Hi Betty and List, I have also been puzzled by Manaen B. Marvel, born 1807 and I have another wife for him. I have that he married Ann Lacey in 1835 as you have and Eliza J. Burton on 5 March 1844. That "Louise C." wife entry in the census is puzzling but I found in the IGI that his wife was "Eliza Corde" also. So I am not sure if Eliza J. Burton is the same person as Eliza Corde or he married 2 separate Elizas. If "Louise C." was kind of slurred it might sound like "Liza C." BUT there is an Eliza J. Marvel in the 1900 census, living with her son George, with 9 births and 6 living children so I think that they are all the same person, Eliza J., Eliza Corde, and Louise C. But I am open to any new information or new ways to look at this. Sorry I can't be more definitive. But he is the son of Philip Marvel and Elizabeth Jefferson. I know a whole lot more about the other Manaen B. Marvel, born 1821, son of James W. and Margaret Marvel. He was probably named after their prominent neighbor in Broad Creek Hundred, Manaen Bull, formerly of Connecticut. Manaen Bull married the widow of Nathaniel Mitchell and was involved in many land transactions. I just found out recently that James Marvel and his family were living in a house on the Laurel-Concord Rd. in 1823 that was owned by Manaen Bull. There is a Court of Common Pleas case between Manaen Bull and Hamilton O'Neal and there is a lovely oversized drawing to help explain the disagreement they were having.The tracts Snow Hill and Snow Hill Enlarged and the road are all nicely drawn and include a house with a red roof right on the road labeled "House where James Marvel now lives, possessed by plaintiff". I was thrilled to see it at the archives in Dover as my husband is a descendant of James W. Marvel. Anyway, Manaen B. Marvel, born 1821, was in Seaford in 1840, not found in 1850, but in 1860 he is in Bristol, Bucks Co., PA and later moves to Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ. He married Mary J. Brown on 21 May 1856 in Burlington Co., NJ and died in Waverly, Essex Co., NJ on 1 Feb 1890. He was struck by a train engine and was a Railroad watchman at the end of his life but mostly his occupation is listed as carpenter and ship carpenter. Manaen Bull Marvel and his wife are both buried in the Bristol Cemetery in Bucks Co., PA now. Their graves were moved from a church graveyard in town at one point. Nanette In a message dated 01/29/09 03:15:37 Eastern Standard Time, lower-delmarva-roots-request@rootsweb.com writes: Message: 10 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:59:04 EST From: BGKnoche@aol.com Subject: [LDR] Manaan B. Marvel To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <d26.228bcd16.36b23d38@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hoping someone can sort these out! I have a Manaan Bull Marvel b 1/8/1807 d 8/22/1888 s/o Capt Phillip P and Elizabeth (Jefferson) Marvel who married Ann Lacey 6/27/1835 also married Louise C LNU. (Phillip Marvel will identifies a son Manaan B Marvel as well as sons Phillip and Theodore W. and daughter Comfort Marvel Davidson. Phillip lived in Dagsborough Hundred.) I also have a Manaan B. Marvel b 9/13/1829 d after 1870 s/o James W and Margaret Marvel married Eliza J. Burton 3/5/1844 in Sussex County. (This is a rootsweb family tree of Donna Brock titled Marvel-Kunz Genealogy.) The census records I have found: 1850 Indian River Hundred Manaen B Marvel 42 farmer DE Eliza C Marvel 30 DE Alfred H Marvel 14 DE Thomas Marvel 13 DE Sarah A Marvel 6 DE Mary E Marvel 4 DE Margaret P Marvel 2 DE Eliza E Marvel 1 DE Mary E Wheeler 12 DE Mary Prettyman 23 DE 1860 Indian River Hundred: Meriam B Marvel 53 farmer DE Eliza Marvel 43 DE Alfred H Marvel 23 farmer DE Thomas Marvel 21 sailor DE Sarah A Marvel 15 DE Mary Marvel 13 DE Margaret Marvel 12 DE Eliza E Marvel 10 DE Edger Marvel 8 DE David Marvel 6 DE Theodore Marvel 4 DE George Marvel 1 DE 1870 Indian River Hundred: Manaen B Marvel 62 farmer DE Eliza C Marvel 52 keeping house DE Thomas Marvel 32 seaman DE Mary E Marvel 21 at home DE Emily E Marvel 19 at home DE Edgar Marvel 18 farm labor DE David Marvel 15 farm labor DE Theoadore W Marvel 12 farm labor DE George D Marvel 9 farm labor DE 1880 Indian River Hundred: Manaen B. Marvel 73 farmer DE DE DE Louise C. Marvel wife 66 keeping house DE DE DE Theodore W. Marvel son 24 farm labor DE DE DE George D. Marvel son 21 farm labor DE DE DE Annie V. Marvel granddaughter 11 at home DE DE DE Emma Richards niece 24 DE DE DE Mary E. Richards grand neice 2 DE DE DE I am trying to sort out these families! These census records would appear to be of the same family...except Eliza becomes Louise. Perhaps someone more familiar with the Marvel clan can help here. I did check Marvel Family History (Marvelicous Genealogy) and only found the one Manaan B Marvel 1807-1888, s/o Phillip and Elizabeth (Jefferson) Marvel married to Ann Lacey. What happened to them? Who is the other Manaen B Marvel? Betty