Genealogical Notes on the
Dunnings in America
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RICHARD DUNNING4,(John3, Benj2, Theop1), b. 1710, bapt. Oct. 4,
1713, with twin bro. John; m. in Wilton, Aug. 8, 1733 Abigail Betts;
he lived in Wilton and left an estate valued at �2000, letters of
administration taken out June 29, 1797; in his will of 1797, he willed to
heirs of his sons, Elias and Thaddeus, children of his dau. Abigail,
and to a wife Deborah (perhaps 2nd wife); he d. 1797 and left issue as
follows:
1. Elias. Capt. in the 5th Co., of the 13th Conn. Militia in the Revolution;
he, is buried in Woodbury and the town records contain his will; he d.
before his father, Richard, the latter heiring to his children:
i. Elias.
ii. Edmond.
iii. Leman, Capt. in the War of 1812; lived in New Haven,
Conn.; on a voyage from Maine he was taken sick and
died of cholera in Portland, Me.; his wife was Mary
Osborn of Southey, Conn.; issue as follows:
a. (Rev.) Edward Osborn, m. Catherine (adopted dau. of
John Adams).
b. Antoinette, m. Hon. James Donaghe (of Virginia and
later collector of the Port of New Haven and a State
Senator).
iv. Sheldon.
v. Sally, m. Feb. 1, 1787 Clapp Raymond.
vi. Rebecca, m. Nov. 23, 1769 Peter Adams.
vii. Polly.
2. Thaddeus, m. Mar. 19, 1778 Susannah Betts; had a dau. as follows:
i. Elizabeth (mentioned in grandfather Richard's will, 1797).
3. Abigail, m. Dec. 11, 1755 Asahel Raymond; died before 1797; issue as
follows:
i. Asahel (Raymond).
ii. Zadock (Raymond).
iii. Naamah (Raymond).
iv. Abigail (Raymond).
SAMUEL DUNNING4 (John3, Benj2, Theop1), b. 1712. (Note.-- Nothing
definite is known of this Samuel, b. 1712, beyond his birth date.
However, the presumptive evidence is so strong that he left the following
descendants that they are here inserted as a temporary classification):
1. Samuel Dunning, b. Dec. 15, 1753; m. Jan. 21, 1776 Dezier Bradley (b.
June 19, 1760; d. June 6, 1839); m. (2) Abel Pulling, (who d.
Oct. 14, 1842, in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y.); Samuel d.
before Apr. 9, 1791, and left issue as follows:
i. Levi, b. June 23, 1777; m. July 25, 1797 Betsy_____ (d. Jan.
_____); between Apr, 9-15, 1791, Levi chose Nathan
Dunning of Brookfield as his guardian; d. Feb. 2, 1813;
issue as follows:
a. Samuel, b. Sept. 17, 1805.
ii. Lemon, b. Sep. 3, 1781; m. Oct. 1, 1807 Polly M. Goodrich
(b. Apr. 22, 1788; d. Dec. 30, 1853); moved to Galway,
Saratoga Co., N. Y., early in life; thence to Bluff
Point, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1816; d. Nov. 3, 1853; issue
as follows:
a. Nancy Maria, b. Aug. 24, 1808; d. Feb. 27, 1914,
b. Alanson S., b. July 1, 1810; d. June 10, 1890.
c. Clarissa, b. Mar. 11. 1812; d. Nov. 11, 1877.
d. Leman Osander, b. Apr. 14, 1814; d. Apr. 25, 1888.
e. Levi Oliver, b. June 19, 1816; d. June 7, 1904.
f. Allen Goodrich, b. June 13, 1818; d. May 7, 1868.
g. Desire, b. Nov. 13, 1821; d. Sep. 1900.
h. Sarah E., b. Dec. 7, 1824; d. Aug. 19, 1892.
i. Bradley P., b. Dec. 14, 1827; d. Aug. 16, 1851.
j. Mary Harriet, b. June 24, 1832; d. June 7, 1854.
iii. Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1784; d. Feb. 5, 1785.
iv. Abigail B., b. Nov. 9, 1788; d. July 26, 1796.
v. Alanson, b. Dec. 31, 1790; d. June 7, 1793.
