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GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE DUNHAM FAMILY

This information has been prepared by Gratia Dunham Mahony.  Her original document has been sub-divided to fit more easily onto our web site.  [PCD]

LINES FROM DEACON JOHN ¹ DUNHAM’S SON BENAJAH ² DUNHAM (b. 1637)

#1785 - George Dunham of Michigan
Line from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth:
John ¹ Benajah ² Edmund ³ Jonathan ⁴ David ⁵ Jonathan ⁶ Azariah ⁷ Robert ⁸ William Shadrack ⁹ George W. ¹⁰ LeRoy ¹¹ George LeRoy ¹²

Documentation:#1785

John ¹ Dunham b. ca. 1589 in England ^[1]

d. 2 March 1668/9 Plymouth, Plymouth Co. MA ^[2]

m. second Abigail Ballou

Reference:
l. Anderson, Robert Charles, "The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995, Volume I:599-603.
2. Ibid.

Benajah ² Dunham b. say 1637 in Plymouth MA ^[3]

d. 24 December 1680 Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[4]

m. Elizabeth Tilson

Reference:
3. Anderson, Volume I:603; also TAG (The American Genealogist) Vol. 30:145-6
4. Will, Archives of the State of NJ, 1^st series, 21:63 & 23:146

Edmund ³ Dunham b. 25 July 1661 in Eastham, Barnstable Co. MA ^[5]

d. 7 March 1733/4 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[6]

m. Mary Bonham (a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller)

Reference:
5. MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, C.G. compiler of Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Edward Fuller family, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1990, Volume 4:34
6. Ibid.

Jonathan ⁴ Dunham b. 16 August 1694 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[7]

d. 10 March 1777 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[8]

m. Jane Pyatt

Reference:
7. Ibid.
8. Op Cit p. 108

David ⁵ Dunham b. 14 March 1723 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[9]

d. 6 October 1806 in Stelton New Jersey ^[10]

m. Rebekah Dunn

Reference:
9. Ibid.
10. Genealogical Magazine of NJ Vol. 1:94, Dunham Family Burying Ground Gravestone Records. also HUTCHINSON, Elmer T., "Documents relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series—Vol. XL, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. XIII—1814-1817", MacCrellish & Quigley Co., Printers, Trenton NJ, 1947, p. 110.

Jonathan ⁶ Dunham b. in 1751 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[11]

d. 29 November 1832, aged 81 years, in Piscataway NJ ^[12]

m. Sarah Lenox

Reference:
11. Birth year calculated from age at death. (ref. below)
12. The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol. 1:95, Gravestone Records from Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan Township, Middlesex County New Jersey

Azariah ⁷ Dunham b. 19 December 1779 in New Jersey ^[13]

d. in 1855 in Sharon, Mercer Co. Pennsylvania ^[14]

m. Margaret Clark

Reference:
13. Osterhout, Elva "James Clark Dunham [1812-1889] and His Descendants" pub. Dec. 1939 gives a birth date of 19 December 1779 in NJ
14. Ibid. gives d. 1855 in Mercer Co. PA

Robert ⁸ Dunham b. 1804 in Mercer Co. PA ^[15]

d. 26 November 1884, Mercer Co. PA ^[16]

m. Annie Titus

Reference:
15. Ibid. gives children of Azariah and Margaret (Clark) Dunham
16. Ibid.

William Shadrack ⁹ Dunham b. 1836 ^[17]

d. ( ) in Michigan ^[18]

m. Nancy Chase

Reference:
17. Robert ⁸ Dunham appears on the 1850 Census in Hickory Twp. Mercer Co. PA p. 80, family #219 with children including William Shadrack Dunham; also family information from descendant George LeRoy ¹² Dunham.
18. Information from descendant George LeRoy ¹² Dunham

George W. ¹⁰ Dunham b. 14 July 1868 Clare Co. MI ^[19]

d. 25 June 1913 Clare Co. MI ^[20]

m. ¹ Martha VanConant

Reference:
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.

LeRoy ¹¹ Dunham b. 23 July 1900 in Lake Station, Clare Co. MI ^[21]

d. 26 May 1986 Lapeer Co. MI ^[22]

m. Elizabeth Almeda Fitch

21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.

George LeRoy ¹² Dunham b. 18 June 1932 ^[23]

Still living, Res. Harrison, Michigan

m. Nancy Walker

23. Ibid. George LeRoy ¹² Dunham was the original participant in the DNA analysis project. His line back to Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth has been proven through standard genealogical research and sources have been documented. Therefore, the allele values establish the control for the descendants of Deacon John Dunham.