John PUNCH

1610 -

• Name	John PUNCH  [1]
  Birth	1610	Cameroon, Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	GQS6-NPY
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQS6-NPY
  _UID	4339AA923FD74A6AAA2F913BDEDEC1933759
  Death	York, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I594766059	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. John BUNCH, I,   b. 1 Jul 1637, New Kent, Virginia d. 1 Jul 1700, New kent, New Kent Virgina (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F536728596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2022

  
  

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• Notes

  This family is very well documented. A team of accredited genealogists researched this family when Barack Obama became president. On 9 July, 1640, John Punch, African slave owned by Hugh Gwyn was given a lifetime indenture in punishment for running away to Maryland with two white slaves. The white slaves were only given whippings and one extra year of servitude. Transcript of document "Whereas Hugh Gwyn hath by order from this Board Brought back from Maryland three servants formerly run away from the said Gwyn, the court doth therefore order that the said three servants shall receive the punishment of whipping and to have thirty stripes apiece one called Victor, a dutchman [sic], the other a Scotchman called James Gregory, shall first serve out their times with their master according to their Indentures, and one whole year apiece after the time of their service is Expired ... the third being a negro named John Punch shall serve his Cameroon; French: Cameroun, Fula: Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for John Bunch, person ID GZWJ-97X. (Reliability: 3).