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James Dungan

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Birthplace: Doylestown, Northampton, Bucks , Pennsylvania
Death: February 04, 1782 (67-68)
Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Place of Burial: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Dungan, Jr. and Mary Dungan
Husband of Elizabeth Dungan and Rebecca Dungan
Father of Levi Dungan, Sr.; Massey Fisher; Phoebe Johnson; Sarah Fisher; Capt. Benjamin Dungan and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Dungan "of Warwick"; Mary Barton; Sarah Stephens; John Dungan; Elizabeth Hellings and 3 others

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About James Dungan

James Dungan

  • Birth: Circa 1714 - Northampton, Bucks, Pa.
  • Death: Feb 1782 - Philadelphia Co., Pa.
  • Parents: Thomas Dungan, Mary Drake
  • Wife: Rebecca Wells
  • Wife: Elizabeth( Howell) widow Morgan
  • Children: Sarah Fisher (born Dungan), Levi Dungan, Massey Fisher (born Dungan), Benjamin Dungan, Phoebe Johnson (born Dungan), James Dungan, Ruth Dungan, Jonathan Dungan, John Dungan, Jesse Dungan

He moved from Southampton to Lower Dublin Twp., Phila. Co. on Dec. 18, 1749. In 1780 he was one of the largest tax payers in Lower Dublin.

All his sons were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, or in the militia after the war.

The will of James Dungan dated Feb. 4, 1782, proved Feb. 26, 1782, at Phila., mentions wife Elizabeth and (page 134) children John, Benjamin, Jesse, Jonathan, James, Massey Fisher, Phebe Johnson, Levi, Sarah Fisher; grandchildren Hester Fisher; James son of Jesse Dungan. He makes reference to his former wife and a daughter Ruth, deceased. He left a large sum of money in trust for the Baptist Church at Pennypack.


Sources

  1. Re: JUSTICE'S DUNGAN GENEALOGY LOOKUPS p. 132. "James Dungan, b. ca. 1714, d. 1782. m.1, April 19, 1737, (First Presbyterian Church, Phila.)Rebecca Wells, d. Oct. 17, 1779 (Bible), dau. of Samuel and Julian (Taylor) Wells, of Lower Dublin Twp. m.2. ca. 1780, Elizabeth (Howell) Morgan, b. Feb. 12, 1728, d. July 3, 1797, dau. of Reynold and Mary (George) Howell, of the Welsh Baptist Meeting of Pencarder Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, and widow of Rev. Abel Morgan, whom she married June 4, 1746 (First Baptist Church, Phila.). P. 133: Children all by first wife.".

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James Dungan's Timeline

1714
1714
Doylestown, Northampton, Bucks , Pennsylvania
1740
1740
England
1741
1741
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1741
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1742
1742
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1743
April 27, 1743
Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
1744
January 1, 1744
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
1748
1748
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1753
1753
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States