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Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. 1668–1749 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jan 1668

Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Death Date: 10 Sep 1749

Death Location: Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Father: Jobamah Gunn

Mother: Sarah Lane

Spouse(s): Mary Smith

Children(s): Mary Gunn, Abigail Gunn, Samuel Lt., Sarah Gunn, Lazarus Gunn, Isaiah Gunn

In 1668, Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. entered the world in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, born to Jobamah Job Gunn And Sarah Jobson Lane. Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. married Mary Mercy Smith, and had children including Abigail Gunn, Isaiah Gunn, Lazarus Gunn, Mary Anne Elizabeth Gunn, Samuel Gunn Ii Lt, Sarah Gunn. Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. passed away in 1749 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1668, Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. entered the world in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, born to Jobamah Job Gunn And Sarah Jobson Lane.
  • Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. married Mary Mercy Smith, and had children including Abigail Gunn, Isaiah Gunn, Lazarus Gunn, Mary Anne Elizabeth Gunn, Samuel Gunn Ii Lt, Sarah Gunn.
  • Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. passed away in 1749 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jobamah Gunn
1637–1715
Birth Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Sarah Lane
1642–1689
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
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Spouses(s)

Mary Smith
1670–1750
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
MS

Children(s)

Mary Gunn
1713–1760
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
MG
Abigail Gunn
1699–1756
Birth Location: Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
AG
Samuel Lt.
1701–1756
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, America
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Sarah Gunn
1705–1780
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
SG
Lazarus Gunn
1707–1751
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
LG
Isaiah Gunn
1710–
Birth Location: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
IG

Samuel Capt.'s Ancestors

Self
Samuel Capt.
1668–1749
Birth Place: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Parents
Jobamah "Job" Gunn
1637–1715
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sarah (Jobson) Lane
1642–1689
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Grandparents
Jasper Gunn
1606–1671
Great Burstead, Essex, England
(Mary) (Christian) Baldwin
1610–1690
Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
John Lane
1603–1669
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Mary Camp
1607–1674
Nazing, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Gunn
1579–1643
Sarah (Ackley)
1577–1632
Richard Baldwin
1576–1633
Isabell Harding
1568–1663
Thomas Lane
1585–1660
Alice Bagot
1585–1660
Nicholas Camp
1630–1707
Sarah Beard
1631–1689
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Arthure Gunn
1553–
Margaret Brodie
1577–1602
William (Ackley)
1551–1607
Johanna Lady
1541–1588
Richard II
1540–1632
Isabel Chase
1545–1594
Richard Bucks
1545–1599
Katherine (Woodfall)
1541–1595
Sir Lane
1565–1610
Jane (Lane)
1566–1598

