Display Patriot - P-124848 - John BUNTEN/BUNTIN/BUNTING

John BUNTEN/BUNTIN/BUNTING

SAR Patriot #: P-124848

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NH      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A016992

Birth: 25 Nov 1756 Allenstown / Merrimack / NH
Death: 26 Mar 1835 Dunbarton / Merrimack / NH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1775, he served as a Private in Captain Gordon Hutchins’s Company in Colonel John Stark’s Regiment in 1775 for eight months—Battle of Bunker Hill.
  2. 1776 in the company of Captain Andrew Burntin, commanded by Colonel John Waldron of the New Hampshire Militia for two months.
  3. He signed the Association Test at Allenstown.

Additional References:
  1. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 499. Washington: National Archives.
  2. Revolutionary War Pension file S15327
  3. Batchellor, Albert Stillman, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire, Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Volume 30, New Hampshire. Manchester: The John B. Clark Co., 1910, pg 2
  4. Hammond, Isaac W., The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, 1775 to May 1777, Volume 14, New Hampshire. Concord: Parson B. Cogswell State Printer, 1885, pg 63, 181, 186

Spouse: Elizabeth/Elsie/Elsy Webster
Children: James; Samuel; John
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1969-05-15 NH Unassigned Allan G Freeman (95825) Samuel   
1991-08-22 CA Unassigned Robert Sterling Moore (119710) James   
1995-12-04 GA 205400 Robert Hughes Farrow (145560) Andrew   
2013-10-03 NC 55046 Roderick Winn Herbig (175257) James   
2016-11-03 KY 71760 David Lloyd Bunten (200337) James   
Burial:
Dunbarton Center Cemetery (C-0121850)
Location:
Dunbarton Center / Merrimack / NH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2278007
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
43.104205 / -71.616421
Find A Grave Memorial #:
168124518
Marker Type:
SAR Stake; DAR plaque;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
27 May 2024

Comments:
  • Original upright stone
  • Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot Curtis Hermann (NH) member 216629


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery on NH Rt. 13 just north of the old Town Hall in Dunbarton, NH Zip 03046



Author: Curtis W. Hermann

The following biography was edited by and co-written by PRS staff.

John Bunten, or Burntin, was born on 25 November 1756 in Allenstown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. 

For eight months, he served as a Private in Captain Gordon Hutchins’s Company in Colonel John Stark’s Regiment in 1775. During this time, the company marched to Massachusetts and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was discharged in about November 1775. Back home in Allenstown, he enlisted in January 1776 in the company of Captain Andrew Burntin, commanded by Colonel John Waldron of the New Hampshire Militia.

He signed the Association Test in Allenstown, pledging to defend the American Colonies against British hostility.

In about 1776, he married Elsy Elizabeth Webster. Among their known children were:

  • Robert was born on 5 August 1777
  • Sarah was born on 9 August 1781
  • John was born on 2 August 1783 and married Mary Hammond.
  • Samuel was born on 25 September 1785 and married Elizabeth Heath.
  • Andrew was born on 12 September 1787 and married Elizabeth Moore.
  • Elsy was born on 23 January 1790, unmarried.
  • Anne was born on 15 December 1792
  • Burnham was born on 26 February 1795
  • Jenny was born on 6 February 1797
  • James was born on 29 August 1799 and married Fanny Morgan.

He was a collector and constable for the town of Dunbarton.

He died in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, on 26 May 1833, aged 76 years, and was buried at Dunbarton Center Cemetery.

Sources:

  1. Birth records of Dunbarton
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 499. Washington: National Archives.
  3. Revolutionary War Pension file S15327
  4. Batchellor, Albert Stillman, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire, Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Volume 30, New Hampshire. Manchester: The John B. Clark Co., 1910, page 2
  5. Hammond, Isaac W., The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, 1775 to May 1777, Volume 14, New Hampshire. Concord: Parson B. Cogswell State Printer, 1885, pages 63, 181, 186

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