Rod: I am a direct descendant of ROBERT DUNBAR of Bridgewater,Mass JOHN-4 DUNBAR removed to Grantham, NH about 1790-1800. His wife was MARY KEITH, dau of Josiah and Ruth (Manley) Keith. Others moved to Vermont (no Samuel)and to Maine. I looked through my documents and I dont have any Samuel marrying Hannah James....(some how that name "james" sounds familar and I dont know why) There is an early JAMES family........ Cynthia -------------------------------------------- > Looking for information on a family that moved from Massachusetts to Vermont about 1785-1790 or so. The information we have on this family is very intriguing and we would like to learn more about this collateral line. Here is what we have. > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Rod > ---------------- > > Sarah Dunbar was the daughter, one of two children, of Samuel Dunbar and Hannah James. Samuel Dunbar was listed as a "transient mulatto" when he married Hannah James in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on 10 Mar 1785. He was a veteran of the American Revolution serving in a Massachusetts regiment. > > Sarah took part in a trial in 1814 and a subsequent appeal/reconsideration motion in 1815 that took place in Massachusetts. From the decision rendered in that case we know: > > July 1815 Term > Sarah Dunbar v. Edward Mitchell > Attorneys for Dunbar: Sproat and Baylies > Attorneys for Mitchell: Thomas and Brown > Judge: Chief Justice Parker > > "At the trial of this issue, which was had at an adjournment of the last October term, in Plymouth, holden here by the Chief Justice in April last, it was admitted that one James, a native Indian, or aboriginal, was formerly seized of the land demanded, and that he died seized thereof, leaving a son and a daughter named Hannah, who was the mother of the demandant; the said Hannah having been lawfully married to one Dunbar, and the demandant being the lawful issue of that marriage. The said Dunbar was a negro or mulatto and the said Hannah was an Indian of the whole blood. The demandant was born in the town of Stoughton in the county of Norfolk; and from thence, soon after her birth, her father and mother removed to Randolph, in the same county. From thence they removed to the State of Vermont, carring the demandant, then very young, with them. Her father and mother are since dead. She has continued to reside in the State of Vermont, and has never been in Bridgewater,! e! > xcept on a visit before the commencement of this suite, when she entered upon the demanded premises." > > > > ==== VERMONT Mailing List ==== > ***IMPORTANT*** Do not list the names, addresses and/or phone numbers of anyone other than yourself on this list. It is an invasion of the privacy of others to do this without their knowledge. Doing so can result in being unsubscribed from this list. Thank you for your cooperation. > >