Bennington

MANLY, John Jr.

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 184
(extracted from a section on the history of Dorset, Bennington County, 
Vermont)

John MANLY, Jr. was one of the four first families which settled in town 
[Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont], and was soon followed by his 
father, Deacon John MANLY, whose wife was a half sister of Benedict ARNOLD. 
Deacon MANLY settled at Dorset village on the place still owned by his 
descendants. He [Deacon John MANLY] died in 1803, aged ninety years. John 
MANLY, Jr. settled on the farm still owned by his grandson, Edmond MANLY. 
His trade was that of a cabinet maker. We have been shown a desk with 
drawers of most excellent workmanship made after the was eighty years old.

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