Meshach MANN [2958]

   FamilySearch ID: LXQX-JC4.

  Burial Notes:

Hillsdale

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration: to Montreal, Québec, Canada on the ship Heber as part of the Petworth Immigration Project, on 5 June 1836, in Pevensey, , Sussex, England. The family came on the ship Heber, A1, 441 tons; master Captain Rue; superintendent appointed by the Petworth Emigration Committee: James Marr Brydone; sailed from Portsmouth (Spithead) 28 April 1836; arrived at Quebec 5 June 1836/Quebec, Canada.

According to Poor Law records at the Public Record Office at Kew, Wisborough Green Vestry borrowed £200 in 1836 to send a party of people to Canada. Among these they listed the following:

Noah Mann (33)
Elizabeth Mann (32)
Noah Mann (10)
Ambrose Mann (8)
Meshec Mann (6)
Sadrac Mann (4)
Hannah Mann (2)
Ellen Mann (infant)

Also listed on that voyage were Noah's parents and four of his younger brothers:
Samuel Mann (54)
Elizabeth Mann (53)
Mark Mann (16)
Eli Downer Mann (14)
Moses Mann (12)
Edwin Mann (9) This event was shared from Samuel C. MANN [2271] who also shared it with Ambrose MANN [2957], Ann DOWNER [2961], Edwin MANN [2965], Eli Downer MANN [2963], Elizabeth Ann SHERWIN [1852], Ellen MANN [2960], Hannah MANN [138], Mark MANN [2962], Moses MANN [2964], Noah MANN [1851], Noah Nelson MANN, Jr. [2956], and Shadrach MANN [2959].

Meshach married Mary Ann NAPPER [2979] [MRIN: 4406], daughter of James NAPPER [2980] and Avis DOWNER [2969]. (Mary Ann NAPPER [2979] was born on 12 September 1834 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada and died on 21 August 1918 in Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States.)