My Direct Gunn Line

NOTE: Speculation exists that the Father of Jasper Gunn was a Henry Gunn. Unfortunately it is speculation ONLY. We will continue to assist the individuals with this information and hope that one day sufficient documentation will be found to ascertain who Jaspers' Mother and Father are. Until then, this is the data that we have on file that has been documented with the Clan Gunn Society of North America.

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First Generation:

Jasper Gunn , born c1606 in England/Scotland, died 12 Jan 1670/71 in Milford, CT. Married before 1635 to Christian Mary (UNK Maiden) , in England ??, Immigrated to the US on the Ship Defence in 1635 arriving in Boston in Oct, 1635.

Christian Mary, wife of Jasper Gunn, born in England/Scotland, died Oct 1690 in Milford, CT.

Second Generation:

Jasper and Christian had 6 children:

Samuel Gunn, born 1635 in Roxbury, MA, died 1699. Married Hannah Sanford in 1690.

Jobamah Gunn, born 1637 in Roxbury, MA, died 1716. Married Mary Bristol in 1689.

Daniel Gunn, born 1639 in Roxbury, MA, died 1690. Married Deborah Coleman in 1672.

Nathaniel Gunn, born c 1640 in CT, died 1663 in Branford, CT. Married Sarah Dayon 17 Nov 1658 in CT.

Mehitable Gunn, born 24 May 1641 in Milford, CT., died 1730 in Milford, CT. Married Benjamin(e) Fenn on 21 Dec 1660 in Milford, CT.

Abel Gunn, born 19 Jun 1643 in Milford, CT., died 1688 in Derby, CT. Married Mary Smith on 29 Oct 1666 in Milford, CT.

Third Generation:

Nathaniel Gunn and Sarah Day had three childen:

Samuel Gunn , born 1663, died 1 Aug 1755. Married to Elizabeth Brensen Wyatt on 22 Jan 1684/5. Elizabeth was born c 1665 in CT, died 2 Oct 1737 in CT.

Nathaniel Gunn, born 1658/1663 - died young.

Jasper Joseph Gunn, born 1658/1663 - died young.

Fourth Generation:

Samuel Gunn and Elizabeth Brensen Wyatt had 11 children:

Sarah Gunn, born 3 Aug 1686, in Hatfield, MA., died 1709. Married to Azariah Dickinson on 23 Jan 1707 in Sunderland, MA.

Elizabeth Gunn, born 8 Nov 1689 in Hatfield, MA., died 14 Feb 1743/4 in Sunderland, MA. Married to Simon Cooley 4 May 1709 in Sunderland, MA.

Nathaniel Gunn II , born 30 Jul 1693 in Hatfield, MA, died 29 Nov 1779 in Montague, MA. Married Ester Belden

Samuel Gunn Jr., born 22 Mar 1695/6 in Hatfield, MA., died 26 Jun 1748 at Ft. Drummer, MA. Married Sarah Hitchcock8 May 1723.

Mary Gunn, born 9 Aug 1698 in Hatfield, MA., died ???. Married Daniel Hubbard 16 Nov 1732.

Abel Gunn, born 7 Jul 1700 in Hatfield, MA., died 3 Jun 1730 in Sunderland, MA. Married Deborah Alvordin 1727.

Christian Gunn, born 5 Sep 1702 in Hatfield, MA., died ???. Married Isaac Junior Hubbard4 Jul 1723 in Sunderland, MA.

Editha Gunn, born 26 Apr 1705 in Hatfield, MA., died ???. Married Ebenezer Junior Billings7 May 1724 in Sunderland, MA.

John Gunn , born 1707, died 1793. Married Hannah Root10 Jun 1736.

Sarah Gunn, born 27 Oct 1710/11 in Hatfield, MA., died ???. Married Joseph Clary

Fifth Generation:

Nathaniel Gunn II and Esther Belden had 6 children:

Nathaniel Gunn III., LT. , born 24 Jan 1726 in Montague, MA., died 22 Apr 1804/07 in Montague, MA. Married Dorothy Marsh UNK birth, died 13 Jul 1805 in Montague, MA.

Moses Gunn, born 28 Oct 1727 in Montague, MA., died 13 Nov 1727 in Montague, MA.

Moses Gunn DR. , born 12 Oct 1728 in Montague, MA., died 3 Jan 1793 in Montague, MA. Married Eleanor Ingram

Asahel Gunn CPT. , born 16 Nov 1730 in Montague, MA., died 11 Jul 1796 in Montague, MA. Married Thankful Marsh

Elisha Gunn, born 16 Jan 1733 in Hatfield, MA., died ???. Married Esther Sawyer

Esther Gunn, born 20 Apr 1736 in Hatfield, MA., died ???.

