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We know very little about Handsor Durham. He was the son of Benjamin Durham and Elizabeth Hansor . A Marriage Bond recorded on 1 June, 1815 records his marriage to Margaret Consilor. Handsor signed the bond with his mark. Based on this we can speculate that he was born sometime between 1791 and 1800, probably on Jolly's Neck Farm along the present Rt. 100, west of Rt. 13. Margaret was a member of the mixed race Concilor family but, so far, I have not been able to trace her ancestry. In 1816 Handsor and Margaret sold off part of Jolly's Neck Farm to Hugh Durham (his cousin, the son of Daniel and Nicey Durham). Louise and Ned Heite's report on Jolly's Neck Farm records information about "Hugh's cabin" which may refer to the homestead Hugh Durham built on this land acquired from Handsor. In 1820 Handsor made his only appearance in the federal census records. He was shown living in St. Jones Hundred (the site of Jolly's Neck), Kent Co. DE (age 26-45) with his wife (age 26-45). No children are listed. In 1823 Handsor and wife sold off more of the farm, this time to William Ruth. Jolly's Neck was rapidly disappearing. In fact only a few acres of the original property remained in the hands of the original family. We have no other information about Handsor and Margaret. They disappear from the records after 1823. We can only speculate about their children. Since Jolly's Neck Farm passed to Benjamin Durham we can assume that he was a son. There were probably other children but, as of now, we cannot say for sure. In the 1850 Kent County DE census, on page 174 with Benjamin Durham who we know was living on Jolley's Neck farm, we find William and Mahala (Songo) Durham and their family. William's age is listed as 32. It is probable Benjamin and William were related, possibly brothers, but that has not yet been proven.
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