General Notes

Sailed to America from Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England.

Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 21/ Estate of George Bunker of Topsfield
Administration on the estate of George Bunker granted June 29, 1658to the widow, Jane Buncker; and the estate to be divided among saidwidow, son William Buncker, Elizabeth Buncker, Mary Buncker, Ann Bunckerand Martha Buncker, all under twenty-one years of age.

Essex Co. Quarterly Court files, vol. 4, leaf 60
Elizabeth Bunker was twelve years old; Will., ten years old; Mary, six;Ann, four; and Martha, one year and a half.

James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
GEORGE, Ipswich, s. of William, a Huguenot in Eng. liv. at Topsfieldafter m. with Jane Godfrey, and there was drown. 26 May 1658. His wid.gave inv. of £300. 20 June foll. At the date of his d. the ch. were Eliz.aged 12; William, 10; Mary, 6; Ann, 4; and Martha, 1 and ½. His wid. soonm. Richard Swain, went to Nantucket with those ch. and she d. 31 Oct.1662, the earliest, in rec. of d. on that isl. Ann m. Joseph Coleman. Drowned while crossing river in wagon.

Henry L. Bunker III's 1984 Bunker Family History; 1965 Bunker Genealogy, Volume II, compiled by Edward C. Moran Jr.;
Nantucket branch of the Bunker family:  George Bunker is credited with founding the Nantucket branch of the Bunker family, although he never visited Nantucket. Only his wife and children made the journey when they settled there in 1659. Until June 1998, extensive research by family genealogists had not revealed whether Francis or Timothy Bunker was the father of George, who has been  given the Bunker Family Association designation as N-1. George Bunker (C-1) and George Bunker (N-1) were first cousins, grandsons of Roger Bunker of Tingrithwho died in 1515. The descendents of Francis Bunker stayed in England, thus the descendents of Timothy's son George (N-1) are now identified as the Nantucket Branch. George Bunker married Elizabeth Godfrey in the parish church of Maulden, Bedfordshire about seven or eight miles from Tingrith center. George and Elizabeth had two children born in Tingrith and three born in Topsfield. ///  Charlestown Branch in America the earliest mention of a Bunker is of George Bunker [c-1], who founded the Charlestown, Massachusetts branch of the Bunker family. George Bunker was designated C-1 in the Bunker genealogies. George, a wealthy emigrant, settled in Charlestown prior to January 1633. He was a great-grandson of Roger Bunker who died in 1515 in the parish of Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England.