Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
Simeon Bunker was born 21 March 1736, likely in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Zachariah Bunker and Desire Gorham.
Simeon married first Mary Swain 27 Jan 1766 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Mary was the daughter of Elijah Swain and Susanna Cathcart.
For a time, Simeon and his brother James settled at Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1763, going whaling from there. Simeon is said to have sold out his right on Cape Sable Island (an island in Nova Scotia near Barrington) and returned to Nantucket in 1770 after James was lost at sea. He is recorded by Eliza Starbuck Barney as having gone “down east” (Maine).
Simeon married second Experience Studley 28 Oct 1783 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Experience was born 8th 4 month 1744 and died 30 May 1828.
Simeon was living at Sherburn, Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1790.
Simeon and Mary’s children are:
| 1 | Owen
Bunker, born in 1767in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts,
a mariner who opted to operate out of London (reportedly to avoid
oppressive taxes), master (with Barnabas Gardner) of the whaler Brothers
(departed from London, London, England in 1785), master of the
whaler Venus (departed from London 20 May 1800, returned
9 Feb 1801), master of the whaler General Boyd (departed
London 9 Sep 1800 for the New South Wales Fishery but did not set
sail until Nov, "At Rio 12 January 1801 needing food and water and
with many men on board requiring a doctor," arrived at New South
Wales, Australia in Jan 1801, the first known American vessel to
"fish" in Australian waters, arrived again at Port Jackson
(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 26 Jun 1802 from whaling
grounds and departed there 10 Aug 1802 to go whaling, returned to
London 3 Jun 1803), one of the members of a Vice-Admiralty Court
presiding over a case at New South Wales 14 Jul 1802, married by
license Mary Fenn 11 Oct 1803 in St. George in the East,
London, London, England, living in or near Chelsea, London,
England when his daughter was baptized there in 1804, master of
the sealer Honduras Packet (departed London in 1804,
anchored at a bay at Stewart Island (Rakiura), New Zealand, was at
Sydney with 7,000 seal skins 22 Jul 1805, returned to London 22
May 1806, reportedly carrying 34,000 seal skins), named the bay in
New Zealand where his ship anchored Port Honduras (after his
ship).. Wife: Mary Fenn, of the parish of St. George in the East, London, Middlesex, England. Child: Catherine Mary Bunker. |
| 2 | Phebe Bunker, born 23
Oct 1768, married 1) William Cash, Jr. 25 Oct 1787
(intention 2 Sep 1787) in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts,
living as a widow in Nantucket in 1800, married 2) Reuben Cash
(her late husband's brother) 6 Oct 1805 (intention 28 Sep 1805) in
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, died 20 Sep 1853 in
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, buried (with Reuben) at
Newtown Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Husband 1: William Cash Jr, b. 10 Oct 1766 to William Cash and Mary Johnson, brother of Phebe's second husband Reuben, became the captain of the 217-ton whaling ship Leo with his first voyage starting in 1796 but was killed during that first voyage as master. William was killed by the first whale struck during a hunt, reportedly in Nov 1798. Husband 2: Reuben Cash, b. 27 Oct 1775 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts to William Cash and Mary Johnson, brother of Phebe's first husband William, m. 1) Deborah Perry, a mariner, a Mason (Union Lodge, obtained a seaman's protection certificate (declared 7 Apr 1797 at New London, New London, Connecticut), initiated 7 Jan 1800, passed and raised 3 Mar 1800), living in Nantucket in 1840 and 1850, d. 26 Jun 1855 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, bur. Newtown Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Children (by William): Mary Cash, Alexander Cash, and Betsey Cash. Children (by Reuben): William B. Cash, Deborah Cash, and Charles Cash. |
| 3 | Jonathan
Bunker, born 14th May 1772, probably in Nantucket,
Nantucket, Massachusetts (or perhaps Nova Scotia, Canada), married
Mary Smith 2 Apr 1795 in either Nantucket, Nantucket,
Massachusetts or Farmington, Franklin, Maine (recorded in both
places), a ropemaker, became a convert to the Congregational
Church while in Farmington, moved to Industry, Franklin, Maine,
owned land at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, one of the founding members
of the Congregational Church in Industry in 1802, moved to
Palmyra, Wayne, New York in 1813, settled in Royalton, Cuyahoga,
Ohio in 1817, traveled part of the way there with neighbor Ephraim
Moody in a sleigh drawn by a team of horses, said to have reached
his new property in the morning and built a shanty by that night,
spent a number of months alone clearing and working the land,
"used to be frequently troubled by wild beasts, and more than once
his shanty, which was always open, received marauding visits from
bears. He was, however, a fearless man, and far from being
frightened away by the bears and wolves; he hunted and trapped
them with great success." He was joined by his family after eight
months. Listed in a delinquent list of non-residents on the
Cuyahoga county, Ohio tax list in 1819, found in both Palmyra and
Royalton in the 1820 census, listed in the Royalton tax list in
1820, continued his trade as a ropemaker in Royalton (grew his own
flax, purchased hemp, and supplied rope to Cleveland), had a
nursery of 400 apple trees, served as a trustee of Royalton in
1819 and 1822, built the first framed dwelling house in Royalton
in 1827, probably the J. Bunker who was received as a member of
the Free-will Baptist Church in Royalton, living in Royalton in
1830 and in Harrison, Champaign, Ohio in 1840, employed in
commerce in 1840, living in a poorhouse in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio
and was listed as insane in 1850. Wife: Mary Smith, also called Polly, b. 12 Sep 1767. Children: William Bunker (m. Nancy Annis), Gorham Bunker (m. 1) Jane H. Smith and 2) Caroline Gordon), Timothy Smith Bunker, Mary Bunker (m. James E. Bird), Love Bunker (m. Asa Norton), James Bunker (m. Julia Roe), Lydia Bunker (m. Elias Becket), Freeman Bunker (m. Chloe Bunker), Eliza Bunker (m. Joel R. Smith), and Sarah Bunker (m. Smith Woods). |
| 4 | Elizabeth Bunker,
called Betsey, born in 1772, married John Getchell, Jr. 5
