DJD-257-Nathaniel-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

257. NATHANIEL 4 DUNHAM (Nathaniel 3 Joseph 2 John 1) born say 1692, [1] died after 4 August 1765. Nathaniel 4 Dunham married first MARCY (--). Little is known of Marcy except that she was admitted to the Church in Norton in 1742,[2] and had died before June 1756 when Nathaniel married his second wife. Nathaniel married second in Norton 14 June 1756 SARAH HODGES, [3] widow of Benjamin Hodges, and former widow of Benjamin Silley, and daughter of John and Sarah (--) Lane of Norton. Sarah died between 21 February and 24 October 1757. Her will dated 21 February 1757 names her grandson Joseph Hart, son of deceased daughter Hannah (--) Hart, and her granddaughter Sarah Hills, wife of Solomon Dunham (who was actually her stepson). [4]

Children of Nathaniel 4 and Marcy (--) Dunham: [5] All born in Norton except the last one who was born in Attleboro.

i. Abigail 5 Dunham b. 8 September 1720, d. 12 March 1735 (Norton VR p. 368)

384. ii. Nathaniel 5 Dunham b. 20 June 1722

iii. Mary 5 Dunham b. 17 August 1724

iv. Asell 5 Dunham b. 12 October 1726, d. 11 July 1746 (Norton VR p. 368)

385. v. Solomon 5 Dunham b. 18 February 1727/8

vi. Barshebe 5 Dunham b. 1 June 1732 (twin)

386 vii. David 5 Dunham b. 1 June 1732 (twin)

viii. Elizabeth 5 Dunham b. 6 April 1734, unmarried

ix. Patience 5 Dunham b. 15 May 1736

387. x. Timothy 5 Dunham b. 28 September 1737 [6]

388. xi. Abiel 5 Dunham b. 4 February 1740 [7] b. Attleboro

References:

1. TAG 62:8.

2. History of Norton, p. 167.

3. Norton VR p. 227.

4. Bristol Co. Probate Abstracts 2:211.

5. Norton VR p. 50.

6.TAG 62:14 “his mother is erroneously shown as Sarah in the printed Norton VR p. 50, but he is included in the original listing as the youngest child of Nathaniel and Marcy Dunham, Norton Town Records, 1:89”.

7. Mss 90 at NEHGS, Boston; VR Attleboro.