Sixth Generation:

Nathaniel Gunn III., LT., and Dorothy Marsh had 11 children:

Dorothy Gunn, born 25 Dec 1745 in Montague, MA., died ???.

Submit Gunn, born 2 Sep 1747 in Montague, MA., died ???.

Jemima Gunn, born 3 Dec 1749 in Montague, MA., died ???.

Nathaniel Gunn Jr., born 15 Jan 1752 in Montague, MA., died 6 Mar 1832 in Montague, MA. Married Hannah Montague on 8 Dec 1773 in Montague, MA. Hannah UNK birth or death.

Moses Gunn, born 3 May 1754 in Montague, MA., died 6 Feb 1844 in Montague, MA. Married Mary Hastings

Stephen Gunn, born 18 Aug 1756 in Montague, MA., died 13 Jan 1827 in Sunderland, MA. Married Clarissa Jackson on 16 Mar 1816 in Sunderland, MA.

Elijah Gunn, born 25 Dec 1759 in Montague, MA., died ??? in Henry Co., OH. Married Anna Sawtelle

Elisha Gunn, born 5 Nov 1761 in Montague, MA., died 1763/64 in Montague, MA.

Elihu Gunn, born 10 Nov 1763 in Montague, MA., died 27 Apr 1851 in Montague, MA. Married Lucy Phelps on 20 Jan 1792 in Montague, MA.

Elisha Gunn,born 10 Oct 1765, died ??? in OH. Married Midwell Carver

Mercy Gunn, born 12 Jan 1768 in Montague, MA., died ??? in OH. Married Luke Kendall

Seventh Generation:

Nathaniel Gunn, Jr. and Hanna Montague had 10 children:

Pearly Gunn, born 15 May 1774 in Montague, MA., died ???. Married Ezekiel Dickinson on 19 Jan 1797 in Montague, MA.

Lucretia Gunn, born 3 Oct 1775 in Montague, MA., died 11 May 1840 in Montague, MA. Married Samuel Fowler Dickinson, ATT. on 1 Mar 1802 in Montague, MA.

Clarissa Gunn, born 1 Aug 1779 in Montague, MA., died 27 Feb 1850 in Enfield, CT. Married Kingsley Underwood on 30 Dec 1824 in Montague, MA.

Luther Gunn DR. , born Sep 1782 in Montague, MA., died 4 Aug 1814 in Pittsfield, MA. Married Delia Dickinsonon 6 Oct 1811 in Montague, MA.

Hannah Gunn, born 5 Sep 1783 in Montague, MA., died ???. Married Jesse Whitmore on 26 Oct 1807 in Montague, MA.

Sophia Gunn, born 1785 in Montague, MA., died 9 Nov 1828. Married Nathan Chenery on 4 Mar 1807 in Montague, MA.

Apollos Gunn, born 7 Feb 1788 in Montague, MA., died 17 Jan 1867 in Montague, MA. Married Lucy Kingsley on 1 Jan 1824 in Montague, MA.

Cephas Montague Gunn, born 23 Oct 1790 in Montague, MA., died 19 Jan 1880 in N. Sunderland, MA. Married Mary Taft in 1809. Mary was born 28 Jan 1793 in Sunderland, MA., died 19 Jan 1880 in N. Sunderland, MA. 15 days after giving birth.

Fanny Gunn, born 22 Feb 1793 in Montague, MA., died ???. Married Horatio Graves on 17 Sep 1816 in Montague, MA.

Mary Gunn, born 1794 in Montague, MA., died ??? in Belchertown, MA. Married Obed Smith on 18 May 1836 in Montague, MA.

Eighth Generation:

Cephas Montague Gunn and Mary Taft had one child. Mary died 15 days after giving birth:

Lyman Taft Gunn DR., born 1 Apr 1810 in Boston, MA., died 1890 in TN. Married Caroline M. Moreheadon 22 Jan 1840 in Davidson Co., TN. Caroline was born in 1817 and died in 1855 in TN.

