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303. '''JONATHAN 4 DUNHAM''' (Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. in Piscataway twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, 16 August 1694; d. in Piscataway twp., 10 March 1777; m. in Piscataway twp., 5 August 1714 '''JANE PYATT'''.   She was b. in Stelton, Middlesex Co., NJ, 15 September 1695; d. 15 September 1779, age 84 years.
 
:::There are no New Jersey wills for Jonathan 4 or Jane (Pyatt) Dunham.  Both are listed in Gravestone Records From Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey, (Dunham Washington Park Memorial Cemetery); Her headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16286422 16286422]


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:::Children of Jonathan 4 and Jane (Pyatt) Dunham born Piscataway, NJ:

:::::    i.  ELIZABETH 5 DUNHAM b. 27 June 1715; m . 1738 MICAJAH DUNN, son of Samuel and Esther (Martin) Dunn
::::: '''303.2  AZARIAH 5 DUNHAM''' b. 9 February 1718/19 - '''<font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::  iii.  JONATHAN 5 DUNHAM b. 20 May 1721
:::::   iv.  DAVID 5 DUNHAM b. 14 March 1723     
:::::    v.  ISAAC 5 DUNHAM b. 16 August 1725; d. young     
:::::   vi.  RUTH 5 DUNHAM b. 3 January 1727/8; m. 25 February 1746 JAMES MARTIN
:::::  vii.  SAMUEL 5 DUNHAM b. 27 November 1730; m. 8 May 1750 MARY LUCAS 
 

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'''303.2 AZARIAH 5 DUNHAM''' (Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. in Piscataway, 9 February 1718/19: d. 22 January 1790; m.1 MARY TUXTON; m.2 21 May 1753, '''MARY FORD''', daughter of Col. Jacob and Hannah (Baldwin) Ford. [1]  She was born about 1734/35 (age at death, 67 years); d. 4 May 1802.  Both Azariah 5 and Mary (Ford) Dunham are buried in the Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan twp. 

:::In Feb. 1775 Col. Dunham was elected to the Colonial General Assembly of the province; and in the certification of his election signed by the sheriff of the county and 21 freeholders he is described as “Azariah Dunham Esquire an able and sufficient man having 1000 acres of land on an estate in freehold, in his own respective right” etc., In 1775 and again in 1776 he was a member of the Provincial Congress and by that body was appointed one of the Committee of Safety for the Province. . . 

:::Col. Dunham was an active Revolutionary leader, and after the war he was elected the first President of the Corporation of the City of New Brunswick under the new charter of 1784 and continued to enjoy the confidence and regard of his fellow townsmen until his death on 22 January 1790.  

:::From '''The Mapping of New Jersey: The Men and the Art''' by John P. Snyder, pub. Rutgers University Press, p. 54-55;   
:::::“A second manuscript map recently reproduced. . .shows a boundary line surveyed by Azariah Dunham of New Brunswick in 1766. . . The Justice and Freeholders of Middlesex County ordered the 1766 survey in view of the fact that the ‘line of the old road’ was ‘very dubious by reason of persons altering the road’.” Following the narrative on p. 55 is a picture of Azariah Dunham (17191790), probably the earliest picture we have of a descendant of Deacon John 1 Dunham of Plymouth. A copy of this photo can be seed in the DSFC Newsletter, [[Media:Newsletter-Vol_III-3.pdf | Vol. 3, Issue 3, p. 6, July 2006.]] 


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:::Children of Azariah and Mary (Tuxton) Dunham: 
:::::    i.  DAVID 6 DUNHAM (known as “Squire”) b. 5 August 1745;  m. 17 December 1766, MARY DUNN       
:::::   ii.  MARY 6 DUNHAM b. 20 April 1747  m. JOHN CONGER      
:::::  iii.  JANE 6 DUNHAM b. 20 February 1748  m. JOSEPH THIXTON 
 

