Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

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Cyrus m. (1) 24 Dec 1870 Mary S. Bray of Orland, ME (d. 8 May 1876 age 26y 5m
17ds, bur. Castine) and m. (2) ca. 1883 Dora Leach (dau. of Capt. William
Leach, son of Richard) - d.s.p. With Mary Cyrus had Maine E. who died 23 Jan
1880 at age four (buried in Castine).

Cyrus married Leach, Medora about 1883. Medora was born in Jul 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In addition to the children in this database, two who died and are
buried with their parents are Bessie (d. 4 Oct 1879 age 27y 8m) and Frederic
"Freddie T." (d. 3 Feb 1863 age 8).

Daniel married Dunbar, Elizabeth in 1828. Elizabeth (daughter of Dunbar, Jairus and Atkins, Hannah) was born on 3 Mar 1812; died on 21 Oct 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her gravestone reads Eliza Dunbar.

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Jairus was a sea captain. Mark E. Honey, Meadowview Apts. - #21, Ellsworth,
ME 04605 states (1/96) that Jairus married Hannah Atkins, and that their dau.
Elizabeth m. Daniel Leach. Jairus' dates are from Penobscot VR. Jairus m.
Hannah Atkins 23 (?) Sept 1806.
This line is from Sylvia Conner Wardwell.

Jairus married Atkins, Hannah on 23 Sep 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She and Jairus may be the parents of Juliet Dunbar who m. Eliakim Wardwell of
Penobscot, ME on 21 Feb 1826 - her dates have been reported as 19 Jan 1810 to
11 Nov 1827.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Captain; Deacon

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David resided in Plantation 3 in Hancock Co., Maine, and served in the War for Independence. {-per George A. Wheeler, "History of Castine...,"Bangor, 1875, p.362.} The first Methodist Church in Penobscot was built on Capt. Dunbar's farm in 1801 with a
seating capacity of 1,000! {-Rilla Leach Moore, "Mill Creek: Penobscot, Maine," Castine: 1967, p.3.} Deaths in the Penobscot area also include a Lucy Wardwell, married, age 58 years, died 25 August 1868, dauughter of David Dunbar, born in Scituate, MA,
and wife Elizabeth Coan [sic] - did Elizabeth remarry? - is Lucy a daughter of David who d. 1841? David (?1757-1841?) was a solider in the "French and Indian" war and the War for Independence (serving as a Minuteman 17 April 1775!). Mark E. Honey
wrote in the Castine Patriot (newspaper), 22 July 1999, p. 6: "Captain David Dunbar...lived in what is now Penobscot, in that community I call the Narrows, between Wardwell's Point and the present Castine town line. He was a master mariner,
commanding the schooner 'Hancock' of Blue Hill in 1798, the schooner 'Eight Sisters' of Castine in 1801, and the schooner 'Freedom,' also of Castine. He is also listed as the master of the ship 'Joseph & Phebe' of Castine, probably a vessel belonging
to the Perkins family. In March and April of 1812 we find Captain Dunbar sailing to the West Indies and the port of Antigua. He was apparently working for the Castine merchant Doty Little. His crew included Nathan Whight, Jeremiah Green, Mr. Clow,
Mr. Perkins, and William Acean. The list of sailors is not complete, nor is the name of the vessel legible, though it may be the 'Defiance,' but what has survived is a one-page document which sheds some light on the expenses of a small vessel in 1812
plying the waters of the West Indies. Incidentally, the initials W.I. were familiar to 19th century coastal folks, because they represented the trade and goods which were a vital link in their maritime commerce. Rum for the ship's use: this
particular entry is mentioned on March 9, 11/2 gallons at $1.50, and March 20, 1 gallon at $2. Additional purchases of rum occured on March 20, when a boat was hired at 25 cents per to haul two casks of rum, on March 21 when seven casks of rum and
molasses were boted (boated) for 25 cents each, on March 24 when 120 gallons of rum and punch were purchased for $74, and on March 27 when 12 casks of rum and punch were brought to the vessel. This large amount of alcohol was part of the cargo which
was to be brought back to Boston or Maine. The rum used on-board ship was part of the daily ration for captain and crfew. It was kept under the watchful eye of the captain whose other difficult job was to keep the crew from sampling the merchandise.
Sugar was another important commodity to be purchased for the trip home. ..." NSDAR 611765 records his military service: "Pvt. May 1st 1775, Scituate, Mass. served 8 months under Samuel Stockbridge, Col. Hearth's Regt. of Mass., Jan. 1st 1776
serving 1 year under Capt Joshua Jacobs, Col. Bailey Continental Army, May 1st 1777, 8 months under Capt nathaniel Jarvius, Col. Henry Jackson Continental Army. He was engaged in the battle of Frogs Point and White Plains. - "Soldiers of The American
Revolution, Maine," p. 23; Pension #W 22981 National Archives." [A John Dunbar was a grantee at St. Andrews, N.B. among Loyalists resettled there from Castine, ME in 1783-84 - no relationship is known but the surname is curious.]

David married Elms, Elizabeth on 10 May 1779 in Scituate, MA. Elizabeth was born on 24 Jul 1743 in Scituate, MA; died about 1790 in Hancock Co., ME; was buried in Conner-Dunbar Cemetery, Penobscot, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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{Donna Hoffman of Bucksport, ME states Elizabeth "Betsy" was b. 15 Sept 1767
in Old York, ME and d. ca. 1790 probably at Scituate, MA.} Bethiah, wife of
Josiah Webster, d. 7 Feb 1873 at age 93, is buried in the Dunbar-Conner
Cemetery, Penobscot, and may be a daughter of Elizabeth and David Dunbar.