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'''185.  JETHRO 4 DUNHAM''' (Gershom 3 Jonathan 2 John 1) born ca 1703, [1] died in Edgartown in 1789. [2]  Jethro married before 1731 '''MEHITABEL VINCENT''', [3] daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Post) Vincent.  Sarah Post was of Norwich CT. [4]  She was born 1701, died in Edgartown 4 October 1789. [5]

Jethro Dunham served in the French and Indian War as evidenced by the following list of persons released from captivity published in an article The Redeemed Captives of 1747, [6]
::“arrived from Quebec...171 persons who had been taken by the French and Indian Enemy, at divers times, and carried there as prisoners...Taken June 24th 1746, Jethro Dunham of Martha’s Vineyard.”


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Children of Jethro 4 and Mehitabel (Vincent) Dunham born in Edgartown: [7] 
	
:::     i.  Anna 5 Dunham, b. 1731; d. 23 Nov. 1803 m. John Butler, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clay) Butler [8]
::356.	    ii.  Hezekiah 5 Dunham , b. say 1734
:::	   iii.  Mehitabel 5 Dunham, b. say 1737 m. 1 Oct. 1761 Barnabas Vincent He was son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Stewart) Vincent [9]
:::	   iv.  Mary 5 Dunham , b. say 1741; d. 8 Oct. 1824 m. about 1764 John Holmes
::::		NOTE:  Children of John and Mary 5 (Dunham) Holmes:
:::::			 i.  John Holmes b. 1766
:::::		ii.  Mary Holmes b. 26 Aug. 1768 m. 25 Oct. 1792 Thomas 6 Dunham; Line of Thomas 6 Dunham (Shubael 5, Cornelius 4 Jonathan 3,2 John 1 Dunham) [10]
:::	    v.  Deborah 5 Dunham, baptized 11 March 1744

References:
::1. Dukes Co. Probate 3:125. 
::2. Banks, Vol. 3:157, Rosser, Descendants of Henry Cobb, p. 129.
::3. Banks, Vol. 3:485.
::4. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:485.
::5. Deaths in Edgartown, NEHGR 53:106. 
::6. NEHGR 70:260-262.  
::7. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:157.
::8. Banks, Vol. 3:55.
::9. Banks, Vol. 3:486 & 488.
::10. Banks, Vol. 3:158.