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Generation: 1
| 1. | John Bunch, I was born 1632, Virginia, USA (son of John Punch and Mary Spears); died , USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: E1b1a8a
- Reference Number: 10774
Notes:
Paul Heinegg..http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Brooks_Byrd.htm
John1 Bunch, born say 1632, was granted a non-suit in York County court on 17 November 1658 [Deeds, Orders, Wills, 1657-1662, 41]. He received a patent for 450 acres on both sides of Rickahock path adjoining Richard Barnhouse's land in New Kent County on 18 March 1662 [Patents 5:152]. The DNA of his descendants is the E1b1a8a haplotype which indicates they descend from a West African man, so he was probably the son of a white woman by a slave. One theory is that he was the child of John Punch, a "negro" who ran away with two white servants in 1640 [McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, 1622-1632, 466-7]. The DNA testing also indicates that his mixed-race descendants in Virginia and the Carolinas were related [Anastasia Harman, Ancestry.com Lead Family Historian, Natalie D. Cottrill, Paul C. Reed and Joseph Shumway, Obama Bunch Descendancy,
He was apparently the ancestor of
i. Paul1, born say 1658.
ii. John2. born say 1660.
iii. Henry1, born say 1690.
John married . [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Unconfirmed Bunch was born 1670; died , USA.
- Paul Bunch was born 1658, Virginia, USA; died , USA.
- John Bunch was born 1660, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | John Punch died , USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: E1b1a8a
- Reference Number: 10775
Notes:
John Punch (fl. 1630s, living 1640) was an enslaved African who lived in the Colony of Virginia. Thought to have been an indentured servant, Punch attempted to escape to Maryland and was sentenced in July 1640 by the Virginia Governor's Council to serve as a slave for the remainder of his life. Two European men who ran away with him were sentenced to longer indentures but not the permanent loss of their freedom. For this reason, historians consider John Punch the "first official slave in the English colonies, and his case as the "first legal sanctioning of lifelong slavery in the Chesapeake. Historians also consider this to be one of the first legal distinctions between Europeans and Africans made in the colony, and a key milestone in the development of the institution of slavery in the United States.
John married Mary Spears. Mary died , USA. [Group Sheet]
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