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The name Manry is believed to be one of the spellings of this surname, other spellings are Manery, Manary, Mannery, Mannary, Maury, Manley, Manoury, Menary and there are other possible spelling.

Information from other sources believe the Manry name to be an anglicized version of the names Mancina, Maneiro, Manchin, Mancini or a name simular to these, because the spelling of the originial name was hard to spell and pronounce. The above mention names are Spanish surnames. There is no record or convincing written evidence of this, except that it had been revealed by descendants of John Manry and Edward Manery. This would help explain and give support to the Legend of "The Black Irish" and explain the dark hair, blue eyes, soft southern skin and would testifiy to their Spanish heritage. The story has been told by a number of Irish and Irish-Americans of this decade by way of explaining their own dark hair, dark complexion, blue eyes and high cheek bones. This would also explain why some of the earlier Manry's would have been mistaken to be Native American.

It has not been proven who Edward Manery's father and mother were. Here are some of the possibilies.

John Manery/Manley, born in Maryland, believed to have died about 1820 in Madison County, Georgia, the unproved father of Edward and his sibling William, Richard, John A., Eleanor and Elizabeth.

It is believed that the first known relative was a John Mannery, who came from Ireland in the early 1700's and entered America in the Carolinas and was given a land grant of 100 acres of land and that he later moved to Maryland. There is a record of a John Mannery entering America in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1700's.

There are several possibilities in Maryland that may have been Edward's father or a relative of his. There was a John Manry in Cecil County, Maryland in the Maryland Militia 1739. John Manery in census of 1778 Charles County, Port Tobacco West Hundred. John Manery/Manley married 1786 to Mary Shagnasha, Prince George County, Maryland. Some believe that Edward's father was Ignatius Manry who was in the Charles County Militia 1777 and census of 1778 Charles County, Port Tobacco East Hundred and the Charles County census of 1790. In the 1790 census he is listed with his wife, three males under 16 and three females. The settlement documents of Ignatius estate in 1800 list his wife's name as Sarah and the childrens names were John, Samuel, Alexander, Elizabeth and Sarah. His wife died in 1802. Some believe that Ignatius was married to a woman named "Horseshoe" and was Indian. Ignatius estate documents do not support the theory that he was Edward's father or that his wife's name was "Horseshoe" since his estate documents list his wife's name as Sarah and there is no son named Edward shown on the estate settlement. All of the John's listed above could be one-in-the-same or may be completely differ individuals. There was a Richard Mannery in the Charles County census of 1800 listed with three males under 10 and two females age 10-16. There was a William Manley in Prince George County census of 1790.

Tradition said that John with his wife Mary and their children moved to Georgia around 1800 and that John died about 1820. There is much speculation among Manry/Manery researchers as to who is Edward's father. There are other possibilities beside the ones listed here that may fit the profile, all unproved. Edward's father may never be proven. It has not been proven or unproven that John Manery is the father of Ewdard, but at this time his profile is as close as any that can be found.

Mary Shagnasha is the unproved mother of Edward and his siblings. There is a record of her marriage to a John on 22 July 1786 in Prince George County, Maryland. It has not been determined the orgin of her surname. It could be a Native American name pronounced Sha-Gna-Sha. Mary is listed as a widow on the Madison County, Georgia census of 1820. It is believed she is Edward's mother. In the fourth land lottery of Georgia in 1821 she is listed as being a widow and residence of Georgia. This qualified her for the land lottery and her name is listed as being drawn in the lottery and she was granted land in Henry County, Georgia. It is believed that she moved to Tennessee with Edward and his family in 1829. The cemetery records at the Macedonia Church of Christ in McMinn County, Tennessee has a Mrs. Mary Manry buried there about 1830. It seems possibly that this is Edward's mother. This has not been proved or unproved.

There are other spelling of the surname Holeman. Some of them are Holleman; Holloman; Holman. There are other spelling.

The Morris name was first spelled Morriss, later the "S" was dropped and the spelling is now Morris.

The Wall name was sometimes spelled Walls.