Apr 1795 in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine. Husband: John Getchell Jr., b. abt. 1777, of Kennebec, Maine, m. 1) Eunice Studley, living in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, living in the household of a James Coombs (no known relationship) with a number of other men (perhaps boarders) in Vassalboro in 1850, d. 21 Aug 1853, bur. Methodist Church Cemetery, Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine. John was a member of a committee that wrote a letter in 1819 on behalf of the inhabitants of Vassalboro to oppose the Missouri Compromise (expressing their willingness to sacrifice a desired separation of Maine from Massachusetts rather than accept the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state). Children: Elisabeth Getchell, Sophia Getchell, Mary Getchell, Sally Getchell, Lavinia Getchell, Susanna Getchell, Caroline Getchell, and Emmeline Getchell. |
| 5 | Susan Bunker, also
called Susanna and Suky, born in 1774 in Nantucket, Massachusetts,
married Benjamin Meader between 20 Oct 1799 and 25 Apr
1800 (intention 19 Oct 1799) in Nantucket, Nantucket,
Massachusetts. Husband: Benjamin Meader, b. 28 Aug 1776 to Nathaniel Meader and Lucy Ferguson, living in Hudson, Columbia, New York in 1810 and 1820, said by Barney to have moved to Ohio in 1814 (but if this is the case, then this move was temporary as evidenced by the 1810 and 1820 censuses), master of the ship Governor Griswold, signed a ship passenger manifest for a voyage of the Governor Griswold from Liverpool to New York City 3 Jul 1820, d. 1 Aug 1821 in City Point, Prince George Virginia. Children: Ambrose Meader, Mary Meader, and Benjamin Meader Jr. |
| 6 | Gorham Bunker, born 17
May 1780* in Nantucket, Massachusetts, married Phebe Burdett
10 Apr 1804 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, a mariner,
living in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine in 1810 and Nantucket in
1820 and 1830, died 28 Jan 1848 in Nantucket, Nantucket,
Massachusetts of consumption. *1780 is Gorham's birth year according to Moran and the Barney record. Nantucket Vital Records—Births gives the year as 1786. Nantucket Vital Records—Deaths, however, give his death date as 1848 and his age at death as 68. Wife: Phebe Burdett, b. 3 Mar 1785 to Edward Burdett and Parnal Russell in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, living in Nantucket (along with daughter Mary S.) in 1850, 1855, and 1860, d. 28 Sep 1860 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts of a "liver complaint" and "disease of stomach." Children: William Burdett Bunker, Barzillai Bunker (lost at sea as a young man), James Gorham Bunker, and Mary Swain Bunker (d. unmarried). |
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A History of the Town of Industry
Page 44
Jonathan Bunker, a ropemaker, from Nantucket, Mass., settled on lot
No. 5, on the east side of Bannock Hill, where he lived for fifteen
years. He then sold to Henry Johnson, who came from Thomaston, Me.,
and removed to the State of New York.
Page 57
In 1802, David Maxwell, from Wells, Me., settled on lot No. 3, a near
neighbor of Nathaniel Willard, Jonathan Bunker, James Thompson and
others in that vicinity.
Page 65
The following is the official list of voters for 1803, as prepared by
the municipal officers of the town of Industry:
…Jonathan Bunker…
Page 143
A young man by the name of Jonathan Bunker, living near Mr. (Samuel)
Sewall, experienced religion under the teachings of Mr. Sewall and
Rev. Jotham Sewall, as did also Mr. (John) Trask. They embraced fully
the creed of their patrons and united with the Congregational Church
at Farmington. About 1797 Mr. Bunker married and moved to Industry.
These three persons formed the nucleus of the Congregational Church in
this town.
Page 144
On the 21st day of January, 1802, a little more than a year after his
first visit, Rev. Jotham Sewall, accompanied by his brother-in-law,
Mr. Samuel Sewall, a licentiate, visited Industry and held a meeting
for the purpose of organizing a church. A society was formed,
consisting, as we learn from Rev. Jotham Sewall’s Memoirs, of eight
members, among whom were William Allen, Sr., John Trask and wife, and
Jonathan Bunker.
Source: Hatch, William Collins, A History of the Town of Industry,
Franklin County, Maine, Farmington, ME: Knowlton, McLeary,
and Co., 1893.
History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
ROYALTON TOWNSHIP HISTORY
…
In 1817, Jonathan Bunker, from the State of New York, located upon
section eleven, where he had received a tract of one hundred and fifty
acres from Gideon Granger in exchange for one of fifty acres near
Palmyra, New York, his former home.
Mr. Bunker belonged to a historical family which gave its name to the
celebrated Bunker Hill. Two of his uncles had also participated in the
battle fought on Breed's Hill, to which the former name has been
given, where one was killed and the other wounded.
Ephraim Moody, a neighbor in New York, accompanied Bunker to the West.
The journey was made in a sleigh drawn by a pair of horses, of which
each owned one. Moody stopped short of Royalton, leaving Bunker to go
on alone. The latter reached his newly acquired property in the
morning, and by night he had put up a shanty. During the following
eight months he labored there alone, clearing and cultivating his
land, and when at the end of that time his family came out, they found
a comfortable log house and crops well advanced.
Mr. Bunker, during his solitary experience, used to be frequently
troubled by wild beasts, and more than once his shanty, which was
always open, received marauding visits from bears. He was, however, a
fearless man, and far from being frightened away by the bears and
wolves; he hunted and trapped them with great success. He was an
expert ropemaker, and for some time, during his early days in
Royalton, supplied Cleveland with about all the white rope used there.
For its manufacture he used flax raised upon his farm, and also hemp
purchased from Mr. Weddell, of Cleveland. Mr. Bunker also had a
nursery of four hundred apple trees, from which many of the present
orchards of Royalton were supplied. He had a family of nine children,
and died in 1844, aged eighty-two.
…
It is said that there was not a single framed dwelling house in
Royalton, until 1827, when Jonathan Bunker erected one.
…
PRINCIPAL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
…
1819. Trustees, Lewis Carter, David Sprague, Jonathan Bunker; clerk,
J. B. Stewart; treasurer, C. A. Stewart.
…
1822. Trustees, Jonathan Bunker, John Ferris, John Smith; clerk, J. B.
Stewart; treasurer, Parley Austin.
