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Where did the English Dunbar family come from? What is the English Dunbar family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dunbar family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dunbar family history?
The Dunbar surname is derived from the name of the Barony of Dunbar on the North Sea coast near Edinburgh. The place name comes from the Gaelic words "dłn," meaning "a fort," and "barr," meaning "top," or "summit."
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Dunbar, Dunbarr and others.First found in the barony of Dunbar in the Lothians where they held a family seat from very ancient times; ever since the 11th century, when Cospatrick was deprived of his Earldom of Northumberland by William the Conqueror, and fled to Scotland. There he was granted the lands of Dunbar and Lothian, Cumnock in Ayrshire, and Mochrum in Wigtown by Malcolm Ceanmore, the King of Scotland. Traditionally, the family descend from Crinan of Dunkeld, the Earl of Northumberland, ancestor of both King Duncan I (d. 1040) and the Earls Gospatrick, who were the later the Earls of March. Of this line, Patrick V, Earl of March (c.1285-1369) gave English King Edward II sanctuary at the fortress of Dunbar Castle following the Battle of Bannockburn. He was one of the Scottish nobles, who signed, the declaration of Scottish independence to the Pope dated at Arbroath on 6 April 1320. He was married to the infamous "Black Agnes," (Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray), "that brawling boisterous Scottish wench" as an English balladeer had called her. In the Earl's absence, she held Dunbar castle for several months before succumbing to the overwhelming English army in 1337.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dunbar research. Another 243 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1291, 1320, 1435, 1465, and 1530 are included under the topic Early Dunbar History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Dunbar family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 216 words(15 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Dunbar. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Dunbar Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- William Dunbar, who settled in Virginia in 1650
- Robert Dunbar, who arrived in Hingham, Mass in 1655
Dunbar Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- John Dunbar, who arrived in Virginia in 1716
- Hancock Dunbar, who landed in Virginia in 1725
- David Dunbar, who landed in New England in 1729
- Priscilla Dunbar, who came to Savannah, GA in 1734
- Priscilla Dunbar, who landed in Savanna(h), Ga in 1735
Dunbar Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Mathew Dunbar, who arrived in America in 1807
- James Dunbar, who arrived in America in 1809
- George Dunbar, who landed in Georgia in 1835
- Mr. Dunbar, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
- A J Dunbar, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
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- Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar PH.D. (b. 1949), former NASA Astronaut with over 1,208 hours in space
- Rockmond Dunbar (b. 1973), American actor
- Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902-1959), important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine and psychobiology
- Dorothy Dunbar (1902-1992), American actress and socialite
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906), African American poet, best knonw for his 1896 "Ode to Ethiopia"
- Charles Edward Dunbar Jr. (1888-1959), American civil service reformer
- Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (b. 1946), English drummer ranked by Rolling Stone as the twenty-seventh greatest drummer of all time
- Adrian Dunbar (b. 1958), Northern Ireland actor, best known for his television and theatre work
- John Dunbar (b. 1943), British artist, collector and former gallerist
- Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (b. 1952), Jamaican drummer
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- Paul Laurence Dunbar's Roots and Much More: a Scrapbook of His Life and Legacy by Charles Marshall Austin.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin . Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
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- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
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- Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
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- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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