George BUNCH

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• FamilySearch ID: KLBN-P8C
• _UID: 68A8EF07B5BE4A0DABA8ABEE0B996F14E345
• Alt. Birth: 1763, Louisa County, Virginia; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 1820, Knox County, Kentucky; Alt. Death

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LK9R-82W
• _UID: 16EAAD5DB5FC47548054364C2B2A2C8DBA6A
• Alt. Birth: 1726, Hanover County, Virginia; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 1783, Louisa County, Virginia; Alt. Death

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Alias: the Quaker

[Captain John Bunch]
Mr. Bunch's name was probably SAMUEL BUNCH, SR.
Samuel left a will dated 1782, proved 9 Jan 1783. He was named as one of the brothers of John in his will. Samuel and his family were received
in membership by the Cedar Creek Monthly Meting Quakers, Hanover Co., VA. He was known as Samuel the Quaker and some of his children were disowned by the faith including Charles, Samuel, George, Mary, Rebecca, James and Molley. On 11 Jan 1773 he deeded Pouncy Bunch 60 acres. In 1777 he paid two tithes therefore ha had only one son at home. His will was unusual in that he left land to two of his daughters. From the Book "Early Quaker Families In Louisa, the will is referenced. It reads:
This will was dated 30 Jan 1782 and was proved at a court held at Louisa on 9 Jan 1783. He named his wife, Mary Bunch, and gave her his estate for life. He devised to his son, Samuel Bunch, 125 acres of land with the plantation whereon Benjiman Phares formerly lived. And to his son, Charles Bunch, he gave 125 acres with the plantation I now live on. To his daughter, Judith, he gave 100 acres of land in North Garden,
Albemarle County. He mentions his sons James and John, and daughters Rebecca and Ann. He named his executors his wife, Mary, son Samuel and Samuel Richardson. Witnesses were Samuel Richardson, William Payne and Richard Morris.[John Bunch 11.ged]

Samuel married Mary HUDSON between 1746 and 1747. Mary (daughter of John William HUDSON and Elizabeth L. HARRIS) was born in 1726 in Louisa County, Virginia; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LTY5-Q62
• _UID: 5DAC63E8F2CB4CFE9CC50FB04C248B2298EE
• Alt. Birth: 1726, Hanover County, Virginia; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: 1726, Hanover County, Virginia; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 1792, Probably Virginia; Alt. Death
• Alt. Death: 31 Jan 1792; Alt. Death
• Alt. Death: 31 Jan 1792, Louisa County, Virginia; Alt. Death

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• FamilySearch ID: L5BW-J78
• _UID: 1D04E70FA19F46C68BD8FCAFDFE2B7C5AE6C
• Residence: 1705, Blissland Parish, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America
• Residence: 1722, Hanover, Virginia, British Colonial America; Taylor's Creek
• Residence: 1728, Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America; 400 acres in wester part of Louisa County
• Property: 1742, Grantee In A Deed Dated March 14, 1742, And That He Had Patented 400 Acres Of Land In Fredricksville Parish, Louisa County.
• Will: 8 Jun 1774, Records Also State That John Bunch, Deceased, Made A Will Bequething His Property To Five Sons.

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Park/e/s and Bunch on The Trail West, compiled by Alice Crandall Park(Baltimore: 1975), pages 201-42.

John Bunch III married Rebecca Harrison between 1713 / 1714 in New KentCo., VA. She was born between 1690 - 1694 in Louisa Co., VA and diedMarch 16 1770 in Louisa Co., VA.

He was a property owner and patented 400 acres of land in FredricksvilleParish, Louisa County. They had at least eight children

This family is very well documented. A team of accredited genealogists researched this family when Barack Obama became president. This is Obama's ancestor.
John Bunch III was the son of John Bunch II. He was a mulatto. Y-DNA studies on his male descendants show that he was of African ancestry (Cameroon or Ivory Coast.) DO NOT COMBINE HIM TO THE FAMILY OF JOHN BUNCH AND MARY TEMPERANCE BATES THEY ARE NOT THE SAME! John Bunch III and Sarah Slayden petitioned the courts for permission to marry in 1705 as they were a mixed race couple. John Bunch III later married Rebecca. They were the parents of Nancy, John, Lucretia, William, Henry, David, James, Samuel and Rebecca.

