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Samuel Duncan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably England
Death: March 24, 1680 (60)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Duncan; Samuel Duncan; Elizabeth Baskerville Duncan and Deliverance
Husband of Mary Duncan
Father of Hannah Scott; John Duncan, Sr; Samuel Duncan, II; Jabez Duncan and Thomas Duncan
Brother of Nathaniel Duncan; Peter Duncan, I and Ann Gudylouch

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Samuel Dunkin (abt. 1619 - aft. 1681)

Samuel Dunkin

Born about 1619 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Mary Unknown — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of John Dunkin, Hannah (Duncan) Scott and Sarah (Dunkin) Lyon

Died after 24 Mar 1681 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Samuel Dunkin migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Join: Puritan Great

No information has been located regarding Samuel origin or parentage. This includes that reliable sources do not show his parents as Nathaniel Dunkin and Elizabeth Baskerville Jourdain.

Robert Charles Anderson, et al. (2001) did not report a daughter "Sarah Dunkin" who married William Lyon (1652-1714). An earlier genealogy (1905) reported that William Lyon's wife was "perhaps" Samuel's daughter.[1]

Biography

Samuel was born "say 1619" (assumes his indenture with Comfort Starr began at his immigration, ending when Samuel was 21).[2]

Immigration

Samuel Dunkin migrated in 1635 on the Hercules.[3]

At Massachusetts Bay

Samuel originally settling in Boston; he removed to Roxbury by 1672.[4]

""On 14 Mar1672/3, John Griggs of Roxbury, sold to "Samuell Dunkin Sr. of Muddy River" three acres and three score rods in the common field in Boston beyond Muddy River. In 1672 Samuel was among those that contributed to fund to build the new meetinghouse in Roxbury.

"In the 1674 Muddy River tax rate, 'Samuel Duncan' was 'poor and abated two shillings,' having been taxed a minimal 3s in the town rate and 3s in the Country rate."[5]

Samuel died after 24 March 1680/1.[6] See Research Notes.

Family

Samuel's wife was Mary ______;[7] their children,[8]

Samuel Dunkin, born say 1645. John Dunkin, say 1647. [9] Hannah Dunkin,[10] born Boston, 28 April 1651.[11] jabez Dunkin, born Boston, 24 February 1654/5.[12] Thomas Dunkin, born Boston, 15 January 1655[/6?].[13] Research Notes

Great Migration Directory. Dunkin, Samuel: Unknown; 1635 on Hercules; Newbury, Boston, Roxbury [NeTR 24; GM 2:2:369-71].

Death. Robert Charles Anderson, et al. (2001), writes, "The death at Roxbury 19 November 1693 of a Samuel Dunkin would appear to have been Samuel Dunkin the son, not the immigrant."

From ... a New Cyclopedia. The following is posted on Duncan-6386 "American Biography, a New Cyclopedia" (spine title: "Encyclopedia of American Biography") Old Series, pub. by American Historical Society (FHL book 973 D36e; index on FHL film 1,425,550) Vol.25, 1926, p.139: (The Duncan Line) contains information about the descendants of Samuel Duncan (Dunkin), of England, was in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1638. He removed to Boston [Suffolk Co.] about 1650; his children, probable and partial list, include son Samuel who died Nov. 19, 1693, at Roxbury, wife Deliverance; son John who was granted land in Billerica 1670 and married in 1675 to Joanna Jefts; dau. Hannah born in Boston April 28, 1651, mar. John Scott; son Jabesh, born in Boston, February 24, 1654, and served in King Philip's War, April, 1676; and son Thomas, born in Boston, January 15, 1656.

Sources

↑ Albert Brown Lyon, Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon ... (1905); 32 (William Lyon); digital images, GoogleBooks. ↑ Citing "NEHGR 75:220," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; "On 21 Marchc 1634/5, 'Sam[ue]l Dunkin.' was one of the three servants of Comfort Starr of Ashford, Kent, was enrolled at Sandwich for passage to New England ..." ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "Boston Tax 56," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "RTR 120-121," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing BVR 33," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Or 1645-1650, see History of Worcester and its people by Charles Nutt, 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts. https://archive.org/details/historyofworcest01nutt/page/100/mode/2up ↑ Scott genealogy : [descendants of John Scott of Roxbury, Mary Lovering Holman, 1919, Boston, Massachusetts, pg 137-138, Https://ia800308.us.archive.org/23/items/scottgenealogyde00holm/scottgenealogyde00holm.pdf ↑ Citing "BVR 33," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "BVR 47," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "BVR 51," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Acknowledgments

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Samuel Dunkin (abt. 1619 - aft. 1681)

Samuel Dunkin

Born about 1619 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Mary Unknown — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of John Dunkin, Hannah (Duncan) Scott and Sarah (Dunkin) Lyon

Died after 24 Mar 1681 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Samuel Dunkin migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Disputed Associations

No information has been located regarding Samuel origin or parentage. This includes that reliable sources do not show his parents as Nathaniel Dunkin and Elizabeth Baskerville Jourdain.

