S-D-7-Benjamin-2

LINE OF RICHARD SINGLETARY

SECOND GENERATION IN AMERICA

7. BENJAMIN 2 SINGLETARY (Richard 1 Singletary) b. 4 April 1656 in Haverhill, Essex, MA; [1] m. 4 April 1678 in Haverhill, MARY STOCKBRIDGE. [2] She was daughter of John and Mary (--) Stockbridge of Haverhill. [3]

Benjamin 2 Singletary received a warrant dated 9 July 1699 for 300 acres in South Carolina. [4] He was probably already living at the settlement at Red Bank when he received this warrant for land.

Children of Benjamin and Mary (Stockbridge) Singletary: [5]

i. Susannah 3 Singletary, b. 27 January1678/79; d. SC; m. John Stone, Jr.

ii. Richard 3 Singletary, b. 16 March 1680/81; d. Berkeley Co., SC; m. Sarah Stewart

iii. Jonathan 3 Singletary, b. 28 August 1683; d. either NC or SC

iv. John 3 Singletary, b. 6 July 1686

v. Broughton 3Singletary, b. 25 March 1689; d. NC; m. Deborah Fewelling

vi. Joseph 3 Singletary, b. 9 February 1692/3; d. Berkeley Co., SC

vii. Mary 3 Singletary, b. 14 July 1695

viii. Hannah 3 Singletary, bp. 18 October 1696 in Haverhill, MA; m. JOHN 3 DUNHAM * by 1713 in St. Thomas St. Denis Parish, SC.

This John Dunham had land in 1708 adjacent to Joseph Singletary and Richard Singletary in 1710, and near Jonathan Singletary in 1733.

The will of John Dunham in Charleston Co., SC was dated 28 April 1725 and proved 4 February 1727/8. He names four children, but research done by Rev. James T. Dunnam shows that there was a fifth child named Robert Dunham born in November 1726.

Children of John and Hannah 3 (Singletary) Dunham:

i. John 4 Dunham, b. 1714 St. Thomas St. Denis Parish, SC; d. after 1740 SC.

ii. Hannah 4 Dunham, b. 1717; m. Joseph Singletary

iii. Sarah 4 Dunham, b. 1720

iv. Ebenezer 4 Dunham, b. 1723

NOTE: James T. Dunnam gives 5th child, Robert Dunham, b. November 1726; d. about 1790, Dunham’s Bluff, Marion Co., SC.

James T. Dunnam carries out this family at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pastor/dunna.htm - Note: 2 April 2018 this link was not active.

• For a detailed explanation of the possible line of this John 3 Dunham see the article in the Dunham-Singletary Family Connections newsletter, Vol. 3, Issue 3, p. 16-21. The article, A Theory Concerning An Important Missing Link Between Jonathan Singletary Dunham and the Large Clan of “Southern Dunhams,” was written by Sam E. Dunnam.

References:

1. Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, p. 318.

2. NEHGR, Vol. 133:101.

3. TAG, Vol. 38:184-5.

4. NEHGR, Vol. 133:101

5. Ibid.