From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. and Sherry [Smith] Stancliff
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JOSEPH BUNCE FAMILY
(23) JAMES STANCLIFT married SUSSANAH BUNCE
JOSEPH3 BUNCE(1) (3,Thomas Jr.2,Thomas1)
Son of Ensign Thomas and Sussanah [Bull] Bunce baptized 2nd Church Hartford Jan. 20, 1677/78, died Hartford, Hartford County, CT Jun. 9, 1750 � 72, buried Hartford in Center Church Yard, married 1. Hartford, Hartford County, CT Apr. 27, 1708 1. ANN SANFORD daughter of Zachariah and Sarah [Willet] Sanford born Hartford Aug.27, 1689, died Hartford Oct.18, 1710, married 2. AMY HOUSE or AMY BISHOP who died Hartford, Hartford County, CT Jul. 28, 1760, buried Center Church Yard. His grandfather Thomas Bunce, was an original proprietor of Hartford, CT, owning a homelot located near the present State Capitol Building(2).
CHILDREN: Joseph and Ann [Sanford] Bunce, all baptisms 2nd Church, Hartford, CT
1. ABIJAH BUNCE baptized Feb. 11, 1709/10, died July 30, 1767, married MARY ___.
CHILDREN: Joseph and Amy [House or Bishop] Bunce
2. WILLIAM BUNCE baptized Apr. 4, 1714.
3. ANNE BUNCE baptized Mar. 31, 1717, married JOHN BUNCE probably son of John and Abigail [Sanford] Bunce.
4. AMY BUNCE baptized June 21, 1719, married EBENEZER DEMMING JR. of Wethersfield, CT.
5. MARTHA BUNCE baptized Feb. 5, 1720/21, married JOSEPH TUTTLE of Simsbury.
6. MARY BUNCE baptized Feb. 5, 1720/21.
7. THOMAS BUNCE baptized Oct. 28, 1722.
8. JOSEPH BUNCE baptized Feb.9, 1723/24
9. JERUSHA BUNCE baptized June 13, 1725, married WILLIAM HOOKER.
10. GIDEON BUNCE baptized Nov.26, 1727, died Feb. 19, 1790 � 64, married Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT REBBECA VIBBARD.
11. ABIGAIL BUNCE baptized Mar.28, 1731, married PATRICK BARMINGHAM.
12. SUSSANAH BUNCE born 1733, died Chatham, Hartford County, CT Aug. 20, 1807 � 74 years, buried Old Quarry Cemetery, Portland, CT, married as his second wife Middletown, Hartford County, CT Dec. 24, 1754 JAMES STANCLIFT(3) son of James and Abigail [Bevin] Stanclift. Both James Stanclift and "Sussanah Bunce, alias Stanclift", signed agreement on distribution of the estate of Joseph Bunce, as legal heirs, providing absolute proof of her parentage.(4)
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Footnotes:
1. .Information on this family in FAMILIES OF EARLY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, by Lucius Barbour
2. .THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS, by Mary K. Talcott from the Memorial History of Hartford County
3. .Middletown Vital Records Vol.II pg 177
4. .EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, HARTFORD DISTRICT, compiled by Charles W. Manwaring, Vol.III, page 515
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