Susan (Foss) Bunker (1782 - 1886)

Born 6 Sep 1782 in Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of William Stiles — married 23 Feb 1806 in Barrington, Stafford, New Hampshire

Wife of Francis Bunker — married Apr 1812 in Barrington, Strafford Co., New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1886 at age 104 in Harmony, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

Susan was born in 1782 in New Hampshire. She was probably the daughter of Isaiah Foss (1754–1850) and Mary Dow (1756–1843).

She married William Stiles in 1806. William died in 1811.

She and William Stiles had a daughter, Mehitable "Hattie" Stiles 1811 - 1891, who married James S. Thompson.

She married Francis Bunker in 1812.

She and Francis Bunker had the following children:

Susan Bunker (1813–1910), who married Trueworthy Tuttle.

Francis J. Bunker (1817–1909), who married Hannah Bunker (daughter of Joseph Bunker and Sally Eaton).

Jonathan Wallingford Bunker (1818–1905), who married Rosina Foss.

Mary Wallingford Bunker (1820–1912), who married (1st) Lorenzo Thompson, and (2nd) Jotham S. Bigelow.

Clement William Bunker (1824–1911), who married (1st) Hannah Elizabeth Gowdy, and (2nd) Almeda Ann Cooley.

Elizabeth Stiles Bunker (1828–1905), who married Israel Sawyer Bigelow.

1815 • Athens, Somerset Co., Maine: Francis Bunker came from New Hampshire among the early settlers and took up a farm a mile square. His wife was Susan Foss. He settled on Bunker Hill and lived for some years in a log house which he built on the place now occupied by John Thompson.

She passed away 1886 in Maine. ^[1]

Susan Foss Bunker died December 28, 1866, age 104, in Harmony, Somerset County, Maine. Burial: Mount Rest Cemetery, Athens, Somerset County, Maine. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bunker genealogy : descendants of James Bunker ... v.3. Moran, Edward Carleton, 1894-, Page 68.Francis Bunker Page 68
2. ↑ Find A Grave. Susan Foss Bunker

• Bunker Genealogy : Descendants of James Bunker, v.3. by Edward Carleton Moran. Francis Bunker D-72 Page 68

• History of Athens, Maine from the East Somerset County Register (settled by New Hampshire people). Compiled and Published by CHATTO & TURNER. Auburn, Maine Clarence I. Chatto Clair E. Turner, pages 25-30 EARLY SETTLEMENT.

• East Somerset County register, 1911-1912, Compiled and Published in Auburn, Maine by Chatto and Turner, 1912. Francis Bunker pg 26

• BANGOR DAILY WHIG AND COURIER BANGOR, ME. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1886.

• Find A Grave. Susan Foss Bunker.

• Somerset County, Maine Place Study

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