REV. WAR CPT, MA (DAR).spouse: >Marsh, THANKFUL (1728 - 1817)
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANspouse: >Cobb, MAUDE JEAN (1884 - 1966)
MOVED TO CLEVELAND, OH IN 1796, THEN TO HENRY CO., OH IN 1815.spouse: >Sawtelle, ANNA (*1763 - )
DIED YOUNG
HUGH'S MIDDLE NAME "SPOFFORD" WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER WHO LIKED A DETECTIVE STORY AUTHOR BY THAT NAME.spouse: >Feeley, DOROTHY (1909 - 1964)
JAMES T. GUNN.spouse: >Brown, MARGARET DEBORAH (1849 - 1884)SERVED THE CONFEDERACY AS A MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE TROOPS ATTACHED TO THE RIGHT WING OF GENERAL BRAGG'S ARMY.
1866 DAVIDSON CO., TN MARRIAGE REGISTER SHOWS THE MARRIAGE OF JAMES TO ELIZA BROWN THE 23RD OF DEC 1866.
1870 CENSUS SHOWS JAMES AS A 29 YR OLD WHITE MALE, OCCUPATION AS A CARPENTER, BORN IN TN. SHOWS MARGARET AS A 19 YR OLD WHITE FEMALE WHO WAS KEEPING HOUSE, BORN IN TN. SHOWS CAROLINE (CARRIE) AS A 1 YR OLD WHITE FEMALE WHO WAS BORN IN AR.
1866 DAVIDSON CO., TN MARRIAGE REGISTER FILM #200296 1870 MISSISSIPPI CO., AR CENSUS FILM #545557
JASPER GUNN WAS BORN ABOUT 1606 IN ENGLAND OR POSSIBLY IN SCOTLAND. HIS ANCESTRY HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. JASPER CAME TO AMERICA IN JULY OF 1635 IN THE SHIP "DEFENSE" AT THE AGE OF 29. HE INITIALLY SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MA WHERE HE BECAME A FREEMAN ON 25 MAY 1636. HE REMOVED TO MILFORD, CT ABOUT 1639, MOVED IN 1647 TO HARTFORD, CT AND THEN BACK TO MILFORD IN 1657. HE WAS A PHYSICIAN, A MENDER OF BRASS AND COPPER, A SCHOOLMASTER, A SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND A DEACON OF THE CHURCH.spouse: >Mary, CHRISTIAN ANN (*1610 - 1690)JASPER HAD POSSIBLY MARRIED SEVERAL TIMES. SOME GENEALOGISTS SPECULATE THAT CHRISTIAN WAS THE ANN LISTED IN THE MANIFEST FOR THE SHIP "DEFENSE" AND THAT THE WRITER CORRUPTED THE NAME FROM CHRIST-IAN TO ANN. GIVEN THAT HER AGE WAS 25 WHEN SHE CAME HERE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN ABOUT 1610 IN ENGLAND OR SCOTLAND.
SOME SPECULATION HAS IT THAT THEY MARRIED ON-BOARD THE SHIP WHILE ENROUTE TO THE NEW COUNTRY.
RECENT INFO INDICATES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT JASPER AND CHRISTIAN POSSIBLY MARRIED IN LONDON IN 1634. SOURCE IS LDS INFO.
A COPY OF JASPER AND ANNE'S WILLS ARE BEING HELD BY KEN GUNN. A COPY OF THE SHIP DEFENCE PASSENGER LIST IS BEING HELD BY KEN GUNN.