NEHGS Newsletter for this week gives this site which is quite helpful if you are looking for someone in Lowell, MA http://library.uml.edu/clh/GenRes.Html Bette

I recently purchased 2 CD's of 40 volumes of NH state papers. While it is tedious to look through all the indexes, I have finally finished looking at least for the Bunkers. I discovered some interesting things about James Bunker (1). He and William Follett were witnesses to a bill of sale of land to Nicholas Follett on 6 Sept 1652. The Follett land later came into the hands of the Bunkers. So far this is the earliest known record of James being in Dover. However, he is listed in a census as being there in 1648. Later James signed as a witness on an note with John Follett. He always signed with an X. He served several times with the Grand Juries of Dover in 1659. This was several different grand juries. He acknowledged a debt of £14-6-6 due Richard Cutt in 1667. He and several others were appointed to administer the estate of William Roberts in 1676. All but one of those named refused to serve as administrators. That is quite unusual. I wonder what was going on there? The inventory of James' estate valued it at £83. This would make it about an average amount for an estate of those days. His son, Joseph's estate in 1719 was valued at £75. There was no inventory of James (2) estate but his widow, Martha, got 2 rooms and the cellar beneath those rooms for her own use. She also got land and one boundary is described as "where the old house stood" to the creek. James (2) inherited the land of James (1) so this statement is intriguing. Was there a house built before the garrison house was built? Did James (2) build a house that he lived in before he inherited the garrison house? Wouldn't the garrison house be the "old house"? Did James (2) build a new house and reside there after he inherited the land? James (2) youngest son, Elijah, seemed to be a trustworthy man and perhaps one with substantial property as he frequently stood surety for bonds on various estate administrations. If, for example, a bond was required for an estate valued at £100 the surety was obligated to pay off that much if the administrator made off with the estate. Zachariah, grandson of James (1), son of John, left an estate valued at £431 in 1751. However, John Runnells, father of Sarah Runnells who married Jonathan Bunker, left an estate valued at £4,066 in 1756. He names 9 children in his will including Sarah "Bunkar". Throughout the will he spells the name Runals. When the estate was settled and the heirs paid off, Jonathan Bunker received the portion left to his wife, Sarah. In those days and until well into the 1900's the property of the wife belonged to her husband. She had no control over it at all. Anyone with NH ancestors would find these CD's valuable resources. They cost $40 and may be obtained from NH State Archives at 71 S. Fruit St., Concord, NH 03301. They have a website at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/ but I was not able to purchase them through the website. Bette

Here is a database that has some different items on it. It is titled professional, society, religious and misc. name rosters but it also includes Leavenworth Prison. If you look for Bunkers you will only find prisoners, but you might like it for other names. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups Bette

Cousins, The next edition of the Banner will be placed in the mail as of Wednesday afternoon. It will contain the scholarship form. Sorry for the delay. Bette, Some excess will be shipped "overnight" for distribution to prospective cousins attending the reunion. See you guys in Tucson, tomorrow gil

Name: Enoch BUNKER Sex: M Birth: 22 JUL 1771 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Father: Joseph BUNKER b: 1 OCT 1738 in Durham, NH Mother: Sarah NOBLE b: 25 SEP 1739 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Marriage 1 Sally WIGGINS b: 12 JAN 1772 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Married: 1 SEP 1793 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Children Sophia George BUNKER b: 25 DEC 1808 in Barnstead, NH.

BUNKER, Sophia George b: 25 Dec 1808 in Barnstead, NH d: 25 Nov 1848 in Adams Co, IL

Are there any other state WEB SITES that have the photo images of recoeds like ARZ> BJ

This is not the correct George. I am looking for a George Bunker that was an adult in Barnstead, NH in 1784-88. This Sophia George was not born as yet. Thanks anyway. Bette -----Original Message----- From: LIZASOHMA@aol.com [mailto:LIZASOHMA@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:36 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: George Bunker Name: Enoch BUNKER Sex: M Birth: 22 JUL 1771 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Father: Joseph BUNKER b: 1 OCT 1738 in Durham, NH Mother: Sarah NOBLE b: 25 SEP 1739 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Marriage 1 Sally WIGGINS b: 12 JAN 1772 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Married: 1 SEP 1793 in Barnstead Twp, Belknap, New Hampshire Children Sophia George BUNKER b: 25 DEC 1808 in Barnstead, NH. ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original.