…
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
…
Worship was first held at the Center, but in 1843 the location was
changed to Coates' Corners. *
*An entry upon the records under date of February 18, 1843, sets forth
"that the brethren in Royalton met in monthly meeting, had a good time
but under some trials; received three members, J. Bunker, M. Varny and
S. Horton, and moved the church down to Coates' Corners.
Source: Johnson, Crisfield (comp.), History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Part Third: The Townships, D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879; pgs. 510-515. (A transcript of this history can be found at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcuyah3/royalton.html, retrieved 5 Aug 2017.)
Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record
Simeon Bunker (M)
b. 21 Mar 1736, #8007
Simeon Bunker was born on 21 March 1736. He was the son of Zacchary
Bunker and Desire Gorham. Simeon Bunker married Mary Swain, daughter
of Elijah Swain and Susanna Cathcart, in 1766. Simeon Bunker married
Experience Studley in 1783; No children. This family went down east.
Children of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain:
Betsey Bunker
Owen Bunker
Susan Bunker
Phebe Bunker (23 Oct 1768 - 18 Sep 1853)
Jonathan Bunker (14 May 1772)
Gorham Bunker (13 May 1780 - 29 Jan 1848)
Mary Swain (F)
#8018
Mary Swain was the daughter of Elijah Swain and Susanna Cathcart. Mary
Swain married Simeon Bunker, son of Zacchary Bunker and Desire Gorham,
in 1766.
Mary Swain This family went down east. Her married name was Bunker.
Betsey Bunker (F)
#4835
Betsey Bunker was the daughter of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain. Betsey
Bunker married John Getchell.
Betsey Bunker This family went down east. Her married name was
Getchell.
Children of Betsey Bunker and John Getchell:
Elisabeth Getchell ( - 20 Sep 1847)
Sophia Getchell
Mary Getchell
Sally Getchell
Lavinia Getchell
Susanna Getchell
Caroline Getchell
Emmeline Getchell (07 May 1808 - 05 Jul 1893)
John Getchell (M)
#4798
John Getchell was born; of Kennebec, Maine. He married Betsey Bunker,
daughter of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain.
Owen Bunker (M)
#8271
Owen Bunker was the son of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain. Owen Bunker
married Mary Fenn at in England. Owen Bunker He went to Australia and
was lost. This family went down east.
Mary Fenn (F)
#8281
Mary Fenn was sister of Celia Fenn Bunker (ID 8437). She married Owen
Bunker, son of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain, at in England. Her
married name was Bunker.
Susan Bunker (F)
#8272
Susan Bunker was the daughter of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain. Susan
Bunker married Benjamin Meader, son of Nathaniel Meader and Lucy
Ferguson; Lived in Hudson.
Susan Bunker This family lived in Hudson. (Marginal note for Benjamin
& Susan Meader family.). She This family went down east. Her
married name was Meader.
Children of Susan Bunker and Benjamin Meader:
Ambrose Meader
Mary Meader
Benjamin Meader Jun.
Benjamin Meader (M)
b. 28 Aug 1776, d. 01 Aug 1821, #8278
Benjamin Meader married Susan Bunker, daughter of Simeon Bunker and
Mary Swain; Lived in Hudson. Benjamin Meader was born on 28 August
1776. He was the son of Nathaniel Meader and Lucy Ferguson. Benjamin
Meader died on 1 August 1821 at age 44; He died in Vir.
He This family moved to Ohio in 1814. (Marginal note for Nathaniel
& Lucy Meader family.) in 1814.
Phebe Bunker (F)
b. 23 Oct 1768, d. 18 Sep 1853, #8270
Phebe Bunker was born on 23 October 1768. She was the daughter of
Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain. Phebe Bunker married William Cash Jun.,
son of William Cash and Mary Johnson, in 1787; "Her 1st hus." Phebe
Bunker married Reuben Cash, son of William Cash and Mary Johnson,
after 1798; "Phebe also m. Reuben Cash br. of William. His 2nd wife."
Phebe Bunker died on 18 September 1853 at age 84.
This family went down east. Her married name was Cash.
Children of Phebe Bunker and William Cash Jun.:
Mary Cash (23 Oct 1788 - 28 Jan 1856)
Alexander Cash (21 Jan 1791 - 21 Aug 1838)
Betsey Cash (21 Aug 1792)
Children of Phebe Bunker and Reuben Cash:
William B. Cash (12 Apr 1806 - 17 Jun 1880)
Deborah Cash (16 Dec 1807)
Charles Cash (24 Dec 1809)
William Cash Jun. (M)
b. 10 Oct 1766, d. 1798, #8275
William Cash Jun. was born on 10 October 1766. He was the son of
William Cash and Mary Johnson. William Cash Jun. married Phebe Bunker,
daughter of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain, in 1787; "Her 1st hus."
William Cash Jun. died in 1798; "He was killed by a whale."
Reuben Cash (M)
b. 27 Oct 1775, d. 25 Jun 1855, #8277
Reuben Cash married Deborah Perry, daughter of James Perry Jun. and
Susan Gorham; His 1st wife. Reuben Cash was born on 27 October 1775.
He was the son of William Cash and Mary Johnson. Reuben Cash married
Phebe Bunker, daughter of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain, after 1798;
"Phebe also m. Reuben Cash br. of William. His 2nd wife." Reuben Cash
died on 25 June 1855 at age 79.
Jonathan Bunker (M)
b. 14 May 1772, #5294
Jonathan Bunker was born on 14 May 1772. He was the son of Simeon
Bunker and Mary Swain. Jonathan Bunker married Polly Smith in 1792;
(M. in 4-1792).
Jonathan Bunker This family went down east.
Children of Jonathan Bunker and Polly Smith:
William Bunker (28 Mar 1796 - -11-1848)
Gorham Bunker (07 May 1797 - 15 Aug 1866)
Smith Bunker (02 Jan 1799 - 02 Nov 1814)
Polly Bunker (22 Jan 1801)
Love Bunker (16 Mar 1802)
James Bunker (30 Mar 1804)
Lydia Bunker (28 Dec 1806 - -08-1848)
Freeman Bunker (19 May 1808)
Elisa Bunker (19 Feb 1809)
Sally Bunker (19 Feb 1811 - 1846)
Polly Smith (F)
b. 12 Sep 1767, d. 16 Dec 1834, #5295
Polly Smith was born on 12 September 1767. She married Jonathan
Bunker, son of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain, in 1792; (M. in 4-1792).
