Bunker Genealogy











THE BUNKER LINE




The name originally was: BonCouer synonymous with Good Heart or Great Heart (Patronymica Britannica) BUNKER LINE - FIRST GENERATION

ROBER BUNCKER

Born: Believe they were from France
Died: Will proved 1 Sep 1516, possibly born abt 1470

Parents:

Married: Agnes ______.

Children:

1. William Buncker (see below)



BUNKER LINE - SECOND GENERATION

WILLIAM BUNCKER

Born:
Died: Will proved 1568, buried in Tingrith, England.

It is believed he was a French Huguenot who fled to England to avoid religious persecution to which he was subjected in France.

Parents: Roger Buncker - Agnes _____

Married: Ann Gosseline b. in Vancy, France.

Children:

1. Oliver Buncker (See below)



BUNKER LINE - THIRD GENERATION

OLIVER BUNCKER

Born: unk date at Tingrith, England
Died: 25 Aug 1616

Parents: William Buncker - Ann Gosseline

Married: Joan _____

Children:

1. Timothy Buncker (see below)



BUNKER LINE - FOURTH GENERATION

TIMOTHY BUNCKER

Born: 22 Jun 1578 at Tingrith England
Died: 11 Apr 1657.

Parents: Oliver Buncker - Joan ____

Married: Elizabeth Hawkins on 3 May 1620. She d. 29 Sep 1652

Children:

1. George Bunker b. 1621 (see below)



BUNKER LINE - FIFTH GENERATION

GEORGE BUNKER

Born: 1621 Tingrith, England
Died: 26 May 1658 at Topsfield MA

Parents: Timothy Buncker - Elizabeth Hawkins

Married: Jane (Elizabeth) Godfrey 5 May 1644 at Marlden, Bedfordshire, Eng. She d. 31 Oct 1662 at Nantucket. She was the earliest death recorded in the towns records.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Bunker m. Thomas Look

2. WILLIAM BUNKER b. 1648 (see below)

3. MARY BUNKER b. 1652 (see below)

4. Ann Bunker b. 1654 Topsfield, MA, wed Joseph Coleman. He b. 2 Dec 1642

5. MARTHA BUNKER b. 1656/7 (see below)



BUNKER LINE - SIXTH GENERATION

I. WILLIAM BUNKER

Born: 1648
Died: 6 Jun 1712 at Nantucket

Parents: George Bunker - Jane (Elizabeth) Godfrey

Married: 11 Apr 1669 to Mary Macy, dau of Thomas Macy and Sarah Hopcott. Mary was b. 4 Dec 1648 at Salisbury MA and died 1729 Nantucket.

William was of Huguenot origin, and came to Nantucket with his step-father, Richard Swain. He settled on the east end of the Island.

There is an interesting tradition concerning him. His residence was quite isolated from his fellow islanders. Early one night, after the family had gone to bed, the house was surrounded by Frenchmen in search of plunder. A vessel had been sighted in the afternoon a short distance from the shore, but special attention was not paid to it. In the evening, the large oven was heated with a blazing fire and the light from it served as a beacon to the marauders. England and France at that period were at war with each other. Late in the evening the toothsome rye and indian bread, pumpkin pies and other culinary nicities were taken from the oven and were left smoking and odorously hot when the family retired. Seddenly the door was lifted from its hinges, and in walked the undesired and unwelcome visitors.

Nothing could be more grateful to the wretches than the contents of that oven spread in profusion around them, and, "nothing loth" they purloined the whole batch. Nor did they stop here; they took beds and bedding, clothing, and, indeed, everything which their rapicity demanded, and then added to their insolence, by demanding that the good farmer himself should go on board their craft which they had left near the shore, and pilot her into he Vineyard Sound. He had no alternative but to go, and after an absence of a few days, he returned to his distressed family. His wife was a woman of indomitable preserverence, and she sustained herself throughout the loneliness of that memorable night, and after surveying their rifled home, ast around her that she might repair the ravages as best she could. Her friends did not forget her necessity, and she had cause to remember their kindness, even though she was heard to say that the "loss of her twenty pair of sheets was never wholly repaired." Note: This story came from the unpublished writing of Nathaniel Barney.

