There is a funeral record for Jeptha Mundy on 30 Jan 1864 in the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church burial book. According to the record, Jeptha Mundy was buried at the "Adamsville Cemetery," later the Mountain Top Cemetery. This cemetery is located on the crest of the First Watchung Mountain. This cemetery is not affiliated with a church. It is on the south side of Mountain Top Road at Neumann's Lane and Steel Gap Road. According to the GMNJ, the oldest gravestone is from 1864.
A death record has not been found in the New Jersey Archives. There does not seem to be an existing gravestone. A list made in 1939 does not include one.
It is a mystery that his wife and all but one of his children were buried in Bound Brook and he is buried elsewhere although both cemeteries are close. His wife Hannah (Joanna) Tunison Mundy shares a large memorial at Bound Brook with her sister Eleanor (Ellen) Tunison Kincheloe from whom she received a large inheritance shortly before her own death.
It is also a mystery where he was at the time the 1860 Census was taken. He is last found in the 1850 Census but not in the 1855 NJ State Census as a head of household. He may have been in his son Henry's household in 1855 because there is an "extra" man listed although names are not given. Likewise, his wife may have been in Israel and Caroline Whitlock's household in her longtime home as she was in the 1860 Census.
One must wonder if the couple separated sometime between 1850 and 1855 and if there were still hard-feelings when he died in 1864 causing his family to bury him elsewhere. Still, where was he in 1860? He is not with any of his children.
For most of his life, Jeptha lived in Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township. Middlebrook was located near and north of Bound Brook. The village has been incorporated into Bound Brook, but some think its center was around Thompson Avenue and W. Union/Rt 28. Middlebrook is famous because of George Washington's "encampment" there during the American Revolution. It was described in 1850 as "a pleasant little village on the Raritan" and it was said that "Middlebrook and Bound Brook lie close together and are included in one village."
Specifically, it appears from an old map that he lived half way between Martinsville and Middlebrook/Bound Brook on what is now Vosseller Road.
The first deed in his name is in 1816 and the last in 1849 in which land is sold to his eldest son Henry.
He is found there in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses, but not in 1860. However, his wife is there in 1860 with Israel Whitlock, their son-in-law, as the head of household. It is clearly the same property since the neighbors remained constant. She lived with her daughter and SIL for the rest of her life although they moved to Pluckemin by 1870.
It is likely he was born in late 1786 or early 1787 since his mother was pregnant enough for it to be known in May 1786 when his father's will was probated.
He was the son of Robert and Isabel Mundy of Piscataway, Middlesex County. In Robert Mundy's 1786 will it is mentioned that his "present wife" Isabel was pregnant. This posthumous child was Jeptha. It appears from this that Isabel was Robert Mundy's second wife and that the other children listed were from his earlier marriage. I believe that she was a Mundy cousin and that she married Martin Mundy after Robert's death.
Robert Mundy was the son of Thomas Mundy, a son of Nicholas Mundy Jr. and a grandson of Nicholas Mundy Sr., one of the early settlers of Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
According to the Rev. Ezra Mundy who published a genealogy of the Mundy family in 1907, Jeptha Mundy was raised by Enos Mundy, certainly his cousin and likely his uncle since he was the brother of Isabel Mundy. Enos moved from Middlesex County to Warrenville, Somerset County about 1792 although he still owned land in Middlesex a couple of years later. Warrenville (Warren) is about 4 miles from Middlebrook. This would explain how Jeptha got from Middlesex County to Somerset County where he married as a young man. It is not known at what age Jeptha joined Enos' household. It does not seem likely that he did so as a small child because it seems, contrary to Rev. Ezra Mundy, his mother was alive until at least 1830. Nor does it seem likely that a young, newly married couple without children would take in a toddler. This information was based on an 1883 interview with Lewis Mundy, son of Enos, in Lewis' extreme old age.
There was another Jeptha Mundy 1762-1837 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. He was a first cousin once removed and is sometimes confused with this Jeptha.
His wife, Joanna/Hannah Tunison, was from Martinsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Cornelius Tunison and Mary Alward. Jeptha and Hannah married about 1810 in Somerset County and their first child was born in 1812.
According to baptism records at the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church, his children were:
* Henry Tunison Mundy b. 17 Nov 1812
* William Mundy b. 5 April 1818
* Eliza Ann Mundy b. 2 July 1820
* Mary Mundy b. 25 June 1823
* Ellen b. 1826 (missing from transcribed baptism records that I have)
* Caroline Brown Mundy b. 6 Jan 1831
* John Bray Mundy b. 2 Jan 1833
All were baptized at their parents' home.
