He is the only Dunning buried in this cemetery
His son, Josiah, moved to NY and others of the family disappear from the Town record book about 1815.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA with the immigrant father being Theophilus Dunning, a cod fisherman, turned ferryman and later tanner. A branch of the Dunning family was among the first families to settler of Newtown, CT in 1710 and several Dunning men served as town officials. Michael Dunning was born in Newtown, CT in 1751 and went to Pownal, VT with his wife and 7 year old son, Josiah, in Pownal's earliest days, about 1762. He was among the first settlers of that town and the town's second clerk during the time that all the town meetings were being held at the . Michael Dunning along with Judge Josiah Wright (also buried in Lovett) and Judge Robinson (buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pownal) were the three men who constituted the Pownal "Committee for the Examination of Tories" during the RW. In 1812, Michael Dunning's granddaughter, Laura Dunning married my Wright ancestor, Jesse Nash Wright, grandson of Judge Josiah Wright. Jesse and Laura took their two infant children, Olive and Lydia and removed to 160 acres of land they bought from Jesse's grandfather, Judge Josiah Wright, in Wrightsburg, Ohio in 1815 (now called Saybrook, Ashtabula county, OH). Saybrook is where all of my kin remained until my father left to go to Indiana in 1955.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA to Theophilus Dunning who was granted the right to operate a ferry between the town and a landing at the mouth of Bass River where it empties into the bay. Later he was the first person granted the right to impound livestock within the town of Salem, which meant he was allowed to operate a slaughter house. Apparently this led to a thriving business supplying leather to the shoe manufacturing businesses that developed in the mid 1600s in nearby Ipswich, MA. Theophilus' grandson, Benjamin Dunning was in 1687 appointed the official "Sealer of Leathers" for the port of Boston as a result of the burgeoning trade in tanned leather goods streaming across the ocean to England. However the Salem witch trials apparently threatened the Dunning family, or at least Benjamin's part of it for both of them removed to Jamaica Island in 1692 and settled among the Quakers there. By 1710, Benjamin's sons, Benjamin and John went across the sound to Connecticut and participated in the founding of Newtown, CT. where they served as town constables and assemblymen for many years. John removed to Norwalk, CT before 1717, but Benjamin and his family stayed in Newtown where Michael Dunning was born 03 June 1726. Michael married and removed with his wife and son, Josiah, then about 7 to Pownal, VT where he too was one of the town's first settlers and its second town clerk.
Mike Wright
family member
His son, Josiah, moved to NY and others of the family disappear from the Town record book about 1815.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA with the immigrant father being Theophilus Dunning, a cod fisherman, turned ferryman and later tanner. A branch of the Dunning family was among the first families to settler of Newtown, CT in 1710 and several Dunning men served as town officials. Michael Dunning was born in Newtown, CT in 1751 and went to Pownal, VT with his wife and 7 year old son, Josiah, in Pownal's earliest days, about 1762. He was among the first settlers of that town and the town's second clerk during the time that all the town meetings were being held at the . Michael Dunning along with Judge Josiah Wright (also buried in Lovett) and Judge Robinson (buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pownal) were the three men who constituted the Pownal "Committee for the Examination of Tories" during the RW. In 1812, Michael Dunning's granddaughter, Laura Dunning married my Wright ancestor, Jesse Nash Wright, grandson of Judge Josiah Wright. Jesse and Laura took their two infant children, Olive and Lydia and removed to 160 acres of land they bought from Jesse's grandfather, Judge Josiah Wright, in Wrightsburg, Ohio in 1815 (now called Saybrook, Ashtabula county, OH). Saybrook is where all of my kin remained until my father left to go to Indiana in 1955.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA to Theophilus Dunning who was granted the right to operate a ferry between the town and a landing at the mouth of Bass River where it empties into the bay. Later he was the first person granted the right to impound livestock within the town of Salem, which meant he was allowed to operate a slaughter house. Apparently this led to a thriving business supplying leather to the shoe manufacturing businesses that developed in the mid 1600s in nearby Ipswich, MA. Theophilus' grandson, Benjamin Dunning was in 1687 appointed the official "Sealer of Leathers" for the port of Boston as a result of the burgeoning trade in tanned leather goods streaming across the ocean to England. However the Salem witch trials apparently threatened the Dunning family, or at least Benjamin's part of it for both of them removed to Jamaica Island in 1692 and settled among the Quakers there. By 1710, Benjamin's sons, Benjamin and John went across the sound to Connecticut and participated in the founding of Newtown, CT. where they served as town constables and assemblymen for many years. John removed to Norwalk, CT before 1717, but Benjamin and his family stayed in Newtown where Michael Dunning was born 03 June 1726. Michael married and removed with his wife and son, Josiah, then about 7 to Pownal, VT where he too was one of the town's first settlers and its second town clerk.
