Jane Lawrence

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• Alternate death: 2 Mar 1681, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

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One of TSW's eight proven "gateway ancestors."

Jane married George Giddings on 20 Feb 1634 in St. Peter, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. George (son of John Gidding and Joan Purrier) was born before 24 Sep 1609; was christened on 24 Sep 1609 in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England; died on 1 Jun 1676 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1638

Thomas married Mary Goodhue on 23 Feb 1668. Mary (daughter of William Goodhue and Margery Watson) was born about 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England (citation details below) describes her as "born, it is said, 1669, Dec., though there is no record."

Family/Spouse: Thomas Manning. Thomas (son of Richard Manning and Anstice Calley) was born on 11 Feb 1664 in Dartmouth, Devon, England; died on 14 May 1737 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England (citation details below):

He graduated at Harvard College in 1725; the first of his name to enter that institution of learning, and, settling in his native town, was for more than 50 years a physician. As such he was eminent, and long and favorably known. Younger men, preparing for the medical profession, studied under his instruction. It is fortunate that the inventory of his estate, taken after his decease, names in detail sundry books which constituted his medical library, and it is safe to believe that, for that period, it was a very extensive equipment, comprising, as it did, twenty different works which were mentioned specifically, and of which eight were of two volumes each. The list is valuable, too, in that it shows what authors were then of good standing. Some other items of the inventory are in the line of his profession, and carry us directly to the typical old-time doctor's office -- the eleven pill pots; the iron mortar, the bell metal mortar and the lignum vitae mortar, each with its appropriate pestle; the gallipot; the three-gallon glass bottle, the five-quart and 30 smaller bottles, and the eleven bottles of "white dint with flint 'stopples.'" His library was not confined to what has been indicated above, for he had "120 bound books on Different subjects" and "a large number of pamphletes," the nature of which cannot be known. A doctor of that day was a man second in importance only to the local minister, and one much respected, looked up to and consulted. His education was far superior to that of his neighbors, and he was credited with profound wisdom. He was the learned associate of the minister, and often called upon in public and private business affairs. Such was the typical doctor, and we may be sure that Dr. Manning filled a like position in his own community. Furthermore, the testimony of those who knew him personally has been handed down through the generations, and is to the effect that "he was above the average, both in bodily and mental endowments; a skillful and trusted physician, and withal a very good man. He had a spice of roguish slyness, and was not averse to exciting, sometimes, the puzzled amazement of his less acute and more credulous neighbors. An example may be given. Dr. Manning owned the lot which is nearly opposite to the present town house, and put up the square edifice still standing there. To make a substantial wall upon the river side he needed large stones. In the river-bed, a mile or two down, there were boulders in abundance. Selecting at low tide one of these, he would put a chain about it and so mark its position as to be able to find it with no other light but the stars and moon. At night, the ebbing tide would find the wily doctor with his boat anchored over the rock, which would soon after be grappled to the little skiff. Then as the sea wave came, the lifting and wafting force of the water was all that was needed to place the boulder in the very spot where he wished to have it. Small wonder that passers by on the following morning, seeing a large stone a lying where no stone had been the night before, and looking like a vast meteorite which had fallen from the sky, should turn their eyes askance as the young doctor passed, and almost fancy they detected a whiff of brimstone in the air." His attention was not all given to medicine; he owned 75 or more acres of land, and must have engaged, though perhaps indirectly, at farming. Another industry is suggested by an entry in the Ipswich town book for the year 1732, as follows: "Joseph Manning is allowed to erect a wharf. The town agree to have one at their expense, as a landing place, at 6d, a load."

