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DUNHAM FAMILIES OF BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA SECOND GENERATION IN AMERICA

3. WILLIAM RANDOLPH 2 DUNHAM (Joseph 1) b. in Bladen Co., NC about 1770; d. there 3 September 1828. He m. 1st ELIZABETH SINGLETARY, b. abt 1774. There is no death record of Elizabeth (Singletary) Dunham. She may have died after the birth of the daughter Elizabeth 3 Dunham. William Randolph 2 Dunham m. 2nd SARAH CAIN. [1] She was named in the will of William R. Dunham written in 1823. Children of William Randolph 2 and Elizabeth (Singletary) Dunham: 4. i. JAMES SNOWDEN 3 DUNHAM, b. 20 March 1795 ii. ELIZABETH 3 DUNHAM, b. before 1800 [2] Children of William Randolph 2 and Sarah (Cain) Dunham: [3] 5. iii. SARAH 3 DUNHAM, b. 14 February 1801; d. bef. 1840 6. iv. JONATHAN S. 3 DUNHAM, b. abt. 1804 7. v. WILLIAM JAMES 3 DUNHAM, b. 26 July 1808 8. vi. JOHN SMITH 3 DUNHAM, b. 8 December 1813 9. vii. SAMUEL W. 3 DUNHAM, b. 29 July 1816 10. viii. THOMAS W. 3 DUNHAM, b. 17 September 1818 References: 1. There is discrepancy between the Bundy book (published in 1985) and the Brunton book (published in 1989) as to who was the mother of children iii through viii. See analysis of maternity and census data in Archives Section under Wives of William Randolph Dunham. 2. The 1800 census shows a female under 10 years old. 3. According to research done by Trudy and Miriam Jo Dunham, none of the lines from William Randolph Dunham and his second wife, Sarah Cain, extend to the present generation.

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