Gen refer-RHDunham-III.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 BENAJAH ² DUNHAM (b. 1637)

#5791 - Russell H. Dunham, III of New Fairfield Connecticut
Line from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth:
John ¹ Benajah ² Edmund ³ Jonathan ⁴ David ⁵ Jonathan ⁶ Azariah ⁷ Ezra ⁸ Samuel ⁹ Lewis Leonard ¹⁰ Russell H. ¹¹ Russell H. ¹² Dunham, III

NOTE: THE LINE OF #5791 IS THE SAME AS #1785 (GEORGE DUNHAM)THROUGH GENERATION SEVEN, AZARIAH ⁷ DUNHAM.

Continuing with generation eight:

Ezra ⁸ Dunham b. ca. 1800 in NJ ^[1]

d. 1870 and is buried in Ridge Cemetery Somerset Co. PA. ^[2]

m. Mary (Wolford) Berkebile

Reference:
1. In November 2002 Russell H. Dunham III participated in the DNA analysis and was proven to be a descendant of the Deacon John Dunham line. I worked with him to trace back to his earliest known ancestor who was Ezra Dunham b. ca. 1800 in NJ.
2. Ridge Cemetery headstone

Samuel ⁹ Dunham b. 21 February 1838 in Shade Twp. Somerset Co. PA ^[3]

d. in June 1911 in Moxham PA ^[4]

m. Huldah Hester Richardson.

Reference:
3. Obituary of Samuel Dunham from a Moxham PA newspaper dated 11 July 1911
4. Ibid. also History of Mercer Co. PA, pub. 1888

Lewis Leonard ¹⁰ Dunham b. 17 August 1876 in PA ^[5]

d. 29 June 1952 ^[6]

m. ¹ Bessie Adams Morrow
m. ² Geneva S. (--)

Reference:
5. Descendant Russell H. Dunham, III
6. Ibid.

Russell H. ¹¹ Dunham b. 1904 in Delaware ^[7]

d.

m. Theresa Mullen

Reference:
7. Ibid.

Russell H. ¹² Dunham, III b. 1925 in MD ^[8]

Still living.