Meribah Manchester

Female 1816 - 1888  (71 years)

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  • Name Meribah Manchester 
    Birth 17 Sep 1816  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 May 1888  Fall River, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I18093  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father David Manchester,   b. Abt 1785, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1868, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Hope Stafford,   b. 17 Feb 1787, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1863, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1816 
    Family ID F06841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joshua Coggeshall,   b. 30 Oct 1805, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1848 and 1 Jun 1850 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1844 
    Children 
     1. John S. Coggeshall,   b. Abt 1844, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1 Jun 1880 (Age > 36 years)
     2. Thomas Durfee Coggeshall,   b. 7 Jan 1846, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1912, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Joshua P. Coggeshall,   b. Abt 1849   d. Aft 1 Jun 1880 (Age > 31 years)
    Family ID F06935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Joachin Martin 
    Marriage Abt 1851 
    Children 
     1. Maria Martin,   b. Abt 1852, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. David F. Martin,   b. 15 May 1855, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F07107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 3 David Shaw,   b. Abt 1807, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1860 and 1870 (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 14 Apr 1858  Fall River, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Meribah A. Shaw,   b. 18 May 1859, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha Ella Shaw,   b. 19 Sep 1860, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James Albert Shaw,   b. 7 Jan 1862, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F06917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • In the 1850 Federal Census, Mary B. Cogshall is age 36, living at Tiverton, RI. With her are three sons: John 6, Thomas 4, & Joshua 1. Nearby is Phebe Cogshall, 72, probably her mother-in-law.

      In the 1860 Federal Census, she and her husband, David Shaw, have two Martin children from her previous marriage. They also have a one-year-old daughter, Meribah. (see notes for David Shaw)

      In the 1870 Federal Census, Meribah Shaw, age 53, is still living at Tiverton. In the household are two sons from a previous marriage, Thomas 24 and Joshua P. 21 (?) Coggeshall; and two of her children by David Shaw, Meribah A. 11 & James A. Shaw 8.

      In 1880 she is age 63, still at Tiverton; marital status is widowed. Still with her are three sons: Thomas D. Coggeshall, 34; Joshua P. Coggeshall, 31; and James A. Shaw, 18, a fisherman. They are living next door to son John S. Coggeshall and his family, including an uncle Stephen Manchester, probably Meribah's brother.

      From the census data, Mary B. & Meribah appear to be the same individual. Her full name may have been Meribah Brayton Manchester. However, according to Carla Phillips' data, they are two distinct individuals. This needs more research to resolve.

      Shaw, Meribah -- Fall River 1888, Vol. 391 p. 104, Deaths

  • Sources 
    1. [S012562] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 13, 58.

    2. [S013356] Email from Carla Phillips, dated 19 April 2005.