John married Rebecca HARRISON between 1713 and 1714 in New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia. Rebecca (daughter of Anthony HARRISON and Rebecca BERNARD) was born in 1699 in Louisa County, Virginia; died on 16 Mar 1770 in Louisa County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LR21-SRD
• LifeSketch: ; Rebecca was wife of John Bunch III, a mulatto, who descended from an African slave. She was not the wife of John Bunch, Jr. PLEASE DO NOT MERGE. After John died Rebecca owned and sold land in Louisa County, Virginia in her own right. She died in 1770
• _UID: 9A7780CFDEA34E3894AFFAE0A98C51F0FA08
• Alt. Birth: Between 1690 and 1694, Louisa County, Virginia; Alt. Birth

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Rebecca was wife of John Bunch III, a mulatto, who descended from an African slave. She was not the wife of John Bunch, Jr. After John died Rebecca owned and sold land in Louisa County, Virginia in her own right. She died in 1770.
See attached research. This family is very well documented. A team of accredited genealogists researched this family when Barack Obama became president.

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• _UID: 76AFE09A6A6B43A589EA669E52E2BAF8B931

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[Captain John Bunch.ged]
John married Elizabeth HARRIS in 1714 in Of New Kent, New Kent Co.,
Virginia, VA. (Elizabeth HARRIS was born on 2 Nov 1698 in, Hanover,
Hanover, Virginia, christened on 27 Nov 1698 in St Peters Parish, New
Kent, VA and died in 1733 in, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia. She is related
to Louis V, King Of France.)
There are other authorities to the effect that Charles Hudson and John
Hudson (brothers) migrated to Virginia and settled in what is now Hanover
County (VA) about 1700 or shortly after. SOURCE: Va. Mag. 395.
Date of death taken from "Hudsons of Hanover" article page 253 of
Genealogies Of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Histornical and
Genealgical Magazine, Volume II (1981).

John married Elizabeth L. HARRIS in 1712 in New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of William HARRIS and Mary (W\O William HARRIS)) was born on 2 Nov 1698 in New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia; was christened on 27 Nov 1698 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died about 1758 in Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia; was buried in Hanover County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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[Captain John Bunch.ged]
Elisabeth L. Harris is indirectly relatedto Louis V, King Of France.

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John Bunch (1) was transported to the Virginia colony in about 1656 as documented in CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS . In 1657/59 there was a court order in York County involving a John Bunch with a favorable outcome. Then in 1662 a John Bunch (1) patents 450ac of land in New Kent County (neighboring York County and New Kent was a very large county extending to the mountains). If he came to America at 17 (as is the family history in one of the Bunch lines) John (1) would have been born about 1635. This appears to be one individual who came to America BEARING the name John Bunch and settled in New Kent County.

There is another possibility. There was an indentured African American immigrant living in Virginia by the name of John Punch (born abt 1609) who researchers of Barack Obama's ancestry believe changed his last name to Bunch or his son's name to the John Bunch(1). Because of trying to escape his indenture before it was finished, John Punch was penalized to be indentured for his natural life and is considered the "first slave". Would his children have been free, as with indentures, or slaves as with slavery. If his son John was free then he could possibly be the John who patented 450 ac of land in New Kent County, VA in 1662. If truly a slave, neither he nor his son would have had legal rights to patent land.

John Punch would have had to see the name change as advantageous to himself or his son. Perhaps the name "Punch" suggested aggression which he would want to avoid in his circumstance. Immigrants altering their names for various reasons was not unusual. Punch to Bunch would preserve much of the name. It was certainly possible for him to patent land if free, as there is documentation of some other free blacks who acquired land and some African American slaves themselves in the 1600s.

My understanding is that free black land holders were expected to socialize with other free land owners and not with any slaves.
My understanding is also that there was increasing prejudice towards the latter 1600s which escalated during the 1700's as slavery escalated as a practice. Nevertheless, there were a minority of free blacks that retained their freedom and property ownership in the 1700s and the 1800s before and after the Civil War. One example is Henry Bunch of Orange County. He and his family were designated negro, or mulatto and were free property owners in the 1700 and 1800s.

