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2451 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Robert's only son, Malcolm Clyde Dunbar, died in 1999. 
Dunbar, Robert (I2492)
 
2452 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Robert's parents are not proven.
"Dunbar: Robert Dunbar, immigrant ancestor, was b. in Scotland, 1630. Name is believed to be derived from the ancient Scottish city of the same name. It is also a general belief in the family that he was a descendant of George Earl Dunbar in the regular line." Ninian Dunbar, founder of Grange Hill, had a son, Robert, supposed to have been Robert the immigrant who married Rose____, and in 1655 settled in Hingham, Mass. It was the general opinion that he brought with him considerable sum of money to begin life in the new country, inasmuch as for years there were but two men in the town who paid a higher tax than he. {-"Gen. and Fam. History of the State of Connecticut in Four Volumes," New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1911, II:788, which also gives Robert's death date as 5 Oct 1693; the Hingham, Mass. History, Vol. 2, publ'd by the town in 1893, gives his death date as 19 Sept 1693 and reports that his will is dated 13 Sept 1693.} Robert resided on Scotland Street in Hingham.
NOTE: the possible father of Robert is first identified in print in "The Genealogy of the Dunbar Family," by the Rev. Melzar Dunbar (1886), who reports it as merely family lore.
What IS known circumstantially is that Robert was a Cromwellian prisoner of war. The name of Lt. Col. Dunbarr [sic] is on a handscript list of prisoners taken at the Battle of Dunbar; no first name is given for any officers; he is listed second after Col. Leslie. In 1659 Robert deposed that he had been a servant of Mr. Joshua Foote when Mr. Foote lived in Boston. He also stated (in 1659) that he was 25 years old. Robert Dunbar's name appears on a plaque at the Saugus Iron Works (a National Monument); Mr. Joshua Foote was one of the proprietors of these Works. No record has been found of the marriage to Rose; perhaps they married in Scotland and Robert wrote to her for the funds to release himself from his indenture to Mr. Foote. Perhaps she subsequently came to America and brought whatever wealth they had. This could explain the Rev. Peter Hobart's comment that "the opinion generally prevailed in Hingham that Mr. Dunbar brought money enough with him to begin life without embarrassment, as for years there were but two men in the place who paid a higher tax." [The above is from a letter from Ann T. Chaplin, Clan Genealogist, Clan Dunbar, RFD 2 - Box 668, Center Barnstead, NH 03225, to AEM 7 Dec 1990; she wrote further, 27 Dec 1990: "I continue to disbelieve that Robert Dunbar of Hingham is the son of Ninian Dunbar of Grange Hill. Ninian had a son Sir Robert Dunbar, knighted in 1660 (assorted sources...). This then can NOT be the Robert who is in Hingham at that time!!" However, there is likely SOME relationship to this line.] See "The Descendants of Robert Dunbar of Hingham, Mass.," by Ann Theopold Chaplin (1992).
From: "Barbara Jones" (b.j.jones@worldnet.att.net) 20 Jul 1998: "I was considering the thought of Robert returning to Scotland to be knighted. As I was doing this it occured to me that as a Cromwellian prisoner he would have supported the Stewarts who may have been reinstated by then. Charles II immediately rewarded those who had supported the house of Stewart after he was crowned. I looked it up and discovered that he was crowned in 1660, the same year Robert was knighted. Cromwell would have stripped Robert of his lands and holdings and given them to someone loyal to him, as was the common practice of the time. It only makes sense that Robert would have returned to Scotland when the dynasty he fought for had returned to power. Certainly this would be preferable to remaining in servitude in a strange land, away from his family and kin. He likely knew that Charles Stewart would reward his supporters and re-institute their lands and wealth, and certainly would have felt a desire to return to his beloved Scotland. In fact it was quite common throughout the history of Jacobitism (support of the house of Stewart) for Jacobites to return from exile in other lands to be rewarded when the Stewarts would return to power. This is a witness to the great connection the Scots feel with the land of their forefathers. This would explain Robert returning to Scotland and being knighted and then returning again to the New World with substantial wealth. These events may seem strange at first, but are actually quite in accordance with Scottish history at that time. Exiles returning from far off lands and prominent individuals experiencing dramatic changes of fortune, depending on who was in power and who they had supported, is common in the history of Scotland. "I noticed that Robert Dunbar's great grandmother is from the Clan Rose. The thought occurs to me that Rose may be Robert's wife's maiden name. This would follow the common pattern of the the time, of nobility marrying among their own extended family. This was also the common practice of the Scottish Clans."
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"Surnames of the United Kingdom," Henry Harrison (Baltimore: Gen. pub. Co, 1969), I:124, reports that the surname Dunbar = "Belonging to Dunbar," which is the Fort of the Summit [Gaelic "dun" is a fort, "barr" is the high point].
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Another accounting of Robert Dunbar
http://www.clandunbar.com/robert.html

