Jacob Bunker (1775 - 1861)

Born 1775 in Southwest Harbor, ME

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Sargent) Bunker — married 26 Sep 1807 in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1861 at about age 86 in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

51. JACOB ⁵ (See 20), b @ 1775 Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine; listed 1800 census Gouldsboro; m(1) LYDIA SARGENT, b 11 April 1788 Gouldsboro, d before 1836 Gouldsboro;

listed Gouldsboro census 1810, 1820 and 1830;

m(2) 10 Feb. 1836 (G.T.R. 1:135, 2:318) Gouldsboro, JUDITH (LYMAN) JOY, b 2 Aug. 1787 (came to Mt. Desert 1789 aet 2) St. Augustine, Florida, m (1) 30 Aug. 1807 Gouldsboro, Caleb Joy (G.T.R. 2:62), d after June 1880 Deblois, Me. As of Gouldsboro, with wife Judith Bunker also signing, deeded 50 acres in Gouldsboro to his son Freeman (146) Bunker, "reserving to my son Henry C. (145) Bunker a small strip fenced by the back," 24 Sept. 1836 (Hancock Deed 68:500). Listed Gouldsboro census 1840, 1850 and 1860. Died 1861 Gouldsboro. Widow Judith aet 82 listed 1870 census Gouldsboro, and aet 93 listed 1880 census Deblois, Maine.

  144. I CHARLES FOSTER 6, b 1802 Gouldsboro, Maine.

  145. II HENRY COBB 6, b 25 June 1805 Gouldsboro, Maine.

III HARRIET 6, b 23 July 1807 South Gouldsboro, Me.; d 12 Feb. 1854 South Gouldsboro; m 5 Feb. 1839 Gouldsboro, ELI HANDY (Gouldsboro T.R. 3:4), b 15 Apr. 1809 Prospect Harbor, Me., in (2) 3 Oct. 1858, Ann Joy Whitten (G.T.R. 3:233), b @ 1808, d 26 Dec. 1882 aet 74 Gouldsboro. They listed 1850 census Gouldsboro. He and second wife listed Gouldsboro census 1860, 1870 and 1880.

  146. IV FREEMAN 6, b 25 Dec. 1809 South Gouldsboro, Maine.

Jacob was born in 1775. He passed away in 1861.

Sources

Moran, Edward Carleton,. Bunker genealogy : descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H.. Rockland, Me.?: unknown, 1961?.

• *1800-1850 Census' of Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States.
• Death Record of son Rufus C. Bunker at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=MaineDeathRe&indiv=try&h=341024&ftm=1
• Marriage Record to Lydia Sargent at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1062863:7836