:::Children of Azariah and Mary (Ford) Dunham:
:::::    iv.  LEWIS FORD 6 DUNHAM b. 31 March 1754  m. 4 May 1777, JANE TUTHILL; became a Physician
:::::     v.  '''JOHN 6 DUNHAM''' b. 4 January 1756  m. ANN SHERRED; became a Merchant - '''<font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>''' 
:::::    vi.  JAMES 6 DUNHAM b. 12 October 1757;  m. HANNAH SMITH; became a Merchant     
:::::   vii.  ELIZABETH 6 DUNHAM b. 24 October 1759;  d. October 1761    
:::::  viii.  NANCY 6 DUNHAM b. 8 March 1761;  d. 10 April 1840      
:::::    ix.  HANNAH 6 DUNHAM b. 17 February 1764;  d. 17 September 1764       
:::::     x.  SARAH 6 DUNHAM b. 27 August 1765;  m. 17 March 1789, JAMES HANKENSON      
:::::    xi.  JACOB 6 DUNHAM b. 30 September 1767;  m. ELIZABETH LAWSON; became a Physician    
:::::   xii.  MOSES 6 DUNHAM b. 5 July 1770;  d. 3 September 1771   
:::::  xiii.  WWILLIAM 6 DUNHAM b. 27 June 1772; became a Lawyer   
:::::   xiv.  HANNAH 6 DUNHAM (again) b. 17 January 1774;  d. 11 February 1860 
 

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'''JOHN 6 DUNHAM''' (Azariah 5 Jonathan 4 Edmund 3 Benajah 2 John 1) b. 4 January 1756;  d. 15 July 1799; m. in Morris Co., NJ, 22 May 1780, '''ANN SHERRED''', daughter of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (Fleming) Sherred.  She was b. 22 March 1761; d. in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, 9 March 1848, 

<font color="#FF00FF">Additional info on Ann Sherred from FAGM

She was b. in Sussex Co., NJ, 22 March 1761; d. in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, 9 March 1848; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45346304 45346304]
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:::Children of John 6 and Ann (Sherred) Dunham:
:::::      i.  JOHN CLARKSON 7 DUNHAM b. 16 July 1792; d. 6 April 1793     
:::::     ii.  '''EDWARD WOOD 7 DUNHAM''' b. 10 February 1794 - '''<font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''


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'''EDWARD WOOD 7 DUNHAM''' (John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4 , Edmund 3 , Benajah 2 , John 1 ) b. 10 February 1794 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ; d. in Irvington, Westchester Co, NY, 26 July 1871; m. in New Brunswick, 27 April 1817, '''MARIA SMYTH PARKER'''.  She was b. in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ, 1794; d. in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, 8 September 1834, age 40 years, during the cholera epidemic.  He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45280471 45280471]. She is buried at Christ Episcopal Church burial ground, New Brunswick. 



[[image: Dunham-Azariah.jpg | 200px | center]] 
<center>Photo of Edward Wood Dunham taken from Ancestry.com web page of David M. Smith. <br> This photo is of Azariah 5 Dunham Not Edward Wood Dunham - Error found April 2022, being researched, JAS</center>  
 

:::Edward Wood and Maria Smyth (Parker) Dunham moved to New York City in 1821 where Edward became a banker.  Edward Wood Dunham was the first President of the Corn Exchange Bank. 


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:::Children of Edward Wood 7 and Maria Smyth (Parker) Dunham: 
:::::      i.  EDWARD 8 DUNHAM b. in New Brunswick, NJ, 27 March 1818 
:::::    ii.  ANNA PARKER 8 DUNHAM d. 16 November 1822, in her third year 
:::::    iii.  JOHN PARKER 8 DUNHAM b. 1820; d. 1849 
:::::    iv.  LEWIS 8 DUNHAM d. 7 August 1825, age 15 months 
:::::     v.  JAMES LAWRENCE 8 DUNHAM b. 19 April 1826 
:::::    vi.  '''CARROLL 8 DUNHAM''' b. 29 October 1828 - '''<font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::   vii.  ANN LAWRENCE 8 DUNHAM b. 6 November 1832 
 
<font color="#FF00FF"> Additional Info on Children from FAGM

EDWARD 8 DUNHAM b. in New Brunswick, NJ, 27 March 1818; d. Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY, 22 Nov 1892, m. MINERVA W. HARRISON, Daughter of Elihu and Miranda W. Harrison, B. in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, 9 Feb 1821; in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, 6 Jul 1851. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 
Sleepy Hollow, Westchester Co., NY, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67176845 67176845].
She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61968222 61968222]. 

