Elijah Dunbar Esq. (1759 - 1847)

Born 23 Apr 1759 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Ralston) Dunbar — married 20 Apr 1788 in Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire

Died 18 May 1847 at age 88 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John Maltby:

Lt. Samuel Dunbar and Molly Snow had chil­dren:

Elijah Dunbar, Esq., born on 23 Apr. 1759 in Bridgewater,^[1] graduated from Dartmouth College in 1782,^[2] moved to Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, as a Deacon, and married Mary Ralston,^[3] daughter of Alexander and Janet (Balloch) Ralston.^[4] She was born in 1768 in Falkirk, Scotland,^[5] and came to New England with her parents in 1773.^[6] He studied law from his uncle, Asa Dunbar, in Keene, and eventually became a lawyer. He was a Selectman in Keene, NH, in 1794, and then again in 1804, 1813, 1817, and 1818.^[7] They lived in Claremont, NH, from 1797 to 1804, before returning to Keene, NH.^[8] He represented Keene in the New Hampshire State Legislature in 1806, 1808, and 1810.^[9] He was living in Keene, NH, in the 1800,^[10] 1810,^[11] 1820,^[12] and 1830 federal censuses,^[13] and Dunbar Street, in Keene, was named after him.^[14] She died in 1838 in Keene, aged 70 years,^[15] and he died in 1847, aged 88 years.^[16]

They had children:^[17]

• Dr. George Frederic Dunbar, born in 1794, married Catherine Fisk, of Westmoreland, NH.

• Probably a daughter, born say ca. 1797.

• Laura Elizabeth Dunbar, born in 1813, married Robert Ralston, her cousin. She was living in Washington, D.C., in 1900.

• (Probably others)^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 93.
2. ↑ Griffin, Simon Goodell, A History of the town of Keene; from 1732, when the township was granted by Massachusetts, to 1784, when it became a city, Keene, NH, 1904, [hereinafter Griffin, History of Keene], p. 587.
3. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 587.
4. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 638.
5. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 638.
6. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 638.
7. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 672-673.
8. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 587
9. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, pp. 587, 674.
10. ↑ 1800 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 90, the Elijah Dunbar household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
11. ↑ 1810 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 61, the Elijah Dunbar household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 3 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
12. ↑ 1820 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 370, the Elijah Dunbar household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and there was 1 person engaged in agriculture.
13. ↑ 1830 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 149, the Elijah Dunbar household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 3 females aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 80-89 years.
14. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 587.
15. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 430.
16. ↑ Griffin, History of Keene, p. 587.
17. ↑ Only two children are listed in Griffin, History of Keene, p. 587, but there were probably others.
18. ↑ Per the 1820 federal census.

• Marriages and Deaths, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 292.
• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Mary “Molly” Snow - child # 1856