Cephas Montague Gunn married for a second time to Maria Raymond Sewall on 7 Jun 1815 in Boston, MA. Maria was born 1795 in Marblehead, MA., died 1866 in Sunderland, MA. Cephas and Maria had 11 children:

Maria Sewall Gunn, born 1816 in Boston, MA., died ???. Married Edmond B. Otis

Sophia Frances Gunn, born 1817, died ???. Married Edward Willard Pray

John Montague Gunn, born 1819, died ???. Married Cornelia G. E. Flagler

Hannah Lee Gunn, born 1822, died ???. Married Jose Transitu Garcia

Cephas George Gunn, born 1824, died ???. Married Mary Stepheson

William Sewall Gunn, born 1827, died ???.

Luther Mitchell Gunn, born 1829, died ???.

Benjamin Shurtleff Gunn , born 1831, died ???.

Joseph Bridge Gunn , born 1831, died ???. Married Charlotte Hall

Charles Hague Gunn , born 1836, died ???.

Kate Raymond Gunn , born 1838, died ???. Married Domingo Yanes

Ninth Generation:

Lyman Taft Gunn, Dr. and Caroline M. Morehead had 5 children:

James T. Gunn , born 11 Oct 1840 in TN., died 11 Aug 1880 in Nashville, TN. Married Margaret Deborah Brown on 23 Dec 1866 in Davidson Co., TN. Margaret was born 31 Aug 1849 in TN??, died 26 Aug 1884 in Nashville, TN??.

Lyman C. Gunn , born 1846 in TN., died 1914 in TN. Married Sarah E. UNK Maiden

William L. Gunn, born Feb 1847 in TN., died ???.

Sophia R. Gunn, born 1851 in TN., died ???.

Charles M. Gunn, born 1855 in TN., died 3 Jun 1878 in TN.

Tenth Generation:

James T. Gunn and Margaret Deborah Brown had 6 children:

Carrie Margret Gunn, born 21 Jun 1869 in Scott Township, AR., died ??? Married Oscar Foster on 19 Jan 1888 in Nashville, TN.

Charles Augustus Hugh Gunn, born 28 Jan 1871 in Pecan Point, AR., died 31 Jul 1940 in Cairo, IL. Married Maude Jean Cobb in TN. Maude was born 21 Jul 1884 in Clarksville, TN., died 22 Jun 1966 in Dauphin Island, AL.

Sophia Hutton Gunn, born 17 Apr 1879 in TN., died ???

John M. Gunn, born ???, died ??? Married Lena Bass in 1903 in TN.

Frank Gunn, born ???, died ???

Willie May Gunn, born ???, died ??? Married L. T. Lindsay Sep 1889 in Memphis, TN.

Eleventh Generation:

Charles Augustus Hugh Gunn and Maude Jean Cobb had 6 children:

Hugh Spofford Gunn, born 17 May 1901 in Sanatobia, MS., died in Mobile, AL. Married Dorothy Feeley

James Hillman Gunn, born 20 Jan 1904 in Clarksville, TN., died 22 Jul 1979 in Mobile, AL. Married Lavaughn Calcutt on 30 Jun 1928.

Audrey G. Gunn, born 19 May 1907 in Sanatobia, MS., died 27 Nov 1994 in Spanish Fort, AL. Married Joseph Eugene Holleman

Kenneth Earl "Pop" Gunn, born 10 Mar 1910 in Sanatobia, MS., died 8 Apr 1987 in Parkersburg, WV. Married Maxine Edna Tucker on 16 Oct 1942 in Jackson, MO. Maxine was born 20 Nov 1920 in Cairo, IL., died 2 Apr 1995 in Parkersburg, WV.

Martha Louisa Gunn, born 11 Sep 1912 in Sanatobia, MS., died Dec 1995 in Shannon, MS. Married Raymond Tucker West

Maud Eleanor Gunn, born 15 Dec 1914 in Sanatobia, MS., died in 1946 in Lexington, KY. Married James Leslie Hite on 10 Dec 1934 in Louiville, KY.

Twelfth Generation:

Kenneth Earl "Pop" Gunn and Maxine Edna Tucker had one child:

Kenneth Earl Gunn, Jr. , born 17 Jun 1949 in Cairo, IL. Married Patricia Ann McCoy on 28 Nov 1970 in Parkersburg, WV. Patricia was born 31 Dec 1949 in Parkersburg, WV. Thirteenth Generation:

Kenneth Earl Gunn, Jr. and Patricia Ann McCoy have two children:

Julia Lynn Gunn, born 25 May 1973 in Washington, D.C.

Jason Earl Gunn, born 17 Nov 1976 in Parkersburg, WV.

This information represents ONLY our direct Gunn line and does not include other marriages or children of some of the individuals listed. We hope to add this at a later date.

We welcome any information that anyone can contribute to this list of individuals.

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