I just had the time to look through all of the Bunker Family Assn website again. I have not done that for some time. There are several changes. This is a really good website. There are several links to others and lots of information. Doug Detling, our webmaster has done an excellent job. If you haven't looked at it for awhile, I highly recommend it. <http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org> At other websites you can search the 1880 census index free at <http://wwwfamilysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc h_census.asp> Library of Congress online prints and photos catalog <http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html> There are enhanced search capabilities for the Ellis Island Database at <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb> for those of you who are searching immigrants who arrived between 1892-1924. Not all immigrants came through Ellis Island but the majority did. If you have tried all the others in your searches and are still looking, try <http://www.gendex.com> A list of free reference websites can be found at <http://www.bccls.org/reference/useful-urls.shtml> Good searching. Bette

Are Sue and Bob still on this list? I cannot find their email address. Mary-Gene Page

BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com writes: >Richard Godfrey (1631-1691) md c1650 Jane/Mary Turner (c1632-1670-1). >They had a daughter Jane, b. 1632 in Taunton MA. (SOURCE: NEHG REGISTER >Vol 123 Jul 1969) There must be an error here, as Jane, b. 1632 is the same age as her parents. Perhaps you meant 1652?

Please forgive me - you are correct. It was Jane TURNER who was born c1632; Jane GODFREY was b c1651/2. My eyes crossed when I was looking at all the Janes. Bailey Francis wrote: > BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com writes: > >>Richard Godfrey (1631-1691) md c1650 Jane/Mary Turner (c1632-1670-1). >>They had a daughter Jane, b. 1632 in Taunton MA. (SOURCE: NEHG REGISTER >>Vol 123 Jul 1969) > > > There must be an error here, as Jane, b. 1632 is the same age as her parents. > Perhaps you meant 1652? > > > ==== 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. > > >

Bette Richards wrote: > In the never ending search for Jane Godfrey I found SWAINS OF NANTUCKET by > Robert H. Swain, published 1994. On page 9, he says "Jane: b. c. 1630, > Topsfield, Mass. was the dau. of Richard & Jane (Turner) Godfrey, England." > > He does not list a source for this information. However, if Jane Godfrey > was born in Topsfield, MA she could not have been the Elizabeth Godfree that > married George Bunker in Malden, Bedfordshire, England in 1644. Richard Godfrey (1631-1691) md c1650 Jane/Mary Turner (c1632-1670-1). They had a daughter Jane, b. 1632 in Taunton MA. (SOURCE: NEHG REGISTER Vol 123 Jul 1969) 1670 - Daughter Jane md 4 Aug 1670 Israel Woodward. 1674 - Israel Woodward died 15 Jun 1674 (VR of Taunton, Vol 3 pg 232) 1676 - Jane Woodward md John Cobb 3 Jun 1676 (VR of Taunton Vol 2 pg 545) 1691 - Will of Richard Godfree of Taunton dtd 4 Oct 1691 names his daughter Jane, the wife of John Cobb, and his wife Mary Godfree. 1736 - Jane Cobb d. 19 Mar 1736 in her 85th yr. 1736 - Jane's tombstone in Oakland Cem. reads "Mrs. Jean Cobb, d. Mar 19, 1736 in ye eighty fifth year of her age." (Bristol Co. Probate files contain Jane Cobb's deed of a gift dtd 3 Jan 172627. This deed mentions son Israel Woodward, ... as well as son Morgan Cobb. These are enough sources to show that the Jane Godfrey who was the dtr of Richard and Jane Turner Goodfrey was NOT the Jane who married our Goerge Bunker. > Then of course, we have Jane Elizabeth Godfrey, b. Mar 6 1624 in Topsfield, > MA dau of John Godfrey, the witch. 1953 - June issue of CAPE MAY CO. Magazine of History and Genealogy, article by Margaret Irwin McVickar: "...Jane Bunker [who md Richard Swain] was the daughter of John Godfrey of Ipswich, who was tried for witchcraft, but who was exonerated..." > > This gives two undocumented references to a Jane Godfrey being born in > Topsfield, MA. > In other genealogies I find that Jane Godfrey, dau of > Richard and Jane Turner Godfrey married men named Woodward and Cobb but no > Bunker or Swain. Correct, per above. [Incidentally, I have seen a reference that George Bush descends from Richard and Jane Turner Godfrey; his 9th g-grandparents.) > > Both Richard Godfrey and John Godfrey were in MA at a time when they could > have been Jane's father. > > We also have an Elizabeth Godfrey who married John Cary in 1644 in East > Bridgewater, MA. According to a 2000 message from Sue and Bob Bates [which I cannot find - perhaps I have deleted a large group of BFA messages from my disk...oh, woe] - George BUNKER married Elizabeth GODFREY on 5 May 1644/5 at Maulden Parish, Bedfordshire, England. Her parents were Moses GODFREY and Elizabeth MEAD/MEADE. I have not looked to see if this marriage has shown up in Brian's sendings. I have also seen the name Thomas Godfrey (md Elizabeth Meade) as her father. > > There were Godfreys in MA when George Bunker arrived. Did he come to MA > because his wife was related to them? Had Elizabeth perhaps passed away and > he needed family to care for his children William and Elizabeth? Was the > George Bunker who moved to Topsfield, MA even the same one who married > Elizabeth Godfree in Malden in 1644? > > If we can find a Nantucket descendant to participate in the DNA project we > may at least be able to answer the last question. Any Nantucket Bunker male > descendants out there? Go to http://www.bunkerfamily.org and click on the > DNA surname project for more information or email me. > > Bette > > > > ==== 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). > > >

