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Eunice (Bundy) Preston (1719 - aft. 1759)

Eunice Preston formerly Bundy
Born in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 39 [location unknown]
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Biography

Eunice Bundy was born 15 Apr 1719 in Preston, Connecticut[1], daughter of James Bundy (1688-1762) and Mary Johnson (1689-1766). On 28 Jan 1742 in Griswold, Connecticut[2], she married Theodore Preston (1720-1788). They had six daughters, the first three born in Windham, Connecticut, and the rest in Tolland, Connecticut.

  1. Eunice Preston, b. 29 Sep 1743; d. 13 May 1774 Tolland, Connecticut;
    m. Simon Chapman.
  2. Sarah Preston, b. 6 Apr 1747; d. after 1786 Gilsum, New Hampshire;
    m. Jonathan Bliss.
  3. Susanna Preston, b. 20 Mar 1749; d. about 1750, an infant.
  4. Susanna Preston, b. 21 Mar 1751; d. 5 May 1751, age 1 month.
  5. Susannah Preston, b. 27 Nov 1752; d. 14 Nov 1789 Suffield, Connecticut;
    m. Benjamin Hastings.
  6. Mary "Polly" Preston, b. 25 May 1759; d. after 1800;
    m. Dan Brooks.

At some point, probably after the 1770 marriage of daughter Susanna, the family removed to Gilsum, New Hampshire, apparently to live with daughter Sarah, who had married there in 1766. It is not known whether Eunice made this trip, as no death record or gravesite has been found and she left no other record of having lived in New Hampshire.

Research note

Online family trees indicate a death date of 15 May 1785 in Gilsum, based on a Find-a-Grave profile[3]. But the gravestone pictured in that profile has the wrong parents and indicates an age of only 9 years.

Sources

  1. "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-HK3K : 15 April 2022), Eunis Bundy, ; citing Birth, Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272223.
  2. "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PB-BMD : 11 January 2020), Theodore Preston, 1742.
  3. Find-a-Grave memorial #94981503, Eunice Bundy. Accessed 17 Apr 2023 at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94981503/eunice-bundy.




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From an email I got: While researching my family tree, I discovered that Eunice Bundy married Theodore Preston. They had lived in Connecticut, but moved to New Hampshire either with, or to be with, their daughter Sarah Preston Bliss and her husband Jonathan Bliss. There is record of Theodore's estate in probate in New Hampshire, but no mention of Eunice dying there. There are records of them being members of the same church as Sarah and Jonathan, and Theodore is listed as the first blacksmith in Gilsum. It makes me sad that I am the only one who knows this.  ?

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