Bowers was one of twelve children of Quakers Benanuel Bowers and Elizabeth Dunster Bowers, the niece of Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard University.
From 1649-1650 Dunster also served as interim pastor at The First Parish in Cambridge until the accession of Jonathan Mitchel.
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He was born at Bolholt, Bury, Lancashire, England to Henry Dunster (1580–1646) and Henry's first wife, who is not named in any records.
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He served as Headmaster of Bury Grammar School and was a clergyman at Saint Mary's Church in Bury.
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He later had some conflict with the college's treasurer, Thomas Danforth, who called him the "de facto treasurer.".
In Sudbury the Connecticut Path was known as "the road from Watertown to the Dunster Farm", for after passing along the north side of Cochituate Pond, it crossed the tract beyond that was granted to Henry Dunster, president of Harvard College, and the lands of Edmund Rice, and Philemon Whale.
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