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I am also descended from James Dunn(1743 Quarry Bank Kingswinford) who married Sarah Forrest in,I think,Clent in 1777.
My line is this one;
William Dunn (1703-?)and Mary Lynton
James Dunn (1743 Quarry Bank Kingswinford)and Sarah Forrest-original Dunns Bank
settlers.
William Dunn (1777/1779?-?)and Sarah Whittaker.(married Halesowen 18.9.1803)
They had 15 children( Phoebe 1804,James 1805,Emmanuel 1806,Samuel
1807,William 1809,Cornelius 1811,Joseph 1813died1813,Enoch 1814
Honour 1816,Elijah 1818,Henry 1821,sarah 1822died1824,
Myra 1824, Rosannah 1825, Hezekiah 1828 d 1829.
Virtually all of these remained in the general area and had between 7 and
11 children each,often with the same first names!
Samuel Dunn(1807 Quarry bank)and Sylvia Brooks m St Thomas Church
Dudley29.07.1827 )
They had 11 children of whom my 3xggrandfather was the eldest.
I have details of the others but doubt they would be of interest to you.
Joseph Dunn(5.12.1827 kingswinford) m Eliza Hampton
Joshua Dunn(1885 kingswinford-1924 Dudley) m Mary Ann Priest.11 children
Kate Dunn 1889-1969 (My paternal grandmother.)
I still live in the area and the name Dunn is,unsurprisingly,exceedingly common.
Boundaries have changed quite a bit over the years meaning records for this area come variously under Worcestershire,Staffordshire, Dudley or Sandwell but anything featuring Quarry Bank, Lye, Kingswinford,Old Hill, Rowley Regis (Sometimes called Blackheath),Halesowen,Cradley,Cradley Heath,Dudley,Wordsley,Stourbridge,Clent are all in the right geographical area for any research you might do.