Genealogy of the Mann Family

I have an extensive 8-page family tree and brief biographies of the Mann families. If you are interested, please contact me at contact@michellefontaine.com. Here is a "skeletal" version.

Early Generations

Richard Man (1611-1655) and wife Rebecca of Scituate, MA, had 4 sons. Their son Thomas (1650-1732) had 8 children--the youngest was Ensign Mann, Sr. (1699–1762). Ensign, Sr. had two sons who moved to Petersham--Ensign Mann II and Elijah Mann.

Ensign Mann, II (1740–1829) and Alice Whitney (1748–1806)

1. Alice Whiting Mann (1775-1805): Married Thomas Lincoln and had Ebenezer and Thomas (both moved to other towns)

2. Lucy Mann (1777-1859): Never married, lived/died in Petersham.

3. Ensign Mann, Jr. (1778-1810): Married Lydia Fillmore and had William and Sally.

• William Mann & Abigail Cook: 1) George Sumner, 2) Wilson, 3) Horace, 4) Horatio, 5) Mary Sanderson, 6) Jane Levira, 7) Lydia Ann
• Sally Norcross Mann & Peter Harwood Marsh: 1) Charlotte L., 2) Sarah, 3) James S., 4) Ensign, 5) Julia J., 6) Amos Alfred, 7) Infant, 8) Julia A., 9) Henry A., 10) Ella

4. Thomas Mann (1780-1853): Married Esther Stone and had 10 children.

• Clark Mann (Never married)
• Josiah Mann (Never married)
• Alice Whitney Mann & Joseph Stratton: 1) Horace Minott Stratton, 2) Clark M. (Died in infancy), 3) Frederic Eugene
• Elizabeth S. Mann (Never married)
• Dwight Mann: 1 son died in infancy
• Lott Mann & Emily Dennis: 1) Thomas Sidney
• Thomas Marshall Mann & M. E. Ferguson: 4 children (family lived in Louisiana)
• Esther Elvira Mann (Never married)
• Priscilla A. Mann & Daniel Austin Ellinwood: 1) Eliza Maria (never married)
• Angeline F.Mann (Never married)

5. Julianna Mann (1783-1813): Never married, lived/died in Petersham.

6. William Mann (1784-1861): Never married, lived/died in Petersham.

7. Samuel Mann (1787-1856): Married Sarah Luce and had 6 children.

• Richard Baxter Mann (died at age 10)
• Harriet Maria Mann & Frank Wheeler: 1) Arthur Henry, 2) Frank Mann, 3) Sarah Marian?
• Caroline Luana Mann (Never married)
• Asaph Mann (died at age 2)
• Samuel Mann & Maria Antoinette Luce (cousin): 1) Caroline W., 2) Helen/Ellen, 3) Sarah F., 4) Eugene S.
• William Henry Mann & Susan Bancroft: no children

8. Priscilla Mann (1790-1836): Married Holland Goodnow and had 10 children in New Salem.

9. Hannah Mann (1792-1865): Married John Briggs and had 6 children. Family relocated to Michigan.

Elijah Mann (1742-1823) and Mary Mann (cousin)

1. Joseph Mann: Lived in Hanover and never married.