Samuel Capt.'s Descendants

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Samuel (Gunn Sr,) Capt. (15 Jan 1668–10 Sep 1749) m. Mary (Mercy) Smith (Abt. 1670–11 Aug 1750)
  1. 1. Mary (Anne Elizabeth) Gunn 1713–1760 m. John Ford 1704–1760
    1. 1. Mary Ford 1747–1817 m. John SMITH 1744–1819
      1. 1. Samuel Smith 1766–1852
      2. 2. Newton Smith 1767–1844
      3. 3. Amos Smith 1769–1853
      4. 4. John Smith 1771–1774
      5. 5. Nathan Smith 1773–1841
      6. 6. Sarah Smith 1776–1863
      7. 7. Susanna Smith 1778–1782
    2. 2. Samuel Ford 1744–1804 m. Susannah Stone 1749–1804
      1. 1. Susanna Ford 1768–1836
      2. 2. Samuel Ford 1770–1836
      3. 3. William Ford 1771–1840
      4. 4. Polly Ford 1773–1851
      5. 5. Lazarus Ford 1775–1851
      6. 6. Sally Ford 1777–1850
      7. 7. Lewis Ford 1779–1824
      8. 8. Lois Ford 1782–1861
      9. 9. Sibel Ford 1783–
      10. 10. John (Mansfield) Ford 1785–1843 m. Polly (Ann) Calhoun 1796–1843
      11. 11. Simeon Ford 1788–1800
    3. 3. John (Ford) Capt 1740–1810 m. Sybil Northrup 1741–1815
      1. 1. John Ford 1759–1835
      2. 2. Amos Ford 1763–1835
      3. 3. Thaddeus Ford 1761–1842
      4. 4. Thomas Ford 1768–1809
      5. 5. Sybil Ford 1764–1776
    4. 4. Jane Ford 1747–1817
    5. 5. Thomas Ford 1740–1810
    6. 6. Ebenezer Ford 1734–1773
  2. 2. Abigail Gunn 1699–1756 m. Samuel Riggs 1700–1736
    1. 1. Elizabeth Riggs 1733–1783
    2. 2. Mary Riggs 1730–1772 m. Joseph Hawkins 1713–1747 m. Wyllis Pierson 1725–1810
      1. 1. Hannah Pierson 1760–1817
      2. 2. Thomas Pierson 1753–1754
      3. 3. Ruth Pierson 1754–1833
      4. 4. Mathias Pierson 1758–1838
      5. 5. John Pierson 1755–
      6. 6. Abraham Pierson 1756–1770
      7. 7. Elizabeth Pierson 1763–
      8. 8. Daniel Pierson 1765–1766
      9. 9. Wyllis Pierson 1772–1833
      10. 10. Samuel Pierson 1761–1839
      11. 11. Moses Pierson 1765–1834
      12. 12. Mary (Polly) Pierson 1770–
    3. 3. Elizabeth RIGGS 1727–1728
    4. 4. Abigail Riggs 1728–1786 m. Rev. (Benjamin) Chapman 1725–1786
      1. 1. Pamela Chapman 1764–1843
      2. 2. Benjamin Chapman 1763–1824 m. Sylvia Upson 1773–1823 m. Polly Cook 1769–1789
        1. 1. Lucius Chapman 1812–
        2. 2. Harriet (N) Chapman 1816–1852
        3. 3. Albert (Chapman) MD 1796–1885
        4. 4. Roswell (Riggs) Chapman 1793–1827 m. Phebe Stansbury 1798–1878
        5. 5. Henry Chapman 1803–1855
        6. 6. Lucinda Chapman 1807–1839
        7. 7. Mary Chapman 1799–1848
        8. 8. Sylvia Chapman 1814–1865
        9. 9. Sarah Chapman 1801–1888
      3. 3. Levi Chapman 1768–1834
      4. 4. Samuel Chapman 1766–1850
      5. 5. Clarissa Chapman 1761–1798 m. Russell Atwater 1762–1851
        1. 1. Phineas Atwater 1791–1865
        2. 2. Merab Atwater 1793–1794
        3. 3. Russell (C) Atwater 1795–1823
        4. 4. Frederick Atwater 1796–1827
        5. 5. Henry (S) Atwater 1798–1880
        6. 6. Thomas Atwater 1798–1803
      6. 6. Abigail Chapman 1756–1776
      7. 7. Sarah Chapman 1759–1804
      8. 8. Roswell (Riggs) Chapman 1758–1776
  3. 3. Samuel (Gunn II,) Lt. 1701–1756 m. Sarah Clark 1706–1806
    1. 1. Elizabeth Gunn 1734–1815 m. Josiah Camp 1727–1789
      1. 1. Sarah Camp 1774–1884
      2. 2. Ezra Camp 1762–1838
    2. 2. Abigail Gunn 1737–1784
    3. 3. Sarah Gunn 1749–1826 m. David Prince 1749–1827
      1. 1. Abigail Prince 1777–1852
      2. 2. David Prince –1828