Joseph married Elizabeth Boardman on 14 Nov 1732. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Boardman and Sarah Langley) was born about 1708; died on 30 Jan 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Potter on 14 Jun 1739. Ruth (daughter of Deacon Anthony Potter and Martha Dresser) was born on 4 Aug 1709 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England (citation details below):

He studied medicine under his father’s direction and then commenced practice, at the age of twenty, at Newmarket, N.H. After one year he returned to Ipswich, where he resided and practiced the remainder of his life. As there were no medical colleges or hospitals in America at that day, Dr. Manning, at the age of thirty-three, and after some twelve years of active practice, crossed the ocean to perfect his medical education in England. Returning to this country, 1772 May 8, after a course of six months training in the hospitals and lecture rooms of London, his practice soon became extensive. On the 19th of April, 1775, the day of the battle of Lexington, he drove to Boston to bring his sister, Mrs. McKean, to Ipswich. When near Boston he overtook a British officer, severely wounded, to whom he freely gave the medical attention which he greatly needed. For this humane act the officer gave Dr. Manning a pass which enabled him to enter Boston and depart with his sister. He arrived at Ipswich at night, aroused his family, and when he had collected such articles as he knew would be needed, hastened to the relief of those wounded in the battle, giving to his suffering countrymen such aid as his skill and medicine could accomplish. His grandson, Joseph Bolles Manning Esq., is authority for the further statement that, when this was done, he assisted the British surgeons in caring for their wounded, "and by his direction, both parties [of wounded] were removed to Cambridge, where he attended six weeks until they were discharged." This was, on his part, an early application of the doctrine, since common to all civilized nations, that in the presence of those suffering after battle, all partisan feeling should be forgotten. Later in the war he served as surgeon at Newport, R.I. In 1777 he strongly advocated inoculation for the prevention of small pox, which caused so much opposition and hostility that, for a time, it is said, his life seemed in danger. He was active in business enterprises. He bought and sold real estate outside of his own county, having transactions of this kind in Worcester Co., Mass., Hillsborough Co., N.H., and Cumberland Co., Me. In 1788 he, with others, made proposals to the Legislature for taking the poor of the Commonwealth which were in the almshouse at Boston, and removing them to Ipswich, where, with the selectman of that town to act as overseers, the projectors of the plan would supply them with lodging, good, wholesome food, medical attendance, etc., for three-fourths of the then present expense. A paper was drawn up by the House to accept the proposal, but shows no sign of having been acted upon [House Document 2640]. Ten years later, however, the doctor petitioned for the payment of expenses which he had incurred because, by direction of the selectmen of Ipswich, he had during the past year "supported several of the poor of the Commonwealth", proving that his plan had in some degree been carried into effect. The Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts for 1790 show that he petitioned for payment of certain dues from the Commonwealth to enable and encourage him to carry on a woolen manufactory at Ipswich. The State agreed to pay from its treasury the interest due him on the State notes he held in his own name, and so much of the principal as should amount, with the interest, to £1,000, he first giving bond that the £1,000 should be within one year employed in a woolen manfactory in Ipswich. Whether this official action was satisfactory, and was accepted, has not been learned, but the enterprise was consummated. In 1792 the town of Ipswich granted Dr. Manning land for the erection of the factory. This was, perhaps, the first woolen mill in the country. It stood upon the bank of the river, and was run by a windmill. It was a two-storied building, about 60 x 30 feet, and was at the foot of the hill at the northwest corner of Choate Bridge. The structure now on the site is called Caldwell’s Block. On the end of the building, away from the bridge, was a signboard, about 5 x 23 feet, with "Massachusetts Woolen Manufactory" painted upon it, this being the name by which it was known. Blankets and flannels were made at the factory, which went into operation in 1794, but the enterprise was not a success, and it was closed in 1800. The doctor’s son, Capt. Richard Manning, was superintendent of the mill, and his pattern book is now in the possession of Mr. Francis H. Manning. Dr Manning’s hospitality was widely known. The house he built on High Street, Ipswich, still standing, was constructed with a view to indulging this characteristic. The partitions of the lower story were hung upon hinges at the ceiling, so that they could be raised, thus making one room of the hall and the rooms on each side. As an illustration of this hospitable proclivity, his grandson Richard H. Manning related this incident: "Dr. Manning was riding one summer afternoon, about 1818, toward Hamilton, when he met a Company of Horse, known as the Salem Troop. Drawing up before the captain, whom he saluted as only he could do it, for he was an exceedingly courteous gentleman, stately and venerable withal, he invited the Company to ride on to his house in Ipswich and take supper with him. The invitation being accepted, the doctor turned his horse and rode back to Ipswich at the head of the Troop, which soon drew up in front of the mansion on "Pudding street", now High street. This was the first intimation the family had of the intended feast, and I, a shaver of eight or nine years, was dispatched to all the neighbors for spoons and cooked food to eke out the entertainment.” Dr. Manning was elected representative from Ipswich 1781, '82, '84, '87, '89, '92 and '94 or a total of nine years. His skill and experience rendered him for a long time eminent in the medical profession; all publications dealing with his county mention this fact. He had his own opinions upon politics and religion, and was fond of power and resolute in carrying out his purposes. His character was marked by unvarying courtesy, a broad charity and great kindness of heart.

