DUNN, John Sr.^[1]

1761 - 1832  (71 years)

• Name	DUNN, John
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	7 May 1761	Marlborough, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 111249730 Cemetery records don’t go back before the 1880’s, so they have no record of John’s burial.
  _COLOR	11
  Death	29 Jul 1832	Sterling, MA   [1]
  Burial	Worcester, MA
  	Address: Hope Cemetery
  Person ID	I6935	Puffers
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family 1	STOW, Lavina,   b. 24 Jul 1760, Marlborough, MA d. Bef 1860 (Age < 99 years)
  Children	1. DUNN, Vinal Stow,   b. 18 Oct 1785, Marlboro, MA d. 3 Dec 1866, Weston, MA (Age 81 years)   2. DUNN, Lovell,   b. 18 Oct 1785, MA d. Bef 1884 (Age < 98 years)
  Family ID	F3073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	PUFFER, Mary,   b. 5 Apr 1763, Westminster, MA d. 19 Apr 1857, Petersham, MA (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1788	Marlborough, MA   [1]
  Children	1. DUNN, Levina,   b. 10 Jan 1789, Westminster, MA d. 24 Jun 1875, Ashburnham, MA (Age 86 years)   2. DUNN, John Jr.,   b. 20 Apr 1791, Westminster, MA d. 28 Jul 1878, Gardner, MA (Age 87 years)   3. DUNN, Lucas,   b. 6 Apr 1796, Bolton, MA d. 17 Oct 1834, Bolton, MA (Age 38 years)   4. DUNN, Asa,   b. 26 May 1798, Gardner, MA d. 12 Dec 1852, KY (Age 54 years)   5. DUNN, Mary,   b. 6 May 1800, Westminster, MA d. 17 Mar 1841 (Age 40 years)   6. DUNN, Lucy Mariah,   b. 8 Aug 1803   d. 13 Feb 1830 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F3074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was a Revolutionary soldier, having enlisted as a private from Marlb oro, September or October, 1777; Captain William Morse, Colonel Read; a gain April, 1778, Captain Amasa Sargeant, and was out five months; agai n September, 1778 or 1779, Captain Amasa Cranston, and was out two or t hree months; was at Saratoga at the surrender of Burgoyne. A pension was allowed him, July 24, 1832, then a resident of Sterling; t he widow applied for a pension, from Princeton, September 5, 1838; in 1 839 she was a resident of Petersham. Two sons are mentioned in this rec ord, John and Asa; the latter was forty years old when the mother made t he application for pension.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 85.