After the English defeated the Dutch in 1666, Captain John Manning seized the island, which became known as Manning's Island, and twenty years later, Manning's son-in-law, Robert Blackwell, became the island's new owner and namesake.
Poté, co Angličané porazili Holanďany v roce 1666, kapitán John Manning zabral ostrov, který se stal známý jako Manningův ostrov, a o dvacet let později, Manningův zet, Robert Blackwell, se stal novým majitelem a jmenovcem ostrova.