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Elijah Dunbar

Male 1756 - 1844  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elijah Dunbar was born in 1756 (son of Solomon Dunbar and Rachel Damon); died in 1844.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Solomon Dunbar was born on 18 April 1709 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (son of Joshua Dunbar and Hannah Hatch); died on 8 September 1795 in Nobleboro, Lincoln, Maine.

    Other Events:

    • Pownkeeper: 4 September 1772, Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine; Mr. Solomon Dunbar chosen Pownkeeper (I think this was something like a treasurer) in place of Mr. Nath'l Bryant, Deceased.
    • Constable: 14 March 1774, Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine; Solomon Dunbar chosen Constable and agreed with Jonathan Jones Jr. to serve in his stead and the Town voted to accept said Jones for Constable. Dunbar to remain Pownkeeper.
    • Note: 17 March 1777, Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine; According to Warrant that freeholders & other inhabitants met together and voted and agreed as follows: Solomon Dunbar, chosen pound keeper.

    Solomon married Rachel Damon on 23 November 1738 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Rachel (daughter of Experience Damon and Ruth Lowe) was born on 17 July 1718 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1758 in Nobleboro, Lincoln, Maine,USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rachel Damon was born on 17 July 1718 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Experience Damon and Ruth Lowe); died in 1758 in Nobleboro, Lincoln, Maine,USA.
    Children:
    1. Solomon Dunbar was born in 1740; died in 1825.
    2. Rachel Dunbar was born in 1742.
    3. Jesse Dunbar was born in 1744; died in 1806.
    4. Olive Dunbar was born in 1746; died in 1768.
    5. Lucy Dunbar was born in 1749; died in 1776.
    6. Persis Dunbar was born on 20 November 1752 in Hirgham, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 May 1803 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, USA.
    7. 1. Elijah Dunbar was born in 1756; died in 1844.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joshua Dunbar was born on 6 October 1670 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (son of Robert Dunbar and Rose); died on 26 October 1736 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Constable: 1728, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    • Will: 1 May 1736, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Will proved 4 Nov 1736, gave land at Scituate to his son, Benjamin. His dwelling house and barn at Hingham were given to his son Robert. It also mentions sons Solomon and Stephen as well as his daughter, Hannah Whiton

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Baptized: 21 May 1671

    Joshua married Hannah Hatch on 21 September 1699 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Hatch and Sarah Elmes) was born on 26 July 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 17 June 1743 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah Hatch was born on 26 July 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Hatch and Sarah Elmes); died on 17 June 1743 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Joshua Dunbar was born on 11 Sep 1700; died in 1730.
    2. Benjamin Dunbar was born on 15 May 1701.
    3. Hannah Dunbar was born in 1703.
    4. Robert Dunbar was born in 1706.
    5. 2. Solomon Dunbar was born on 18 April 1709 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 8 September 1795 in Nobleboro, Lincoln, Maine.
    6. Sarah Dunbar was born in 1712; died in 1726.
    7. Stephen Dunbar was born in 1716.

  3. 6.  Experience Damon was born on 17 Apr 1662 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Damon and Martha Howland); died on 29 Jul 1732 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Occupations: Blacksmith, Cooper
    • Deed: 1700, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; From Joanna Cohnan, widow, to Experience Damon (house and land, no other info)

    Experience married Ruth Lowe on 4 Jan 1711 in Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of John Lowe and Ruth Joy) was born on 4 Apr 1684 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Apr 1727 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Ruth Lowe was born on 4 Apr 1684 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Lowe and Ruth Joy); died on 17 Apr 1727 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Ruth Damon was born in 1712 in Scituate, Mass.
    2. Mary Damon was born in 1713 in Scituate, Mass.
    3. Martha Damon was born in 1715 in Scituate, Mass.
    4. David Damon was born in 1717 in Scituate, Mass.
    5. 3. Rachel Damon was born on 17 July 1718 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1758 in Nobleboro, Lincoln, Maine,USA.
    6. Joanna Damon was born in 1722 in Scituate, Mass.
    7. Jonathan Damon was born in 1725 in Scituate, Mass.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Dunbar was born in 1630 in (Morayshire?) Scotland; died on 19 September 1693 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Robert married Rose. Rose was born in 1635 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 November 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rose was born in 1635 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 November 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. John Dunbar was born in 1657.
    2. Mary Dunbar was born in 1660; died in 1707.
    3. Joseph Dunbar was born in 1662.
    4. James Dunbar was born in 1664; died in 1690.
    5. Peter Dunbar was born in 1668.
    6. 4. Joshua Dunbar was born on 6 October 1670 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 26 October 1736 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    7. Benjamin Dunbar was born in ?; died in 1688.
    8. Robert Dunbar was born in 1673; died in 1673.
    9. Sarah Dunbar was born in 1674.
    10. Hannah Dunbar was born in 1677; died in 1715.

