S-D-12-David-3

LINE OF JONATHAN DUNHAM OF WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

12. DAVID-3 DUNHAM (Jonathan-2 Dunham alias Singletary, Richard-1 Singletary) b. 10 March 1673/4 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ [1,2]; d. 1750-175 in Woodbridge [3]; m.2 in New York City, NY, 16 or 18 August 1699, MARY ILSLEY. [4] She was b. in Woodbridge, 13 April 1680, daughter of John-2 Ilsley (William-1 Ilsley).

It appears from the record given below that this David Dunham had two illegitimate children born bef. September 1697, and before his marriage to Mary Ilsley in 1699. The following excerpt is taken from Ye Olde Middlesex Courts:

The Establishment of an Early Court System in One of the Original Counties of New Jersey, by George J. Miller, originally published in 1932, p. 48. In the September 1697 term:

“David Dunham of Woodbridge was indicted for having an illegitimate child by a woman of the same place. The jury found him guilty and the court ordered him to pay five pounds, to be carried to the whipping post and to receive ten lashes on his bare back, and to pay two shillings every week for seven weeks for the support of the child.”

“At the same court the same man was found guilty of the same offence and the court ordered the same punishment in the second case.”

The record given above does not tell us who these children were, or even whether they were male or female. The record also does not give the names of the Woodbridge women who were the mothers of these children. While we do not know for certain, these two children were likely raised by their mothers, and they may have retained the Dunham surname.

We do know for certain that there are Dunhams not currently proven to descend from Jonathan-2 Dunham, whose DNA matches the descendants of Jonathan-2 Dunham alias Singletary. Identifying these two illegitimate children could help to document the ancestry of the Dunhams who are so far not connected to Jonathan-2 Dunham of Woodbridge.

Children of David-3 Dunham and unknown women:

18. i. possibly JOHN-4 DUNHAM, b. bef. September 1697

19. ii. possibly NATHANIEL-4 DUNHAM, b. bef. September 1697

Children of David 3 Dunham and Mary (Ilsley) Dunham:

20. iii. JOSEPH-4 DUNHAM, b. 7 October 1700

21. iv. DAVID-4 DUNHAM, Jr., b. 1703

22. v. LEWIS-4 DUNHAM, b. say 1705

23. vi. possibly JOHN-4 DUNHAM, b. say 1708

24. vii. JAMES-4 DUNHAM, b. say 1710-1712

25. viii. DANIEL-4 DUNHAM, b. 1715 [4]

There may also have been daughters whose names have been lost.

References:

l. Dally, Woodbridge and Vicinity p. 327; Dunham, Dunham-Singletary Genealogy p. 24-28;

2. Myers, Myers, Patty Barthell, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families, (Penobscot Press, 1995). p. 541;

3. Op. Cit. Myers p. 541-2.

4. Ibid. p. 541; New York Marriages Previous to 1784 p. 585.

5. Brunton, Yvonne Miller, The Singletary Family History, 1599-1989 with collected Research, (Danielsville, GA: Heritage papers, 1989).