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Thomas DUNHAM
DUNHAM, Thomas, Born ? 1560 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, Died in
London, England; Thomas was inclined to be a reformer in religion.
--(Cutter, Vol.III, p.1390.)
SP BROMELY, Jane, Born ??? 1562 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshi, Married
1588 in Scrooby,Nottinghamshre, Died in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire
1 DUNHAM, John, Born ??? 1588 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshi, Died 2 Mar
1668? in Plymouth,Massachusetts at age 80; A weaver freeman in
1633, deacon, deputy, town officer. Will dated 1/25/1668,"beq. to
sons John, Benajah and Daniel; son-in-law Stephen Wood; to the
rest of my children that are not designated in this my last will
12 pence apiece if they demand it; to wife Abigail."(Reg. VII,
178) (Pope, Charles H. "Pioneers of MA" Genlgcl Pub.1965 p.146.)
The first of the name to settle in New England was Deacon John
Dunham (Donham, Downham), b. abt. 1590; a linenweaver, who is
found among the English Pilgrims at Leyden, Holland, in 1622, as
a widower betrothed to his second wife, Abigail, d/o Thomas &
Anna Barlow. Three children had been born to him before that year
by his first wife., Susan Kenney, and by his 2nd marriage 9 more
were added to his family, among them Joseph and Jonathan. John
Dunham arrived in Plymouth with his family in 1633 & lived there
until his death 3/1/1668-9.--(Banks 1966, p.152-153.) Between
the years of 1639 and 1664 John Dunham was elected 14 times to
the Representatives from the Town of Plymouth in the general
court of Plymouth Colony.--(Thacher 1972, pp.161-162.) In 1668 a
Samuel Dunham was elected. Sometime between 1633 and 1667 John
Dunham was chose as a Deacon of the church of Plymouth.--(Thacher
1972, p.298.) He married Abigail Wood, who was distantly related
to him 10/17/1619, in Leyden, Holland, and their son John was
born about the time of the departure of the Pilgrims for America
in 1620.--(Cutter, Vol.III, p.1391.)
SP KENNEY, Susan, Married 17 Oct 1619 in Leydon,Zuid,S.Holland
for 2* years, Died ??? 1622?; Three children had been born
before 1622.--(Banks 1966, p.153.) Susan was the d/o Thomas &
Anna Kenny of Holland, Netherlands.--(Scott T.S. Trimble, 731
Montecillo Rd., San Rafael, CA 94903-3135.
SP WOOD, Abigail; One source says she was a Wood but Banks (1966)
says she was a Barlow and that she added 9 more children to
the family, including Joseph and Jonathan.
. 1 DUNHAM, Abigail, Born ??? 1623, Died ???; She might have been
the 1st child born in Plymouth.
SP ATWOOD, Stephen, Born ??? 1616? in England, Married 16 Nov
1644 in Wellfleet for 49* years, Died Feb 1694? in Eastham,
Massachusetts at age 78
. . 1 ATWOOD, Stephen, Jr., Born ??? 1647?, Died ??? in Eastham,
Massachusetts
SP BANGS, Apphia, Born 15 Oct 1651, Died ??? 1707 at age 55
. . . 1 ATWOOD, Thomas, Born ??? 1690? in Eastham, Massachusetts,
Died ??? 1783? at age 93; Thomas and family settled in
Mansfield, CT 1739.--(Tingley, 2/13/1992).
SP ---, Hanna, Died 4 Apr 1784
SP MAYO, Phoebe, Born Jun 1709 in Eastham, Massachusetts,
. 2 DUNHAM, Joseph, Born ??? 1625?, Died ???; In October 1668 the
record of the Plymouth town meeting lists a"Joseph Dunham, for
his faculty, being a Carpenter, 30 pounds."--(Thacher 1972, p.
125.) Cutter does not mention a Joseph as being in John and
Abigail's family.--(p.1391)
SP (Unknown)
. . 1 DUNHAM, Benajah, Born ??? 1686 in Plymouth,Massachusetts,
Died 8 Feb 1766 at age 80
SP COVELL, Sarah, Born ??? 1693, Married 7 May 1708 in
Edgartown, Mass. for 57* years, Died 16 Aug 1778 at age
85; She was the d/o Philip Covell and Elizabeth Atwood
of Malden, Mass. 1 older sister Elizabeth who died young.
Banks lists 3 pages of her family lines.--(Banks 1966,
p.115-119.)
