on 16 july 1692 he married anne lane and they had seven children. his elder son john manship (1695–1749), who went into business as a cloth merchant, in 1723 married elizabeth garbrand (1706–1788), a descendant of the bookseller gerbrand harkes, and inherited the estate at compton on the death of his mother in 1734. the eldest surviving daughter elizabeth manship (1701–1733) married richard dowdeswell (1692–1730), a cousin of the landowner and politician william dowdeswell.