Born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Bunker
and Jane (Unknown) Swain
Sister of
George Bunker [half], Elizabeth (Bunker) Look [half], William Bunker [half], Ann (Bunker) Coleman, Martha (Bunker) Hussey, Unknown Bunker [half] and Richard Swain [half]
Wife of
Stephen Coffin
— married
1 Jan 1668 in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Coffin, Dionis (Coffin) Norton, Peter Coffin, Stephen Coffin Jr., Judith (Coffin) Wilcox, Susanna (Coffin) Bunker, Anna (Coffin) Gardner, Mehitable (Coffin) Smith, Hepzibah (Coffin) Gardner and Paul Coffin
Died
at age 72
in Sherbourne, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Mary Bunker, born 5 mo 1652 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; married Stephen Coffin October 8, 1668 in Nantucket; died May 18, 1724 in Nantucket; will probated July 10, 1724
Will
Mary made her will in 1724. It was probated on 10 July 1724. Son Stephen was executor. To daughters Dinah Norton, Judith Wilcox, Susannah Bunker, Anna Gardner, and grandson Daniel Coffin, land that was given to me by my father-in-law Richard Swain. (The father and grandfather of these daughters were still living.)
Sources
- Moran, Edward Carleton. Bunker Genealogy, Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H. (Bunker Family Association of America, Rockland, Maine, 1913)
- Austin, John Osborne, One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Salem, MA, 1893, pgs. 68-70.
- Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., page 58
- Sinnott, Mary Elizabeth, 1905. Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families. Printed for private circulation by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadephia, Penna., page 72
- Nantucket Historical Association (Mass., 1902) Vol. 2, No. 2, "Nantucket Lands and Landowners". Page 63
- Find A Grave Memorial for Mary Bunker
- Barney Genealogical Record Person ID I1710.
- Coffin, Louis, ed. The Coffin Family. (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). and 323
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Carolyn (York) Moore 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A489629 [compare], Ancestry member rgyork1
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~0.39%
Nancy Sheldon (Fisher) Hansen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FY1177673 [compare], yourDNAportal NAN0ad9342e, Ancestry member NancyFisherHansen
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a) this Mary was born 1652
b) her mother is Jane NN
c) her father George Bunker's first wife Elizabeth Godfrey was alive until 1666.
These assertions are incompatible.
Therefore, one of the following is true:
1) Mary is the daughter of Bunker's first wife Elizabeth Godfrey; not his widow Jane NN who remarried to Richard Swain.
2) If Mary is actually the daughter of Jane the widow Bunker, then her current birthdate is at least ten years too early (1652 =/= 1662).
Since (2) is incompatible with BOTH her 1668 recorded marriage, and first child born 1670, (1) is more likely.
Glenn, if you agree will you change her mother to Elizabeth Godfrey and/or find a definitive primary source, or expert project volunteer to validate?