Child of Edward 8 and Minerva W. (Harrison) Dunham:
Clarinda Harrison 9 Dunham b. 21 Mar 1849; d. 29 Aug 1921 m. Augustus Kirkham, b. in Ohio, 19 March 1837; d. 8 Mar 1912. Both are buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester Co., NY, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66569351 66569351], [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66569308 66569308]  

JOHN PARKER 8 DUNHAM b. 1820; d. November 1849; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45346246 45346246].

ANN LAWRENCE 8 DUNHAM b. 6 November 1832; d. July 1902; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45310513 45310513]

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'''CARROLL 8 DUNHAM''' (Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonatan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2 , John 1) b. in New York City, New York Co., NY, 29 October 1828; d. in Irvington, Westchester Co., NY, 18 February 1877; m. 22 February 1853, '''HARRIET ELVIRA KELLOGG''', daughter of Edward and Esther Kellogg of Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.  She was b. in 1828; d. in 1878. Both are buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial,[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45302640 45302640] [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45302873 45302873]

<font color="#FF00FF">marriage date from FAGM -- 22 February 1853</Font>


:::His mother died in a cholera epidemic in 1834 when Carroll was only six years old. After attending boarding school he enrolled at Columbia University in New York.  Carroll 8 Dunham graduated from Columbia University and in 1850 received his MD degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. Carroll 8 Dunham was a homeopathic physician and dean of faculty at the New York Homeopathic Medical College.  He traveled internationally to visit homoeopathic hospitals in Europe.  He wrote numerous articles and lectured on the subject of homoeopathic medicine.  He was editor of the “American Homeopathic Review” and was President of the New York County Homeopathic Medical Society.  

:::Carroll Dunham was loved, respected and honored by his peers.  Upon his death at the age of forty-nine years the testimony from his friends and acquaintances may be summed up by the following quote about Dr. Dunham.  “Possessing intellectual capacities of the highest order, he never exerted them for selfish ends, but always for the public good.  Pure in his private life, exceptionally modest and retiring in his demeanor, ever gentle and kind, he knew not how to stoop to meanness and detraction; generous and large-hearted, he was always ready to aid others, and all who were brought in contact with his noble and tender nature were compelled not only to admire and venerate the accomplished physician, but to trust and love the true-hearted Christian man.” 

:::::'''Editorial comment''': I feel these same traits and characteristics were exhibited in the ancestry of Carroll 8 Dunham all the way back to his Greatgreat grandfather Rev. Jonathan 4 Dunham, and continuing all the way back to Deacon John 1  Dunham. Gratia Dunham Mahony, Editor
:::::Please see the following article for more explicit detail: [[Media:Newsletter-Vol_XIII-2.pdf | '''The Personalities of Our Ancestors''']] By Gratia Dunham Mahony, DSFC Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 15 April 2016. 


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:::Children of Carroll 8 and Harriet Elvira (Kellogg) Dunham: 
:::::     i.  '''CARROLL 9 DUNHAM II''' b. 25 June 1858 - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::    ii.  '''EDWARD KELLOGG 9 DUNHAM''' b. 1 September 1860 - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::   iii.  THEADORE 9 DUNHAM b. 11 November 1862 
:::::    iv.  HERBERT 9 DUNHAM b. June 1865; d.y. 
:::::     v.  CONSTANTINE 9 DUNHAM b. June 1868; d.y. 
:::::    vi.  BEATRICE 9 DUNHAM b. 2 March 1870

<font color="#FF00FF">FAGM info on children

THEADORE 9 DUNHAM b. Irvington, Westchester Co., NY, 11 November 1862; d. Bar Harbor, Hancock Co., ME, 10 Nov 1951; m. JOSEPHINE BALESTIER. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx Co., NY, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119015113 119015113]

HERBERT 9 DUNHAM b. 27 May 1865; d. 9 Mar 1868; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45303494 45303494]