I gave an incorrect link to the Bunker Family Assn website where there is information about the DNA project. It is http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org Sorry about this. I just checked this one and it works. My flying fingers got the best of me. Bette

In the never ending search for Jane Godfrey I found SWAINS OF NANTUCKET by Robert H. Swain, published 1994. On page 9, he says "Jane: b. c. 1630, Topsfield, Mass. was the dau. of Richard & Jane (Turner) Godfrey, England." He does not list a source for this information. However, if Jane Godfrey was born in Topsfield, MA she could not have been the Elizabeth Godfree that married George Bunker in Malden, Bedfordshire, England in 1644. Then of course, we have Jane Elizabeth Godfrey, b. Mar 6 1624 in Topsfield, MA dau of John Godfrey, the witch. This gives two undocumented references to a Jane Godfrey being born in Topsfield, MA. In other genealogies I find that Jane Godfrey, dau of Richard and Jane Turner Godfrey married men named Woodward and Cobb but no Bunker or Swain. Both Richard Godfrey and John Godfrey were in MA at a time when they could have been Jane's father. We also have an Elizabeth Godfrey who married John Cary in 1644 in East Bridgewater, MA. There were Godfreys in MA when George Bunker arrived. Did he come to MA because his wife was related to them? Had Elizabeth perhaps passed away and he needed family to care for his children William and Elizabeth? Was the George Bunker who moved to Topsfield, MA even the same one who married Elizabeth Godfree in Malden in 1644? If we can find a Nantucket descendant to participate in the DNA project we may at least be able to answer the last question. Any Nantucket Bunker male descendants out there? Go to http://www.bunkerfamily.org and click on the DNA surname project for more information or email me. Bette

Another Bunker I can't identify is Harman b. Ontario age 25, Camp Maker, married, English origin, Church of England with Melissa b. Ont. age 22, English origin and Howard age 2 b. Ont. Could he be the son of Ebenezer Bunker (D-79)? He had a son named Harmon but we have no further info about Harmon, son of Ebenezer except that he went to Canada and stayed there. Bette

Ancestry.com has put the 1881 Canada census on line and lists 25 Bunker households. I can identify about half of them. Following are the ones I can't identify. Can anyone help? George b. Ontario, age 40, English origin, wife Elizabeth, ch: Minnie, George, Sarah E., Henery, Mabel May and Ernest S. living in Toronto in 1881. Porterfield Buncker b. USA age l53, seaman, wife Catherine, Ch: William, Barton, Frederick, Oliver and Edith living in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia 1881. Naomi Bunker age 8, b. Ontario but of German origin in the household of Mary Irvin, age 51, b. Ontario, German origin, living in Port Perry, Ontario in 1881. Thomas John b. England age 50 with wife Elizabeth, ch: Amos, Thomas, George, John and Abel living in Toronto in 1881. Sarah b. England age 79 a widow living with daughter Emma age 19, b. Ontario living in Toronto in 1881. Alexander Bunker b. Ontario age 65, gentleman, married but no wife found, Dutch origin, living in Stamford, Ontario. Daniel, b. England age 29 with wife, Amelia and dau Eliza, b. Ontario living in Stouffvile, Ontario. George b. Quebec age 16, living in household of George A. Colburn in Magog, Stanstead, Que. Carrie b. USA age 21, school teacher, living in Household of Herman Allen, Ste-Armand East, Que. Timothy, b. New Brunswick age 35, Irish, with wife, Bridget, Ch: Nellie, Catherine, Edmund, James, John, and Timothy in Portland, New Brunswick. Emma b. New Brunswick age 12, English, living in household of John D. Fraser in St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred b. New Brunswick age 26, trader, in household of James Haus but next door to Charles (RN4975) and Elizabeth Bunker and could be their son, in Lincoln, New Brunswick. If any of these people sound familiar, please let me know. Bette

