The Manning's: From Kent, England to Virginia to Kentucky

This site is dedicated to the decendants of two brothers John and Thomas Manning from Kent who left England in 1635 on the Primrose and Globe bound for Virginia!


11. THOMAS11 MANNING (THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1585 in England. He married SUSANNAH ?.

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Children of THOMAS MANNING and SUSANNAH ? are:
i. EDWARD12 MANNING.
ii. THOMAS MANNING.
12. iii. JOHN MANNING, b. 1615, Soham, Cambridgshire, England; d. 1672, Norfolk Co. Virginia.

JOHN MANNING (THOMAS11, THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1615 in Soham, Cambridgshire, England, and died 1672 in Norfolk Co. Virginia. He married LYDIA RICHARDSON 1636 in Norfolk Co., VA.

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Children of JOHN MANNING and LYDIA RICHARDSON are:
i. MARY13 MANNING, b. 1637, Norfolk Co. Virginia; m. ? HODGES.
ii. MARGARET MANNING, b. 1639; m. ? TAYLOR.
13. iii. THOMAS MANNING, b. 1641, Norfolk Co., Va; d. 1673, Virginia.
iv. JOHN MANNING, b. 1643, Norfolk Co. Virginia; m. SARAH WAFFORD.

13. THOMAS13 MANNING (JOHN12, THOMAS11, THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1641 in Norfolk Co., Va, and died 1673 in Virginia. He married SARAH WAFFORD 1664 in Virginia.

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Children of THOMAS MANNING and SARAH WAFFORD are:
i. SOLOMAN14 MANNING, b. 1665; m. ANN ?.
ii. JOHN MANNING, b. 1667, Norfolk Co. Virginia.
iii. THOMAS MANNING, b. 1669.
iv. SARAH MANNING, b. 1671.
14. v. NICHOLAS MANNING, b. 1673, Norfolk Co., Va; d. 1719, Norfolk Co., Va.





John Manning came to Virginia in 1635 on the "Globe". Thomas Manning landed in 1635 on the "Primrose". Peter Manning landed in 1635 in Virginia on the "George." Lazarus Manning arrived in 1635 in Virginia. Our line of Mannings descended from one of the four men named above



ORIGINS
The family of Manning had their early origin in Germany, and in the 4th or 5th century went fromSaxony, in the lower part of that country, to England, where at first the family consisted of three
branches, one in County Kent, one in Sussex, and another in Norfolk. In Kent we find Ranuloph de Manning, of Manheim, Lord of Manheimm, who married the aunt of King Harold. His son, Simon de Manning, was Lord of Betred's Castle at Downe, County Kent.He was the first English baron to go with King Richard the Lion Hearted to the Crusades in 1190. Simon de Manning is the ancestor of the Mannings of Downe and
Cudham, who were knights marshall of the household of England's sovereigns for about 400 years.The Mannings in Ireland arrived during the reign of Henry II, 1154 - 1189. Sir Henry Manning, Knight Marshall to Henry VII, had a grandson, John Manning who had a grant of part of the possessions of the Earl of Desmond, in Ireland. In 1600 he joined the Earl of Essex in an expedition to the land of theIrish people. Branches of the Manning family from England and Ireland emigrated to North America
and settled in Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey,Virginia and the Carolinas. Mannings are noww living all across Canada and the United States.