MATTHEW W DUNNING4 (John3, Benj2, Theop1), b. 1714; m. in Wilton,
Dec. 9, 1742 Abigail Patchen (d. 1790, ae. 70); called "Deacon
Matthew". in 1791 he, with 14 others, petitioned Williamstown, Mass.,
for a Baptist church; his estate was probated in 1807; in his will he
mentions a wife, Mary (probably his 2d wife), and a son Matthew;
monuments in S. Williamstown, Mass., opposite a church, formerly
a Baptist church; issue as follows:
1. Matthew, was in expedition against Crown Point and Ticonderoga in
1775; later was at Battle of Bennington, 1777, and marched
on alarm at Saratoga in 1781; he made a deed after 1832;
issue as follows:
i. Matthew L., b. 1784; d. Apr. 10, 1832, ae. 48; buried at S.
Williamstown, Mass.
DAVID DUNNING4 (John3, Benj2, Theop1), b. Apr. 13, 1722; m. Feb.
18, 1746 in Wilton. Conn., Hannah Mead (b. May 17, 1731; d. Apr. 15,
1820); d. Apr. 10, 1777; estate distributed Nov. 20, 1780; issue as
follows:
1. Stephen, b. Mar. 18, 1747; d. Dec. 18, 1752.
2. David, b. June 28, 1749; d. July 2, 1749.
3. Anna, b. Nov. 25, 1750; d. Jan 27, 1801.
4. David. b. July 9, 1753; m. (1) 1775 Mary Sterling; m. (2) Sep. 20, 1820,
Hannah Hyatt; children by first wife; issue as follows:
i. Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1775; d. Oct. 4, 1776.
ii. Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1777 d. Feb. 4, 1859.
iii. David, b. July 7, 1780; d. May 19, 1813.
iv. John b. Aug. 30, 1782; m. Sep. 6, 1810 Lydia Jessup; d. Mar. 16.
1872; issue as follows:
a. Mary Ann.
b. Richard.
c. William Jessup, b. ___; m. Pauline _____; had 4 children,
Lydia A. (1839-1905); Mary E. (Sayre) d. 1913;
Charles Jessup, d. 1872; William.
v. Richard, b, Aug. 30, 1782 (twin of John); d. July 11, 1861.
vi. James, b. Aug. 7, 1784; d. Feb. 5, 1827.
vii. Anna, b. Sep. 23, 1788; d. Feb. 8, 1860.
viii. Polly, b. June 6, 1794; d. Oct. 26, 1868.
5. Stephen, b. Aug. 19, 1755; d. Nov. 26, 1760.
6. Josiah, b. July 11, 1758; d. Mar. 6. 1777.
7. Phebe, b. Mar, 8, 1761; d. Mar. 30, 1846.
8. Moses, b. June 15, 1763; m. Sarah______ (d. Aug. 19, 1816, ae. 49); d.
Mar. 13, 1819, ae. 56; lived in Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,
and is buried in "Dunning Street" cemetery with his
uncle, Michael.
9. Aaron, b. Dec. 22, 1765; d. Feb. 2, 1834.
10. Daniel, b. Jan. 20, 1768; d. June 10, 1802.
11. Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1770; d. Apr. 7, 1805.
12. James, b. Dec. 28, 1771; d. Apr. 7, 1778.
MICHAEL DUNNING4 (John3, Benj2, Theop1), b. 1726 Newtown, Conn.;
m. (1) Mar. 6, 1745 Hannah Green (b. 1723; d. Jan. 9, 1775); m. (2) after
1776, widow, Hannah (Morehouse) Rowland of Fairfield Co., Conn.
