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Descendants of Robert Munce

Generation No. 2


2. ROBERT P.2 MUNCE (ROBERT1) (Source: Chuck Counceller webpage.) was born 1810 in Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died Unknown. He married JEMIMA HANSOR (Source: Chuck Counceller.) ca. 20 May 1832 in Delaware (Source: Marriage bond.). She was born 1812 in Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died Bef. 1870 in Delaware (Source: 1870 census.).

Notes for ROBERT P. MUNCE:
Text of handwritten marriage bond (from Harry Muncey):
Know All Men By These Presents,
That we Robert Munce and John Miller, Are held and firmly[?] bound to the state of Delaware in the sum of two Hundred Dollars, Lawfull money of the said state, to be paid to the said state of Delaware; to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, jointly and severally, [?] each of our [?] executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals. Dated the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
The Condition of the above written obligation is such that if Robert Munce and Jemima Hansor may lawfully unite themselves in marriage, And if there be no legal objection to Celebrating the rights of marriage between them, then the said obligation shall be void, otherwise in force.
Sealed + delivered in the presence of Wm. A. Budd[?] Jus P.
Signed by mark by Robert Munce and John Miller.

DE researchers know about some family branches, but have no data on daughter Hannah, who "disappears" in the 1860 census. Is this because she married Benjamin Counsellor and went to Michigan?

1830 DE Kent Little Creek 100 - not visibly present, but may be living with brother Isaiah.
1840 DE Kent Little Creek 100 no page number but p31 in index
Robert Munce with 2-0-1-0-0-0--2-0-1-0-0-0 free colored
Presumably Robert and wife with sons Josiah and James and daughters Lydia and Margaret (or some other daughter who died in childhood). Son Daniel, reported by Betty and Ray Terry, must have died before 1840.
Robert is on the bottom line of the page. Just above him are William Munce[index has Monice] 2-0-0-1-0-0--0-0-1-0-1-0 free colored, John Cott Jr., Daniel Durham, and Isaac Hazel (white and colored household, but see son Robert Munce's listing in 1870). At top of next page, Isaiah Songo, John Carney, and John Durham. William could be brother of Robert.
1850 DE Kent Little Creek 100 p67 16 Apr 1850 - all born DE, all Munces are mulatto
Robert Munce 40 no occupation given, Jemima 37, Lydia 17, Josiah 15, Daniel 12, [continued on next page] *Adelaide Denney 2 F [W], *Mary Butler 14 F [W], *John Dill 19 M B Lab[orer], *Margaret Johns 15 F B, Margaret Munce 10, Mary E 9, Hannah 7, Angeline 5, Anjelica 2, Robert 1 mo.
This family is next door to Joel and Margaret [Munce] Durham, sister and brother-in-law. John and Louisa Carney on same page.
*It is totally unclear why these people are in the middle of this family. The order and the ages make no sense. Two pages earlier, on last two lines, are Thomas A. Denney 28 and Catharine 22 who are probably parents of Adelaide.
1860 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 (Smyrna) 28 Jun 1860 p68wr - all mulatto, all bDE
Robt Muncey 52 farmer, Jemima [index says Jermina] 48, Lydia A 26, Mary E 18, Angelina 14, Angelica 12, Robert 9, Nehemiah 7, Jeremiah 5, Susan 3.
Betty and Ray Terry and John Carter show Susan as a child of Lydia and Benjamin Sammons. This listing does not indicate that.
Charles and Catherine Loatman on next page.
1870 DE Kent District 11 Agricultural Portion (Smyrna) 17 Jun 1870 p43wr p357st - all mulatto, all bDE
Muncey Robert 58 farm laborer, Sammons Lydia 28 keeping house, [Sammons implied] Benjamin 27 farm laborer, [Sammons implied, but probably Muncey] Nehemiah 18 farm laborer, [Sammons implied but Muncey?] Susan 13, [Sammons implied] Emer[?] 6 (female), [Sammons implied] Christoner 1 (female).
Henry and Rachel Derham family on same page. Later listings for Benjamin and Lydia Sammons show Christoner to be Christine.
Likely the two youngest children are of Lydia and Benjamin, but Nehemiah and Susan are probably Robert's. Lydia's age is a mystery, as well as Robert's.

