tried in Virginia where he was ordered by the court to become a permanent slave. Punch would later father children with a White woman, who would pass on her freed status to their children who then became landowners. Punch fathered John Bunch, with Bunchs children marrying into White families later.
Nothing is known about Punch's presumed relationship with a white woman. But his landowner son is presumed to be John Bunch, either because the mixed-raced family changed its name or because records transcribed it incorrectly, Shumway said. Researchers were able to make a definitive connection betwe
John Bunch (1957-1960), Eric Alison (1990-1993), Thomas Taylor (1988-1990), Todd Nicholson (1985-1988), Shondreya Hamlin (1997-1999), Gene Johannsen (1981-1984)