The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Corragan · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Mary Corragan

Dates not yet known.

Also recorded as Mary Corbet.

Mary Corragan (dates unknown), also recorded as Mary Corbet, was a woman of Falmouth, in what was then the District of MaineW of Massachusetts, who married the Irish settler James McManus of Brunswick. She was the fourth great-grandmother of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through her son Robert McManus (born 1764).

The Brunswick town records enter the couple’s intention of marriage on 17 March 1759: “Mr James macmanus of Brunswick & mary Corragan of Falmouth”. The clerk wrote “or Corbet” above her surname, so the entry gives her two names. A Merryman family genealogy of 1905 calls her Mary Corbett. A history of Brunswick published in 1878 names five sons of her husband: Daniel, James, John, Richard and Robert, the youngest born on 14 July 1764. Her parents and the dates of her birth and death are not known.

Family time line

◉ Mary Corragan
◉ James McManus
No marriage recorded
○ John McManus abt 1760–
◉ Robert McManus 1764–1858
○ Daniel McManus 1766–1851
○ James McManus

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?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 Falmouth'
 17 Mar 1759 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States on record

Sources

  • Brunswick, Maine, town records - intentions of marriage 1755-1762 — Living at, about this person, Marriage Bann (James McManus)
  • Sinnett, Charles N. Walter Merryman of Harpswell, Maine, and His Descendants (1905) — about this person, family with James McManus
  • 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) — family with James McManus

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

  1. John McManus abt 1760–
  2. 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–
  3. 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–
  4. James McManus