Abraham BROWN

Abraham — Sarah CORY. Sarah was born Between 1687 and 1714. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married Isaac MANCHESTER 1 Nov 1750, Tiverton, RI. Isaac (son of John MANCHESTER and Phebe GRAY) was born 27 Jun 1731, Tiverton, RI; died 17 Jul 1792, Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He is probably the one who died 21 Aug 1820, three months after his brother Isaac (see Records of Constant Hart, Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, p. 651).

Philip married Eliphal Cory 25 Dec 1775, Tiverton, RI. (daughter of Thomas Cory) [Group Sheet]

Sarah married Isaac Bailey 21 Jul 1770, Little Compton, RI. Isaac was born 15 Jun 1742; died 11 Sep 1813. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to his gravestone inscription, Isaac died at age 63.

Isaac married Alice Taber 11 May 1783, Tiverton, RI. Alice (daughter of Jacob Taber and Susannah Dennis) was born Abt 1765; died 6 Mar 1834; was buried , Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Thomas — Cynthia Unknown. Cynthia was born 22 Jun 1783; died 21 May 1859; was buried , Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Abraham and his three children are mentioned by name in the will of his stepmother, Deborah (Cook) Manchester.

According to his gravestone, Abraham was a Revolutionary soldier, and died at age 86.

Abraham married Anna Cook 13 Dec 1792, Tiverton, RI. Anna (daughter of William Cook and Ruth Brown) was born Abt 1773; died Abt May 1861; was buried , Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The book "Little Compton Families" by B. F. Wilbour p. 410 says that this John Manchester married first Nancy, then Lucy. I have not been able to verify this with certainty, as there were several John Manchesters in Tiverton around this time. However, for the present I have attached Nancy and Lucy as his two wives.

A query posted on the Manchester mailing list at rootsweb.com gives John & Lucy's marriage date as 18 March 1804, Tiverton, no source noted.

It appears that this John Manchester may very well be our ancestor, based on the opinion of genealogist John Redfern (contact information available on request).

See also the notes for son Jeremiah A. Manchester, and notes for the other John Manchesters on this tree.

John married Nancy Manchester 1 Mar 1786, Little Compton, Newport Co., RI. Nancy (daughter of Rhody Manchester) was born 11 Jun 1764, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI; died 27 Nov 1803, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

John married Lucy ALMY Abt 18 Mar 1804. Lucy (daughter of Gideon ALMY and Sarah LITTLE) was born 27 Mar 1775, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI; died Aft 13 Aug 1823. [Group Sheet]

Phebe — Walter Cook. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She may be the Deborah Manchester who married Oliver Earl on 2 Feb 1794 (Amicable Congregational Church marriage records).

Notes:

At a legal meeting of the Wesport, MA, town council, [held May 12,1817 in the Town House], Ellery Manchester was appointed one of nine fence viewers for the town.

In the 1850 Federal Census at Westport, MA, Ellery is 68 and his wife Lucy is 54. Their son Benjamin is 12. The family is next to Peleg & Abigail Manchester; Peleg is probably a cousin.

In James Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Ellery's birth year is transcribed as 1799; however, in birth order it should be 1779.

Ellery married Nancy Cory Between 1806 and 1809, Westport, MA. Nancy (daughter of Benjamin Cory and Anna Sisson) was born 1782, Westport, MA; died Bef 1837. [Group Sheet]

Ellery married Lucy Richmond Abt 1836. Lucy was born Abt 1796, MA; died Aft 1 Jun 1870. [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Mr. Gifford. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married John Almy 3 Jul 1796, Little Compton, RI. John (son of Gideon ALMY and Sarah LITTLE) was born 3 Mar 1758, Tiverton, RI; died Abt May 1844. [Group Sheet]

Jacob — Thankful Stevens. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I am not sure whether Phebe is a daughter or a daughter-in-law of Isaac & Alice. Her gravestone is in the same plot as theirs.

Notes:

I am not sure whether Deborah is a daughter or a daughter-in-law of Isaac & Alice. Her gravestone is in the same plot as theirs.

Notes:

One genealogy has her date of birth as 28 Sep 1787, and gives her full name as Sarah Bailey Manchester.

Sarah — Joseph Devol. Joseph was born 18 Sep 1772; died 18 Jun 1863. [Group Sheet]

Rhoda — Sylvester Gifford. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Presbury Devole. Presbury was born Abt 1771, RI; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I think the Ellery Manchester who married Abby King is NOT the son of John & Nancy. However, I am still researching this family.

This entry in the RI Cemetery Database has Ellery dying in 1841: MANCHESTER, Ellery 1802c - 1 May 1841 PV001. If this is accurate, he can not be the one who married Abby, because they are in the 1850 & 1860 censuses. The year of birth for Abby's husband seems to be c1807 or 1808, from the census data. If he is not the son of this couple, whose son is he? (This needs more research.)

Ellery married Deborah B. Unknown Abt 1823. Deborah was born Abt 1803; died 19 Oct 1842; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI. [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]