I believe that Kentucky has just put theirs up with the images but I don't know of any others. I love it that in a state with one of the highest incidences of identity theft that we do this. Obviously, our legislature and governor, who is an ex-attorney general and knows about the identity theft problems, are well aware of the fact that there is no known case of identity theft from stealing birth and death records or any other genealogical records. Identity theft comes from people stealing your credit card and/or its number. Almost all of it comes from thefts from the mailboxes, restaurant charge slips and other charge slips. People want your money not your relatives. Bette -----Original Message----- From: LIZASOHMA@aol.com [mailto:LIZASOHMA@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:37 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Birth and Death Records Are there any other state WEB SITES that have the photo images of recoeds like ARZ> BJ ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original.

In the New Hampshire State Papers I find a George Bunker living in Barnstead, NH in 1784 and 1788. Does anyone have a clue which George this might be? Bette

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At 07:20 PM 2/27/2004 -0700, Bette wrote: >which Betty Bunker married a Hunkens or Hunkings Can't help you with the marriage, but "History of Durham" (Vol. 2, p. 221) does have a Benjamin Huckins born between 1736 and 1760, noting only "no record of any family, lived at Gilmanton". His father was Joseph Huckins, who lived in Durham, Lee, and Gilmanton, and mother Mary Fernald. Dave Larkin East Sandwich, MA

For those of you who are trying to help me figure out which Betty Bunker married a Hunkens or Hunkings: We surmised that this was really a Huckins. However, I just received the CDs containing 40 volumes of NH state papers and in 1665 a John Hunking signed along with James Bunker the petition to be free from MA. There was also a Mark Hunking, ship captain filing suit there for return of his ship in 1679/80 and a William Hunking. Evidently, there were some records with the name Hunking mentioned. So anything you can find on a marriage between a Hunken/Hunking and a Bunker would be appreciated. Thanks. Bette

Surname GOULD: extra Surnames on this sheet are in connection to Gould: Bunker:, Keen,: Blackstone:, Butterfield Townships: Anson:, New Portland:, Tax Lists He doesn't show until 1830 on what I have. Mine are not complete. 1830 Tax List for Anson Maine Alexander Gould, Vital Records:( spelling is the same as on the pages) Page 247 in the book, 37 my copy, Mr. Daniel Bunker of Anson and Miss Mary Gould of New Portland, Intention April, 28, 1823 Page 249 in the book, page 37, my copy, Daniel Bunker of Anson and Miss Mary Gould of New Portland, Married June 5th, 1823, by Danl Steward, Jr. Page 301, in book page 42 my copy Mr. Nathaniel Walker Gould of Embden, and Miss Sopironia Getchell of Anson, Intention January 23, 1826. History of Farmington Settlements: Inventory ... Front lots on the West side of the river. Name settler..Number..mark...Time of entry....Time of settlement..acres under improvement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Samuel Butterfield..2......S.......1781.................1781...................30........ Jesse Gould.....10..........S......1782..................1782...................10............... William Gould...11..........P.......1782.................1785....................5.............. 1780, Eight familles passed the winter in Farmington. By 1781 the vote of the 'Associates," the survey of the side lines had begun. 1782, Eight families - consisting as nearly as can be estimated, of 39 persons, 17 adults, and 22 children, The preceding crops had been corn and potatoes, with one person growing wheat. The crops had been good. The first settlement "Associates" meeting was held in the home of Samuel Butterfield. 1783, A serious calamity befell the settlements with the severe frost of Aug. 9 1782. All corn and wheat was killed, resulting in a scarcity of bread stuff. Immigration continued to go forward. 1784 was an uneventful year. A few more settlers came in. 1785, was the second meeting of the "associates." May 12th 1785 the survey of the side line completed. before winter set in, 6 new settlers arrived. William Gould made a permanent settlement on the farm next below the one his brother had entered. Samuel Keen and William Blackstone, who were brother in-laws, came from Damariscotta and settled upon lots they had taken several years before. 1787, Settlements went rapidly forward, and back lots began to open. Silas Perham and Silas Gould, came from Dunstable, the former taking the back lot on the East side, and the latter, taking a lot on the West side of the river. Later........a group of settlers had a petition drawn up....... In this petition the name Farmington occurs for the first time, and was adopted at the suggestion of Col. Porter as the name appropriate to the character of the place as a farming town. A majority of the inhabitants were in favor, a number of the lower part of town were not. 26 men signed, Samuel Butterfield Jesse Gould, William Gould. then 8 changed there mind. Jesse Gould Dec 24th 1793 just about everyone (Men only) had signed it. It went through and Sandy River Township be Farmington. A group from the lower portion of the Sandy River town didn't want to join, so they got together with the upper part of Chester, then decided to form a township of Parkerford.. William Gould appears for the Parkerford Township Jesse Gould does not appear again. Samuel Butterfield Appears on the final Farmington list. I will add more name to what I have already given as I do more Surnames. What I have down here for the settlement story is just an out line and I will add more as I do different Surnames. The book is great as to the details it gives on how life was for the settlers. Life is so complex now to what it was, that I think simpler is better. I think I would rather have lived in those days. ' Lets go back to home grown.. and God fearing.... True caring .. Neighbor loving.... People."

