Elizabeth Dennis was the grandaughter of Elizabeth Honce. The Honce family lived at Marlboro in Monmouth county. The earliest member of the family I have found so far was David Honce who lived from about 1772 -1853. According to a story I read in a history of Monmouth County, he remembered hearing the cannon fire from the Battle of Monmouth in June of 1778, while his father was off fighting in the battle.
I will be trying to determine if the story is true, or at least if my ancestor was really a soldier in the battle of Monmouth, and whatever else I can learn about him.
Another mystery I want to solve is who was Elizabeth Honce's mother. Family lore says her name was Elizabeth Holmes, but I have found not a single record of her anywhere.
As a first step in the project I have "googled around" to find as many references as I can to the Honce family, to use as a starting place to put that branch of the family tree together. Step two will be a trip to the Monmouth County archives to check for land records and wills that may reveal some important clues.
The raw notes reveal some early Honce's, dating back to the early 1700's ; as shown below.
Honce, Cornelius Monmouth Vankerk, Mary Monmouth 9 Apr 1766 H (Part 2 : 1761-1772) : 362
marriage record at NJ DARM
Honce, Cornelius Stryker, Elizabeth Middletown Point Monmouth Co. : Matawan 5 Feb 1862 Bk. X : Pg. 163
Marriage Record at NJ DARM
Honce, David Williams, Rachel Keyport Monmouth Co. : Raritan 16 Mar 1856 Bk. X : Pg. 89
Marriage Record at NJ DARM
Honce, James (Widower) Stevens, Mary A. Raritan Monmouth Co. : Raritan 25 Jun 1854 Bk. X : Pg. 79
Honce, John J. Combs, Catharine New Brunswick Monmouth Co. : Marlboro 16 Jan 1867 Bk. X : Pg. 247
Honce, Elizabeth 42y F Monmouth County : Marlboro 21 Feb 1881 1880-81. 70 - H49
Death at njdarm
Honce, Leah 83y 11m F Monmouth County : Marlboro 24 Jul 1881 1881-82. 70 - H7
death at njdarm
Honce, Cyrus B. ~~ 1868 - 1931
Honce, David D. ~~ Feb 10, 1806 - Jan 19, 1890
Photo Photo # 2
Honce, David ~~ died Oct 26?, 1852, aged 86? years Photo Photo # 2
Honce, Jane Ann Van Cleaf (wife of David D. Honce) ~~ Jul 10, 1810 - Apr 30, 1884
Honce, Jane Schanck (wife of James Honce / daughter of John R. and Margaret Schanck) ~~ Feb 4, 1818 - Sep 2, 1852
Honce, Jennie C. (daughter of John D. and Kate J. Honce) ~~ Feb 13, 1869 - May 2, 1888
Honce, Jennie C. DuBois (wife of Cyrus B. Honce) ~~ 1866 - 1924
Honce, John D. ~~ Jun 4, 1834 - Nov 20, 1915
Honce, Kate J. Combs (wife of John D. Honce) ~~ Oct ?, 1829 - Feb 2, 1875
Honce, William V. S. (son of David D. and Jane Ann Honce) ~~ died Nov 15, 1840, aged 2 years Photo Photo # 2
Burials at Old Brick Reformed Church , Matawan
Honce, Cornelius May 1767, land rent due to Hendrick Schanck , this old monmouth of ours ; page 311\
*2nd Husband of Angenietje Roelofsen Schenck:
+John Voorhees Honce m: Aft. 1757 per Descendants of Pieter van Doorn on ancestry.com
1776 Roll of Monmouth County Militia ,under Colonel Daniel Hendrickson, Browns Point Middletown; David Honce This Old Monmouth of Ours page 55 - page 203 lists David Honce as revolutionary soldier and ancestor of Cyrus Honce ; Belmar Mayor.
Eliza Jane Honce daughter of James and Jane (Schank) Honce - born 9 April 1846 Marlborough NJ died 23 April 1866 in Branford CT - married Paschall Kidder Hoadley 13 November 1864 ;child James Morgan Hoadley born17 April 1866 Branford CT ; page 118 William Hoadley and his Descendants from ancestry.com
All Reformed Church of the Navesink and its two branches : the First Reformed Church of Freehold now known as the Brick Church of M results for Honce
Baptismal record , 1735 Johannes Hanse and wife Lena Willemse page 36
Stone in Van Noortstrandt burial ground Anteje, daughter of John and Halaner Hans; 17 Sept 1757 aged 24 years 10 months 24 days; who was baptised as daughter of Johannes Hansen Van Noortstrandt ; page 169
Caty Honce ; Husband William Van Vorhees ; several children born 1767 -1784 -A genealogy of the Van Voorhees family in America, or, The descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and ancestry.com
John VanKirk, son of Jon Jansz (#7) and his wife, Alice, possibly born in New Ultrecht between 1690-1700, but unlike his brothers he moved to Monmouth County. Will made out June 29, 1770 (NJA 33:450) witnessed by Arthur Honce, David House and Thomas Bullman.
n. wm 1775 Feb 18 NJA_COW Pg 240, Lib M pg 16
Henrickson, Daniel Jr. Of Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Brothers Garret and Hendrick Hendrickson. Wife Mary,
Siters Nelly Vanmakert ( Vanmater ), Mary Covenhoven, Anne Honce.
To Jane Schank, a Cow when 18.
Phebe Honce marriage to Joseph Wood , both of Freehold, 24 July 1766 ; marriage records 1665-1800 by William Nelson
Jane Honce (F)
b. 1740, #66975
Jane Honce was also known as Jane Van Nostrand. She was also known as Jannetje Van Noostrandt. She was also known as Jance Honce. Jane Honce was born in 1740. She married Tunis Vanderveer, son of Tunis Vanderveer and Aeltje Gerretse Schenck, on 26 March 1759.
Per David Conover genealogy on the web
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my grand mother was named mary e of the honces of belmar nj .she married james f pierce. of belmar . and became mary dubois pierce . i also have family sampler from 1839 of sarah holmes .
my name is william stillwell pierce nice to meet you
sarah smock married frank dubois . had three children. two passed my grand mother mary dubois , was their third child mary elizabeth .the honces were partners in bussiness my mistake.
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