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About George Bunker, of Charlestown
This George Bunker is not to be confused with the George Bunker of Topsfield, who married Jane Godfrey and whose children lived at Nantucket.
George Bunker settled at Charlestown, MA, prior to 10 January 1633. He was a wealthy emigrant, and the largest owner of land in the area, including a lot on the summit of Bunker Hill, which is named for him. In 1663 he sold 238 acres to the town of Woburn. George Bunker was also a benefactor of Harvard College, to whom he gave eight acres of land in 1646. There is some presumptive evidence that he was from Bedfordshire, England.
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From http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/bunker/george.html
Bunker Hill was the site of the first of the famous battles of the Revolutionary War. No history of the Bunker family would be complete without mention of this battle, which occurred on June 17, 1775. This battle was a great significance to the American colonists but also recorded the Bunker name for posterity all over the eastern part of the country.
To the best of our current knowledge, no Bunker took part in the battle on either side, but there were no formal American regiments and no rosters of soldiers, only scattered records pieced together from individual sources. In any event, George Bunker (of Topsfield's) first cousin, this George Bunker5 (George4, Oliver3, William2, Roger1) gave the hill its name, as he and his descendants owned its land many years before the battle. "The land assigned to George Bunker extended from Main Street in the south, over the hill back of it to the north to Mystic River. One lost (pasture land) ran over the summit of Bunker Hill, and hence this name, given by early and common consent to two connected ridges of elevated ground in the peninsula."
George and his descendants had left Charlestown several years before the battle. The American colonists originally expected to fortify Bunker Hill and actually started work, when it was decided to move forward and down to Breed's Hill. There were 11 English light infantry companies in the attacking army. During the battle the city of Charlestown was destroyed by cannon fire from British war ships supporting their troops.
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George Bunker, of Charlestown's Timeline
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Bengeo,,Hertfordshire,England
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July 3, 1625
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Odell, Bedford, England
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April 15, 1627
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Odell, Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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December 19, 1628
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Odell, Bedford, England
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1630
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Odell, Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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April 15, 1632
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Odell, Bedford, England
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July 20, 1635
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Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
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April 8, 1638
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Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
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1664
Age 64
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Malden,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
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