. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. Manning, was born inCharlestown, Massachusetts, iNIarch 25, 1770,and died in Parsonsfield, Maine, October 15,1837. He was a tailor by trade, but also aconsiderable holder of real estate. He earlysettled in Maine, and according to statementsgiven in deeds, lived in Brunswick, 1795-97:in Cornish, 1797-1800; in Limington, 1801-23,and perhaps after; and last of all in Parsons- field. .\pril 2T, 1795, he bought one-quarterof an acre of land for £6. One-half of thispurchase he sold the same year, and the re-mainder in 1797. In the latter year
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. Manning, was born inCharlestown, Massachusetts, iNIarch 25, 1770,and died in Parsonsfield, Maine, October 15,1837. He was a tailor by trade, but also aconsiderable holder of real estate. He earlysettled in Maine, and according to statementsgiven in deeds, lived in Brunswick, 1795-97:in Cornish, 1797-1800; in Limington, 1801-23,and perhaps after; and last of all in Parsons- field. .\pril 2T, 1795, he bought one-quarterof an acre of land for £6. One-half of thispurchase he sold the same year, and the re-mainder in 1797. In the latter year he pur-chased land in Cornish for $340. and sold it in1800 for $400. In Limington he bought landin 1801 for $743, and another lot in 1803 for$50. The first of these lots he disposed of inbroken parcels from time to time, but that of1803. which he acquired from one WilliamWentworth, he held until 1836. when he soldit to his son Franklin. It is described a^ threeacres of land, and water power, and was thesame T occupied as a dwelling house & .Mills. RIINS OF CELLAR OF WILLIAM MANNINGS HOUSE AT , MAINE. 1803-1S36. for many years. This reference to millsis explained by present old resident? of Lim-ington. He lived four miles from the main\ illage. and had a mill for grinding corn, re-mains of which are still visible. His farmis said to have contained eighty acres. Hemarried (first). September 8, 1793, -MargaretSwan, born June i, 1772, died July 19, ancestry was: Joseph and Janet (Mc-Cloud), her parents, of West Cambridge. Mas-sachusetts : Ebenezer and Bathsheba: Eben-ezer and Elizabeth; and John and Mary(Pratt) Swan, all of Cambridge, where Johndied June 5, 1708, aged eighty-seven. Will-iam Planning married (second), about 1822,
Size: 1405px × 1779px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorburragehenryshenryswe, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
