[36500] This person is from the unverified Norment Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2014. Ancestry.com offers: "Collins Name Meaning - Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coileáin and Mac Coileáin (see Cullen). English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Col(l)in, a pet form of Coll, itself a short form of Nicholas. Americanized form of French Colin."
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_Alexander DUNBAR ____________+ | (.... - 1526) _Robert DUNBAR _______________________|______________________________ | (.... - 1569) _David DUNBAR _______| | (.... - 1592) | | | ______________________________ | | | | |_Christian LEARMOUTH _________________|______________________________ | _Mark DUNBAR ________| | (.... - 1642) | | | ______________________________ | | | | | _Hugh Rose of KILRAVOCK ______________|______________________________ | | | (1495 - 1597) | |_Janet ROSE _________| | | | | _Sir Alexander FALCONER ______+ | | | | |_Catherine FALCONER __________________|______________________________ | _Ninian DUNBAR ______| | (1575 - ....) | | | _David Falconer of HALKERTON _+ | | | | | _Sir Alexander Falconer of HALKERTON _|_Mariot DUNBAR _______________ | | | | | _Alexander FALCONER _| | | | (.... - 1595) | | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | | | |_Elizabeth DOUGLAS ___________________|______________________________ | | | | |_Isabel FALCONER ____| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | ______________________________________|______________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |______________________________________|______________________________ | | |--Robert DUNBAR | (1634 - 1693) | ______________________________ | | | ______________________________________|______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | | ______________________________________|______________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|______________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________________ | | | ______________________________________|______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|______________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________________ | | | ______________________________________|______________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________________ | | |______________________________________|______________________________
Find A Grave memorial 38974344 offers:: "Husband of Rose Dunbar. Married in Morayshire, Scotland. In 1655 he settled in Hingham, Massachusetts where he resided on Scotland Street."
"The Original Scots Colonists of Early America - Supplement: 1607-1707," David Dobson (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998), p. 44: "Dunbar, Robert, born 1634, son of Ninian Dunbar of Georgehill, prisoner of war, transported to Boston, servant of Lynn Iron Works, at Braintree, settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, 1650, died there 19.9.1693 [FEAF][AncH-NE][SH#14]." See notes for Ninian Dunbar in response to this information!
Robert's parents are not proven. "Gen. and Fam. History of the State of Connecticut in Four Volumes," New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1911, II:788, gives Robert's death date as 5 Oct 1693; the Hingham, MA History, Vol. 2, publ'd by the town in 1893, gives his death date as 19 Sept 1693 and reports that his will is dated 13 Sept 1693.} Robert resided on Scotland Street in Hingham.
NOTE: the possible father of Robert is first identified in print in "The Genealogy of the Dunbar Family," by the Rev. Melzar Dunbar (1886), who reports it as merely family lore. What IS known circumstantially is that Robert was a Cromwellian prisoner of war. The name of Lt. Col. Dunbarr [sic] is on a handscript list of prisoners taken at the Battle of Dunbar; no first name is given for any officers; he is listed second after Col. Leslie. In 1659 Robert deposed that he had been a servant of Mr. Joshua Foote when Mr. Foote lived in Boston. He also stated (in 1659) that he was 25 years old. Robert Dunbar's name appears on a plaque at the Saugus Iron Works (a National Monument); Mr. Joshua Foote was one of the proprietors of these Works. No record has been found of the marriage to Rose; perhaps they married in Scotland and Robert wrote to her for the funds to release himself from his indenture to Mr. Foote. Perhaps she subsequently came to America and brought whatever wealth they had. This could explain the Rev. Peter Hobart's comment that "the opinion generally prevailed in Hingham that Mr. Dunbar brought money enough with him to begin life without embarrassment, as for years there were but two men in the place who paid a higher tax." [The above is from a letter from Ann T. Chaplin, Clan Genealogist, Clan Dunbar, RFD 2 - Box 668, Center Barnstead, NH 03225, to AEM 7 Dec 1990; she wrote further, 27 Dec 1990: "I continue to disbelieve that Robert Dunbar of Hingham is the son of Ninian Dunbar of Grange Hill. Ninian had a son Sir Robert Dunbar, knighted in 1660 (assorted sources...). This then can NOT be the Robert who is in Hingham at that time!!" However, there is likely SOME relationship to this line.] See "The Descendants of Robert Dunbar of Hingham, Mass.," Ann Theopold Chaplin (Center Barnstead, NH: Snackerty Enterprises, 1992).
