Lydia Munce was born in Kent Co., Delaware in September 1832. She was the daughter of Robert Munce Jr. and Jemima Hansor.
Lydia married Benjamin Sammons, a member of the mixed race Sammons family from Kent Co. and they had the following children:
- Annie Sammons
- Minnie Sammons
- Samuel Sammons
- Robert Sammons
- Elizabeth Sammons
- Susan Sammons (1867- ) married #1 Thomas Carney and #2 Jesse Dean