Harry Muncey identifies an Isaiah Zaddock Munce, b. 1834 (see ages below?), as part of this family and cites references to sister Margaret, b. 1840, and brother Robert, b. 1850. This Isaiah married Elmira Carty/Carter in 1857. Where was he at the time of the 1850 census?
1860 DE Kent Little Creek 100 (Kenton) p146wr p633st 18 Jun 1860 - all mulatto
Isaih Mount 23 laborer PE 75 bDE, Elmira 18 bMD, Mary A 1 bDE, Rebecca A [Mount implied] 42 bMD, George Carter 24 laborer bMD
1870 DE Kent Kenton 100 p53wr p304st 2 Jul 1870 - all mulatto
Muntz Isaih 30 farmhand PE 150 bDE, Elmirah 21 bMD, Mary A 10 bDE, Margret J 8 bDE, Elizabeth 6 bDE, Lida 2 bDE, Lisley [male] 1 bDE, Amelia 3/12 bDE bMar 1870, Carter Rebecca 50 at home "with son" bMD. Rebecca is apparently Elmira's mother, but the meaning of "with son" is not evident.
Next door to Isaac and Rebecca Salmons and family. Robert and Catherine Dean on next page.
1880 DE Kent Dover 100 p2wr 1 June 1880 - all mulatto, all children bDE fbDE mbMD
Munce Isiah 48 farmhand bDE pbDE, Elmira wife 39 bMD pbMD, Maggie dau 18, Lizzie dau 16, Lydia dau 14, Leslee son 12, Willie son 9, Rebecca 7, Arlenna[?] dau 1.

Notes for JEMIMA HANSOR:
Delaware researchers have her as Jemima Handsor or Jemima Okea or Ann Jemima Hansor or Jemima Lockwood.

See text of marriage bond in husband's notes (Jemima Hansor)
See daughter Angeline's death certificate (parents Robert Munson and Jemima Okea)
See daughter Mary Elizabeth's death certificate (parents Robert Munce and Jamima Hanzor)
See daughter Hannah's death certificate (parents Robert Munson and Jennie Lockwood of Alma, Michigan)

Given the location and that Robert and Jemima named a daughter Angelica, a relationship between Jemima and the Angelica below is very possible.

Biographical Directory of Kent Co.: Gilico (Angelica) Ann Handsor ( - c. 1852) received a bequest from Esther Sisco in 1815. She married first John Loockerman. She described Sally A. Cambridge as "a girl I raised" in her 1848 will. The will was drafted by Elisha Durham and witnessed by James Carney and George Hall. The appraisal was carried out in 1852 by John Denney and George Hall. She conveyed to William Durham a lot at the fork bridge in 1848. In 1856 William and his wife Mahala conveyed it to John Kimmey. As administrator, William Durham conveyed a tract to Elisha Durham.
1820 DE Kent St. Jones 100 p35st
Angelica Hansor [Handor?] [Hanson in ancestry.com index] with 0-0-0-0--1-1-0-3
All female household with 1 under 14, 1 14-25, and three over 44.
1830 DE Kent Dover 100 p530-531wr p266st
Angelica Hansor with 0-0-0-0-0-0--1-0-1-1-1-0 free colored
All female household with 1 under 10, 1 23-34, 1 35-54, and one over 54. [No potential father in the household, but there is a new young female under 10 - apparently the daughter of Sally Ann Cambridge, see 1850 listing.]
On same page with William Carney. Benjamin Concealer and Hugh Durham on prior page. Isaac Richardson, Adam Lockwood, William Dean, and James Harmon on succeeding page. Hugh Durham is reported to have been the father of an illegitimate child.
1840 DE Kent Dover 100 p16st verso
Angelica Hanzor [Frawzer!! in ancestry.com index] with 0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1-0-0-1-0 free colored
All female household. The youngster is now over 10.
1850 DE Kent Dover 100 p321wr 3 Oct 1850 - all mulatto, all bDE
Angelica Hanzer 76 RE 75, Ann Cambridge 54, Sally Ann 27.
Neighbors in this order on same page: Robert and Phebe Karney, Benjamin and Sarah Durham, William and Mahala Durham, James and Sally Karney, [Angelica], Wingate and Nancy Mosely (including Ephraim age 1), Comfort Miller.
     
