Samuel Gunnison Sr. (1720 - 1806)

Born 27 Jan 1720 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Fernald) Gunnison — married 21 Dec 1745 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Alice (Fernald) Gunnison — married 3 May 1752 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 May 1806 at age 86 in Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

Captain Samuel Gunnison Sr. served with 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Gunnison Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-171788
Rank: Captain

Samuel Gunnison Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A048463.

He married (1) Jane Fernald in 1745/6(2) Alice Fernald. The Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Mass. lists that he had 9 children.

Children with Jane:

1. Susannah, b. 1746
2. Joseph, b. 1748

Children with Alice/ Eles:

1. Margret Gunnison, b. 1755
2. Samuel, b. 1757
3. Daniel, b. 1761
4. Ephriam, b. 1766

Samuel was born in 1715. He passed away in 1806.

m. 1. Jane Fernald, Feb. 6, 1745-6, d. Jan. 20, 1750. m. 2, Alice Fernald, May 3, 1752, b. Feb. 21, 1725-6, d. July 5, 1804.

CHILDREN.

1. Susanna b. Dec. 4, 1746, d. Jan. 30, 1834, m. Edmund Wilson, June 10, 1766. Twelve children.
2. Joseph b. Sept. 5, 174S, d. February 20, 1750-1, Halifax.
3. Margaret b. July 16, 1755, d. May 5, 1830. m. Dea. Joseph Chandler, of Goshen, N. H., June i6, 1774, and had 14 children.
4. Samuel b. May 29, 1757.
5. Ephriam b. Feb. 14, 1759, d. Aug. 24, 1761.
6. Daniel b. April 29, 1761.
7. Ephraim b. July 16, 1766
8. Nathaniel b. July 16, 1766
9. Alice b. Nov. 11, 1768, d. April 10, 1779.

This Samuel was born in Kittery. He married and lived there until 1749, when he moved to Halifax, N, S., where his first wife and second child both died. He returned to Kittery, married for his second wife, his first wife's sister, and in 1765, moved to Goshen, N. H., where he and his wife both died at a good old age. Their numerous posterity are there now. Some of his carpenter tools are now in the possession of his grandson, Col. Gowan Wilson of Kittery, still living, 88 years of age. Badger's Island, near Kittery, was once owned and occupied by him.

This Samuel Gunnison, and Deacon Joseph Chandler's father, when young men, were once both impressed as seamen, on board His Majesty's ships, and were placed on different men-of-war, three miles apart, off Halifax. It happened that both were acting as sentinels, on the same night, on their respective ships, without the knowledge of the other. Mr. Chandler swam from his ship to the other, and hailed the sentinel. The other let down a rope, and hauled him on board, and concealed him in his joiner's chest. Search was made for him on board, without success. (as per Col. Gowan Wilson.) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Gunnison, George W. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Mass., covering the period from 1610-1876. Boston: G.A. Foxcroft, 1880. Pages 47-50. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00gunn/page/46

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBK-M96 : 10 February 2018), Samuel Gunison, 27 Jan 1720; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.

• York County Genealogical Society Journal v.22: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE86472

• Old Kittery and her families by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, 1850-1927 Lewiston, Me. : Press of Lewiston journal company, 1903. page 378 https://archive.org/details/oldkitteryherfam00staciala/page/378

• Find A Grave: Memorial #181219599

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Gunnison and Eles Fernald, 03 May 1752, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F481-GZ8 : 10 February 2018), citing , reference p 28; FHL microfilm 11,322.

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Gunnison and Jane Fernald, 21 Dec 1745 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DM-ZL8 : 10 February 2018),citing , reference p 147; FHL microfilm 11,322.

Children:

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Gunnison in entry for Susannah Gunnison,(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-GMJ : 10 February 2018),04 Dec 1746; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Gunnison in entry for Joseph Gunnison, 05 Sep 1748 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-G9T : 10 February 2018), ; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Gunnison in entry for Margret Gunnison, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-GM2 : 10 February 2018), 16 Jul 1755; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch, Elez. Fernald in entry for Samuel Gunnison,(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-GSM : 10 February 2018), 29 May 1757; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch, Elez. Fernald in entry for Daniel Gunnison, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-GS3 : 10 February 2018),29 Apr 1761; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch, Alice Fernald in entry for Ephriam Gunnison, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSVG-MG6 : 10 March 2018), 14 Jun 1851; citing Goshen, , New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm

• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Page 19 - Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
• 1790 United States Federal Census
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000