Just a quick note before looking up names for you guys, I am back with paper in more ink and all set to go. I bought 2 books at a used book store to day. The first one had only 500 printings..... Maine Province and court Records vol. 1, and all Bunkers, there are at least, 3 places that talk about James Bunker.... ( the orig. spelling) Under Sir Ferdinando Gorges and His Councillors... from 1646 until taken away by the colony of Mass. Bay in 1652 Under Ferdinando Gorge the Younger... Between 1661 and 1665 alternating with the Colony of Mass. Bay until taken away by the Commissioners of Charles II, Under the Commissioners of Charles II... from 1668 until taken away by the Colony of Mass. Bay.... With Collateral Papers and Citations..... Portland Maine Historical Society 1928 The second book I bought is.. Free Street Baptist Church ( a branch of the Federal Baptist Church,) Catalogue of members with historic notes and covenant and by=laws 1886 (This is a great book as it has ....., Number....Name....How received....from what church.....when received.....Manner of removal......place of removal....date of removal....number...) It crosses two pages,and the manner of received, was where a person move from and presented the church with a letter from the prev. church, or baptism, and the manner of removal was either a family moved and got a letter from this church, as it states where the family move to, or a person died, giving the date of death. A few people just got kicked out. It has all the names of the Rev. also. it is a great little book for some good genealogy info. BJ

Arizona has put birth and death records from about 1887 to 1958 online. Even if you do not think any of your people were in AZ, remember that it has always been a place to travel and many travelers die here. You might be surprised at what you find. Great site. http://genealogy.az.gov/ Bette

I have been swamped with requests for info. My lines are Butterfield and Bunker, so I have copied everything with those surnames in it. Any other surname I have info on, I have because it was on the same page as my surnames. I will send info on the names you e-mail me with first and surnames. via e-mail. With the people that want all Bunkers and Butterfield info, we will need to work out something via snail mail unless I buy a scanner. As, I tried DIG. Camera photo, and that didn't work. I have saved all the e-mail, and tomorrow I will print them out and start this project rolling. Remember that I do live 10 min. away from the Maine historical Library and they have tons of info on MASS too. To me that is as good as a gambler living next door to a race tract. BJ