  3. 10.  Thomas Hatch was born on 9 Nov 1628 in Wye, Kent, England (son of Thomas Hatch and Lydia Giles); died in 1686 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 30 Nov 1628, Wye, Kent

    Thomas married Sarah Elmes on 4 Feb 1662 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Rodulphus Elmes and Catherine Whitcomb) was born on 29 Sep 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Apr 1722 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah Elmes was born on 29 Sep 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Rodulphus Elmes and Catherine Whitcomb); died on 24 Apr 1722 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: 29 September 1645, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    • Death: March 1685, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Betty Hatch was born in 1665 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1724 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Lydia Hatch was born on 09 Dec 1666 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in Dec 1710 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
    3. Keturah Hatch was born on 8 Apr 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in Dec 1744 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 5. Hannah Hatch was born on 26 July 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 17 June 1743 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    5. Rodolphus Hatch was born on 26 Dec 1674 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 01 Jan 1743 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Margaret Hatch was born on 26 Aug 1677 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1755 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Abigail Hatch was born on 16 Nov 1678 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1686 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Joseph Hatch was born on 06 May 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1716 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Thomas Hatch was born on 25 Jun 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1760.
    10. Jeremiah Hatch was born on 2 Mar 1684 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1718 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

  5. 12.  John Damon was born on 11 Nov 1621 in Tenderdon, Kent County, England (son of John Damon and Hannah Gilson); died in 1677 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • (Arrival): 12 Jun 1631, Plymouth, Massachusetts; John came with his sister Hannah to the colony of Plymouth with their uncle William Gilson, who was their guardian, who held offices of trust and responsibility in the colony. They sailed Winthrop's fleet of the original Massachusetts charter and 11 ships.
    • Residence: 1633, Scituate, Massachusetts; Relocated to Scituate with is uncle and other English immigrates, a group referred to as the "Men of Kent" having come from that count in England. The established their homes on "Kent Street"
    • Will: 1639, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; William left no children, Hannah and John were his sole heirs “nephew John Damon my lot on the third cliff, after the next crop is taken off,” “to niece Hannah Damon, £20 in money.” After Wm. Wife died in 1649 John & Hannah became Wm's sole heirs.
    • Inheritance: 1640, Scituate, Massachusetts; John lived in the house on Kent Street which his uncle had left him & tilled the eighty acres which had been awarded to Gilson on his own (Damon's) and his sister's account. (Headwrights)

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth, MA

    John married Martha Howland on 15 Jan 1659 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Arthur Howland and Margaret Walker / Mary /Reed Reid?) was born in 1638; died on 19 December 1732 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Martha Howland was born in 1638 (daughter of Arthur Howland and Margaret Walker / Mary /Reed Reid?); died on 19 December 1732 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 6. Experience Damon was born on 17 Apr 1662 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Jul 1732 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Silence Damon was born in 1664.
    3. Ebenezer Damon was born in 1666.
    4. Ichabod Damon was born in 1668; died in 1730.
    5. Margaret Damon was born in 1670; died in 1749.
    6. Hannah Damon was born in 1672; died in 1741.
    7. Martha Damon was born in 1674; died after 1750.

  7. 14.  John Lowe was born on 23 April 1655 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts (son of John Lowe and Elizabeth Stodder); died on 25 Jan 1697 in Hingham, Massachusetts.

    John married Ruth Joy on 25 September 1679 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Thomas Joy and Joan Gallop) was born on 28 February 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 Jul 1745 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Ruth Joy was born on 28 February 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Joy and Joan Gallop); died on 11 Jul 1745 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Lowe was born in 1681; died in 1759.
    2. 7. Ruth Lowe was born on 4 Apr 1684 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Apr 1727 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Arthur Lowe was born in 1691.
    4. Joanna Lowe was born in 1693.
    5. Rachel Lowe was born in 1694.



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