Polly Smith died on 16 December 1834 at age 67. Her married name was
Bunker.
Gorham Bunker (M)
b. 13 May 1780, d. 29 Jan 1848, #8273
Gorham Bunker married Phebe Burdett, daughter of Edward Burdett and
Parnal Russell. Gorham Bunker was born on 13 May 1780. He was the son
of Simeon Bunker and Mary Swain. Gorham Bunker died on 29 January 1848
at age 67.
Children of Gorham Bunker and Phebe Burdett:
Barzillai Bunker
William B. Bunker (1809)
James G. Bunker (14 Jun 1814)
Mary S. Bunker (22 Jun 1825)
Phebe Burdett (F)
b. 03 Mar 1785, d. 28 Sep 1860, #8274
Phebe Burdett married Gorham Bunker, son of Simeon Bunker and Mary
Swain. Phebe Burdett was born on 3 March 1785; Date of "7-3-1785"
shown at Vol. I, p. 180. She was the daughter of Edward Burdett and
Parnal Russell. Phebe Burdett died on 28 September 1860 at age 75. Her
married name was Bunker.
Source: Database of the Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association (created from records collected by Eliza Starbuck Barney (1802-1889)), https://nha.org/research/research-tools/barney-genealogical-record/, last accessed 7 January 2019.
Note: From the Nantucket Historical Association: “NHA staff consider the Barney Record to be its most reliable and comprehensive—although not infallible—genealogical resource.” MB
Henry Bunker's Bunker Family History
James and his brother Simeon (N-38) migrated to Barrington, Nova Scotia in 1763 and went whaling from there. James was lost at sea in 1768 and Simeon left Cape Sable Island in 1770 and returned to Nantucket.
...
Other Whaler Captains elected to operate out of London, England and avoid the oppressive taxes. These were…
Owen Bunker (N-38-I) of the "Brothers".
Source: Bunker, Henry L., Bunker Family History, Bunker Family Association, 1984.
Moran's Bunker Genealogy
N-38 Simeon 5 (Zachariah 4, Jonathan 3), b 21 Mch
1736; m (1) 27 Jan 1766 Mary Swain; was with brother James (N-37) at
Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada, but sold out his right on Cape Sable
island and moved away 1770; m (2) 28 Oct 1783 Experience (Studley) …,
b 8th 4 mo 1744, d 30 May 1828. Listed 1790 census Nantucket.
I
OWEN 6, moved to London, England, where he married Mary Ann Fenn; rem
to
Australia.
II
PHEBE 6, b 23rd 10 mo 1768; d 18 Sept 1853; m (1) 25 Oct 1787 William
Cash Jr., b
10th 10 mo 1766, b 8 Nov 1798; m (2) as second wife 6 Oct 1805 Reuben
Cash, b
27th 10 mo 1755 who m (1) int 23 Nov 1799 Deborah Perry.
N-91 III JONATHAN 6, b 14th 5 mo 1772.
IV
ELIZABETH 6, b 1772; m Kennebec, Maine John Getchell Jr. of Kennebec
who m (1)
Eunice Studley.
V
SUSAN 6, m (int 19 Oct 1799) Benjamin Meader, b 28 Aug 1755, d 1 Aug
1821.
N-92 VI GORHAM 6, b 17th 5 mo 1780 Nantucket.
N-91 Jonathan 6 (See N-38), b 14th 5 mo 1772
(Barney Papers Microfilm; and see N. V. 1:149); as of Farmington,
Maine, m 2 Apr 1795 MARY (POLLY) SMITH of Farmington (MV), b 1776;
bought land in Farmington 19 Sept 1794 (Lincoln Deed 33:93) and sold
it, deed stating wife Mary releasing dower, but signed “Polly” Bunker
26 Aug 1797 (Lincoln Deed 40:182). Moved to Industry, Maine in 1797
where mentioned as “Jonathan Bunker, a rope-maker from Nantucket,
Mass.” (Allen: Hist. Industry, 2nd Ed—1869—p 16; Hatch:
Hist. Industry—1893 pp 44, 57, 65, 143-4). “Jonathan Bunker of
Industry, a settler on lot 5 (100 acres) since 1796” signed petition
Submission of Settlers on Plymouth Company land, Kennebec Purchase, 21
Oct 1802 (Mass. Archives, Kennebec Purchase, Vol. 3) and received that
lot from Proprietors of Kennebec Purchase 28 May 1804 (Kennebec County
“Records and Grants” 2:32). Bought land in Bath, Me. 30 Mch 1805
(Lincoln Deed 56:168) and sold Bath land with wife Mary (signed Polly)
18 Jan 1806 (Lincoln Deeds 58:195 and 60:111). Bought land in Industry
1 Aug 1806 (Kennebec Deed 12:104), and he and wife (Mary in deed,
signed Polly) sold Industry land 28 Mch 1807 (Kennebec Deed 12:105)
and 29 July 1808 (Kennebec Deed 17:276). Listed 1810 census Industry.
With wife Polly signing, sold land in Industry to Henry Johnson 4 May
1813 (Somerset Deed 2:559) and moved to “State of New York” (Hatch
Hist. Industry 1896—p 44).
Listed census 1820 and 1830 Royalton, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio. Deeded property in Champaign County, Ohio to H. W. Fyffe
(2 deeds) 1839, and to J. Woods, Methodist Church, Isaac Spry (2
deeds) and Jacob Volger 1842 (Champaign County Deeds Q:26 and 484, and
P:247, and S:71 and 156 and 264 and 437). Children, with birth dates,
listed Barney Papers Microfilm 2:180.
N-165 I WILLIAM 7, b 28 Mch 1796
Farmington, Maine.
N-166 II GORHAM 7, b 7 May 1797
Industry, Maine.
III TIMOTHY SMITH 7, b 2 Jan 1799 Industry, Me.; d 2 Nov 1814.
