Hello All, In the First Families list, there is an entry for the family of John Manchester & Elizabeth Brittain, who it claims, married in SJ in 1810. It suggests they lived in the area of Greenwich, Kings County, and gives a list of 13 children. I know the "FF" can be filled with errors, but I can find no evidence this family ever even existed. There are some Manchesters in the area of Apohaqui late in the 1800's, but nothing else. I checked early Saint John marriages, but found no entries for this family. Dan Johnson's Vital Statics has some entries for the late 1800 people, but the few entries from way back are for people not mentioned as being part of this particular family. First Families is a wonderful resource, and errors or not, I have never known it to name a family that didn't exist. It's possible that the family moved on very early, but FF usually notes this. Can anyone tell me if this family was real? Thank You, Lisa Z

FamSearch shows the following: (obviously this poor family needs help) John Manchester b. 1783 Triverton, Newport, RI OR 1794 North(?) Brunswick, Canada (computer generated) d. 1859 Betsy (Elizabeth) Brittain or Britton b. c1798 d. 4 Aug 1869 Lansing, Troy, NY OR Lansing, Cattaraugus,NY th/ch 1. Mary Sophia Manchester 20 Mar 1820 NB; d. 1902/1904 Midvale, Washington, ID; marr. 02 Mar 1838 Rockford, Winnebago, IL, Abner M. Sherman (1800-1883) 2. Abraham Gero Manchester 26 May 1822 NB; d. abt 1825 Monroe, Green, Wisconsin 3. Charles Manchester 14 May 1834 of Burritt, Winnebago, IL; d. 29 Nov 1916 Atchison, Kansas; mar. 04 May 1854 Climena Crowl (1834-1906) On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Lisa Zajkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > In the First Families list, there is an entry for the family > of John Manchester & Elizabeth Brittain, who it claims, married in SJ in > 1810. > It suggests they lived in the area of Greenwich, Kings County, and gives a > list > of 13 children. > > I know the "FF" can be filled with errors, but I can find no evidence this > family ever even existed. There are some Manchesters in the area of > Apohaqui > late in the 1800's, but nothing else. > > I checked early Saint John marriages, but found no entries for this family. > Dan Johnson's Vital Statics has some entries for the late 1800 people, but > the > few entries from way back are for people not mentioned as being part of > this > particular family. > > First Families is a wonderful resource, and errors or not, I have never > known it > to name a family that didn't exist. It's possible that the family moved on > very early, > but FF usually notes this. > > Can anyone tell me if this family was real? > > Thank You, > Lisa Z > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Lisa, I can't tell you much about John & Elizabeth Manchester, but I can confirm that they were in Greenwich Parish. John received a grant of 430 acres in what is now the Parish of Kars in 1810. He and wife Elizabeth sold portions of this in 1821 and 1825 to Allen Price. In 1829 he is named as one of the administrators of the estate of Samuel Scribner of the Parish of Kingston. On 19 Nov. 1833, John and his wife Elizabeth sold what appears to be the remainder of the grant (lot #2) to Carmel Secord - 140 acres more or less, "being the land on which I now reside" - so they definitely appear to have been living there as late as 1833. However, if he was selling the remainder of his property at that time, they may have then moved on. The only other Manchester acivity in the land records between 1810 and 1835 is one William Manchester who bought property on the Belleisle Bay in 1818 and then promptly sold it again in Jan. 1819. He was noted as being of Greenwich at that time, but acknowledged the deed before a JP in Shediac - a hint that he might have moved to that area. The baptismal records of Trinity Anglican Church in Kingston record the baptism of an unnamed child of Samuel and Anne Scribner in Dec. 1819, indicating that her maiden name was Manchester - clears up why John was an administrator of Samuel Scribner's estate (along with Anne Scribner). The same records indicate that the maiden name of Mary Anne, wife of Gould Pickett was also Manchester. Not a lot of help here, but at least it shows they really were there! Regards, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Zajkowski" <[email protected]> To: "New Brunswick List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:54 PM Subject: [ NB ] First Families of NB / Manchester > Hello All, > > In the First Families list, there is an entry for the family > of John Manchester & Elizabeth Brittain, who it claims, married in SJ in > 1810. > It suggests they lived in the area of Greenwich, Kings County, and gives a > list > of 13 children. > > I know the "FF" can be filled with errors, but I can find no evidence this > family ever even existed. There are some Manchesters in the area of > Apohaqui > late in the 1800's, but nothing else. > > I checked early Saint John marriages, but found no entries for this > family. > Dan Johnson's Vital Statics has some entries for the late 1800 people, but > the > few entries from way back are for people not mentioned as being part of > this > particular family. > > First Families is a wonderful resource, and errors or not, I have never > known it > to name a family that didn't exist. It's possible that the family moved > on very early, > but FF usually notes this. > > Can anyone tell me if this family was real? > > Thank You, > Lisa Z > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >