DJD-186-Seth-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

186. SETH 4 DUNHAM (Gershom 3 Jonathan 2 John 1) born ca 1706; [1] died in Edgartown 23 August 1799. [2] He was a cooper, and resided in Edgartown. Seth married NAOMI MARCHANT, [3] daughter of John and Hepsibah (Huxford) Marchant. [4] Naomi was born in 1715, died in December 1785 “with a pain in her breast, age 70”. [5] Plymouth Co. LR 29:115 is interesting because it mentions land transferred through four generations of this Dunham family. It contains reference to a power of attorney granted by Gershom 3 to his son Seth 4 for the sale of a small parcel of land in Plimpton, MA.. To all people to whom these presents shall come--greeting. Know ye that I Seth Donham of Edgartown in ye County of Dukes [seafaring man], being there unto lawfully impowered by my father Gershom Donham of Edgartown aforesaid husbandman, to make sale of any of ye real estate of ye said Gershom lying in the County of Plymouth as a power of Attorney dated ye 25 day of Dec. 1734...For and in consideration of the sum of four pounds five shillings money to me in hand before the ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Timothy Morton of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth, Cooper, ...about two acres of fresh meadow or meadowland ground lying in the Township of Plimpton at a place commonly called Swan Hold and is the same that John Donham Senior gave to his son Jonathan Donham by his last will and testament duly proved and dated ye fourth of June 1668... dated 23 January 1734 -- Seth Donham Witness: Thomas Wetherell Seth 4 Dunham appears on the 1790 Census, Edgartown Ma. Children of Seth 4 and Naomi (Marchant) Dunham: [6] all born in Edgartown 357. i. Elijah 5 Dunham, b. January 1734 358. ii. Seth 5 Dunham, b. 17 June 1742 iii. Naomi 5 Dunham, b. 26 August 1743; d. 10 Nov. 1815 m. 18 Oct. 1764 Nathaniel Fisher, son of Thomas and Ruth (Butler) Fisher. They resided in Edgartown and Nantucket. Children of Nathaniel and Naomi 5 (Dunham) Fisher: [7] i. Huldah Fisher 6 b. 16 June 1765 m. 28 Oct. 1784 Ebenezer 5 Dunham NOTE: Ebenezer 5 Dunham (Ebenezer 4, Benajah 3 Joseph 2 John 1 Dunham) [8] ii. Amaziah Fisher 6 b. 1767; d. abt. 1860 in N. Albion, ME iii. Hannah Fisher 6 b. 1769 m. 14 Dec. 1786 William Covell iv. Gamaliel Fisher 6 b. 1771 v. Zebediah Fisher 6 b. 1773 vi. Betsey Fisher 6 b. 1775 m. Clovis Black vii. Rhoda Fisher 6 b. 1776 viii. Leonard Fisher 6 b. 1777 ix. Freeborn Fisher 6 b. 11 Aug. 1779 x. Nathaniel Fisher 6 b. 1782; d. at sea 1802 iv. Ethannah 5 Dunham, b. 9 July 1745; d. 15 May 1813 m. 18 Sept. 1769 Geroge 6 Daggett [9] He was son of George 5 John 4 Joseph 3,2 John 1 Daggett. Children of George 6 and Ethannah 5 (Dunham) Daggett: i. Ethannah Daggett b. abt. 1770 ii. Naomi Daggett b. 1773 iii. Sarah Daggett b. 1776 359. v. Elisha 5 Dunham, b. 3 May 1747 vi. Ruth 5 Dunham, b. 6 June 1751 vii. Phebe 5 Dunham, b. 26 September 1753 m. 14 Feb. 1771 Cornelius Pease [10] They moved to Wareham, MA. Children of Cornelius and Phebe 5 (Dunham) Pease: i. Phebe Pease b. 1772 ii. Polly Pease b. 1774 iii. Abigail Pease b. 1776 iv. Ruth Pease b. 1778 v. Lydia Pease b. 1780 m. Samuel Sturtevant vi. Cornelius Pease b. 1782 vii. John Marchant Pease bp. Aug. 1785 viii. Jerusha 5 Dunham, bp. 1754 m. 10 Aug. 1774 Anthony Swasey [11] Children of Anthony and Jerusha 5 (Dunham) Swasey: i. Seth Swasey b. abt. 1775 ii. Hannah Swasey bp. 23 Aug. 1796 iii. Jared Swasey bp. 23 Aug. 1796 iv. Jonathan Swasey bp. 23 Aug. 1796 v. Mary Swasey bp. 23 Aug. 1796 vi. Naomi Swasey bp. 23 Aug. 1796 vii. Henry Osborn Swasey bp. 20 Aug. 1805 viii. Lucretia Swasey ix. Abigail Swasey ix. Persis 5 Dunham, bp. 1756; possibly the child of Seth who d. 1762 [12] References: 1. Dukes Co. Probate 3:125; Roser, Descendants of Henry Cobb, p. 129. 2. Deaths in Edgartown, NEHGR 59:205. 3. Op. Cit. Banks, Vol. 3:157, Rosser, p. 129. 4. Banks. Vol. 3:291-2. 5. Deaths in Edgartown NEHGR 53:104. 6. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:157. 7. Banks, Vol. 3:173. 8. Banks, Vol. 3:165. 9. Banks, Vol. 3:144-5. 10. Banks, Vol. 3:398. 11. Banks, Vol. 3:468-9. 12. Deaths in Edgartown, NEHGR 52:230.

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