IV POLLY 7, b 22 Jan 1801 Industry, Me.; m JAMES BRIDHAM; lived Union
County, Ohio.
V LOVE 7, b 16 Mch 1802 Industry, Me.; m 7 Oct 1819 Royalton, Ohio,
ASA
NORTON.
N-167 VI JAMES 7, b 30 Apr 1804 Industry, Me.
VII LYDIA 7, b 23 Dec 1806 Industry, Me.; d Aug 1858; m ELIAS BECKET.
N-168 VIII FREEMAN 7, b 19 May 1808 Industry,
Me.
IX ELIZA 7, b 19 Feb 1809 Industry, Me.; m JOEL R. SMITH; lived
Illinois.
X SALLY 7, b 19 Feb 1811 Industry, Me.; d 1846 Iowa; m SMITH WOODS;
lived
Iowa.
N-92 Gorham 6 (See N-38), b 17th 5 mo 1780
Nantucket, d 28 Jan 1848 aet 68 Nantucket; m Phebe Burdett, b 2 Mch
1785 Nantucket, d 28 Sept 1860 aet 75-6-26 Nantucket. Listed census
Vassalboro, Maine 1810, and Nantucket 1820 and 1830. Widow listed
Nantucket census 1850 and 1860.
N-169 I WILLIAM BURDETT 7, b 1808.
II BARZILLAI 7, b 1809; lost at sea when young man.
N-170 III JAMES GORHAM 7, b 14 June 1814 in
Maine.
IV MARY SWAIN 8, b 22 June 1825; unm; listed Nantucket census
1850-1860-1870-1880.
Source: Moran, Edward C., Jr., Bunker Genealogy, Volume 2, Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1965.
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History of the American Whale Fishery
member of a Vice-
Admiralty Court in
an 1802 case in
New South Wales,
p. 551
Owen Bunker, master
at New South Wales,
26 Jun 1802,
p. 637
Owen Bunker, master
at New South Wales,
10 Aug 1802,
p. 640
Source: Historical Records of Australia: Governors' Despatches to and from England, Vol. 3 (1801-1802), Sydney, Australia: The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1915. Available at Google Books.
History of the American Whale Fishery
whaling voyages,
including William Cash's
fatal whaling accident,
pgs. 192-3
Source: Starbuck, Alexander, History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to The Year 1876, Waltham, MA, 1878, pgs. 192-3. Available at Archive.org.
British Southern Whale Fishery Voyage and Crew Database
Brothers_1785
British Southern Voyage
WRI BV013600
Vessel Brothers
Master Owen Bunker
Departure 1785
Port (dock) London
Owner (Agent) Alexander & Benjamin Champion
Sources WD
Venus_1800
British Southern Voyage
WRI BV089060
Vessel Venus
Master Owen Bunker / Barnabas Gardner
Departure 1800-05-20
Return (days) 1801-02-09 (266)
Port (dock) London
Owner (Agent) A & B Champion
Sources SST1; SST2
British Southern Vessel (1)
Vessel Rig
Built Date Built Tonnage Old
(New)
Venus Ship River
1788 296
/ 297 / 295
British Southern Crew (14)
First
Last
Voyage
Birthplace Role
Charles Bingham
Venus_1800
Boatsteerer
Owen Bunker
Venus_1800
Nantucket
Master
William Clark
Venus_1800
Harpooner
John Deveroux
Venus_1800
Harpooner
Benjamin Evans
Venus_1800
Harpooner
James Finch
Venus_1800
Line Manager
Barnabas Gardner
Venus_1800 Nantucket
Master
George Gillespie
Venus_1800
Boatsteerer
John
Henrey Venus_1800
Line Manager
Isaac
Nash
Venus_1800
Harpooner
David Smith
Venus_1800
Line Manager
John Tul
Venus_1800
Boatsteerer
James Wilson
Venus_1800
Line
Manager
Joseph Wilson
Venus_1800
Boatsteerer
General Boyd_1800
British Southern Voyage
WRI BV035510
Vessel General Boyd
Master George Hales / Owen Bunker
Departure 1800-09-09
Return (days) 1803-06-03 (998)
Port (dock) London
Destination New South Wales Fishery
East/ West East
Owner (Agent) Phillip Sanson (Felipe Sanson)
Sources SST1; SST2
Reports At Rio 12 January 1801 needing food and
water and with many men on board requiring a doctor; at New South
Wales January 1801
Notes Didn't actually set sail to November due to
some problems
British Southern Vessel (1)
Vessel
Rig
Built
Date Built Tonnage
Old (New)
General Boyd Ship
Philadelphia 1775
302
Honduras Packet_1804
British Southern Voyage
WRI BV042900
Vessel Honduras Packet
Master Owen Bunker
Departure 1804
Return (days) 1806-05-22
Port (dock) London
Owner (Agent) Francis Todrig
Cargo Reportedly carrying 34,000 skins
Sources SST1; SST2; SSWF; WP
Vessel value 11 000
Reports Anchored at a bay on Stewart Island (New
Zealand) which the Master named Port Honduras; at Sydney 22 July 1805
with 7000 seal skins
British Southern Vessel (1)
Vessel
Rig Date
Built Tonnage Old (New)
Honduras Packet Ship
1800 Prize 143
Source: Richards, Rhys, Chatwin, Dale, Howard, Mark, Clayton, Jane, Tschoegl, Adrian, Papworth, Julie, et al, British Southern Whale Fishery Voyage and Crew Database, https://www.britishwhaling.org/voyage-and-crew-databases.html, based on the work of A.G.E. Jones, last accessed 25 Apr 2023.
From Tasman to Marsden
1802.
Between 30th April and 10th May, three whalers—the Speedy, the
Venus, and the Britannia—arrived at Sydney, and
Governor King submitted to their captains a list of questions which
elicited not very much information. They agreed that the route by the
Cape of Good Hope was the easier on vessel and crew; that off the
coast of New Zealand the weather was as favourable as on the coasts of
Peru and Chili, and that there was no material difference of time in
getting a cargo; and that whalers should come to Australasian waters
first and then fill up on the opposite coast. Considering they were
giving away dearly acquired information, the Governor had no occasion
to be disappointed with the replies. The three captains had been a
good while in these waters, Turnbull of the Britannia was on
his second whaling voyage, Quested of the Speedy had been
some considerable time on the coast, and Gardner of the Venus was
well on with his voyage.
