, but that doesn't seem accurate, so I have changed it to 1693 with the thought that it might have been a typo or misread.

    Notes:

    Edward & Anna were married by Thomas Church, Justice.

    Children:
    1. 2. Archer Manchester was born 22 Jan 1722/23, Little Compton, RI.
    2. Job Manchester was born 6 Mar 1723/24, Little Compton, RI.
    3. Ruth Manchester was born 30 Jul 1726, Little Compton, RI.
    4. Zebedee Manchester was born 18 Jan 1728/29, Little Compton, RI.
    5. Joseph Manchester was born 9 Jan 1729/30, Little Compton, RI.
    6. Thomas Manchester was born 28 Nov 1732, Little Compton, RI.
    7. William Manchester was born 18 Nov 1734.

  3. 6.  John Gifford was born 7 Mar 1707/08, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA (son of Jeremiah Gifford and Mary Wright); died 18 Dec 1802, Westport, Bristol Co., MA.

    Notes:

    Little Compton vital records suggest, by the placement of names and dates, that John Gifford b. 1705 d. Dec 1802 is a son of Christopher Gifford. However, Christopher does not name John as a son in his will, dated 5 Oct 1746. He does name all his (other) children, so perhaps John is not his son, as some genealogies show him to be.

    I have placed him in the family of Jeremiah Gifford, as the Mayflower Descendants book indicates. This needs more research.

    Some genealogies show John as having a second wife named Bathsheba who may have been the mother of one or more of his children.

    The will of John Gifford, blacksmith, of Little Compton, was dated 19 Dec 1788, and proved 5 Jan 1803 at Little Compton. It mentions his son Ephraim, deceased, and four children of Ephraim: Jonathan, William, Lydia, & Esther; it also mentions by name four daughters: Judith Gifford, deceased, and her three children Ephraim, Zilla, & Judith, children of son-in-law Joseph Gifford; Elizabeth Manchester, deceased, and her five children -- Zebedee, Jabez (Isaac?), Elizabeth Burden, Judith, & Phebe; Mary Read, deceased, and her daughter Mary Taber; Lydia Manchester, deceased, and her daughter Rhoda; and possibly an unnamed daughter who would have been mother of grandson John Gibbs who is also mentioned.

    John died in his 95th year.

    Our possible ancestor is John's daughter Lydia, mother of Rhoda Manchester.

    John married Comfort Hart Aft 24 May 1730, Little Compton, RI. Comfort (daughter of Richard Hart, Jr. and Amy Gibbs) was born 4 Apr 1710, Tiverton or Little Compton, RI; died Bef 19 Dec 1788. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Comfort Hart was born 4 Apr 1710, Tiverton or Little Compton, RI (daughter of Richard Hart, Jr. and Amy Gibbs); died Bef 19 Dec 1788.

    Notes:

    Comfort is not mentioned in her husband's will, so I am assuming she had passed away by that time.

    Notes:

    John Gifford & Comfort Hart filed a marriage intention on 24 May 1730 at Little Compton. They may have been married in May or June.

    Children:
    1. Mary Gifford was born Abt 1731; died 14 Dec 1798.
    2. Ephram Gifford was born 18 Nov 1733; died Bef 19 Dec 1788.
    3. 3. Elizabeth Gifford was born Abt 1734; died Bef 19 Dec 1788.
    4. Lydia Gifford was born Abt 1738; died Bef 14 Dec 1788.
    5. Judith Gifford was born Abt 1743; died Bef 19 Dec 1788.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1650, Portsmouth, RI (son of Thomas MANCHESTER and Margaret WOOD); died 1722, Portsmouth, RI.