Children of ROBERT MUNCE and JEMIMA HANSOR are:
5. i.   LYDIA3 MUNCE, b. Sep 1832, Kent County, Delaware; d. Bet. 1908 - 1909, Delaware.
  ii.   JOSIAH MUNCE (Source: 1850 census.), b. 1835 (Source: 1850 census.); d. Unknown; m. CAROLINE DEAN (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.), 22 Dec 1858, Kent County, Delaware (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); b. 1839, Delaware (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. Unknown.
  Notes for JOSIAH MUNCE:
Some questions remain about this Josiah. The marriage record to Caroline Dean gives his name as Joseph. Harry Muncey believes he was really named Isaiah Zaddock after his uncle. [But Isaiah married Elmira Carty/Carter.??] Isaiah died 6/2/1905 and is buried in Immanuel Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Delaware.

Can this be this Josiah?
1860 DE Kent Dover 100
Joseph Muncy 20 M M farmer bDE, Caroline 18 F M bDE. No children.
The ages from the 1850 census do not match up for either Josiah or for Caroline Dean, dau of Jesse Dean.
Can this be this Josiah?

Can this be the widow of this Josiah?
1880 NJ Camden Gloucester City 2d precinct ED 62 p17wr 10 Jun 1880:
Muncy Caroline 34 W F widow keeping house bDE pbDE, Jerremiah son 18 W M 18 works in gingham mill bNJ pbDE, Nickolas son 16 W M 16 works in cotton mill bNJ pbDE [JR]
DWF: Note that, if this age is correct, Caroline would be age 16 at birth of Jeremiah.

  Marriage Notes for JOSIAH MUNCE and CAROLINE DEAN:
Mitsawokett marriage record:
Groom: MUNCE, Joseph
Bride: DEAN, Caroline
Place: Kent Co.
Date: 22 Dec 1858
Minister: P. Mansfield
Source: Kent Co. Marriages
Reference: Vol 90 p 40

6. iii.   JAMES H. MUNCE, b. 20 Aug 1837, Cheswold, Kent, Delaware; d. 29 Mar 1919, Camden, Camden, New Jersey.
  iv.   DANIEL MUNCE (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.), b. 1838 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. Bef. 1840 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.).
  v.   MARGARET MUNCE (Source: 1850 census.), b. 1840, Delaware (Source: 1850 census.); d. 1850 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.).
7. vi.   MARY ELIZABETH MUNCE, b. 08 Sep 1841, Delaware; d. 09 Nov 1914.
8. vii.   HANNAH MUNCE, b. 16 May 1842, Delaware; d. 03 Jan 1909, Ithaca, Gratiot, Michigan.
9. viii.   ANGELINE MUNCE, b. 25 Nov 1843; d. 01 Feb 1917, Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey.
  ix.   ANJELICA MUNCE (Source: 1850 census.), b. 1848, Delaware (Source: 1850 census.); d. 13 Nov 1919 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); m. GEORGE MILLER (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. Unknown.
  x.   ROBERT MUNCE (Source: 1850 census.), b. Aug 1850 (Source: 1850 census.); d. Unknown; m. MARTHA MDNNMUNKN (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. Unknown.
  Notes for ROBERT MUNCE:
N.B. There are two Robert Munces in Delaware, born close together in about 1847 and 1850, and their fathers are brothers Robert and Thomas Munce. The later census listings for these sons may or may not be confused, due to inaccurate reporting of ages.

1870 - living with sister Angeline Munce Dean.

Is this the correct Robert Munce?
1880 NJ Camden Delaware 9 Jun 1880 p2wr
Munson Robert 30 M M laborer bDE pbDE, Mary wife 25 M F keeps house bNJ fbMD mbNJ, Willan son 5 M M bNJ fbMD mbNJ, Abigal son 4 M M bNJ fbMD mbNJ, Robert son 2 M M bDE fbMD mbDE.
The children's birth data is odd, since their father was born in MD (like their maternal grandfather). Is it a census taker's error, or is Robert not the father of these children? Census error is likely, since a "son" seems to be named Abigail and "Willan" might really be William.

  xi.   NEHEMIAH MUNCE (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.), b. ca. 1853 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. 07 Mar 1904 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.).
  xii.   JEREMIAH MUNCE (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.), b. ca. 1855 (Source: Betty and Ray Terry.); d. Unknown.
  xiii.   SUSAN MUNCE (Source: 1860 census.), b. ca. 1857, Delaware (Source: 1860 census.).


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