William Dunning

3. William Dunning (Andrew1), of York, farmer and cordwainer, born about 1700, died at York 13 June 1783.

He married at York, 26 Nov. 1724, Deborah Donnell, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Harmon) of York and granddaughter of Thomas Donnell. Deborah (Donnell) Dunning died in 1771, in the 67th year of her age, "deserving," as her gravestone says, "the best character as a wife, a mother, a neighbor and a Christian, and will be remembered with great affection and esteem by all who knew her."

William Dunning came to Brunswick in 1718, but the attacks of the Indians in 1724 induced him to settle at York.

Children, recorded at York:

• i. Benjamin b. 14 Aug. 1725; d. 27 Oct. 1730.
• ii. Andrew, b. 11 July 1727.
• iii. Mart, b. 11 Jan. 1729; d. young.
• iv. Deborah, b. 9 May 1732; d. 2 Sept. 1820; m. 27 Dec. 1750 Jonathan Farnum.
• v. Mercy, b. 7 Nov. 1734; m. 27 Dec. 1757 John Mitchell of Kittery.
• vi. Benjamin, b. 17 Jan. 1736/7.
• vii. Mary, b. 4 Apr. 1739; m. 18 Dec. 1760 Dummer Sewall.
• viii. James, b. 17 Mar. 1741; d. before 9 July 1775; m. 24 Dec. 1771 Mart Bragdon, dau. of Joseph. She m. (2) 24 Feb. 1778 John Emery. Children: 1. Joseph,* b. 18 Apr. 1773; m. (intention recorded 18 Jan. 1799) Olive Knight. 2. James, b. 6 July 1775. (York records.)
• ix. Jenny, b. 8 June 1743; m. 9 June 1781 Thomas Baker.
• x. William, b. 4 Jan. 1745/6; m. at Portsmouth, N. H., 23 Max. 1773, Jane Seymore, who survived him and m. (2) 1 Feb. 1784 Arthur Briggs.

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• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/u/n/Arnold-Albert-Dunning/WEBSITE-00...
• page 218 of Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America By Charles Knowles Bolton
• page 99 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. "The Dunnings of Maine"