Corporal
Seth
Manley
Sr.
Born in North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Manley
and Lydia (Stone) Manley
Brother of
Lydia (Manley) Hayward [half], Thomas Manley [half], Ruth (Manley) Keith [half], John Manley [half], Priscilla Field (Manley) Kinsley [half], Johanah (Manley) Keith, Daniel Manley Sr., Tamer (Manley) Drake, Susannah (Manley) Phillips, Silence Manley and Timothy Manley
Husband of
Mercy (Keith) Manley
— married
1 Dec 1763 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Seth Manley Jr
Died
at age 71
in North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 12 May 2013
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Biography
Corporal Seth Manley Sr. served with 3rd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Seth Manley Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A073397.
Seth Manley was born on 18 Feb 1738 in North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts to parents Thomas Manley Sr. and Lydia Stone. He married firstly Mercy Keith on 6 Dec 1763 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Children: Eli, Obed, Seth, Lewis. After Mercy died in 1774 he married secondly Elizabeth Taylor on 2 Jun 1774 in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Children: Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Martha. He died on 6 Jan 1810 in North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Seth Manley served as a Corporal in the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts, during the Revolutionary War.
- Marriages per DAR record
- MERCY KEITH
- ELIZABETH TAYLOR
- Children listed in DAR record
- MARTHA m. EBENEZER BARTLETT
- SETH JR. m. REMEMBRANCE SMITH
- OBED m. BETTY PHILLIPS
Sources
- DAR record Ancestor #: A073397 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Aug 2022), "Record of Seth Manley", Ancestor # A073397.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, birth 18 Feb 1738, parents Thomas and Lidia Manly
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, marriage record, 1763
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, marriage record, 1774
- US Revolutionary War Rolls
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.
- Reference: A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.3:145
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C37Z-K?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM4%3A1588792206 : 24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 10, Luaas, Bela-Mopsy, Richard > image 180 of 950; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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DNA Connections
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- Jim Manley
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-L20, FTDNA kit #181005 - David Manley :
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Birth 18 FEB 1739 Easton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
Death 06 JAN 1810 Easton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA
is the son of Thomas MANLEY and his 2nd wife Lydia STONE.
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Lydia, b: abt 1695, bapt at Cambridge Farms (Lexington) in Nov 1700; married abt 1718,as his 2nd wife, Thomas MANLEY of Easton, Massachusetts, born in Weymouth, Mass., 11 July 1680, son of William and Rebecca (____).