When Thomas Bunce was born in 1638, in Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bunce, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Esseter, was 30. He married Mary Luck on 24 March 1655, in Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: variant of Bunt , Bunn or Bone , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form of South German Bunz: from Alemannic bunz ‘little barrel’, hence a nickname for a short fat man; or from a pet form of an Old High German personal name Bun(n)o.
Americanized form of German Banz . Compare Bunts .
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