The LDS church has put the 1880 U.S. census and the 1881 English and Canadian census' online. Go to http://www.familysearch.org and click on the census on the left side of the page. I found while working on the 1881 Canadian census that it was necessary to do a surname search to find the entire household. If you are looking for a specific person, like William Bunker, it will find all the William Bunkers but you will not know who was in their households with them. There were only 127 Bunkers in Canada in 1881 and only 27 households. However, In England and the U.S. I imagine there were a lot more. It may be that you will have to narrow it down to a specific state and do a surname search in that state to get your household. Another site of interest for military records is http://www.buffalonet.org Click on army barracks and you will find lists of officers and enlisted men. This site also has many interesting facts about Buffalo, NY. Bette

Bette and all, I forwarded your information to Tami Bunkers Dolan, who is doing research in Salt Lake City this week, with the request that she see if she can learn more about the Henry and Timothy Bunker you have cited. Perhaps they are from our line. Suzanne On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:52:14 -0700 Bette Richards <betterichs@earthlink.net> wrote: > Ancestry.com has just put online the 1829-30 Manhattan, NY city directory. > There are 14 Bunker entries. > > Benjamin F. Bunker lives at 48 Essex and works at 38 James along with Cyrus > E. Bunker. We have a Benjamin Franklin Bunker (RN 18494) living in Brooklyn > at the time but no Cyrus connected with him. Anyone know who these two are? > > Bethuel Bunker is living at 6 Cortlandt. could he be Elihu S.'s (Rn 17308) > son? Elihu's s. is living at 322 Greenwich. We have Bunker & Heron, wine & > tea store at 6 Cortlandt. > > Henry W. and Timothy W. Bunker & Co., sail makers are living at 38 Mulberry > and working at 104 South. Who are they? > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "I don't represent the pharmaceutical companies, I don't represent the oil big companies, I don't represent the big health insurance industry, I don't represent the big financial institutions. But you know what, I represent the people of Minnesota." --Paul Wellstone, October 15, 2002, Moorhead MN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ancestry.com has just put online the 1829-30 Manhattan, NY city directory. There are 14 Bunker entries. Benjamin F. Bunker lives at 48 Essex and works at 38 James along with Cyrus E. Bunker. We have a Benjamin Franklin Bunker (RN 18494) living in Brooklyn at the time but no Cyrus connected with him. Anyone know who these two are? Bethuel Bunker is living at 6 Cortlandt. could he be Elihu S.'s (Rn 17308) son? Elihu's s. is living at 322 Greenwich. We have Bunker & Heron, wine & tea store at 6 Cortlandt. Henry W. and Timothy W. Bunker & Co., sail makers are living at 38 Mulberry and working at 104 South. Who are they? Isaiah Bunker & Co., Merchants are at 31 Burling - slip. Reuben is a weigh master at 78 Gold. Reuben P. and B. Bunker & Son, sail loft live at 66 Chrystie and work at 169 South. There is William I. at the mansion-house, 39 Broadway. The widow Elizabeth is living at 116 Beekman. And we have B.F. & C.E. Bunker, painters at 21 Madison. Notice we have a Benjamin F. and Cyrus E. (above) associated together on 48 Essex and 38 James too. If anyone has any more information about any of the above I would love to hear from you. Bette

