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27 July 1640, signed articles of agreement at Providence.
22 May 1708, John and Mary Lapham acknowledged the transfer of land by William Hopkins to Edward Manton 10 May 1708 that had formerly been owned by William Man. It says William Man had only two children, Abraham and Mary, who inherited the land. Abraham sold the land to his cousin Maj. William Hopkins and since died. Abraham died intestate, and the document infers the rights to the property should have gone to Mary, unless a share in the land was meant. The document also says Mary married John Lapham and other interested parties were their son John and his wife Mary. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, vol. 20 (Providence: 1909), 244-246.

providence this 17 of Nouember, anno : 1641 — to ye honered gournour of massachussets to gether with ye worshipfull assistants & our loveing neighbours there: wee ye inhabitance of the towne above sayd, haveing faire occassions counted it meet necessary to give you true intillegence of ye insolent and riotous carriages of Samuell gorton & his company, which came from aquednick, wch continue still as sojourners amongest us, together with John greene & francis weston, two wch have this long time stood in opposition against us & against ye fairest and most just and honest ways of procedings in order & Govrnment, that wee could Rightly and truly use for ye peaceable preservation & quiet subsitance of our selves and famelys, or any that should have faire occasion to goe out or come in amongst us. all so six or seven of our Townsmen wch were in peaceable Covenants with us, wch now by there declamations doe cut them selves off from us & Jointly under their hands have openly proclaimed to take party with ye afore named companeys : & so intend for offte we know or can gather to have no manner of hones [t] order or government either over them or amongst them, as their writings words and actions doe most plainly shew : it would bee tedious to Relate ye numberlesse number of their upbraiding taunts assaults & threats & violent kinde of carriage dayly practised against all that either with care or counsell seek to prevent or withstand their lewd lycentious courses: yet in briefe to cofhit some few of them to your moderate iudgments, lest wee our selves should bee deemed some way blinded in ye occurrences of things, here is a true copy of their writing inclosed, wch francis weston gave us ye 13th of this present month: thay haveing also set up a copey of ye same on a tree in ye street, insteed of satisfaction for 15 pounds, which by way of arbetration of 8 men orderly chosen, & all causes and reasons that could bee found dayley & truly examined & considred iointly together, when hee ye said francis weston was found liable to paye or make satisfation in cattell or commodites. but one ye 15 of this present month, when wee went orderly openly & in a warrantable way to attach some of ye said francis westons cattell, to drive them to ye pound, to make him if it were possible to make satisfaction, wch Samuell gorton & his company getting notice of, came and quarled with us in ye street, & made a tumultuous hubbub; & all though for our parts wee had before hand most principally armed our selues with patince peaceably to suffer as much iniury as could possabely bee born to preuent all sheding of blood, yet some few drops of blood were spilt on boath sids: & after ye tumult was partely appeased, & that wee went on orderly into ye corne feild to drive the said cattell, ye said frances weston came furiously Running with a flayall in his hand & cryed out help Sirs help Sirs, thay are goeing to steale my cattell: & so continued crjdng till Randall houldon, John Greene, & some others came runing & made a great out cry & hollowing and crying theeues theeues, stealing cattell stealing cattell: & so ye whole nomber of there desprat company came riotously runing & so with much striuing in driuing hurried away ye cattell: & then presumptuously answred thay had made a rescue, & that such should bee their practise if any men at any time in any case attach any tiling that is theirs & fully to relat ye least part of their shuch like words & actions, ye time & paper would scarce bee profitably spent, neither need wee to aduis your descretions what is likely to bee ye sad events of these disorders, if there bloody currants bee not either stopped or turned some other way: for it is plaine to us that if men should continue to resist all manner of order & orderly answering one of another in different cases, thay will suddenly practise not onely cuningly to detain things one from another, but openly in publike justly or unjustely according to their owne wills, disorderly take what thay can come by, first pleadeing necessitey or to maintaine wife & famely; but afterwards boldely to maintaine licentious lust like savage brute beasts thay will put no manner of differance betweene houses lands goods wives hues blood, nor any thing will bee precious in their eyes. If it may therefore please you of gentle curtesie & for ye preservation of humanity & mankind, to consider our condition and lend us a neighbour like helping hand, & send us such assistance (our necessity urging us to bee trublesom unto you) to help us to bring them to satisfaction & ease us of our burden of them at your discretions: wee shall ever more owne it as a deed of great Charity, & take it verey thankfully, & diligently labour in ye best measure as wee can & constantly practise to Requite your loving kindenesse if you should have occasion to command us or any of us in any law full desine: & if it shall please you to send us any speedey answer wee shall take it verey kindly & bee readey & will to satisfie the messengers and ever remayne

your loving neighbours and
respective frinds

Joshuah Winser William Wickendon
benedict Arnold William Reinolds
WiUiam man Thomas harris
William haukigs Thomas hopkens
Robart West hugh bluit
William field Wilham Carpenter
William harris

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We have the following record of a meeting held at Providence on 27 July 1643: "The 27th of the 5 month 1643 it was granted by the generall that william man shall laye doun 5 an twenty Acors of ground which was part of his threcore Acors lot and to take up 5 an twenty Acors for it on the south sid of long cove to Chang with nickolas poure for 5 an twentey Acors of his lying on the south sied of winosquatuket rever as hee dide desire" (P. R. 2, i)
Documentary history of Rhode Island, 125

The records of the affairs at Providence during the early part of 1644 are confined to a few land records. 20 of 3 [May] 1644 Daniel Abbott sold upland to Robert Morris. (P. R. 2, 3)
2 of 4 [June] 1644 Adam Goodwin sold land to Robert Morris. (P. R. 2, 9)

And 17 of 4 [June] 1644 Robert Morris sold meadow land to William Man. (P. R. 2, 4)
same 126

We have also fragmentary records of the administration of two estates. Adoniah Morris, administrator of the estate of his brother, Robert Morris, before 4 August 1645, became involved in a suit with Christopher Hauxhurst (P. T. P. 05)

and William Man, Town Clerk of Providence, on 27 January 1646/7 issued a notice to the administrators of the estate of Edward Cope. (P. T. P. 07)
same 235
     

Children of William Man and Frances Hopkins:

*Abraham
*Mary, b. abt. 1645

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