Person:Moses Gunn (1)
Moses Gunn
b.3 Apr 1756 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.17 Nov 1830 Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1753
  1. Daniel Gunn, III1754 - 1834
  2. Moses Gunn1756 - 1830
  3. Hezekiah Gunn1758 -
  4. Noble Gunn1760 - 1830
  5. Rhoda Gunn1762 - 1830
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Moses Gunn1756 - 1830
  • W.  Sarah (add)
  1. Alanson GunnAbt 1780 - 1849
  2. Moses Gunn1780 -
  3. Linus Gunn1783 - 1848
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Facts and Events
Name Moses Gunn
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 3 Apr 1756 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Sarah (add)
Death[5][11] 17 Nov 1830 Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United StatesCircumstantial evidence.

Named for his mother's father.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, p. 952:

Gunn, Moses, Westfield. Private, Westfield co. of Minute-men commanded by Lieut. John Shephard, which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 8 days; reported enlisted into the army April 28, 1775; also, Capt. Warham Parks's co., Col. Timothy Danielson's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 28, 1775; service, 3 mos. 10 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Roxbury, Dec. 23, 1775.

Gunn, Moses. Private, Capt. Reuben Petty's co., Lieut. Col. Samuel William's regt.; enlisted Dec. 16, 1776; discharged March 19, 1777; service, 3 mos. 15 days, travel included.

One of 53 Westfield men who marched on 20 April 1775, the day after the fight at Lexington. Probably in company of minute men who where at Battle of Bunker Hill (17 June 1775). May also have been in the Quebec expedition the following winter.

Circumstantial evidence suggests that Moses (1756), his brother Hezekiah (1758), and his second cousin Charles (1758), all veterans and all from Sheffield, went together to Bennington, Vermont before then going on to Onondaga, NY. Moses's sister Rhoda may have married a man (Silas Walbridge) from Bennington and raised her family there.

Census: Moses is in the 1790 Federal Census for Berkshire County, West Stockbridge Twp, MA:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/census/1790/pittsfield.htm
5 males under 16, 1 male over 16, 3 females. Moses would be 34 years old.

1800 Census for Shaftsbury, Bennington, VT:
1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 45+; 3 females under 10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44
Moses would have been 44 years old.

NOTE: A Moses Gunn, Jr. marries Phebe Nichols in Bennington on 9 December 1802. Recorded in Bennington Marriage Records, Book 2B, page 342. See Bennington Town Clerk's website: http://www.bennington.com/town/genealogical.html

A Moses Gunn appears in the census records of Onondaga, NY, in 1810, 1820 and for the town of Onondaga in 1830. He may have moved to Onondaga with his brothers, Daniel, Noble and Hezekiah. A Charles Gunn (cousin) is also here in the census of 1830.

1810 Census for Onondaga, NY:
1 male 16-25; 4 females under 10, 1 female 26-44. Our Moses is not in this household in 1810.

21 Dec 1815 on a document of the Canandaigua, NY, Surrogate Court [document number 697] Moses Gunn is named co-administrator of the estate of Samuel Wright of Ontario County. [pages 123-24 of original document][4]

1820 Census for Onondaga, Onondaga, NY:
1 male 45+ years old; 4 females 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 45+
Our Moses would be 64.

1830 Census in Onondaga, Onondaga, NY:
1 male less than 5 years, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 40-49; 1 female less than 5, 3 females 10-14, 1 female 30-39 Our Moses would have been 74. Our Moses is not here.

References
  1. ↑ Sheffield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Records of birth, marriage, and death, 1730-1810, 1843-1897: indexes to records, 1843-1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961).

    Bk.1 p.116 (Original location of transcription below)[1]
    Gun, Daniel, son of Daniel Jr & wife Esther born July 26, 1754
    Gun, Moses, son of Daniel Jr & wife Esther born Apr 3, [17]56
    Gun, Hezekiah, son of Daniel Jr & wife Esther born July 15, [1758]
    [Note: Birth year follows birth pattern, but might be 1757 or 1759]
    Gun, Noble, son of Daniel Jr & wife Esther born July 17, [17]60
    Gun, Rhode, dau of Daniel Jr & wife Esther born Sept. 19, [17]62
    Gun, Daniel Jr son of Daniel Jr & wife Esther died Feb 17, [17]64

  2.   Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
    p. 952.
  3. ↑ Kellogg, Joseph M. (Joseph Mitchell). Early Vital Records of Sheffield, Massachusetts, 1733-1800. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961)
    p. 116.

    Typescript. Lawrence, Kansas: J.M. Kellogg, no date. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.)

  4. ↑ Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835.

    (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in:Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society.

  5. ↑ A History of the Purchase and Settlement of Western New York
    pp 14-15.

    A Moses Gunn is listed as among the original settlers of East Bloomfield.
    [[2]]

  6.   United States Census, 1790.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-KG9), Moses Gunn, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 699, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

  7.   United States Census, 1800.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH51-3TS); citing p. 410, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 193,716. Shows 1 male 45 years old or over.

  8.   United States Census, 1810.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-Y6X); citing p. 626, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 181,387. Shows 1 male 45 years old or over.

  9.   United States Census, 1820.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-N1Q); citing p. 381, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 193,717. Shows 1 male 45 years old or over.

  10.   United States Census, 1830.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG1-Y1G); citing 158, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 101; FHL microfilm 17,161. Shows 1 male 70-79 years old (Moses was 74 in 1830).

  11. ↑ Probate Records (Ontario County, New York), 1830-1883; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Ontario County); Probate Place: Ontario, New York. Record of Wills, Vol A-B, 1830-1843. Dated 4 Nov 1830.

    This Moses Gunn leaves his property to wife Permelia and daughters Lorinda, Polly and Fanny. This does NOT seem to be the correct Moses Gunn.
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