Children of William Bunker - Mary Macy:

1. George Bunker b. 22 Apr 1671 d. 1743, m. 10 Oct 1695 Deborah Coffin. She b. Nant. d. 8 Oct 1767.

2. John Bunker b. 23 Jul 1673, d. Dec 1760, m. 13 Feb 1725/6 to Mary Coffin

3. Jonathan Bunker b. 25 Feb 1675 d. 13 Sep 1721 m. Elizabeth Coffin. She b. Nant. d. 30 Mar 1769 Nant. She m.2nd Thomas Clark

4. PELEG BUNKER b. 15 Dec 1676 (See below, next generation)

5. Jabez Bunker b. 7 Nov 1678, d. 6 Jul 1750, m. 19 Nov 1706 to Hannah Gardner. She b. 6d 5m 1686, d. 25d 3m 1773.

6. Thomas Bunker b. 18 Apr 1680, never wed.

7. Benjamin Bunker b. 28 May 1683, d. 16d 5m 1721 of Small Pox. He m. 3d 8m 1709 to Deborah Paddack.




SIXTH GENERATION CONTINUED:

II. MARY BUNKER

Born: 5m 1652 MA
Died:

Parents: George Bunker - Jane Elizabeth Godfrey

Married: 1668 at Nantucket to Stephen Coffin. He was b. 11 May 1652 Newbury MA, d. 1 Nov 1734 Nantucket.

See the Coffin line for their children and descendants.



III. MARTHA BUNKER

Born: 1656/7
Died: 21d 9m 1744

Parents: George Bunker - Jane Elizabeth Godfrey

Married: 8 Oct 1676 to Stephen Hussey. He was b. 1630, d. 2 Apr 1718.

See the Hussey Line for their children and our connection with Martha.



BUNKER LINE - SEVENTH GENERATION

PELEG BUNKER

Born: 15 Dec 1676
Died: 1 Jun 1730

Parents: William Bunker - Mary Macy

Married: 9 Jan 1700 to Susanna Coffin, dau of Stephen Coffin and Mary Bunker. Susanna was b. abt 1678 at Nantucket and d. 11 Jun 1740.

Children:

1. Judith Bunker b. 21 Sep 1701 m. 1 Jan 1718/9 to Bartlett Coffin

2. Priscilla Bunker b. 8 Dec 1703 d. 8 Oct 1795, m. 3d Apr 1721 to Joshua Coffin b. 16 Sep 1701, d. 1722

3. Dinah Bunker b. 25 Jan 1705 d. 14 Jan 1778 m. 3 Apr 1721 to Elisha Coffin b. 10 Aug 1699 d. 1722.

4. MARY BUNKER b. unk, d. 1750 (see below)

5. Jonathan Bunker b. unk, d. 10 May 1778, m. 6d 11m 1742 to Judith Macy, b. 14 Oct 1721, d. 30 Dec 1799 at Nantucket

6. William Bunker b. unk, d. unkn, wed Jane Coffin b. 14d 4m 1712. She wed 2nd Jonathan Ramsdell.




BUNKER LINE - EIGHTH GENERATION

MARY BUNKER

Born: unk, at Nantucket
Died: 1750 at Nantucket

Parents: Peleg Bunker - Susanna Coffin

Married: 2d 1m 1731/2 to Timothy Barnard. He was son of Benjamin Barnard and Judith Gardner. He was b. 3d8m 1712 at Nantucket. He died. (will probated) 9 Sep 1748.

See the Barnard line for their children and descendants. Note: We connected with #5 George Bunker three times, ie through his children William, Mary and Martha. Below, I am showing William's line. This would make us direct descendants of #1 Roger Buncker three separate ways.



Line of Descent:

ROGER BUNCKER, WILLIAM BUNCKER, OLIVER BUNCKER, TIMOTHY BUNCKER, GEORGE BUNKER, WILLIAM BUNKER, PELEG BUNKER, MARY BUNKER, BENJAMIN BARNARD, LYDIA BARNARD, EUNICE MACY, THOMAS MACY, JOHN MACY, LORETTA MACY, JAMES PARISHO, WAYNE PARISHO, SUSANNE PARISHO

Note: Roger Buncker is my 14th great grandfather.



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