King now regarded whaling on the coast “and off New Zealand" as
“established," and so wrote to Sir Joseph Banks under date 5th June,
the letter going in the whaler Speedy which cleared the following day.
Of the other ships mentioned in King's questions, the Britannia
cleared for England on 12th June. In addition to these, King reported
that four more were filling. These were the Venus, the Greenwich,
the General Boyd, and the Harriet, all of which
visited Sydney later on, and cleared for the fishing grounds again,
the first in June, and the others in August. Of these whalers the General
Boyd was American, and was the first of that nationality
reported “fishing" in these waters. She was a vessel of 302 tons and
was commanded by Owen Bunker.
Source: McNab, Robert, From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand from 1642 to 1818, Dunedin: J. Wilkie & Company, 1914, pgs. 97-98.
Nantucket and the Whale-fishers
He [Captain William Cash] came of a seafaring ancestry, his grandfather, William Cash, being a whaleman, who was killed by a whale on the first voyage in which he had assumed the duties of master. He was a resident of Nantucket, and besides leaving a wife left also three children, two daughters and one son, Alexander Cash.
Source: "Nantucket and the Whale-fishers," Magazine of Western History Illustrated, vol. 9, March 1889, p. 537. Available on Google Books.
Women of the Sea
The Cash family of Massachusetts was well established. William was named for his grandfather, who had been killed by a whale on the first voyage in which he sailed as master. A resident of Nantucket, the grandfather left a wife, Phoebe Bunker Cash, two daughters, and one son, Alexander.*
*Captain William Cash had sailed away from Nantucket in 1796 as master of the whaler Leo of 217 tons. One day, probably in 1798, several whales were sighted, and Captain Cash was lowered in one of the longboats. At the first strike he was killed by a whale. His chief mate Joseph Allen then became the captain and after a long voyage the Leo returned successfully to Nantucket Island in 1800.
Source: Snow, Edward Rowe, Women of the Sea, Boston: Yankee Publishing Company, 1962 (reprinted Carlisle, MA: Commonwealth Editions (Applewood Books)), 2008, p. 59. Available at Google Books.
New England Seamen's Protection Certificate Index
Name Reuben Cash
Declaration Date 7 Apr 1797
Declaration Port New London
Age 21
Birth Year abt 1776
Birthplace Nantucket, Massachusetts
Certificate Number 524
Height 5' 10"
Complexion Dark
URL
http://library.mysticseaport.org/initiative/ProtectionDetail.cfm?id=37158
Source: Ancestry.com. Web: US, New England Seamen's Protection Certificate Index, 1796-1871 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Seamen's Protection Certificate Register Database. Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea. http://library.mysticseaport.org/initiative/protectionindex.cfm: accessed 24 August 2014.
New England Seamen's Protection Certificate Index
374. GOVERNOR GRISWOLD, ship, of New York City. Built at Chatham, Conn., 1815. 368 44/95 tons; 100 ft. 8 in. x 28 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 1 1/2 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, man head. Previously enrolled, No. 521, license No. 762, Nov. 9, 1816, at New York City.
Registered (temporary), No. 8, Feb. 2, 1818. Owner: Robert Center, New York City. Master: Benjamin Meader, Hudson, N.Y.
Registered, No. 304, Nov. 21, 1818, at New York City.
Registered (temporary), No. 76, May 8, 1819. Owner: Seth Grosvenor, New York City. Master: Nathaniel Fowler.
Source: Hamer, Philip W. (survey director) and Andreassen, John C. L. (state supervisor), Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana, Vol. I (1804-1820), The Survey of Federal Archives in Louisiana (Division of Community Service Programs, Works Projects Administration) and Louisiana State University Hill Memorial Library, 1941, pgs. 57-58.
Ship Passenger Manifest: Governor Griswold
Liverpool, England to New York, New York
3 July 1820
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Benjamin Meador do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Gov^nr Griswold, whereof I am Master, from Liverpool. So help me God, (Signature) Benjamin Meador
Sworn to, the 3^rd July 1820. Before me (Signature) Jno Kearney D.C.
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Gov^nr
Griswold whereof Meador is Master, from Liverpool, Burthen 376 Tons.
...
Source: Smith, Judy, "Ship Governor Griswold," Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, https://www.immigrantships.net/v12/1800v12/governorgriswold18200703.html (full manifest available at this site), 2011, last accessed 25 Apr 2023.
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Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Nantucket Births, Marriages, and Deaths
Mary Swain
Marriage
27 Jan 1766
Phebe Bunker
25 Oct 1787
and Susanna Bunker
1799-1800
and Phebe Burdet
10 Apr 1804
Phebe Cash
6 Oct 1805
Nantucket Town Records with Births, Marriages, Deaths, and
Marriage Intentions
Phebe Bunker
2 Sep 1787
and Susanna Bunker
19 Oct 1799
Phebe Cash
28 Sep 1805
Nantucket Census, Asylum, Prison, and Colored Records
family
1800 town census
Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Massachusetts Death Records
Nantucket, Massachusetts
20 Sep 1853
26 Jun 1855
28 Sep 1860
Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921
Lincoln, Maine
Elizabeth Bunker
5 Apr 1795
Source: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-35P4 : 22 July 2021), John Getswell and Elizabeth Bunker, 05 Apr 1795; citing Lincoln, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
Vital Records of Nantucket
Nantucket Births
BUNKER,
Page 143
Elizabeth, wife of John Getchell, Jr. of Kennebeck, daughter of Simeon
and Mary (Swain), —, 1772, P. R. 38.*
Page 146
Gorham, husband of Phebe (daughter of Edward Burdett), son of Simeon
and Mary (Swain), 17th, 5 mo. 1786, P. R. 38.
Page 149
Jonathan, husband of Mary Smith, son of Simeon and Mary (Swain), —,
[recorded after child born 17th 5 mo. 1786], P. R. 38.
Page 156
Owen, husband of Mary Fenn, son of Simeon and Mary (Swain), —
[recorded before child born 23d, 10 mo. 1768], P. R. 38.
