Thomas Dunster

Origins

4. Henry* Dunster {Robert1), born about 1580, was father of President Dunster of Harvard College, and lived at Baleholt, where he died, and was buried Sept. 16, 1646. His will, dated Oct. 6, 1645, probated Dec. 14, 1646, by his daughters Elizabeth and Alice, is on file at the Probate Registry at Chester. His first wife was buried Feb. 7, 1643-4; and he married second, Dec. 4, 1644, Joane Orpe, who was buried Feb. 7, 1643-4.

Children by first wife:

vi. Thomas, bapt. Dec. 8, 1611-12; in the letter of Mar. 20, 1640-1, to President Dunster, it is stated that Thomas "is now a widower for both wife and children are dead since Michaelmas," but there is no mention of him, in the Bury Registers, after his baptism. .

References

• Waters, H. F. (Henry Fitz-Gilbert)., New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England historical and genealogical register. [Boston, etc.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, etc.]. Page 187. Hathitrust