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| 1. THOREAU, David Henry, b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass.; writer, naturalist, philosopher, pencil maker, surveyor, Transcendentalist, inspector of snow storms; d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass.; bu. New Burying Ground, Concord, in the Dunbar family plot; moved with other family members to Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord (essentially, up the street) in the 1870s. Changed name to Henry David on his own after graduating from Harvard. |
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2. THOREAU, John, b. October 8, 1787, Boston, Mass.; moved to Concord with father in 1800; m. May 11, 1812 Cynthia Dunbar; held a variety of jobs, eventually settled on pencil making; had four children: Helen, John Jr., Henry, Sophia; d. February 3, 1859, Concord, Mass; now bu. at Author's Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
3. DUNBAR, Cynthia, b. May 28, 1787, Keene, N.H.; moved to Concord with mother and stepfather in 1798; d. March 12, 1872; now bu. at Author's Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The house she was born in is now a Margaritas restaurant, 77 Main Street, Keene, New Hampshire.
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4. THOREAU, Jean, b. St. Helier, Isle of Jersey, ca. 1754; emigrated to America in 1773; m. (1) Jane (Jennie) Burns in 1781 (d. 1796); m. (2) Rebecca Kettell in 1782; d. 1801. Anglicized name from Jean to John.
5. BURNS, Jane (Jennie), d. 1796.
6. DUNBAR, Asa, b. May 26, 1745 Bridgewater, Mass.; attended Harvard; m. Mary Jones October 22, 1772, in Weston, Mass.; worked as a minister and then in the area of law and as the town clerk of Keene, N.H.; member of the Rising Sun Lodge No. 4 in Keene; d. June 22, 1787 with full Masonic honors.
7. JONES, Mary, b. July 11, 1748, in Weston, Mass., d. August 2, 1830. Only grandparent HDT knew. M. (2) 1798 Captain Jonas Minott and settled on his farm on Virginia Road, Concord. He died 1813.
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8. THOREAU, Philippe, wine merchant, b. 1720; m. Marie le Gallais in 1749; had nine children; d. 1800.
9. LE GALLAIS, Marie.
10. BURNS, Scotch gentleman, m. ca 1750.
11. ORROK, Sarah, Boston Quaker.
12. DUNBAR, Samuel, b. May 11, 1704; d. April 7, 1786.
13. HAYWARD, Mary, b. ca 1718; d. Feb 3, 1793.
14. JONES, Elisha, b. Nov. 20, 1710, Norwich, Conn. OR Watertown, Mass. slave owner and outspoken Loyalist; m. January 24, 1733 to Mary Allen. d. Feb. 13, 1775, Boston, Mass.
15. ALLEN, Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1714, Weston, Mass.; d. April 26, 1751.
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(A more expansive HDT Ahnentafel can be found at
http://www.kouroo.info/Thoreau/GenealogyHDT.pdf.) |