CONSTANTINE 9 DUNHAM b. June 1868; d. 22 Mar 1868; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial,
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45303524 45303524]

BEATRICE 9 DUNHAM b. 2 March 1870; d. 13 Jan 1911; buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial,
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45303392 45303392]

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'''Carroll 9 DUNHAM, II''' (Carroll 8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. in Newburgh, Orange Co., NY, 25 June 1858; d. 5 September 1922 age 63 years: m. 2 April 1884 '''Margaret Worcester Dows''', daughter of David and Margaret Esther (Worcester) Dows.  She was b. in Saratoga Co., NY, 5 March 1860; d. 18 September 1951.  Both are buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester Co., NY, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67149218 67149218] and [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67149457 67149457]


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:::Children of Carroll 9 and Margaret Worcester (Dows) Dunham III: 
:::::        i.  ETHEL 10 DUNHAM b. 27 April 1886; d. 7 June 1973; m. Edward Kirkham. She is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67145683 67145683]
:::::       ii.  '''CARROLL 10 DUNHAM III''' b. 21 December 1887 - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::      iii.  '''DOWNS 10 DUNHAM''' b. 1 June 1890 - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''
:::::      iv.  ARTHUR LOUIS 10 DUNHAM b. 11 December 1891; d. 2 September 1972; buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial  [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67149850 67149850]. m. <font color="#FF00FF">

Wife Info: Dorothy Lilleston Dunham, b. 4 August 1900; d. 20 November 2001 (aged 101); buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67150996 67150996]</Font>'''


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'''EDWARD KELLOGG 9 DUNHAM''' (Carroll 8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. 1 September 1860; d. 1922; m. in 1893 '''MARY DOWS''', daughter of David and Margaret (Worcester) Dows, of Irvington, Westchester Co., NY.  She was born in New York, in 1866. 

<font color="#FF00FF">Additional info from FAGM

EDWARD KELLOGG 9 DUNHAM ---- b. Newburgh, Orange Co., NY, 1 September 1860; d. New York, New York Co., NY, 15 Apr 1922, m. in 1893 '''MARY DOWS''', daughter of David and Margaret (Worcester) Dows, of Irvington, Westchester Co., NY.  She was born in Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY, 15 Jun 1865; d. in Manhattan, New York Co., NY, 30 Oct 1936. Both are buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, headstone photo at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45303766 45303766], [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45304997 45304997].
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:::Edward Kellogg Dunham graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1886 and became well known for his work in pathology and bacteriology.  He worked for the Board of Health Commission in Boston, and later became professor of pathology at Bellevue Medical College of New York University. He treated World War I soldiers infected with the lung disease empyema.  After his death his wife Mary (Dows) Dunham gave an endowment to Harvard Medical School for the establishment of the “Edward Kellogg Dunham Lectures for the Promotion of the Medical Sciences.” 
 
:::Edward and Mary were world travelers in Europe, Egypt and the Western United States.  In 1898 they built a house in Seal Harbor, Hancock Co., ME where they spent many summers.  The entire family has been active in various philanthropic activities in both New York and Seal Harbor. 


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:::Children of Edward Kellogg 9 and Mary (Dows) Dunham: 
:::::    i.  THEODORA 10 DUNHAM (1895-1983) 
:::::   ii.  EDWARD KELLOGG 10 DUNHAM Jr., b. 1901; d. 1951; m. ANN “NANCY” YELLOTT
 
<font color="#FF00FF">Additional info from FAGM
THEODORA 10 DUNHAM b. in Connecticut, in 1895; d. 1983, m. Herbert L Bodman, b. in Ohio, 1880; d. in Tucson, Pima Co., AZ, 4 Mar 1958.  
Both are buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63058912 63058912], 
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63058887 63058887].

Gratia note -- Child and Military srv for Herbert - FAGM

EDWARD KELLOGG 10 DUNHAM Jr. b. in Ruxton, Baltimore Co., MD, 9 Feb 1901; d. in North Andover, Essex Co., MA, 9 Jun 1951; m. in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA, 16 August 1933, her 2nd. m., Anne Emory "Nancy" Yellott, Daughter of Richard Emory Yellott, Sr. and Mary Gertrude Carter Yellott. She was b. in Bonneau, Berkeley Co., SC, 10 Sep 1907; d. in New York, New York Co., NY, 2 Oct 1957. Both are buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32048362 32048362], [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32048321 32048321].