A death record has not been found in the New Jersey Archives. There does not seem to be an existing gravestone. A list made in 1939 does not include one.
It is a mystery that his wife and all but one of his children were buried in Bound Brook and he is buried elsewhere although both cemeteries are close. His wife Hannah (Joanna) Tunison Mundy shares a large memorial at Bound Brook with her sister Eleanor (Ellen) Tunison Kincheloe from whom she received a large inheritance shortly before her own death.
It is also a mystery where he was at the time the 1860 Census was taken. He is last found in the 1850 Census but not in the 1855 NJ State Census as a head of household. He may have been in his son Henry's household in 1855 because there is an "extra" man listed although names are not given. Likewise, his wife may have been in Israel and Caroline Whitlock's household in her longtime home as she was in the 1860 Census.
One must wonder if the couple separated sometime between 1850 and 1855 and if there were still hard-feelings when he died in 1864 causing his family to bury him elsewhere. Still, where was he in 1860? He is not with any of his children.
For most of his life, Jeptha lived in Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township. Middlebrook was located near and north of Bound Brook. The village has been incorporated into Bound Brook, but some think its center was around Thompson Avenue and W. Union/Rt 28. Middlebrook is famous because of George Washington's "encampment" there during the American Revolution. It was described in 1850 as "a pleasant little village on the Raritan" and it was said that "Middlebrook and Bound Brook lie close together and are included in one village."
Specifically, it appears from an old map that he lived half way between Martinsville and Middlebrook/Bound Brook on what is now Vosseller Road.
The first deed in his name is in 1816 and the last in 1849 in which land is sold to his eldest son Henry.
He is found there in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses, but not in 1860. However, his wife is there in 1860 with Israel Whitlock, their son-in-law, as the head of household. It is clearly the same property since the neighbors remained constant. She lived with her daughter and SIL for the rest of her life although they moved to Pluckemin by 1870.
It is likely he was born in late 1786 or early 1787 since his mother was pregnant enough for it to be known in May 1786 when his father's will was probated.
He was the son of Robert and Isabel Mundy of Piscataway, Middlesex County. In Robert Mundy's 1786 will it is mentioned that his "present wife" Isabel was pregnant. This posthumous child was Jeptha. It appears from this that Isabel was Robert Mundy's second wife and that the other children listed were from his earlier marriage. I believe that she was a Mundy cousin and that she married Martin Mundy after Robert's death.
Robert Mundy was the son of Thomas Mundy, a son of Nicholas Mundy Jr. and a grandson of Nicholas Mundy Sr., one of the early settlers of Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
According to the Rev. Ezra Mundy who published a genealogy of the Mundy family in 1907, Jeptha Mundy was raised by Enos Mundy, certainly his cousin and likely his uncle since he was the brother of Isabel Mundy. Enos moved from Middlesex County to Warrenville, Somerset County about 1792 although he still owned land in Middlesex a couple of years later. Warrenville (Warren) is about 4 miles from Middlebrook. This would explain how Jeptha got from Middlesex County to Somerset County where he married as a young man. It is not known at what age Jeptha joined Enos' household. It does not seem likely that he did so as a small child because it seems, contrary to Rev. Ezra Mundy, his mother was alive until at least 1830. Nor does it seem likely that a young, newly married couple without children would take in a toddler. This information was based on an 1883 interview with Lewis Mundy, son of Enos, in Lewis' extreme old age.
There was another Jeptha Mundy 1762-1837 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. He was a first cousin once removed and is sometimes confused with this Jeptha.
His wife, Joanna/Hannah Tunison, was from Martinsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Cornelius Tunison and Mary Alward. Jeptha and Hannah married about 1810 in Somerset County and their first child was born in 1812.
According to baptism records at the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church, his children were:
* Henry Tunison Mundy b. 17 Nov 1812
* William Mundy b. 5 April 1818
* Eliza Ann Mundy b. 2 July 1820
* Mary Mundy b. 25 June 1823
* Ellen b. 1826 (missing from transcribed baptism records that I have)
* Caroline Brown Mundy b. 6 Jan 1831
* John Bray Mundy b. 2 Jan 1833
All were baptized at their parents' home.
