Early Settlers of Alabama Dunn (of Virginia). Eleanor Dunn married Robert Green (who came to Virginia 1717 , aged 22), parents of Col. John Green, b. 1730 , of Culpepper , of the Sixth Virginia in the Revolution, whose son, Robert , was also in Revolution. Col. John Green had also a son, Moses Green , of Culpepper county , whose son, William Green , married Mary , daughter of Commander John Saunders , of Norfolk , and granddaughter of Capt. Ceeley Saunders , of the Revolutionary navy, ship Tartar.