LINEof NATHANIEL DUNHAM of WRENTHAM, MA and HEBRON, CT
FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

33.  SIMEON 4 DUNHAM (Isaac 3 Nathaniel 2 Thomas 1), born in Hebron, CT 25 January 1738/9; [1] died in Hebron, CT 11 January 1817. [2]  He married in Hebron, CT probably on 17 April 1764 ABIAH (PHELPS) TALCOTT. [3]  She was daughter of Ichabod and Martha (Tillotson) Phelps, and widow of John Talcott.  She was born in Hebron, CT 21 February 1736; died in Hebron, CT 23 June 1804. [4]  They are buried in Gilead Burying Ground, Hebron, CT.

   Simeon Dunham is listed in the DAR Patriot Index with service as an Ensign in the Revolutionary War from the state of Connecticut. [5]

Children of Simeon 4 and Abiah (Phelps) (Talcott) Dunham born in Hebron, CT: [6]
79.      i.  ISAAC 5 DUNHAM, b. 6 Jan. 1765
80.     ii.  ABIAH 5 DUNHAM, b. 19 Sept. 1767
81.    iii.  SIMEON 5 DUNHAM, b. 7 July 1769
82.    iv.  PRUDENCE 5 DUNHAM, b. 7 May 1771
83.     v.  JOHN TALCOTT 5 DUNHAM, b. 29 Dec. 1773
         vi.  OBEDIANCE 5 DUNHAM, b. 22 Oct. 1777; d. 10 March 1817 [7]
        vii.  JERUSHA 5 DUNHAM, b. 30 Nov. 1779; d. 7 July 1805 [8]
84.  viii.  ELIJAH 5 DUNHAM, b. 1782

References:
1.  Barbour Collection-Vital Records-Hebron, CT, p. 40.
2.  Connecticut Probate #778 dated 12 June 1819, sale of real estate of Capt. Simeon Dunham, late of       Hebron, decd. . .; microfilm on file at Connecticut State Historical Library, Hartford, CT.
3.  Barbour Collection-Vital Records-Hebron, CT, p. 40.
4.  Stiles, Henry R., The History of Ancient Wethersfield, NH Publishing Company, Somersworth, NH           reprint 1975, Vol. II, p. 695.
5.  DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Washington DC, 1990, Part I, p. 894.
6.  Barbour Collection-Vital Records-Hebron, CT p. 39-40, (all children except Elijah 5 Dunham).
7.  She is buried in Gilead Cemetery, Hebron, CT.
8.  She is buried in Gilead Cemetery, Hebron, CT.


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