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Abel Dungan inherited from his father Thomas, "the house wherein he dwells." This house was in Horsham Township, Philadelphia County, Pa., on which he paid taxes in 1774
(24 Vol. XIV, p. 353). .
In 1753, he was a witness to the will of John Eaton, of Warminster,. Bucks County, Pa. and the same year was a witness to the marriage of Robert Tomkins to Ann Longstreth at Abington Friend's Mtg.
April 17, 1760, he was a witness to the marriage of his wife's brother Peter Lukens of Horsham, to Jane Cadwallader, "daughter of Isaac Cadwallader, late of Warminster, Bucks County, Pa."
He removed to Harford County, Md. in the vicinity of Baltimore, where his name appears in the Federal Census of Harford County, Md., 1790, as the head of a family of two males over 16 years of age; in the same census, Jesse Dungan is mentioned as head of a family of one male over 16 years of age, one male under 16 years of age, two females (ages not given) and one other person. The writer has been unable to identify this Jesse Dungan. The name appears among the descendants of both Abel Dungan and his brother Benjamin.
Issue: (135-136) Benjamin and Peter.
47. Daniel Dungan, 10, son of Thomas and Esther (Evans) Dungan, b. April 22, 1736, d. Dec. 22, 1803. m. 1. May 15, 1759 (74) Sarah Hewit. m. 2. Feb. 1, 1762 (by license of this date) Martha Laughlin.
He may have received his Christian name from Daniel Wing. No record has been found of any descendants.
48. Enoch Dungan, 10, son of Thomas and Esther (Evans) Dungan. b. Sept. 11, 1739. m. Nov. 15, 1760
(31) Elizabeth Huffty (spelled also Hafty).
Issue, if any, unknown.
49. Benjamin Dungan, 10, son of Thomas and Esther (Evans) Dungan. b. July 16, 1743, died 1820, in Clairmont County, Ohio, aged 77 years. m. 1, circa 1768, Mary Sharp, b. in Chester County, Pa., daughter of (?) William and Mary (Malloby) Sharp, natives of Ireland, who were married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1737.
He m. 2. a widow by the name of Gatch.
The will of Mary Sharp, widow of Easttown, Chester County, Pa., dated Dec. 12, 1773, pr. Feb. 14, 1774, mentions son Thomas; daughters: Mary and Margaret; grandson William Sharp, son of Thomas; Thomas McKean; grandchildren: William and Esther Dungan anal Margaret Peasley, children of my two daughters; and Margaret, Rachel, Thomas and Mary, children of son Thomas.
Executor, Thomas McKean.
Benjamin Dungan was a cooper by trade and was able to make ten flour barrels a day when he was 60 years of age. He was a man of fine physique, over 6 ft. tall and weighed over 200 Ibs., being a natural mechanic, he could turn his hand to most any trade. He received a good business education and was a fine penman. He went to Maryland, probably with his brother Abel. He was an expert Miller and about the time of the Revolutionary War was Manager of the Ellicot Mills (about 20 miles from Baltimore). One of the owners of the mills, John Paul, was a Tory, and would sell flour to the British army or to anyone else who had hard cash to pay for it. An American officer was sent with a detachment, disguised as British, to arrest Paul. Before reaching the mill, they captured two of Paul's men, of whom they inquired concerning who was in charge; the men, supposing them to be British, told them that Ben Dungan, a very strong man, and a staunch Whig, was the Manager and that three or four men might tie him and then take what flour they wanted, but that was the only way they could get it. He is said to have placed on his back a large sack containing 12 1/2 bushels of wheat from a wagon....
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