Eleazer Dunham

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• Married: About 1682, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; Bathsheba Whiston, the daughter of John and Susanna (Hanford) Whiston. She was christened on 1 July 1660 in Scituate, Massachusetts. Bathsheba was living in March 1740/41 when a suit was brought by Samuel Kempton for assistance in the support of his aged mother-in-law, "Bathshua Donham", a widow, was settled. Issue: 1. Eleazer Dunham (1682-____) 2. Nathaniel Dunham (1685-____) 3. Marcy Dunham (1686-____) 4. Israel Dunham (1689-____) 5. Elisha Dunham (1692-____) 6. Josiah Dunham (1694-____) 7. Bathsheba Dunham (1696-____) 8. Susanna Dunham (1698-____) 9. Joshua Dunham (1701-____)
• Military: 1699; He enlisted for three years in the Militia under Capt. James Warren.
• Occupation: 24 Sep 1713; He was licensed to sell liquor.

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Birth:
Dunham (1907) gives the year of his birth as 1658.

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• History: 1658; He took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Will: 9 Mar 1702/03, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Hester, and his sons: Eleazer, Nathaniel, Micaiah, Benaiah, and Daniel.
• Probate/Proved: 16 Jun 1703, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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Birth:
Dunham (1907) gives his birth date as 18 November 1637, but I cannot find where he found this date.

Joseph married Mercy Morton on 18 Nov 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Secretary Nathaniel Morton and Lydia Cooper) died on 19 Feb 1666/67 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: say 1620; He was a weaver.
• Immigration: About 1630; He came from Leyden, Holland to Plymouth Colony.
• Freeman: 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• History: 2 Jan 1632/33, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was taxed 9 shillings,
• Ordained: 1639, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was ordained as a deacon.
• Military: Aug 1643, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was Listed as able to bear arms.
• Will: 25 Jan 1668, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Abigail, and his sons: John, Benajah, and Daniel.
• Inventory: 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1907; Isaac Dunham (1907) puts forth the opinion that the John Goodman, who signed the Mayflower Compact was in fact John Dunham He believed that John did not wish to use his real name on account of previous activities against the crown. John Goodman supposedly died during the first winter, however his name resurfaced on several occasions up to 1638. The lot assigned to John Goodman was next to that of William Brewster, who was a life long friend of John Dunham. A nice theory but totally unsupported by fact and has been disproven.

John married Abigail Balliou on 22 Oct 1622 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Balliou) was born about 1600; died on 20 Mar 1698/99 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel married Lydia Cooper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]