Robert of Hingham

Who was Robert Dunbar? For a great many of us who are descended from the Dunbar families that came from the Northeast states of the U.S.A., he is our immigrant ancestor. For everyone else, he was one of the first people named Dunbar to land in America.

Robert Dunbar was born sometime around 1634. A Suffolk County, Massachusetts Superior Court case heard in 1659 lists his age as "about 25 years". Counting back, that would place his birth "about" 1634. According to family tradition, he was born in the Moray province of Scotland. Despite 2-3 generations of research, no solid proof has yet surfaced to prove his origins, or how he came to be in Massachusetts. Erroneous research suggests he was Ninian Dunbar of Grange's son. I say erroneous because that Robert went on to serve in Parliament while our Robert was raising his family in Massachusetts and never left the Colonies.

A plaque on a monument at the Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts commemorates the 300th anniversary of the settlement of the Scottish prisoners who were captured at the second Battle of Dunbar, September 3-5, 1650. Assuming Robert was born in 1634, that would make him "about" 16 years of age in that battle if he indeed was in it. A list of Scots at the Lynn Ironworks in 1651, now stored at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, comprises 43 names including that of our young Robert, creating the supposition that he was captured at the Battle of Dunbar like his co-workers at the Ironworks. Other evidence suggests different possibilities of his origins.

One theory suggests he was a younger son of one of the land owning Dunbars of Moray, my own personal bias being that he was from the Dunbars of Burgie. This theory is also supported by a letter written by one Alexander (Ally) Knox of West Barns, East Lothian, Scotland. That man knows more about the House of Dunbar that anyone now alive, with the possible exception being Patrick Dunbar who is catching up on him. In a letter Ally wrote to Dan Dunbar in 1998, he says a American descendant of Robert's sent him (Ally) the family crest. Ally checked it with the Lord Lyon, who identified it as coming from the Dunbar's of Burgie. Ally further suggests Robert happened to be in London when the Scottish prisoners came through town, heard of the opportunity in the Colonies and volunteered for the trip to work for Joshua Foote.

The Scottish prisoners were marched to London after the battle. Those that survived the death march were indentured to Joshua Foote and John Becx, carried to Boston on the ship Unity, and put to work in the Lynn and Braintree Iron Works. Robert's name does not appear on the manifest from the Unity. Other prisoners were brought to America on the ship John and Sara. Another unidentified ship came somewhat later. Robert does not show up on the manifests from the Unity or the John and Sara. Possibly he came on the third ship. It was also common practice to group a few prisoners together and only list the assigned group leader's name in the manifest. If Robert truly was a prisoner, perhaps this explains how he got there.

According to Reverend Peter Hobart's diary, Robert arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1655. In December 1657 the birth of his first child is recorded, so we can presume he married his wife Rose of the 'Unknown last name' family sometime between 1655 and March of 1657 or before. There is no record of their marriage in the Massachusetts Bay Colony records, but married they were. The landed Dunbar theory suggests that they were married in Scotland, and when he settled here in America he "sent home" for his wife and requested she bring his inheritance with him. Her dowry could also have contributed to his wealth. Why would a family pay such a dowry to a commoner' son? Rev. Hobart's diary further states that only two other men paid higher taxes than Robert in 1655. If he was a penniless prisoner and indentured servant in 1650, what other explanation could account for all the money he had in 1655?

Robert and Rose Dunbar spent the remainder of their lives in Hingham, Massachusetts and are buried behind what used to be their house on Scotland Street in Hingham, which burned down long ago. They had 11 children in total, and at last count have over 10,000 descendants. Someday proof will turn up. Until then, who knows?


