Desire Bunnell

1759 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Desire Bunnell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	7 Jan 1759	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown  [5]
  Burial	McDonough, Chenango County, New York, United States of America   [5]
  Person ID	I10626	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Ens. Ebenezer Bunnell,   b. 21 May 1713, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 14 Dec 1786, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia (Lidea) Clark,   b. 25 Nov 1718, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 4 May 1802, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Mar 1738	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F3166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ichabod Merrian,   b. 17 Jan 1753, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America d. 30 Mar 1838, McDonough, Chenango County, New York, United States of America (Age 85 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F2935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  There is a Desire Bunnell who married a William Parker in Feb. 25, 1779 and a Michael Tainter on Nov. 23, 1780 that could be this Desire Bunnell instead. All three marriages took place in Wallingford, CT. (F-11)

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1974). [S193] Barbour Collection of Connecticut. [S43] Charles Henry Stanley Davis, Early Families of Wallingford, Connecticut (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., c1979). [S194] CFI Files, Church of L.D.S. [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73538306/desire-merriam