DJD-176-Gideon-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

176. GIDEON 4 DUNHAM (Jonathan 3,2 John 1) born in Edgartown 6 March 1686/7, [1] died in Southington, Hartford Co. Ct. 27 April 1762. [2] Gideon married first ca. 1718 DESIRE CASE, [3] daughter of John and Desire (Manter) Case. [4] She was born in 1690 and she died in 1728. Gideon married second in 1728 MARY LEWIS, [5] daughter of James and Mary (Sturgis) Lewis. She was born 16 August 1700, and died in Southington, Hartford Co. CT 26 August 1762.

Gideon Dunham settled in that part of Farmington that became Southington, CT. [6]

Children of Gideon and Desire (Case) Dunham: [7]

334. i. JAMES 5 DUNHAM, b. say 1720

335. ii. ELIZABETH 5 DUNHAM , b. say 1723

Children of Gideon and Mary (Lewis) Dunham:

iii. DESIRE 5 DUNHAM , b. 1730, d.y.

336. iv. MARY 5 DUNHAM , b. 1732

337. v. SARAH 5 DUNHAM , bp. 14 April 1734

338. vi. GIDEON 5 DUNHAM , bp. 28 December 1735

339. vii. BARNABAS 5 DUNHAM, b. 1736

340. viii. DESIRE 5 DUNHAM (again), b. 1738

341. ix. CORNELIUS 5 DUNHAM, b. 1740

342. x. SYLVANUS 5 DUNHAM, b. 1742

References:

1. TAG 44:219.

2. Will #1784, Ct. State Archives.

3. History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:155.

4. Ibid. Vol. 3:67.

5. History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:155.

6. Southington Genealogies, (Dunham Family) p. 34-37.

7. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families 2:135.