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    1. Henry's ancestors
    2. Bette
    3. Henry Bunker looked for years for his "connection" to one of the three Bunkers who were in America in the 1600s. One of his descendants has had his DNA tested and that line is a Devon line. We do not know if it was connected to James of Dover or a later immigrant from Devon, but there is no doubt this line is a Devon line. Henry was the BFA genealogist for many years, author of Bunker Family History and with others, did the 1982 revision of the Bunker Genealogy. Too bad he has passed away and cannot help us connect his ancestors to the Devon Bunkers today. Henry traced his ancestors back to William (U-20, RN 50), b. between 1755-1760 and Ann (perhaps Forrester). Their children were: Ann, b. 1785, Isaiah, b. 1786-92, Nathan, b. 1786, Levi Welsh, b. 1793-98 and Jesse Forrester, b. 1798. All the children were born in Pencader Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware. Also in Pencader Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware were a couple more Williams. William (U-1, RN 1), b. between 1690-1700 who married Abigail and had children William, Jr., b. 1720-30 who married Mary and had children: John, Elizabeth and William, b. 1758-1769. Elizabeth, Henry, Amelia, b. 1735, Benjamin b. before 1747, and Sarah, b. before 1747 were also children of William and Abigail. The questions are: Was William, the son of William, Jr. the same person that married Ann? Could Mary have been his first wife and Ann his second? Or was William b. 1750-1764, son of William, Jr. the William who married Ann? Was one of these Williams the man who married Elizabeth Munks? That William was b. about 1786 and was the father of Andrew Melville Bunker we believe. Elizabeth Munks family came from New Castle Co., Delaware. These two families with all their Williams were the only Bunker families in New Castle Co., Delaware at the time. We now know that at least the family of William RN 50, b. 1755-1760 was from Devon and maybe descendant from James of Dover. Those of you descended from this line now know you are from the Devon line of Bunkers. We really need to get a descendant of Andrew Melville Bunker to get a DNA test and see if they match. This needs to be a male, born a Bunker to qualify for the test as we only test the Y-DNA (only men have this). Bette

    07/01/2004 09:28:43