      3. 3. Hannah Prince 1793–1822
      4. 4. Samuel Prince 1778–1850
      5. 5. Job Prince 1800–1870
    4. 4. Samuel (Gunn) III 1729–1782 m. Phebe Northrup 1735–1822
      1. 1. Abigail Gunn 1757–
      2. 2. Chauncy (S) Gunn 1774–1838
      3. 3. Sarah (Ann) Gunn 1759–
      4. 4. John (Northrup) Gunn 1772–1826 m. Polly (Mary) Ford 1773–1827
        1. 1. John (Northrop Gunn) II 1798–1883
        2. 2. Polly (Louisa) Gunn 1800–1884
        3. 3. Phebe (Susan) Gunn 1801–1888
        4. 4. Abigail ("Abby") Gunn 1804–1904
        5. 5. Samuel (Lewis) Gunn 1806–1875
        6. 6. Sarah Gunn 1809–1909
        7. 7. Amaryllis Gunn 1811–1911
        8. 8. Frederick (William) Gunn 1816–1881 m. Abigail (Irene) Brinsmade 1820–1908
      5. 5. Samuel (Gunn) IV 1769–1826 m. Betty Rockwell 1774–1828
        1. 1. Nancy (Matilda) Gunn 1802–
        2. 2. Polly (Betsey) Gunn 1794–1825
        3. 3. Ralph (Rockwell) Gunn 1804–
        4. 4. Samuel (Northrup) Gunn 1797–1822
        5. 5. Thomas (John) Gunn 1799–1868
    5. 5. John Gunn 1739–1776 m. Ann Buckingham 1739–1766
      1. 1. Samuel (B) Gunn 1766–1838 m. Catherine Miles 1773–1853
        1. 1. Catherine Gunn 1804–1858
        2. 2. Martha (Miles) Gunn 1806–1898
        3. 3. Minerva Gunn 1799–1882
        4. 4. John (Calvin) Gunn 1800–1801
        5. 5. George (Samuel) Gunn 1809–1810
        6. 6. Samuel (Buckingham) Gunn 1816–1865
      2. 2. John Gunn 1765–1826
      3. 3. Nancy (Ann) Gunn 1764–1832
      4. 4. Catherine Gunn 1762–1833
    6. 6. Abel Gunn 1746–1750
    7. 7. Sarah Gunn 1728–1743
    8. 8. Isaac Gunn 1738–1770 m. Susanna Nettleton 1744–
    9. 9. George Gunn 1743–1806
  4. 4. Sarah Gunn 1705–1780 m. Ephraim Northrup 1696–1787
    1. 1. Martha Northrup 1737–1815 m. David Lambert 1731–1815
      1. 1. David Lambert 1757–1837
      2. 2. Ephraim (Northrop) Lambert 1760–1829
      3. 3. Richard Lambert 1768–1791
      4. 4. Edward (Allyn) Lambert 1780–1831
      5. 5. John Lambert 1770–1852
      6. 6. Mabel Lambert 1774–
      7. 7. Benjamin (Lott) Lambert 1782–
      8. 8. Mary Lambert 1766–1811
      9. 9. Jesse Lambert 1762–
      10. 10. Sarah Lambert 1763–1817
    2. 2. Mary Northrup 1739–1821 m. Joel Smith 1736–1812
      1. 1. Hannah Smith 1761–1839
      2. 2. Joel Smith 1777–1834
      3. 3. James Smith 1763–1796
    3. 3. Esther Northrup 1744–1817 m. Elias (Carrington) Dr 1734–1800 m. William Atwater 1745–1816
      1. 1. Samuel Carrington 1767–
      2. 2. Sarah Carrington 1770–1842
      3. 3. Dr (John) Carrington 1774–1817
      4. 4. Esther Carrington 1766–1854
      5. 5. Elias (Carrington) Jr 1764–1829
      6. 6. Ephraim Carrington 1768–1801
      7. 7. John Carrington 1772–1773
      8. 8. Abijah Carrington 1776–1851
      9. 9. Julia Carrington 1789–1875
    4. 4. Abigail Northrup 1731–1790
    5. 5. Ephraim (Northrup) Jr. 1733–1759
    6. 6. Lazarus Northrup 1735–1802 m. Mehetabel Peck 1753–1833
  5. 5. Lazarus Gunn 1707–1751
  6. 6. Isaiah Gunn 1710–

Samuel Capt.'s Timeline

2 Records

1668
15 Jan 1668
Birth of Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
1749
10 Sep 1749
Age 81
Death of Samuel Gunn Sr, Capt. in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1668
    Event Place: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1749
    Event Place: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013
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