Gen refer-RWDunham.htm

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 JOSEPH ² DUNHAM (b. 1631)

#2140 - Robert Wallace Dunham of Madison Wisconsin
Line from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth:
John ¹ Joseph ² Micajah ³ Micajah ⁴ Joseph ⁵ Benjamin ⁶ Robert Ferrel ⁷ Ephraim Fuller ⁸ James William ⁹ Rex James ¹⁰ Robert Wallace ¹¹

Documentation:

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.

Joseph ² Dunham b. say 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co. MA ^[3]

d. between 9 March 1702/3 and 16 June 1703, ^[4] the dates on which his will was written and probated

m. ¹ 18 November 1657 Mercy Morton
m. ² 20 August 1669 Hester Wormal

Reference:
3. Anderson, Volume I:603; also TAG (The American Genealogist) Vol. 30:145-6
4. TAG Vol. 30:145-6

Micajah ³ Dunham b. say 1673 in Plymouth ^[5]

d. There is no death record and no probate for Micajah but he was dead before 1760 when Elizabeth "widow of Micajah" is mentioned in Plymouth Church Records. ^[6]

m. Elizabeth Lazell

Reference:
5. TAG 30:154.
6. Ibid.

Micajah ⁴ Dunham b. say 1716 probably born in Plympton ^[7] but not on the Plympton Vital Records,

d. in November 1756 in Brimfield Hampshire Co. MA. ^[8]

m. Mary Davis

Reference:
7. Brimfield VR p. 282.
8. Brookfield VR p. 307.

Joseph ⁵ Dunham b. 22 January 1738/9 in Brimfield, Hampden Co. MA ^[9]

d. 20 April 1823 in Brimfield MA ^[10]

m. Sarah Davis

Reference:
9. Brimfield VR p. 50-51.
10. Brimfield VR 282

Benjamin ⁶ Dunham b. 2 February 1760 in Brimfield, Hampden Co. MA ^[11]

d. date unknown

m. ¹ (unknown) but after 1800 when he appears on census
m. ² Charlotte Thayer

Reference:
11. Brimfield VR p. 50-51.

Robert Ferrel ⁷ Dunham b. 23 July 1799 ^[12]

d. bet 18 Oct. 1825 (deed dt) and 28 Nov. 1826 (estate app. dt) ^[13]

m. Henrietta Maria Fuller

Reference:
12. Research done by descendant Robert Wallace ¹¹ Dunham
13. Ibid.

Ephraim Fuller ⁸ Dunham b. 10 Apr. 1827 at W. Farmington OH ^[14]

d. 5 Dec. 1889 at Oshkosh WI ^[15]

m. a dau. of William D. Dunham and Elizabeth Sythel of England.

Reference:
14. Civil War service record & descendant Robert Wallace ¹¹Dunham
15. Research done by descendant Robert Wallace ¹¹ Dunham

James William ⁹ Dunham b. 5 July 1855 in Oshkosh Twp. WI ^[16]

d. 27 January 1936 Oshkosh WI ^[17]

m. Emily Maria Norton

Reference:
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.

Rex James ¹⁰ Dunham b. 9 May 1897 Oshkosh WI ^[18]

d. 3 January 1985 Oshkosh WI ^[19]

m. ¹ Dorothy Eleanor Neuenfeldt

Reference:
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.

Robert Wallace ¹¹ Dunham b. 8 January 1923 in Oshkosh WI

Still living. Participated in DNA analysis.