{"id":2102,"date":"2021-04-29T10:31:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:34:47","slug":"i-want-learn-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=2102","title":{"rendered":"I Want To Learn More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Benjamin E. Dunbar (1776-1831) was my third great-grandfather. He spent most of his life in Massachusetts but relocated to Ohio shortly before he died.<\/p>\n

More than twenty years ago, a spent a great deal of time researching his life. During those years I had the good fortune to collaborate with other genealogists who shared an interest in the Dunbar line.<\/p>\n

Those relatives, my third cousins Ruby Prestly and Jayme Anderson, have since passed away. After their deaths, I focused on other ancestors.<\/p>\n

This year I decided to revisit the Dunbar research. With all the databases available now, I hope I can learn more about Benjamin Dunbar’s life and family.<\/p>\n

As good genealogists do, I must begin by reviewing documents I already have:<\/p>\n

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  1. Halifax, MA birth record for Benjamin Dunbar, son of Benjamin and Hannah, 1776.<\/li>\n
  2. Chatham, MA land purchase, Fear (Dunbar) and John Ryder to Benjamin Dunbar, 1805.<\/li>\n
  3. Chatham, MA marriage intention and marriage record, Benjamin Dunbar to Rhoda Hall, 1805.<\/li>\n
  4. U. S. census records for Benjamin Dunbar’s household in 1810, 1820, and 1830.<\/li>\n
  5. Chatham, MA birth registrations (1806-1827) for all but one of the children of Benjamin Dunbar and Rhoda Hall.<\/li>\n
  6. War of 1812 service record for Benjamin Dunbar of Chatham, MA.<\/li>\n
  7. History of Barnstable County<\/em> by Simeon L. Deyo (1890) describing Benjamin Dunbar’s salt works.<\/li>\n
  8. Chatham Town Records of Benjamin E. Dunbar registering as a Methodist (1824) and being appointed Constable (1828).<\/li>\n
  9. Benjamin E. Dunbar FindAGrave memorial for Stow Cemetery, Stow, Ohio.<\/li>\n
  10. Benjamin E. Dunbar probate file, Portage County, Ohio.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I seem to recall that I had another document pertaining to the disposal of Benjamin’s property in Massachusetts, but I cannot find it.<\/p>\n

    A close look at all these papers may reveal information I overlooked before. Even if it does not, it offers me a chance to re-familiarize myself with Benjamin’s life.<\/p>\n

    Once I do that, I can devise a research plan to look for more details. I have a several questions:<\/p>\n

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    1. Who was Benjamin’s mother? His birth record says simply “Hannah”. Was she Hannah Hathaway, as alleged in The Descendants of Robert Dunbar of Hingham, Massachusetts<\/em> by Ann Theopold Chaplin (1992)? Or was she the Hannah Latham claimed on several online trees?<\/li>\n
    2. Did Benjamin’s mother remarry after his father died (bef. 1779 when Benjamin and his brother Hosea were just toddlers)? If so, did Benjamin have half-siblings?<\/li>\n
    3. Where was Benjamin Dunbar’s youngest daughter Laura Ann Dunbar born?<\/li>\n
    4. Where in Chatham was the salt works located, and who were the neighbors?<\/li>\n
    5. Was Benjamin a sea captain? When I visited the museum in Chatham years ago, I spoke with a man who claimed that he was.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      More information about Benjamin E. Dunbar begs to be discovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Benjamin E. Dunbar (1776-1831) was my third great-grandfather. He spent most of his life in Massachusetts but relocated to Ohio shortly before he died. More than twenty years ago, a spent a great deal of time researching his life. During those years I had the good fortune to collaborate with other genealogists who shared an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2104,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions\/2104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}