(b. 1740; d. Apr. 29, 1813); moved from Fairfield Co., Ct., about 1770,
with 6 sons, to Saratoga Co., N. Y., settled first at Stillwater on the
Hudson river, later founded the hamlet "Dunning Street" in Malta,
N. Y., where there is today a large Presbyterian church and a cemetery
containing graves of 37 Dunnings; d. Nov. 29, 1813, ae. 87; buried in
"Dunning Street" cemetery; issue as follows;
1. Jesse, b. between 1745-50, Fairfield Co., Conn.; moved to Dutchess
Co., N. Y.; had 3 sons and 3 daughters:
i. Jesse, of Stillwater, N. Y.; said to have moved on the old
home farm at Northeast, Dutchess Co., N. Y., when
it was vacated in the late '40s by his brother, Samuel,
who moved about that time to Lyons, N. Y.
ii. Thomas Hill, of Rochester, N. Y.; had at least one son as
follows:
a. Benson, lived and died at Rochester, N. y.
iii. Samuel, b. Apr. 27, 1789, Northeast, Dutchess Co., N. Y.;
m. Phebe Hughson; d. Dec. 30, 1876, Lyons, N. Y.;
had issue as follows:
a. Heman R., b. Dec. 1, 1809; d. Oct. 1, 1843.
b. Mary Ann, b. June 7, 1811; d. July 12, 1878.
c. Laura Ett, b. Apr. 11, 1814; d. Feb. 1882.
d. Horace H., b. June 17, 1816; d. July 1, 1876.
e. Nancy M., b, Apr. 6, 1818; d. May, 1882.
f. Norman O., b. Mar. 20, 1820;, d. Oct., 1842.
g. George W., b. Jan. 16, 1822; d. May 29, 1902.
h. William A., b. July 31, 1828; d. Mar. 2, 1914.
i. Julia A., b. July 31, 1828 (twin of William); d. Apr. 10,
1906.
j. Edwin P., b. Sep. 30, 1831; d. May 1904.
2. Michael, b. May 20, 1750, Norwalk, Conn.; moved to Saratoga Co., N.
Y., about 177O; enlisted, 1777, in Capt. McCuen's Co., of
Seth Warner's Regt., and commissioned 1st Lieut.; captured
by British, 1779, and exchanged June, 1782; promoted Capt.,
Nov. 12, 1779; engaged in battles of Bennington and Hubbardtown;
m. in Stillwater, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1784 Hannah Gregory (b. Jan. 29,
1764; d. Dec. 10, 1840); Capt. Michael placed on the pension rolls,
Mar. 25, 1835; d. Sep. 28, 1837 at Enfield, Tompkins (now Schuyler)
Co., N. Y.; issue as follows:
i. Tirzah, b. Oct. 23, 1785; d. March 29, 1820.
ii. Terah, b. Mar. 31, 1787; d. June 17, 1789.
iii. Harriet, b. Aug. 19, 1789; d. 1833.
iv. Mahala, b. Mar. 10, 1791; d. Aug. 23, 1843.
v. Beulah, b. Jan. 6, 1795; d.____, Ottawa, N. Y.
vi. Mariah, b. Apr. 4. 1797; d. Jan. 11, 1873.
vii. Michael, b. Nov. 28, 1798; d. Feb. 17, 1861, in Wisconsin.
viii. Urbane, b. Mar. 2, 1801; m. (1) Sep. 16, 1828 Eliza Egan (d.
Nov. 5, 1852); m. (2) Mar. 8, 1856 Mrs. Arelda Gilbert
Johnson; d. Dec. 1, 1867, Utica, N. Y; issue as follows:
a. (Rev) Charles Urbane, b. July 31, 1829; m. Nov. 25, 1858
Harriet F. Batchelder (1840-1914); d. July 8, 1905.
b. Ann Eliza, b. 1832,
c. John Egan, b. 1835,
d. William Daniel, b. 1837,____
e. Catherine Nellie, b. 1838,
f. Edward Strong, b. 1841,
g. Thomas,s Goodsell, b. 1843,
ix. Alvah Gregory, b. July 5, 1805; d. 1895
x. Samuel Sheldon, b. May 10, 1808; d. 1883.
