Robert Dunn I

Brief Life History of Robert

Robert Dunn I married Joane Porter about 1655, in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America in 1650. He died on 12 May 1676, in Kent Island Parish, Kent, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Dunn I
–1676
Joane Porter
1633–1708
Marriage: about 1655
William Dunn
1656–1656
Shusanna Dunn
1656–
Alice Dunn
–1676
Joane Dunn
1661–
Rebecca Dunn
1664–
Robert Dunn Sr
1674–1729

Sources (13)

  • Robert Dunn's death, Page 222, "Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most Ancient Records of Kent ... by George Adolphus Hanson
  • Robert Dunn in entry for Shusana Dunn, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Robert Dunn in entry for Rebecka Dunn, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"

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World Events (2)

1642

Historical Boundaries: 1642: Kent, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Kent, Maryland, United States

1642

Historical Boundaries: 1642: Kent, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Kent, Maryland, United States

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .

English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).

Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Immigrant to Sheriff

DUNN, ROBERT (ca. 1630-1676). BORN: ca. 1630, probably in England. IMMIGRATED, in 1649 as a free adult. RESIDED: in Kent County. MAR- RIED Jane (Joan), stepdaughter of William Elliot. She subseque …

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