The following listing is extracted from the Journal of the Strafford County Genealogical Society, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Nov-Dec 2002), page 94-95. It is from a series on cemetery records in Strafford County. This is "The Parade Cemetery" in Barnstead, NH, compiled by William J. Walker. This is a continuation of the listing I documented in my note to the list on 4 Sep 2002. Dave Larkin DEATH AGE BIRTH SPOUSE(S) FATHER MOTHER DATE DATE BUNKER, John Edgerly 20 Jun 1871 65 14 Jun 1806 Eliza Nutter Daniel Bunker Lovey Edgerly BUNKER, Roland Ellsworth 1958 67 15 Dec 1890 Mary E. Tilton John M. Bunk M. A. Ellsworth Ruth A. Evans BUNKER, Charles F. 31 Dec 1858 28 2 Aug 1830 Timothy Bunker Margaret Rogers BUNKER, Arthur J. Abt 1890 Milo W. Bunker Maria C. Bunker BUNKER, Mary Jane 1863 2 Jan 1860 Gardner T. Bunker Julia A. Pickering BUNKER, Addison L. 1 Sep 1855 4 Jan 1851 Gardner T. Bunker Julia A. Pickering BUNKER, Murial L. 24 Feb 1921 4 2 Mar 1916 Daniel Bunker Florence L. Hillard BUNKER, S. Leon Jan 1895 0 Dec 1894 John S. Bunker BUNKER, Ida M. 1872 Arthur J. Pitman Milo W. Bunker M. E. Pendergast BUNKER, John M. 16 Nov 1925 76 24 May 1849 Amy ----- John E. Bunker Eliza Nutter Mary A. Ellsworth BUNKER, Florence M. 31 Dec 1923 50 23 Feb 1873 Milo W. Bunker M. E. Pendergast BUNKER, Joseph Nutter 1864 27 Abt Dec 1836 John E. Bunker Eliza Nutter BUNKER, Hiram O. 10 Jun 1897 62 Abt 1835 ------ ----- Sarah M. Emerson Emily J. Brock BUNKER, Edward Payson 29 Aug 1855 5 Abt 1850 Gardner T. Bunker Julia A. Pickering BUNKER, Panthea Proctor 15 Jan 1898 82 8 Dec 1815 Joshua M. Babcock Andrew Bunker Rebecca Proctor BUNKER, Abner Rogers 10 Aug 1821 1 Feb 1820 Timothy Bunker Margaret Rogers BUNKER, Olive S. 23 Sep 1890 74 Abt 1816 Samuel B. Knowles BUNKER, Gardner Towle 22 Jul 1878 63 Abt 1815 Julia A. Pickering Lemuel Bunker Sally Towle BUNKER, Milo W. 1906 58 Abt 1848 Mary Ellen Pendergast Hollis Bunker Mary Tuttle Maria C. -----

You can get their email account stopped by fowarding the email you recieve to abuse@<their isp> For example; If you recieve one from 'john@yahoo.com' foward a copy of the email to abuse@yahoo.com. They will then stop the scammers email address very quickly, which will disable him getting any replies from his scam letter. Robbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary-Gene Page" <mgpage@unlimited.net> To: <BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:56 AM Subject: Re: "African bank" scam spam > I have been saving those I receive because I have not been able to find > anyone to complain to. I just sent about 15 to the address you give. > > Mary-Gene > > Fred Bunker Davis wrote: > > I get lots of solicitations from would-be defrauders, the majority claiming to be writing from "3 Rider > > Haggard Close, Jo'berg, S.A." and offering unbelievable amounts of money for nothing on my part. There is a > > site to which to refer these folk. The Federal Trade Commission has a site for "unwanted commercial e-mail" . > > It is <UCE@FTC.GOV> I have that address in memory so all such letters (and any other criminal-appearing > > e-mail) can be forwarded immediately for attention by the government with little effort on my part. > > I would urge others to consider joining this effort. > > Fred > > > > > > ___________________________ > > Fred Bunker Davis > > "applied creative entropy" > > > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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). > >

I have been saving those I receive because I have not been able to find anyone to complain to. I just sent about 15 to the address you give. Mary-Gene Fred Bunker Davis wrote: > I get lots of solicitations from would-be defrauders, the majority claiming to be writing from "3 Rider > Haggard Close, Jo'berg, S.A." and offering unbelievable amounts of money for nothing on my part. There is a > site to which to refer these folk. The Federal Trade Commission has a site for "unwanted commercial e-mail" . > It is <UCE@FTC.GOV> I have that address in memory so all such letters (and any other criminal-appearing > e-mail) can be forwarded immediately for attention by the government with little effort on my part. > I would urge others to consider joining this effort. > Fred > > > ___________________________ > Fred Bunker Davis > "applied creative entropy" > > > > ==== 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 get lots of solicitations from would-be defrauders, the majority claiming to be writing from "3 Rider Haggard Close, Jo'berg, S.A." and offering unbelievable amounts of money for nothing on my part. There is a site to which to refer these folk. The Federal Trade Commission has a site for "unwanted commercial e-mail" . It is <UCE@FTC.GOV> I have that address in memory so all such letters (and any other criminal-appearing e-mail) can be forwarded immediately for attention by the government with little effort on my part. I would urge others to consider joining this effort. Fred ___________________________ Fred Bunker Davis "applied creative entropy"

