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Samuel Gunnison was born 27 JAN 1720/21 in Kittery, ME. He died 14 MAY 1806. He was the son of Joseph Gunnison (1690-1748) and Susanna Follett. His siblings were John Gunnison (1722-?), David Gunnison (1724-?), William Gunnison (1726-?), Christopher Gunnison (1728-?).
Samuel Gunnison's first wife was Alice Fernald (1725/26-1804). They were married 3 MAY 1752. They had 7 known children named Margaret Gunnison (1755-?), Samuel Gunnison (1757-?), Ephraim Gunnison (1759-1761), Daniel Gunnison (1761-1821), Ephraim Gunnison (1766-?), Nathaniel Gunnison (1766-?), and Alice Gunnison (1768-1779).
His second wife was Jane Fernald (1750-?). They were married 6 FEB 1745/46.
A genealogy of the descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Mass: from1610 ...
By George W Gunnison
"Lived in Kittery until 1749 when he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where hisfirst wife and second child both died. He returned to Kittery, married for hissecond wife, his first wife's sister, and in 1765 moved to Goshen, NH wherehe and his wife both died at a good old age. Their numerous posterity arethere now. Some of his carpenter tools are now in the possession of hisgrandson, Col. Gowan Wilson of Kittery, still living, 88 years of age. Badger'sIsland, near Kittery was once owned and occupied by him.
This Samuel Gunnison and Dea. Joseph Chandler's (see p. 50) father, whenyoung men, were once both impressed as seamen on board His Majesty'sships and were placed on different men-of-war three miles apart off Halifax.It happened that both were acting as sentinels, on the same night, on theirrespective ships, without the knowledge of the other. Mr Chandler swam fromhis ship to the other and hailed the sentinel. The other let down a rope andhauled him on board and concealed him in his joiner's chest. Search wasmade for him on board without success (Col. Gowan Wilson)"