Captain Joseph Bunker, II b. 1 Sep 1796 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 24 Nov 1871 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA: Smith Family Tree

Captain Joseph Bunker, II

1796 - 1871 (75 years)

Name	Joseph Bunker [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Title	Captain
Suffix	II
Birth	1 Sep 1796	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Military Service	Abt 1812	Massachusetts, USA [8]
	American Army - War of 1812; Capt John O Hotchkiss Company, Massachusetts Militia.
		Poster-War of 1812
Census	1850	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [2]
	Abigail and Joseph Bunker
Census	1860	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [6]
	Sarah and Joseph Bunker
Census	1870	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [5]
	Sarah and Joseph Bunker
FSID	L447-SK9
Death	24 Nov 1871	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [1, 9, 10]
Burial	Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [9]
		Bunker Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine Find a Grave: #2471957
Person ID	I25950	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Joseph Bunker, I, b. Bef 1754, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA d. Bef 1830, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age < 76 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ruth Cousins, b. 1 Feb 1761, Arundel, York, Maine, USA d. 18 Jan 1816, Hulls Cove, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 54 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1 Feb 1781	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA [1]
Family ID	F10675	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Abigail Gilley, b. 3 Feb 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 21 Sep 1852, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 54 years)

Marriage 11 Sep 1816 [11]

Marriage End 1852 [11]

Death of Abigail

Children

	1. Joseph Bunker, III, b. 14 Jun 1822, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 15 Sep 1844 (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Abigail 'Abby' Bunker, b. 22 Oct 1824, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 18 Feb 1872, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Lucy Ann Bunker, b. 11 Mar 1832, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 18 Oct 1902, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Charles S Bunker, b. 6 Jan 1817, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1 Sep 1858, Maine, USA (Age 41 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Martha B 'Matilda' Bunker, b. 23 Jun 1835, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 12 Sep 1922, Hyde Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Clarissa Gilley 'Clara' Bunker, b. 25 Jun 1829, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 30 Mar 1855 (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Henry Spurling Bunker, b. 23 Jul 1840, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. Aft 24 Dec 1880, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age > 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Andrew Jackson Bunker, b. 3 Apr 1837, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 11 Sep 1915, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. John Gilley Bunker, b. 15 Dec 1819, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 5 Feb 1902, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. William Gilley Bunker, b. 4 Nov 1826, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 13 Oct 1900, Oak Bluffs, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11203 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Sarah Ann N Bulger, b. 7 Jan 1831, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 26 Nov 1916, Calais, Washington, Maine, USA (Age 85 years)

Marriage 22 Feb 1853 [12, 13]

Children

	1. Celeste Antoinette Bunker, b. 28 Sep 1860, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 21 Mar 1891, St Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Nancy Cheney Bunker, b. 6 Nov 1854, Maine, USA d. 7 Mar 1919, Calais, Washington, Maine, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Joseph Wilbur 'Willard' Bunker, b. 1 Sep 1856, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 12 May 1932 (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11202 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 1 Sep 1796 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Military Service - American Army - War of 1812; Capt John O Hotchkiss Company, Massachusetts Militia. - Abt 1812 - Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Abigail and Joseph Bunker - 1850 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Sarah and Joseph Bunker - 1860 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Sarah and Joseph Bunker - 1870 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Death - 24 Nov 1871 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Burial - - Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA

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Ancestors

~d Gott-M (Vet)
Gott Ancestor (Veteran)

Arms Icons & Insignia

Poster-War of 1812

Sources

[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
[S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 354b.

1850 United States Federal Census
Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 354B; Image: 280
[S437] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
[S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 7.

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
Database online.
[S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_544; Page: 388A.

1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_544; Page: 388A
[S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 605.

1860 United States Federal Census
Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 605
[S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 8.

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 8
[S248] Ancestry.com, War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).

War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
[S11360] Smith, Dianne Gebhardt, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Gott): BUNKER Joseph, (Name: SmithLC.com;), BUNKER Captain Joseph II 1797-1871.
Son of Joseph & Ruth (Cousins) Bunker.
Married Abigail (Gilley) Bunker in 1815.
Married secondly Sarah Ann (Bulger) Bunker in 1853.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100132185/joseph-bunker
[S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Database online.

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Volume: 309
[S871] Find a Grave: GILLEY Abigail Gilley 1798-1852, Abigail Gilley Bunker.
Clarissa Gilley “Clara” Bunker Thompson
BIRTH: 4 Feb 1798
DEATH: 21 Sep 1852 (aged 54)
BURIAL: Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
MEMORIAL ID: 100131976

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Dau. of John & Mary Freelove (Woods) Gilley.
-- Married Capt. Joseph A. Bunker in 1815.
-- Children:
• Charles S. Bunker b: 06 JAN 1817 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• John Gilley Bunker b: 15 DEC 1819 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Joseph Bunker b: 14 JUN 1822 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Abigail Bunker b: 22 OCT 1824 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
• William Gilley Bunker b: 04 NOV 1826 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Clarrisa Gilley Bunker b: 25 JUN 1829 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Lucy Ann Bunker b: 11 MAR 1832 in Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Martha B. Bunker b: 30 JUN 1835 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
• Andrew Jackson Bunker b: 03 APR 1837 in Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Henry Spurling Bunker b: 23 JUL 1840 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
-- Died aged 54 years, 7 months, 18 days old.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100131976/bu
[S9081] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Sarah and Joseph Bunker • Bangor Daily Whig and Courier - 8 Mar 1853, Sarah Ann N Bulger and Joseph Bunker II - Publication Date: 8/ Mar/ 1853; Publication Place: Bangor, Maine.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662998225/?article=a8181876-433d-4d8f-9614-2dc6149f4b48/8d4d1030-e432-486f-abe9-642ebc5e01f6&focus=0.44263116,0.80973387,0.5771291,0.88316756&xid=
[S6987] Find a Grave: BULGER Sarah Bunker 1830-1916, Sarah Ann Bulger Bunker.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89261774

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