Seventh Generation

120. Benjamin MANCHESTER was born about 1700. He died on 15 May 1760 at the age of 60 in Bristol Ferry, Bristol, RI.¹⁶⁹ Grandparents may have been Thomas and Margaret Wood Manchester of Portsmouth. Their son Job Manchester and Hannah Archer Manchester were in Tiverton at the time Tiverton was organized March 2, 1692/3. They had three sons -- Stephen, Thomas, and Edward -- and one other unnamed child. Check NEHGS Register 157, p. 113, if this turns out to be the line. Thomas and Margaret had sons John, Thomas, William, Stephen, Job, and daughters Mary and Elizabeth. Also, A Nathaniel Manchester of Portsmouth married an Elizabeth Norton of Martha's Vineyard May 4,1716. (RIVR Arnold Collection) Martha SEABURY and Benjamin MANCHESTER were married on 16 August 1723 in Bristol, RI.^120,170

121. Martha SEABURY¹⁷¹ was born on 7 February 1704 in Little Compton, RI.¹⁷² She died on 25 January 1790 at the age of 85 in Bristol, RI.¹⁷³ Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 16, Part 1, takes the line from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins down to Joseph Seabury. Martha is listed as #445.

In his will, Lt. Joseph Seabury gave to his daugher Martha, the wife of Benjamin Manchester, the house and land where they lived in Bristol (Tiverton PR, 2:296-7).

Children were:

	i.	Seabury MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 27 August 1740 in Bristol, RI. He died on 10 August 1829 at the age of 88 in Bristol, RI.¹⁷⁴ He was buried in Br004 - Old East Burial Ground, Bristol, RI. Seabury and Miriam and their children, Martha, Benjamin, and William, were baptized October 3, 1773, by the Rev. John Burt.
	ii.	Ruth MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 15 January 1727.
	iii.	Rachel MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 14 October 1729 in Bristol, RI.
	iv.	Seabury MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 30 March 1732 in Bristol, RI. He died on 13 May 1732 at the age of 0 in Bristol, RI.¹⁷⁵
	v.	Mary MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 2 April 1733 in Bristol, RI. She died about 1796 at the age of 63.
	vi.	William MANCHESTER¹¹⁸ was born on 12 February 1736 in Bristol, RI. He died on 22 August 1757 at the age of 21 in Coast of Africa.
60	vii.	Nathaniel MANCHESTER.