Census Records of Yates Co., NY for Bunce & related families
Federal and New York State census records for Yates County, New York in order by census year, then alphabetically by last name
(copied by Bonnie Bunce, descendant
of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce)

BUNCE and other related family members from 1850 Federal, 1855 and 1865 New York State census records (see also a copy of the 1825 NY state census record of household of Peter Bunce, Sr.):


1850 Federal census
Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
208th Family:

Chancy "Boyes" male, age 45, farmer, real estate worth $15,640, birthplace NY
[Chauncey Boyce, son of John and Beulah (Tuttle) Boyce of Barrington, Yates Co., New York, formerly of Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY, was supervisor of town of Barrington, when he d. in 1850 per S.C. Cleveland's History and Directory of Yates County, New York, p. 159.]
Betsey Boyes, female, age 42, birthplace Massachusetts
[Betsey Bunce, 4th child of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce, per family Bible record]
John Boyes, male, age 20, farmer, birthplace NY
Edmund Boyes, male, age 17, farmer, birthplace NY
Melissa Boyes, female, age 10, birthplace NY
Margenia Boyes, female, age 3, birthplace NY
[Chauncey and Betsey (Bunce) Boyce also had another daughter named Maria A. Boyce according to S. C. Cleveland's History and Directory of Yates County, New York, p. 159. Maria was b. 1829 based on her age on her grave­stone in the Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, New York, which record says she d. 8 Jan 1893. She had probably married Fletcher Heald prior to 1850, since she was not living with her parents when the census was taken. See record below for what the 1855 New York state census says about her family.]
1850 Federal census
Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
115th Family:
Loomis Bunce, male, age 46, real estate worth $18,750, birthplace Mass.
[eldest son, 2nd child of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce, per family Bible record, d. 5 Mar 1878, in Dundee, Yates Co., NY, per probate record; employed as a millwright]
Mary Bunce, female, age 47, birthplace NY
[Mary (Holmes) Bunce was b. 30 Sep 1812 based on her age at death 54 yrs., 9 mos. and 21 days recorded on her gravestone. She d. 29 Jun 1867. According to a biographical sketch on Loomis Bunce on p. 574 of History of Yates County New York by Lewis Cass Aldrich, pub­lished in 1893, she was a daughter of William Holmes of Steuben County, New York.]
Ann E. Bunce, female, age 12, birthplace NY
[Eliza Ann Bunce m. George P. Lord, bank president and representative in the New York State Assembly, they had no children. According to a copy of her obituary from the Dundee Area Historical Society, she was born 3 Jan 1838 in Pleasant Valley, Steuben Co., New York, married George P. Lord on 2 Mar 1859 at Dundee, New York and died in Dundee on 12 Jul 1898.]
Melvin M. Bunce, male, age 7, birthplace NY
[Melvin served in the Civil War on the Union side in Co. B, 126th Regt. N.Y.S.V., died 2 Jul 1863, first day of Battle of Gettysburg, buried on battlefield.]
Sylvester Moon, male, age 21, laborer

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
397th Family:

Edward Hogeland, male, age 29, editor, real estate worth $1,800, birthplace NY
[For more information on Edward Hoagland, please see supplement.]
Eliza [Huson] Hogeland, female, age 25, birthplace NY
[For more information on Eliza Ann (Huson) Hoagland, please see supplement.]
Mary K. Hogeland, age 3, birthplace NY
[For more information on Mary R. Hoagland, see section on Clogston family in supplement.]
Edwin Booth, male, age 21, printer, birthplace NY
Philander lines, male age 16, printer, birthplace NY

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
450th Family:

Richard Huson, male, age 51, physician, real estate valued at $11,500, birthplace Mass.
Rebecca [Kress] Huson, female, age 49, birthplace NY
[Rebecca was dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Slaughter) Kress, and sister of John Jay and Samuel Kress, Jr. of Yates Co., New York. She apparently died in Eureka, Greenwood Co., Kansas at the home of her grand-daughter, Mary (Hoagland) Clogston.]

1850 Federal census
Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
144th Family:

Luman Jones, male, age 34, farmer, real estate worth $13,440, birthplace New York
[son of George and Jane (Lazear) Jones of Vails Gate, Orange Co., New York]
"Sophiah" Jones, female, age 30, birthplace New York
[Sophia Bunce, 9th child of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce; infor­mation that she was born in New York is an error, as she was born in Massachusetts. The 1860 census for Yates Co., NY shows her birthplace as Massachusetts. Information on her place of birth was probably provided to the census taker by her husband.]
George Jones, male, age 8, birthplace New York
Rhoda Jones, female, age 6, birthplace New York

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
210th Family:

Isaac Kress, male, age 42, farmer, real property worth $16,500, birthplace NY
[Isaac Kress was youngest child of Samuel and Catherine (Slaughter) Kress, and younger brother of John Jay Kress. He was named as the co-executor of the estate of his brother John Jay Kress.]
Joann [Ayres] Kress, female, age 36, birthplace NJ
Elizabeth Kress, female, age 15, birthplace NY
Melissa Kress, female, age 12, birthplace NY
Martin Inseco, age 10?, birthplace NY
[unsure what his relationship is to others]

