Robert Hunkins (1738 - 1818)

Born 14 Jan 1738 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Emerson) Hunkins — married 19 Feb 1760 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Lydia (Chamberlain) Hunkins — married after 1766 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1818 at age 80 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Robert Hunkins was born in 1738, the son of John Hunkins and Edna Hastings.^[1]

On 19 Feb. 1760, Robert first married Phebe Emerson,^[2] and they had the following three children^[3], all natives of Hampstead, New Hampshire:

1. John m. Mary Norris (of Newbury, Vt.); d. Feb. 1844 in Fletcher, Vermont
2. Sarah m. Nicholas Stevens (of Bradford, Vt.); d. March 1857 in Bradford, Vt., and
3. Elizabeth (Betsey) m. Samuel Miller; d. 1839 in Johnson, Vt.

Phebe passed away in 1766, then Robert married second Lydia Chamberlain and they had five sons and three daughters, some born in Newbury, Vermont and the others in Bradford, VT:

1. Moses b. Newbury; m. Hannah Seagel (of Newbury); moved to Harmon, NY
2. Lydia b. Newbury; m. Nathan Atwell; d. Jan 1846 in Johnson, Vt.
3. Robert Hastings b. Newbury; m. Hannah Emerson (of Hampstead, NH); d. 1853 New Berlin, Wisconsin
4. Phebe b. abt. 1777 d. Sept. 1861 in Bradford, Vt. (unmarried)
5. Asher b. Jan 1780; m1. 1805 Jane Emerson (of Boscawen, NH); m2. Hannah Martin d. Mar. 1863
6. Benjamin Hunking b. Jan 1782; m. Drusilla S. Everett; d. Dec 1868 in Lancaster, NH
7. James b. Bradford June 1784; d. Bradford Nov. 1855 (unmarried)
8. Susan b. Bradford Aug. 1787; m. Samuel Chamberlin of Troy, Vt.; d. July 1870 (Stanstead, Quebec)

Capt. Robert passed away in 1818.^[4] He was buried in Upper Plain Cemetery, in Bradford, Vermont,^[5] where he was joined by Lydia about 13 years later.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1910)| "Vital Records of Haverhill, Births, Page 179"
2. ↑ New Hampshire Marriage Records, Hampstead| Marriage, Hunkins - Emerson
3. ↑ A History of Bradford, Vermont, by Rev. Silas McKeen, Montpelier, Vt., 1875| Pages 201-9
4. ↑ Vermont Death Records, Bradford| Death, Robert Hunkins
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34092268 for Capt. Robert Hunkins
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #68130318 for Lydia Chamberlain Hunkins

See also:

• Family Search | Robert Hunkins