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

  
  

• 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"

  
  

• 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