1. JOHN MANTER, the ancestor of all of the name on the Vineyard and prob. in the United States, has been given a complete biographical sketch in Vol. II, Annals of W.T., pp. 56-8 and nothing has since been found to be added thereto.
This well-known Vineyard family name does not occur in any English records known to the author in the form used here, but Munter, and Mynter and Maunder were in use in England in the 17th century and the last, frequently found in Devonshire, is prob. identical with our Vineyard name as then pronounced. (Walter Mander, mariner, resided in Boston as early as 1689 and d. abt. 1700. He m. Patience Darling, or Dollen, of Monhegan, Me. His wid. became a resident of the Vineyard, but there is no known connection between this transient wid. of Walter Mander and the Manter family of Tisbury. There was also a James Mander of Boston, prob. related to Walter.)
10. JOHN, b. June 1658.
1l. GEORGE, b. Oct.1660; d.1697, unm.
12. MERCY, b. (1662) ; m. THOMAS EWER, abt.1682 as his first wife. He m. (2) ELIZABETH LOVELL; (3, Mrs. SARAH (Torrey) WARREN.
13. DESIRE, b.1 Jan. 1663; m. JOHN CASE (10).
14. MARY, b. (1665); m. PETER ROBINSON (9).
15. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 1671.
16. ELIZABETH, b.29 Mch. 1674; m. EXPERIENCE LUCE (5).
17. SARAH, b. (1676); m. EDWARD MILTON (10) 13 May 1701.
10. JOHN MANTER, (Johnl), b. June 1658; res. T., farmer; m. HANNAH EDDY (24), who was b. 1670 and d. 4 Oct. 1724. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He d. 26 May 1744 [and is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He was Ensign in the Town Militia.
20. SAMUEL, b. 29 Dec. 1693.
15. BENJAMIN MANTER, (John1), b. Aug. 1671; res. T., husbandman;
m. MARY WHITTEN (22) 4 Apr. 1695, who was b. 13 May 1674 and d. 13 Aug.
1750. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village
Cemetery.] He d. 15 July 1750 and his will 3 July 1733 was pro. 10 Aug.
1750. He was deacon of the church in W.T., and a wealthy citizen of the
town, his est. being appraised at £9947-8-6. [He
is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] [Horace Waters <hwaters@mediaone.net>
notes, "I believe there is an error in Banks listing of the Manter
family. In the family of Benjamin (15) and Mary Whitten (22) Manter there
are two Georges. This sort of thing happens when a child dies and a later
child is given the same name, but in this case the older George is still
alive when the second George is reported to have been born. I checked the
published Vital records of Tisbury and found a John Manter son of Benjamin
and Mary born on March 8, 1709, the date Banks reports for the birth of
the second George. Looks like Dr. Banks slipped up this time.]
30. MARTHA, b.13 Feb.1696; m. GERSHOM CATHCART (14) 12 Feb.1719-20.
31. WHITTEN, b.5 Sept.1699.
32. GEORGE, b. 26 Mch. 1702.
33. HANNAH, b. 11 Apr. 1704; m. SAMUEL MANTER (20) 28 Sept. 1722.
34. GEORGE, [sic. John?] b. 8 Mch. 1709; d. bef. 1733.
35. BENJAMIN, b. 17 Jan. 1711.
20. SAMUEL MANTER, (John2-l), b. 29 Dec. 1693; res. T., husbandman; m. HANNAH MANTER (33) 28 Sept. 1722, who was b. 11 Apr. 1704 and d. 5 Aug. 1766. He d. 7 Dec. 1785.
