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GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES FOR MEMBERS OF DONHAM-DUNHAM-DUNNAM-SINGLETARY FAMILIES 

 

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]

 

#6553 - Andrew Everett Dunham of New Salem, Pike Co. Illinois

Line from Richard Singletary through his son Jonathan Singletary/alias Dunham:

Richard ¹ Singletary, Jonathan  Singletary/alias Dunham, David ³ Dunham, David ⁴ Dunham, Amos ⁵ Dunham, Lewis ⁶ Dunham, William ⁷ Dunham, Lewis ⁸ Dunham, Richard ⁹ Dunham, William Frederick ¹⁰ Dunham, Andrew Eli ¹¹ Dunham, Andrew Everett ¹² Dunham

 

Richard ¹ Singletary b. about 1599 in England, ^[1]

            d. 25 October 1687 in Haverhill, Essex Co. Massachusetts. ^[2] 

                        m. ¹ possibly a wife whose surname was Dunham ^[3]

                        m. ² Susanna Cooke

Reference:

  1. Hoyt, David W.,  The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts,  NE History Press, Somersworth, 1981, p. 317-18. 

  2.  Ibid.

  3.  Torrey, Clarence Almond  p. 676 gives Richard & 1/wf -?- (-1638, 1639; Newbury. 

 

Jonathan ² Singletary/alias Dunham b. 17 January 1639/40 in Newbury, Essex Co. MA ^[4]

            d. about 1724 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. New Jersey ^[5]

                        m. Mary Bloomfield

Reference:

  4. Op. Cit. Hoyt

  5.  Dunham-Singletary Genealogy, by Kenneth Royal Dunham, pub. by Royal Press, Rochester, NY 1987, p. 24-28.

 

David ³ Dunham b. 10 March 1673/4 in Woodbridge Middlesex Co. New Jersey ^[6]

            d. 1750-1757 in Woodbridge New Jersey ^[7]

                        m. 16 or 18 August 1699 Mary Ilslee/Ilsley in New York City ^[8]

Reference:

  6. Myers, Patty B., Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families, p. 542, Penobscot Press, 1995.  Also, Woodbridge and Vicinity, p. 327.

  7.  Myers p. 541-2. 

  8.  Ibid. p. 541; New York Marriages Previous to 1784, p. 585.  

 

David ⁴ Dunham, Jr. b. say 1705 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[9]

            d. 13 May 1758 in Woodbridge NJ ^[10]

                        m. ¹ unknown

                        m. ² Mary Freeman about 1728 in Woodbridge ^[11]

 

Reference:

  9.  Myers p. 542

10.  Ibid.

11.  Ibid. NOTE Mary Freeman’s mother was Elizabeth Benue/Benyew

 

Amos ⁵ Dunham b. say 1730 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. NJ ^[12]

            d. after 1784 probably in Loudon Co. VA ^{[13] * (for circumstantial evidence)}

                        m. Mary (unknown) ^[14]

 

Reference:

12.  Myers p. 19

13.  From Loudon Co. VA Tithables 1758-1786 Vol. # 1779-1786 compiled by Marty Heath and Craig Roberts Scott Iberian Press Atlanta 1995, p. 1305-6 include Amos and Lewis Dunham

NOTE:(Circumstantial evidence showing Lewis Dunham as a son of Amos ⁵ Dunham)

Amos ⁵ Dunham had a brother Benyew ⁵ Dunham. [Ref. Myers p. 19.]

 Research that Pat Junkin and Gratia Dunham Mahony have done shows that a known brother of Amos ⁶ Dunham, who is Benyew ⁶ Dunham were shown to be together in Loudon Co. VA. [Ref. Loudon County Militia Journals 1793-1829 transcribed by Don Blincoe, Iberian Press, Atlanta p. 12, Amos Dunham Jr. and Bennue Dunham, Class 7 of Capt. Burr Powell’s Co. 2^nd BN 56^th Regt. Loudon Militia.]

Amos ⁵ and Lewis ⁶ Dunham are shown together on the 1784 Loudon Co. VA Tithable list;[Op. Cit.  1305-6.]

14. Named as his wife on Loudon County Virginia land record dated 21 July 1779.

Loudon Co. VA Deed Book  N, Part I, p. 61.

 

Lewis ⁶ Dunham b. say 1748-50, probably in Woodbridge NJ ^[15]

            d. between 1783 and 1790 prob. in Baltimore Co. MD ^[16]

                        m. Martha (unknown) ^[17]

 

Reference:

15.  Myers p. 19, Lewis was prob. b. in Woodbridge New Jersey; the family is later found in Tewkesbury, Hunterdon Co. where his father Amos ⁵ was town clerk in 1765

16. Research by Anna Mae (Dunham) Dean and William Edward Dunham, “Genealogy of the Pike County, Illinois Families of Dunham, Carnes, Nelson, Chaney, Ervin, Moore, and McCarty”, Vol. 1:97

17.  Ibid.

 

William ⁷ Dunham b. 12 February 1770 in MD ^[18]

                d. 15 September 1845 prob. in Jefferson or Harrison Co. OH ^[19]

                                m. ¹ Elizabeth Brand in 1791 in Baltimore Co. MD

                        m. ² Mary Ann (“Polly”) Chaney 15 Oct. 1799 in

                                    Baltimore Co. MD ^[20]

 

Reference:

18.  Ibid.

19.  Ibid.

20.  Ibid.

 

Lewis ⁸ Dunham b. 12 September 1802 in MD ^[21]

            d. 14 September 1866 in New Salem, Pike Co. IL ^[22]

                        m. Sarah Ann Nelson Nov. 1824 in Harrison Co. OH ^[23]

 

Reference:

21.  Ibid. p. 2

22.  Ibid.

23.  Ibid.

 

Richard ⁹ Dunham b. 9 September 1838 in Deersville, Harrison Co. OH ^[24]

            d. 23 September 1911 in Pike Co. IL ^[25]

                        m. ¹ Julia Esther Hubbard 21 Feb. 1861 in Maysville,

                                    Pike Co. IL ^[26]

 

Reference:

24.  Ibid. p. 5

25.  Ibid.

26.  Ibid.

 

William Frederick ¹⁰ Dunham b. 31 August 1870 in Pike Co. IL ^[27]

            d. 13 Nov. 1942 in Pittsfield, Pike Co. IL ^[28]

                        m. Anna Jane Wilson 22 Jan. 1891 in New Salem, Pike Co. IL ^[29]

 

Reference:

27.  Ibid. p. 15

28.  Ibid.

29.  Ibid.

 

Andrew Eli ¹¹ Dunham b. 14 February 1893 in New Salem, Pike Co. IL ^[30]

            d. 13 February 1966 in Pittsfield, Pike Co. IL (hospital) ^[31]

                        m. ¹ Vera Pearl Gray 12 Dec. 1917 in Pike Co. IL ^[32]

 

Reference:

30.  Ibid. p. 37

31.  Ibid.

32.  Ibid.

 

Andrew Everett ¹² Dunham b. 18 Dec. 1921 in New Salem, Pike Co. IL ^[33]

 

Reference:

33.  Participated in DNA analysis.  Andrew Everett and his sister Anna Mae (Dunham) Dean have provided the research for generations 6-12.