Person:Oliver Manwaring (1)

"His will is not found in the New London Probate Records, but a copy was obtained from the original (in the hands of one of the descendants) by Col. C. D. Parkhurst:

In the name of God amen the 15th day of November Anno Dom 172_ [1722?] I Oliver Manwaring of New London in the County of New London and Colony of Connecticut in New England being Weake and Infirm of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament:

that is to say principally and first of all I give commend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it Trusting through the merits Death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have the free and full pardon of all my sins and to Inherit everlasting life and my body I commit to the Earth to be Decently buried at the discretion of my Execut hereafter named nothing doubting but at the Resurrection I shall receive the same Gained by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate as hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following Maner and form that is to say

First I will that all my Debts and Duties as in Right or Conscience I doe owe to any maner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly paide and contented in convenient time after my Decease

Item I give and bequeath unto Richard Manwaring my son all that he is indebted to me for my part of the Income of the Land that I gave him as by his obligation to me may appear on the considerations following:—first that he give unto my daughter Love Richards & her son John Richards a quit-claim of his right in all the Land Sett out unto my Deceased Wife Hannah in the Estate of Brother Samuel Raymond Deceased: Secondly that he pays and justly satisfies my Son in Law Jeremiah Willson (with what I have allready paid him which is twenty pound a bond of Peter Manwaring which said Jeremiah Wilson received which I think [_____] with what else he hath [_____] for my keeping at his house about one year and nine months;—and also to pay my daughter Love Richards for my keeping at her house whilst I live—also to pay the whole of my funeral charge

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Oliver Manwaring all the sheep cattell and [_____] that he hath received of me formerly and also I forgive him all that he is indebted unto me for my part of the income of his farm by his Obligation therefore may appear provided he give unto my daughter Love Richards and her son John Richards a quit-claim of his Right in the Land that accrued to my Deceased wife Hannah from her brother Samuel Raymond's Estate

Item I further give unto my son Oliver Manwaring all my right in the common as undivided within the town-ship of New London—he purchasing my daughter Love Richards a mourning Suite at my decease

Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Richard Manwaring all of my stock left in his hands whatsoever provided he decently maintains me whilst I live and faithfully performs what I have before oblidged him in this my last will and testament

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Love Richards my Grate Silver Cup which is in my son Richards hands and also my bedd and bedding and all things which I shall have in her house when I shall Decease besides what she hath allready Received out of my Estate at any time also

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Hannah Harris and Prudence Beckwith and Mercy Palmer three pounds and to the heirs of Elizabeth Harris, Judith Ray and Ann Wilson—all those three being deceased [_____] pound Besides what they have allready Received out of my estate to be paid unto them by my son Richard Manwaring in some convenient time after my Decease

Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson John Richards all my Debts that are owing or payable unto my anywaise by bill Bond or Book or in any other ways whatsoever and particularly that bond which I had from my nephew Oliver Manwaring in England which is now in my son Richards hand

Further I do Constitute make and ordain my Grandson John Richards to be sole Executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disavow Revoak and disanul All and Every other former testament wills Bequest and Executor by me on any wais Named Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament

In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Scale the day and year above written

Oliver OM Manwaring

Witnessed bv Tohn Chaples, Georgre Buttolph and Lydia Richards."^[3]

Will p. 1

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1. Oliver¹ Manwaring, in Parkhurst, Charles D. Manwaring Family Genealogy. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society). (Oct 1920)
   51:307-08.

   "1. Oliver¹ Manwaring, b. ____, 1633, about (see date of and age at death), in _____, England; d. Nov. 3, 1723, at New London, Conn., aged 89 years …
   
   On the Probate Journal New London: Court Dec. 19, 1723, it is shown that the will of Oliver¹ Manwaring was exhibited, proved, etc., and ordered recorded. But it is not to be found on the Court Record Books, and no Manwaring wills appear in Manwaring's Digest of Wills (3 volumes published). Miss Caulkins in her History of New London, p. 367, states: 'Oliver Manwaring died Nov. 3, 1723. He was then ninety years old, and had been an inhabitant of the town about 60 years. His house lot of eleven acres was bought on the 3rd of Nov., 1664. The nucleus of the homestead, consisting of the home plot and garden has never been alienated by the family, but is still in the possession of a descendant in the direct male line from Oliver.' This statement of Miss Caulkins may have been true when Miss Caulkins wrote her history in 1852. How true it is now I cannot state.
   
   Hannah (Raymond) Manwaring connected herself with Mr. Bradstreets' church in 1671, at which time four of her children were baptized, viz.: Hannah, Elizabeth, Prudence and Love. After this, all of their children were baptized in the order and dates given … All of these children were living at the time of Oliver¹ Manwaring's death [Elizabeth, Judith and Ann were deceased and so called in his will; Bathsheba was not mentioned in the will], and the eight daughters were married and had families. Oliver¹ Manwaring bequeathed to his grandson John Richards (son of his daughter Love² (Manwaring) Richards), all bills and bonds due him 'and particularly that bond which I had from my nephew Oliver Manwaring in England.'
   
   As the will of Oliver¹ Manwaring does not now appear upon the Probate Record book in New London, its contents are of course unknown. When Miss Caulkins wrote her History of New London, the original records were then probably available. Some years ago all the original Probate records were copied into a set of books and the originals are said to have been sent then to Hartford. In some way the will of Oliver¹ Manwaring seems not to have been copied. The original Journals of the Probate Court were (in 1918) still on hand in the Probate Court and from those the record shows that Oliver Manwaring's will was proved Dec. 19, 1723, and ordered recorded; hence it should appear in the original Probate Court Record. The baptisms of all of the children of Oliver¹ Manwaring … appear in Blake's History of First Church, New London (pp. 447, 448, 450, 452, 453, 454, 465)."

2. ↑ Parentage of Oliver Manwaring, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   79:110-11, 1925.

   The writer, Howard Mendenhall Buck, considered it probable but not proven that the first Oliver Manwaring of New London was identical with Oliver Maynwaring, son of Oliver and Prudence (Esse) Maynwaring baptized at Dawlish, Devon, 16 March 1633[/4].

3. ↑ 1. Oliver¹ Manwaring, in Selleck, Lillian Lounsberry (Miner). One branch of the Miner family: with extensive notes on the Wood, Lounsberry, Rogers and fifty other allied families of Connecticut and Long Island. (New Haven: D.L. Jacobus, 1928)
   124-26.