Rhody Manchester

Female 1748 - Abt 1825  (77 years)


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  • Name Rhody Manchester 
    Born 11 May 1748  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt Aug 1825 
    Person ID I01774  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father William Manton Manchester,   b. 9 Feb 1719/20, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 Mar 1772  (Age < 52 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Cook,   b. Abt 1721,   d. Aft 1 Mar 1772  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1742  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F00633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Nancy Manchester,   b. 11 Jun 1764, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1803, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     2. Cornelius Manchester,   b. 25 Nov 1785, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F06898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • I have made an assumption that she is the Rhoda Manchester who had a daughter named Nancy Manchester, recorded in the Tiverton VRs on 11 June 1764. The will below supports that, as her son-in-law John Manchester was first married to a Nancy, with their children's births recorded at Tiverton. Also, the executor was James Manchester, her nephew, who may have been the son of her brother Gilbert.

      In the 1820 Tiverton census Rhoda Manchester is living with just one male age 10-16. I am not sure that this is this particular Rhoda, but it is a reasonable assumption.

      Rhoda Manchester of Tiverton, gentlewoman, wrote her will 13 Aug 1823, proved 5 Sep 1825. In it she mentions her (stepson or son-in-law?) John Manchester and his wife Lucy; their five children: Gideon, Allen, John, Jr., Searel, & Nancy; 7 grandchildren -- Cornelius Cook Manchester (under 21); Thaddeus, Ellery, & Deborah Manchester; Sally Devole (w/o Joseph), Polly Devole (w/o Presbury), & Rhoda Gifford; also great-grandchild Nancy Devole dtr. of Sally; other individuals -- Andrew, Nancy, & Almy Gifford, children of Sylvester Gifford, Esq., of Little Compton: and Peace, wife of Cyrus Gray of NY. Her nephew James Manchester was appointed executor.

      I have a transcribed copy of the entire will.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013322] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton -- Births & Deaths.

    2. [S012363] Little Compton Families, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, compiler, (Providence: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967), 409.