Wanton Manchester

Male 1777 - 1857  (79 years)

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  • Name Wanton Manchester  [1] 
    Birth 20 Nov 1777  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Sep 1857  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I03142  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Godfrey Manchester,   b. 19 Sep 1746, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jan 1816 (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Simmons   d. 1834 
    Family ID F01175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Betsey Gray,   b. Abt 1780   d. 6 May 1809, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1802  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Lucinda M. Manchester,   b. 29 May 1803, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1855, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     2. Ann Gray Manchester,   b. 24 Jan 1805, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1874, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Caroline Malvina Manchester,   b. 2 May 1807, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1878, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F08742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Almy Gray,   b. Abt 1792 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1812  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Manchester,   b. 23 Dec 1817, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1893 (Age 75 years)
     2. Emeline Emily Manchester,   b. 1820, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1892 (Age 72 years)
     3. Harriet Olivia Manchester,   b. 24 Oct 1824, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1900, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Susan Amelia Manchester,   b. 2 Jun 1827, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1904, Cranston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Mary J. Manchester,   b. Abt 1830
    Family ID F08745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Wanton's two wives were sister, daughters of Deacon Philip Gray.

      In the 1850 Federal Census, the family is at Tiverton, RI: Wanton Manchester 73 farmer, Almy Manchester 63, Oliver P. Seabury 35 miner (husband of Elizabeth), Harriet O. Manchester 25, Susan A. Manchester 23, Mary J. Manchester 20, George ? Manchester 65, Mumford Lawton 37 laborer, and Elizabeth Seabury 33. Next door are Jared and Nancy Reid; Jared is the Congregational Minister and Nancy is a daughter of Cornelius Seabury. Next to them are Franklin and Emily Seabury and their two young children; Emily is another daughter of Wanton & Almy Manchester; Franklin is a brother to Nancy Reid.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012366] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 3, No. 4, 60.

    2. [S012370] Tiverton town records, Deaths, Vol. 1, p. 15.

    3. [S012373] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton: Intentions and Marriages.