A history of the aftermath of the Battle of Dunbar: "At the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, the English defeated the Scots. 10,000 Scots were captured. Approximately 4,000 were let go, being weak or badly injured. The remaining 6,000 were then force-marched from Dunbar, Scotland to Durham, England - a distance of 110 miles. The prisoners were given very little to eat. Many prisoners died on the way either from disease or being killed due to disability or inability to keep up with the crowd. The Scots who did survive were held in a makeshift prison at Durham Cathedral. Approximately half of the prisoners died in captivity. The remainder presented a problem for the English, just due to sheer numbers. It was too expensive to house and feed them, but too dangerous to set them free and perhaps allow an uprising. Several of the prisoners had petitioned to be transported overseas. As such, 150 of the fittest were sent down to London, led aboard the 'Unity' and transported off to Massachusetts in America. Sixty-one of these were sold to the Saugus Iron Works. The men were provided with housing, food, clothing, liquor and tobacco in exchange for their labour. Most worked as wood cutters. Some were more skilled and were employed in the production or smithing of the iron." - from a posting on Facebook by Scottish Genealogy
Dick Schoenling (Webmaster@ClanDunbar.com) wrote 10 May 2004: "He is definitely not the son of Sir Ninian Dunbar of Grange. Sir Ninian did indeed have a son named Robert, but that Robert went on the become a member of Parliament. To my knowledge he never left what is now the UK. While he was arguing in Parliament, Robert & Rose of Hingham were busy building their family in Hingham. Robert of Hingham never left Massachusetts after arriving there in 1650. Obviously they can not be the same man. Robert is a very commmon name in the Dunbar line, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries." For the record, here is the erroneous information concerning Robert Dunbar: "Dunbar: Robert Dunbar, immigrant ancestor, was b. in Scotland, 1630. Name is believed to be derived from the ancient Scottish city of the same name. It is also a general belief in the family that he was a descendant of George Earl Dunbar in the regular line." Ninian Dunbar, founder of Grange Hill, had a son, Robert, supposed to have been Robert the immigrant who married Rose____, and in 1655 settled in Hingham, MA. It was the general opinion that he brought with him considerable sum of money to begin life in the new country, inasmuch as for years there were but two men in the town who paid a higher tax than he. {-"Gen. and Fam. History of the State of Connecticut in Four Volumes," New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1911, II:788, which also gives Robert's death date as 5 Oct 1693; the Hingham, MA History, Vol. 2, publ'd by the town in 1893, gives his death date as 19 Sept 1693 and reports that his will is dated 13 Sept 1693.} Robert resided on Scotland Street in Hingham.
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[53173] "Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 15 May 2012: "Danforth - Dana R. Gray, 81, died May 15, 2012, at a Houlton health care facility after a long illness. He was born Aug. 15, 1930, in Eaton, the son of William B. and Lorna (Neal) Gray. Dana was a graduate of Danforth High School. He served three years in the U.S. Air Force immediately after graduation. Upon discharge from the U.S. Air Force, Dana made his home in Springfield, Mass., where he owned and operated a service station for 30 years. He then returned home to Danforth where he owned and operated C.F. Moore Oil Co. until his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Laura (Blaise) Gray of Danforth; three children, Kevin Gray of Stewart, Fla., Bruce Gray of Margate, Fla., and Jana Gray of Vero Beach, Fla.; the mother of his children, Winifred Hungerford; six siblings, Doris Rouch and her husband, Pete, of Orient, Keith Gray and his wife, Cynthia, of South Windsor, Conn., Ardis Fish and her husband, Fred, of Danforth, Colin Gray and his wife, Barbara, of Weston, Darlene Allen and her husband, Tyson, of Danforth and Waldo Gray and his wife, Terri, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; brother-in-law, Harry Kinney of Danforth; an aunt, Madeline Jarvis; an uncle, Alton Amero; many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Carrol Gray; and a sister, Kathleen Kinney."
[44733] See Find A Grave memorial 18691409 which reports children Elizabeth Lightner Shakely (1901 -) & Katherine Lightner Krug (1906-1969).
[35988] The June, 1900 federal census shows Frank (b. in Dec. 1872 in MI of parents b. in Canada) with wife Grace_____ (b. Aug 1875 in MI of parents b. in MI) in Caro Village, Indianfields Twp., Tuscola Co., MI.