Other Dunbar Sites
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/dunbar.html 
Dunbar, Robert (I355)
 
2453 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Robert, "the son of Robert de Bruce VII, earl of Carrick by right of his wife, Marjorie, was a
direct descendant of a Norman baron who accompanied William I to England." - Encycl. Brit.,
'56, 19:347. The earldom of Carrick was resigned to him by his father in 1292, was merged in
the crown of Scotland, and became extinct "with the failure of the royal male line of Bruce."
Robert is reported by "The Bruce Journal" (I:1) to have been born at Writtle Essex, crowned at
Scone 27 March 1306, regained Sotland's independence through victory at Bannockburn in June,
1314, etc. See "Robert Bruce," G. W. S. Barrow (U. of CA Press, 1965). Also see 1999 Web site:
http://www.infodex.demon.co.uk/index.html 
Robert, King of Scots I (I2679)
 
2454 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Robert, 5th Lord of Annandale, was Regent of Scotland. He forfeited the
Crown of Scotland by refusing to do homage to King Edward I of England. He
is called "The Competitor." In 1291 he unsuccessfully competed with John
Baliol for the crown of Scotland. 
Bruce, Robert (I1000)
 
2455 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rochelle was named for New Rochelle, NY, where he father, Ezra, was at his
birth. He was a seaman in 1906, per Penobscot Town Register. His name is
spelled "Roshelle" on his grave marker. 1921-ca.1937 he and his wife owned
and operated Conner's Restaurant on Water Street, Castine, opposite the Ford
dealership (in the 1990s the dealership site is the Tarrantine Market grocery
store) - they r. above the restaurant. Clara and Rochelle met at the North
Castine Grange Hall and were married by the Methodist minister at Castine. 
Conner, Rochelle Edwin (I2066)
 
2456 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Roger "was constantly fighting the Welsh for his family possessions in
Wales and quarreled with Becket over Tunbridge castle" {Encycl.Brit.,
1956, 5:755}. He is known as "the Good Earl." 
Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford (I1045)
 
2457 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Roger held numerous properties and titles; he ruled Normandy in the absence of William the
Conqueror, 1066+. He was also Earl of Shrewsbury in Britain and held numerous other titles.
{-see "Falaise Roll," M.J.Crispin (1938), p.100-01.} Roger was the first Earl of Sussex {(per
"Complete Peerage," G.E.Cokayne, I:138-9)}- his grants from William the Conqueror included
much of Sussex (including Chichester and the castle and honor of Arundel) and lands in
Shropshire with the castles of Shrewsbury and Montgomery. His titles were forfeit to the
crown when his son Robert was attainted in 1102; the estates were then conferred by Henry I on
his 2nd wife Adelicia [ID2950], who after Henry I died m. William d'Aubigny. (Also see (May,
1999) Web site http://infokey.com/Domesday/Shropshire.htm) 
Montgomery, Regent in Normandy Roger de (I1199)
 
2458 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rognald was apparently the last non-Rurikid (i.e. Viking) prince of Polotzk
and he is father of Rogneide of Polotzk. 
Polotzk, Rogneide of (I1326)
 
2459 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rognvald was General in the Army of King Olav of Norway. He was "put to
death." He was Earl of Ladoga in Russia. 
Rognvald (I1233)
 
2460 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rollo (Robert) was first Duke of Normandy about 911, and abdicated in 927. He was baptised in
912 in the Cathedral of Rouen. A correspondent on Prodigy states he was born about 870 in
Maer, Norway, died 927-32. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 121E-18: "Ganger Rolf, 'the
Viking' (or Rollo), banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876, 890 participated in Viking
attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed, and his dau. Poppa captured and
taken, 886, by Rollo (now called Count of Rouen) as his 'Danish' wife. Under Treaty of St.
Claire, 911, rec'd the Duchy of Normandy from Charles III, 'the Simple'; d. ca. 927 (Isenburg
says 931), bur. Notre Dame, Rouen." "The Normans in European History," Charles Homer Haskins
(NY: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1959), p. 28: Rollo was granted Normandy in 911 by King Charles
the Simple of the Franks. Rollo "...was known in the North as Hrolf the Ganger, because he
was so huge that no horse could carry him and he must needs gang afoot. A pirate at home, he
was driven into exile by the anger of King Harold, whereupon he followed his trade in the
Western Isles and in Gaul, and rose to be a great Jarl among his people." 
Rollo Duke of Normandy (I1440)
 
2461 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Lancaster, R. (I2395)
 
