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Janis Joplin

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Asahel Gunn Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Janis Joplin — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 226 
  • Father:
  • Asahel Gunn 
  • Mother:
  • Thankful Marsh   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Feb 1757 
  • Birth Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Dec 1834 
  • Death Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Gunn
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Sep 1776 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Persis Gunn (Ahnentafel No:113 )

• Additional marriages for Asahel Gunn Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Submit Bardwell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Oct 1792

• Sources for Asahel Gunn Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A048371.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/12/2016).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 135, Death record for Asahel Gunn.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 79, Marriage record for Asahell Gunn and Lucy Gunn.
  • ⁵ Smith, John Montague, et. al., History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, 1673-1899: Which Originally Embraced Within Its Limits the . . ., Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E. A. Hall and Company (1899), 384-385.