The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-09-02

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ask. did any man ever follow his wife's
advice; indeed, did he ever ask te
In Spotsylvania county, Virginia,
Andrew and James Manning were liv-
ing, about 1910, and in Princess Anne
county, Henry X. Manning. The fam.
lily was prominent in South Carolina,
where there is a town, Manning. in
Clarendon county. Thomas Manning
was n of the council of safety. S. c.
1875.
The picturesque figure of this story
is Capt. John Manning, whose career.
on both land and water, was noteworth-
thy He was born in England. In 1867 we
find him high sheriff of New York
city, a judge and a commander on the
high seas, lift for any employment
in the militia" as the earl Of Claren-
don wrote to the king. In 1873 the
Dutch fleet arrived with the enter
prising purpose of annexing Manhat.
tan island.
Demanding the surrender Of Fort
James, it was given up, and straight
way Capt. John returned to England
to explain to the king how impossible
it was to hold the fort with but a hand
full OF men. The king turned to the
duke of York and said: "Brother, the
ground could not be maintained with
SO few men," Manning was thus ex-
onerated, and returned to New York.
in the same ship with Gov. Andres.
At one time the captain was fined 20
shillings, because it was said that he
traded with the Dutch, and his YES
sci was advertised to be "sould at Mil
ford, on Tuesday next, at three o'clock
in ye afternoon by an inch of a
candell, he that offers most to have
her"
The captain spent his last years on
what is now called Blackwell's island,
near New York city. He owned the
island, and it was called Manning, or
M~annlngham. His stepdaughter, Mary,
married in 1876 Robert Blackwell, and
the island has since gone by this
name. 1t is not known whether the
captain had any children.
The family had it's war record, and
one to be proud Of. Representatives
are found in all colonial wars. Benja-
min, Daniel, David, Thomas and Sam
uel were among the number. Diah,
(Where did he pick up this name?) of
Connecticut, was a drummer of Wash
ington's Life Guards. Lieut.. Law
renee Manning of the continental
army was father of Richard Irvine
Manning, Governor of South Carolina,
where he was born at Hickory Hill.
Clarendon county. Gov. Manning en-.
%tertained Lafayette upon his second
visit, and his wife is recorded as the
wife, sister, niece, aunt II mother.
and foster-mother of a governor. John
Lawrence, son of Richard Irvine, was
one of South Cardinals governors, and
his wife was the daughter of Gen.
Wade Hampton.
Capt. Ephraim Manning of Connec,
ticut was in the Lexington Alarm
HeZekiah, a soldier, who died 1902,
has the epitaph:
Praises on tombs are
TrifleS Vainly spent,
A mans good name
Is his best monument"
AS scholars the Mannings have few
equals, and many have been bright
and shining literary lights. The first
popular history OF England was
t written by Robert Manning, in the
time Of Edward ILL.,, whom he calls
Edward of %Inglond."
The coat-of-arns illustrated is blaz
, oned: Gules, a cross-fory, between
) four t~refoils, slipped Or.
, Crest: An eagles head, sable. be,
tween two ostrich feathers, Argent. is
suing from a ducal coronet, or.
Motto: Per Ardua Stabilis-steady
r in difficulties.
! A cross often denotes Crusader an,
cestry; trefoils, peace, Joy and hope:
an eagle, one occupied in high anG
, weighty affairs; ostrich feathers
willing obedience.
5 This coat-armor was borne by Will
h liam Manning Of Cambridge, Mass
I Burke gives several arms for the Man
t ming family, but all are similar to the
Kent, Sussex, Chester and Norfolk
Q Mannings.
The Mannings Of New York bear the
same arms as the descendants of VIII
liam-that is the one here illustrated
The bookplate Of a William Man
ming is still eXtant. 1t is in a publica
G ton entitled The British Theater.'
dated London, 1871. The bookplate i:
quarterly; azures and gules, a cross
tlory, argent, between four trefoils
G slipped or
Crest: An eagles head, sable, be
e tween two ostrich feathers, argent.