James emigrated to Newport, Nova Scotia around 1764. He and his family were on route to Philadelphia when they stopped in Halifax for supplies. Dr. Day, an Irishman, employed him as a foreman on Mantua Farm, Newport Co., Nova Scotia. James lived there 20 years before moving to W. Noel, NS.

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Dr. John Dunsmoor aka Dinsmore, Dunsmore Born about 1702 in Kilrea, Londonderry, Ulster, Irelandmap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of John (Dinsmoor) Dinsmore and Hannah (Deane) Dunsmore Brother of Robert Dinsmoor, Elizabeth (Dinsmoor) Hopkins, William (Dunsmore) Dinsmoor, Oliver (Dunsmore) Dinsmore, Thomas Dinsmoor and James (Dunsmore) Dinsmore Husband of Eunice (Sawyer) Gamwell — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Father of William (Dunsmore) Dunsmoor Esq. and Eunice Dunsmoor Died 7 Dec 1747 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettsmap Profile managers: Ellen Smith private message [send private message] and Sally Stovall private message [send private message] Dunsmoor-36 created 14 Feb 2015 | Last modified 12 Oct 2016 This page has been accessed 284 times.

Categories: Scots-Irish Immigrants to America | Lancaster, Massachusetts | Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Biography

John Dunsmire/Dunsmoor was born to a Scottish family resident in Ulster, Ireland. He emigrated to America.

Dr. John Dunsmoor married Eunice Sawyer.

John Dunsmore of Lancaster, Massachusetts, made his will on 14 October 1747. In the will, he mentioned his wife Eunice Dunsmore, son William Dunsmore who had not yet reached the age of 20, and daughter Catrina Dunsmore. He nominated William Richardson and John Canton of Lancaster to serve as executors.[1]

He died in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on 7 December 1747 "in the 45th year of his age." He is buried there alongside three of his children who had died in September 1745.[2]

Sources

↑ Will of John Dunsmore, Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) ↑ Nourse, p. 405 Dr. John Dunsmoor, Find-A-Grave website. Nourse, Henry S. The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850. 1890.

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