Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Benjamin MANNING | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BENJAMIN5 MANNING (John,4 Saml.,3 Wm.,2 Wm.1) b. 1704-5, Mch. 10, at Cambridge. Mass. He went to Billerica as early as 1725, in which year he was a soldier, credited to Billerica, in Capt. Eleazer Tyng's co., from May 29 to July 1. He also served from July 2 to Oct. 28 of the same year under Capt. Josiah Willard; a total service of over 21 weeks. These military operations were against hostile Indians. He settled as a farmer in Billerica. He bought, 1725, Nov. 15, land on the west side of Concord river, 59 acres for �36; and, 1745, Mch. 24, for �10, upwards of 6 acres in the same vicinity. This last lot was bounded at one point by the land of William Manning [15]. He was elected tithingman in 1734 and 1735, which indicates that he was a church member, but the church records of his day are missing. He was admr. of the estate of his son Samuel, and a good citizen. Several articles which once belonged to him are now in the possession of his great grandson, Mr. Oliver Proctor, of Townsend, viz: 1st, a book of 305 pages, entitled "Pharmacopoeia Londinenis; or, the London Dispensatory," a Boston edition (printed by John Allen, in 1720) of an English work originally issued in 1653. 2d, a book of 387 pages entitled "The English Physician" (printed in London in 1741) which treats of herbs, with their qualities and uses. 3d, a large tin vessel in which Mr. Manning used to distill herbs and extract their medicinal properties. This was somewhat of a medical outfit, but it is not known that he practiced publicly. 4th, a half-bushel measure made of the bark of a tree, the ends being drawn together and sewed with a rough cord, and the bottom, which is also of bark, fastened on in the same manner. Time has dealt lightly with these relics. The successive deaths of so many of Mr. Manning's sons after they had reached manhood was a great blow to him, and when Samuel, the last survivor, passed away, the father fell into deep mental dejection from which he never rallied. He d. at Billerica, 1779, Sep. 30, on the same day that his grandson Oliver Proctor was born in the same house. He was doubtless buried in the "Corner" cemetery, near his son Samuel, but no gravestone to his memory exists. His heirs, Sarah Manning, Hannah Manning, and Mary, wife of Oliver Proctor, Jr., three daughters, joined in a deed and sold his farm 1780, May 31. He m. 1729-30, Jan. 16, Mary French, b. 1709, Oct. 7, at Billerica; dau. of Wm.3 and Sarah (Danforth); granddau. of Jacob2 and Mary (Champney), and great granddau. of William1 French, one of the first settlers of Billerica, who came from England in 1635. In 1780 Mrs. Manning and her dau. Hannah removed to Townsend, where they afterwards resided, and where Mrs. Manning d. 1782, Oct. 4. Buried in the old cemetery there. Children 1730-50: Benjamin, John, Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Noah, Sarah, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, Hannah. [ref 13:165] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Manning, Benjamin Jan 16, 1730 Billerica, Middlesex Co., MA; French, Mary [ref 23; films 0769338 & 0901881] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Manning, Benjamin (John, Sam., Wm., Wm.) b. 10 Mar. 1705, farmer, res. Billerica, 1748, prob. m. Mary French (Deac. Wm., Jacob, Wm.) [16 Jan. 1730, who d. at Townsend, 4 Oct. 1782, d. Billerica, 30 Sept. 1779. [ref 17:472] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Benjamin Manning birth 10 Mar 1704 Cambridge Middlesex /s of John Sarah [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Mary FRENCH | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Dea. William FRENCH and Sarah DANFORTH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mary French 7 Oct 1709 Billerica Middlesex /d William and Sarah [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - buried in the old cemetery, Townsend: In Memory of - Mrs Mary Manning - the Wife of - Mr Benjamin Manning - of Billerica - She Departed this - Life Oct. ye 4, 1782 - Aged 73 Years Wanting 13 days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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