Individual Details
Thomas MANCHESTER of Tisbury
(Abt 1726 - 1817)
The Rhode Island Manchesters are described in NEHGS Register 101:308+. Banks says that it's possible that they include the ancestors of the Vineyard's Thomas Manchester.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1726 |  |  | ||
| Birth | 1726 | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Birth | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | |||
| Birth | Bet 13 Oct 1726 and 13 Oct 1727 | | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1757 | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Eunice NORTON | | | |
| Military | 1776 | was a Private, Capt. Nathan Smith's Co, Sea Coast Defense, Martha's Vineyard - Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1790 | with apparently two sons under 16 and two daughters under sixteen - Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States - Eunice NORTON | | ||
| Death | 1817 | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Death | 13 Oct 1817 | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Burial | Causeway Cemetery (aka Crossways Cemetery), Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | ||
| Burial | Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | |||
| Burial | Tisbury Village Cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Eunice NORTON (1724 - 1808) |
| Child | Rhoda MANCHESTER (1758 - 1818) |
| Child | John MANCHESTER (1760 - 1824) |
| Child | Mary MANCHESTER (1762 - 1838) |
| Child | Lemuel MANCHESTER (1764 - 1845) |
| Child | Jael MANCHESTER (1766 - ) |
| Child | Jane MANCHESTER (1768 - ) |
| Child | Thomas MANCHESTER (1774 - 1824) |
| Child | Sarah MANCHESTER (1776 - ) |
Notes
Birth
SAR application says 1726 in Martha's Vineyard.Birth
Inferred from death record, stating that he died in 92nd year.Marriage
Perhaps ... Banks qualifies this with "perhaps"This marriage is not listed in Tisbury Marriage.
Military
A Nabby Manchester appears in the 1840 census of revolutionary war pensioners. That person reported:- Age 74, suggesting birth in 1766
- Living in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
- Living in the household of Nehemiah Manchester
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=us%2frevwar1840%2f05435
Burial
However, Thomas Manchester is not one of the gravestones listed at:http://history.vineyard.net/cemetery/index.html
Endnotes
1. Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County Massachusetts in Three Volumes: Vol 3: Family Genealogies (Boston: George H Dean, 1966), pp 282-3, genealogical sketch of Manchester Family; online images of pages, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/203666-the-history-of-martha-s-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-vol-3 : downloaded 1 September 2015.
2. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 16 April 2024), application 44276, Harold Martin Bowman, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242238-00194 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
3. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 17 April 2024), application 66342, Charles Harold Ingraham, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242281-00340 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
4. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 15 April 2024) > Tisbury > Vital Record Transcripts, image 224 of 239, "Thomas, Oct. 13, 1817, [died] in 92d y. G.R.4."; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265618-00230 ); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
5. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 17 April 2024), application 66342, Charles Harold Ingraham, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242281-00340 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
6. Mary M. De Bolt, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 81 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1925), p. 305, Sarah James Peake Luce, 80829; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 17 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 081, image 312 of 410. There is similar information in many other DAR lineages, including Dora Louise Peakes (64125), Abigail Osbourne Luce Smith (48568), Abbie Bradford Cromwell Howland (18598), and Rebecca Daggett Getchell (14892).
7. Alice Louise McDuffee, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 98 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1928), p. 299, Mrs. Carrie Luce Kennedy, 97960; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 15 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 098 : 1913, image 305 of 356.
8. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 15 April 2024) > Tisbury > Vital Record Transcripts, image 224 of 239, "Thomas, Oct. 13, 1817, [died] in 92d y. G.R.4."; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265618-00230 ); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
9. "Martha's Vineyard Genealogy," compilation of published genealogies, Martha's Vineyard Museum, Dukes County Genealogy (http://history.vineyard.net/gene.htm: accessed 22 May 2015), entry for 65 Jacob Norton (http://history.vineyard.net/nortonb.htm), citing Charles Banks:.
10. /Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth/, (compiler), Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (17 vols.) (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896–1908), vol. 10, p. 171 ; database index to page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62337/ : accessed 23 April 2024; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62337/images/7726-volume10-0173.
11. Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts in Three Volumes: Vol 1: General History (Boston: George H. Dean, 1911), pp 342, 353-4; online images of pages, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofmarthas01bank : accessed 23 April 2024; citing Massachusetts Archive (Revolutionary Rolls), XXXVI, pp. 256, 262.
12. Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County Massachusetts in Three Volumes: Vol 3: Family Genealogies (Boston: George H Dean, 1966), pp 282-3, genealogical sketch of Manchester Family; online images of pages, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/203666-the-history-of-martha-s-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-vol-3 : downloaded 1 September 2015.
13. Alice Louise McDuffee, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 98 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1928), p. 299, Mrs. Carrie Luce Kennedy, 97960; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 15 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 098 : 1913, image 305 of 356.
14. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 16 April 2024), application 44276, Harold Martin Bowman, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242238-00194 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
15. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 17 April 2024), application 66342, Charles Harold Ingraham, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242281-00340 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
16. Mary M. De Bolt, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 81 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1925), p. 305, Sarah James Peake Luce, 80829; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 17 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 081, image 312 of 410. There is similar information in many other DAR lineages, including Dora Louise Peakes (64125), Abigail Osbourne Luce Smith (48568), Abbie Bradford Cromwell Howland (18598), and Rebecca Daggett Getchell (14892).
17. 1790 US census, Dukes, Massachusetts || Dukes, MA, Tisbury, p. 603, pencilled, middle column, 11th entry, Thomas Manchester; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ : accessed 17 April 2024) > Massachusetts > Dukes > Tisbury, image 1 of 2; First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
18. Alice Louise McDuffee, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 98 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1928), p. 299, Mrs. Carrie Luce Kennedy, 97960; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 15 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 098 : 1913, image 305 of 356.
19. Mary M. De Bolt, historian general, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 81 (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1925), p. 305, Sarah James Peake Luce, 80829; page images, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 17 April 2024) > D > Daughters of the American Revolution > Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 081, image 312 of 410. There is similar information in many other DAR lineages, including Dora Louise Peakes (64125), Abigail Osbourne Luce Smith (48568), Abbie Bradford Cromwell Howland (18598), and Rebecca Daggett Getchell (14892).
20. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Tisbury V1," database with images of transcription, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 29 December 2014), Tisbury V1, p 229, entry for [Manchester], Thomas, citing gravestone record, Village Cemetery, Vineyard Haven; citing "Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts, to the Year 1850," NEHGS, Boston, 1910.
21. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 15 April 2024) > Tisbury > Vital Record Transcripts, image 224 of 239, "Thomas, Oct. 13, 1817, [died] in 92d y. G.R.4."; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265618-00230 ); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
22. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 16 April 2024), application 44276, Harold Martin Bowman, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242238-00194 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
23. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 17 April 2024), application 66342, Charles Harold Ingraham, tracing descendancy from Thomas Manchester ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242281-00340 ); citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
24. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Death Records, 1620-1850," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4080/: accessed 19 April 2024), Thomas Manchester, d. 13 Oct 1817, Tisbury; ( https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/55457:4080 ).
25. "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33338:4110: accessed 18 April 2024), "Thomas Manchester, Causeway Cem, Tisbury MA 45", referencing US Serial Set 10950, vol. 13 ( https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33338:4110 ); citing Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987..
26. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Death Records, 1620-1850," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4080/: accessed 19 April 2024), Thomas Manchester, d. 13 Oct 1817, Tisbury; ( https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/55457:4080 ).
27. Find a Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2024), Thomas Manchester, memorial # 232785211; ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232785211/thomas-manchester ) .