Samuel Gunn I

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We are descended from Samuel through both his daughter Elizabeth and his son Nathaniel.

Samuel Gunn, born 1663, British Colonial, America, died 1 Aug 1755. Married to Elizabeth Brensen (Bronson) Wyatt on 22 Jan 1684/5. Elizabeth was born c 1665 in CT, died 2 Oct 1737 in CT.

Samuel was the only surviving son born to Nathaniel Gunn and Sarah Day, his two brothers; Nathaniel and Jasper both died young. Uncertain of the actual birth dates of the three sons. Samuel was possibly the third child born to Nathaniel and Sarah.

Samuel's father died sometime shortly after Samuel's birth. Sarah later remarried to a Samuel Kellogg on 24 Nov 1664. Sarah was killed by indians during the last attack on Hatfield, MA on 19 Sep 1677.

Samuel was one of the first 40 settlers of Sunderland, MA. He was an original proprietor of Sunderland, one of their first Deacons, Town Clerk and Selectmen.

Samuel was also reported to be actively engaged in the campaigns against the Indians.

Son of Nathaniel Gunn and Sarah Day Gunn. Sarah married, second, Samuel Kellogg on Nov 24,1664 at Springfield, and she was later killed in the raid on Hatfield.

He married Elizabeth Wyatt on Jan 22,1684/5 at Hatfield,MA.

Children: Sarah Gunn Dickinson, Elizabeth Gunn, Elizabeth Gunn Cooley, Nathaniel Gunn, Samuel Gunn Jr, Mary Gunn Hubbard, Abel Gunn, Christian Gunn Hubbard, Editha Gunn Billings, John Gunn, and Sarah Gunn Clary. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43444482

GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Samuel Gunn was born about 1663, in Branford, Hartford county, Connecticut, the son of Nathaniel Gunn and Sarah (Day) Gunn.

On January 22, 1684, in Hatfield, Hampshire county Massachusetts, Samuel Gunn married Elizabeth Wyatt. (image available to view on Familysearch.org <ref> "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LQNF : 13 July 2016), Samll. Gunn and Elizabeth Wyatt, 22 Jan 1684; citing Marriage, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts,United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,648</ref> The location of their marriage is present day Hampden county, MA. In 1714, in the valley of the Connecticut River, the village of Sunderland was laid out in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The “home lots” were drawn by and allotted to thirty-nine signers of the agreement chartering the town, and one lot was drawn for the minister, making the requisite number of forty lots in all. Samuel Gunn drew lot #15on the East side of the village. <ref> <i> History of the Town of Sunderland , Massachusetts … with Geealogies, </i> by John Montague Smith, Press of E.A. Hall & Co., 1899, page 14 </ref> On November 8, 1715, Lieutnant Thomas Hovey, Samuel Gunn and Ebenezer Billing were appointed to “seek after and procure a minister” for the village, and it was voted to build a meeting house [i.e. church] thirty foot wide by forty-five foot long. Samuel served his community in several capacities, becoming the first deacon of the new church andTown Clerk. His son, Nathaniel was the second Town Clerk. <ref> ibid. page 19-20 </ref> In March of 1720, 42 pasture lots were laid out 14 rods wide and 40 rods long, on the east side of the road which passes in the rear of the east home lots (except lots 13-15). 840 acres of land were granted to42 persons, including Samuel Gunn, Jr. <ref> ibid. page 29-30 </ref> In September, 1723 three “forts” were constructed in Sunderland. There is a well founded tradition that the houses of Deacon Samuel Gunn, and the house of his son-in-law, Isaac Hubbard, Jr., which was built just north of Samuel’s house, were made into a fort, and a subterranean passage created between the two houses. On May 6, 1725, the villagers voted to draw up a petition to send to the Governor, requestingsoldiers to guard the town from Indian attacks. <ref> ibid. page 116 </ref> “On the 26th of June, 1748, a party of forty men under the command of Captain Humphrey Hobbs, while on their way from No. 4 to Fort Dummer, were attacked by a superior force of Indians, a desperate fight ensued, and the Indians were finally beaten off. Captain Hobbs lost threemen killed and four wounded. Eli Scott and Samuel Gunn were killed, and Samuel Graves, wounded.” <ref> ibid. page 118-119 </ref>

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Acknowledgments ==* WikiTree profile Gunn-271 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam* WikiTree profile Gunn-437 created through the import of Mellinger Family Tree.ged on Jul 30, 2012 by Mary Kirk*Gunn-1338 was created by Daniel Postellon through the import of Wilson.ged on Sep 19, 2015