Manx Americans are

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of full or partial Manx ancestral origin or Manx people who reside in the

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Settlement in Ohio

The city of

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is said to have the highest concentration of Americans of Manx descent in the United States. They predominantly descend from the village of

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on the northern side in the Isle of Man. From 1822 onwards, many families such as the

Corlett Corlett is a surname of Manx origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Mac Thorliot'', derived from an Old Norse personal name composed of two elements: the name '' Þórr'' and ''ljótr'' meaning "bright". Another opinion is that the ...

family, becoming farmers and easing land by the Connecticut Land Company. In 1826 more families such as the Kelley’s, Teare’s, and Kneen’s established themselves in Newburgh which would encourage more Manx settlement into the area. Cleveland was a town of only six hundred people. A population grew to around 3000 of both Manx-born or of Manx descent bound together by their

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and customs. Amongst the immigrants was William Corlett who donated land for the community's log schoolhouse so Manx children would be educated in their native Manx and English languages.British Buckeyes: The English, Scots, and Welsh in Ohio, 1700-1900
- By William E. Van Vugt

Notable people

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* William Garrett (1842-1916), fought in the

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(born 1976), former U.S. Congressman and son of Dan Quayle * Dan Quayle (born 1947),

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from 1989 until 1993 *

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References

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