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I saved this one for last--this family is SO
interesting.
Had my Grandfather Spence not talked about
his six-foot-eight-inch Confederate guerilla-fighting
great uncle
who had a long gray beard plunging "clear to his
waist",
who "lived back in the sticks",
who was "big, mean,
and
ornery," and who "kept his still back in the woods
and made and sold his own whisky"--
I would never have known anything about him!
I probably would never have traveled this far
with my research!
I was seventeen when my grandfather first told
me the story.
The name
"Bunch"
caught my attention immediately.
I had never heard the name before.
After all--I'm Yankee "born and bred" (if you
classify Iowa as Yankee);
these people were Southern.
Years later, with "Bunch" as my guide, I embarked
upon a study of my Spences.
Guerilla-fighter James Bunch's father was James
Bunch,
who was born in 1794 in Bedford County, Virginia
to James Bunch (b. 1765/70, Bedford County,
VA; d. 29 July 1797, Nelson County, Kentucky) and Ruth Hibbs (b. 1773,
Virginia), daughter of Isaac Hibbs and Elizabeth Roberts.
Guerilla-fighter James Bunch's mother was Elizabeth
Anderson, the sister of William F. Anderson, who appears on the 1850
Census, Bates
County, Missouri just above the James Bunch family.
(Note: There is some question concerning the birthplace of the guerilla-fighter.
Older
census records claim that he was born in Missouri
in 1832; later records claim that he was born in Tennessee in 1832.
The family was en route
from Tennessee to Missouri when James was born.
I suppose that in later years, family members could no longer recall
the side of the
Mississippi River where James was born!
James Bunch (1765/70) (grandfather of the guerilla-fighter)
was the son of Henry Bunch and Ann Calloway (both born 1720 in Louisa
County,
Virginia). Henry Bunch's father was John Bunch
(b. 1690, New Kent, Virginia; d. 14 March 1742, Hanover, Virginia),
and his mother's name was
Rebecca. This John Bunch is the earliest Bunch
that I could find in Virginia at that period of time. However, a search
of his family reveals an
interesting connection. (Warning: this connection
is quite involved).
John Bunch and Rebecca's children were Lucretia,
Rebecca, David Bunch (b. 26 June 1722, Louisa, Virginia; d. 18 April
1776, Louisa, Virginia);
John, William, Henry Bunch (b. 1720, Louisa, Virginia),
James, and Samuel. This David Bunch's wife's first name was Mary. One
of their sons,
Joseph Martin Bunch (b. 15 June 1749, Trinity
Parish, Louisa County, Virginia; d. after 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee),
married Mary
Woodson Anderson (b. 1756/1765, Albemarle County,
Virginia; d. after 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee). She was the daughter
of George
Anderson (b. ca. 1720, New Kent, Virginia; d.
1808, Fluvanna County, Virginia) and Francis Woodson (b. ca. 1730, Henrico,
Virginia; d.
1790,Fluvanna County, Virginia). (The Anderson
name is important here because they later intermarry with the Skillerns).
George Anderson's
father was Mathew Anderson (b. 1695, New Kent
County, Virginia; d. before 1734, New Kent County, Virginia) and his
mother was Elizabeth
Dabney (b. 11 Nov 1698, New Kent County, Virginia;
d. 1725). Matthew Anderson was the son of Robert Anderson (b. 1660,
New Kent, Virginia;
d. 1734) and Mary Elizabeth Overton (b. 28 June
1673, New Kent, Virginia; d. 1735, Virginia). This Robert Anderson was
the son of Robert
Anderson (b. 1640; d. 12 May 1695, Virginia) and
Cecelia Massey (b. ca 1644, New Kent, Virginia). And, Robert Anderson
was the son of
Richard Anderson (b. ca. 1592) and Mary Spencer
(b. 1588, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England; d. 14 July 1658, Tring,
Hertfordshire, England).
