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

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IN Spotsylvania county, Virginia.
Andrew n James Manning were liv.
ing. about 1910, and in Princess Anne
county, Henry K. Manning. The fam.
lly 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.
Inc picturesque figure of this story
Is capt. John Manning, whose career,
on both land n water, was noteworth.
thy. He was born in England. In 1867 we
lind him high sheriff of New York
city, a judge and a commander on the
nigh seas, fit for any employment
IN the militia" az the earl of Claren-
o wrote to the king. In 1873 the
Dutch fleet arrived with the enter
prlslng 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 ne same ship with Gov. Andres.
AT m time the captain was fined 20
shllllngs, because it vas 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 We 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 Blackwelrs island.
near New York city. He owned the
island, II it was called Manning, or
M~anningham. 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. Benia.
min, Daniel, David, Thomas and Sam
uel were among the number. Diah.
(where did he pick up this nameY OF
Connecticut, was a drummer of Wash.
lngton'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-.
tertaincd Lafayette upon his second
visit, and his wife is recorded as the
wife, sister. niece, aunt and mother.
and foster-mother of a governor. John
Lawrence, son of Richard Irvine, was
n 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
Tif1es vainly spent,
A mans good name
Is his best
AS scholars the Mannings have few
equals, and many have been bright
and shining literary lights. The first
popular history of England was
written by Robert Manning, in the
time OF Edward ILL.,, whom he calls
Edward of lnglond."
The coat-of-arms illustrated is blaZ
oned: Gules, a cross-tlory, between
four trefoils. slipped or.
Crest: An eagles head, sable, be.
tween two ostrich feathers, Argent. is.
suing from a ducal c%oronet. or.
Motto: Per Ardua enthusiastically
in difficulties.
A cross often denotes Crusader ar.
cestry; trefoils, peace, Joy and hope:
al eagle, one occupied in high and
weighty affairs; ostrich feathers,
willing obedience.
This coat-armor was borne by Viii
liam Manning Of Cambridge, Mass.
Burke gives several arms for the Man.
ming family, but all are similar to the
Kent, Sussex, Chester and Norfolk
Mannings.
The Mannings of New York bear the
liam-that is the one here illustrated.
The %bookplate of a William Man.
ming is still extant. 1t is in a publica-
ton entitled The British Theater,"
dated London, 1891. The bookplate is
quarterly; azures and gules. a cross.
tiory, argent, between four t~refoils,
slipped or
Crest: An eagles head. sable, be.
tween two ostrich feathers, argent.
1t is suggested that William, the
owner Of the bookplate, may. at one
time, have lived in Virginia. and