John married Lucy Bolles on 27 Nov 1760 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Charles Bolles and Lucy Kimball) was born on 5 Apr 1742; was christened on 25 Apr 1742 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Lakeman on 5 Jan 1772 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. William (son of John Lakeman and Hannah Hodgkins) was born before 18 Dec 1748; was christened on 18 Dec 1748 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 9 Jul 1852, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Lucretia married Asa Smith on 27 Nov 1788 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Asa (son of Adam Smith and Elizabeth) was born on 17 Jul 1759 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 5 Aug 1759 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jul 1852 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Wells on 8 Dec 1796 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ammi Smith and his wife Lucy Lakeman were third cousins, both being great-great-grandchildren of Thomas Manning and his wife Mary Giddings. Ammi was a great-grandson of Dr. Joseph Manning (1703-1784), and Lucy was a great-granddaughter of Joseph's identical twin John Manning (1703-1775).

Ammi married Lucy Lakeman on 26 Nov 1815. Lucy (daughter of William Lakeman and Sarah Wells) was born on 9 Apr 1799 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lucy Lakeman and her husband Ammi Smith were third cousins, both being great-great-grandchildren of Thomas Manning and his wife Mary Giddings. Lucy was a great-granddaughter of John Manning (1703-1775), and Ammi was a great-grandson of John's identical twin Dr. Joseph Manning (1703-1784).

Lucy married Ammi Smith on 26 Nov 1815. Ammi (son of Asa Smith and Lucretia Manning) was born on 26 May 1790 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah B. Shaw. Hannah (daughter of William Benson Shaw and Cynthia Witherell) was born on 6 Mar 1828; died on 23 May 1899; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella married Frederick Augustus Gardiner on 28 Apr 1875 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Frederick (son of David L. Gardiner and Abigail A. Winslow) was born on 7 Jan 1848 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine; died on 29 Jul 1923 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Charles Edward Whitmore on 31 May 1913 in Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Charles (son of William Henry Whitmore and Frances Theres Walling "Fanny" Maynard) was born on 26 Sep 1887 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 7 Dec 1970 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 6 Jan 1917, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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His papers, described as "Journal, reports, and printed articles, relating to the development of the Polaris missile and other American naval weapons systems", are at the Hoover Institution. In connection with those papers, the Online Archive of California describes him as "American physicist; chief scientist, Special Projects Office, United States Navy, 1957-1959; chief scientist (ocean systems), Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, 1969-1983."

His page at the Mathematics Genealogy Project is here, where it can be seen that his great-grand-advisor was Felix Klein, of the bottle; one of Klein's two advisors was Rudolf Lipschitz, and one of Lipschitz's grand-advisors was Joseph Fourier.

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William Francis Whitmore and Elizabeth Sherman Arnold were 7th cousins, both being 6XG-grandchildren of Col. John Lane (1661-1715) and Susanna Whipple (1661-1713).

William married Elizabeth Sherman "Bibba" Arnold on 1 Nov 1946. Elizabeth (daughter of George Stanleigh Arnold and Elizabeth Sherman Thatcher Kent) was born on 2 Dec 1915 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; died on 18 Sep 1992 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]