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Deacon Thomas BUNCE

Deacon Thomas BUNCE[1]

Male 1648 - 1712  (64 years)

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  • Name Thomas BUNCE  [2
    Prefix Deacon 
    Born 1648  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened Y  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID 4C381E41271B40398AE59F86914F3D398846 
    Died 1712  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4697  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Ensign Thomas (Bunch) BUNCE,   b. 1 Jan 1612, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1683, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   b. Abt 1612, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1693, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 1633  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah BULL,   b. Aft 1646, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1693, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 1669  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah BUNCE,   b. 14 Aug 1670,   d. 1748, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Susannah BUNTS,   b. Abt 1672,   d. 2 Dec 1755  (Age ~ 83 years)
     3. Thomas BUNCE,   b. 25 Feb 1672, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Jonathan BUNCE,   b. 20 Sep 1674, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1717  (Age 42 years)
     5. John BUNCE,   b. 20 Dec 1676, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Joseph BUNCE,   b. 20 Jan 1678, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1750, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     7. Abigail BUNCE,   b. 17 Sep 1681, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1724  (Age 42 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F2351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Often confused with his father.

      Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, CT. 1982, p.
      109-10. Townsman 1679-80-84-89-93-98-1703. Owned a large estate in land
      in Hartford, in Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, etc. Owned cov 2nd Ch 22 Feb
      1670. Thomas Bunce, Jr & wife rec'd 2nd Church March 24, 1677-8.

      Manwaring, II, p. 168-9 Will of Thomas Bunce of Hartford date 25 Apr
      1709.
      "I, Thomas Bunce, do ordain this to be my last will and
      testament: Imprimis: I give to my eldest son Thomas these following
      parcels of land, vizt: My homelot in Hartford on which I now dwell, with
      all the houseing and outhousing thereon, with all the privileges and
      appurtenances thereto belonging. It. My whole lot on Rocky Hill lying
      etween the lands of Mr. Joseph Bull and Mr. Samuel Howard. It. An
      upland lot lying in Wethersfield bounds, about fifteen acres, near unto
      Joseph Skinner's land. It. Half my lot lying in Willcock's lots. It.
      The free use of a drift highway to the said land, already laid out,
      between the land lately belong to Mr. Bidwell and Samuel Benton. It. My
      mowing pasture commonly called Graves's lot, lying between Mr.
      Buckingham's land and Mr. Bull's. It. Those parcels of land on the east
      side of the Great River in Hartford, viz,. the whole of my upland lot.
      It. Half my meadow lot, viz., that half on the north side, it being
      divided from the west to the east.
      It. My whole right in the five-mile purchase. It. Those several
      parcels of land lying in the sourth meadow in Hartford, viz., my lot I
      bought of Mr. Samuel Whiting. It. One acre and half lot lying in the
      swamp, given me by my father. It. A two-acre lot I bought of Goodman
      Cadwell. It. One acre and a half lying in the middle swamp, bought of
      Thomas Andrews. It. My property lot in the West Division uplands, with
      all my interest in the mills, I give to my son Joseph, to him and his
      heirs forever. It. I give to my son Jonathan my home lot in Wethersfield
      with all the houseing and out housing thereon. It. All my uplands and
      meadow land within th the Township of Wethersfield (excepting only that
      lot lying by Joseph Skinner's lands, already given to my son Thomas),
      these I give to my son Jonathan and his heirs forever. It. I give to my
      son Jospeh and his heirs forever the home lot in Hartford that was my
      father's and on which he now dwells, with all the houseing and outhousing
      thereon. It. I give to him the southern half of my meadow lot ont he
      east side of the great River in Hartford. It. To my daughter Susannah,
      besides what I have already given her, I give her 10 shillings. It. To
      my daughter Sarah, L9. It. I give to my duaghter Abigail L10. I do
      appoint my son Thomas sole executor." Witness: Timothy Woodbridge, John
      Bunce. Pvd 3 Sept 1711.

  • Sources 
    1. [S628] Robert Wilkinson.

    2. [S60] ludden1.FTW.