Peter Bruels Man was born on 25 January 1778 on Fenchurch Street, London, the eldest son of Henry and Eleanor (Thompson) Man, and was baptized on 25 February at St Gabriel, Fenchurch. He married Catherine Walch on 8 September 1803 at St. Mary, Fort St. George, Presidency of Madras, India. Peter died, aged 33, on 7 May 1811 at St. Thome, Presidency of Madras, and was buried on the same day at The British Cemetery, Fort St. George.

Catherine Walch was born in 1791 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, the daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth Walch.  Catherine died on 29 May 1873 at 17 Derby Road, Croydon, Surrey and is buried at Queens Road Cemetery, Croydon, Surrey. 

Peter and Catherine belong to Generation Four; their children belong to Generation Five and are:

1. HENRY GARNET
2. GEORGE PARISH FREDERICK (view his baptismal record)

[References: Peter's birth and baptism - FHL Film # 0394830; his marriage - FHL Film # 0506955; his death - FHL# 2105290 and his burial - FHL Film # 0506956. Catherine's birth year and place - 1871 Census of Halstead, Kent; her date and place of death - copy of her death certificate, no burial information as yet.] 

Notes:

1. From the 'Alphabetical list of the Officers of the Madras Army from the years 1760 - 1834' Peter Bruels Man was listed as a Cadet in 1795 and on 11 February 1796 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and joined the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Regiment of the Madras Army.  On 1 November of the same year he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.  He became a Captain in the regiment on 21 September 1804.  He was 33 when he died, not 48 as shown on the Man family memorial at St Margaret's Church, Halstead, Kent.  Catherine was the daughter of one of Peter's fellow officers and she became his ward when her parents died.  She was only 12 years old when he married her.
2. Peter also appears in The East India Kalendar for 1800 indicating his commission as a first lieutenant on November 1st 1796.
3. See Nineteenth Century Letters edited by Lord St Brides (John Morrice Cairns James) for Aunt Peter's letters describing the shipwreck of the Lady Holland which have been transcribed and can be found under bibliography.  Also, the article in Blackwoods magazine - July 1947 'One Generation Passeth Away' also under bibliography.  

4. See also notes by Hubert Man on Peter.
5. Entry for Catherine Man and her son Henry Garnet Man in book on Croydon Cemetery. (Two pages PDF ---> HERE).

July 2004