In 1810, Clement Simpson and Comfort Dutton still lived in the Mispillion Hundred. On this census, only the head of household is listed along with a count of the household's residents. Clement Simpson is listed next to his father, John Simpson, his oldest brother, John Simpson, and his cousin, once removed, Thomas Simpson.
Clement's household lists:
1 male under age 10
1 male age 10 through 15
1 male age 26 through 44
1 female under age 10
1 female age 10 through 15
1 female age 16 through 25
1 female age 26 through 44
For a total of 7 household members. The male and female over 25 are likely Clement Simpson and Comfort Dutton. The male under 10 might be an infant John Dutton Simpson, the oldest son of Clement and Comfort.
This census does not match the Ancestry.com trees very well. While Clement at age 32 would be a male between 26 and 44, Comfort Dutton would only be 24 or 25. However, the real discrepancy is with the children. John Dutton Simpson would be newborn so would be the male under age 10. However, there are no older boys yet in the family. This male between 10 and 15 could be a sibling or cousin, though. Abel Dutton, Comfort's father, died in 1801 and his youngest son, John Simpson Dutton, may have lived with Clement and Comfort. He would have been about 9 or 10 during census day on August 1st.
According to the trees on Ancestry, Clement and Comfort would have had two daughters under 10. It is possible that one daughter died, though. There are also two more females, one between 10 and 15, the other between 16 and 25. Given that Clement served as guardian to Comfort and Arminta in Orphan's court, one could be Arminta while the other was a younger sister.
Regardless of my speculation, its difficult to confirm anything with this census except that Clement lived in the Mispillion Hundred next to his father, brother, and cousin.
Source CitationYear: 1810; Census Place: Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware; Roll: 4; Page: 59; Image: 00037; Family History Library Film: 0224381
Source InformationAncestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Clement's household lists:
1 male under age 10
1 male age 10 through 15
1 male age 26 through 44
1 female under age 10
1 female age 10 through 15
1 female age 16 through 25
1 female age 26 through 44
For a total of 7 household members. The male and female over 25 are likely Clement Simpson and Comfort Dutton. The male under 10 might be an infant John Dutton Simpson, the oldest son of Clement and Comfort.
This census does not match the Ancestry.com trees very well. While Clement at age 32 would be a male between 26 and 44, Comfort Dutton would only be 24 or 25. However, the real discrepancy is with the children. John Dutton Simpson would be newborn so would be the male under age 10. However, there are no older boys yet in the family. This male between 10 and 15 could be a sibling or cousin, though. Abel Dutton, Comfort's father, died in 1801 and his youngest son, John Simpson Dutton, may have lived with Clement and Comfort. He would have been about 9 or 10 during census day on August 1st.
According to the trees on Ancestry, Clement and Comfort would have had two daughters under 10. It is possible that one daughter died, though. There are also two more females, one between 10 and 15, the other between 16 and 25. Given that Clement served as guardian to Comfort and Arminta in Orphan's court, one could be Arminta while the other was a younger sister.
Regardless of my speculation, its difficult to confirm anything with this census except that Clement lived in the Mispillion Hundred next to his father, brother, and cousin.
Source CitationYear: 1810; Census Place: Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware; Roll: 4; Page: 59; Image: 00037; Family History Library Film: 0224381
Source InformationAncestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
This orphan's court record, dated 13 February 1812, for Minty Dutton, senior daughter of Abel Dutton, lists Clement Simpson as her natural guardian and lists out inheritance. At this time, Clement was still married to Minty's younger sister, Comfort, so this indicates that Clement had taken some responsibility for the Dutton children following their father's death.
In Abel Dutton's will, he leaves Minty and her sisters the following inheritance:
"Also all my land Except my home plantations to be rented for the term of ten years from the Date within mentioned and the profits to be Eachly Divided among my Daughters and Likewise the hole of my movable Estate namely Comfort, Minty, Susanna and Priscilla Dutton and if either of them Dies under Age the hole to be still Divided among my daughters."
This record consquently accounts the accumulation of rents of her share of the property, deducting payments to her during this period: 142.22 in rents was collected, 72.25 was issued in payments, leaving her with a balance of 69.97.
She was also left property of a bed and furniture, 1 cow, 1 saddle, Minty also received "compensations for troubles", which may have indicated that Minty was wronged in a dispute of some sort.
An interesting note of this record is that Clement and Minty can both sign their names, which indicates that they may have been literate.
In Abel Dutton's will, he leaves Minty and her sisters the following inheritance:
"Also all my land Except my home plantations to be rented for the term of ten years from the Date within mentioned and the profits to be Eachly Divided among my Daughters and Likewise the hole of my movable Estate namely Comfort, Minty, Susanna and Priscilla Dutton and if either of them Dies under Age the hole to be still Divided among my daughters."
This record consquently accounts the accumulation of rents of her share of the property, deducting payments to her during this period: 142.22 in rents was collected, 72.25 was issued in payments, leaving her with a balance of 69.97.
She was also left property of a bed and furniture, 1 cow, 1 saddle, Minty also received "compensations for troubles", which may have indicated that Minty was wronged in a dispute of some sort.
An interesting note of this record is that Clement and Minty can both sign their names, which indicates that they may have been literate.