John Manning (1614 - 1688)

Born 1614 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Maverick) Manning — married before 1643 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Died 20 Feb 1688 at about age 74 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey

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Biography

John Manning was born about 1615 Kent, England and came to America from Kent Co in 1635 on the "Globe".^[1]

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Abigail Maverick before 1643, presumably in Boston, Massachusetts. She died 25 June 1644 in Boston.

Date based on birth of first child in May 1643.

Married: 2nd - Ann Parker, daughter of Richard parker

Children of John Manning and Abigail Maverick:

1. John Manning, born 25 May 1643 in Boston. Died young.
2. Mary Manning, born 3 June 1644 in Boston.

Children of John Manning and Abigail Maverick:

1. Ann, b. 12, bapt. 21 Mar. 1652 (tho. the same rec. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 250, by repetit. in ano. line on the same page, adds a day); Ann m. 1669, John Sandys.
2. Ephraim, Born 10 Aug. 1655.

Falsely attributed child:

Jeffrey Manning is sometimes said to be a son of John and Abigail Manning. This has been shown to be incorrect.

He purchased an island (later called, in turn, Blackwell's, Welfare and Roosevelt) on the East River in 1668. He was sheriff of New York City from July 24, 1667 to October 13, 1670.^[2] He was in charge of Fort James, in the absence of the governor, when a Dutch force came to take it, and was accused of treason for surrendering it too easily. He successfully defended himself before the King and the Duke of York (his wife died during the voyage to England). but was tried again in New York City, and was found guilty of cowardice. Documents of the trial can be found at: English Manuscripts, Volume XXIV, Governor Andros, 1674 .pp. 36-53.^[3]

Death

Death: 1644

Date: 20 FEB 1686/7 Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, USA

Burial

Burial: 22 Feb 1688

Note

Note: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=tjglad

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Referred to by Mary Manning Walker Seeley (d. 1669) as her brother.

The picturesque figure of this story is Captain John Manning, whose career, on both land and water, was noteworthy. He was born in England. In 1667 we find him high sheriff of New York City, a judge, and a commander on the high seas, "fit for any employment in the militia," as the Earl of Clarendon wrote to the King. In 1673, the Dutch fleet arrived with the enterprising purpose of annexing Manhattan Island.

Demanding the surrender of Fort James, it was given up, and straightway Captain John returned to England to explain to the King how impossible it was to hold the fort with but a handful of men. The King, turning to the Duke of York, said, "Brother, the ground could not be maintained with so few men." Manning was thus exonerated, and returned to New York in the same ship with Governor Andros. At one time the Captain was fined twenty shillings, because it was said that he had traded with the Dutch, and his vessel was advertised to be "sould at Milford, on Tuesday next, at three o'clock in ye afternoon by an inch of a candell, he that offers most to have her."

The Captain spent his last years on what is now called Blackwell's Island, New York City. He owned the island, and it was called Manning, or Manningham. His stepdaughter, Mary, married, in 1676, Robert Blackwell, and the island has since gone by this name. It is not known whether the Captain had any children. ^[4]

132 JOHN MANNING, Capt., an early resident and prominent figure in New York City was probably the same man as the subject of the previous sketch. [about a Capt. John Manning arrested in Connecticut for trading with the Dutch]. His career on land was as striking as on water. He was a witness to an Indian deed in 1774; one of the commissioners of Esopus, 1669; sheriff of New York, 1667-72, and was commonly known as Captain Manning. He was in favor with Gov. Lovelace, and during the temporary absence of the latter from the city was often placed in command of Fort James. He was thus in command in 1673 when a hostile Dutch force appeared in the neighboring waters and demanded a surrender. After some parley the fort was delivered up to the enemy ; a serious loss to the English. Capt. Manning soon sailed for England to explain the matter to the King. At that time he was still a sheriff, as appears by steps taken by the authorities to "pitch" upon a "a new Sheriff for Long Island East Riding." He left "divers debts and bills," and proceedings were begun to "wind up his estate." On the voyage to England his wife died. He appeared before the King and the Duke of York, who exonerated him, deciding that Fort James could not have been held with so small a force; but he did not find such clemency on his return to New York. Citizens who had suffered financial losses by reason of the surrender clamored for satisfaction, and Capt. Manning was put on trial on charges of treason and cowardice. Of the first he was acquitted, but was adjudged guilty of cowardice and sentenced to have his sword broken over his head and to be forever debarred from holding public office. Modern writers incline to pronounce the sentence severe and unjust, and agree with the royal powers that the strength of the Dutch was not to be defied. However, the citizens of that day had suffered money loss; a victim was wanted; they found one. After this Capt. Manning retired to an island owned by him and situated in the waters of the East River, where he passed his remaining years, entertaining freely and probably enjoying himself quite as well as in his days of power. He died later than 1685. It is not known that he left children of his own, and his island passed into the hands of Mary Manningham, said to have been the daughter of his wife by a former marriage. She m. 1676, Apr. 26, Robert Blackwell, whose name became permanently fixed upon the estate that had been Manning;s, and which is now widely know as "Blackwell's Island," being the seat of many of the corrective institutions of New York county. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Hepzibah::manning::872.html)
2. ↑ New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Thirty-Third Session, 1910. Vol. XXXIII, No. 67. Part I. (Albany, J. B. Lyon, 1910) p. 137.
3. ↑ Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, ed., Calendar of Historical Manuscripts In the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y., Part II., (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1866)
4. ↑ https://manningmusings.blogspot.com/2014/10/manning-familycolonial-families-of.html No sources
5. ↑ William Henry Manning, The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England and Descendants From the Settlement in America to the Present Time' (Salem: The Salem Press Co., 1902) p. 803.

• Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737, Last updated October 10, 2004. Accessed December 2, 2005)
• Walker-Danielson-Bateman-Rogers Genealogy http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=batemanp&id=I2774 Note: This source mentions: Title: First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5 Author: Orra Eugene Monnette Publication: Leroy Carman press, CA, 1931. Also Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meeting Publication: 2001 Note: http://members.tripod.com/~PlainfieldFriends/birthreg.htm. Also The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England Author: Manning, William H. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy Author: Frederick A. Virkus Publication: F. A. Virkus & Co., Chicago, Ill., 1925 . Genealogical Dictionary of new England Settlers Publication: Boston, 1860-1862. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Series: via Ancestry.com, Volume: v. 1-3 Author: Robert Charles Anderson Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995. New England Historical and Geonealogical Society Register (NEHGS) Page: v. 96, July, 1942 ; Page: v. 69, April 1915
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930). Vol. I, p. 524.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #148725538

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Watkins.ged on 04 April 2011. .
• WikiTree profile Manning-829 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.