SEE COMMENTS BELOW. BETTE -----Original Message----- From: Mary-Gene Page [mailto:mgpage@unlimited.net] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:12 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Great Migrations CD I have just purchased this CD, but FYI there is not much about BUNKER in it. It tells of a couple of George C-1 Bunker's land sales, it gives the marriage of Martha Bunker N1-V to Stephen Hussey, it mentions Bunker's field in Charlestown and also, in Salem a Bunkard's Meadow. THIS BUNKARD'S MEADOW SEEMS TO PREDATE THE IMMIGRATION OF GEORGE BUNKER AND I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO IT WAS NAMED AFTER. That's about it however, except for one that has me wondering. A William Brackenbury who came to Charlestown about 1629/30 then went on to Malden, died between Jul and Nov 1668, and, in his will of Jul 1668, left a bequest to "Mr. Michael Wigglesworth and to Mr. George Bunker and to my cousin..." - but George Bunker C-1 had died in 1664 in Malden and I do not see any other George Bunker who was living in that year. Can anyone give any suggestions? Oh, yes - one other item omitted in the Dover publication: On 14 Oct 1651 James 1 Bunker D-1 was named in an indictment for conspiring to steal from Mr. Shapleigh. (Source: MPCR 1:170) (The BFA book says that he was employed by widow Catherine Shapleigh 1648 and 1649, when Ellingham hired the Shapleigh Mills at Sturgeon Creek (Spencer 112). The book went on to say "Shortly thereafter he moved the short distance across the state to Dover, NH..."). Now we can guess why. I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THIS WAS RESOLVED. HE EVIDENTLY WAS NOT FOUND GUILTY OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY PUNISHED IN THOSE DAYS. YOU COULD GET HUNG FOR STEALING A LOAF OF BREAD IN THOSE DAYS AND HE MERELY MOVED AWAY. I SUSPECT THAT IT WAS A DISPUTE OVER MONEY OWED, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY RECORD OF THE RESOLUTION OR TRIAL. Mary-Gene Page (Dover branch) ==== 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. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237