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John Dunston

Also Known As: "Dunstan"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: of, Leicestershire , England
Death: before 1653
of, James City, Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of John Dunston and Jone / Joan Dunston (Clayton)
Husband of Cicely Dunston and Alice Londe
Father of Ann Robinson; Ralph Dunston; John Dunston, III and Peleg Dunston
Brother of Edward Dunston; Ann Garrett; Elisabeth Cowley; Thomas Dunston; William Dunston and 3 others

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About John Dunston

Ann Dunston was the 1st wife of John Garrett (c 1609-1680) Their son John Garrett II was born on Jan 10, 1631. His mother Ann possibly died in childbirth.

In 1631 John l came to Virginia as an indentured servant to his brother in law, John Dunston; he returned to England about 1636, where the children by his wife Mary (known as Bible, apparently from her first name being listed in an old Bible ..) were born.

There are records of John Dunston (Ann's brother) obtaining tracts of land in 1636 along the James River, near Jamestown, with the headrights he received for bringing John Garrett & others to Virginia.


  • http://www.garrettfamily.info/family-history/garrett/The-Author's-Garrett-Line-Part-1.pdf
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  • Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul., 1897), pp. 92-101 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242023 page 100
  • "Reddoch Relatives" - 4 - Earlier Generations "d) John Redicke, p 149, Patent book 401, Part I. Thomas Taylor, mariner, 250 Acres in Warwick County, 23 Oct 1643 (Warwick Co later became Isle of Wight). Elizabeth Reddicke (Pedock) came in 1649 to Northampton Go, VA, at Occohonnock Creek, one of six persons brought by Henry Bishop; and in 165O Elizabeth Pedock (Redicke), Peter Dunstan were in the list brought by Stephen Charlton. (These two Elizabeths were likely the same person, some time more than one entry was made). ..."
  • https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMDF-4QD
  • "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JMDF-4QD : accessed 22 March 2015), John Dunston, 06 Nov 1603; citing WORKSOP,NOTTINGHAM,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 459,652.
  • Ancestry.com, Page number: Virginia Immigrants, 1623-66 Records
  • Property: (1 Jun 1636 — Age: 32) James City County, Virginia
  • Residence: (1 Jun 1636 — Age: 32) James City County, Virginia
  • Arrival: (1636 — Age: 33) James City County, Virginia
  • Residence: (20 May 1639 — Age: 35) James City County, Virginia
  • Residence: (1649 — Age: 46) James City County, Virginia
  • Residence: (6 Oct 1661) Chippoakes, Surry County, Virginia
  • Residence: (7 May 1672) Chippoakes, Surry County, Virginia
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John Dunston's Timeline

1600
1600
of, Leicestershire , England
1603
November 6, 1603
Age 3
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
1636
1636
James City, James City County (Surry Co formed 1652 from James City Co.), Virginia
1639
1639
Surry, Surry County, Virginia, United States
1640
1640
Surry County, Virginia, United States
1642
1642
Surry, Surry County, Virginia, United States
1653
1653
Age 53
of, James City, Virginia