Daniel Bunker (1696 - 1747)

Born 16 Aug 1696 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Swain) Bunker — married 14 Nov 1717 in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Husband of Margaret (Coffin) Bunker — married 29 Jun 1741 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, British America

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1747 at age 50 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Colonial America

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Biography

Daniel Bunker was born August 16, 1696 on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts where he lived throughout his life. He married married (1) Priscilla Swain November 14, 1717. After Prisciall's death in 1737, he married (2) on June 29, 1741 Margaret (Cofin) Davis (widow of John Davis).^[1]

Daniel died January 5, 1746/7 and administration of his estate was given to Uriah Bunker (his cousin?, son of Peleg) February 6, 1746/7. The division of the estate February 17 noted "there being left a widow and 5 children", with a guardian appointed for children Joseph Bunker age 19, sons Silvanus and Tristram and daughter Ruth Gardner. ^[2]

note: conflicting date of death from merge with previous gedcom import: 1746-10-05 from ancestry.com user submitted family tree

Sources

1. ↑ Moran
2. ↑ Moran

See also:

• https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I7409&tree=barney
• Moran, Edward Carleton. Bunker Genealogy, Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H. (Bunker Family Association of America, Rockland, Maine, 1913)

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-KZ4 : 15 January 2020), Daniel Bunker, 1696.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZ7-NW5 : 24 January 2020), Daniel Bunker, 1717.