Job Bunnell (1750 - 1827)

Born 15 Jan 1750 in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Bradley) Bunnell — married 10 Sep 1772 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 11 May 1827 at age 77 in Colesville, Broome, New York, United States

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Biography

Job Bunnell served with 16th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Job, son of Gershom and Margaret, was born 15 Jan 1750/1 in Connecticut^[1]

Job Bunnell married Rachel Bradley 10 Sep 1772, in Newtown, Connecticut.^[2]

Job is listed as a soldier of the Revolution on the bronzed memorial plaque at Newtown.^[3]

He was enumerated as a head of household in the first US Census 1790.^[4] Job Bunnel, Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females: 4

Deacon Job Bunnel died in Colesville, New York,^[1] May 11, 1827 aged 75, and is buried at the Coles Hill Cemetery in Broome County.^[5]

Children::

1. Hannah b. July 4 1773; died Aug 5, 1775, Newtown^[2]
2. Hannah b. June 10, 1776, Newtown^[2]
3. Stephen b. Nov 22,1778, Newtown^[2]
4. Aurelia b. 28 Oct 1780.^[1] Aurelia is buried at Coles Hill Cemetery. The stone reads "IN MEMORY OF AURELIA BUNNEL DAUGHTER OF DEA JOB BUNNEL DIED FEB 26 1812 AGED 20 Y & 4 M.^[6]This would indicate her birth about 1792. Is there an error? Or is this two different Aurielas?
5. Rebecca b 5 May 1781; d 31 Dec 1851; m. 16 Jan 1803 Amasa S. Bird.^[1]
6. Bradley b Jan 26 1784, Newtown^[2]
7. Ludima b. 27 May 1786^[1]
8. Billy b. 17 June 1789; d 14 Feb 1810^[1]
9. Rachel b. 20 Sept 1794; d 6 Feb 1809.^[1] Her stone in the Coles Hill Cemetery reads "In Memory of Rachel Bunnel Daughter of Dea. Jobe Bunnel Died Feb 6 1809 Aged 14 Y & 8 M"^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Lynch, Marilyn Ward (compiler). The Bonnel/Bunnill family, William Bunnil and his sons : the first seven generations of Nathaniel's descendants, the first five generations of Benjamin's descendants.Typescript July 1990 p.88 Note: There was no sourcing in this typescript, so unsure of it's accuracy.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55."Newtown" p. 45.Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
4. ↑ 1790; Census Place: Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut; Series: M637; Roll: 1; Page: 79; Image: 435; Family History Library Film: 0568141. First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ Photo of tombstone at Find a grave #70674997.
6. ↑ Photo of stone at FindaGrave 70675159
7. ↑ Photo of gravestone at FindAGrave #70675728

• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 66. Marriage record.

• Families of Ancient New Haven - Vol 1 by Donald Lines Jacobus

• Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Accessed 11 Sep 2015 p. 37.

• Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932. P. 180. Accessed 11 Sep 2015

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 14, 2015), "Record of Job Bunnell", Ancestor # A204543.