2462 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rudolph founded, 888 A.D., the kingdom of Jurane Burgundy {Encycl. Brit.,
1956 Ed., 4:406}. Wife is Willa or Gisele. 
Rudolph, King of Burgundy I (I1650)
 
2463 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Russell Irving Morgrage graduated from Easten State Normal School in 1903 and took courses at the University of ME and Brown University. He taught school at Benidicta, ME, Dover Foxcroft, ME, Milltown, ME, Mansfield, MA, Cranston, RI; Warmick, RI;
Superintendent at Mexico, ME and Castine, ME ; Principal of Bangor's Hannibal Hamlin Grammar School and was first principal of 5th Street Junior High until he retired in 1948. He was a member of Hancock Lodge, A.F. and A.M., at Castine, ME. 
Morgrage, Russell Irving (I1228)
 
2464 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Ruth is age 6 in the 1850 census at Calais, ME. Perhaps she is the Ellen
Black who m. Sewall F. Avery on 1 Oct 1865 in Cooper, ME? - queries Mark A.
Honey of Ellsworth, 2000. 
Black, Ruth A. (I2620)
 
2465 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Rutpert III m. (her 2nd) Wiadruth {parents unknown, but see "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 48-17 for speculation}. Ruthpert III is known to
history in 812-25 and d. ca. 834. 
Rutpert, Count In Wormgau III (I1715)
 
2466 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Samuel m. 11-17-1735 Martha Groce. 
Dunbar, Samuel (I375)
 
2467 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Samuel returned from military service in the War Between the States to work
in his father's shipyard. He drowned with his shipmates off the Magdalen
Islands. 
Perkins, Samuel Fifield (I2563)
 
2468 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah died giving birth to twins, who died at birth. She married Frank
Wilson Bowden of Castine (son of Wilson Bowden and Abbie I.); Frank m. (2)
Mary Williams (no issue). Sarah and Frank had Bernard Bowden, born at
Castine, served in World War I (26th Div., 102D Field Artillery, Battery C).
Bernard was thought to have resided in Massachusetts and to have married
there. 
Conner, Sarah H. (I1995)
 
2469 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah is daughter of Samuel Thaxter and Abigail Church. Sarah and Peter had
seven children, the youngest of whom was Samuel, b. 11 May 1704, who
graduated from Harvard College in 1723 and became pastor at Stoughton, MA -
in 1748 he preached the annual election sermon before the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, which was printed - Samuel d. 15 June 1783. The
Thaxter family is detailed in "The History of the Town of Hingham,"
III:229ff. 
Thaxter, Sarah (I2636)
 
2470 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah m. (1) (int. 28 Oct 1871) Stephen D. Grindle (and had Willard D.
Grindle ca. 1873). Sarah m. (2) David Eaton Grindle. Sarah m. (3) Augustus
P. Cain (age 61 at marriage 19 Sept 1909, a stone-cutter of South Penobscot
and son of Ethan Cain and Alice Conner). 
Leach, Sarah (I2481)
 
2471 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah m. 4 Mar 1870 at Brooksville to George H. Davis of Brooksville; he b.
1845 per Sylvia Conner Wardwell (ref. V.R.). However, Marriage Records of
Hancock County (Camden: Picton Press, 1992), p. 228, gives marriage of Sarah
F. Conner of Orland to George Coffin of Orland 29 Aug 1863 at Blue Hill, ME.
Perhaps daughter of Mary Dunbar, second wife of George W. Conner - see
Dunbar, second wife of George W. Conner - see discrepancy in dates. 
Conner, Sarah F. (I2445)
 
2472 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah, listed as 12th child, m. 5 December 1727 Robert Garnet. 
Dunbar, Sarah (I376)
 
2473 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sarah, listed as 9th child, m. 13 Jan 1696 in Hingham, MA to Benjamin
Garnet. 
Dunbar, Sarah (I364)
 
2474 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Second Earl of Surrey; at first supported Duke Robert but later supported
Henry I and was at the Battle of Tinchebray; made grants to Lewes Priory
and is buried in the Lewes Chapter House. He was Governor of Rouen in 1135. 
Warenne, William de (I1072)
 
2475 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

See "The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan," Arthur Jones (Manchester, 1910). 
Gwinedh, Prince of North Wales Owain I (I1033)
 