There is a funeral record for Jeptha Mundy on 30 Jan 1864 in the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church burial book. According to the record, Jeptha Mundy was buried at the "Adamsville Cemetery," later the Mountain Top Cemetery. This cemetery is located on the crest of the First Watchung Mountain. This cemetery is not affiliated with a church. It is on the south side of Mountain Top Road at Neumann's Lane and Steel Gap Road. According to the GMNJ, the oldest gravestone is from 1864.
A death record has not been found in the New Jersey Archives. There does not seem to be an existing gravestone. A list made in 1939 does not include one.
It is a mystery that his wife and all but one of his children were buried in Bound Brook and he is buried elsewhere although both cemeteries are close. His wife Hannah (Joanna) Tunison Mundy shares a large memorial at Bound Brook with her sister Eleanor (Ellen) Tunison Kincheloe from whom she received a large inheritance shortly before her own death.
It is also a mystery where he was at the time the 1860 Census was taken. He is last found in the 1850 Census but not in the 1855 NJ State Census as a head of household. He may have been in his son Henry's household in 1855 because there is an "extra" man listed although names are not given. Likewise, his wife may have been in Israel and Caroline Whitlock's household in her longtime home as she was in the 1860 Census.
One must wonder if the couple separated sometime between 1850 and 1855 and if there were still hard-feelings when he died in 1864 causing his family to bury him elsewhere. Still, where was he in 1860? He is not with any of his children.
For most of his life, Jeptha lived in Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township. Middlebrook was located near and north of Bound Brook. The village has been incorporated into Bound Brook, but some think its center was around Thompson Avenue and W. Union/Rt 28. Middlebrook is famous because of George Washington's "encampment" there during the American Revolution. It was described in 1850 as "a pleasant little village on the Raritan" and it was said that "Middlebrook and Bound Brook lie close together and are included in one village."
Specifically, it appears from an old map that he lived half way between Martinsville and Middlebrook/Bound Brook on what is now Vosseller Road.
The first deed in his name is in 1816 and the last in 1849 in which land is sold to his eldest son Henry.
He is found there in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses, but not in 1860. However, his wife is there in 1860 with Israel Whitlock, their son-in-law, as the head of household. It is clearly the same property since the neighbors remained constant. She lived with her daughter and SIL for the rest of her life although they moved to Pluckemin by 1870.
It is likely he was born in late 1786 or early 1787 since his mother was pregnant enough for it to be known in May 1786 when his father's will was probated.
He was the son of Robert and Isabel Mundy of Piscataway, Middlesex County. In Robert Mundy's 1786 will it is mentioned that his "present wife" Isabel was pregnant. This posthumous child was Jeptha. It appears from this that Isabel was Robert Mundy's second wife and that the other children listed were from his earlier marriage. I believe that she was a Mundy cousin and that she married Martin Mundy after Robert's death.
Robert Mundy was the son of Thomas Mundy, a son of Nicholas Mundy Jr. and a grandson of Nicholas Mundy Sr., one of the early settlers of Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
According to the Rev. Ezra Mundy who published a genealogy of the Mundy family in 1907, Jeptha Mundy was raised by Enos Mundy, certainly his cousin and likely his uncle since he was the brother of Isabel Mundy. Enos moved from Middlesex County to Warrenville, Somerset County about 1792 although he still owned land in Middlesex a couple of years later. Warrenville (Warren) is about 4 miles from Middlebrook. This would explain how Jeptha got from Middlesex County to Somerset County where he married as a young man. It is not known at what age Jeptha joined Enos' household. It does not seem likely that he did so as a small child because it seems, contrary to Rev. Ezra Mundy, his mother was alive until at least 1830. Nor does it seem likely that a young, newly married couple without children would take in a toddler. This information was based on an 1883 interview with Lewis Mundy, son of Enos, in Lewis' extreme old age.
There was another Jeptha Mundy 1762-1837 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. He was a first cousin once removed and is sometimes confused with this Jeptha.
His wife, Joanna/Hannah Tunison, was from Martinsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Cornelius Tunison and Mary Alward. Jeptha and Hannah married about 1810 in Somerset County and their first child was born in 1812.
According to baptism records at the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church, his children were:
* Henry Tunison Mundy b. 17 Nov 1812
* William Mundy b. 5 April 1818
* Eliza Ann Mundy b. 2 July 1820
* Mary Mundy b. 25 June 1823
* Ellen b. 1826 (missing from transcribed baptism records that I have)
* Caroline Brown Mundy b. 6 Jan 1831
* John Bray Mundy b. 2 Jan 1833
All were baptized at their parents' home.