But for most blacks slavery was awful and terribly wrong. Every human being wants to be free and own their own property...not BE someone else's property. Why and how slavery has existed around the world through out history is a sad blight upon much of mankind. Those who abduct (usually their own) and sell, those who transport and sell, and those who purchase and use, all share the guilt and shame. We have no information if this John Bunch gave into the easier, more lucrative lifestyle growing in popularity and had slaves himself.

Two other Bunches appear in the land records in the 1703/04 quit rent rolls: A John Bunch (2) with 100 ac in New Kent County, VA (the first John Bunch (1) had 450 ac to pay on) and a Paul Bunch with 150 ac in King William County, VA. These counties were close, just across the river from one another. This is very suggestive of John (2) and Paul being sons of John Bunch (1) (the new immigrant, or son of John Punch) They both named, what seems to be their first son, John. They would have both been at least
21 to own property in their own names in 1703 and thus probably were born about 1665 to 1682. In 1722 a John Bunch (2-son, or 3-grandson)uses the title "Jun" in a deed indicating his father was a John Bunch.

Both John (2) and Paul Bunch were active and mentioned a number of times in various ways in the land records. Both end up with land in Hanover County VA (Hanover was carved out of New Kent County). Then Paul moved to North Carolina where he died in 1726 in Chowan County leaving a will. John (2)dies in Louisa County, VA (Louisa was carved out of Hanover County) where he died BEFORE 1742. In 1742 two of this John's (2) sons, William and Henry, sell the land they inherited from their father to their older brother John (3). All 5 son's are listed in the deed (John, William, Henry, David and James).

In the 1720's there was Henry Bunch, son of John Bunch (2) that owned land Va. There is also a Henry Bunch "a planter" of Chowan NC who subsequently bought land in Bertie County NC and then lived and died in Bertie NC. They could be the same person, especially if Henry Bunch moved to Chowan County NC when his uncle Paul Bunch moved there and then found better land in Bertie County and eventually went back to Virginia to sell his land in Louisa to his older brother as he would have no use for it.

The history is complicated by another John Bunch immigrating to acquire more land. There is also a Henry Bunch "a planter" of Chowan NC who subsequently bought land in Bertie County NC and then lived and died in Bertie NC. They could be the same person, especially if Henry Bunch moved to Chowan County NC when his uncle Paul Bunch moved there and then found better land in Bertie County and eventually went back to Virginia to sell his land in Louisa to his older brother as he would have no use for it.

The history is complicated by another John Bunch immigrating to America in 1683 and another in 1716 with no current information on where they settled. My understanding is that sometimes there was some dishonesty and names were reused to acquire more land. Perhaps these are mistakes.


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This John Bunch Jr is "NOT" the same man as John Bunch II.
John Bunch II is son of John Bunch I and is a Mulatto man is is the ancesor of Barak Obama


***John Bunch Jr. is the son of John Bunch Sr. who was born in 1640 in England. He arrived in America from England in Richmond in 1656. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/26347140/person/402128923753/facts

John Bunch Jr was born about 1664/1665 in Henrico, New Kent, Virginia and was not a Mulatto. He was registered as a Colonial Soldier. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48434/VAColonialSoldiers-007224-217/342882?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/26347140/person/402128719029/facts/citation/1102182170341/edit/record

He is also listed in https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48412/DuplicatesVARecs-004065-164/335512?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family

John married Mary ASHER on 16 Nov 1691 in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anthony married Rebecca BERNARD. Rebecca was born on 18 Jul 1660 in De Soto County, Virginia; died in 1710 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hudsons Of Hanover
• _UID: 24522DC49F1C4CAF9401824604A2F8657D9B

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[Captain John Bunch.ged]
One main source for this branch of Hudsons (HUDSONS OF HANOVER) is Mr.
Van A. Hudson and notes from Barbara W. Hudson at
www.familytreemaker.com. Their "title" is from the Hanover County of
Virginia.
William - b. about 1668, VA; d. Nov. 27, 1701, Hanover Co., VA.
Progenitor of the "Hudsons of Hanover." Inherited a portion of his
father's Roxdale estate in 1689. SOURCE: Mr. Van Hudson via the internet.

William, married Elizabeth JENNINGS in 1689 in VA. Elizabeth was born about 1668; died before 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Mary (W\O William HARRIS). Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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