    Thomas married Mary Browning Bef 6 Jan 1677/78. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Browning and Sarah Freeborne) was born Abt 1654; died Aft 7 Nov 1735. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Browning was born Abt 1654 (daughter of Nathaniel Browning and Sarah Freeborne); died Aft 7 Nov 1735.
    Children:
    1. George Manchester was born Abt 1678.
    2. Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1680; died 21 Nov 1761, Cranston, RI.
    3. William Manchester was born Abt 1685.
    4. John Manchester was born Abt 1688; died 1767.
    5. 4. Edward Manchester was born Abt 1693; died Jan 1793.
    6. Nathaniel Manchester was born Abt 1695.
    7. Mary Manchester was born Abt 1699, Portsmouth, RI.

  3. 12.  Jeremiah Gifford was born Abt 1681, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA (son of Robert GIFFORD and Sarah WING); died Abt 1770, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.

    Notes:

    A Jeremiah Gifford witnessed deed executed by Stephen Wing on the 2nd day of December, 1700, concerning Stephen's property in Sandwich, MA. If the Jeremiah who witnessed this is the son of Sarah Wing, then he was signing a deed of his grandfather.

    Jeremiah & Mary settled in Dartmouth, where all of their children were born.

    Jeremiah left no will, but during his lifetime deeded land to his sons Joseph, William, Jonathan, Isaac, Peleg, Benjamin, Adam, & David. Another son, Gideon, died in 1760, and in his will he mentioned by name sisters Elizabeth, Margaret (Potter), & Sarah (Parks), and a brother John.

    Jeremiah & Mary had two sets of twins. Note: "Soule descendants have shown a strong genetic trait of twinning." (see "Mayflower Descendants Through Five Generations" Vol. 3 , George Soule, p. 14)

    Jeremiah married Mary Wright Abt 1703, Plymouth, MA. Mary (daughter of Adam Wright and Sarah Soule) was born Between 1680 and 1685; died Aft 14 Apr 1760. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mary Wright was born Between 1680 and 1685 (daughter of Adam Wright and Sarah Soule); died Aft 14 Apr 1760.

    Notes:

    There is strong speculation that Esther & Mary may have been twins, since the first three children seem to have been born so close together. "Soule descendants have shown a strong genetic trait of twinning." (see "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" Vol. 3 , George Soule, p. 14)

    Jeremiah & Mary had two sets of twins.

    Mary Gifford, wife of Jeremiah, is mentioned by name in her father's will of 1723.

    Mary died after her son Gideon's will of 14 Apr 1760.

    Children:
    1. Jonathan Gifford was born 25 Mar 1704, Dartmouth, MA.
    2. Gideon Gifford was born 19 Mar 1705/06, Dartmouth, MA.
    3. 6. John Gifford was born 7 Mar 1707/08, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; died 18 Dec 1802, Westport, Bristol Co., MA.
    4. Sarah Gifford was born 3 Oct 1710, Dartmouth, MA.
    5. Elizabeth Gifford was born 13 Oct 1712, Dartmouth, MA.
    6. Joseph Gifford was born 13 Oct 1712, Dartmouth, MA.
    7. William Gifford was born 19 Jan 1713/14, Dartmouth, MA.
    8. Benjamin Gifford was born 14 May 1717, Dartmouth, MA.
    9. Isaac Gifford was born 14 May 1717, Dartmouth, MA.
    10. Peleg Gifford was born 1 Dec 1719, Dartmouth, MA.
    11. Margaret Gifford was born 15 Apr 1722, Dartmouth, MA.
    12. Adam Gifford was born 3 Jan 1724/25, Dartmouth, MA.
    13. David Gifford was born 5 Apr 1728, Dartmouth, MA.

  5. 14.  Richard Hart, Jr. was born Abt 1678 (son of Richard Hart, Sr.).

    Richard — Amy Gibbs. Amy was born Abt 1680. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Amy Gibbs was born Abt 1680.

    Notes:

    According to Comfort's birth record, Amey was the second wife of Richart Hart.

    Children:
    1. 7. Comfort Hart was born 4 Apr 1710, Tiverton or Little Compton, RI; died Bef 19 Dec 1788.