Mark Manlove1
M, (between 1610 and 1620 - 1666/67)
| Charts | Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney |
| Relationship | 10th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 29 Jan 2006 |
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| (Witness) Document© | Document(s):
, Principal=Kezia Manlove | |
| (Witness) Document | Document(s):
, Principal=Kezia Manlove, Principal=John Wheeler | |
| Note* | IN NEW ENGLAND Mark Manlove, whatever the circumstances of his birth, became the progenitor of the Manlove family in America. He was likely born between 1610 and 1620, and was in the New World by 1637. A meetinq of the General Court of Plymouth colony on July 12, 1637 makes reference to "Mark Mendall of Eele River, laborer, acknowledgeth to owe unto our sovraigne lord the King" the sum of 80 pounds. On Novemher 6, 1639, Mark Mandloue bought five acres of land "lying at the Eele River between the lands of William Dennis and Thomas Clark." Mark sold the same Iand on November 26, 1640 to John Barnes of Plymouth. On December 4, 1640, Mark was acquitted of charges of profaning the Sabbath "in regard it appeared to be donn of necessytie meerely". Eele River, it should be noted, is near present Duxbury, Massachusetts. William and Robert Manlove also appear in the Plymouth colony records. On July 23, 1633, William Mendloue, "the servent of Will Palmer", was "whipped for attempting uncleanes with the maid servant of the said Palmer and for running away from his master, being forcibly brought againe by Penwatechet, a Manomet Indian". William was then bound as an apprentice to Richard Church for seven years to learn the carpenters trade. Robert Manlove, of Duxbury, was a volunteer for the Pequot war of 1637. He was also granted land in 1637, which he sold in 1644 to satisfy a debt caused by his wife Mary. No further records are known of either Robert or William. Mark Manlove, on the other hand, is further mentioned in New England records, in Stamford, Connecticut. In October, 1648, a man was whipped and banished from town for "attempting Mark Manlo's girl". Mark himself was the subject of a complaint at the Stamford court on March 27, 1649 for profaning the name of God.' This was the last record of Mark Manlove in New England. The next extant records of Mark Manlove show that he migrated to the colony of Virginia. Sometime between 1649 and 1653, Mark Manlove and his family sailed past the Dutch colonies on the Hudson and the Delaware rivers and settled in Northampton County, Virginia. IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND The first reference to the Manloves in Virginia occurs in 1653, when Mark and his wife Hannah bound their son Thomas --probably as an apprentice--to Anthony Hodgekin and his wife Alice, until Thomas was 21 years of age. The earliest extant land record relating to Mark Manlove is dated 1652, in which Mark bought 200 acres from George Smith. On February 20, 1661. Mark Manlove was granted a certificate for 500 acres of land "due to him for the rights underwritten", naming Mark, his wife Hannah, and eight children. On June 25, 1663, Mark Manlove was accused of killing and stealing a steer for which he was ordered to make restitution " and as he is of infamous character as formerly appeareth to ye court, he is to remain in ye custody of ye sheriff until he gives bonds for good behavior". Some historians and genealogists have speculated that many of Mark's problems in the courts (both in New England and Virginia) were due to his being a Quaker. No Quaker records survive relating to Mark himself, but some of his descendants were Quakers. Neither Puritan New England nor Anglican Virginia had much tolerance for the Quakers, and many Quakers did not always seek harmony in their relations with other faiths. In any event, a search for religious toleration would be an explanation for the next move of the Manlove family, to Somerset County, Maryland Maryland land patents record the coming of the Manloves to Somerset County in 1665. A patent dated January 20, 1665 gave Mark 300 acres of land "lying and being on the Eastern Shore in a river there called Pocomoke on the north side of the said river. . ." Other patents increased Mark's holdings to over 500 acres, as evidenced by his 1666 will. Court records reveal that this land was used to graze cattle and grow tobacco. The ear marks of Mark's cattle were registered on September 4, 1666 in Somerset County court records: "The mark of Mark Manlove: A flower de luce of the right ear and a crop of both ears and two slits in each ear and underbitted of both ears." Earmarks undoubtedly served the same purpose branding later served In the American West. Mark Manlove married twice and was the father of eleven children. His first wife was named Hannah; he married her either in England or the Plymouth colony. Hannah Manlove died before 1659, the year in which Mark married Elizabeth Roberts Williams, a widow. The records of Northamton and Somerset counties provide a good deal of information about Mark's eleven children. A deed dated August 13, 1662 records a gift of land from Mark to John Manlove, one of his older sons. On October 28, 1664, two of Mark's sons, John and George, made a transaction in which John, one of