Mary Spencer was the daughter of Robert Spencer
of Wormleighton, Warwickshire and Margaret Willoughby of Nottinghamshire--here
we are
back to the cousin connection again--these Bunches
were cousins of the Spencers and the Andersons. Robert Spencer was the
son of John
Spencer of Wormleighton, Warwickshire and Mary
or Margaretta Catlin of Northamptonshire; John Spencer was the son of
John Spencer of
Northamptonshire and Catherine Kitson; this John
Spencer was the son of William Spencer and Susan (Susanna) Knightley;
and William
Spencer was the son of John Spencer of Wormleighton,
Warwickshire, and Isabel Graunt. William Spencer and the first Leonard
Spencer
(progenitor of the Spencer line I have been tracing),
were brothers!
Fast forward down the David Bunch line. David
Bunch and Mary's son, Joseph Martin Bunch and his wife Mary Woodson
Anderson, had a
son named Joseph Anderson Bunch (b. 14 March 1788,
Trinity Parish, Louisa County, Virginia; d. 22 July 1867 Cedar Creek,
Perry County,
Tennessee) who married a cousin, Sally Bunch (b.
about 1792, Grainger County, Tennessee). She was the daughter of Thomas
Bunch and his
wife, Jane, of Louisa County, Virginia, and Thomas
was a son of David Bunch and Mary. Joseph Anderson Bunch and Sally Bunch
had a son
named George D. Bunch, who was b. 12 May 1835,
New Era, Perry County, Tennessee and who died 14 November 1895, Linden,
Perry,
Tennessee. George married Mary Elizabeth Denton
(b. 15 Aug 1838, Perry, Tennessee, d. 12 Mar 1927, Trenton, Gibson,
Tennessee). (I will talk
about the Denton factor later). Their son, George
Thomas Bunch (b. 23 F. 1871, Warfield, Perry, Tennessee; d. 27 June
1908 Pope, Perry County,
Tennessee) married Martha Emily Kelley (b. 31
January 1875, Warfield, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 17 November 1969
Belleville, Yellow Springs
Arkansas.) George and Martha Emily's son, Coy
Oliver Bunch (b. 10 May 1898, New Era, Perry, Tennessee) married Dora
Lee Denton (b. 22 Oct
1894, Perry County Tennessee) and Dora Lee Denton
was the daughter of John William Denton (b. 19 June 1857, Cedar Creek,
Perry, Tennessee;
d. 14 September 1928, Linden, Perry, Tennessee)
and Rebecca Jane Inman (b. 19 July 1855; Cedar Creek, Perry, Tennessee;
d. 3 April 1911,
Wayne County Tennessee), who was the daughter
of Samuel Inman (b. 25 September 1818, Williamson, Tennessee; d. March
1884, Richfield,
Conejos, Colorado) and Naomie Whitson (b. 1819,
Perry County, Tennessee). Samuel Inman was the son of Ezekiel Inman
(b. ca. 1788, Burke
County, North Carolina; d. ca. 1850, Cedar Creek,
Perry County, Tennessee), and Catherine Perkins (b. 1790). Ezekiel Inman
was the son of
Samuel Inman and Rebecca Elizabeth Graham and
the brother of Rebecca Elizabeth Inman, who married Samuel Spence, the
oldest son of Elisha
Spence and Susannah Spencer. (This whole project
is turning into one big happy family!!!)
Louisa County, Virginia is full of Bunch Records.
Abstracts of Louisa County, Virginia Will Books 1743-1801 provides the
following:
W.B. 2, p. 266
Bond of James Bunch
& Samuel Bunch, Exors. of est. of John Bunch. Sec: Nathl. Anderson,
Thos. Johnson Shff. Amt: 500 pds.
Dated & red. 13 Jan.
1777. Signed James Bunch, Saml. Bunch, Mathl. Anderson, Thos. Johnson
Shff.
W.B. 2, p. 272
Will of DAVID BUNCH
of Trinity Parish. Daus: Jane, Mary, Lucreasea & Winney; sons: Jos.,
David; Thos., Nathl. To my wife
Mary O. Bunch land on
which I now live for life. To my son Joseph Bunch 60 acres whereon I
formerly lived on both sides of
Hudsons creek & adj.