Page 157
Phebe, wife of William Cash Jr., [duplicate record, second] wife of
Reuben Cash (son of William), daughter of Simeon and Mary (Swain),
23d, 10 mo. 1768, P. R. 38.
Page 161
Simeon, child of Zachariah and Desire, March 21, 1736. [husband of
Mary (daughter of Elijah Swain) [duplicate entry, husband of
Experience Studley, see Jonathan Bunker], son of Zacheriah [duplicate
entry, Zachery] and Desire (Gorham), 21st, 3 mo., P. R. 38.
Page 162:
Susan, wife of Benjamin Meader (son of Nathaniel), daughter of Simeon
and Mary (Swain), ---- [rec. after ch. b. ---, 1772], P.R. 38.
Source: Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. I—Births (A-F), Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925, p. 149.
* Note in Vital Records: “P. R. 38—private record, from the William C. Folger genealogical records in possession of the Nantucket Historical Association (This compilation has been used because of the valuable clues it affords, but its statements should be received with caution, as it is not free from errors. It should also be understood that in many instances the events recorded did not take place in Nantucket, and in a few cases attention has been called to the question of residence.)”
Nantucket Marriages
BUNKER,
Page 140
Elizabeth, daughter of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and John Getchell Jr.
of Kennebeck, —,[5] P. R. 38.*
Page 142
Gorham and Phebe Burdett [intention, Burdett], Apr. 10, 1804. [Gorham,
son of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and Phebe Burdett, daughter of Edward
and Parnal (Russell), P. R. 38.]
Page 145
Jonathan, son of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and Mary Smith, 2d, 4 mo.
1792[6], P. R. 38.*
Page 152
Owen, son of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and Mary Fenn, —, in London[7],
P. R. 38.*
Page 153
Phebe and Will[ia]m Cash, October 25, 1787. [Phebe, daughter of Simeon
and Mary (Swain), and William Cash Jr., son of William and Mary
(Johnson), P. R. 38.]
Page 158
Simeon and Mary Swain, January 27, 1766. [Simeon, son of Zacheriah
[duplicate entry, Zachery] and Desire (Gorham), and Mary Swain,
daughter of Elijah and Susanna (Cathcart), P. R. 38.]…
…Simeon and Experience Studley, October 28, 1783.
Page 158
Susanna and Benjamin Meador [intention, Meader], — [between April 21,
1799 and April 25, 1800, intention October 19, 1799]. [Susan, daughter
of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and Benjamin Meader, son of Nathaniel, P.
R. 38.]
CASH,
Page 185
Phebe and Reuben Cash, October 6, 1805. [Phebe, widow of William Jr.,,
daughter of Simeon and Mary (Swain), and Reuben Cash, son of William
and Mary (Johnson), P. R. 38.]
Source: Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. III—Marriages (A-G), Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1927, p. 145.
*Note in Vital Records: “Intention not recorded.”
Nantucket Deaths
BUNKER,
Page 85
Gorham, married, mariner, born in Nantucket, consumption, January 28,
1848, age 68, in Nantucket. [husband of Phebe (daughter of Edward
Burdett), son of Simeon and (Mary Swain), 29th, 1 mo., P. R. 38.]
CASH,
Page 110
William, husband of Phebe (daughter of Simeon Bunker), son of William
and Mary (Johnson), —, 11 mo. 1798, P. R. 38. [William Jr., 8th, 11
mo., P.R.63.]
Source: Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. V—Deaths, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928.
Farmington Marriages
Groom Place Bride Place Intention Date Marriage Date
Jonathan Bunker Farmington Polly Smith Farmington 1795 Feb 1795 Apr 2
Source: Porter, Nancy J., Farmington Marriages, extracted from the Vital Record Books, Franklin County Maine Gen Web, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/fmarqs.htm.
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London Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
St George in the East (Tower Hamlets) Parish Register
Mary Fenn
11 Oct 1803
Reference Number:
P93/GEO/039
Source: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London.
Pallot's Marriage Index
Spouse Mary Fenn
Spouse Comments 512
Marriage Date 1803
Parish St. George In The East
Source: Ancestry.com. England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
England Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name Catherine Mary Bunker
Gender Female
Birth Date 5 Sep 1804
Baptism Date 3 Oct 1804
Baptism Place Saint Luke,Chelsea,London,England
Father
Owen Bunker
Mother
Mary
FHL Film Number 585471, 585472
Source: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
Name
Simeon Bunker
Arrival Year
1763
Arrival Place
Nova Scotia, Canada
Primary Immigrant
Bunker, Simeon
Family Members
Wife Mary Swain
Source Publication Code 8750.40
Annotation
Date and port of arrival or date and place of mention in the New
World. Place of origin, birth date, occupation, reference to original
source, and other genealogical information may also be provided.
Source Bibliography
SMITH, LEONARD H., JR., and NORMA H. SMITH. Nova Scotia Immigrants to
1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 546p.
Source: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1819
1820
Source: Ancestry.com. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S., Tax Lists, 1819-1869 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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The Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket, MA)
Experience Bunker
Saturday, 7 Jun 1828
Benjamin Meader
Thursday, August 23, 1821
Source: Death notices, The Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket, Massachusetts), Thursday, August 23, 1821 and Saturday, June 7, 1828.
Nantucket Weekly Mirror (Nantucket, MA)
Phebe Bunker
Saturday, 6 Oct 1860
Source: Death notices, Nantucket Weekly Mirror (Nantucket, Massachusetts), Saturday, October 6, 1860.
American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME)
Missouri Compromise
Saturday, 29 Jan 1820
Source: Meeting of the town of Vassalboro and letter regarding the Missouri Compromise, American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, Maine), Saturday, January 29, 1820.
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1790
Sherburn, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Year: 1790;
Census Place: Sherburn,
Nantucket, Massachusetts;
Series: M637;
Roll: 4;
Page: 536;
Family History Library
Film: 0568144
Name Simeon Bunker
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Sherburn,
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
Free White Persons - Females 2
Number of Household Members 4
Source: 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.
