Forbes LITTLE

Notes:

Forbes (or Fobes) graduated from Harvard in 1734.

His name is sometimes spelled Fobes in the vital records.

The will of Forbes Little, of Little Compton, gentleman, is dated 29 Jan 1793, proved 13 May 1801 at Little Compton. Tthe will mentions his grandfather William Forbes; two sons, Forbes and Joseph dec'd; and four daughters: Lucy (w/o Capt George Simmons), Sarah (w/o Gideon Almy, Ruth (widow of Jonathan Head dec'd), and Betsey (w/o William Hunt); also several grandchildren are mentioned.

Forbes married Sarah BAKER Abt 1738, Little Compton, RI. (daughter of Samuel BAKER and Sarah SNOW) [Group Sheet]

Forbes married Sarah Wilcox 28 Jul 1758, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Almy is mentioned as the wife of Gideon Almy in the will of her father, Forbes Little, dated 29 Jan 1793 at Little Compton, RI.

Sarah married Gideon ALMY Abt 1757. Gideon (son of William ALMY, Jr. and Patience ALLEN) was born 15 Mar 1738/39, Tiverton, RI; died 29 Sep 1819. [Group Sheet]

Ruth — Jonathan Head. [Group Sheet]

Lucy — George Simmons. [Group Sheet]

Betsey — William Hunt. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John's will dated 12 March 1838 mentions wife Abigail; brothers Gideon and Samuel; and sister Lucy Manchester and her children Gideon and Nancy.

John married Abigail Bailey 3 Jul 1796, Little Compton, RI. Abigail (daughter of Isaac Bailey and Sarah Manchester) was born 6 Dec 1774, Little Compton, RI; died 8 Jan 1853, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a feeling that this name is not correct, but I need to check the original records.

Lucy married John MANCHESTER Abt 18 Mar 1804. John (son of Isaac MANCHESTER and Abigail BROWN) was born 10 Jul 1764, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI; died Aft 1815. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Please note that Jeremiah's parentage has not been proven. Although no birth record has yet been found for a Jeremiah in this family group, Jeremiah A. has been placed here based on the suggestion of professional genealogist John Redfern (contact information available on request). There is some evidence from the names of Jeremiah's children and grandchildren that he may belong to John & Lucy (Almy) Manchester. I have also speculated that he could be a son of John Manchester (1761) and Mary Brayton, or Perry Manchester (1765) and Anna Bennett.

Therefore, this Manchester line has been determined to be a likely possibility based on research by me, Carla Phillips, and John Redfern. Research is ongoing; any leads are appreciated.

However, Jeremiah is not mentioned as a grandchild in the will of Rhoda Manchester, dated 13 Aug 1823. She is mother of Nancy Manchester, first wife of John.

Also, Jeremiah is not mentioned in the will of John Almy, Lucy's brother; John mentions only two of Lucy's children.

Jeremiah A. may be the Jeremiah who was born 27 Dec 1804, son of John & Rhoda Manchester (not the above Rhoda). See notes below.

Jeremiah's middle name may have been Almy or Allen. He had a son named Isaac Allen, and Isaac in turn had a son named Jeremiah Allen. I found Jeremiah's middle initial in son Isaac's VRs at Tiverton, as transcribed in Alden G. Beaman's "RI Vital Record, New Series, Vol. 13 p. 55, which in turn references TiD 1-24A and TiM 1-49. Note that Lucy Almy has Allen family ancestry; her paternal grandmother was Patience Allen, and two of Lucy's brothers were named Allen.

In Emeline's marriage and death records at Tiverton, Jeremiah is called Jeremy Manchester.

Jeremiah & Mary may have had another daughter, born before the 1830 census, as the census data lists a female under 5. In that census, there is 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, and 1 female 20-30.

In the 1840 Federal Census, Jeremiah Manchester is living at Tiverton, RI. He and his wife are ages 30 - 40. There are 2 male children and 3 female children in the household. Heads of neighboring households include Benjamin Manchester (probably husband of Lucy A. Cook), Joseph Cook, Abraham Manchester (possibly Jeremiah's uncle), Abner D. Bennett, & Giles Manchester. There are two Jeremiah Manchesters living at Tiverton in this census; the other has 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, a female 5-10, and 1 female 30-40.

