George Dunn

"George, youngest son of John Dunn, was born about 1720. He settled in Oakham, Worcester county, Mass. He served in the old French war in 1745; was taken prisoner, sent to France, there exchanged and returned to Quebec. He finally reached home after an absence of seven years to find that his young wife had been dead for five years. He was also a soldier in the revolution from Oakham in Captain Seth Washburn's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment. He died before 1778, but we find no record of the settlement of his estate or of his death. He married (second) Rachel _____, whose name we find on a deed of land at Oakham from George Dunn to Jabez Warren, of Middleborough, dated July 19, 1770. George Dunn bought his palce at Oakham, eighty acres and ninety rods, of Alexander Bothwell, of Rutland West parish (Oakham) by deed dated June 11, 1762. The names of his children are to be found in the Worcester probate records. The minor children had John Blair appointed their guardian, April 4, 1778, just after the death of the older brother William, whose property they inherited. In two deed the chldren of George, as heirs of William, transfer their rights in his estate. Alexander and George Dunn, of Cammelsburgh, New York, Matew and Rachel (Dunn) Clark and Lemuel and Agnes (Dunn) Eliot, of Leyden, Mass.; James Dunn, of New Braintree, deed their interests, Jan. 14, 1793, to Jonathan and Jane (Dunn) Forbes, of Oakham. The others, Joseph and Joel Dunn, of Oakham, and John Dunn, of Cornish, N.H., deed also to Forbes, Feb. 24, 1792. The names connected with all these transactions indicate that many of the friends and relatives of Dunn were Scotch-Irish.

Children of George Dunn

1. William, died 1777-78; soldier in the revolution in Captain Simeon Hazeltine's company, Colonel John Fellow's regiment, in 1775; in the Continental army in 1777; and for three years enlisted in Captain Goodall's company, Colonel Putnam; said to have been killed at Saratoga in 1777. The family records tell us that the father {ed. George} died on the field of battle at White Plains or was taken prisoner and starved to death in one of the British prison ships in New York.
Children of second wife: 2. Alexander, born Sept. 19, 1761, at Oakham; soldier in the Continental army, aged eighteen, height five feet seven inches, of ruddy complexion, 1780; lived at New Braintree and at Cammelsburgh, New York. 3. Rachel, born March 14, 1763, at Oakham; married Mathew Clark of Leyden. 4. George, settled at Cammelsburgh before 1793. 5. James, born 1767; settled at New Braintree, then at Bakersfield, Vermont, bout 1795. 6. Jane, married Jonathan Forbes. 7. Joel. 8. John, mentioned below. 9. Joseph, married (intention at Oakham, Oct. 12, 1792). 10. Agnes, married Lemuel Eliot, of Leyden. "

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