This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dotlynking Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dunn/6515/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In mid-to-late 1700's John Cartwright Dunn was a sea captain from England. When he quit the sea, he was in Philadelphia with a wife and 3 children. Oldest was a boy named Joseph, I don't know the 2 girls names. He also had 3 brothers, unknown names. When he left Philadelphia after his wife and daughters died, the brothers went to Georgia; John C and son Joseph went to Nansemond Co. Virginia where he married Charlotte Williams, daughter of John and Aramenta Williams, and they had a son, John Cartwright Dunn (Jr). The father John C (sea captain)died when John C Jr was 1 month old. I have no idea what happened to Joseph - he was probably about 8 when his father died in 1804. Charlotte sent Joseph back to Philadelphia when he was maybe 12-13 to find some property John C Dunn Sr had there, but he was too young to know how to look so he came back empty-handed. Charlotte died when John C Dunn,(Jr)was about 12 and he was apprenticed to someone in Nansemond Co, then later went to Ala! bama where he married Nancy Mozelle Stanley and ended up in Texas. I have the story from there, just not the first part with John C Dunn, Sr. Does anyone know any of the info surrounding the sea captain, the family in Philadephia, John C Dunn's brothers, or the older son Joseph Dunn? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.