Chas. Mooreman, James Bunch, James Watson & Pouncey Bunch. To my
son David 50 acres on north
side of creek called
Sycmore fork adj. Travelers Road. To my son Anthony Bunch 55 acres on
north side Sycamore Fork. To my
son Thomas Bunch 71 acres
on Camp Creek. To my son Nathl. bunch 71 acres on south side of Sycamore
Fork. To my son Paul
Bunch 74 acres on which
my Mansion House stands on Camp Creek. Joseph is the only one that can
legacy until after death of
wife. Exors: wife Mary
Bunch, Joseph bunch. Dated 3 Jan. 1776. Signed: David Bunch. Wit: Saml.
Richardson, Nathl. Anderson,
Forrest Greed. Red. 14
Oct. 1776.
WB 2, p. 275
Bond of Mary Bunch &
Jos. Bunch, Exors. of est. of DAVID BUNCH. Sec. Capt. Thomas Johnson,
Thos. Jones. Amt.: 1000 pds.
Dated & red. 14 Oct.
1776. Signed: Mary (X) Bunch, Joseph Bunch, Thos. Johnson, Minr., Thos.
Jones. Wit: The Court.
WB 2, p. 278
Appraisement of est.
of JOHN BUNCH. Amt: 27 pds. 10-10. Dated 12 Apl. 1777. Signed James
Watson, Saml. Richardson, William
Thomson. Red. 15 Apl.
1777.
The following account pertains to two Virginia
Bunch brothers, James and John Bunch,
and it took place during the Revolutionary War.
It is
taken from Unsettled Settlements:
James Kincaid, son of
John Kincaid, who lived across Clinch River from St. Paul, Virginia
and who, in the year 1779, moved with
his father to Kentucky,
and later settled in Missouri, tells of this incident in his Revolutionary
War pension statement filed in
Lafayette County, Missouri
in 1833. Source: RW Pension Statement of James Kincaid, son of John
Kincaid, Lafayette County,
MO, 1833:
"I entered the service
of the United States under Captain John Dunkin. At this time my father
lived in a settlement called Castle's
Woods on Clinch River
about 25 miles north of Abingdon, Virginia, a frontier fort. Powell
Valley had been settled, but the settlers
had been run off by the
Indians. A good many of them could not bring their plunder with them,
but had hid it. John Dunkin was
ordered out with a company
of militia to guard the people who had left their property behind them,
to collect it together and bring
it into the settlements.
I was one of Dunkin's company. At this time Captain Joseph Martin was
stationed at Rye Cove Fort on
Clinch River in order
to guard the frontiers of Virginia. He (Martin) kept two spys [sic],
who were brothers, to wit: John and James
Bunch.
When we got into the
valley we met with these spys. Then they returned with us down to what
was called Martin's Station in
said valley, but we found
no one there--they had all fled. One of the settlers that was with us,
who had fled from the valley by the
name of Davis. Before
the people fled he had lived at Owen's Station, ten miles below Martin's
Station. We took up at Martin's
Station. Sometime after,
Davis petitioned Dunkin for a few men to go down to Owen's Station with
him to collect his plunder. Five
men was granted him,
one of whom was James Bunch. They went to the Station and collected
the plunder accordingly, as I
understood, and returning
back to the camp the Indians waylaid the path and fired upon them and
wounded Bunch, and killed a
man by the name of (Robert)
Bowman at the place, and wounded another by the name of Johnson, so
Bunch related, for he
returned with him (Johnson)
a piece, but he never got in. Three of them got in that night, two of
whom was Bunch and Davis.
The next day Dunkin
went down with all his force, save a few left to guard the wounded.
This affiant was one that went down.
We went to the place
and there found Bowman dead. Davis took us to a tree where he said and
[sic] Indian stood whom he shot
at. We went to the place
and found a great deal of blood. We then took his trail and followed
them, but not a great ways, as it
appeared they had scattered.
We returned back and buried the dead, thence to camp (at Martin's Station).
