William MANCHESTER

ABT 1654 - 15 Oct 1718

• BIRTH: ABT 1654, Portsmouth, Newport, RI
• DEATH: 15 Oct 1718, Tiverton, Newport, RI

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1675, Portsmouth, Newport, RI

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[4605] "The Manchester Family of Rhode Island"
Alden & Rita Manchester
NEHGR v101, p308 (Oct 1947)
"William Manchester (Thomas1), born in Portsmouth, R. I., about 1654, died in
Tiverton, R. I., in 1718. He married Mary Cook, died after 1716, daughter of John
(Thomas1) and Mary (Borden) Cook of Pocasset, Mass. (Austin.) He was admitted
freeman of Portsmouth 9 April 1675 (records of town of Portsmouth) He was one or the
purchasers of Pocasset in the Plymouth Colony (now Tiverton and Little Compton, R. I.)
in March 1679/80. He was an inhabitant at the organization of Tiverton 2 March 1692/3
(Tiverton T. R., vol. 1). He held numerous town offices from representative to the General
Court of Massachusetts to fence viewer."

"Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island"
Jane Fletcher Fiske
Boxford, MA, 1987
p39: "MARY, b. ca. 1656; m. William Manchester."
p65: "died 15 October 1718; at an inquest held 18 October to determine cause of death it
was ruled that he 'fainted away in his field'"

"The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island"
John Osborne Austin
Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887; pp. 127-128; pp. 282-285

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey,
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"MANCHESTER, William (1654-1718) & Mary [COOK] (1653-1716+, 1725+);
by 1688, by 1678?; Portsmouth, RI/Tiverton, RI"