40. THOMAS, b. 6 Nov. 1724; d. 10 Sept. 1754, s. p. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
41. HANNAH, b. 6 Oct. 1726; d. 1 June 1739. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
42. MARTHA, b. 18 Feb. 1729; d. 3 Apr. 1818, unm.
43. JABEZ, b. 21 Jan 1732; d. 1 Sept. 1765, s. p. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
44. REBECCA, b. 12 Sept 1736; d. 21 Apr. 1739. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
45. EDDY, b. 1747; d. 16 Mch. 1774; m. ANNA LOOK (79) 18 Jan. 1770.
46. HANNAH, b. 27 July 1750; m. EZEKIEL LUCE (525) 15 Dec. 1768.
31. WHITTEN MANTER, (Benjamin,2 John1), b. 5 Sept. 1699; res. T., yeoman; m. MIRIAM CATHCART (16) 16 Mch. 1721-2, who was b. 11 Feb. 1701 and d. 26 July 1791 [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]. He d. 13 Oct. 1781 and his will 30 Aug. 1780 was pro. 31 Oct. 1781. He was a member of the Militia co. of T. in 1757. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
50. JOHN, b. 18 Nov. 1722.
51. ROBERT, b. (1724).
52. JOSEPH, b. (1726).
53. MARY, b. (1729); m. HENRY HILLMAN (44).
54. JEREMIAH, b. 1731.
55. REBECCA, b. 5 Sept. 1733.
56. ABIGAIL, b. (1737); m. BENJAMIN HILLMAN (43) 4 Feb. 1761.
32. GEORGE MANTER, (Benjamin,2 John1), b. 26 Mch. 1702; res. T., yeoman; m. KATHERINE ATHEARN (20) 17 Nov. 1726, who was b. 23 Apr. 1708 and d. 8 July 1754. He d. 13 Jan. 1766 and his will 13 June 1759 was pro. 6 Mch. 1766. He served in the Militia co. of T. 1757. [They are both buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] [See Horace Water's comment.]
60. JONATHAN, b. 6 Aug 1727; d. y.
61. RHODA, b. 6 Mch. 1728-9; m. (1) STEPHEN LOOK (27); (2) STEPHEN LUCE (140) 29 Dec. 1774.
62. JONATHAN, b. 3 Mch. 1730-1.
63. SARAH, b. 14 Sept. 1734; m. SHUBAEL CHASE (113) 27 July 1758.
64. ELIZABETH, b. 9 July 1736; d. 27 Apr. 1790, unm.
65. BELCHER, b. 26 Mch. 1738.
66. THOMAS, b. 9 Feb. 1740-1; d. y.
67. HANNAH, b. 3 Nov.1742; m. EPHRAIM ALLEN (200) 4 Feb. 1768.
68. EUNICE, b. 25 MAY 1747; m. PHILIP SMITH (94) 24 Mch. 1768.
69. KATHERINE, b. 19 July 1748; m. JOHN MANSFIELD 18 Feb. 1768.
35. BENJAMIN MANTER, (Benjamin,2 Johnl), b. 17 Jan. 1811; res. T., gentleman; m. ZERVIAH ATHEARN (41) 9 Dec. 1742, who was b. 17 Aug. 1723 and d. 11 Jan. 1810. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He d. 18 Mch. 1796 and his will 25 Mch. 1791 was pro. 6 June 1796. He was an officer in the Mill Co. of T. for many years and was Colonel of the Dukes Co. Militia. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
70. SAMUEL, b. 25 Oct. 1743.
71. JAMES, b. 29 June 1746.
72. MATTHEW, b. 25 Mch. 1750.
73. MARY, b. 15 Apr. 1753; m. JONATHAN ATHEARN (63) 11 Feb. 1773.
74. SUSANNAH, b. 1l Apr. 1757; m. Dr. BENJAMIN BURGESS 12 Nov. 1772.
50. JOHN MANTER, (Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. 18 Nov. 1722; res. T., husbandman; m. (1) MARY LOOK (29), who was b. 26 Nov. 1721 and d. 14 July 1750 [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]; (2) LOIS LUCE (222) 28 Nov. 1751, who was b. 1728 and d. 14 Aug. 1814. He d. 28 June 1797 and his will 21 Mch. 1796 was pro. 22 July 1797. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
76. GEORGE, b. 1 Oct. 1744.
77. DANIEL, b. (1746)
78. DELILAH, b. (1747); living 1796, unm.
79. THOMAS, b. (1749); d. Feb. 1778, at sea.
51. ROBERT MANTER, (Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. abt. 1724; res. T., tailor; rem. to Rutland, Mass. 1765, residing in that part since called Barre until 1777 when he again rem. to Ashfield, same state, where he d. 1797. His will 1 May 1795 was pro. 25 July 1797 (Hampshire Prob. XX, 78). He had a distinguished military record, serving as Lieutenant in the French and Indian Wars and as Captain in the Revolution. He m. ELIZABETH MILLIKEN (20) 17 July 1746.