Looking for pictures of ships try http://ruby.ils.unc.edu/maritime and http://archives.ubalt.edu/steamship/photo.htm Biographies of New Zealanders http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/ Illinois records http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com and click on departments, archives and databases to see all the neat records that you can access Heritage Quest has some new interesting books and CD's. A Revolutionary War index and one on the Alaskan Gold Rush looked especially interesting. http://www.heritagequest.com You might find http://www.ushistory.org interesting. Gil will find his hero, Stephen Girard, on there. Did you know that you can find the phone number for nearly everyone in the US on http://www.msn.com ? Look on the left side of the page under find and you will see white pages. Click on this and it will take you to a page where you can put in the name, city and state of the person you are looking for. When you find your person, click on their name and it will give you their full address and a map to their house. If you don't know the city you can put in the name and just the state. Or you can put in only the last name and the state. By using the yellow pages on mmsn.com you can find funeral homes, libraries, cemeteries, government offices, etc. that might help you in your research. And would you like to see what it looks like in your old home town right now? Nearly every city has a website and most of them have web cams. For instance you can go to http://www.ci.tucson.az.us and click on city cam (picture on bottom left of page) to see what it looks like right now where I am. Or http://www.searchwellington.co.nz/index.jsp and click on web cams (on left about middle of page) to see what it looks like in New Zealand where Robbie Bunker lives. Have fun. Bette

Hi all: First, this was sent to me by a friend ... http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/census/ If you know where somebody was living at the time of the 1930 census (e.g. - on Mifflin Street in Madison, Wis., or on San Vincente Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif.) you can use it to find the enumeration district for the 1930 census. I expect that will save folks considerable work. And my thanks to Joel Weintraub, Dave Kehs, and Steve Morse - the guys who put this whole thing together. Have fun H.A. Kippenhan, Jr. _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp

Hi Cousins, Be very wary of this scam. A good friend of mine in Sacramento was taken to the tune of $180,000. This internet scam is actively supported by the Nigerian government, and is one of the single largest sources of funds for that country. On another note, has it been nailed down yet as to precisely when James 1 (D) arrived in the colonies? Cheers, John (Bunker) Snyder Shropshire, UK on 20/10/2002 1:57 am, Bette Richards at betterichs@earthlink.net wrote: > Some people on this list are getting hit by a scam from Nigeria asking for > money. These guys must get enough to make it worthwhile to keep it up. To > check out anything from Nigeria that offers anything go to > http://www.quatloos.com/cm_niger/nigerain_scam_leter_museum.htm > > People are also getting hit with messages that appear to be valid > genealogical messages from other genealogical friends and email contacts. > NEVER open anything that ends with .exe. If your virus protection does not > indicate it has a virus, still do not open it until you are certain that it > came from someone you know. Usually the only files that have .exe after > their name are program files. If you open a file like this it automatically > gets into your system as soon as you click on it. Runme.exe is going around > again. DO NOT OPEN ANYTHING THAT SAYS runme.exe. > > Bette

We have not nailed down the precise date that James 1 got to America. The first mention is in 1646 in Kittery, Me when he served on a Coroner's Jury. At that time he was about 18. This could be the first mention because he just got to this country or because he had just reached the age of 18 so it is hard to say. There were numerous people in Kittery who were from Devon, including his later employer, Mrs. Shapleigh. I am working on that right now by trying to trace down the other Devon people that were in Kittery at the time. I may get a clue as to when he came and why his parents do not seem to have been with him. Once I learn something interesting, I will ask the Devon people to check things out for us. It looks like a bunch of them went from Devon to Kittery, Maine between 1625 and 1650. Bette -----Original Message----- From: John Snyder [mailto:johnsnyder@onetel.net.uk] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 6:52 AM To: Bette Richards; BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Nigerian scam Hi Cousins, Be very wary of this scam. A good friend of mine in Sacramento was taken to the tune of $180,000. This internet scam is actively supported by the Nigerian government, and is one of the single largest sources of funds for that country. On another note, has it been nailed down yet as to precisely when James 1 (D) arrived in the colonies? Cheers, John (Bunker) Snyder Shropshire, UK on 20/10/2002 1:57 am, Bette Richards at betterichs@earthlink.net wrote: > Some people on this list are getting hit by a scam from Nigeria asking for > money. These guys must get enough to make it worthwhile to keep it up. To > check out anything from Nigeria that offers anything go to > http://www.quatloos.com/cm_niger/nigerain_scam_leter_museum.htm > > People are also getting hit with messages that appear to be valid > genealogical messages from other genealogical friends and email contacts. > NEVER open anything that ends with .exe. If your virus protection does not > indicate it has a virus, still do not open it until you are certain that it > came from someone you know. Usually the only files that have .exe after > their name are program files. If you open a file like this it automatically > gets into your system as soon as you click on it. Runme.exe is going around > again. DO NOT OPEN ANYTHING THAT SAYS runme.exe. > > Bette