Bette, John Bunker d 12/5/1890 age 75, Cook Co is probably the John born Holland, working in lumberyard in Chicago in 1870, age 55. See ur email dtd 30 Dec 2003 "Holland Bunkers." :-) gil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Richards" <betterichs@earthlink.net> To: <BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Chicago Bunkers > The following Bunkers died in Chicago or Cook Co., IL prior to 1916. I am > able to locate only Dwight, a Charleston Bunker. Does anyone recognize any > of the others? There is one Bunkers with an s here too. > > Annie, d. 5/3/1897, age 37; Christiana F. d. 4/3/1907 age 74; Delia A. d. > 4/28/1901 age 68; Doticha A (that is how it is spelled in the record)d. > 4/19/1893 age 70; Edith C. d. 6/6/1903 age 35; Edith M. d. 5/9/1885 age 8 > mo; Ella A d. 2/23/1915 age 50; Florence A. d. 5/21/1907 age 64; Frances M. > d. 4/11/1913 age 82; Frank d. 1/15/1897 age 40; Furdley S (spelled that way > in the record) d. 3/15/1888 age 27; Geo S d. 7/10/1886 age 69; John d.12/5/1890 age 75; Louisa A. d. 3/31/1893 age 40; Maria R. d. 4/6/1885 age > 42; Martha M. d. 6/13/1902 age 80; Mary d. 8/14/1892 age 31; Mary L. d. > 3/6/1892 age 8; Oliver A. d. 3/21/1907 age 2; Patrick E. d. 2/26/1914 age > 39; Sarah R. d. 7/28/1893 age 82; Sophia d. 12/31/1904 age 22; William d. > 6/25/1907 age 21; William W. d. 9/14/1911 age 50; Wm H. d. 5/24/1903 age 72. > > And Kathrine M. Bunkers d. 12/5/1910 age 2 > > Thanks for your help. > > Incidently, with your help, the number of names in the BFA database has > increased from 23,000 to 37,000 in three years. > > Bette > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Douglas G. Detling (list coordinator) > ddetling@charter.net > >

Several of the German and Netherlands Bunkers(es) did go to Chicago. I will check my records. Suzanne L. Bunkers, Ph.D. Professor of English 230 Armstrong Hall Minnesota State University Mankato MN 56001 suzanne.bunkers@mnsu.edu Home page: www.intech.mnsu.edu/bunkers E LIBERTATE PROSPERITE De la liberté naît la prospérité From: Gil Bunker Sent: Wed 2/25/2004 5:08 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Chicago Bunkers Bette, John Bunker d 12/5/1890 age 75, Cook Co is probably the John born Holland, working in lumberyard in Chicago in 1870, age 55. See ur email dtd 30 Dec 2003 "Holland Bunkers." :-) gil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Richards" <betterichs@earthlink.net> To: <BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Chicago Bunkers > The following Bunkers died in Chicago or Cook Co., IL prior to 1916. I am > able to locate only Dwight, a Charleston Bunker. Does anyone recognize any > of the others? There is one Bunkers with an s here too. > > Annie, d. 5/3/1897, age 37; Christiana F. d. 4/3/1907 age 74; Delia A. d. > 4/28/1901 age 68; Doticha A (that is how it is spelled in the record)d. > 4/19/1893 age 70; Edith C. d. 6/6/1903 age 35; Edith M. d. 5/9/1885 age 8 > mo; Ella A d. 2/23/1915 age 50; Florence A. d. 5/21/1907 age 64; Frances M. > d. 4/11/1913 age 82; Frank d. 1/15/1897 age 40; Furdley S (spelled that way > in the record) d. 3/15/1888 age 27; Geo S d. 7/10/1886 age 69; John d.12/5/1890 age 75; Louisa A. d. 3/31/1893 age 40; Maria R. d. 4/6/1885 age > 42; Martha M. d. 6/13/1902 age 80; Mary d. 8/14/1892 age 31; Mary L. d. > 3/6/1892 age 8; Oliver A. d. 3/21/1907 age 2; Patrick E. d. 2/26/1914 age > 39; Sarah R. d. 7/28/1893 age 82; Sophia d. 12/31/1904 age 22; William d. > 6/25/1907 age 21; William W. d. 9/14/1911 age 50; Wm H. d. 5/24/1903 age 72. > > And Kathrine M. Bunkers d. 12/5/1910 age 2 > > Thanks for your help. > > Incidently, with your help, the number of names in the BFA database has > increased from 23,000 to 37,000 in three years. > > Bette > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Douglas G. Detling (list coordinator) > ddetling@charter.net > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original.

Glad to hear you are back online - I would be a lost soul if I were offline for a month. Thanks also for all your hard work on our behalf. -----Original Message----- From: Gil Bunker [mailto:gilbunker@snip.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:25 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: BFA Pres back on line :-) I'm baaack. Still have 87 of 523 emails to sort, which will probably wait. Due to loosing a month w/o the computer, the Feb Banner will be abbreviated. It will contain the Annabelle Moore Scholarship forms for 2004. I hope to get the Banner to the printer sometime on Wednesday. gil ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).