Christopher Nathan Dunn (abt. 1760 - 1838)

Born about 1760 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Lombard) Dunn — married 3 Feb 1782 in Gorham, Maine

Husband of Elizabeth (Fogg) Dunn — married 30 Mar 1794 in Gorham, Maine

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1838 at about age 78 in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine

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Biography

Christopher Dunn son of Nathaniel Dunn andMercy Dyer was born in 1760 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine.

Christopher served in the American Revolution as a private, enlisting on December 20, 1776 at Gorham, and was discharged December 31 1779. He was a Fifer in Capt. Mayberry's company and Col. Ebenezer Francis Regiment. He saw service at Dorchester Heights and in the Continental Army on January 1, 1777 to December 31, 1779.(Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston:Wright & Porter, State Printers, 1899, 5:57) On May 15, 1835, Christopher received under Claim 138 of the March 17, 1835 Resolve, two hundred acres of land.This was lot 61 in TD, R2, W.E.L.S. which was drawn in the lottery of Jan. 1, 1836.This land bounty certificate which was signed by William Hodkin, the Land Agent for the Sate of Maine, was soon redeemed for cash on February 23, 1836 when Christopher re conveyed it to George Morton, a land speculator. In establishing his claim, Christopher outlined the following service record in the American Revolution: I Christopher Dunn of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy-five years, do upon oath declare in order to obtain the benefit of a Resolve of the Legislature of Maine, passed March 17, 1835, entitled a "Resolve in favor of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the Widows of deceased Officers and Soldiers, "that I enlisted as a private in the year 1777, for three years into Capt. Mayberry's Company, and Col. Tupper's Regiment of the Mass. line in the Army of the Revolution and was discharged at West Point in the year 1780 having served the full period of three years and received an honorable discharge and am upon the United States pension roll of the Maine Agency. I do further on oath declare that at the time of my said enlistment, I was an inhabitant of Gorham in Massachusetts and was on the 17th day of March 1835, have ever since, and am now an inhabitant of the State of Maine, residing in Belgrade aforesaid, where I have resided for forty years past.That neither I, nor anyone claiming under me, has ever received a grant of land or money in lieu thereof, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for my said service, or any other service during the Revolutionary War, and that I am justly entitled to the benefit of said Resolve. CHRISTOPHER DUNN State of Maine Kennebec SS. subscribed and sworn to this 11th day of May 1835.George U. Morton, Justice of the Peace.

Christopher married Susannah Lombard on February 3, 1782 in Maine.^[1]

He married Betty Fogg on March 30, 1794 in Maine.^[2]

He drew a Pension for service in the Revolutionary war in 1831. He was discharged on December 31, 1779.^[3]

He died on April 1, 1838 .^[4][3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2S-3W1 : 2 March 2021), Christopher Dunn and Susanna Lombard, 03 Feb 1782; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2S-34D : 2 March 2021), Christopher Dunn and Betty Fogg, 30 Mar 1794; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-S6Z : 13 March 2018), Christopher Dunn, 01 Apr 1838; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838.
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LJJF : accessed 25 May 2023), Christopher Dunn, 04 Mar 1831; citing Maine, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.

See Also:

• Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.3. Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. Author: Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill. Publication: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934. Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. Note: NS113933. Source Media Type: Book. Master Listing Source: Y
• Title: Early Families of Cornish, Maine. Author: Taylor, Robert L. Publication: 1985. Abbreviation: Early Families of Cornish, Maine. Note: Source Media Type: Book. Master Listing Source: Y
• Title: John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine. Author: Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D., of Brookline, Norfolk, Mass. Publication: NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Abbreviation: John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine. Note: Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., publisged about 1931. NS182813. Source Media Type: Electronic. Master Listing Source: Y
• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LJJF : accessed 4 June 2021), Christopher Dunn, 04 Mar 1831; citing Maine, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2S-346 : 2 March 2021), Christopher Dunn and Betty Fogg, 30 Mar 1794; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

Acknowledgements

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