Robert
T.
Bunker
Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Bunker
and Elizabeth (Jennings) Bunker
Brother of
Clement Bunker, Susan (Bunker) Willey, Stephen Bunker, Joseph Bunker, Thomas Bunker, Mahittable (Bunker) Lindsey, Francis Bunker and Elizabeth (Bunker) Wallingford
Husband of
Mary Ann (Alexander) Bunker
— married
1811 in Athens, Somerset Co., Maine
Descendants 
Father of
Emerson Porter Bunker, Elisabeth Bunker, Joseph Bunker, Margaret (Bunker) Wing, Mary (Bunker) Bagley and Robert Bunker Jr.
Died
at age 81
in Ripley, Somerset, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2017
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Biography
Robert was born in 1791. He was the son of Francis Bunker and Elizabeth Jennings.
Bunker D-71.
One of the members of the Bunker family to come to Athens was Robert Bunker, who is said to have come through from Mirimichi on horse back, following a blazed trail through the woods. His wife, who was Polly Alexander, accompanied him. Their children were: Betsey m. Elisha Pinkham, res. Wisconsin; Porter m. Esther Tibbetts; Margaret m. Joel Wing; Joseph m. Maria Manter, res. Cambridge; Mary m. Alex Bagley, res. Ripley; Robert m. Olive Norman, res. Harmony. [1]
Robert married Mary Ann Alexander (1791–1874). They had the following children:
Emerson Porter Bunker 1813–1872
Elizabeth "Betsey" Bunker 1816–1898
Joseph Bunker 1818–1906
Margaret Bunker 1824–1909
Mary Bunker 1830–1909
Robert Bunker 1836–1914
He passed away in 1873.
Burial: Mainstream Cemetery, Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, USA. [2]
Sources
- ↑ East Somerset County register, 1911-1912, Compiled and Published in Auburn, Maine by Chatto and Turner, 1912. East Somerset County
- ↑ Find A Grave. Robert T. Bunker
- Moran, Edward Carleton. Bunker Genealogy, Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H. (Bunker Family Association of America, Rockland, Maine, 1913)
- Bunker Genealogy : Descendants of James Bunker v.3 by Edward Carleton Moran. Robert T. Bunker D-71 Pages 67-68
- East Somerset County register, 1911-1912, Compiled and Published in Auburn, Maine by Chatto and Turner, 1912. East Somerset County.
- East Somerset County register, 1911-1912, Compiled and Published in Auburn, Maine by Chatto and Turner, 1912. Robert Bunker pg 29.
- Find A Grave. Robert T. Bunker.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~0.78%
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