James Dunning m. 8 Oct 1786 Anna Thoms: Children: 3) Col. John Dunning of Charleston.
↑ The NEGHR article cited appears to be a well-researched coverage of the Dunning family back to the immigrant Andrew, probably of Scotch origin, but emigrated from Ireland in 1717. Andrew->James and Martha->James and Jane->James and Anna/Agnes. Bangor Historical Magazine has an older article contain errors corrected by the NEHGR article (Vol. 6, p. 35). Other secondary coverage may be found in Source:Maguire, Patricia Bunker. Ancestral Profiles for Two Early Settlers of the Far West, p. 52 and surrounding pages.