Nathaniel Gunn[1, 2, 3]
1693 - 1779 (86 years)-
Name Nathaniel Gunn Born 30 Jul 1693 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] Gender Male _COLOR 8 _FSFTID ML6G-PJ7 _UID C4EE0DCD84994DA7A7A5239E9463B4C91E42 Died 29 Nov 1779 Montague City, Franklin, Massachusetts [2, 3] Buried Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts [2] - in Old South Cemetery
Person ID I1427 McPherson History Last Modified 17 Apr 2018
Father Samuel Gunn, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Elizabeth Wyatt, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F359 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Esther Belden, b. 1 May 1697, Hatfield, Franklin, Massachusetts , d. 12 Feb 1779, Franklin, New London, Connecticut (Age 81 years) Married 26 Nov 1724 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Children 1. Lieut. Nathaniel Gunn, b. 24 Jan 1726, Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts , d. 22 Apr 1807, Montague City, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 81 years) 2. Moses Gunn, b. 12 Oct 1728, Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts , d. 3 Jan 1793, Montague, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 64 years) 3. Asahel Gunn, b. 16 Nov 1730, Montague, Hampshire, Massachusetts , d. 11 Jul 1796, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 65 years) 4. Elisha Gunn, b. 16 Jan 1733, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts , d. 17 Mar 1769 (Age 36 years) 5. Esther Gunn, b. 20 Apr 1735, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 Family ID F358 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Gravestone Inscription: Mr. Nathaniel Gunn, died Nov. 29, 1779, aged 86. "The Lord be served/The Saints be preaised/The poor be fed/The vile reproved/Himself deney'd, and when he died/Oh welcome death/Aloud he cried."
"Had three wives and seven children. One of the first settlers of the town of Montague locating there about 1726." - From "A Typical Puritan Town"
"One of the 40 first settlers of Sunderland, Mass.; home lot, No. 8, East side. He succeeded his father as town clerk in 1730, but soon returned to Hatfield. His children, Elisha and Ester, were born in Hatfield, Mass. After 1739 he returned and settled in 'Hunting Hills'" - From "History of the Town of Sunderland Massachusetts"
- Gravestone Inscription: Mr. Nathaniel Gunn, died Nov. 29, 1779, aged 86. "The Lord be served/The Saints be preaised/The poor be fed/The vile reproved/Himself deney'd, and when he died/Oh welcome death/Aloud he cried."
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Sources - [S100] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - [S140] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013.
- [S100] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- [S100] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.