80. JANE, b. (1747); m. SAMUEL FORBES 30 Nov. 1768.
81. PRISCILLA, b. (1749); m. JOHN WITT 9 June 1774.
82. LUCY, b. (1751); m. JONATHAN NOURSE 17 June 1778.
83. MIRIAM, b. (1754).
84. ELEPHAL, b. (1756).
85. ROYAL, b. (1758); prob. Rev. soldier under name of Uriel Manter. [Georgann Mantor-Jordan <GO3373@aol.com> writes: "as best I can recall ... Royal served in the Rev. War from CT (showing he was from MA). He then moved to Dutchess County, NY and was in 1790 NY census (I believe Beekman was the town), Dutchess County. From there I have nothing further, except his son, James (my great-great-grandfather) was born 1791 in Westerlo, Albany, NY."]
86. FRANCIS, bapt. 5 May 1765. Physician; res. Ashfield and Williamsburg, Mass.
87. JAMES, bapt. 3 Jan. 1768; m. GRATIA TAYLOR 7 Dec. 1808; res. Hawley, Mass.
88. JOHN LEWIS, bapt. 14 Oct. 1770.
52. JOSEPH MANTER, (Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. abt. 1726; res. T., mariner, rem. to Nantucket where he m. JERUSHA _____. Nothing further is known of this family except the births of the following children:
90. LYDIA, b. 4 Aug. 1755.
91. GEARD, b. 28 Oct.1756; prisoner of war in Revolution.
92. ROBERT, b. 30 Dec. 1757.
93. BENJAMIN, b. (1760).
54. JEREMIAH MANTER, (Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. 1731; res. T., weaver; rem. to Ashfield, Mass. (1777), where he d. 1806. He had a distinguished military record as Sergeant of a Company in the French War 1759, and as Lieutenant commanding in the Sea Coast Defence 1776. He also was in the Mill Co. of T., 1757. His will 28 Nov. 1794 was pro. 29 July 1806 (Hampshire Prob. XX, 160). He m. (1) THANKFUL FOSTER (52), who was b. 12 Sept. 1733 and d. 10 Nov. 1767; (2) EUNICE HAMMETT (61) 28 Dec. 1777.
95. PRUDENCE, b. (1755); m. ZEPHANIAH LUCE (526) 6 Apr. 1775.
96. DEBORAH, b. (1757); m. CHRISTOPHER SEARS of Yarmouth, Mass.
By Second Wife:
97. JEREMIAH, bapt. 9 June 1789.
98. THANKFUL, bapt. 9 June 1789.
62. JONATHAN MANTER, (George,3 Benjamin2, John1), b. 3 Mch. 1730-1; res. T., yeoman; m. SARAH CHASE (102) 15 Nov. 1755, who was b. 8 Apr. 1739 and d. 20 Dec. 1831. He d. 11 Apr. 1820 and his will 19 Jan. 1816 was pro. 17 Apr. 1820. He served in Militia Co. 1757 and in Sea Coast Defence 1776. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
108. PARNELL, b. 5 Sept. 1767; d. 19 July 1778 (Liberty Pole heroine). [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
109. RHODA, b. 1 Jan.1760; m. MALACHI BAXTER (30) 24 Apr. 1777.
110. SARAH, b. 9 July 1762; m. JOSEPH DIAS 4 Jan. 1780. [They are buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
111. WAITSTILL, b.30 Nov.1764; m. SOLOMON ATHEARN (56) 3 Nov. 1784.
112. MARGARET, b. 16 Apr. 1767; m. GEORGE BENSON (11) 15 May 1789. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
113. JONATHAN, b. 30 Apr. 1769.
114. GEORGE, b. 7 Apr. 1772; d. 30 Sept. 1787. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
115. REBECCA, b. 14 Sept. 1774; m. WILLIAM DOWNS (61) 14 Sept. 1820.
116. THOMAS, b. 12 Feb. 1777; m. HANNAH LUCE (654 ½) 9 Sept. 1799. [He died in 1821.] [See the gravestone of their daughter, Sereny.]