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:::::::Edward Kellogg 10 Dunham graduated from Harvard in 1922 and worked as assistant manager for the Corn Exchange Bank in New York. Later on he spent much of his time with other financial activities and as treasurer of Dows Estates.  

:::::::Children of Edward Kellogg and Ann “Nancy” (Yellott) Dunham: 

:::::::::      i.  EDWARD KELLOGG 11 DUNHAM, III 
:::::::::     ii   ELIZABETH 11 DUNHAM 
 
 
:::Note to readers: There is a collection of Dunham Family Papers, 1814-1951, (57 boxes, 20 linear ft.) Collection number MS 246 located at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.  Quoting from the abstract of this collection which covers four generations: Edward Wood Dunham (1794-1871; Carroll Dunham (1828-1877); Edward Kellogg Dunham (1860-1922); Edward Kellogg Dunham, Jr. (1901-1951): “Artist, photographer, homemaker, traveler, philanthropist, bacteriologist, pathologist, and financier, The Dunham Family Papers represent four generations of the Dunham, Parker, Kellogg, and Dows families.  The collection documents the medical education, research and professional activities of Doctors Carroll Dunham and Edward Kellogg Dunham, Jr.; the financial activities of Edward Kellogg Dunham, Jr.; the World War I medical and the volunteer work of women, including Theodora Dunham Bodman; creative writings; artwork; numerous photographs; travel correspondence; diaries and photographs from Europe, Egypt, the western U.S., and Panama.”  A detailed Contents List can be seen at: http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss20.html  
 

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'''CARROLL 10 DUNHAM III''' (Carroll 9, Carroll 8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. 21 December 1887; d. 24 May 1948; m.  in 1915 '''RUTH HARPER PILING''' of Washington, DC. and Blue Hidgie Summit, PA.  

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Some new Information From FAGM 

b. in Irvington, Westchester Co., NY, 21 Dec 1887; d. in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, 24 May 1948; buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67148521 67148521]

Ruth Harper Pilling Dunham b. in Washington, District of Columbia, 21 Nov 1890; d. in Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT, 24 Aug 1961 

NOTE: I did not find Blue Hidgie Summit, PA on Wiki 4-2018 - JAS</font>


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:::Children of Carroll 10 and Ruth Harper (Piling) Dunham III: 
:::::   i.  '''Carroll 11 Dunham IV''' b. 3 March 1819. - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>


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Addition info on Children from FAGM 

1. Peter, b. 3 May 1921, d. 7 Dec 2011; m. Mary Patricia Hopkinson.

2. Angela Scoville, b. 28 Sep 1917, d. 8 Feb 1998; m. William Francis Rogers, III in 1948.

3. Carroll IV., b. 3 Mar 1919, d. 27 Aug 1995; m. Carol Marguerite Reynolds.

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'''DOWS 10 DUNHAM''' (Carroll 9,8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1)  b. 1 June 1890; d. 10 January 1984: m.  '''EVELINE SPENCR THOMPSON'''.  She was b. 16 November 1891; d. 12 September 1928.  Both are buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial,  [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67150212 67150212] [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67150455 67150455]


:::The following quote, written by Dows Dunham himself, in “Recollections of an Egyptologist, published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1972” gives us a glimpse of Dows Dunham. 
 
:::::“Friends and colleagues have been urging me for a time to put together some notes about my experiences during a long professional life in Egyptology, both in the field and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Now, at the age of eighty-two, having published the final volume of reports on the museum’s expedition in the Sudan, it seems that the time has come to reminisce, to look back over the fifty-eight years that have elapsed since I began to work in this field in the spring of 1914. Readers may be interested to learn how I came to be involved in my life’s work. 

