Martha (Unknown) Manson (abt. 1710 - 1736)

Descendants

Died 1736 at about age 26 in Virginia

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Biography

Martha married Edward Lewis of Prince George County, Virginia and their son, Edward Lewis, Jr was born in that county on October 3, 1728. Edward died before 1733.^[1][2][3]

Martha married John Manson before 1733.^[4][5]

John Manson, "born Feb. 14, 1702, married Martha Lewis, a widow". He moved to Dinwiddie County, Virginia about 1730.^[6]

John and Martha Manson were the parents of Peter Manson, born Dec. 24, 1733^[6][7] and married twice: Susanna Hardaway (born Sept. 27, 1740 in Dinwiddie Co.) and Agnes Hardaway (born March 30, 1749 in Dinwiddie Co.).^[6][8] Peter died in 1793 in Dinwiddie Co.^[6][9]

A lawsuit in 1790 involving Manson property appears to support that this John Manson is the "John Manson of Dinwiddie" whose daughter, Jane, married Burwell Thweatt. Burwell and Jane (Manson) Thweatt had three children who were of age in 1790.^[10]

Research Notes

Maiden name: Support is needed for "Pegram", believed by some to be her maiden name.

Leads

John's wife was "Martha Pegram Lewis," according to the Pegram Family Album, but the website does not provide information on a Martha Pegram.

This Rootsweb tree has Martha Pegram married to Edward Lewis:

Martha PEGRAM (1692-1736) married

Edward LEWIS (1710-1728), born/died in Prince George Co., VA; son of Thomas Lewis (b 1693, Prince George Co.) and Susan (b 1670)

Child: Edward LEWIS , Jr. b: 3 OCT 1728 in Prince George Co., Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ This Rootsweb tree.
2. ↑ Lewis Famiily (pdf), page 104, which is an article titled "Edward Lewis of Mecklenburg County, Virginia", compiled by "Leroy C. Lewis, deceased", published in the Lewis Newsletter, Volume Four, Issue One, January - March 1994 (accessed 10 April 2022).
3. ↑ See also the DAR record for Edward Lewis, Jr. (#A069856).
4. ↑ "Records of Prince George County show that [Martha] married before 1733" to John Manson. ~ Lewis Famiily (pdf), page 104.
5. ↑ John Manson married "Mrs. Martha Pegram Lewis", according to the Pegram Family Album
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "The Manson Family," by Rosalind Manson James. Article published in 1982 by the Rutherford County Historical Association (see page 48). Introduction states: "For the benefit of posterity I am putting down in writing what I have heard; what I have read; what I have learned from research in various areas; what I know from my years of living; and possibly what I have imagined about my father's family.... There is much information here and some mis-information, no doubt". See her article for sources she cites (several shown in this profile's text as a second footnote paired with this one).
7. ↑ Bristol Parish Register
8. ↑ Bible (see details here, footnote 1 as of 7 January 2018 for Hardaway-9).
9. ↑ (Will registered)
10. ↑ see p 28, Southside Virginian'

• The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, published by Bristol Parish (Va .) 1898, Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne. See p 340 for Peter, son of John and Martha Manson.
• "The Manson Family," by Rosalind Manson James, Summer 1982, Publication No. 19 of the Rutherford County Historical Society (Murfreesboro, Tennessee: available online, accessed October 18, 2014)
• WikiTree profile Martha-106 created through the import of Descendants of John Smith.GED on Aug 22, 2011 by Jeff Smith. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jeff and others.