Edward Manton

1658 - 1723  (64 years)

• Name	Edward Manton
  Born	11 Dec 1658	Providence, RI   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Aug 1723  [1]
  Person ID	I20412	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Shadrach Manton
  Mother	Elizabeth Smith
  Family ID	F07757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Thornton,   b. Abt 1662,   d. Aft 1723  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1680  [1]
  Children	1. Ann Manton,   b. Abt 1682   2. Shadrach Manton,   b. Abt 1684   3. Edward Manton, Jr.,   b. Abt 1687, RI   4. John Manton,   b. Abt 1689   5. Elizabeth Manton,   b. Abt 1691   6. Sarah Manton,   b. Abt 1694   7. Catherine Manton,   b. Abt 1698,   d. Abt 1780  (Age ~ 82 years)   8. Mary Manton,   b. Abt 1702,   d. Bef 2 Apr 1768  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F07753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The will of Edward Manton of Providence, yeoman, was dated 7 Aug 1723 and proved 22 Oct 1723; he died 14 Aug 1723. The will mentions his wife Elizabeth; three sons Shadrach, Edward, and John; and daughters Ann Trip who has unnamed children, Kathron (single), Mary (single), and Elizabeth and Sarah Manton. Instructions are given to the three sons and to daughters Kathron and Mary "that they take Care and Provide attendance and all things necessary for there two poore helpless sisters: my daughters Elizabeth Manton and Sarah Manton dureing the full term of the naturall Life of Each of them . . ." (source: RI Genealogical Register, Vol, 12, p. 163). The Edward Manton house was erected c1683 in Johnston, on "the east side of the road that leads to Killingly" and by the Woonasquatucket River, and near the Assapumpset Brook. The area, originally called the Secesakut Lands, became known as Manton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S013484] A Section of the Family Records of the Mantons, in the Vicinity of Providence, RI, Frederic Denison, (Johnston, RI: August 1859). [S012586] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence -- Births and Deaths.