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LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

303 Jonathan 4 Dunham(Edmund 3, Benajah 2, John 1) b. 16 Aug 1694, in Piscataway twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; d. 10 March 1777 in Piscataway twp.; m. 5 August 1714 in Piscataway twp. Jane Pyatt. She was b. 15 Sept. 1695 in Stelton, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; d. 15 September 1779, age 84 years.

There are no New Jersey wills for Jonathan 4 or Jane (Pyatt) Dunham. Both are listed in Gravestone Records From Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan Township, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.

Children of Jonathan 4 and Jane (Pyatt) Dunham born Piscataway, New Jersey:

i. Elizabeth 5 Dunham b. 27 June 1715; m . 1738 Micajah Dunn, son of Samuel and Esther (Martin) Dunn

ii. Azariah 5 Dunham b. 9 February 1718/9 - Continued Below

iii. Jonathan 5 Dunham b. 20 May 1721

iv. David 5 Dunham b. 14 March 1723

v. Isaac 5 Dunham b. 16 August 1725; d. young

vi. Ruth 5 Dunham b. 3 January 1727/8; m. 25 February 1746 James Martin

vii. Samuel 5 Dunham b. 27 November 1730; m. 8 May 1750 Mary Lucas

Azariah 5 Dunham (Jonathan 4 Edmund 3 Benajah 2 John 1 ) b. 9 February 1718/19 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey: d. 22 January 1790; m.1 Mary Tuxton; m.2 21 May 1753, Mary Ford, daughter of Col. Jacob and Hannah (Baldwin) Ford.[NJ Marriage Records 16651800] She was born about 1734-5 (age at death 67 years); d. 4 May 1802. Both Azariah 5 and Mary (Ford) Dunham are buried in the Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan Township (formerly Piscataway) Middlesex Co. New Jersey, near Stelton, New Jersey.

In Feb. 1775 Col. Dunham was elected to the Colonial General Assembly of the province; and in the certification of his election signed by the sheriff of the county and 21 freeholders he is described as “Azariah Dunham Esquire an able and sufficient man having 1000 acres of land on an estate in freehold, in his own respective right” etc… In 1775 and again in 1776 he was a member of the Provincial Congress and by that body was appointed one of the Committee of Safety for the Province. . .

Col. Dunham was an active Revolutionary leader, and after the war he was elected the first President of the Corporation of the City of New Brunswick under the new charter of 1784 and continued to enjoy the confidence and regard of his fellow townsmen until his death on 22 January 1790.

From The Mapping of New Jersey: The Men and the Art by John P. Snyder, pub. Rutgers University Press, p. 54-55; “A second manuscript map recently reproduced. . .shows a boundary line surveyed by Azariah Dunham of New Brunswick in 1766. . . The Justice and Freeholders of Middlesex County ordered the 1766 survey in view of the fact that the ‘line of the old road’ was ‘very dubious by reason of persons altering the road’.” Following the narrative on p. 55 is a picture of Azariah Dunham (17191790), probably the earliest picture we have of a descendant of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth. This is reproduced below but numerous photocopies have resulted in a poor reproduction in this newsletter.

Children of Azariah and Mary (Tuxton) Dunham:

i. David 6 Dunham (known as “Squire”) b. 5 Aug. 1745 m. 17 Dec. 1766 Mary Dunn

ii. Mary 6 Dunham b. 20 April 1747 m. John Conger

iii. Jane 6 Dunham b. 20 Feb. 1748 m. Joseph Thixton

Children of Azariah and Mary (Ford) Dunham:

iv. Lewis Ford 6 Dunham b. 31 March 1754 m. Jane Tuthill 4 May 1777; became a Physician

v. John 6 Dunham b. 4 Jan. 1756 m. Ann Sherred; became a Merchant (LINE CONTINUES BELOW)

vi. James 6 Dunham b. 12 Oct. 1757 m. Hannah Smith; became a Merchant

vii. Elizabeth 6 Dunham b. 24 Oct. 1759 d. Oct. 1761

viii. Nancy 6 Dunham b. 8 March 1761 d. 10 April 1840

ix. Hannah 6 Dunham b. 17 Feb. 1764 d. 17 Sept. 1764

x. Sarah 6 Dunham b. 27 Aug. 1765 m. James Hankenson 17 March 1789

xi. Jacob 6 Dunham b. 30 Sept. 1767 m. Elizabeth Lawson; became a Physician

xii. Moses 6 Dunham b. 5 July 1770 d. 3 Sept. 1771

xiii. William 6 Dunham b. 27 June 1772; became a Lawyer

xiv. Hannah 6 Dunham (again) b. 17 Jan. 1774 d. 11 Feb. 1860

John 6 Dunham (Azariah 5 Jonathan 4 Edmund 3 Benajah 2 John 1) born 4 January 1756; died 15 July 1799. He married in Morris County New Jersey 22 May 1780 Ann Sherred, daughter of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (Fleming) Sherred. She was born 22 March 1761; died in Brooklyn New York 9 March 1848.

Children of John 6 and Ann (Sherred) Dunham:

i. John Clarkson 7 Dunham b. 16 July 1792; d. 6 April 1793

ii. Edward Wood 7 Dunham b. 10 February 1794 THIS LINE CONTINUES BELOW

References:

“The Large Family of Benajah Dunham” Vol.3, Issue 3, p. 2-6, July 15, 2006

From Deacon John 1 to Lena 13 Dunham Selected Dunhams in one line of Descent by Gratia Dunham Mahony Vol.13, Issue 2, p. 2, April 2016