:::::When I graduated from preparatory school in 1908, I needed one or two credits for admission to Harvard, and my parents sent me to Europe for a year of further study. I spent the year traveling in France and Italy and took a side trip to Egypt and Palestine, which included a journey on horseback from Nazareth to Damascus (then under Turkish rule). During that year I found myself increasingly drawn to the study of the history of art as I visited museums, churches, and the ancient monuments of Rome as well as the antiquities of Egypt. Thus, when I entered Harvard in 1909 I was especially attracted to the courses offered in this field, in painting, sculpture, architecture, and classical archaeology. 

:::::I had no specific plan but simply a predilection for the study of art history and criticism. Then, in the beginning of my senior year, my father suffered a serious illness; it was decided that his convalescence would be advanced by European travel and that I should take time out from college to accompany him and my mother on an extended sojourn in Italy, France, and England. It might be considered that this was a sacrifice on my part, but looking back on that experience I am convinced that the decision was a wise one. 

:::::My interest in the fine arts, stimulated by my courses at Harvard, was developed by this further travel, and I returned to the university in the autumn of 1913 with even greater enthusiasm for my studies than before. Because of the delay in completing my college work I was able to take a course in the history of Egyptian art offered only occasionally by Professor George A. Reisner. 

:::::During my visit to the Nile Valley the year before entering college, I had become strongly attracted to Egyptian art, and I welcomed the opportunity to round out my studies in this subject before graduation. The course was small, attended by about fifteen or twenty students. Reisner turned out to be an inspiring teacher, and I became intensely absorbed in the subject. It was a half course ending at midyears, when I graduated (as of the class of 1913) in the field of art history. 

:::::After the final lecture in his course, Reisner called me into his office and asked me whether I would be interested in Egyptian archaeology as a career. I was, naturally, attracted by the idea but uncertain whether this would be a wise course to follow. “Try it for a year,‘’ suggested Reisner, “and see how you like it. It will be a valuable experience, even if you decide not to go on with it. I am returning to Egypt at once to continue my excavations for the Harvard University Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Expedition. I need assistance, and I believe you might find archaeology to your liking as a career.” 

:::::Before deciding to accept his offer, I consulted my father, whose advice I valued. My parents lived near New York City, and my father went to see Albert M. Lythgoe, then Curator of the Egyptian Department at the Metropolitan Museum, and asked his opinion of Reisner and of his offer. Mr. Lythgoe spoke in the highest terms of Reisner, both as scholar and top-ranking excavator, and said that, if I were contemplating a career in archaeology, I could receive no better training in field work than with Reisner. On the basis of this favorable advice and my own inclination, I accepted Reisner’s offer and he wrote my father the following letter, dated May 19, 1913, from “the Pyramids’,:

:::::::I am very glad to hear that your son still wishes to come out to Egypt. I liked him very much as a student in Cambridge and encouraged him then to make his plans to join the expedition. If he arranges to leave at the earliest possible moment after he has finished his examinations, he will get out in time for the spring season. We usually work the native gangs up to the end of May and he would thus have two or three months of active field experience. After that we are occupied with book work - a side which would not be without value for him. When he has had a couple of months here I have had a chance to talk matters over with him, I may be able to help him to a decision on his future course of study. I will arrange for him to gain a thorough knowledge of the Egyptian monuments their bearings on the history of art. I am quite sure that whatever he decides to do, a couple of months familiarity with the objective historical methods of the expedition will be useful to him." 


:::The Archaeological Institute of America awarded Dows Dunham the 1979 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.  Quoted from the award citation:  “Dows Dunham has dedicated his life to archaeology as an excavator, curator and scholarly author, a dedication made with exceptional modesty as well as quiet distinction.  Dows Dunham has, all his life, also been a splendid, lively and picturesque teacher, and his sense of responsibility toward his students and toward the public has been shown in hundreds of ways. . .His lifetime example of dedication, discipline, unselfish labor, patience, good judgment, skill and lucidity, his stance on principles as well as his humor, his constant help to younger Egyptologists, to which many in this room can bear witness, the warmth and modesty which have endeared him to so many for so long, make Dows Dunham on this centennial occasion the fitting embodiment of a grand tradition in archaeology.”  


