Mary Bunker

Mary Bunker

Female 1652 - 1724


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  • Name Mary Bunker  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Birth 5 May 1652  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6, 10
    Gender Female 
    FSID LZD5-RJG  [1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
    Death Between 29 May and 10 Jul 1724  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I45583  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father George Bunker,   b. 25 Apr 1621, Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1658, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Jane Godfrey,   b. Abt 1625   d. 31 Oct 1662, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Sep 1658 
    Family ID F25117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen Coffin,   b. 11 May 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1734, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Stephen Coffin,   b. Abt 1670, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1725, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Mary was 6 years of age when her father was drowned..she was taken to Nantucket by her mother and step father Richard Swain..she md abt 1667 at Nantucket, MA to Stephen Coffin b 1652 d 1725 the s o Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin;

      Louis Coffin, THE COFFIN FAMILY; Nantucket Historical Association,1962; p 324.

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      Some of the information about Richard Swain in this is wrong - including his first wife's name. He did not have a daughter Dorthy - she was a Swan, from a family in NE Mass.

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      George Bunker (1620-1658) married Jane Godfrey (1624-31 Oct 1662) in 1645 and had children according to research before 1959
      5 Children:
      Elizabeth Bunker
      Female
      Born: 1646
      William Bunker
      Male
      Birth: 4 Dec 1648
      Death: 6 June or 26 July 1712
      Spouse: Mary Macy married 11 April 1669
      Mary Bunker
      Female
      Birth: 1652
      Spouse: Stephen Coffin
      Ann Bunker
      Female
      Birth: 1654
      Married: Joseph Coleman
      Martha Bunker
      Female
      Birth: 1 Nov 1656
      Spouse: Stephen Hussey married 8 Oct 1676