Notes for: James Manley, Jr.
It looks like this James Manley may not be the son of James Manley and Hannah Marsh. I guess his parentage has not yet been found.
From Barbara (Manley) Hernden's web site:
James Manley, Jr. was born on July 2, 1782 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, and moved his family to what is now Mason County, Kentucky. In the early 1800’s he and his brother, Samuel came to what is now Bath County, Kentucky, located near the Moores Ferry area. He married Elizabeth “Betsey” Reid on February 16, 1808 in Bath County, Kentucky. She was born in 1774 in Northampton, Pennsylvania and died before 1871 in Bath County, Kentucky. She is buried in Old Virginia Cemetery, Bath County, Kentucky. James died before December 29, 1873 in Bath County, Kentucky.
James was a shoemaker and boot maker by trade. He featured the first handmade footwear in the region. It was here that James and Betsy raised their eight children.
He served in the War of 1812 in Captain George Pugh’s Company, 1st Regiment, Scott’s Regiment, Kentucky Militia at the rank of Private. His enlistment time was from August 15, to October 15, 1812. Records show that he received a pension … SC-10362.
One daughter, Eliza was shown living with the family on both the 1850 and 1860 censuses … we can only guess that she was mentally or physically challenged as James would have been in his 70s and 80s at this time. Family legend says that son, Isaac went West to live but nothing supports this.
From: Lake Michigan Yacht Sales [lmys at lakemichiganyachtsales.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009
Subject: parents of James Manley
David,
Nice site, however, James Manley and Hannah Marsh were not the parents of James Manley. If you check all the other records that are available online, you see that James Jr. does not fit in with their family. There was a son James that went to Indiana. As hard as has been tried, the true parents of James Jr. still remain a mystery.
Barbara (MANLEY) Hernden
Office Manager
Lake Michigan Yacht Sales
801 Front Street, Suite B
Bay Harbor, Michigan 49770
(231) 439-2675
From http://boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/surnames.manley/767.2.1/mb.ashx:
The James Manley, Jr. of Northampton County, PA and Bath Co., KY who married Elizabeth "Betsy" Reid in KY was NOT the son of James Manley and Hannah Marsh of Windham Co., CT, Royalston, Mass and Windham County, VT, regardless of how many people have posted to various sites that he was. My congratulations to Charles Manley for recognizing this error.
James Manley, Jr., son of James Manley and Hannah Marsh, was born in VT, NOT in PA; and he married Mary Vaughan in VT, NOT Elizabeth "Betsy" Reid in KY. James and Mary (Vaughan) Manley moved from VT to Delhi Twp., Hamilton Co., OH, and then to Franklin Twp, Ripley Co., IN. Their children were born in VT, OH and IN, NOT in KY.
From: Charles Manley [charlesmanley48 at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Subject: Re: Information
Hi Dave,
I find James and Elizabeth on the 1850 census for Bath Co. James says he is 64 years old and Elizabeth 74. This would make their birth years around 1786 and 1776. They both say they were born in Northampton Pa. I have always wished we had his Dad's name for sure and his Mother's name. There is some speculation that his mother was Mary. There was a Mary Manley (widow) who married a man by the name (last name) Craycraft. This comes from some information found in Montgomery Co Ky, where she had two of her sons indentured to work for some people in Montgomery Co. This was in the early 1800's. It has been a difficult track to follow but some of the information seems to fit. Most of my information has it that James Jr had three brothers and a couple of sisters, Samuel, Isaac, William, Sarah and Nancy. I have information on all of them, some more than others.
William Simon Manley was born in Bath Co in 1814 and died 7 Apr 1885 in Franklin Co Ky. He is buried in the Peaks Mill Cemetery in Franklin Co. He was my g-g-g grandfather. I have a picture of him...
I think cousin Barbara told you that I did a book on the Manley's in 2006 and it is pretty inclusive. There are over 500 pages of printed materials, probably around 300 pictures, several death certificates and a few biographies. Th pictures, death certificates and biographies are on a CD which is included with the book. Hope this helps you some.
charles