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The following wills of members of the Man, and related families, have been transcribed and are ordered by date of death. If the will is in PDF it is in RED and can be requested if an email is sent to the contact email.

1. John Man the Elder (1685 - 1750) 2. Henry Man (1748 - 1799) 3. John Man (1749 - 1824)
4. Ann Man (1753 - 1831) 5. James Man (1755 - 1823) 6. Frances Man (1757 - 1842)
7. Anna Maria Man (1780 - 1860) 8. William Man (1778 - 1874) 9. Georgiana Man (1808 - 1861)
10. Edward Desborough Man (1814 - 1893) 11. Louisa Mary Man and in PDF (1824 - 1874) 12. Eleanor Ann Thompson Thomas (nee Man) (1820 - 1894)
13. Sarah Frances (Huntley) Man (1850 - 1922) 14. Edward Garnet Man (1837 -1920) 15. Morrice King Man (1826 - 1864)
    Admon for Mariah Man can be read HERE

Other Families' Wills - Balchen

1. Susannah Balchen (below) is the wife of John Balchen (1658 - 1721) and mother of Richard and Henry Balchen. The next will (2) is son Henry's.  After that are the wills of Richard's two sons (3) William and (4) James who are Mary (Balchen) Man's brothers.[Mary married John Man]. The next will (5) is the will of the  widow of William, Sarah. The next two wills: (6) Mary and (7) John are those of the children of Sarah and William.  Will (8) is that of John Balchen who is Henry's son and therefore first cousin to Mary and John above.  (These wills consist of transcriptions from the originals downloaded from the PRO as well as PDF's of the originals which can be requested via email.)

1.Susannah Balchen (1691 -1738) 4. James Balchen (1724 - 1748/49) 7. John Balchen (1761 - 1783) 10. John Balchen, Mariner (1696 - 1742)
2.Henry Balchen (1698 - 1780) 5. Sarah Balchen (1725 - 1787) (includes transcription) 8. John Balchen (1745 - 1785)  
3.William Balchen (1722 - 1765) 6. Mary Balchen (1754 - 1786) (includes transcription) 9. Edward Balchin (d. Jun 1712)  
 Other Families' Wills

Henry Desborough Louisa Ann Desborough Mary Harris
Ann (Pattenden) Fowle* William Fowle Edward Fowle *
John Fowle Charles Desborough George Cumberland Snr.
* Ann (Pattenden) Fowle is the mother of and Edward Fowle who is the father of Louisa Caroline (Fowle) Man.  William is Edward's brother and John is their grandfather, i.e. Louisa's great grandfather. See Fowle Family.  George Cumberland Snr. is the husband of Eliza Balchen and hence William Balchen's and Mary (Balchen) Man's brother in law