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    1. Jane Godfrey Bunker
    2. Bette Richards
    3. Mary Gene found a record listing George Bunker and Jane Geoffrey. I have made a search and found an Edward Gofry named as a freeman 22 Nov 1652 in MA. Edward Jeoffries is listed as a founder of New England. He died 25 May 1683 from falling overboard in a canoe and his will was probated 27 Jun 1683 in Essex, MA. He was from "Devon County, England". Could our elusive Jane Godfrey Bunker have been a daughter of this man? Does anyone have access to the probate records of Essex County, MA for this period? It would be interesting to see what his will says. Jane Godfrey Bunker Swain was born about 1625 and died about 1662. Edward Gofry named as a freeman in 1652 could also have been of an age to be Jane's brother or father. George Bunker had a daughter baptized in England (Elizabeth) in 1648. He moved to America in about 1650. He was in Essex Co., MA in 1652 when his daughter Mary was born in Topsfield. The different spellings for Jeffrey I came across were Geoffrey, Gofry, Javory, Jeffery, Jefferys, Jeffrey, Jeffreys, Jeffries, Jeffry. There was a Jane Jeffrey born in MA in 1687 after our Jane had died. She was the daughter of David Jeffries (b. 1658 in England) and Elizabeth Usher who immigrated to America in 1677. I can't find any record of a marriage in America for George Bunker. I haven't found a record of a Jane Jeffrey of any spelling in MA before 1687. But I have only begun to look. Has anyone run across any Jeffrey's in their research? Bette

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