the older sons, acted on behalf of George, who was underage. After his father's denth, son Mark, aged sixteen in 1667, chose his brother John to he his guardian. The births of the three children of Mark's marriage to Elizabeth Williams are recorded in the order books of Somerset County: George, born September 24, 1660 Fersey, born August 29, 1663 Luke, born August 26, 1666. Mark had eight children by his first marriage, whose birth dates are not known. Judging by the above-mentioned deeds and court records, John was the eldest, and he, along with some of his siblings (by the first wife Hannah) were born in either England or Plymouth. The children of Mark and Hannah Manlove were: John, Mary, William, Hannah, Mark, Abia, Christopher, and Thomas. Mark's second wife Elizabeth had a daughter by her first husband, Anne Williams, born in 1657. A deed of July 26, 1662 mentions a gift of cattle from Elizabeth to her daughter "with ye consent of my husband Mark Manlove". Mark Manlove did not live long after settling in Somerset County. His will, made on September 14, 1666, was probated on January 3, 1666/7. This will is a valuable source of information about Mark's occupation, family, and land holdings. The original copy is in the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis; it is here quoted in its entirity: "In the name of God, Amen: I Mark Manlove of Pocomoke in the county of Somerset in the province of Maryland, planter, being weak in body but of good memory, blessed be God, do make this my last will and testament. My soul I commit to God who gave it and my body to be buried according as my executors think fit. As for my outward estate, my debts being first paid, I give and bequeath as followeth first, to my loving wife Elizabeth and to the children I have lawfully begotten of her and to their heirs forever, five hundred acres of land lying on the north side of Pocomoke River, beginning at a little branch on the south side of my new dwelling house, being at my first bounder, and so running northerly up the river. All the rest of my land I give and bequeath to my sons Mark, William, and Christopher and to their heirs forever to be equally divided as they come of age, each child to have his portion. To Hannah Gilley, Richard Hackworth and to his next son born, being three of my grandchildren, each of them a cow calf. I bequeath unto my sons John and Thomas one hundred pounds of tobacco apiece. The rest of my estate, after my debts are paid, besides the legacies already given and bequeathed I give one third to my wife and two thirds to be equally divided unto my sons Mark, William, Christopher, George and Luke, and to my daughters Hannah, Abia, and Persey Manlove, and I do appoint my wife Elizabeth and my son in law Richard Hackworth to be the executors of my last will and testament, and William Stevens Horsey and Wm. James Meedon overseers of the same, and this I publish and declare to be my last will and testament the 14th day of September anno domini 1666." The will was witnessed by William Green and Will Stevens, and bears the mark MM, since Mark could not sign his name. Mark presumably died at the very end of 1666. The records of Somerset County give considerable information concerning the family of Mark Manlove. Fiirst, we know that several of his children were not of age when their father died, those by his second wife being very young. Also, we noted the document in which son Mark (15 years old in 1666) chose his brother John to be his guardian. On December 3, 1666, Elizabeth, widow, "out of my tender care for my children that the Lord hath given me by my said loving husband Mark Manlove, who leaving me possessed of an estate" proceeded to divide Mark's estate in accordance with provisions of his will anong the three children begotten of her. Elizabeth married Willlam Green after Mark's death, by whom she had three children: Elizabeth,born 1668, died young Elizabeth; born 1672 William, born 1675. All together, Mark Manlove had at least 52 grand-children. Some of the marriages of Mark's children, and birth records of his grandchildren, are noted in the court records of Northampton and Somerset Counties. November 23, 1661-Mary Manlove married Thomas Cilley June 25, 1667-Hannah Manlore married John Marrett July 30, 1667-Thomas Manlove married Jane Delamas February 27, 1666/7-Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann Manlove, born February 1670/1-Ann, wife of John Manlove, died April 4, 1671 -Mark Manlove married Elizabeth Green July 13, 1671-Comfort, daughter of Thomas and Jane Manlove', born August 9, 1672-John Manlove married Elizabeth Loe May 3, 1672-Elizabeth, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Manlove, born May 1. 