The Munsell Family
Sir Thomas Maunsell
Matriculated at Magdalen
Hall, Oxford University on October 10, 1594. Captain in the Royal
navy. Served against the Spanish Armada. Retired from military
in 1609. Practiced as Barrister-at-Law. He sold the Newport Pagnell
estate left him by his father and moved to Derryville,
county Cork, Ireland. However, When the civil war was starting up in 1641, his Irish
estate was burned down. One source claims he returned to England and
died there before 1646
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The Maunsell family in England
were mostly royalists in the English Civil War (1642 – 1651). Charles’s
eldest brother Col. Thomas Maunsell fought
against Cromwell in Ireland
even when other commanders were giving up. Brothers John and Boyle Maunsell supported Cromwell however. When Cromwell finally won, the royalists
were hunted down. It is possible that is reason for Charles M desiring to
move to the CT colony.
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Click Here to read about Jacob Munsell’s
(John Jr.’s Brother) road rage fight with George
Washington
John
Jr was a DAR confirmed American soldier in the
Revolutionary War
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Lawrence (AKA
Zonie) got typhoid fever and meningitis on
December 10, 1910. He died of
this at 10:00PM on December 26, 1910, the day after Christmas, age 27 years
11 months. Some records have Jan 19 as his birthday. His wife Ada lived 56
more years.
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Lorenzo
came to DeWitt county in about 1889 from Mt. Vernon IL
with his 2nd wife Margaret. He
brought many varieties of fruit trees with him. He had a great talent in
raising vegetables and at one time supplied fresh vegetables to Scott and
White hospital in Temple.
They
moved to Richland Springs in about 1898 and purchased a farm 2.5 miles
north of Richland Springs on the Brownwood
road. There, he planted a large
pecan grove and farmed. He and
Margaret (2nd wife; Phydelia ran away)
are buried in Richland Springs cemetery.
His pecan farms are still there today. See the big family picture
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Thomas Jr. was a private in the Vermont Militia during
the war of 1812 (10 Jul – Dec 1812).
He received a pension on Sep. 1871 (Illinois # 5109)
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Click here to read
an account of Lydia’s
death
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