. . . 1 DUNHAM, Benajah, Born 7 Feb 1708? in Edgartown,
Massachusett, Died Jan 1802 at age 93
. . . 2 DUNHAM, Daniel, Born ??? 1712 in Edgartown, Mass
. . . 3 DUNHAM, Mercy, Born ??? 1716 in Edgartown, Mass.
. . . 4 DUNHAM, Elizabeth, Born ??? 1720 in Edgartown, Mass.,
. . . 5 DUNHAM, Ebenezer, Sr., Born ??? 1725 in Edgartown, Mass.,
SP ATWOOD, Eunice, Born 19 Mar 1724 in Eastham,
Massachusetts, Married 21 Feb 1745, Died ???; There
is no other confirmation that this is the Ebenezer
Dunham that Eunice Atwood married on this date. It
might be another Ebenezer Dunham.--(Jim Brown,
7/28/93).
. 3 DUNHAM, Samuel, Born ??? 1628, Died ???
SP ---, Martha, Married 29 Jun 1649; Martha was the widow of
William Fallowell.--(Cutter, Vol.III, p.1391.)
. 4 DUNHAM, Hannah, Born ??? 1630, Died ???
SP RICKARD, Giles, Married 31 Oct 1651
. 5 DUNHAM, Jonathan, Born ??? 1632, Died 18 Dec 1717 at age 85;
He was pastor of the church in Edgartown, Mass. 1684-1717 & a
biographical sketch of his life & labors may be read in Vol.
II (Annals of Edgartown,p.151). His will was probated
6/28/1717 listing 6 children.--(Banks 1966, p. 153.) Banks &
Whittemore agree that Mary, his second wife was the d/o Henry
Cobb, but Pope says that this Mary was the d/o James Hurst.
Probably what Pope meant was that she was Hurst's grandda
ughter. Pope says the marriage was 10/16/1657 and the others
said 10/15/1657.Jonathan Dunham, of Barnstable, served among
the islands as minister to the Indians, but was at Edgartown
in 1694.--(Whittemore 1967, p.160.) Jonathan rem. to
Middleboro, was sometime minister to the Indians at the
islands, but was in 1694 ordained at Edgartown.--(Cobb 1867, p.
12.)
SP COBB, Mary, Born 24 Mar 1637 in Scituate,Massachusetts,
Married 15 Oct 1657 in Barnstable, Mass. for 60* years,
Died ???; Mary was bapt. 3/26/1637. (Pope)
SP DELANO, Mary, Married 29 Oct 1655 for 62* years
. . 1 DUNHAM, Hannah, Born ??? 1658, Died ???
SP PEASE, James, Born ??? 1664 in Edgartown, Mass., Married
??? 1686 for 24* years, Died ??? 1710? at age 46
. . . 1 PEASE, Nathan, Born ??? 1687 in Edgartown, Mass., Died
??? 1741 at age 54; His will was probated 5/23/1741. He
was a yeoman from Edgartown.--(Banks 1966, p. 390.)
SP VINCENT, Sarah, Born ??? 1688 in Edgartown, Mass.,
Married 11 Jun 1711 for 29* years, Died ??? 1768 at
age 80
. . . 2 PEASE, Hannah, Born ??? 1689 in Edgartown, Mass.
. . . 3 PEASE, Mehitable, Born ??? 1690 in Edgartown, Mass.,
Died Mar 1783 at age 93
SP VINCENT, Reuben, Born ??? 1685 in Edgartown, Mass.,
Married 20 Jan 1717 in Edgartown, Mass. for 57* years,
Died 4 Dec 1774 at age 89; He resided in Edgartown
as a farmer. He was the son of Thomas Vincent and
Sarah Post d/o Thomas & Mary (Andrews) Post of
Norwich. Name spelled Vinson before 1800. Reuben was
#4 of 9 children. His younger sister Sarah (#5) m.
Nathan Pease, the older brother of Mehitable.--(Banks
1966, p.485.)
. . . 4 PEASE, Simon, Born ??? 1695 in Edgartown, Mass., Died 31
Mar 1769 in Newport, R.I. at age 74
SP WILLETT, Martha, Married in Newport, R.I.
. . 2 DUNHAM, Jonathan, Born ??? 1661, Died ??? 1745 at age 84;
He res. in Falmouth, rem. to Edgartown about 1690,
husbandman. He was a Corporal of the town militia in 1691.
