Abraham (2) Manchester

Male 1794 - 1872  (77 years)

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  • Name Abraham (2) Manchester 
    Birth 24 Jul 1794  Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Mar 1872  Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I00964  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Philip Manchester, Sr.,   b. 12 May 1755, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1835, Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Coggeshall,   b. 30 Jan 1759, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1 Jun 1850 (Age > 91 years) 
    Marriage Abt Oct 1777  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F00368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Shaw,   b. 25 Jul 1789, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1866, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 17 Apr 1817  Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Lydia Manchester,   b. 1819, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1822, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     2. Abraham E. Manchester,   b. 24 Jul 1821, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1893, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Philip Manchester,   b. 27 Aug 1823, Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1878 (Age 54 years)
     4. Lydia Briggs Manchester,   b. 18 Dec 1825   d. 22 Jun 1896 (Age 70 years)
     5. Lysander Washburn Manchester,   b. 3 Mar 1829   d. 12 Jun 1895 (Age 66 years)
     6. Rhoda Marie Manchester,   b. 13 Aug 1832, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F00375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • In the 1860 Federal Census, Abraham is 65 and Lydia is 69. They are living at Westport, MA, next door to Ellery & Hannah Manchester and family. In the household with Abraham & Lydia are their son Abraham E., as well as their daughter Rhoda M. and her husband Forbes W. Manchester.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012907] Representative Men & Old Families of RI, Vol. 2, (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), 1448.

    2. [S012907] Representative Men & Old Families of RI, Vol. 2, (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), 1449.

    3. [S012363] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, compiler, Little Compton Families, (Providence: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967), 203.