Robert Charles Anderson, et al. (2001) did not report a daughter "Sarah Dunkin" who married William Lyon (1652-1714). An earlier genealogy (1905) reported that William Lyon's wife was "perhaps" Samuel's daughter.[1]

Biography

Samuel was born "say 1619" (assumes his indenture with Comfort Starr began at his immigration, ending when Samuel was 21).[2]

Immigration

Samuel Dunkin migrated in 1635 on the Hercules.[3]

At Massachusetts Bay

Samuel originally settling in Boston; he removed to Roxbury by 1672.[4]

""On 14 Mar1672/3, John Griggs of Roxbury, sold to "Samuell Dunkin Sr. of Muddy River" three acres and three score rods in the common field in Boston beyond Muddy River. In 1672 Samuel was among those that contributed to fund to build the new meetinghouse in Roxbury.

"In the 1674 Muddy River tax rate, 'Samuel Duncan' was 'poor and abated two shillings,' having been taxed a minimal 3s in the town rate and 3s in the Country rate."[5]

Samuel died after 24 March 1680/1.[6] See Research Notes.

Family

Samuel's wife was Mary ______;[7] their children,[8]

Samuel Dunkin, born say 1645. John Dunkin, say 1647. [9] Hannah Dunkin,[10] born Boston, 28 April 1651.[11] jabez Dunkin, born Boston, 24 February 1654/5.[12] Thomas Dunkin, born Boston, 15 January 1655[/6?].[13] Research Notes

Great Migration Directory. Dunkin, Samuel: Unknown; 1635 on Hercules; Newbury, Boston, Roxbury [NeTR 24; GM 2:2:369-71].

Death. Robert Charles Anderson, et al. (2001), writes, "The death at Roxbury 19 November 1693 of a Samuel Dunkin would appear to have been Samuel Dunkin the son, not the immigrant."

From ... a New Cyclopedia. The following is posted on Duncan-6386 "American Biography, a New Cyclopedia" (spine title: "Encyclopedia of American Biography") Old Series, pub. by American Historical Society (FHL book 973 D36e; index on FHL film 1,425,550) Vol.25, 1926, p.139: (The Duncan Line) contains information about the descendants of Samuel Duncan (Dunkin), of England, was in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1638. He removed to Boston [Suffolk Co.] about 1650; his children, probable and partial list, include son Samuel who died Nov. 19, 1693, at Roxbury, wife Deliverance; son John who was granted land in Billerica 1670 and married in 1675 to Joanna Jefts; dau. Hannah born in Boston April 28, 1651, mar. John Scott; son Jabesh, born in Boston, February 24, 1654, and served in King Philip's War, April, 1676; and son Thomas, born in Boston, January 15, 1656.

Sources

↑ Albert Brown Lyon, Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon ... (1905); 32 (William Lyon); digital images, GoogleBooks. ↑ Citing "NEHGR 75:220," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; "On 21 Marchc 1634/5, 'Sam[ue]l Dunkin.' was one of the three servants of Comfort Starr of Ashford, Kent, was enrolled at Sandwich for passage to New England ..." ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "Boston Tax 56," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "RTR 120-121," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing BVR 33," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Or 1645-1650, see History of Worcester and its people by Charles Nutt, 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts. https://archive.org/details/historyofworcest01nutt/page/100/mode/2up ↑ Scott genealogy : [descendants of John Scott of Roxbury, Mary Lovering Holman, 1919, Boston, Massachusetts, pg 137-138, Https://ia800308.us.archive.org/23/items/scottgenealogyde00holm/scottgenealogyde00holm.pdf ↑ Citing "BVR 33," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "BVR 47," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. ↑ Citing "BVR 51," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (2001), 369-371 (Samuel Dunkin), in particular, 370; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gary Teel for creating WikiTree profile Dunkin-325 through the import of Teel.ged on Apr 17, 2013.

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Samuel Duncan's Timeline

1619
April 1619
Probably England
1651
April 28, 1651
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1659
March 28, 1659
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1680
March 24, 1680
Age 60
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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