William Bunker

1648 - 1712  (64 years)

• Name	William Bunker  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]
  Birth	1648	Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England
  Birth	17 Jun 1648	Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England   [2, 3, 16, 27]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LCRJ-C1H
  Burial	Jun 1712	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 3]
  	Founders Burial Ground
  Death	26 Jun 1712	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 3, 16, 27]
  Person ID	I45646	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Bunker,   b. 25 Apr 1621, Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England d. 26 May 1658, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Godfrey,   b. Bef 5 Aug 1627, Toddington, Bedfordshire, England d. Abt 1649, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 21 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	5 May 1644	Maulden, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F25115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Macy,   b. 4 Dec 1648, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1729, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1669	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
  Married	11 Apr 1669	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States   [27]
  Children	+ 1. Jabez Bunker,   b. 7 Nov 1678, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States d. 6 May 1750, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. George Bunker,   b. 22 Apr 1671, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States d. 24 Sep 1743, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States (Age 72 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F25129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  His first houselot was included in that of his step-father, Richard Swain, since he was a minor at the time of the allotment. He was only ten when his father, George Bunker had died. He was appointed keeper of the jail in 1686. On April 11, 1669, he married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas and SarahHopcott. William settled at the east end of the island. On the hill north of No Bottom Pond, were the church, town house, and jail, (Bunker Hill) and after William Bunker died the proprietors gave land to his heirs to replace that taken for the town house. As a proprietor of Nantucket, the group of Bunker children shared in the division of lands at Fish Lots and Shimmo in 1717, and at West Monomoy and south Monomoy in 1726. His first houselot was included in that of his step-father, Richard Swain, since he was a minor at the time of the allotment. He was only ten when his father, George Bunker had died. He was appointed keeper of the jail in 1686. On April 11, 1669, he married Mary Macy, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hopcott Macy. William settled at the east end of the island. He owned the famous Bunker Hill, named after him. He contributed $10,000 to found Harvard University. By 1652 he and his family were in Topsfield, Mass. Bunker Genealogy, p26: Born Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England (Tingrith Baptism record): mentioned as age 10 in 1658 administration of father's estate; with his father when drowned at Topsfield, Mass. 1658, and accompanied his mother to Nantucket.

  
  

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