117. PARNELL, b. 24 Sept. 1779; m. ALEXANDER NEWCOMB 15 June 1801. [See the graves of their daughter Caroline and son Joseph D.]
118. PETER, b. 1l Oct. 1782; m. POLLY CASE 15 Nov. 1804. [He died in 1827; she died 7 Apr 1873.]
65. BELCHER MANTER, (George,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. 26 Mch. 1738; res. T., cordwainer; rem. to Rochester, Mass. (1774) and later to Plymouth where he was living in 1790. He m. (1) REBECCA EDWARDS 13 Nov. 1760; (2) REBECCA HILLER 31 Oct. 1774; (3) MEHITABLE _____.
120. ALDEN, b.(l761); of Rochester, Mass. 1790.
121. DAVID, b. (1763).
122. GRAFTON, b. (1766); of Rochester, Mass. 1790.
123. SARAH, b. (1767).
124. GEORGE, b. (1768).
125. KATHERINE, b. (1770).
By Second Wife:
126. BELCHER, b. (1775); m. SARAH WRIGHT 1799.
127. PRINCE, b. (1778).
By Third Wife:
128. REBECCA, b. _____.
70. SAMUEL MANTER, (Benjamin,3-2 John1), b. 25 Oct. 1743; res. T., mariner; m. (1) SUSANNAH MAYHEW (350) 14 Nov. 1765, who was b. 24 Mch 1747 and d. bef. 1800; (2) Mrs. SARAH (Chase) COX, widow of Thomas. He commanded a privateer during the Revolution and d. 5 July 1811.
130. ZERVIAH, b. 1768; d. 1780.
131. PHEBE, b. (1771).
132. LUCY, b. (1774).
133. MAYHEW, b. (1777).
134. SUSANNAH, b. (1780).
135. ZERVIAH, b. (1783).
136. PETER WALROND, bapt. 3 Sept. 1786.
137. THOMAS, bapt. 25 May 1788.
138. GORHAM, bapt. 10 Apr. 1791.
71. JAMES MANTER, (Benjamin,3-2 John1), b. 29 June 1746; res. T., husbandman; rem. to Industry, Me. (1798). He m. MARY BUTLER (265) 28 Nov. 1771, who was b. 1751 and d. 22 May 1845. He d. 26 Dec. 1796.
140. BENJAMIN, b. 16 Sept. 1773; m. (1) ABIGAIL WEST (254) 8 Sept. 1798; (2) DEBORAH LUCE (1122) 3 Sept. 1815.
141. ELIZABETH, b. 17 Mch. 1775; m. BENJAMIN HILTON.
142. HENRY, b. 28 Nov. 1777; m. MARY WEST (258) 28 Nov. 1805.
143. MARY, b. (1780) ; d.20 Jan. 1797.
144. ZEBULON, b. 24 Aug. 1783; m. REBECCA NORTON (601) 20 Oct. 1808.
145. JAMES, b. 18 May 1786; m. SUSANNA SAWYER 30 Mch. 1809.
146. ELIJAH, b. 29 Dec. 1790; m. BETSEY SMALL 25 Nov. 1813.
72. MATTHEW MANTER, (Benjamin,3-2 John1), b. 25 Mch. 1750; res. T., farmer; m. (1) TABITHA ATHEARN (64) 13 Oct. 1774, who was b. 17 Jan. 1756 and d. 27 June 1788; (2) MARTHA LUCE (433) 21 Jan. 1790, who was b. abt. 1768 and d. 7 Nov. 1806; (3) SARAH LUCE (971) 16 Apr. 1812, who was b. 23 Feb. 1786 and d. 12 Mch. 1872. He served as Ensign in the Mil. Co. and d. 10 June 1833.
