DJD-49-Benajah-3

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

49. BENAJAH 3 DUNHAM (Joseph 2 John1), baptized in Plymouth 1684;[1] died in Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts 8 December 1766.[2] Benajah married probably in Edgartown 7 May 1708 SARAH COVEL, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Atwood) Covel.[3] They were married by Pastor Jonathan Dunham who was an uncle of Benajah.[4] Sarah Covel was born in Edgartown in 1693; died there 16 August 1778.[5] Benajah came to Edgartown about 1708. He was Master of the House of Correction in 1731. He is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown.[6] By the will of his father, Joseph 2 Dunham, Benajah and his younger brother Daniel got 40 acres of land in Plympton that “I now live on which is my homestead” to be divided between them.[7] Benajah sold this land to William Canady in 1708.[8] Children of Benajah and Sarah (Covel) Dunham born in Edgartown: [9] 285. i. BENAJAH 4 DUNHAM, b. 7 February 1708/9 286. ii. DANIEL 4 DUNHAM, b. 1712 287. iii. MERCY 4 DUNHAM, b. 1716 288. iv. ELIZABETH 4 DUNHAM, b. about 1720 289. v. EBENEZER4 DUNHAM, b. about 1725 References: 1. Plymouth Church Records 1:254; MD 43: #2, July 1993 . 2. NEHGR 52:230. 3. Banks, History of Martha’s Vineyard, Vol. 3:165. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid. 7. Plymouth Co. LR 20:183. 8. Plymouth Co. LR 7:309 9. Op. Cit. Banks, 3:165

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