John BUNCH, III b. 1690 New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonal America d. 14 Mar 1742 Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America: Our Family History

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Name	John BUNCH
Suffix	III
Birth	1690	New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonal America [4, 5]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	L5BW-J78
Residence	1705	Blissland Parish, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America [6]
Residence	1722	Hanover, Virginia, British Colonial America [6]
Residence	Taylor's Creek
Residence	1728	Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America [6]
Residence	400 acres in wester part of Louisa County
Property	1742	Grantee In A Deed Dated March 14, 1742, And That He Had Patented 400 Acres Of Land In Fredricksville Parish, Louisa County. [4]
Death	14 Mar 1742	Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America [4, 5]
Will	8 Jun 1774	Records Also State That John Bunch, Deceased, Made A Will Bequething His Property To Five Sons. [4]
_UID	1D04E70FA19F46C68BD8FCAFDFE2B7C5AE6C
Person ID	I16306	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	1 Jan 2025

Father	John BUNCH II, b. 11 May 1666, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1729, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 62 years)
Mother	Mary Temperance BATES, b. 16 Nov 1668, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 18 May 1735, New Kent County, Virginia Colony (Age 66 years)
Marriage	Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America [7]
Family ID	F536728416	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rebecca HARRISON, b. 1699, Louisa County, Virginia d. 16 Mar 1770, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 71 years)

Marriage Between 1713 and 1714 New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia [1, 3]

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Alt. Marriage Between 1713 and 1715 New Kent, Virginia

Alt. Marriage

Alt. Marriage 1715

Alt. Marriage

Children

	1. Nancy BUNCH, b. 1714, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Aft 1777, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 64 years)
	2. John BUNCH, IV, b. 1715, New Kent, Louisa County, Virginia d. 1777, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 62 years)
	3. William BUNCH, b. 1718, Louisa County, Virginia d. 1794, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 76 years)
	4. Henry BUNCH, b. 1720, Louisa County, Virginia d. 21 Apr 1775, Bedford, Virginia, British Colony (Age 55 years)
	5. David BUNCH, b. 22 Jun 1722, Hanover, Louisa County, Virginia d. 18 Apr 1776, Trinity Parish, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 53 years)
	6. James BUNCH, b. 1724, Hanover, VA d. Abt Sep 1802, Bedford County, Virginia (Age 78 years)
	7. Lucretia "Lucresea" BUNCH, b. 1726, Louisa County, Virginia d. Bef 1774 (Age 47 years)
	8. Samuel BUNCH, b. 1726, Hanover County, Virginia d. 31 Jan 1782, Louisa, Virginia (Age 56 years)
	9. Lucresea BUNCH, b. 1728 d. 1774 (Age 46 years)
	10. Rebecca BUNCH, b. 1730, Louisa County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F8108 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Aug 2016

Notes

Biography
John Bunch IIl was a Virginia colonist.

There is no known information for any Bunch unless it is known that he is a descendant of John Bunch III. who died in 1742, who is shown as the first person on the lineage sheet presented in E.J. Bunch's compilation. [1]

The earliest sustained lineage of this branch of the Bunch Family begins with John Bunch, and while we do not have the date of his birth, we do know that he died in 1742. Old records show that he had the five sons next listed in the lineage herein shown; however, some people feel that there were other children in addition to these five. There is recorded in Louisa County courthouse a will dated June 8, 1774 [2] that was made by a John Bunch; and some people feel that this will was made by the person shown in this lineage as "John Bunch, Jr.", that is son of the John that died in 1741, and if this is correct there were two other children, as the will mentions a brother Samuel and a sister Lucresea.

