Rev. Henry Dunster: Roy Family Genealogy

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Rev. Henry Dunster was christened on 26 Nov 1609 in Bury Parish, Lancashire, England; died on 27 Feb 1658/59 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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Education: 1627 to 1634, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; Henry entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, England in 1627, and graduated with a AB in 1631 and a MA in 1634.
Offices Held: 1634, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England; He the curate.
Occupation: 1635, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England; He taught school in Bury for several years.
Immigration: 1640
Offices Held: 27 Aug 1640 to 24 Oct 1654, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the President of Harvard College.
Freeman: 2 Jun 1641, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Married: 21 Jun 1641, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Elizabeth Harris. Elizabeth, married (1) the Rev. Jose Glover. She died on Sunday 23 August 1643 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her death date was recorded as 23 (6) 1643. Gozzaldi (1930) gives her death year as 1641, a clear error.
Married: 1644; (2) Elizabeth Atkinson, the daughter of Hugh Atkinson. She was born about 1627 in England. She died on Tuesday 12 September 1690 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Dunster (1645-____) 2. Dorothy Dunster (1648-____) 3. Henry Dunster (1650-____) 4. Jonathan Dunster (1653-1725) 5. Elizabeth Dunster (1656-1729)
Religion: 1654; In 1654, having announced his opposition to infant baptism, he was forced to resign his presidency. Being and an Anabaptist, he removed to Scituate. Henry was one of the revisers of The Bay Psalm Book.
Will: 18 Feb 1658
Probate/Proved: 21 Jun 1659

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