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- George Bunker arrived in America in 1634. He settled in Charlestownbefore 9 Jan 1634, apparently a wealthy emigrant as he soon became alarge land owner.
George was apparently a person of wealth and importance, as he ownedextensive land holdings in Malden and Charlestown, including that portionof the hill at the end of Charlestown Neck which came to be known to allAmerican's at the start of the Revolution War as "Bunker's Hill." He wasone of the men from Charlestown who were granted ten acre lots at Malden,Mass. George is included on the first list of the proprietors of thattown.
With 16 others, George gave land to Harvard College. The deed is recordedat the Middlesex County courthouse.
He was among those men disarmed by the legislature on 20 Nov. 1637 forhis support of the Rev. John Wheelwright and Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, butthere is no evidence that he ever recanted. The next year he was made aconstable for Charlestown. He was commonly given the title of respect"Mr." (he was listed as one of the 14 of 72 inhabitants who were accordedthe honor of the prefix of "Mr."). The well-known Bunker Hill inCharlestown was named for this man, whose land stretched across the topof the hill.
After the death of his frist wife, George married second to Mrs. Margaret(Welles) of Watertown, Mass, widow of Edward Howe. His will mentioned hissons John, Benjamin, Jonathan, and daughters Mary, Martha and Elizabeth.
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1600 - 1664 (63 years)
