Joseph Munger (my newly-discovered 5th great-grandfather) was born to Joseph Munger and Naomi Needham on August 23, 1760, in South Brimfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, later known as Wales. (See Wikipedia for more information on this community.) He married Hannah Fiske on September 3, 1777, in South Brimfield.
The DAR Genealogical Research Database indicates that Joseph (DAR Ancestor# A082899) served as a private under several different leaders.
Service: Massachusetts Rank(s): Private
Birth: 8-23-1760 Brimfield Hampshire Co Massachusetts
Death: 3-21-1823 Paris Oneida Co New York
Pension Number: *W17186
Service Source: *W17186; MA Sols & Sails, Vol 11, pp 202-203
Service Description: 1) Capts May, Winchester, Cooper, Browning
2) Cols Bliss, Woodbridge, Howe
His father Joseph (DAR Ancestor# A082897) served briefly as a Sergeant.
Service: Massachusetts Rank(s): Sergeant
Birth: 7 - -1719 Hampton [sic: should be Hamden] New London Co Connecticut
Death: Ante 5-22-1805 Utica Oneida Co New York
Service Source: MA Sols & Sails, Vol 11, pp 202
Service Description: 1) Capt Anthony Needham, Minute Men, Brimfield
There are two sources for this service: the useful multi-volume Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War and a very informative widow's pension (for the son, Joseph, who died in Paris, Oneida County, New York, on March 21, 1823.).
There were four entries with the name of Joseph Munger who are listed (volume 11, pp. 202-203) in Mass Soldiers and Sailors. The first one is the father Joseph, who marched "in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775" at about the age of 57 or 58. (He was born in 1719.)
The second Joseph Munger, a private in Capt. Reuben Munn's company, was a cousin.
I believe that both the third and fourth listings refer to the same Joseph Munger, my 5th great-grandfather. Much more information is found in his widow's 1837 pension application.
Joseph (who was sometimes listed as Jr and sometimes as 3rd because he was the youngest of the three Joseph Mungers in South Brimfield) served in Col Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment from August 17, 1777, to November 29, 1777. (He must have served close to home for early September, since he married Hannah Fiske on September 3.) Ephraim Chapin also served under Col Woodbridge during this time and I wrote about it at Ephraim Chapin in the Revolution. He later served in the Continental Army in 1779, leaving his pregnant wife with a young son at home.
After the war, both Joseph Mungers migrated to Oneida County, New York, along with several Munger family members, including daughter, Lovina, who had married Oliver Rood in 1797 in Massachusetts.
Joseph Munger, Lovina's grandfather, died in 1805 in Paris, New York, and was buried in the Waterville Cemetery, Waterville (a village in Paris). (See his FindAGrave memorial with a photo of a faded gravestone.)
Joseph Munger, the son, died at age 62 in 1823 in Oneida County and his death was reported in several newspapers. The Cherry Valley Gazette of Tuesday, April 1, 1823, from NYS Historic Newspapers provided the most comprehensive and descriptive obituary.
The transcription of the obituary:
Communicated for the Madison Observer.
OBITUARY.
Died, on the 21st of March instant, JOSEPH MUNGER, Esquire, of Paris, Oneida county, aged 63. It is seldom that we have to record the death of a man whose life has so uniformly been spent in the cause of religion, of virtue, and of his country. But the hero, the patriot the christian, has gone. An aged mother of 92, a tender wife, and 13 children, together with other relatives, survive to mourn his departure. Joseph Munger was born in the year 1760, and early entered the service of his country. He joined the band of patriots, and was in several of the principal battles fought during the revolution, in all of which he served with reputation. At the battle of Saratoga, he partially lost the sight of one of his eyes. As a father, he was adored by an affectionate family, for whose welfare he paternally provided. As a man, he was the ornament and pride of society, and has left no enemy. As a member of the ancient and respectable fraternity of free and accepted Masons, he was long one of its most shining ornaments - the testimony of which was shown at his funeral, on the Lord's day after his decease, by the attendance of five lodges. A sermon was delivered by the Rev. E. M. Spencer, from Isaiah xl. 8 - “The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.” As a testimonial of the respect and estimation in which he was held, one of the most numerous assemblies ever known in these parts, attended his funeral obsequies.
He has gone! The grave has closed on another of the companions of Washington. Unnerved and palsied is that arm which once wielded the sword of freedom. Cold is that heart which once beat high with martial ardor for the cause of injured Columbia. Sleep on, hoary warrior, till the trumpet of Gabriel shall summon you, with your brave companions in arms, to fight the battles of the Lord, and receive rest from all your toil. We will further remark, that as a child he was eminently distinguished for his filial piety and dutiful affection; as a parent, kind and tender; as a husband, affectionate.
In a word, in all the domestic and social relations of life, as a man, as a patriot, as a christian, he has lived without reproach, and departed with the tears and benedictions of all who knew his personal worth, and of all who retain the least admiration of the perfections which adorn the human character.
He is buried next to his parents in Waterville Cemetery. His FindAGrave memorial includes a photo of his gravestone.
The children of Joseph Munger and Hannah Fiske, collected from various sources including The Munger Book: something of the Mungers 1639-1914. I have not researched the Munger family very much.
Asa Munger (1777-1851)
Lovina Munger (1779-1861)
Royal Munger (died young)
Ariel Munger (1782-1865)
Olive Munger (1784-1863)
Stephen Munger (1786-1861)
Perley Munger (1788/90-1870)
Sylvester Munger (1790-????)
Sally Munger (1793-????)
Philena Munger (1794-18??)
Annis Munger (1795-1865)
Joseph Munger (1797-???? )
Alanson Munger (1801-1878)
Lyman Munger (1802-1880)
Linas Munger (1802-died young)
I descend from the two Joseph Mungers as follows:
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