1800
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Year: 1800;
Census Place: Nantucket,
Massachusetts;
Series: M32;
Roll: 18;
Page: 8;
Image: 14;
Family History Library
Film: 205616
Home in 1800 (City, County, State) Nantucket,
Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 3
Number of Household Members Over 25 1
Number of Household Members 4
Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Year: 1800;
Census Place: Vassalborough,
Kennebec, Maine;
Series: M32;
Roll: 7;
Page: 69;
Image: 234;
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Film: 218677
Name John Getchel Jr
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)
Vassalborough, Kennebec, Maine
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 4
Number of Household Members Over 25 1
Number of Household Members 7
Source: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1810
Industry, Somerset, Maine
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Industry,
Somerset, Maine;
Roll: 12;
Page: 565;
Image: Mem252_12-0561;
FHL Roll: 0218683
Name: Jonathan Bunker
Residence Date: 6 Aug 1810
Residence Place: Industry, Somerset, Maine, USA
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 9
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 12
Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Vassalborough,
Kennebec, Maine;
Roll: 11;
Page: 714;
Image: Mem252_11-0696;
FHL Roll: 0218682
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Vassalborough,
Kennebec, Maine;
Roll: 11;
Page: 710;
Image: Mem252_11-0692;
FHL Roll: 0218682
Name John Getchell
Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
Residence Place Vassalborough, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 4
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 8
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 12
Name Gorham Bunker
Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
Residence Place Vassalborough, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 2
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 5
Hudson, Columbia, New York
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Hudson,
Columbia, New York;
Roll: 31;
Page: 719;
Image: Nym252_31-0151;
FHL Roll: 0181385
Name Benjn Meader [Benjamin Meader]
Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
Residence Place Hudson, Columbia, New York, USA
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 3
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 5
Source: 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.
1820
Nantucket, Massachusetts
1820 U S Census;
Census Place: Nantucket,
Massachusetts;
Page: 8;
NARA Roll: M33_52;
Image: 20
Name Gorham Bunker
Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Nantucket,
Massachusetts
Enumeration Date August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
Free White Persons - Under 16 3
Free White Persons - Over 25 3
Total Free White Persons 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 6
Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
1820 U S Census;
Census Place: Vassalboro,
Kennebec, Maine;
Page: 496;
NARA Roll: M33_35;
Image: 73
Name John Getchell
Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Vassalboro,
Kennebec, Maine
Enumeration Date August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 4
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 3
Free White Persons - Under 16 6
Free White Persons - Over 25 3
Total Free White Persons 14
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 14
Palmyra, Ontario, New York
1820 U S Census;
Census Place: Palmyra,
Ontario, New York;
Page: 339;
NARA Roll: M33_62;
Image: 180
Name: Jonathan Bunker
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Palmyra,
Ontario, New York
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6
Hudson, Columbia, New York
1820 U S Census;
Census Place: Hudson,
Columbia, New York;
Page: 26;
NARA Roll: M33_70;
Image: 26
Name Benjamin Meader
Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Hudson, Columbia,
New York
Enumeration Date August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Under 16 2
Free White Persons - Over 25 2
Total Free White Persons 4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 4
Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1820 U S Census;
Census Place: Royalton,
Cuyahoga, Ohio;
Page: 56;
NARA Roll: M33_90;
Image: 72
Name: Jonathan Bunker
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Royalton,
Cuyahoga, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
Source: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1830
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Year: 1830;
Census Place: Nantucket,
Massachusetts;
Series: M19;
Roll: 64;
Page: 11;
Family History Library
Film: 0337922
entry
Name Gorham Bunker
Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Nantucket,
Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2
Total Free White Persons 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)
5
Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Year: 1830;
Census Place: Vassalborough,
Kennebec, Maine;
Series: M19;
Roll: 48;
Page: 106;
Family History Library
Film: 0497944
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Name John Getchell
Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Vassalborough,
Kennebec, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 3
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 4
Total Free White Persons 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)
10
Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Year: 1830;
Census Place: Royalton,
Cuyahoga, Ohio;
Series: M19;
Roll: 129;
Page: 130;
Family History Library
Film: 0337940
entry
Name: Jonathan Bunker
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Royalton,
Cuyahoga, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free
Colored): 3
Source: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1840
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Year: 1840;
Census Place: Nantucket,
Nantucket, Massachusetts;
Roll: 193;
Page: 406;
Family History Library
Film: 0014679
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Name Reuben Cash
Home in 1840 (City, County, State)
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69 1
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79 1
Total Free White Persons 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
2
Harrison, Champaign, Ohio
Year: 1840;
Census Place: Harrison,
Champaign, Ohio;
Roll: 382;
Page: 316;
Family History Library
Film: 0020160
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Name: Jonathan Bunker
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Harrison,
Champaign, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Persons Employed in Commerce: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored,
Slaves: 2
Source: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1850
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Record Group Number: 29;
Series Number: M432;
Residence Date: 1850;
Home in 1850: Nantucket,
Nantucket, Massachusetts;
Roll: 328;
Page: 351b
Record Group Number: 29;
Series Number: M432;
Residence Date: 1850;
Home in 1850: Nantucket,
Nantucket, Massachusetts;
Roll: 328;
Page: 357a
Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Record Group Number: 29;
Series Number: M432;
Residence Date: 1850;
Home in 1850: Vassalboro,
Kennebec, Maine;
Roll: 256;
Page: 254a
Urbana, Champaign, Ohio
Record Group Number: 29;
Series Number: M432;
Residence Date: 1850;
Home in 1850: Urbana,
Champaign, Ohio;
Roll: 665;
Page: 430a
Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Record Group Number: 29;
Series Number: M653;
Residence Date: 1860;
Home in 1860: Nantucket,
Nantucket, Massachusetts;
Roll: M653_513;
Page: 687;
Family History Library
Film: 803513
Source:1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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1855
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
(Phebe Bunker, resident)
Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Index to Deeds in Ontario County
Year Grantee Grantor Lib Page
1817 Bunker, Jonathan Throop, Benjamin 29 311
Source: Finke, Dr. Hans-J., Index to Deeds in Ontario County, (NY) 1789 – 1845, http://raims.com/deedmenu.html.
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Mason Membership Cards
Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards 1733–1990. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Newtown Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Cash
Photo credit: John
Speer, findagrave.com
Methodist Church Cemetery, Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Photo credit: Grace
& Tim, findagrave.com
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