His first wife's name is not known. Administration of his
estate was granted 2/13/1745-6; inventory of his property
was made the next month but division of the estate did not
occur until 12/24/1747.--(Banks 1966, p.153-154.)
SP NORTON HUXFORD, Esther, Born ??? 1666, Married ??? 1691
for 33* years, Died ??? 1724 at age 58
SP (Unknown)
. . . 1 DUNHAM, Rebecca, Born ??? 1682, Died ???
. . . 2 DUNHAM, Jonathan, Born ??? 1684, Died ???; He res.
Falmouth, rem. to Edgartown, later Tisbury, and thence
to Colchester and Sharon, Conn., in which later place he
died. He was a farmer, inn-keeper and had large
relaestate interests in several towns in Conn., prob.
for service in the militia. An inventory of his estate
was filed in the Dukes Co. Probate Court March 28, 1745.
(Banks 1966, p. 155.) He probably had other children.
SP ---, Elizabeth, Married ??? 1731
SP LUCE, Judith, Born 22 Jul 1689, Married 11 Feb 1718
for 11* years, Died ??? 1730 at age 40
. . . 3 DUNHAM, Gideon, Born 6 Mar 1686, Died 27 Apr 1762 in
Southington, Conn. at age 76; He resided in Tisbury,
probably of Barnstabel and later of Norwich and
Southington, Conn. in which latter named place he died.
--(Banks 1966, p.155.)
SP LEWIS, Mary
SP CASE, Desire, Born ??? 1690, Died ???
. . . 4 DUNHAM, Hezekiah, Born ??? 1690, Died Jun 1738 at age 48;
He resided Edgartown, pilot. His will 6/13/1738 was
proven 7/11/1738.--(Banks 1966, p.156.)
SP PEASE, Jane, Born 28 Nov 1700, Married ??? 1720 for
18* years, Died ???
. . . 5 DUNHAM, Cornelius, Born ? 1693
SP NORTON, Jemima, Born 1702, Died 3 Apr 1794 at age 92
. . . 6 DUNHAM, Esther, Born ??? 1695?
. . . 7 DUNHAM, Ruth, Born ??? 1710
SP CARTWRIGHT, Gideon, Born ??? 1710, Died ???; He
resided in Tisbury, Mass as a husbandman. Removed to
Windham, Conn. before 1753 and later to Hampton, Conn.
about 1755, where he was admitted to the church in
1759.--(Banks 1966, p.67.) He was #5 of 8 children
that Edward Cartwright and Ruth West had in Tisbury.
Probably family were Sabbatarian Baptists.--(Banks
1966, p.66.)
. . 3 DUNHAM, Joseph, Born ??? 1663?, Died ???
SP (Unknown)
. . . 1 DUNHAM, Eleazer, Born ??? 1690?, Died ???
SP (Unknown)
. . 4 DUNHAM, Eleazer, Born ??? 1665, Died ???
. . 5 DUNHAM, Samuel, Born ??? 1669, Died ???
SP WATSON, Mrs. Sarah, Married 15 Jan 1693 in Plymouth Co.,
Mass.; Bailey lists Sarah as a widow and Samuel as
Samuel Dunham, Sr.--(Plymouth Co. Marriages, p.1)
. . 6 DUNHAM, Gershom, Born ??? 1672, Died ??? 1739 at age 67
SP CLARK, Mary, Married ??? 1693 for 46* years
. . . 1 DUNHAM, Mary, Born ??? 1694 in Edgartown, Mass.
SP COVELL, James, Born ??? 1687 in Edgartown, Mass.,
Married 22 Jul 1713 for 48* years, Died ??? 1762 at
age 75; He was a farmer, resided on Mob St.,
Edgartown. He was son of James Covell and Abigail
[Smith] along with 2 sisters.--(Banks 1966, p.116.)
. . . 2 DUNHAM, Deborah, Born ??? 1696 in Edgartown, Mass.
. . . 3 DUNHAM, David, Born ??? 1698 in Edgartown, Mass., Died
??? 1746 in Edgartown, Mass. at age 48
SP RIPLEY MACKELROY, Mary, Married 30 Oct 1738 for 7*
years
SP CLIFFORD, Sarah, Born 4 Mar 1705, Married Apr 1723
for 13* years, Died ??? 1737 at age 31
. . . 4 DUNHAM, Jethro, Born ??? 1700, Died ???
