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LINE OF JONATHAN DUNHAM OF WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

14. BENJAMIN-3 DUNHAM (Jonathan-2 Dunham alias Singletary, Richard-1 Singletary) b. 22 August 1681 in Woodbridge, Middlesex , NJ; [1] d. 31 December 1715 in Woodbridge, in his 35th year: [2] m. ca. 1706 in Woodbridge, MARY ROLPH. [3] Benjamin is buried in the Episcopal Church Cemetery, Woodbridge, Find A Grave Memorial 164855266

Benjamin Dunham was a large landholder and was identified with the local interest of the Township of Woodbridge. He became dissatisfied with the teachings of the Presbyterian minister, Rev. Samuel Wade, and in 1711 embraced the views of the Anglican Church. He gave the use of a dwelling house in Woodbridge for the public worship of the Church of England.

In 1715 David, Nathaniel and Benjamin Donham were on the list of the New Jersey Militia Regiment under the command of Col. Thomas Farmer. [4]

Children of Benjamin-3 and Mary (Rolph) Dunham, born in Woodbridge: [5]

i. RICHARD-4 DUNHAM, b. 28 May 1707, n.f.i. Not mentioned in sister Katherine’s will which was dated 1 May 1764.

ii. KATHERINE-4 DUNHAM, b. 12 May 1708; d. before 1 May 1764, unmarried

In the will of Katherine Dunham she leaves “to my brother’s [this would be Jonathan 4 Dunham] eldest son, Benjamin Dunham, £5. Sister, Hannah Van Nest 1/2 of my real and personal estate, and the 1/2 to her heirs”. [6]

30. JONATHAN-4 DUNHAM, b. 7 January 1710/11

iv. BENJAMIN-4 DUNHAM, b. 4 December 1712, n.f.i. Not mentioned in sister Katherine’s will which was dated 1 May 1764.

v. HANNAH-4 DUNHAM; m. (--) Van Nest She was named in will of her sister, Katherine, dated 1 May 1764.

References:

l. Dally, Woodbridge and Vicinity, p. 327; Dunham, Dunham-Singletary Genealogy, p. 24-28; Myers, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman, p. 542-3.

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. Op. Cit. Myers p. 542; Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 13, p. 200-220; Col. Thomas Farmer’s New Jersey Regiment of 1715

5. Myers, p. 543.

6. HONEYMAN, A. Van Doren, Documents relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series—Vol. xxxiv, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. V, 1771-1780, will dated 1 May 1764, probated 18 May 1773.