When Edward Manton was born on 11 December 1658, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Shadrack Manton, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 23. He married Elizabeth Thornton on 9 December 1680, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 14 August 1723, in his hometown, at the age of 64.
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On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
English: habitational name from Manton (Rutland) or Manton (Lincolnshire), or possibly from Manton in Worksop (Nottinghamshire) or Manton in Preshute (Wiltshire). The Rutland and Nottinghamshire placenames probably derive from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename is recorded as Malmetune in the 12th century and derives from Old English malm ‘sand, sandy soil’ + tūn. The Wiltshire placename is recorded as Maninton in 1249 and derives from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English connective -ing- + tūn.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin ‘descendant of Manntán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of manntach ‘toothless’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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