49. BENAJAH 3 DUNHAM (Joseph 2 John1), baptized in Plymouth 1684;[1] died in Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts 8 December 1766.[2] Benajah married probably in Edgartown 7 May 1708 SARAH COVEL, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Atwood) Covel.[3] They were married by Pastor Jonathan Dunham who was an uncle of Benajah.[4] Sarah Covel was born in Edgartown in 1693; died there 16 August 1778.[5]
Benajah came to Edgartown about 1708. He was Master of the House of Correction in 1731. He is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown.[6]
By the will of his father, Joseph 2 Dunham, Benajah and his younger brother Daniel got 40 acres of land in Plympton that “I now live on which is my homestead” to be divided between them.[7] Benajah sold this land to William Canady in 1708.[8]
Children of Benajah and Sarah (Covel) Dunham born in Edgartown: [9]
285. i. BENAJAH 4 DUNHAM, b. 7 February 1708/9
286. ii. DANIEL 4 DUNHAM, b. 1712
287. iii. MERCY 4 DUNHAM, b. 1716
288. iv. ELIZABETH 4 DUNHAM, b. about 1720
289. v. EBENEZER4 DUNHAM, b. about 1725
References:
1. Plymouth Church Records 1:254; MD 43: #2, July 1993 .
2. NEHGR 52:230.
3. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard, Vol. 3:165.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Plymouth Co. LR 20:183.
8. Plymouth Co. LR 7:309
9. Op. Cit. Banks, 3:165
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