Individual Details
George BUNKER
(Abt 1620 - 26 May 1658)
George Bunker, c1615 -1658, was the son of William de BonCoeur, a French Huguenot who had fled to England. George came in 1634 to Ipswich, MA, and was one of the original settlers of Topsfield, MA. He drowned there in 1658 leaving his widow Jane Godfrey and 5 young children. Jane married second Richard Swain and she and the children moved with him to Nantucket in 1658. William, son of George, settled in Nantucket and married Mary Macy daughter of one of the founders of Nantucket, Thomas Macy.
Hoppin debunks this theory.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1620 | Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England |  |  | |
| Birth | Abt 1620 | Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England | | ||
| Arrival | 1634 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Arrival | 1634 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1644 | British America - Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | | ||
| Marriage | 5 May 1644 | Maulden, Bedfordshire, England - Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | | | |
| Marriage | 5 May 1644 | Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | | ||
| Marriage | 5 May 1644 | Maulden, Bedfordshire, England - Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1645 | Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1650 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Jane Elizabeth GODFREY | | ||
| Death | 26 May 1658 | of drowning while attempting to cross a stream with a load of lumber (son William, who was with him, extricated the team of horses) - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 26 May 1658 | Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Probate | 29 Jun 1658 | Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Elizabeth GODFREY (1626 - 1662) |
| Child | Elizabeth BUNKER (1646 - 1700) |
| Child | William BUNKER (1648 - 1712) |
| Child | Mary BUNKER (1652 - 1724) |
| Child | Ann BUNKER (1654 - 1698) |
| Child | Martha BUNKER (1656 - ) |
| Father | William BUNKER (1590 - 1647) |
| Mother | Joanne (1595 - 1647) |
Notes
Birth
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps02/ps02_304.htmMarriage
This is one of several possibilities.Marriage
Inferred from birth date of oldest child.Probate
Administration was granted to the widow, Jane Buncker, on this date. The subsequent record shows that the inventory was dated 29 : 3 : 1658 and reports the survivors as Elizabeth, 12 years old; Will, 10; Mary, 6; An, 4; and Martha, 1-1/2.Endnotes
1. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 21 December 2014), Vol 2, p 879, Chapter 105, The Bunker Family, citing Edward C Moran, "Bunker Genealogy: The Charlestown, Mass. and Nantucket Mass. Branches and Some Unconnected Groups"; citing Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent," 10 volumes. Self-published, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2003.
2. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
3. "U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/: viewed 25 March 2017), p 17, George Bunker arrived 1634 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; citing source publication code 9448, Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012..
4. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts; Year: 1634; Page Number: 17.
5. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
6. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 21 December 2014), Vol 2, p 879, Chapter 105, The Bunker Family, citing Edward C Moran, "Bunker Genealogy: The Charlestown, Mass. and Nantucket Mass. Branches and Some Unconnected Groups"; citing Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent," 10 volumes. Self-published, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2003.
7. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
8. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 21 December 2014), Vol 2, p 879, Chapter 105, The Bunker Family, citing Edward C Moran, "Bunker Genealogy: The Charlestown, Mass. and Nantucket Mass. Branches and Some Unconnected Groups"; citing Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent," 10 volumes. Self-published, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2003.
9. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 21 December 2014), Vol 2, p 879, Chapter 105, The Bunker Family, citing Edward C Moran, "Bunker Genealogy: The Charlestown, Mass. and Nantucket Mass. Branches and Some Unconnected Groups"; citing Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent," 10 volumes. Self-published, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2003.
10. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Topsfield (2 vols)," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 21 December 2014), Topsfield, Vol 1, p 210, entry for Bunker, citing Court Records; citing Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, 1903.
11. Victoria Channing Sanborn, "The Grantees and Settlement of Hampton, N. H. ," Esses Institute Historical Collections, 53 (1917), online reprint of pages 228-249, Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH (http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/genealog/grantees.htm : viewed (found via FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/149570?availability=Family%20History%20Library] 23 March 2017), 3rd paragraph and footnote 1, Richrd Swayne and others are listed as petitioners to the General Court of Massachusetts.
12. "North American Family Histories, 1500-2000," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/: viewed 25 March 2017), N > Not Stated > No title page, just an index of names, American Genealogical Record, vol II, p 178, #850 George Bunker, "He was drowned in Topsfield, Mass., while crossing a stream with a load of lumber. His son, William, who was with him, extricated the team and returned to his mother. Died 26 May, 1658."; citing apparently, The American Genealogical Record, Vol II, Part 1, San Francisco, CA, The American Genealogical Record Publishing Company, 1897..
13. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Topsfield (2 vols)," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 25 March 2017), vol 1, p 210, "Topsfield Deaths ... BUNKER, George, May 26, 1658. CT. R."; citing Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, 1903.
14. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Book Title: No title page, just an index of names.
15. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
16. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
17. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
18. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
19. \The Essex Institute\, The Probate Records of Essex County Massachusetts (Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss [printers], 1916), vol 1, pp 267-268, Estate of George Bunker of Topsfield; indexed online page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1652/i/33911/i/0 : viewed 25 March 2017.