Robert Dunning (abt. 1704 - 1726)

Born about 1704 in Ireland

Died 22 Mar 1726 at about age 22 in Brunswick, Province of Massachusetts Bay (present-day Maine)

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Biography

Born around 1704, Robert came to America with his family in 1717 and settled in Brunswick, in what is now Maine. He became a master shipbuilder.

In 1742, while crossing the river between Brunswick and Topsham, he and his brother Andrew were shot dead by Indians; one of them fell in the river, the other lived until the next morning. Both were buried in the old Fort George graveyard in Brunswick, Maine.

Find A Grave reports the date of death as March 22, 1746, buried in Maquoit Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA.

Sources

• The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 6, 1891, p.35[1]

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1909 [[2]]

• Find A Grave 62858312 [[3]]