Meribah Manchester
1816 - 1888 (71 years)-
Name Meribah Manchester Born 17 Sep 1816 Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 
[1] Gender Female Died 17 May 1888 Fall River, Bristol Co., MA [1] Person ID I18093 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father David Manchester, b. Abt 1785, Tiverton, RI , d. 12 Dec 1868, Tiverton, RI (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Hope Stafford, b. 17 Feb 1787, Tiverton, RI , d. 12 Sep 1863, Tiverton, RI (Age 76 years) Married Bef 1816 Family ID F06841 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joshua Coggeshall, b. 30 Oct 1805, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. Between 1848 and 1 Jun 1850 (Age 42 years) Married Bef 1844 Children 1. John S. Coggeshall, b. Abt 1844, RI , d. Aft 1 Jun 1880 (Age ~ 36 years)2. Thomas Durfee Coggeshall, b. 7 Jan 1846, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 3 Nov 1912, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 66 years)3. Joshua P. Coggeshall, b. Abt 1849, d. Aft 1 Jun 1880 (Age ~ 31 years) Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06935 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Joachin Martin Married Abt 1851 Children 1. Maria Martin, b. Abt 1852, RI 2. David F. Martin, b. 15 May 1855, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F07107 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 David Shaw, b. Abt 1807, England , d. Between 1860 and 1870 (Age ~ 53 years) Married 14 Apr 1858 Fall River, Bristol Co., RI [2] Children 1. Meribah A. Shaw, b. 18 May 1859, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 2. Martha Ella Shaw, b. 19 Sep 1860, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 3. James Albert Shaw, b. 7 Jan 1862, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06917 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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
- 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.
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