DT-2-Joseph-2

DUNHAM FAMILIES of TENNESSEE

FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA

2. JOSEPH 2 DUNHAM (Joseph 1 Dunham) born say 1725-1727 probably in Frederick Co., Virginia; [1] died before 3 March 1761. He married about 1745 in Anson, North Carolina MARY CLAYPOOL. She was born about 1730.

This Joseph 2 Dunham was a signer of the petition to annex the Watauga area to the Province of North Carolina in 1776.[2] Joseph, Mary and Reuben Dunham’s names appear in the Washington County records.

It is unclear just how the relationship of the Dunhams who were early settlers in Tennessee developed. We know that there was a very close relationship because a descendant of John 2 Dunham and a descendant of the line from Joseph 2 Dunham have participated in DNA analysis. A 25 marker DNA test taken by these two Dunham men show a match with a 1-step mutation in one marker. Thus these two Dunham men were very closely related.

Children of Joseph 2 and Mary (Claypool) Dunham:

i. MARY 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1746

5. ii. REUBEN THADEUS 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1748

6. iii. HENRY H. 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1750

7. iv. WILLIAM 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1752; d. 1811 n.f.r.

8. v. JOSEPH 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1754

9. vi. DANIEL 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1757 n.f.r.

10. vii. JOHN 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1760

References:

1. Research of descendant Bill Dunham. 2. 1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District to the Provincial Congress of North Carolina.