A death record has not been found in the New Jersey Archives. There does not seem to be an existing gravestone. A list made in 1939 does not include one.
It is a mystery that his wife and all but one of his children were buried in Bound Brook and he is buried elsewhere although both cemeteries are close. His wife Hannah (Joanna) Tunison Mundy shares a large memorial at Bound Brook with her sister Eleanor (Ellen) Tunison Kincheloe from whom she received a large inheritance shortly before her own death.
It is also a mystery where he was at the time the 1860 Census was taken. He is last found in the 1850 Census but not in the 1855 NJ State Census as a head of household. He may have been in his son Henry's household in 1855 because there is an "extra" man listed although names are not given. Likewise, his wife may have been in Israel and Caroline Whitlock's household in her longtime home as she was in the 1860 Census.
One must wonder if the couple separated sometime between 1850 and 1855 and if there were still hard-feelings when he died in 1864 causing his family to bury him elsewhere. Still, where was he in 1860? He is not with any of his children.
For most of his life, Jeptha lived in Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township. Middlebrook was located near and north of Bound Brook. The village has been incorporated into Bound Brook, but some think its center was around Thompson Avenue and W. Union/Rt 28. Middlebrook is famous because of George Washington's "encampment" there during the American Revolution. It was described in 1850 as "a pleasant little village on the Raritan" and it was said that "Middlebrook and Bound Brook lie close together and are included in one village."
Specifically, it appears from an old map that he lived half way between Martinsville and Middlebrook/Bound Brook on what is now Vosseller Road.
The first deed in his name is in 1816 and the last in 1849 in which land is sold to his eldest son Henry.
He is found there in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses, but not in 1860. However, his wife is there in 1860 with Israel Whitlock, their son-in-law, as the head of household. It is clearly the same property since the neighbors remained constant. She lived with her daughter and SIL for the rest of her life although they moved to Pluckemin by 1870.
It is likely he was born in late 1786 or early 1787 since his mother was pregnant enough for it to be known in May 1786 when his father's will was probated.
He was the son of Robert and Isabel Mundy of Piscataway, Middlesex County. In Robert Mundy's 1786 will it is mentioned that his "present wife" Isabel was pregnant. This posthumous child was Jeptha. It appears from this that Isabel was Robert Mundy's second wife and that the other children listed were from his earlier marriage. I believe that she was a Mundy cousin and that she married Martin Mundy after Robert's death.
Robert Mundy was the son of Thomas Mundy, a son of Nicholas Mundy Jr. and a grandson of Nicholas Mundy Sr., one of the early settlers of Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
According to the Rev. Ezra Mundy who published a genealogy of the Mundy family in 1907, Jeptha Mundy was raised by Enos Mundy, certainly his cousin and likely his uncle since he was the brother of Isabel Mundy. Enos moved from Middlesex County to Warrenville, Somerset County about 1792 although he still owned land in Middlesex a couple of years later. Warrenville (Warren) is about 4 miles from Middlebrook. This would explain how Jeptha got from Middlesex County to Somerset County where he married as a young man. It is not known at what age Jeptha joined Enos' household. It does not seem likely that he did so as a small child because it seems, contrary to Rev. Ezra Mundy, his mother was alive until at least 1830. Nor does it seem likely that a young, newly married couple without children would take in a toddler. This information was based on an 1883 interview with Lewis Mundy, son of Enos, in Lewis' extreme old age.
There was another Jeptha Mundy 1762-1837 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. He was a first cousin once removed and is sometimes confused with this Jeptha.
His wife, Joanna/Hannah Tunison, was from Martinsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Cornelius Tunison and Mary Alward. Jeptha and Hannah married about 1810 in Somerset County and their first child was born in 1812.
According to baptism records at the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church, his children were:
* Henry Tunison Mundy b. 17 Nov 1812
* William Mundy b. 5 April 1818
* Eliza Ann Mundy b. 2 July 1820
* Mary Mundy b. 25 June 1823
* Ellen b. 1826 (missing from transcribed baptism records that I have)
* Caroline Brown Mundy b. 6 Jan 1831
* John Bray Mundy b. 2 Jan 1833
All were baptized at their parents' home.
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