3. William, b. Apr. 10, 1754; m. Sarah ______(1756-1829); d. Nov. 19, 1837;
lived at Malta, N. Y.; issue as follows:
i. Hannah, b. July 19, 1778; d. Feb. 6, 1812.
ii. William (Capt. Wm.), b. Aug. 2, 1780; drowned May 30, 1812.
iii. Comfort, b. Feb. 23, 1783; d. April 15, 1848.
iv. Tamezon, b. May 28, 1786; d. Jan. 3, 1809.
v. Edward, b. Mar. 23, 1788; d. Feb. 27, 1861.
vi. Zadock, b. Sep. 1, 1790; m. about 1813 Polly Collimer (1793-
1873); d. Oct. 27, 1857; issue as follows:
a. Joel Richard, b. July 4, 1815; d. Mar. 24, 1907.
b. Barker, b. Mar. 29, 1817.
c. Sarah O., b. Mar. 4, 1820.
d. Tamezon, b. Jan. l. 1822.
e. Permelia, b. Nov. 19, 1826.
f. Emily, b. Oct, 20, 1828.
g. Orcelia, b. Dec. 5, 1830.
h. John, b. Dec, 25. 1833,_____, address, Ballston, Lake, N.
Y., R. F. D. No. 2.
i. Nancy, b. Nov. 3, 1838,_____, address, Mrs. Warren Arnald,
Waterloo, N. Y.
j. Cyrena, died young.
vii. Isaac, b. Sep. 1792; d. Mar. 28, 1822.
viii. Eli, b. Nov. 26, 1794; d. Jan. 27, 1869.
ix. Dollie. b. Mar. 5, 1797.
x. Orsmyon, b. Apr. 4, 1799.
4. James. b.1756; m. Abigail ______(b. 1756; d. July 30. 1833); d. Jan. 22, 1839.
5. Lewis, b,Mar. 11, 1765; m. Hannah ______(b. Jan. 29), 177O; d. Mar. 27,
1853); d. Oct. 24, 1851; issue as follows:
i. Polly, b. Oct. 7, 1786.
ii. Nancy, b. Aug. 25, 178H; m. Nov. 7. 1805, John W. Patrick.
iii. Lewis, b. Mar. 21, 1791.
iv. Lucy, b. Mar. 2, 1793.
v. Cherry Ann, b. Aug. 15, l795.
vi. Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1797; m. Rachel Burdette; went to Canada
about 1816 and settled in Ontario; place still known as the
"Yankee Settlement", he died at Napanee, Ont., Canada; he left
one son:
a. Sylvester, b. at Demorestville, Ont; father of Rev. Henry
N., of Regina, Sask., Canada,
vii. Charlotte, b. Aug. 1, 1799.
viii. Amanda, b. Aug. 7, 1801.
ix. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 19, 1803.
x. Betsy, b. Aug. 17, 1805.
xi. James, b. Nov. 5, 1808.
xii. Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1812.
6. (Gen) John, b. 1766; officer (not Gen.) in War of 1812; later sheriff of
Saratoga Co., N. Y; m. (1) July 4, 1786 Sarah (Sally) Benedict
(1768-1813); m. (2) Sept 11, 1813 Olive Edmonds(1772-1837);
d. Oct. 15, 1850, ae. 84; issue by first wife as follows:
i. Reuben. b. Apr. 25, 1788; d. Oct. 7, 1807.
ii. John, b. Oct. 26, 1790; d. Mar. 16, 1853; sons as follows:
a. Harlan P.
b. Henry M.
iii. Sally, b. Dec. 28, 1792; d. Oct. 11, 1866.
iv. Matilda, b. June 23, 1795; d. July 25, 1796,
v. Betsy, b. May Z2. 1797; d. Sep. 15, 1798.
vi. (Rev) Richard, b. July 14, 1799; m. Sep. 27, 1826 Joanna
Beebe (1800-1879); d. Aug. 8, 1873 at Rochester, N. Y.;
issue as follows:
a. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1828; d. Apr. 24, 1830.
b. Edwin Beebe, M. D., b. July 11, 1830; d. Aug. 3, 1894,
Paw Paw, Mich.
c. Warren Parker, b. Nov. 9, 1832; d. June 20, 1847.
d. Elizabeth Maria, b. June 17, 1835; d. Oct. 2, 1913.
e. John, b. Sep. 4, 1837; d. July 31, 1839.
f. Harriet Newell, b. June 15, 1839; d. Mar. 20, 1841.
g. Czar, b. Mar. 19, 1844; d.___.
vii. Czar, b. Aug. 22, 1801; d. 1884, Brooklyn, N. Y.
viii. Anna, b. Apr. 3, 1804.
ix. Clarissa, b. Oct. 11, 1806; d. Jan. 21, 1823.
x. Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1809; d. Sep. 7, 1828.
xi. Matilda, b. Jan. 2, 1813.
