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<p>GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE DUNHAM FAMILY</p><br />
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<b><font SIZE="3">This information has been prepared by Gratia Dunham Mahony.&nbsp; <br />
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Her original document has been sub-divided to fit more easily onto our web site.&nbsp; <br />
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LINES FROM DEACON JOHN <sup>1</sup> DUNHAM’S SON JONATHAN <sup>2</sup> DUNHAM <br />
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<p>#2330 - <font color="#0000FF">Gary Roger Dunham</font> of Sugarland Texas<br><br />
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Line from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth:<br><br />
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John <sup>1</sup> Jonathan <sup>2</sup> Jonathan <sup>3</sup> Gideon <sup>4</sup> <br />
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James <sup>5</sup> Isaac <sup>6</sup> Luther W. <sup>7</sup> Alfred Gordon <sup><br />
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8</sup> Frederick Walter <sup>9</sup> Richard Frederick <sup>10</sup> Gary Roger<br />
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<sup>11</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">John <sup>1</sup> Dunham</font> b. ca. 1589 in England <sup>[1]</p><br />
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<p>d. 2 March 1668/9 Plymouth, Plymouth Co. MA <sup>[2]</p><br />
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<p>m. second Abigail Ballou</p><br />
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<p><i>Reference:<br><br />
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l. Anderson, Robert Charles, &quot;The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New <br />
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England 1620-1633&quot; published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, <br />
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Boston 1995, Volume I:599-603.<br><br />
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2. Ibid.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Jonathan <sup>2</sup> Dunham</font> b. </font>say 1625 in Leiden Holland <sup>[3]</p><br />
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<p>d. 18 December 1717 in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes Co. MA <sup>[4]</p><br />
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<p>m. <sup>1</sup> Mary Delano<br><br />
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m. <sup>2</sup> Mary Cobb </p><br />
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<p>3. Anderson, Volume I:603; also TAG Vol. 36:243-49<br><br />
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4. Ply. Col. Records Vol. 4:370, will probated 15 Jan. 1718</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Jonathan <sup>3</sup> Dunham</font> b. 1658-9 <sup>[5]</p><br />
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<p>d. before 5 October 1711 <sup>[6]</p><br />
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<p>m. <sup>1</sup> (unknown)<br><br />
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m. <sup>2</sup> Esther (Norton) Huxford</p><br />
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<i>5.</i> <i>TAG 44:218-221. <br><br />
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6.</i> <i>Ibid. </p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Gideon <sup>4</sup> Dunham </font>b. 6 March 1686/7 <sup>[7]</p><br />
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<p></sup>d. 27 April 1762 Southington, Hartford Co. CT <sup>[8]</p><br />
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<p>m. <sup>1</sup> Desire Case<br><br />
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m. <sup>2</sup> Mary Lewis</p><br />
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7. TAG 44:219. . Also, Banks, Charles Edward, &quot;History of Martha’s Vineyard&quot; <br />
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pub. by the Dukes Co. Historical Society 1966, Vol. 3:155-6.<br><br />
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8. Will #1784, Ct. State Archives</i>.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">James <sup>5</sup> Dunham</font> b. say 1720, probably in Southington, Hartford Co. <br />
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Connecticut <sup>[9]</sup> </p><br />
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<p>d. (year unknown) probably in Canaan, Litchfield Co. Connecticut <sup>[10]</p><br />
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<p>m. Dinah Candee</p><br />
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<p>Reference:<br><br />
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9. Op. Cit. Banks, Vol. 3:156.<br><br />
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10. VR Canaan Ct. p. 24, (Barbour Coll.): gives Children born of James and <br />
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Dinah, in Canaan CT.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Isaac <sup>6</sup> Dunham</font> b. 23 February 1765 in Canaan, Litchfield Co. CT<br />
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<sup>[11]</p><br />
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<p></sup>d. probably 20 October 1821, probably in Canaan CT <sup>[12]</p><br />
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<p>m. <sup>1</sup> Charlotte Lawrence who d. by 1800<br><br />
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m. <sup>2</sup> (unknown)</p><br />
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<p>NOTE: Another son of James <sup>5</sup> Dunham was:</p><br />
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<p>Salathiel <sup>6</sup> b. 22 March 1753 pension appl. S12828, NY gives birth <br />
