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William Bunker

Male 1648 - 1712  (63 years)


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  • 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] 
    Birth 4 Dec 1648  Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 22, 23, 24] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LCRJ-C1H  [1, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34] 
    Burial Jun 1712  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24] 
    Death 26 Jun 1712  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 22, 23, 24] 
    Person ID I45886  footsteps | Bunker
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

    Father George Bunker,   b. 25 Apr 1621, 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 Elizabeth Godfrey,   b. Bef 5 Aug 1627, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1649, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 21 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F25276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Macy,   b. 4 Dec 1648, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1669  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jabez Bunker,   b. 7 Nov 1678, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1750, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. George Bunker,   b. 22 Apr 1671, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1743 (Age 72 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F25290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 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.

  • Sources 
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      Name William Bunker
      Gender Male
      Birth Year 1648
      Marriage Date 11 Apr 1669
      Marriage Place New England, USA
      Death Year 1712
      Spouse
      Mary Bunker

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      Name William Bunker
      Gender Male
      Marriage Date 11 Apr 1669
      Place Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
      Spouse
      Mary Macy

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      Name William Bunker
      Residence Date Abt 1712
      Residence Place New England, Massachusetts Bay, Nantucket
      Will Date 22 Jun 1712
      Probate Date 22 Jun 1712
      Probate Place Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
      Inferred Death Year 1712
      Inferred Death Place Massachusetts, USA
      Others Listed (Name) Relationship
      William Bunker
      George Bunker
      Son
      Peleg Bunker
      Son
      Jabez Bunker
      Son
      Thomas Bunker
      Son
      Benjamin Bunker
      Son
      Jane Bunker
      Daughter
      Ann Paddack
      Daughter
      Abigail Bunker
      Daughter
      Mary Bunker
      Daughter
      Show more
      Table of Contents 1 images
      Will Papers
      1

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      Name William Bunker
      Gender Male
      Spouse
      Mary Bunker
      Child
      John Bunker

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      Name William Bunker
      Gender Male
      Age 63
      Birth Date 4 Dec 1648
      Birth Place Salisbury, Mass
      First Marriage Date 11 Apr 1669
      Death Date 26 Jun 1712
      Father
      George Bunker
      Mother
      Jane Godfrey
      Spouse
      Mary Macy
      Child
      George Bunker
      John Bunker
      Jonathan Bunker
      Peleg Bunker
      Jabez Bunker
      Thomas Bunker
      Benjamin Bunker
      Mary Bunker

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    13. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-KZ7 : 15 January 2020), William Bunker in entry for Daniel Bunker, 1695.
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    14. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-YJW : 15 January 2020), William Bunker in entry for Jonathan Bunker, 1674.
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    18. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6W1 : 15 January 2020), William Bunker in entry for Mary Bunker, 1685.
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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

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    26. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Bunker family : branches early identified with Charlestown, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Delaware and Maryland ; as well as a presentation of ealry Bunkers and those in EuropeStatement of Responsibility: Charles W.O. BunkerAuthors: Bunker, Charles W. O. (Charles Waite Orvill), 1882-1958 (Main Author) Bunker Family Association of America (Turnersville, New Jersey) (Added Author)Format: Books/MonographsLanguage: EnglishPublication: Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson Book Co., [199-?]Physical: 797 p.Subject Class: 929.273 B884.

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    30. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The New England historical and genealogical registerAuthors: New England Historic Genealogical Society (Added Author)Format: Serial /Serial with FilmLanguage: EnglishPublication: Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1846-Physical: v.ISSN: 00284785Subject Class: 974 B2ne.

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    32. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestries of John Moran Foy and Samuel Calvert Foy & their wives Louisa Macy and Lucinda Macy, all of southern CaliforniaStatement of Responsibility: compiled by Ella Foy O'Gorman (Mrs. Michael Martin O'Gorman)Authors: O'Gorman, Ella Foy, b. 1862 (Main Author)Format: Manuscript/Manuscript with FilmLanguage: EnglishPublication: 1935Physical: 245 leavesSubject Class: 929.273 F838 SLC, UT FHL.

    33. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Bunker family : branches early identified with Charlestown, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Delaware and Maryland; as well as a presentation of early Bunkers and those in EuropeStatement of Responsibility: Charles W. O. BunkerAuthors: Bunker, Charles W. O. (Charles Waite Orvill), 1882-1958 (Main Author) Bunker Family Association of America (Turnersville, New Jersey) (Added Author)Format: Books/Monographs/Book with FilmLanguage: EnglishPublication: Washington [District of Columbia] : Bunker Family Association, 1931Physical: 2 v. (5 leaves, 797 p.)Subject Class: 929.273 B884 SLC, UT FHL.
      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.

    34. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The history of Nantucket : county, island and town, including genealogies of the first settlersStatement of Responsibility: by Alexander StarbuckAuthors: Starbuck, Alexander, 1841-1925 (Main Author)Format: Books/Monographs/Book with FicheLanguage: EnglishPublication: Boston, Massachusetts : C.E. Goodspeed, 1924Physical: 871 p. : ill., maps.Subject Class: 974.497 H2 SLC, UT FHL.


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