7. Richard,b. July 18, 1867; m. (1) Sally______(1781-1817); m; (2) Esther
___(1789-1846); d. Sep. 4, 1856, ae. 89; issue as follows:
i. Michael N., b. 1815; d. Feb. 15, 1817.
MICHAEL DUNNING3 (Benj2, Theop1), m. 1710 Margaret Foster in
Jamaica, L. I.; was a witness, May 20, 1714, to a deed made by John Foster
to John Messinger in Jamaica; was a shoemaker by trade and was of the
party which founded Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1719; sheriff of Orange
Co., 1738-39; had 4 sons, as follows:
I. Jacob, m. Keturah Conkling; d. 1770.
II. Samuel (Note. In 1910, Mrs. Smith received records from a
grandson of a Jacob Dunning, b. 1782, whose eldest dau. married
in Goshen, N. Y.; Jacob, b. 1782, was the youngest son of a
Samuel H., who lived to be 104,--- probably a son or a grandson
of Michael of Goshen.)
III. James.
IV. Michael, b. 1725-26; his family lived in Sussex Co., N. J. (adjoining
Orange Co., N. Y.; 2 of his grandsons settled in Pa., near
the N. Y. line.
JACOB DUNNING4 (Michael3, Benj2, Theop1), m. Keturah Conkling (b.
in L. I.; she m. (2) Sep. 11, 1783 Capt. Jonathan Bailey, a widower
with one dau. Mehitabel, who m. John Dunning, Jr., in 1793); Jacob
d. 1770; will dated Oct. l5, 1770; issue as follows:
1. John (Lieut. John). b. 1740; m. Mary Seeley; was Lieut. in Capt. Isaac
Vail's Co., Ulster Co., Militia, 1777-78; lived in Wallkill,
Ulster Co., N. Y.; d. 1795; issue as follows:
i. John, Jr., b. 1765; m. 1793 Mehitabel Bailey; d. 1841; issue
as follows:
a. Henry, b. 1794 at Stony Ford, Orange Co., N. Y.; had 5
sons, Charles Seeley, D. D.. Horace, Edward P., and
Wm. Arnott.
b. John (3), b. 1796.
c. Jonathan Bailey.
d. Rosetta.
e. Charles Seeley.
f. Horace.
g. Mary.
h. Caroline.
i. Wm. Horton.
ii. Jacob.
iii. Charles Seeley, m. Susan___; issue as follows:
a. Gabriel, b. Sept. 15, 1797; m. (1) Dec,. 9, 1817 Keziah Case
of Goshen, N. Y; m. (2) Susan (Bunday) Austin, a widow;
had 2 sons and 3 daughters, Susan Jane, b. 1818;
Charles, b. 1819; Orpha, b. 1821; Nathaniel Bailey, b.
1823; Eliza, b. 1824.
b. Mathias, b. Oct. 13, 1799; was married 6 times; his son,
Rufus Libbie, b. 1828, was the father of Mrs. Ella May
Smith, Columbus, Ohio.
c. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Gaston.
d. Orpha.
e. Samuel.
iv. Benjamin, killed, Minnisink Indian massacre, July 22, 1779.
v. Temperance.
2. Jacob (Lieut. Jacob).
3. Benjamin, will executed 1770.
4. Methitabel.
5. Mary.
6. Bathsheba.
(Note.-- It is freely admitted by all who have investigated the early
records of the Orange Co., N. Y. family, that much information is
lacking. Please send all records on this family to Mrs. Ella. May
Smith, 60 Jefferson Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
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