1673-John, son of John and Elizabeth Manlove, born June 1, 1674-Mary, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Manlove, born November 1, 1676-William Manlove married Ai ice Robins March 22, 1676-Hannah, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Manlove, born January 25, 1679-Matthew son of Mark and Elizabeth Manlove, born February 6, 1680-Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Jane Manlove, born March 9, 1681-Mary, daughter of William and Alice Manlove, born February 4, 1679-Thomas, son of Thomas and Jane Manlove, born August 1, 1686-Delamas, son of Thomas and Jane Manlove, born April 2, 1684-Jane, daughter of Thomas snd Jane Manlove, born. There are also many references to Manloves in the rent rolls of Somerset County, giving some indication of the family's landholdings: Ju'y 1, 1669-John Manlove surveyed "Hopewell", 300 acres in Wicomico Hundred, originally assigned to John Marrott. June 20, 1668-Thomas Msnlove surveyed Manlove's Discovery", 250 acres in Manokin Hundred, patented to John Manlove. Novamber 19, 1692-Richard Ackworth surveyed "Manlove's Venture", 100 acres in Manokin Hundred, patented to John Manlove. November 20, 1679-Thomas Manlove surveyed "Wansborough", 100 acres in Manokin Hundred. May 5, 1683-"Hog Ridge", 200 acres in Manokin Hundred, assigned Thomas Manlove. January 20, 1665-Mark Manlove surveyed "Pinmo" (Pinmore), 300 acres in Pocomoke Hundred, on the north side of Pocomoke River. January 15, 1666-John Manlove surveyed "Manlove's Improvement", 300 acres in Pocomoke Hundred, on the north side of Pocomoke River and Dividing Creek. November 25, 1678-William Manlove surveyed "Manlove's Lott", 300 acres in Pocomoks Hundred. November 28, 1678-Walter Lane surveyed "Persimmon Point", 50 acres in Pocomoke Hundred on south side of Pocomoke Bay, assigned to William Manlove. April 6, 1680-WilIiam Stevens surveyed "George's Marsh", 50 acres in Pocomoke Hundred, assigned to George Manlove. March 15, 1680-William Stevens surveyed "Cowley 800 acres in Pocomoke Hundred, on the south side of Pocomoke River, assigned to Mark Manlove. January 20,1675-Mark Manlove surveyed "Tease", 300 acres in Pocomoke Hundred on north side of Pocomoke River. November 28, 1673-John Manlove surveyed "Manlove's Adventure", 50 acres in Nanticoke Hundred near the Nanticoke River on its south side. December 7, 1678-John Manlova surveyed "The Father's Delight", 100 acres in Nanticoke Hundred, on the north side of Rewastico Branch. March 23, 1687-Thomas Manlove surveyed "Bear Ridge", 200 acres in Money Hundred', back in the woods from the Manokin River. December 7, 1678-John Manlove surveyed "The Son's Choice", 59 acres on the south side of Rewastico Branch. Jarluary 2, 1676-William Stevens surveyed "First Choice", 500 acres in Nanticoke Hundrad on the south side of Nanticoke River near the main brach of Rewastico Creek. The above-noted tract called "Manlove's Discovery" later was renamed "Beechwood" and was the home of the Waters family. It is located near Princess Anne. Although most of the Manloves left Somerset County for the Delaware colony in the 1680's, the descendants of the John Manlove, son of Mark, held land in Somerset well into the eighttenth century, as will be discussed later. During the 1680's, most of the Manloves in Somerset County migrated northward into Kent and Sussex Counties, now the state of Delaware. Although it is not possible to know exactly why they moved, two reasons are plausible. One is based on the efforts of the Calvert family, proprietors of Maryland, to enforce their claim on the area which is now Delaware. Some Maryland families were actually given land patents in what the Calvarts called "Durham County", although none have survived bearing the name Manlove. In this way, the Maryland proprietors hoped to validate their claim. But it seems more probable that tha Manloves were lured by the religious toleration which characterized Penn's colony. William Penn had recelved a charter in 1682 from the Duke of York (later King James II) for present-day Delaware at the same time King Charles II granted Pennsylvania to Penn. Even before 1682, the Dutch and Swedish settlers in Delaware were granted religious toleration. If the Manloves were Quakers by the 1680's they may have been drawn to Penn's colony for that reason. A number of families whose origins were on Virginia's Eastern Shore had also moved north into Delawre about this same time, and there were no doubt a nunber of motives for doing so. Regardless of motive, the Manloves became large landholders at the county and colonial level, including three of Mark's sons. Because of the growth of the family, it will now be necessary to study the descendants of Mark's children one by one rather than looking at the family as a whole. There are many records of the families of these children in Delaware and Maryland deed and probate records. By the late eighteenth century and in the early nineteenth century, members of the Manlove family joined other Americans in the movement westward.2 | |
| Marriage* | probably North Wales, Principal=Hannah (?)1 | |
| Birth* | between 1610 and 1620 | Wansfield, Shropshire, England1,2 |
| Immigration* | before 1637 | England or North Wales, Imigrated to Plymouth Colony, MA1,2 |
| Residence* | between 1649 and 1653 | Northampton Co., VA, Moved from New England.2 |
| Marriage* | 1659 | VA, Principal=Elizabeth Roberts2 |
| Residence | circa 1665 | Somerset Co., MD, Move from VA.2 |
| Death* | 1666/67 | Somerset Co., MD2 |
Family 1 | Hannah (?) | |
| Marriage* | probably North Wales, Principal=Hannah (?)1 | |
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Family 2 | Elizabeth Roberts | |
| Marriage* | 1659 | VA, Principal=Elizabeth Roberts2 |
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