Jeremiah A. MANCHESTER

Male Abt 1805 - 1845  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah A. MANCHESTER 
    Born Abt 1805  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 1843 and 1845 
    Person ID I00342  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2023 

    Father John MANCHESTER,   b. 10 Jul 1764, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1815  (Age > 52 years) 
    Mother Lucy ALMY,   b. 27 Mar 1775, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 13 Aug 1823  (Age > 48 years) 
    Married Abt 18 Mar 1804  [1
    Notes 
    • A query posted on the Manchester mailing list at rootsweb.com gives their marriage date as 18 March 1804, Tiverton, no source noted.
    Family ID F06904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary H. DENNIS,   b. 7 Jun 1805, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1866, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1825 
    Children 
     1. William Henry Manchester,   b. 9 Apr 1826, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1902, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Robena "Roby" S. Manchester,   b. 7 Jun 1831, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1899, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Emeline G. Manchester,   b. Abt 1833, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1867, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
     4. Adeline Tripp MANCHESTER,   b. 7 Jun 1835, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1893, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     5. Isaac Allen Manchester,   b. 24 Jun 1840, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1910, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Lucy A. Manchester,   b. Between 1842 and 1843, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1870  (Age ~ 28 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Please note that Jeremiah's parentage has not been proven. Although no birth record has yet been found for a Jeremiah in this family group, Jeremiah A. has been placed here based on the suggestion of professional genealogist John Redfern (contact information available on request). There is some evidence from the names of Jeremiah's children and grandchildren that he may belong to John & Lucy (Almy) Manchester. I have also speculated that he could be a son of John Manchester (1761) and Mary Brayton, or Perry Manchester (1765) and Anna Bennett.

      Therefore, this Manchester line has been determined to be a likely possibility based on research by me, Carla Phillips, and John Redfern. Research is ongoing; any leads are appreciated.

      However, Jeremiah is not mentioned as a grandchild in the will of Rhoda Manchester, dated 13 Aug 1823. She is mother of Nancy Manchester, first wife of John.

      Also, Jeremiah is not mentioned in the will of John Almy, Lucy's brother; John mentions only two of Lucy's children.

      Jeremiah A. may be the Jeremiah who was born 27 Dec 1804, son of John & Rhoda Manchester (not the above Rhoda). See notes below.

      Jeremiah's middle name may have been Almy or Allen. He had a son named Isaac Allen, and Isaac in turn had a son named Jeremiah Allen. I found Jeremiah's middle initial in son Isaac's VRs at Tiverton, as transcribed in Alden G. Beaman's "RI Vital Record, New Series, Vol. 13 p. 55, which in turn references TiD 1-24A and TiM 1-49. Note that Lucy Almy has Allen family ancestry; her paternal grandmother was Patience Allen, and two of Lucy's brothers were named Allen.

      In Emeline's marriage and death records at Tiverton, Jeremiah is called Jeremy Manchester.

      Jeremiah & Mary may have had another daughter, born before the 1830 census, as the census data lists a female under 5. In that census, there is 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, and 1 female 20-30.

      In the 1840 Federal Census, Jeremiah Manchester is living at Tiverton, RI. He and his wife are ages 30 - 40. There are 2 male children and 3 female children in the household. Heads of neighboring households include Benjamin Manchester (probably husband of Lucy A. Cook), Joseph Cook, Abraham Manchester (possibly Jeremiah's uncle), Abner D. Bennett, & Giles Manchester. There are two Jeremiah Manchesters living at Tiverton in this census; the other has 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, a female 5-10, and 1 female 30-40.

      I have estimated Jeremiah's birth year. I have not yet been able to obtain proof of when John Manchester married Lucy Almy, but it is a reasonable assumption that he remarried shortly after the death of his first wife in November 1803.

      For the present time I am assuming that Jeremiah died before his wife's second marriage, but this has not been confirmed (see notes below and on this tree for other Jeremiah Manchesters). Again, researching the Manchester clan is an ongoing project.

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      Various individuals named Jeremiah Manchester about the same age who lived during this time period:

      Jeremiah Manchester b 22 March 1786 to Zebedee & Deborah (Briggs) Manchester, Little Compton. Little Compton has no further records on him.

      Jeremiah Manchester b c1798-1800 possibly RI (see 1870 census, Putnam, IA; see his sons Jabez & William in 1880), married Tryphena, lived at Providence, Saratoga, NY in 1860; had children Jabez, Myron, Josephine, Helen, possibly others. This Jeremiah is probably a son of Jabez Manchester born c1765 RI (see 1850 census at Providence, NY); Jabez is possibly a son of Archer.

      Jeremiah Manchester, b Dec 1804, s/o John & Rhoda. Is he the one at Glocester in the 1850 census, living as a single man, a cook? One family tree online speculates that he is our ancestor, the one who married Mary Dennis. However, no divorce record exists at the Judicial Archives, so he cannot be the same individual.

      Jeremiah A. Manchester (our ancestor) b c1804 if he is indeed s/o John & Lucy (or if parentage is unknown, could be b 1795-1808).

      Jeremiah Manchester, b 20 Dec 1810, s/o Abner Wilcox and Lydia Manchester (not a married couple); he married three times and is found in the town vital records and censuses; marriage and death record identify him as illegitimate son of AW & LM.

      Jeremiah D. Manchester, b c 1814, s/o John & Rebecca. He died 2 Oct 1881 at age 67 (RIDI). According to an online family tree, John Mancester and his wife Rebecca P. Taber went west. (Rebecca born 23 Mar 1782) They may have had another son Job.

      Jeremiah Manchester, b 11 Sep 1815, s/o John & Rebecca of Bristol. I believe he is Jerem Manchester, carpenter, single, at Providence in 1850, 1870, and at Bristol in 1880.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013849] Manchester mailing list at rootsweb.com.