THE REVEREND SAMUEL DUNBAR - Kouroo

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THE REVEREND SAMUEL DUNBAR

"NARRATIVE HISTORY" AMOUNTS TO FABULATION,

THE REAL STUFF BEING MERE CHRONOLOGY

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Samuel Dunbar

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1691

March 25, Wednesday (New Year's Day, Old Style): In Hingham, Thoreau's great-great-grandparents Peter Dunbar and Sarah Thaxter Cushing, daughter of John Cushing, were wed. Their union would produce Thoreau's greatgrandfather Elisha Dunbar, and other children. James Savage's genealogy volumes state that "Eight of this name had been graduated at Harvard College and four at other New England colleges of whom the Reverend Samuel Dunbar, Harvard College 1723, and others may be descended. But of this family I find very little to be told." DUNBAR FAMILY

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LIFE IS LIVED FORWARD BUT UNDERSTOOD BACKWARD? -- NO, THAT'S GIVING TOO MUCH TO THE HISTORIAN'S STORIES. LIFE ISN'T TO BE UNDERSTOOD EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD.

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SAMUEL DUNBAR

1704

May 11, Thursday (Old Style): Samuel Dunbar was born the son of Peter Dunbar and Sarah Thaxter Cushing Dunbar of Hingham. He would graduate at Harvard College in 1723, and settle in the ministry at Stoughton. He would marry for the 2nd time, to Mary Hayward on February 11, 1745, while she was already pregnant with Thoreau's grandfather Asa Dunbar. He would die on June 15, 1783, at the age of 79 years. DUNBAR FAMILY

CANTON (DORCHESTER)

NOBODY COULD GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT

Samuel Dunbar

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1727

August 3, Thursday (Old Style): The minister called to the town of Dorchester in replacement of the Reverend Joseph Morse, the Reverend Samuel Dunbar, was approved by the town meeting.

THE FUTURE IS MOST READILY PREDICTED IN RETROSPECT

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1745

February 11, Monday (1744, Old Style): Mary Hayward and Samuel Dunbar were wed. She was already carrying Henry Thoreau's grandfather Asa Dunbar. MARY HAYWARD DUNBAR DUNBAR FAMILY

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DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? GOOD.

Samuel Dunbar

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