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year as 1757<br><br />
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Both Salathiel <sup>6</sup> and William <sup>7</sup> who is son of Isaac <sup><br />
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6</sup> went to Tioga Co. NY. <br><br />
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Luther W. <sup>7</sup> Dunham is found on the census in Tioga Co. NY living <br />
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near <br><br />
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Salathiel <sup>6</sup>, however, research from the census records and land <br />
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deeds indicate<br><br />
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that Luther W. <sup>7</sup> was probably a son of Isaac <sup>6</sup> and his <br />
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second (unknown) wife,<br><br />
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and that he first went to Tioga Co. NY to live with his older half brother <br />
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who<br><br />
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was William <sup>7</sup> Dunham who was born in 1787.</p><br />
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<p>Reference:<br><br />
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11. VR Canaan Ct. p. 24, (Barbour Coll.)<br><br />
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12. Isaac <sup>6</sup> appears on the 1820 census in Canaan CT. An unproved <br />
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source states that he d. 20 October 1821.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Luther W. <sup>7</sup> Dunham</font> b. 19 October 1804 poss. in Northampton, <br />
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Hampshire Co. MA <sup>[13]</p><br />
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<p></sup>d. about 1850 probably in Illinois <sup>[14]</p><br />
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<p>m. Mary Jane Beard</p><br />
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13. Copy of an insurance application in which parts of the (missing) Dunham <br />
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family bible were transcribed and certified, in possession of Gary Roger &amp; Jan <br />
<br />
E. Dunham.</i> <br><br />
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14. The last child of Luther W. and Mary Jane (Beard) Dunham was Hulda <br />
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Cornelia b. 22 November 1847 in Dryden, Tompkins Co. New York. Dunham (Mary Jane <br />
<br />
(Beard) Dunham) appears on the 1850 census in Winnebago County, Illinois under <br />
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the Township of Butler, p. 365</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Alfred Gordon <sup>8</sup> Dunham</font> b. 28 July 1840 in Spencer, Tioga Co. NY<br />
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<p>d. 18 April 1910 in Guthrie, Logan Co. Oklahoma <sup>[16]</p><br />
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<p></sup>m. Fannie D. Healas</p><br />
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15. Information from descendant Gary R. Dunham<br><br />
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16. Ibid.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#FF9900">Frederick Walter <sup>9</sup> Dunham</font> b. 29 June 1881 in Waterloo, Blackhawk <br />
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Co. Iowa <sup>[17]</p><br />
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<p>d. 22 November 1959 in Houston, Texas <sup>[18]</p><br />
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<p>m. Mercy Elthea Higgins</p><br />
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<p>Reference:<br><br />
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17. Ibid.<br><br />
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18. Ibid</p><br />
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<font color="#FF9900">Richard Frederick <sup>10</sup> Dunham</font> b. 9 December 1910 in Oklahoma City, <br />
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OK <sup>[19]</p><br />
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<p>d. 13 December 1991 in Houston Texas <sup>[20]</p><br />
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</sup><br />
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<p>m. Acme Marie Spiva</p><br />
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<p>Reference:<br><br />
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19. Ibid. Also SS# 460-05-6134 Issued in Texas<br><br />
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20. Ibid.</p><br />
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<p><font color="#0000FF">Gary Roger <sup>11</sup> Dunham</font> b. 12 February 1936 in Houston, Harris Co. TX<br />
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<sup>[21]</p><br />
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<p>Still living.</p><br />
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<p>Reference:</p><br />
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<p>21. Gary Roger <sup>11</sup>Dunham participated in DNA analysis to try to <br />
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determine which Dunham line he descends from. Several cousins of Gary R. and his <br />
<br />
wife Jan (Erwin) Dunham worked with me to try to prove the line from Deacon John <br />
<br />
Dunham. There is strong circumstantial evidence that Luther W. <sup>7</sup> <br />
<br />
Dunham is a son of Isaac <sup>6</sup> Dunham and his second (unknown) wife; but <br />
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so far we have not found absolute proof.</p><br />
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