DJD-185-Jethro-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

185. JETHRO 4 DUNHAM (Gershom 3 Jonathan 2 John 1) born ca 1703, [1] died in Edgartown in 1789. [2] Jethro married before 1731 MEHITABEL VINCENT, [3] daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Post) Vincent. Sarah Post was of Norwich CT. [4] She was born 1701, died in Edgartown 4 October 1789. [5]

Jethro Dunham served in the French and Indian War as evidenced by the following list of persons released from captivity published in an article The Redeemed Captives of 1747, [6]

“arrived from Quebec...171 persons who had been taken by the French and Indian Enemy, at divers times, and carried there as prisoners...Taken June 24th 1746, Jethro Dunham of Martha’s Vineyard.”

Children of Jethro 4 and Mehitabel (Vincent) Dunham born in Edgartown: [7]

i. Anna 5 Dunham, b. 1731; d. 23 Nov. 1803 m. John Butler, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clay) Butler [8]

355. ii. Hezekiah 5 Dunham , b. say 1734

iii. Mehitabel 5 Dunham, b. say 1737 m. 1 Oct. 1761 Barnabas Vincent He was son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Stewart) Vincent [9]

iv. Mary 5 Dunham , b. say 1741; d. 8 Oct. 1824 m. about 1764 John Holmes

NOTE: Children of John and Mary 5 (Dunham) Holmes:

i. John Holmes b. 1766

ii. Mary Holmes b. 26 Aug. 1768 m. 25 Oct. 1792 Thomas 6 Dunham; Line of Thomas 6 Dunham (Shubael 5, Cornelius 4 Jonathan 3,2 John 1 Dunham) [10]

v. Deborah 5 Dunham, baptized 11 March 1744

References:

1. Dukes Co. Probate 3:125.

2. Banks, Vol. 3:157, Rosser, Descendants of Henry Cobb, p. 129.

3. Banks, Vol. 3:485.

4. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:485.

5. Deaths in Edgartown, NEHGR 53:106.

6. NEHGR 70:260-262.

7. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard Vol. 3:157.

8. Banks, Vol. 3:55.

9. Banks, Vol. 3:486 & 488.

10. Banks, Vol. 3:158.