Ellery Manchester
1779 - 1860 (70 years)-
Name Ellery Manchester Born 13 Jun 1779 Tiverton, RI 
[1] Gender Male Died Between 1 Jun 1850 and 1860 Person ID I00952 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Philip Manchester, b. 23 Aug 1751, Tiverton, RI Mother Eliphal Cory Married 25 Dec 1775 Tiverton, RI [2] Family ID F01178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy Cory, b. 1782, Westport, MA , d. Bef 1837 (Age < 54 years) Married Between 1806 and 1809 Westport, MA [3] Notes - The following entries suggest that Ellery and Nancy became members of the church in May 1806, and that they were already married at that time.
MANCHESTER Ellery, of Philip, b. May 23, 1806, Member Tiverton
MANCHESTER Nancy, (Cory, of Benjamin), wife of Ellery, May --, 1806, Member Tiverton
Children 1. Eliza Ann Manchester 2. Caroline Manchester 3. Nancy Cory Manchester 4. William Ellery Manchester, b. 17 May 1821, MA or RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06577 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Lucy Richmond, b. Abt 1796, MA , d. Aft 1 Jun 1870 (Age ~ 74 years) Married Abt 1836 Children 1. Benjamin Burr Manchester, b. 30 Sep 1837, MA or Little Compton, RI , d. 28 Apr 1915, Providence, RI (Age 77 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06579 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The following entries suggest that Ellery and Nancy became members of the church in May 1806, and that they were already married at that time.
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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.
- 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.
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