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Rev. Jonathan Dunham

Male 1632 - 1717  (85 years)


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  • Name Jonathan Dunham 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth About 1632  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Freeman 1653 (Age 21)  [3] 
    Married 29 Nov 1655 (Age 23)  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Freeman 3 Jun 1657 (Age 25)  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Married 15 Oct 1657 (Age 25)  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Offices Held 5 Jun 1671 (Age 39)  [2] 
    Offices Held 3 Jun 1674 (Age 42)  Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Religion 1679 (Age 47)  [2] 
    Land/House 13 Jul 1681 (Age 49)  Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    History 1684  [2] 
    The Town of Edgartown sought him as a Preacher, however the negotiations, conducted by Matthew Mayhew, were drawn out. Edgartown passed the following on 27 October 1684: that if Mr. Mayhew cannot Prevail with Mr. Dunham the Town desire that to Treat with some other man who he shall think fitt and is ordered to give 35 pounds a year." This provided the need stimulation and, and shortly thereafter the following was recorded: I Matthew Mayhew being employed by Edgartown in the year of our Lord 1684 to procure Mr. Dunham or some other minister for them did agree with Mr. Dunham as minister of the gospel in the said Town vis: to allow Thirty Pounds per annum was excepted by them which I now for the Better satisfaction do declare to said Town to have been my return to them." 
    Will 28 Jun 1717 (Age 85)  Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Death 18 Dec 1717  Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6] 
    Probate/Proved 15 Jan 1718  Dukes County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Here lyes ye Body of
      Rev. Mr. Jonathan Dunham
      who Died December 18
      Anno Don. 1717
      ages about 85 years
      Paster of Chruch of Christ
      at Edgartown
      With Toils and Pains at first
      he tilled ye ground to dress
      God's Vineyard & w's faithful Found
      Full thirty yeas ye Gospel
      he did dispense
      His work being Done
      Christ Jesus called him hence
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Person ID I18306 
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2019 

    Father Deacon John Dunham,   b. 1588/89, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Abigail Balliou,   b. About 1600   d. 20 Mar 1698/99, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1622  Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years and 10 months - She : ~ 22 years and 10 months. 
    Family ID F920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - About 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Nov 1655 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 3 Jun 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Oct 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffices Held - 3 Jun 1674 - Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand/House - 13 Jul 1681 - Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 28 Jun 1717 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Dec 1717 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate/Proved - 15 Jan 1718 - Dukes County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source.

    2. [S1242] Barclay, Mrs. John E. "Jonathan Dunham of Plymouth and Edgartown, Mass.", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogis, volume 36, No. 4, October 1960).

    3. [S865] Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family , (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907).

    4. [S1241] Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855).

    5. [S910] Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849).

    6. [S1294] Damvelt, Marine S. Dunham Family Groupsheets, (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Compiled 1995).


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