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Taken from Email exchanges The Nathan Manship who died before 12 Aug 1773 was probably the half brother of Charles Manship (ca 1707- ca 1788), the other Nathan Manship who signed as next-of-kin was Charles' son Nathan Manship (bef 1755-1809) who marr Eleanor Andrew in 1779. OK first let me go back to the beginning, Our first probable ancestor Charles Manship appears in Talbot Co., MD in 1713, witnessing a land record for land which is in the area now known as Chapel District, Talbot County, Maryland. 26 December 1713, Benjamin Parrott, Planter,
and Jeane, his wife to Edward Clarke, Cordwainer, 82 acres called
"Parrott's Lott" excepting the three acres and the Friends Meeting House,
between the branches of Tuckahoe and King's Creek on both sides of
Tuckahoe Road, adj. John Jadwyn's land, Henry Parker and land called
"Parker's Park" and land of John Earle. Power of Atty dated 18 March 1713/14 from
Benjamin Parrott to Richard Cribb to convey "Parrott's Lott" to Edward
Clarke. 5 Oct. 1723 John Leonard of Queen Anne's Co., MD sold a tract of land called "Leonard's Frolicks" cont. 150 acres, on the east side of the Choptank River (in Dorchester Co., MD) to Charles Manship, Planter, of Dorchester Co., MD, stating that the land adjoined "Gaindeys Long Pine" formerly laid out for Edmond Ganye. (Dorchester Co., MD Land Records, 8 old 43) If you don't already know it, all of what is now south and east of the Choptank in Caroline County was part of Dorchester County until 1774 when Caroline County was formed (set up in 1773 but not enacted until March 1774). The area north and west of the Choptank belonged to Queen Anne's County, and before 1707 was in Talbot. It may appear that these families moved around more than they really did. I live on Ganey's Wharf Road, north-west of Harmony in Caroline Co., MD, which takes it's name from "Ganey's Long Pine" which was the land of the early settler Edmond Ganey/Ganye/etc., directly across the Choptank River from Ganey's Wharf is Chapel Dist., Talbot Co., MD, where my mother was born. No Manship ever sold "Leonard's Frolicks," but I have some circumstantial evidence that it stayed in the family for a while. Dorchester Co., MD Land Record 12 old 89, Dated 10 March 1740 Recorded 23 Jan 1741(/42) Commission to determine the bounds of the land called "Wakefield," Deposition of Ann Cox, aged 40, mentions her deceased husband Charles Manship, who told her that Jonas Dawson told him that Richard Foster described to him the bounded tree of "Wakefield." Now we have some new people appearing on the scene. Dorchester Co., MD, Land Record 14 old 402 dated 19 Dec 1749, Bartholomew Ennalls, of Dorchester Co., MD Mariner, to Thomas Sims, of the same Co., planter, "Ganeys Long Pine" on Dowdle's Creek, cont. 50 acres... MD Wills, Lib. 28 fol. 349 Dorchester Co., MD Land Record 20 old 237 Dated 14 Aug 1764 Recorded 13 Aug 1765. Commission re William Richardson's land called "Mulraine," (several depositions by different people) Most interesting is... Deposition of Joseph Billitor of Dorc. Co., aged about 20, son of Edward, now dec'd, mentions Thomas Alcock, John Leonard, Thomas Simms, Nathan Manship and land taken up by Cornelius Mulrain. MD Wills, Lib. 31 fol. 309 Ann Sims, dec'd of Dorchester Co., MD MD Accounts, Lib. 52 fol. 50 Who Charles Hamilton was is unknown to me, possibly he married a daughter of Thomas & Ann (???) Manship Cox Sims/Simms/Simbs. I haven't explored that line as yet. MD Wills Lib. 38 fol. 717 Nathan Manship was "almost" certainly Ann's son, and therefore a half brother of our Charles Manship (ca1707-ca1788). Nathan married an Eleanor maiden name unknown, she m2d. Thomas Perry (d. 1774 Caroline Co.) and 3rd (Nathaniel?) Warrington. Nathan & Eleanor Manship had three children;
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