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James R Dunn Sr (1720 - abt. 1801)

James R Dunn Sr
Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delawaremap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1 Dec 1746 in Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delawaremap
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Died about at about age 80 in Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

James Dunn was born on 01 May 1720, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. In 1746, in Delaware, James married Jean Farrell [1] The marriage was performed at the "Old Swedes Church" aka The Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, [2] where their names were recorded as "James Donn" and "Jean Farrel." [3] The original document may be viewed here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYN7-8GN

Children of James and Jean “Dun” as recorded in the Morgan's Chapel Register: [4]

  1. Susanah Dun, born 31 January 1747/8
  2. Elizabeth Dun, born 9 August 1750
  3. James Dun, born 30 April 1753
  4. Margret Dun, born 19 May 1755
  5. Henry Dun, born 22 October 1757
  6. Jean Dun, born 19 April 1760

James Dunn, Sr. died in 1801, in Pennsylvania. According to his Find A Grave memorial, his parents were Samuel Dunn and Ann Clark of Newport County, Rhode Island. [5]

Research Notes

Many online trees give James's parents as Ann (Clark) and Samuel Dunn of Newport County, Rhode Island. Absent any reliable original record or derivative record claiming primary information connecting James to Rhode Island or connecting Samuel and Ann to Delaware, these parents have been disconnected from this profile.

N.B. Samuel H. Dunn and Ann (Clarke) Dunn were detached as James's parents, per the comments of Barry Smith on 07 Nov 2018 (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 07 Nov 2018)

N.B. Apparently Hannah Bailey Dunn was added as James's mother, without any source. and has been detached. She was the mother of Samuel H. Dunn, who was earlier shown as James's father, prior to being detached, as noted in the previous paragraph. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 15 Feb 2019)

Sources

  1. ↑ "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q215-ZL68 : 20 May 2021), James Donn, 1746; citing Marriage, Delaware, British Colonial America, Delaware Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm
  2. ↑ "Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z3-MLM : 11 January 2020), James Donn, 1746
  3. ↑ "Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1683-1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV33-S6X5 : 11 March 2019), James Donn, Dec 1746; citing Marriage, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America, reference ID bk 2, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, and Chester County Historical Society, West Chester.
  4. ↑ orbourne Parish, “Morgan’s Chapel Register 1741–1838, 1855,” unpaginated, accession 22,910, Church Records Collection, LVA
  5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63667702/james-i-dunn

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N Gauthier
Dunn-14216 and Dunn-2196 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same wife and same daughter Susanna
posted by N Gauthier
Smith-116348 Barry Smith
No source on the profile shows Hannah (Bailey) Dunn as his mother, so I detached her. Even the unsourced FindAGrave page doesn't list her as the mother.
posted by Barry Smith
Smith-116348 Barry Smith
It seems unlikely that the parents connected here are correct. What is the source? (FindAGrave is not considered a reliable source)

Samuel and Ann Dunn did have a son born in 1720 -- listed in the town records of Newport, Rhode Island. Chapin excerpts a family bible that belonged to their son Samuel, and it names the son born 1720 James. So if the birth of James is recorded at Newport, Rhode Island, it seems very unlikely he was born in Delaware. It would also need explaining what he was doing in Delaware in 1746.

posted by Barry Smith
Prickett-120 [Living Prickett]
Dunn-3822 and Dunn-2196 appear to represent the same person because: me name, same spouse, pob needs to ve resolved
posted by [Living Prickett]

Rejected matches › James Dunn (-bef.1864) › James Dunn (1720-) › James Downing (bef.1722-)

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