Petition for marriage of John Bunch to Sarah Slayden

Source information of John Bunch and Sarah Slayden petitioning to marry: "The Petition of John Bunch and Sarah Slayden praying that the minister of Blissland Parish [be ordered to publish the Banns between the Petitioners in order to their marriage, whether he hath hitherto refused on pretense of the said Bunch's being a Mulatto] was read, and referred to Attorney General to report his opinion whether the Petitioners case be within the intent of the Law to prevent Negros & White persons intermarrying to ye next meeting of the Council . . . ." [3]

John Bunch III was the son of John Bunch II. John Bunch III and Sarah Slayden petitioned the courts for permission to marry. The Council was held on the 4th of September 1705. They petitioned the court because, while nothing is yet known of Sarah, Bunch males appear in records as "free persons of color." The court's final decision and whether or not they actually married does not seem to have survived, and John Bunch appears to have left a widow Rebecca.[4] They were the parents of Nancy, John, Lucretia, William, Henry, David, James, Samuel and Rebecca.[5]

However, consider the dates of the legal decision reached in October 1705, which some might consider a direct result of the petition:: "That no minister of the church of England, or other minister, or person whatsoever, within this colony and dominion, shall hereafter wittingly presume to marry a white man with a negro or mulatto woman; or to marry a white woman with a negro or mulatto man, upon pain of forfeiting and paying, for every such marriage the sum of ten thousand pounds of tobacco; one half to our sovereign lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, for and towards the support of the government, and the contingent charges thereof; and the other half to the informer" (An act concerning servants and slaves, Chapter 20, 1705). [6]

The same month, an act was proposed to bar negroes and Indians from holding office, requiring a definition of "mulatto: "That the child of an Indian and the child, grand child, or great grand child, of a negro shall be deemed, accounted, held and taken to be a mulatto." (An Act declaring who shall not bear office in this country, Chapter 4, October 1705) [7] What is not stated, but implied, is that this applies to a descendant of one negro or Indian parent and one "white" parent, and that the generation beyond the level of great-grandchildren of one "non-white" and one "white" (one-sixteenth or smaller quantum) would be legally "white." Indians, negroes and mulattos were barred from holding office in the "country" of Virginia.
Sources

? Bunch, Page 7.
? Louisa County (Virginia), Will Book 2, page 243, FHL microfilm 32192.
? Henry Read McIlwane, Wilmer Lee Hall and Benjamin J. Hillman, Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, May 1, 1705-October 23, 1721, 3: 28-31, attached to profile by Nancy Lowe Sitzlar. Available to read at Archive.org.
? Paul C. Reed, Natalie D. Cottrill, Joseph B. Shumway, Anastasia Harman, "Descent of the Bunch Family in Virginia and the Carolinas," [1].
? Find A Grave: Memorial #176878172 Virtual Memorial with no indication of sources for information
? Hening, Page 3: 452.
? Hening, Page 3: 252.

See also:

Bunch, Edward J., Genealogical survey and history of a branch of the Bunch family.; the original book, p. 1-71, compiled in 1966; a supplement p. 72-122 compiled in 1970. Page 7. Cited from copy at Greensboro, NC Public Library.
Hening, William W. ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619. New York, NY: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823.
Library of Virginia. Early Virginia Marriage Records. Compiled by Cassandra Farrell. Revised July 2010. Research Note 26
Louisa Co, VA Deed Books, 1742-1865; Deed Book, v. A, 1742-1754. FHL Film No. 007898576, Image 35 of 488. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-43QL-L?i=34&cat=281398) [William and Henry Bunch sell 60 acres each to John Bunch for 7 lbs 10 a piece (or fifteen pounds total). The land was left by John Bunch, dec'd. In his will he left his son, John Bunch, 100 acres and his plantation. The remainder of John Bunch [Sr] was left to sons William, Henry, David & James.]
Louisa Co, VA Deed Books, 1742-1865; Deed Book, v. A, 1742-1754. FHL Film No. 007898576, Image 36 of 488. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-43QB-N?i=35&cat=281398)

Sources

[S86] MJS, GEDCOM File : sovelenko.ged.
[S629] Tami Bunch, Tami Bunch.
[S88] GEDCOM File : ~AT4142.ged.
[S630] 1POPS.FTW.
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for John BUNCH, person ID L5BW-J78. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Dec 2022), entry for John BUNCH, person ID L5BW-J78. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for John Bunch II, person ID GJ6J-FMY. (Reliability: 3).

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