2476 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

See "The Leaches of Penobscot, Parts ii through vi," Mark E. Honey
(Ellsworth, ME: 1966), p. 7. In 1900 they r. Orland, ME and she had four
children, of whom one was living. Their son Harold A. Leach (b. Jan. 1884)
m. (1) 24 Dec 1907 Vida E. Cunningham (dau. of Charles E. Cunningham and Emma
Stover) and (2) 13 Oct 1915 at Orland, ME Gladys Moore (dau. of Percy F.
Moore and Ina Smith); Harold was a farmer. 
Leach, Elisha (I2444)
 
2477 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

See notes for his father, Alan. 
Walter, Lord High Stewart I (I1029)
 
2478 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

See notes for his son, Brien Borom. 
Cenneidig King of Ireland (I1410)
 
2479 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Seissylt's wife, Prawst, is dau. of Elise, Prince of North Wales (d. 941;
son of Anaewd, Prince of North Wales). {For this Welsh line, also see
W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing
Co., 1968), p. 128, 130, which gives ancestry to King Roderick the Great,
ID2819.} 
Seissylt (I1318)
 
2480 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Senfrie married a forester of the Duke of Normandy at Sauqueville near
Arques. 
Senfrie (I1381)
 
2481 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Several sources, i.e. John S. Wurts ("Magna Charta" (Philadelphia:
Brookfield, 1945), p. 164, state that she is daughter of Harald Blaatand,
King of Denmark, who died in 981. It is known that she was "of Danish
extraction." 
Crepon, Gonnor de (I1247)
 
2482 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

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. 
Atkins, Hannah (I2450)
 
2483 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

She founded the abbey of Bernay in Normandy about 1026 per one source. 
Brittany, Judith of (I1304)
 
2484 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

She is also known as Ludgarda. 
Bavaria, Hedwige (Edith) of (I1641)
 
2485 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

She is from a Web site, and not verified:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s023/f008755.htm 
FitzHubert, Matilda (Maud) (I1138)
 
2486 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

She r. Brewer, ME according to Mark A. Honey of Ellsworth, ME, 2000. 
Tibbetts, Edna A. (I2602)
 
2487 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sigurd died in the Battle of Clortarf, Ireland. {For this line see the
sometimes unreliable "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P.
Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, pp. 201-02} He is the 7th Earl of Orkney. John
S. Wurts, "Magna Charta," p. 2693, states he is "a descendant of Harold,
Prince of Rogaland, living A.D. 650, and of Auda the Deep-Minded, wife of
Olaf of Dublin, who died in 871. 
Sigurd Earl of Orkney (I1423)
 
2488 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Simon became Earl of Leicester via marriage with Amicia de Beaumont. His
grandson, Simon V de Montfort, b. ca. 1208, played a major role in 13th
century England (see Thomas B. Costain, "The Magnificent Century"
[Doubleday & Co., 1951, pp.152ff.]), and married Eleanor, sister of King
Henry III. Simon III was Seigneur of Montfort-l'Amaury (near Paris). 
de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III (I1077)
 
2489 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sir Adam Mure (or Muir) was of Rowallen, Ayrshire. 
Mure, Sir Adam (I2671)
 
2490 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Smyth ("Alfred the Great") says she died in 902.
She became a nun at widowhood, and was regarded as a saint after death. 
Ealhswith (I1594)
 
2491 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Sphreta was a lady of the royal house of Burgundy and sister of Rollo's
wife. {see reference under ID2888} 
Burgundy, Sphreta de (I1587)
 
2492 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Spoleto is on a hill about 80 miles north by east of Rome. "Under the
Lombards Spoleto became the capital of an independent duchy (from 570), and
its dukes ruled a considerable part of central Italy. Together with other
fiefs, it was bequeathed to Pope Gregory VII by the empress Matilda, but
for some time struggled to maintain its independence." -Encyclopedia
Britannica, 1956, 21:253. Guido I married Itana ______. 
Guido, Duke of Spoleto I (I1751)
 
2493 [dunbar_tree.FTW]

Spondana's father was Garnard, King of Picts. 
Picts, Spondana of The (I1887)
 
2494 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Morgrage, M.E. (I1250)
 
2495 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Ware, T.H. (I1272)
 
2496 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Friedman, C. (I1283)
 
2497 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Ware, B.E. (I1294)
 
2498 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Ware, K.E. (I1305)
 
2499 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Ware, R. (I1316)
 
2500 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Beveridge, C. (I1327)
 

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