DJD-253-Josiah-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FORTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

253. JOSIAH 4 DUNHAM (Eleazer 3 Joseph 2 John 1) born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA in June 1694, [1] died before March 1740/1 as he is not listed on the support agreement for his mother Bathsheba Dunham. [2] Josiah married in Plymouth 2 February 1715/16 RUTH KEMPTON, [3] daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Reeves) Kempton. [4]

There are several Plymouth County Land Records for Josiah Dunham, the last one in 1729.[5]

Children of Josiah and Ruth (Kempton) Dunham born in Plymouth: [6]

378. i. Amos 5 Dunham b. 21 September 1716

ii. Hannah 5 Dunham b. 23 March 1719/20

From Mayflower Descendant Vol. 54, No. 1 Winter 2005, p. 48-50; The Possible Identity of Widow Hannah Holmes, Third Wife of Joshua Newcomb, by Jane Fletcher Fiske: The article postulates that Hannah (Dunham) (Holmes) was the third wife of Joshua Newcomb. Joshua Newcomb, son of Andrew and Mercy (Oldham) Newcomb, was born in Truro 17 June 1712 [VR of Truro] and died about 1749, supposedly killed by a ship’s mast falling on him. Joshua married first Eunice Bullard; second Elizabeth Dollins in 1737/8; and third, 2 Oct. 1738 at Plymouth Widow Hannah Holmes.

Joshua and Hannah had three children recorded at Plymouth:

i.Ruth Newcomb

ii.Joseph Newcomb

iii.Sarah Newcomb

iii. Charles 5 Dunham b. 11 May 1721, d. about 20 June 1721

iv. Ruth 5 Dunham b. 25 June 1722 (no further information found)

v. Lydia 5 Dunham b. 8 February 1724/5

Lydia married in Plymouth 8 February 1725/6 Jacob Tinkham, [7] son of Jacob and Hannah (Cobb) Tinkham, and a descendant of Mayflower pilgrim Peter Brown.

Children of Jacob and Lydia (Dunham) Tinkham: [8]

i. Hannah 6 Tinkham b. 31 Oct. 1747, Pembroke, Ma.

ii. Lydia 6 Tinkham b. 15 Nov. 1749

iii. Mary 6 Tinkham b. 28 Nov. 1751

iv. Jacob 6 Tinkham b. 10 Sept. 1754

vi. Mary 5 Dunham b. 30 July 1727

Mary married in Bridgewater, MA 16 Nov. 1756 Josiah Hayward, Jr. [9] son of Josiah and Sarah (Kingsley) Hayward and a descendant of Mayflower pilgrim Francis Cooke. [10] Josiah was born in Bridgewater 13 April 1717; d. in Bridgewater 15 Oct. 1773. [11]

Children of Josiah 6 and Mary 5 (Dunham) Hayward: [12]

i. Molly 7 Hayward b. 13 Nov. 1742 [13] m. 6 June 1782, Robert Edson

ii. Josiah 7 Hayward b. 20 July 1744; d. 1 Oct. 1745 [14]

iii. Lemuel 7 Hayward b. 17 May 1746; d. 3 Sept. 1747 [15]

iv. Hepzibah 7 Hayward b. 24 April 1748 [16] d. 9 June 1848, Parishville, St. Lawrence County New York m. 3 April 1783, Bridgewater MA Rotheus Mitchell

379. vii. Josiah 5 Dunham b. 27 March 1730

References:

1. Plymouth VR p. 2.

2. TAG 62:11.

3. Plymouth VR p. 91.

4. Sanborn, Melinde; Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton Part I, pub. 1996, p. 83.

5. Ply Co. LR 13:120; 20:147; 23:122; 17:65; 19:27; 24:183; 24:222.

6. Plymouth VR p. 60-61.

7. Intent 17 Jan. 1746, Ply VR p. 169, marriage 5 Feb. 1746/7 Ply VR p.149.

8. Mayflower Families- Peter Brown Vol. 7 p. 109.

9. Bridgewater VR p. 117

10. Mayflower Families-Francis Cooke p. 270

11. Bridgewater MA VR p. 486.

12. See Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. 1:347.

13. Bridgewater VR p. 151.

14. Bridgewater VR p. 149 & 486.

15. Bridgewater VR p. 150.

16. Bridgewater VR p. 148.