McManus · ◉ direct ancestor

♂James McManus

Dates not yet known.

James McManus (dates unknown) was an Irish settler of Brunswick, in what was then the District of Maine^W of Massachusetts. He was the fourth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his son Robert McManus (born 1764).

Marriage

The Brunswick town records enter the intention of marriage of “Mr James macmanus of Brunswick & mary Corragan of Falmouth”, dated at Brunswick on 17 March 1759. The clerk wrote “or Corbet” above her surname, so the register itself gives her two surnames. An intention was the public notice required before a wedding, and the date of the marriage itself is not recorded there.

Family

A history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell published in 1878 records that James McManus “came to this country from Ireland about the middle of the last century, and settled at Maquoit”, on the bay south of Brunswick. The same history names five sons: Daniel, James, John, Richard and Robert. A Merryman family genealogy of 1905 dates his arrival at Brunswick to about 1750 and names his wife as Mary Corbett. Both books are compiled works, and no record naming the sons as his children has been found.

The 1878 history gives Robert’s birth as 14 July 1764 and says that John, born about 1760, served nearly four years as a soldier in the Revolution. According to that history, John was at the surrender of Burgoyne^W, served under General Sullivan in the Mohawk country, and was wounded at Cherry Valley, which left him lame for life. The dates of James McManus’s birth and death are not known.

Family time line

◉ James McManus

◉ Mary Corragan

No marriage recorded

○ John McManus abt 1760–

◉ Robert McManus 1764–1858

○ Daniel McManus 1766–1851

○ James McManus

Recorded events

Event	When	Where	Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Living at 'of Brunswick'	17 Mar 1759	Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States	on record

Sources

Brunswick, Maine, town records - intentions of marriage 1755-1762 — Living at, about this person, Marriage Bann (Mary Corragan)
WHEELER (George A.) and WHEELER (Henry W.), History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine, including the ancient territory known as Pejepscot (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1878) — about this person, family with Mary Corragan
Sinnett, Charles N. Walter Merryman of Harpswell, Maine, and His Descendants (1905) — about this person, family with Mary Corragan

Borders as they stood about 1763, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

John McManus abt 1760–
Robert McManus 1764–1858
1. Hannah McManus 1806–1899
  1. Robert Lincoln Merryman 1829–1903
    1. George M. Merryman 1861–
    2. Robert L. Merryman 1864–
    3. Elmira Merryman 1876–
    4. Nellie Alexander Merryman
  2. Harriet Knights Merryman 1832–1873
    1. Thomas P. Merryman 1851–
  3. Walter Merryman 1833–1881
  4. George Merryman 1836–1858
  5. Enos Merryman 1840–
  6. Fannie Quincy Merryman 1843–
    1. Mary F. Bishop 1877–
    2. Infant Bishop 1878–1878 ✧
    3. Edward Brown Bishop 1881–
    4. Fannie Merryman Bishop 1887–
  7. John H. Merryman 1846–
2. Eleanor C. McManus 1809–1891
  1. Hannah Ellen Merryman 1829–1844 ✧
  2. Frances Erwin Merryman 1831–
    1. Nancy Ellen Woodside 1855–
    2. Augusta Curtis Woodside 1860–
    3. Francis Henry Woodside 1867–
  3. Nathaniel Merryman 1833–1870
  4. Augusta Merryman 1834–1874
  5. Richard Merryman 1836–1914
    1. Evalyn Olive Merryman 1870–
    2. Walter Roberts Merryman 1872–
  6. William Simpson Merryman 1840–1909
    1. Anna Walker Merryman 1869–1942
    2. Maude Dennett Merryman 1874–1961
  7. Lydia W. Merryman abt 1844–1899 ⚭
    1. Margaret Tapley 1874–
    2. Edward Kent Tapley 1876–1896
    3. Linda Kent Tapley 1878–
    4. John D. Tapley 1885–
  8. Robert M. Merryman abt 1846–1908 ⚭
    1. John W. Merryman 1880–
    2. Nettie Frances Merryman 1896–
  9. Hannah E. Merryman abt 1848–1867
  10. Linda Merryman abt 1854–
Daniel McManus 1766–1851
1. Almira McManus 1807–1891
  1. Mary E. Merryman 1831–1903
  2. Marshall Merryman 1833–1853
  3. Almira Merryman 1834–1899
    1. George M. Merryman 1861–
    2. Robert L. Merryman 1864–
    3. Elmira Merryman 1876–
    4. Nellie Alexander Merryman
  4. Georgianna Merryman 1835–1853
  5. Louisa M. Merryman 1837–
    1. Zenas Preston Fuller 1868–
  6. Thomas Merryman 1839–1853 ✧
  7. Sarah Merryman 1846–
    1. Zenas Preston Johnson 1880–
James McManus