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
211th Family:

John J. Kress, male, age 62, farmer, real estate worth $18,000, birthplace NY
[eldest son of Samuel Kress, Sr. and his first wife, Catherine (Slaughter) Kress]
Margaret [Murdock] Kress, female, age 60, birthplace NY
Halsey S. Kress, male, age 20, farmer, birthplace NY, had attended school previous year
George W. Kress, male, age 17, farmer, birthplace NY, had attended school previous year
Catharine C. Wilkins, female, age 13, birthplace NY, had attended school previous year
[grandchild of John J. Kress]
Mary I. Wilkins, female, age 4, birthplace NY
[grandchild of John J. Kress]

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
212th Family:

Andrew J. Kress, male, age 25, farmer, birthplace NY
[son of John Jay and Margaret (Murdock) Kress]
Adeline [Shannon] Kress, female, age 28, birthplace NY

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
224th Family:

Samuel Kress [Jr.], male, age 60, farmer, real estate worth $110,250, birthplace NY
Sarah [Hutchins] Kress, female, age 42, birthplace NY
Charles Kress, male, age 20, farmer, birthplace NY
Ellen Kress, female, age 17, birthplace NY
Emily Kress, female, age 15, birthplace NY
Harriet Kress, female, age 8, birthplace NY

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
222nd Family:

[Andrew P.] Tillman Kress, male, age 27, farmer, birthplace NY
[son of Samuel Kress, Jr., by his first wife Betsey Starkey]
Rohda A. [Bunce] Kress, female, age 26, birthplace Mass.
[10th child and youngest dau. of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce]
Rohda [Loomis] Bunce, female, age 68, birthplace Mass.
Samuel Kress, male, age 1/12 year, birthplace NY
Daniel Cooper, male, age 12
[unsure what his relationship was to others, probably hired help]

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
153rd Family:

Benjamin M. Lord, male, age 50, farmer, real estate worth $14,000 birthplace NY
Elizabeth [Fleming] Lord, female, age 44, birthplace NJ
Mary Lord, female, age 28, birthplace NY
George P. Lord, male, age 19, farmer, birthplace NY
[George P. Lord married Eliza Ann Bunce, dau. of Loomis Bunce]
Catharine Lord, female, age 16, birthplace NY
Elizabeth Lord, female, age 9, birthplace NY
Andrew Fleming, male, age 77, birthplace NY [no occupation given]

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
Taken 1 June 1850
Family: ___, Household:___

Shannon McLoud, male, age 40, a farmer, birthplace NY, value of real estate $12,000
[Per a descendant of Shannon McLoud, the surname is correctly spelled MacLeod.]
Eliza Ann [Kress] McLoud, female, age 35, birthplace NY
Huldah A. McLoud, female, age 14, birthplace NY
Hunting(?) [prob. Montgomery], McLoud, male, age 13, birthplace NY
Emery McLoud, male, age 9, birthplace NY

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
258th Family:

Joshua F. Norris, male, age 44, carpenter, birthplace Maryland
[youngest child of Eliphalet & Mary (Hathaway) Norris]
Samantha [Kress] Norris, female, age 24(?), birthplace NY
[dau. of John Jay and Margaret (Murdock) Kress]
William M. Norris, male, age 14, birthplace NY
John A. Norris, male, age 10, birthplace NY
Mary J. Norris, female, age 8, birthplace NY
James A. Norris, male, age 5, birthplace NY
Susan Norris, female, age 5, birthplace NY

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
169th Family:

David B. Olney, male, age 30, clergyman, birthplace NY
Eunice C. Olney, female, age 31, birthplace NY
[Eunice Cleveland Olney became second wife of Loomis Bunce about 1868.]

1850 Federal census
Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
451st Family:

James Spicer, male, age 24, birthplace NY [no occupation given]
Catharine [Huson] Spicer, female, age 24, birthplace NY
Mary A. Spicer, female, age 2, birthplace NY
Rebecca Spicer, female, age 11/12 year, birthplace NY

Records from 1855 Yates County,
New York State census

Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 4, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

9th family enumerated:

Edmund Boyce, age 26, male, born in Yates County, owned his land, lived in log house worth $50
[son of Chauncey and Betsey (Bunce) Boyce; his gravestone says he was b. 21 Dec 1832 and d. 10 Jan 1901, buried in Dundee, Yates Co., NY.]
Susan A. Boyce, age 18, female, wife, born in Yates County
[wife of Edmund Boyce was Susan Baskin, buried next to him in cemetery in Dundee, Yates Co., New York where her dates of birth and death are given on the gravestone as b. 23 May 1837, d. 6 Sep 1907.]
Elizabeth Boyce, female child, age 4/12

Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 5, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

26th family enumerated in census:

