What is the Bunker Family Association’s ID numbering system?
As a surname society, the BFA was organized to compile and preserve the Bunker lineage, back in 1913. Originally, membership was open only to descendants from the three main branches from Charlestown (Bunker Hill), Nantucket and Dover, New Hampshire. The bylaws were changed several times, the latest [...]

Bunker Hill was the site of the first of the famous battles of the Revolutionary War. No history of the Bunker family would be complete without mention of this battle, which occurred on June 17, 1775. This battle was a great significance to the American colonists but also recorded the Bunker name for posterity all [...]

Bedfordshire is a little west and north of London, and Bunker family genealogist Henry L. Bunker III believed that early Bunker families in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire counties should be considered together in a general way. It appeared to him there had been considerable movement among these counties during the 16th and 17th [...]

It’s time to register for the BFA’s 95th Annual Bunker Reunion to be held Portland, Maine June 11-14, 2008. According to BFA President Gil Bunker, Portland, especially the Merry Manor Inn, has rolled out the red carpet. “I am very confident this gala will be one of the best convocations of Bunker cousins. From all [...]

Our newest project (just completed) is a compact disc on Devon Bunkers. The Devon Bunkers CD includes information on the descendants of James Bunker of Dover, New Hampshire; William Bunker and Ann Forrester of New Castle, Delaware; Benjamin Bunker and Betsey Daniels of New London, New Hampshire; and Thomas Bunker and Alice Pertie of Rattery. [...]