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John Manwaring (ca.1751-ca.1810) immigrated from England to the Hudson Valley of New York, served against the Hessians (who supported the British) in the Revolutionary War, then served with the colonists in the naval war (and was captured by the British, and exchanged), and moved to Burlington County, New Jersey before 1795. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, New England, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, California and elsewhere.