John Boyce, male, age 25, farmer, born in Yates County, had lived in Yates County 25 years, owned his own land, lived in frame house worth $600
[John Boyce was said to have gone to Iowa in S.C. Cleveland's History and Directory of Yates Co., NY on p. 159, but he and his wife apparently returned to Yates Co. after the book was published as they are buried near his brother Edmund and his wife in a cemetery in Dundee, New York. The dates of his birth and death appear on his gravestone as 2 Aug 1829 and 27 Jul 1889.]
Lucretia Boyce, age 32, female, born in Yates County, had lived in Yates County for 32 years, daughter-in-law
[Lucretia Baskin was the wife of John Boyce, and is buried next to him in a cemetery in Dundee, New York. Gravestone gives her date of birth as 27 Jun 1821 and date of death 3 Jan 1904. She was possibly one of the 14 children of William Baskin "of Irish birth" and Elizabeth Raplee whose record appears on p. 940 of Stafford C. Cleveland's History and Directory of Yates County, New York.]
Betsey Taylor, age 46, female, born in Massachusetts, had lived in Yates County 26 years.
[Betsey (Bunce) Boyce married Jonathan Taylor on 2 Sep 1852 in Barrington, Yates Co., New York, I do not know where Jonathan Taylor was living at time of this census, it's possible that they had separated, since Jonathan Taylor died in 1870, according to a record in the Yates County Historical Society.]

Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 25, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

237th dwelling, 247th family enumerated in the census

Loomis Bunce, age 51, male, born in Massachusetts, had lived for 30 years in Yates County, lived in a frame dwelling worth $2,000
[Eldest son, second child of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce.]
Mary Bunce, age 42, female, wife, born in Steuben County, had lived in Yates County for 17 years
Eliza Bunce, age 17, female, child, born in Yates County
Melvin Bunce, age 12, male, child, born in Yates County
Benjamin Horr, age 16, male, adopted, born in Steuben County, lived in Yates County 9 years

Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 23, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

234th dwelling, 244th family enumerated in the census

Peter Bunce, age 31, male, born in Yates County. farmer, owned his land, had lived 26 years in Yates County, lived in frame dwelling worth $150
[For more information on Peter Bunce, Jr., youngest son of Peter Bunce, Sr. and Rhoda Loomis, please see Bunce section of Bunce Genealogy and History.]
Balinda Bunce, age 31, female, born in Yates County, lived there 26 years
["Balinda" appears to be a mistake, as her name was Mary Bolender (Kress) Bunce, daughter of John Jay and Margaret (Murdock) Kress of Starkey, Yates Co., New York.]
Spencer Bunce, age 5, male, child, born in Yates County, lived 5 years in Yates Co. [sic]
John Bunce, age 4, male, child, born in Yates County [sic]
[John's full name was John Jay Bunce, born 22 Feb 1851 in Fall River, Columbia Co., Wisconsin, based on family records.]


Town of Barrington
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 8, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

56th family:

Fletcher Heald, male, age 33, farmer, birthplace Essex Co., NY had lived in Yates Co. for 7 years. Owned his own land, lived in frame house worth $600
[Note: According to a book on Tyrone, NY cemeteries, Fletcher Heald d. 25 Dec 1872 at age 51 yrs., 3 mos., 16 days, was buried in Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, New York.]
Maria Heald, female, age 26, wife, born in Yates Co., had lived in Yates Co. for 26 years
[Maria Heald died at age 64 on 8 Jan 1893 in Tyrone, Schuyler Co., New York, was buried in Tyrone Cemetery. There is a probate record for her estate in the Schuyler Co., New York records.]
Adella Heald, female child, age 3, born in Yates Co.
Josephine Heald, female child, age 1, born in Yates Co.
Melissa Boyce, female, age 15, sister-in-law, born in Yates Co., had lived in Yates Co. 15 years
Margenia Boyce, female, age 7, female, sister-in-law, born in Yates Co., had lived in Yates Co. 7 years


Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 8, 1855 by John Boyce, Marshal

62nd Family enumerated in census:

Luman A. Jones, age 39, male, born in Orange Co., NY, had lived for past 16 years in Yates County, farmer, owned his land, lived in frame house worth $500
Sophia [Bunce] Jones, age 35, wife, born in Massachusetts, had lived in Yates County for 30 years
[Sophia Bunce Jones was 9th child of Peter and Rhoda (Loomis) Bunce per family Bible record]
George Jones, age 12, male, child, born in Yates County
Rhoda A. Jones, age 10, female, child, born in Yates County
Edwin Jones, age 4, male, child, born in Yates County


Town of Starkey
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 20, 1855, by John Boyce, Marshal

143rd dwelling, 148th family (resided in frame house worth $1,500):


Records from 1865 Yates County,
New York State census

Town of Starkey, First Election Dist.
Yates County, New York
New York State Census taken June 7, 1865

21st dwelling, 22nd family (frame house worth $1,500) enumerated in census:


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