In 1635, Jasper Gunn sailed from England and set foot in New England — one family's beginning in a world being made. This site is the companion to the book, collecting the stories, documents, and faces that couldn't fit between two covers.
A young man leaves England for an uncertain shore. What brought him, what he found, and how he put down roots that would hold for centuries.
Read the story →When the colonies rose against the Crown, members of the Gunn family answered. Their roles, their sacrifices, and their aftermath.
Read the story →Successive generations pushed further from New England, following the promise of land, opportunity, and reinvention.
Read the story →The story closes with a grandmother and her family — living memory of a line that stretches back almost four hundred years.
Read the story →The book traces the Gunn family through American history — from Jasper's arrival in 1635 through the Colonial period, the Revolution, westward expansion, the Civil War, and into the modern era. This companion site holds the overflow: longer articles, additional photographs, and every face in the family gallery.