Judith (Major) Bunker (1604 - 1646)

Born 1604 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Wife of George Bunker — married 8 Sep 1624 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1646 at about age 42 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth

Born: About 1604.

Rough estimate based on marriage. ^[1]

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Judith Major on 8 September 1624 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. ^[1]

Married: 2nd - Margaret Welles, daughter of Richard Welles, after 8 April 1647. She was still an unmarried widow when she made her will on this date. Margaret was the widow of Edward Howe of Watertown. She was baptized on 31 May 1590 in Boxted, Essex, England, and died before 18 December 1660 when her will was proved. ^{[1] [2]}

Children of George Bunker and Judith Major:

1. Mary Bunker. Bapt. 3 July 1625 in Odell, Bedfordshire. Married 1st John Gwin and 2nd Eleazer Lusher.
2. Martha Bunker. Bapt. 15 April 1627 in Odell, Bedfordshire.
3. Elizabeth Bunker. Bapt. 17 December 1628 in Odell, Bedfordshire.
4. John Bunker. Bapt. 28 June 1630 in Odell, Bedfordshire.
5. Joseph Bunker. Bapt. 15 April 1632 in Odell, Bedfordshire. There is no further record of Joseph in England or in New England. He is presumed to have died young. This is the last record of the Bunker family in England.
6. Benjamin Bunker. Bapt. 20 September 1635 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ^[3]
7. Jonathan Bunker. Bapt. 8 April 1638 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Death

Died: 10 October 1646 in Charlestown. ^[5]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson. Great Migration, vol. 1: A-B. (1999): 483-487, biography of George Bunker.
2. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 70 (July 1995): 177.
3. ↑ Hunnewell, Charlestown Church Records. (1880): page 46.
4. ↑ Hunnewell, Charlestown Church Records. (1880): page 47.
5. ↑ NEHGR vol. 9 (1855): 169.

Source list:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, volume I: A–B. (Boston: NEHGS, 1999): 483-487, biography of George Bunker. AmericanAncestors.org ($) link.

• Hunnewell, James Frothingham ed. Records of the First church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789. (Boston, 1880). Archive.org LINK

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51148504/judith-bunker: accessed February 29, 2024), memorial page for Judith Major Bunker (1604–10 Oct 1646), Find A Grave: Memorial #51148504, citing Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by BobBoston (contributor 46926159). (Memorial placed 1907.)