Abijah Dunning Jr. (1768 - 1846)

Born 1768 in Massachusetts Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Henderson) Dunning — married 27 Jan 1801 in Montreal, Canada, New France

Descendants

Died 1846 at about age 78 in East Templeton, Canada East

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Biography

• Added to complete family of Abijah Dunning (1744) #47 as other 4 siblings already in system.
• m. before 1800 to Mary Ann Henderson
  • John Dunning #657 b. 11 Oct 1800 d. 1869
  • William Dunning #658 d. Bearbrook
  • Lewis Dunning #659 b. 12 Feb 1804 d. 21 Jan 1866
  • David Dunning #660 b. 13 Apr 1805 d. 5 Mar 1886
  • Leslie Dunning #661 (female)
    • m. James Bailey, moved to USA
  • Abijah Dunning, III #662 b. 12 Feb 1812 d. Feb 1896
  • Alexander Dunning #663 b. 21 May 1813-21 d. 27 Mar 1890
  • Mary A Dunning #664 b. 1814-22
    • m. Joseph Bailey and had 6 daughters
  • Juleann Dunning #665 b. 1815-23 d. 1911
    • m. James Cameron, Tilsonburg, Canada West
  • Nancy Ann #666 b. 28 Sep 1824 d. 17 Mar 1899
• Abijah removed, with his parents, from New England to Canada, 1790, first to St. Johns at foot of Lake Champlain, and in 1792 to Montreal, where he is said to have moved in good circles of society, married into a leading family and made important business connections. In 1801, he moved up the Ottawa River to present site of Cumberland, Canada West, where he improved land later moving to Longueuil, Treadwell's Seignory (now Prescott Co. Ont.) - also lived at Van Kleek Hill, Ont. He was a lumberman and developer of transportation on the Ottawa River at Bytown (now Ottawa, Ont., Canada). He retired eventually to East Templeton, Quebec, where he died.
• Illustrious career in river transport; rose to rank of Colonel in Militia; then lived near Templeton

Sources

• Fred W. George in collaboration with Lieut. Col. M.B. Dunning, Ret'd; Descendants of Theophilus Dunning; Denver: Colorado Genealogical Society, 1944-; OCLC Number: 58889600; person 211
• Descendants of William Dunning, 1783-1852, compiled to January 1947; Section of Genealogical Record on the Dunning Family in America 1642-1947, by Mr. Henry E. Dunning of Lynwood, CA, appears self-published, Page 2 (Abijah is shown as William's brother on page 2)
• Ancestry.ca search
  • Story "Abijah Jr" posted by kimcr2263
  • PDF "Dunning clan" posted by donfrisby52
  • 1790 United States Federal Census for Abijah Dunning, New York, Washington, Salem, image 2 of 3 (2, 2, 2 - no column headers)
  • New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
    • Name: Abijah Dunning
    • Residence Date: 1790
    • Residence Place: Salem, Westchester, New York, United States
  • Quebec, Canada, Land Grants, 1763-1890
    • Name: Abijah Dunning Jr.
    • Location: Buckingham, Ottawa
    • Acres: 1151
    • Letters Patent Date: 22 Jan 1803
  • Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
    • Name: Abijah Dunning Jr.
    • Event: Living
    • Year: 1803
    • Place: Buckingham
    • County: Ottawa
    • Province: Quebec
    • Source: Land Grants: Quebec 1800's, Archives of Ontario, Ottawa.
    • Volume/Page: 1347