This circumstance
broke up the expedition.
Bunch grew very sick
and we had to take him to his company at the Rye Cove. we were then
all dismissed and returned home. As
well as I can recollect,
this took place in 1776. I do not recollect the particular month, except
that it was in warm weather" (pp.
43-44)
(to be continued)
Spe
Thus far, from our own research and tracking contributions
from postings, the 1st American born Bunch on record is John
Bunch, Born ca. 1630, New Kent Va.
As Victor Bunch posted this week: "Stay Bunch
Proud".
Bunch.org was founded for celebration of the Bunch
name, but went on-line before we finalized how it would be extended
across the clan, including Bunch addresses for
genuine Bunches.
: We're currently working on integration of the
family tree segment, to encompass all Bunches without cluttering it
up beyond
more than one generation of non-Bunches, something
that will require password protection.
: The name Bunch originated in Yorkshire England.
The path of settlement was in the Jamestown Virginia
area, very early
1600's,
then westward along the peninsula into Southern
Virginia,
South into the Carolinas and West through the
Cumberland
Gap (late 1790s) into Kentucky and Tennessee.
From there, they spread westward, many by riding freight trains as hobos.
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Notes for WILLIAM CHAPEL BUNCH:
#3389 Vol. 3 of Family Tree Maker shows the
following:
William Chapel Bunch/ B June 10,
1875
D May 16, 1925
M Gertrude Linda Alsbroke/B 1874
D January 11, 1955
Children
William Harvey B 1900
Carlton Britt B May
1901
Beula Lucy
John Franklin
Virginia Irene B 1907
Ollie Lee
B February 1910
Claude Swansen B 1912
Annie Gertrude
Hilda Warren
Other records show William Chapel Bunch death
as March 16, 1925
Notes for CARLTON BRITT BUNCH:
#3389 Vol. 3
Shows Birth as May 1901
More About CARLTON BRITT BUNCH: Occupation:
Laborer at Furtilizer Factory, shipyard worker
 He
was known as Uncle Jerry to all the children.
More
About RUBY BELLEMY: Social Security Number:241-11-5523.
Notes
for JONNIE CLARK BUNCH: Other records show date of death as 1981. Name
spelled Johnnie. Known as Two-momas to all of her grandchildren. More
About JONNIE CLARK BUNCH: Burial: Riverside Memorial Park Occupation:
Homemaker Religion: Southern Baptist Residence: 1128 Seaboard Avenue
Chesapeake, VA SS# 226-92-8511
Social
Security Number: 225-22-6360
More
About LOUIE ELIZABETH DUNNING: Burial: Norfolk, VA Cause of Death: Blocked
bowels
Notes
for IRVIN WATSON DUNNING: Known as Uncle Babe to all of his nieces and
nephews Resided at 1128 Seaboard Avenue, Chesapeake, VA More About IRVIN
WATSON DUNNING: Burial: April 23, 1991, Norfolk, VA Social Security
Number: 231-07-1383.
More
About WILLIAM HARVEY BUNCH: Cause of Death: Heart attack Occupation:
Machinist
Notes for OLIVE LEE BUNCH:
#3389 Vol. 3 Family Tree Maker
Shows death January 13, 1989
More About EDWIN ALFRED DRAISEY:
Comment 2: SSN/104-22-9981
More About MAURY GARNER:
Cause of Death: Suicide
More About LESLIE TOD LARKIN:
Cause of Death:
Medical Information: RH - / 0--- Born 4-28-60
at 12:45AM
More About DENNIS EUGENE CAIRNS:
Residence: 1000 Barnes Lake Rd., Hutchinson,
KS 67501
Telephone: 316-662-7757
More About JANA LYNNE JAMES:
Event 1: May 17, 1987, Graduated from Buehler
High School
More About BETTY JO ???:
Cause of Death: Killed
More About BRITTANY LEIGH LARKIN:
Medical Information: At birth weight 7lbs.
4 oz.
Calvin Zedd (b. abt. 1913) is the brother of
Bennie Zedd.
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