Descendants of Thomas Manning Senior of Rathdrum
Notes
The Mannings are said to be descended from the ancient & noble family which took it's name from Maning, a town in Saxony, whence they came to England before the Conquest (1066).
Once arrived in England settled in the south of England They were at Culmstock, Yarcombe, St Saviours, Dartmouth, and George, all of Devon, Winchester in Hampshire, Essex, Suffolk, and Abt 1235at Bettreds Castle Kent and moved up at Norwich and Norhampshire
There was no Mannings in Co. Wicklow's Hearth Money Roll 1669 The Manning family were in Rathdrum by at least 1707. The Mannings were gentry, capitalists, making their money through cattle farming, By linking rural production and urban consumption.and by subleasing lands
There were four areas that they orginally farmed, Meetings, Corballis, Ballyteigue and Rathdrum.
The Manning family were in Rathdrum by 1707. The parish register records that on the 20th of January 1709 that Esther daughter of George and Elizabeth was baptised
In the Deaths records shows that on the 19 April 1709 Thomas
Manning Sen died. In the churchyard there is a line of graves, front row
facing away from the street, One reads "Here lies the body of George
Manning who departed this life Sept 25 1733 aged 64," the parish records confirms this.
This would mean that George was born in 1669, Thomas senior refers to his father born abt 1645.
[Graveyard Inscriptions]
MANNING,Esther 20 Jan 1707 *MANNING,George & Elizabeth
MANNING,Henry 24 May 1710 24 Jul 1711 *MANNING,George & Eliz
MANNING,Jeremrah 7 Jul 1719 *MANNING,George & Eliza
MANNING,Hellen 7 Jan 1721 *MANNING,George& Eliza
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