150. WILLIAM, b. 23 Sept. 1775; d. 19 Oct. 1804 at sea, unm.
151. JEREMIAH, b. 20 Nov. 1777; d. 21 Oct. 1861; m. (1) Mrs. POLLY (Davis) (71) NORTON 29 May 1808; (2) ELIZA M. ATHEARN (165) 18 Oct. 1818. [He died 21 Oct 1861 in West Tisbury.]
152. FREDERIC, b. 9 Feb. 1780; d. 1804 at sea, unm.
153. LOVEY, b. 12 Aug. 1782; m. JONATHAN LAMBERT (110) 9 Nov. 1800.
154. MATTHEW, b. 16 June 1785; m. FANNY ADAMS (92) 1822.
155. GEORGE, b. (1788).
By Second Wife:
156. TRISTRAM, b. 21 Oct. 1791; d. at sea, unm.
157. BENJAMIN, b. 8 Oct. 1797 ; m. ALMIRA ATHEARN (143). [He died 14 July 1874 in Tisbury.]
158. GRANVILLE, b. 7 May 1801; m. (1) JULIA ATHEARN (144) 1826; (2) CATHERINE MAYHEW 15 Nov. 1838.
159. SANDERSON, b. Aug. 1803; m. JANE N. MAYHEW 1834.
76. GEORGE MANTER, (John,4 Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. 1 Oct. 1744; res. T., gentleman; m. SARAH ATHEARN (70) 22 Mch 1770, who was b. 17 April 1752 and d. 11 Dec. 1814. He d. 23 Aug. 1831 and his will 26 Jan. 1829 was pro. 17 Oct. 1831.
160. MARY, b. 23 Aug. 1771; m. MALATIAH NORTON (554) 1 Feb. 1797.
161. BETSEY, b. 9 Feb. 1773; living 1850 unm. [Did she die 18 Apr 1853 in Tisbury?]
162. JOHN, b. 18 Aug. 1775.
163. ANN, b. 28 July 1778; m. PHILIP LUCE (700[?]) 14 Mch. 1811. [She died 11? June 1851 in Tisbury.]
164. WHITTEN, b. 13 Feb. 1781 ; m. THANKFUL LUCE (970) 1 Dec. 1805.
165. ATHEARN, b. 1 Apr. 1784; m. SARAH TYLER 18 Sept. 1815. [He died 30 Sept. 1874 in Tisbury.]
166. PRUDENCE, b. 27 July 1786; m. AARON LOOK (155) 2 Nov. 1815
167. ROBERT, b. 12 Dec. 1789; d. 20 Nov. 1886, unm.
168. DANIEL, b. 5 Sept. 1793; m. MARY CROSBY 19 Sept. 1832. [He died 9 Mar 1861 in West Tisbury.]
77. DANIEL MANTER, (John,4 Whitten,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. abt. 1745; res. T., trader; rem. to Conway, Mass. abt. 1778 and d. there 1797-8 and his will 14 Nov. 1797 was pro. 30 Jan. 1798 (Hampshire Prob. XX, 147). He m. (1) SARAH ATSATT (13) 11 July 1774, who was b. 1753 and d. 12 Apr. 1791; (2) CATHERINE _____, who survived him.
170. (Child), b. 1775; d. 22 June 1776.
171. THOMAS, bapt. 22 Nov. 1778.
172. RUE (Reuben?), b. (1780); est. adm. 2 Dec. 1800.
173. LOIS.
174. DELILAH.
175. SARAH.
176. MARY.
177. ERI.
178. MAJOR.
179. JOHN.
113. JONATHAN MANTER, (Jonathan,4 George,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. 30 Apr. 1769; res. T., mariner; m. JANE BUTLER (286) 26 June 1791, who was b. 1767 and d. 10 Sept. 1847. He was living at Homes Hole, a widower, in 1850. [He died 19 Mar 1854 in Tisbury.]
230. JOHN, b. 5 Feb. 1798; m. BETSEY WINSLOW 8 Oct. 1820. Had. 11 Nov. 1847.