The origin of the name Bunce is English and the Coat of Arms contains Blue with a silver stripe between three silver boars, and on the stripe three blue eagles. The Crest is A boar with a broken spear through its neck.
Spelling variations include: Bunce, Bunse and others.
First found in Gloucestershire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Joe Bunce who settled in the Barbados in 1635; Martin and Patrick Bunce arrived in Philadelphia Pa. in 1858; Richard Bunce settled in New England in 1764.