SP VINCENT, Mehitabel, Born 1701, Died Oct 1789 at age 88
. . . 5 DUNHAM, Zerviah, Born ??? 1705
. . . 6 DUNHAM, Gershom, Born 1709, Died in Lebanon, Conn.
. . . 7 DUNHAM, Seth, Born ??? 1714 in Edgartown,Massachusett,
Died Aug 1799 at age 85
SP MARCHANT, Naomi, Born 1715, Died Dec 1785 at age 70
. . . 8 DUNHAM, Paul, Born ??? 1716
SP HILLMAN, Sarah, Born 1722, Married ??? 1744 for
46* years, Died May 1790 at age 68
. . 7 DUNHAM, Daniel, Born 1677 in Edgartown, Mass., Died 1741 at age 64
SP NORTON, Rebecca, Born Jun 1683, Died 3 Feb 1783 in
Easthampton, Conn. at age 99; The Dunham Genealogy calls
her Rebcca Norton, but there was no one of that name at
this period to answer the statement. The same authority
gives her death as at Easthampton, Conn. Feb. 3, 1783,
aged 99 years, 8 mos., and these statements are recorded
here for what they are worth.--(Banks 1966, p.154n.)
. . . 1 DUNHAM, Matilda, Born ??? 1703
. . . 2 DUNHAM, Zephania, Born ??? 1705
. . . 3 DUNHAM, Rebecca, Born ??? 1707
. . . 4 DUNHAM, Sarah, Born ??? 1709
. . . 5 DUNHAM, Daniel, Born 20 Nov 1711 in EdgartownMassachusetts, Died 27 Jun 1797 in Conway, Massachusetts at age 85
SP HUXFORD, Sarah, Born 17 Nov 1719 in EdgartownMassachusetts, Married 20 Nov 1739 in Massachusetts for 49* years, Died 18 Dec 1788 in Conway, Massachusetts at age 69
. . . 6 DUNHAM, Persis, Born ??? 1713
. . . 7 DUNHAM, Mary, Born ??? 1715
. . . 8 DUNHAM, Eleazer, Born ??? 1717 in Edgartown, Mass., Died
Jul 1753 at age 36
. . . 9 DUNHAM, Samuel, Born ??? 1719, Died in Sharon, Conn.
. . . 10 DUNHAM, Dinah, Born 1721
. . . 11 DUNHAM, Silas, Born 27 Oct 1723 in baptized at Edgartown,
Died in Easthampton, Conn.
. . . 12 DUNHAM, Jacob, Born 9 Apr 1727 in bapt. at Edgartown,
Died ??? in Lebanon, Connecticut; During the Revolution
Jacob was killed by Tories.--(Banks, Vol.III, p.158.)
SP PETTEE, Elizabeth, Married 29 Oct 1754
. 6 DUNHAM, Persis, Born ??? 1635
SP SHAW, Jonathan
SP PRATT, Benajah
. 7 DUNHAM, Benjamin, Born ??? 1637, Died in Eastham,
Massachusetts
SP TILSON, Mary, Married 25 Oct 1660
. 8 DUNHAM, Daniel, Born ??? 1639
SP HAYWARD, Mehitable
. 9 DUNHAM, Benajah, Born ??? 1640, Died 24 Dec 1680 in Woodbridge,
New Jersey at age 40
SP TILSON, Elizabeth, Married 25 Oct 1660 for 20* years
. 10 DUNHAM, John, Born ??? 1620 in Leyden, Holland, Died ??? 1691
in Massachusetts at age 71
SP ---, Dorothy
. 11 DUNHAM, Thomas, Born ??? 1622 in Leydon, Zuid,S.Holland, Died
in Connecticut
SP KNOTT, Martha, Born ??? 1625?, Died 5 May 1648 at age 23;
Martha was the d/o George & Martha Knott who m. before 1625.
--(Scott Trimble, GEDCOM, 1995).
. . 1 DUNHAM, Jonathan, Born 17 Nov 1639 in Plymouth,
Massachusett, Died 6 Sep 1706 in Woodbridge,MiddlesexNJ at
age 66
SP (Unknown)
. . . 1 DONHAM, Nathaniel, Sr., Born ??? 1684 in Woodbridge,
MiddlesexNJ, Died ??? in Eastham, Massachusetts
2 DUNHAM, Robert, Born ??? 1605 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshi, Died
in Virginia; Robert went to London with his father and was
transported to Virginia in 1635.--(Cutter, Vol. III, p.1391.)
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