DJD-408-Darius-5

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FIFTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

Continuation from "Who was Rev. Darius Dunham?" Darius-5 Dunham, (David-4, Micajah-3, Joseph-2, Deacon John-1 Dunham) from the DGRA Newsletter: Vol. 11, issue 2, April 2014 p.3-9

408. Darius-5 Dunham was born about March 1762; died in Fredericksburg, 13 September 1825 and is buried at Switzer’s Chapel at Switzerville, Ontario, Canada, Find A Grave Memorial # 189657963. He married about 1792 Elizabeth Detlor. She was the daughter of Valentine Detlor (1726-1798 (from Ireland) and Catherine Hill and Elizabeth died near Napanee at the home of her son Enoch Fletcher-6 Dunham on March 1, 1848. She is buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Napanee, Find A Grave Memorial # 189635758.

Darius Dunham (1762-1825) was one of these young men, age about 26 years old in 1788. He had been training to become a physician, but the allure of ministering to the people of the Methodist faith appealed to him.

From: Abby L. Heningway, Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 3, p. 470 under the History of Methodism in Brandon, Vermont: “In 1788 Darius Dunham was appointed to the Shoreham circuit, and Samuel Wigton to Lake Champlain.” On page 1194 under the Methodist Episcopal Church: “Rev. Darius Dunham came to Wells, Rutland Co., VT to preach in 1789.”

From the History of the Settlement of Upper Canada, With Special Reference to the Bay of Quinte; under the First Wesleyan Methodists in Canada, p. 290:

“Mr Losee had 165 members enrolled in the “Cataraqui Circuit”. He set out on his long journey to attend conference at Albany. Mr. Losee returned the following year, accompanied by Rev. Darius Dunham. The latter took charge of the Bay of Quinte district—the “Cataraqui Circuit”, while Losee went to the St. Lawrence to organize a new society (called the “Oswegotchie” circuit.”

From: The First Century of Methodism in Canada, Vol. I, Chapter II, 1780-1805, Beginnings in Lower and Upper Canada, p. 30:

“On Saturday, September 15th, 1792, Dunham held the first Quarterly Meeting in Mr. Parrot’s barn, Ernestown. . . . Dunham entered the work as a probationer in 1788, and having heard Losee’s account of Canada and the call for an ordained man volunteered and for seven years labored in the new field. He was a man of strength, in mind and body. No such voice as his had before resounded through Canadian forests. . . . On his (speaking of Lossee) former circuit a young lady of estimable qualities had awakened Losee’s admiration. On Losee’s removal his full-fledged successor (Darius Dunham) proved a more successful suitor, and before Losee was aware, had won the idol of his heart.”

From: Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, 1999 reprint of original book published in 1904, p. 191-195:

Under The Clapp Family, “Joseph Clapp m. Mercy Carpenter and died in Dutchess Co. NY about 1776. At least 5 of his children came to Canada: Joseph, Benjamin, and James, Clapp, Rhoda Clapp who m. Mr. Losee and settled near Bath, and Ursula Clapp who m. Sampson Striker and died in Hallowell. Sampson Striker and Joseph Clapp, then 18 years old came together to Ontario via Lake Champlain, Montreal and up the St. Lawrence with a sleigh and pair of horses in January. They finally settled in Adolphustown having been 28 days on the journey from their home in Dutchess County, New York. Joseph Clapp m. Nancy Millar, a niece of John Roblin who came from Dutchess County. They were Quakers, but John Roblin was converted to the Methodist Church by William Losee and Darius Dunham.”

Chidren of Darius-5 and Elizabeth Detlor:

i. Anna-6 Dunham (1799-1853), m. Jacob Peterson

ii. Elizabeth-6 Dunham ( -1848)

iii. John-6 Dunham ( -1827)

iv. Mary-6 Dunham (1802- ), m. George Chamberlain

v. Catherine-6 Dunham (1805- ), m. Charles Chamberlain

v. Enoch Fletcher-6 Dunham (1810-1890)