DJD-283-Phebe-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

283. PHEBE 4 DUNHAM (Joseph 3,2 John 1) born say 1725, died after 28 December 1778. [1] Phebe married in Taunton 1 December 1748 as his second wife JOHN RICHMOND, [2] son of John and Hannah (Otis) Richmond. He was born ca. 1710, and married first in Taunton 30 December 1736 Dighton Mirick by whom he had at least Mary and Dighton, and probably John and Hannah Richmond. [3] There were several Richmond families living in Middleboro and in fact John Richmond’s first cousin Robert, served in 1739/40 as Tythingman in Middleborough with Phebe’s brother Stephen Dunham.[4] Children of John and Phebe (Dunham) Richmond: [5] i. Elkanah, 5 Richmond, b. say 1749 ii. Joseph 5 Richmond, b. say 1751 iii. Abner 5 Richmond, b. say 1753 iv. Phebe 5 Richmond, b. say 1755 v. Bethia 5 Richmond, b. say 1758 vi. Nabby 5 Richmond, b. say 1760 vii. Huldah 5 Richmond, b. say 1763 References: 1. Mayflower Families-Thomas Rogers, Vol. 2, p. 304. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Middleboro Town Meeting Record 26 Feb. 1739/40;Holbrook fiche #23 p. 198. 5. Mayflower Families-Thomas Rogers, Vol. 2, p. 305.

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