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Facts and Events
| Name |
Jacob Man |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
23 Oct 1745 |
Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Graduation[3][6][7] |
1774 |
Providence, Rhode IslandB. A., Brown University |
| Marriage |
22 May 1776 |
Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lois Richardson (add) |
| Ordination[4] |
Feb 1782 |
Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United StatesMinister |
| Death[8][3] |
18 Apr 1826 |
Plainfield, New Hampshire |
Jacob about 1782 moved from Wrentham to Alstead, N.H. to serve as the town's minister:[4]
In June, 1781, the church and town gave Mr. Jacob Mann a call to settle with them in the ministry. They offered him the right of land, designed for the first settled minister, and thirty pounds settlement, and sixty pounds salary, to be increased ten pounds at the end of seven years, and to continue increasing ten pounds for every seven years afterwards. Mr. Mann, at first, declined the call, but it was afterwards renewed, and he was ordained in February, 1782. In May, 1789, he was dismissed. He was a graduate of Brown University in 1774
Apparently doctrinal disagreements were part of the reason for his dismissal: "Rev. Jacob Mann, ordained and settled at Alstead in 1782, was 'dismissed May, 1789, in consequence of his erroneous and unsettled sentiments,' having embraced Universalism."[5] Although no longer serving as the town's minister, Jacob continued to reside in Alstead for at least thirty more years, as indicated by the censuses.
References
- ↑ Mann, George Sumner. Mann memorial, a record of the Mann family in America: genealogy of the descendants of Richard Man of Scituate, Mass., preceded by English family records, and an account of the Wrentham, Rehoboth, Boston, Lexington, Virginia, and other branches of the Manns who settled in this country. (Boston: Mann, 1884)
20. - ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: Stanhope Press, 1910)
138.
MAN, Jacob, s. of Elijah and Jemima, [born] Oct. 23, 1745.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical catalogue of Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island, 1764-1894. Brown University, Press of P. S. Remington & co., 1895 (Google eBook)
29.
Graduates, 1774: "Jacob Mann. Clergyman. Died 1826."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lawrence, Robert F. The New Hampshire churches: comprising histories of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in the state, with notices of other denominations; also containing many interesting incidents connected with the first settlement of towns. (Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1856)
247-8.
- ↑ Eddy, Richard. Universalism in America : a history. (Boston, Massachusetts: Universalist Pub. House, 1894)
103.
- ↑ Guild, Reuben Aldridge. Early History of Brown University: Including the Life, Times, and Correspondence of President Manning. 1756-1791. Printed by Snow & Farnham, 1896.
261.
Commencement description; list of persons receiving degrees.
- ↑ “Special Collections of the Brown University Library: A History & Guide.” Accessed March 10, 2014. http://library.brown.edu/guide/01.html.
"Among the more significant [books] were ... the 1638 edition of Galileo’s Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche, with copious annotations in the hand of Robert Payne, an early English translator of Galileo, donated by Jacob Mann, Class of 1774"
- ↑ Arnold, Seth S. A Sermon Preached at Alstead, on the First Sabbath in January, 1826: With Historical Sketches of the Town. Newton and Tufts, 1826.
p16 footnote.
"Since this sermon was delivered, the Rev. Mr. Mann has died. He departed this life at Plainfield on the 18th of April, being 80 years of age; and his remains were brought to this town, where he had resided till a short time before his death."
- Biography of Francis F. Mann.
Note that various details conflict with more reliable sources, e.g. birth year, wife's given name, and the college as Harvard vs. Brown. This might be due to Francis's father's death when Francis was three. Nevertheless the general outline of Francis's grandfather's life fits.
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