I have estimated Jeremiah's birth year. I have not yet been able to obtain proof of when John Manchester married Lucy Almy, but it is a reasonable assumption that he remarried shortly after the death of his first wife in November 1803.

For the present time I am assuming that Jeremiah died before his wife's second marriage, but this has not been confirmed (see notes below and on this tree for other Jeremiah Manchesters). Again, researching the Manchester clan is an ongoing project.

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Various individuals named Jeremiah Manchester about the same age who lived during this time period:

Jeremiah Manchester b 22 March 1786 to Zebedee & Deborah (Briggs) Manchester, Little Compton. Little Compton has no further records on him.

Jeremiah Manchester b c1798-1800 possibly RI (see 1870 census, Putnam, IA; see his sons Jabez & William in 1880), married Tryphena, lived at Providence, Saratoga, NY in 1860; had children Jabez, Myron, Josephine, Helen, possibly others. This Jeremiah is probably a son of Jabez Manchester born c1765 RI (see 1850 census at Providence, NY); Jabez is possibly a son of Archer.

Jeremiah Manchester, b Dec 1804, s/o John & Rhoda. Is he the one at Glocester in the 1850 census, living as a single man, a cook? One family tree online speculates that he is our ancestor, the one who married Mary Dennis. However, no divorce record exists at the Judicial Archives, so he cannot be the same individual.

Jeremiah A. Manchester (our ancestor) b c1804 if he is indeed s/o John & Lucy (or if parentage is unknown, could be b 1795-1808).

Jeremiah Manchester, b 20 Dec 1810, s/o Abner Wilcox and Lydia Manchester (not a married couple); he married three times and is found in the town vital records and censuses; marriage and death record identify him as illegitimate son of AW & LM.

Jeremiah D. Manchester, b c 1814, s/o John & Rebecca. He died 2 Oct 1881 at age 67 (RIDI). According to an online family tree, John Mancester and his wife Rebecca P. Taber went west. (Rebecca born 23 Mar 1782) They may have had another son Job.

Jeremiah Manchester, b 11 Sep 1815, s/o John & Rebecca of Bristol. I believe he is Jerem Manchester, carpenter, single, at Providence in 1850, 1870, and at Bristol in 1880.

Jeremiah married Mary H. DENNIS Abt 1825. Mary (daughter of John DENNIS and Robena "Roby" SOULE) was born 7 Jun 1805, Tiverton, RI; died 20 Apr 1866, Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Oneida Valley Cemetery, Oneida Valley, Madison Co., NY:
Manchester, Gideon, d. June 9, 1865, ae 65 yrs.

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, John A. Manchester is age 41 RI, a carpenter. His wife is Alice 42 RI. they are living at Lenox, Madison Co., NY.

In the 1870 Federal Census, they are still at Lenox.

Oneida Valley Cemetery, Oneida Valley, Madison Co., NY:
Manchester, John A., b. July 4, 1810, d. July 29, 1877.
Manchester, Alice, b. Apr. 20, 1809, d. Oct. 4, 1882.
Manchester, Gideon, d. June 9, 1865, ae 65 yrs.
Manchester, Geo. D., son of John and Alice, d. Feb. 6, 1867, ae 20 yrs.

John married Alice Ellis Dec 1831. Alice was born 20 Apr 1809, RI; died 4 Oct 1882, NY; was buried , Oneida Valley Cemetery, Oneida Valley, Madison Co., NY. [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Junia Smith Mowry. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, Serrel, Mary, and their two children are living at Lenox, Madison Co., NY. They are still there in 1860, with two more children. In 1870 Mary is there with three of the children, but Serrel is no longer there.

Serrel — Mary A. Unknown. Mary was born Abt 1815, VT; died Aft 1 Jun 1870. [Group Sheet]