DT-2-Joseph-2

DUNHAM FAMILIES of TENNESSEE

SECOND GENERATION IN AMERICA

2. JOSEPH 2 DUNHAM (Joseph 1 Dunham) b. say 1725-1727, probably in Frederick Co., VA; [1] d. bef. 3 March 1761. He m. abt. 1745 in Anson Co., NC. MARY CLAYPOOL, b. abt. 1730.

This Joseph 2 Dunham was a signer of the petition to annex the Watauga area to the Province of North Carolina in 1776.[2] Joseph, Mary and Reuben Dunham’s names appear in the Washington Co. records. NOTE: Need to verify location of Watauga and Washington Co. STATE -- June 2018 JAS

It is unclear just how the relationship of the Dunhams who were early settlers in Tennessee developed. We know that there was a very close relationship because a descendant of John 2 Dunham and a descendant of the line from Joseph 2 Dunham have participated in DNA analysis. A 25 marker DNA test taken by these two Dunham men show a match with a 1-step mutation in one marker. Thus these two Dunham men were very closely related.

Children of Joseph 2 and Mary (Claypool) Dunham:

i. MARY 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1746

5. ii. REUBEN THADEUS 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1748

6. iii. HENRY H. 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1750

7. iv. WILLIAM 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1752; d. 1811 n.f.r.

8. v. JOSEPH 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1754

9. vi. DANIEL 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1757 n.f.r.

10. vii. JOHN 3 DUNHAM, b. say 1760

References:

1. Research of descendant Bill Dunham. 2. 1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District to the Provincial Congress of North Carolina.