Mike Wright
family member
He is the only Dunning buried in this cemetery
His son, Josiah, moved to NY and others of the family disappear from the Town record book about 1815.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA with the immigrant father being Theophilus Dunning, a cod fisherman, turned ferryman and later tanner. A branch of the Dunning family was among the first families to settler of Newtown, CT in 1710 and several Dunning men served as town officials. Michael Dunning was born in Newtown, CT in 1751 and went to Pownal, VT with his wife and 7 year old son, Josiah, in Pownal's earliest days, about 1762. He was among the first settlers of that town and the town's second clerk during the time that all the town meetings were being held at the . Michael Dunning along with Judge Josiah Wright (also buried in Lovett) and Judge Robinson (buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pownal) were the three men who constituted the Pownal "Committee for the Examination of Tories" during the RW. In 1812, Michael Dunning's granddaughter, Laura Dunning married my Wright ancestor, Jesse Nash Wright, grandson of Judge Josiah Wright. Jesse and Laura took their two infant children, Olive and Lydia and removed to 160 acres of land they bought from Jesse's grandfather, Judge Josiah Wright, in Wrightsburg, Ohio in 1815 (now called Saybrook, Ashtabula county, OH). Saybrook is where all of my kin remained until my father left to go to Indiana in 1955.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA to Theophilus Dunning who was granted the right to operate a ferry between the town and a landing at the mouth of Bass River where it empties into the bay. Later he was the first person granted the right to impound livestock within the town of Salem, which meant he was allowed to operate a slaughter house. Apparently this led to a thriving business supplying leather to the shoe manufacturing businesses that developed in the mid 1600s in nearby Ipswich, MA. Theophilus' grandson, Benjamin Dunning was in 1687 appointed the official "Sealer of Leathers" for the port of Boston as a result of the burgeoning trade in tanned leather goods streaming across the ocean to England. However the Salem witch trials apparently threatened the Dunning family, or at least Benjamin's part of it for both of them removed to Jamaica Island in 1692 and settled among the Quakers there. By 1710, Benjamin's sons, Benjamin and John went across the sound to Connecticut and participated in the founding of Newtown, CT. where they served as town constables and assemblymen for many years. John removed to Norwalk, CT before 1717, but Benjamin and his family stayed in Newtown where Michael Dunning was born 03 June 1726. Michael married and removed with his wife and son, Josiah, then about 7 to Pownal, VT where he too was one of the town's first settlers and its second town clerk.
Mike Wright
family member
His son, Josiah, moved to NY and others of the family disappear from the Town record book about 1815.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA with the immigrant father being Theophilus Dunning, a cod fisherman, turned ferryman and later tanner. A branch of the Dunning family was among the first families to settler of Newtown, CT in 1710 and several Dunning men served as town officials. Michael Dunning was born in Newtown, CT in 1751 and went to Pownal, VT with his wife and 7 year old son, Josiah, in Pownal's earliest days, about 1762. He was among the first settlers of that town and the town's second clerk during the time that all the town meetings were being held at the . Michael Dunning along with Judge Josiah Wright (also buried in Lovett) and Judge Robinson (buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pownal) were the three men who constituted the Pownal "Committee for the Examination of Tories" during the RW. In 1812, Michael Dunning's granddaughter, Laura Dunning married my Wright ancestor, Jesse Nash Wright, grandson of Judge Josiah Wright. Jesse and Laura took their two infant children, Olive and Lydia and removed to 160 acres of land they bought from Jesse's grandfather, Judge Josiah Wright, in Wrightsburg, Ohio in 1815 (now called Saybrook, Ashtabula county, OH). Saybrook is where all of my kin remained until my father left to go to Indiana in 1955.
The Dunning family goes back to 1642 in Salem, MA to Theophilus Dunning who was granted the right to operate a ferry between the town and a landing at the mouth of Bass River where it empties into the bay. Later he was the first person granted the right to impound livestock within the town of Salem, which meant he was allowed to operate a slaughter house. Apparently this led to a thriving business supplying leather to the shoe manufacturing businesses that developed in the mid 1600s in nearby Ipswich, MA. Theophilus' grandson, Benjamin Dunning was in 1687 appointed the official "Sealer of Leathers" for the port of Boston as a result of the burgeoning trade in tanned leather goods streaming across the ocean to England. However the Salem witch trials apparently threatened the Dunning family, or at least Benjamin's part of it for both of them removed to Jamaica Island in 1692 and settled among the Quakers there. By 1710, Benjamin's sons, Benjamin and John went across the sound to Connecticut and participated in the founding of Newtown, CT. where they served as town constables and assemblymen for many years. John removed to Norwalk, CT before 1717, but Benjamin and his family stayed in Newtown where Michael Dunning was born 03 June 1726. Michael married and removed with his wife and son, Josiah, then about 7 to Pownal, VT where he too was one of the town's first settlers and its second town clerk.
Mike Wright
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