Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Manning was born on 31 December 1758, in Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Manning, was 19 and his mother, Rhoda Wooden, was 21. He married Rosanna Runyon about 1782, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He registered for military service in 1831. He died on 31 March 1843, in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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- Isaac Manning, "Find A Grave Index"
- Isaac Manning, "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872"
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1775
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork and Kerry): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Mainnín ‘descendant of Mainnín’, probably an assimilated form of Mainchín, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó Maingín and Anglicized as Mangan .
English: from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Manning.
North German and Dutch: habitational name from a farm so named, once in possession of a certain Manno (see Mann 2) and his kin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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