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:::Child of Dows 10 and Eveline (Thompson) Dunham: 
:::::   i.  MARGARET BIANCA 11 DUNHAM b. 1925 

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Additional children from FAGM

Phillippa Dunham Shaplin

and Lawrence Dows Dunham

and Margaret Bianca Dunham, b. in Egypt, 17 Jun 1925; d. Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC, 16 Jul 2007</Font>
 

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'''CARROLL 11 DUNHAM IV''' (Carroll 10,9,8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, 3 March 1919; d. 17 August 1995; m. 4 June 1948 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, '''CAROL MARGUERITE REYNOLDS,''' daughter of Donald Grant and Kathryn D. (Harding) Reynolds. Both are buried in Eight Mile River Cemetery, Lyme, New London Co., CT, headstone photos at Find A Grave Memorial, [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147784030 147784030], [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147783990 147783990].


:::From the obituary of Carroll 11 Dunham IV:  

:::::Carroll Dunham of Lyme Connecticut, realtor active in trade associations, politics and civic affairs died 17 August 1995.  He was born March 3, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Carroll III and Ruth Harper Piling Dunham.  He was raised in Cedarhurst, Long Island, NY, graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., and attended Harvard University.  He married Carol Reynolds on June 4, 1948 in New Haven. After living in Lima, Peru where he worked for Pan American Grace Airways, he operated Pierce Hollow Farm, a poultry farm in Southbury.  Mr. Dunham was President of the Northeast Poultry Producers Council and also founded Custom Farms, a poultry farmers cooperative that pioneered the brand name marketing of poultry products. Along with his wife he operated the Dunham Company Realtors, selling residential real estate in the lower Connecticut River Valley.  


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:::Child of Carroll 11 and Marguerite (Reynolds) Dunham:
  
:::     i.  '''CARROLL 12 DUNHAM V''' b. in New Haven, 5 November 1949. - <font color="#FF00FF">Line Continues below</Font>'''


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'''CARROLL 12 DUNHAM V''' (Carroll 11,10,9,8, Edward Wood 7, John 6, Azariah 5, Jonathan 4, Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. in New Haven, 5 November 1949; m. LAURIE SIMONS. 

:::Carroll Dunham is an American painter who lives in New York and Connecticut. He is known for his conceptual approach to painting and drawing and his interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration. 

:::Laurie Simmons is an American artist, photographer and filmmaker.  She has received numerous awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant, and the Guggenheim Fellowship.   


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:::Children of Carroll 12 and Laurie (Simmons) Dunham: 
:::::        i.  LENA 13 DUNHAM b. in New York City, NY, 13 May 1986 
:::::::She graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in creative writing. While she was a student at Oberlin she produced several video sketches and short films.  In 2010 she starred in her semiautobiographic feature film '''Tiny Furniture'''.  In 2012 she created and starred in the HBO series Girls and received numerous Emmy award nominations and two Golden Globe awards.  In 2014 she released her first book, '''Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”''', published by Random House.  In 2015 she created the weekly bulletin '''Lenny Letter'''.  
 
:::::::An announcement on 6 April 2016 states that “Actor and writer Lena Dunham has teamed up with publisher Random House to launch her own publishing imprint, '''Lenny'''.  This will launch in late 2017 and will publish fiction and non-fiction titles which cover “feminism, style, health, politics, friendship and everything else”.   Lena Dunham’s style is edgy and informed, controversial and self-aware, sexually proud and affirmatively feminist.  “Lenny books will aspire to push the ball forward on the issues that matter to our audience, with wit and style”, said Lena Dunham at the book announcement. 
  
:::::       ii.  GRACE 13 DUNHAM b. 1992, actress and poet.  She acted in the independent film “Tiny Furniture” which was written and directed by her older sister, filmmaker and actress Lena Dunham.  


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:::References:

:::::   1. NJ Marriage Records 16651800

:::::2. “The Large Family of Benajah Dunham” Vol.3, Issue 3, p. 2-6, July 15, 2006 
:::::3. From Deacon John 1 to Lena 13 Dunham Selected Dunhams in one line of Descent  by Gratia Dunham Mahony Vol.13, Issue 2, p. 2, April 2016

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