499. SAMUEL7 MANNING (Saml.,6 Saml.,5 John,4 Saml.,3 Wm.,2 Wm.1) b. 1762, Nov. 24, at Townsend, Mass. He was highly educated for the time in which he lived, and taught school for several years, but finally went to Andover, Vt., and engaged as a farmer. In 1788, during which year he resided at New Ipswich, N. H., he and his brother Joel bought 200 acres of land in Andover. Tradition says they removed to the latter town in 1789. Their land, which lay on East Hill, they divided in 1795, and Samuel became sole owner of Lot 14 in the 2d range, which was purchased of Wm. Abbott, Jr., of N. H., for £36. This was his home until 1822, after which he resided a few years at Townshend, Vt., but returned to Andover and passed the rest of his life there. In Andover he was elected selectman; moderator, 1803; school trustee 1799-1821, or 23 years continuously; and was juryman 1793, '96, '97. He represented Andover in the Legislature in 1814, '16 and '18, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1814. In 1799 he was on a committee to draft a petition to the General Assembly, and, at other times, on other special committees. In 1792 he was on a committee "to draw a subscription paper for the purpose of obtaining preaching the ensuing summer." He joined the Baptist church in the adjoining town of Chester in 1795, and was the first professor of that faith in Andover; and was active in founding the Baptist church established there in 1803. He was at once elected deacon, by which title he was ever after known. He was of strong character, and associated all of his earnest devotion with his religion. In old age he used to go from house to house, praying with his neighbors. He left a name honored to the present day by residents of the town. He was appointed guardian of Alvin Adams, subsequent founder of the Adams Express Co., when the latter was early left an orphan; and when Mr. Adams reached the age of 14 and had the power to choose his own guardian, he, to use his own words, "decided to retain the Deacon." There is ample evidence that Mr. Manning was fitted for a higher calling than that he followed. He had literary gifts, kept a journal of merit, and was the author of at least two published books, one of which dealt with Free Masonry. The other was entitled, "An Attempt to Reconcile the Doctrine of Election, Regeneration, and Salvation, by Grace alone, with the Free Agency, Ability, Accountability and Criminality of Sinners: with remarks on the Turpitude of Original Sin." [Printed by Aklen Spooner, Windsor, Vt., March, 1807]. He m. 1791, Dec. 18, Amy Gorham, b. 1766, July 26, and d. 1821, Nov. 24. He m. (2d) 1822, Aug. 22, Desire Ewings, who d. 1834, May 8; and (3d) 1836, Oct. 25, Silvia Warren. Amy Gorham, the mother of all his children, was, according to the family record, born at Attleboro, Mass., though her parents lived chiefly at Providence, R. I. Her brother Jabez had a son Jabez (b. 1792) who was a manufacturing jeweler and worker in silver. The latter subsequently took his son John (b. 1820, Nov. 18) into partnership under the firm name of J. Gorham & Son. In 1865 Mr. John Gorham incorporated the business as the "Gorham Manufacturing Co.," and when he retired, in 1877, over 600 workmen were employed. The company remain leaders in the silver trade. Amy Gorham's ancestry was Benj.5 and Abigail (Field), her parents, of Providence; Benj.4 and Bethiah, of Bristol and Providence; Col. Jabez3 and Hannah, of Bristol; Capt. John2 and Desire (Howland), of Plymouth, Marshfield and Barnstable, Mass., and Ralph1 Gorham, the American founder, who came from Benefield, Eng., as earh' as 1637. Capt. John,2 above, was selectman, deputy, constable, and a valiant soldier and commander in King Philip's war, leading his men on expeditions of danger and hard fighting. His wife, Desire, was dau. of John Howland, who came in the Mayflower. Deacon Manning d. 1842, Apr. 22, at And over, where he and his wife Amy are buried in the cemetery on East Hill. Ch., b. at Andover:

1070. Hannah, b. 1792, Sep. 4; a successful school-teacher for several

years, and a former pupil certifies that " she was a fine, smart

woman." She m., 1829, Capt. Abiel, son of Benj. and Dorcas (Lovejoy) Pierce, b. 1791, Men. 21, at Wilton, N. H.; d. 1871, Nov. 30. Removed about 1840 to Dodge's Corners, Waukesha Co., Wis., where she d 1878, Jan. 1, without issue, at the home of A. H. Pierce, her hits band's son by a previous marriage.

1071. Bethiah, b. 1794, Mch. 21.

1072. Samuel, b. 1796, July 7.

1073. Amy, b. 1799, Mch. 8; m. about 1843, at Dodge's Corners, Wis.,

Nathaniel Putnam, probably a former resident of Andover.
She d. 1845, Oct. 14, at the former place. No ch.

1074. Calista, b. 1801, Sep. 4; d. 1806, Mch. 6.
1076. Jabez Gorham, b. 1807, June 2.