1640 - 1680 (40 years)
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Name |
Benajah Dunham |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
1640 |
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [1, 2] |
Married |
25 Oct 1660 (Age 20) |
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
Elizabeth Tilson, the daughter of Edmund Tilson. She was born in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Issue:
1. Edmund Dunham (1661-____)
2. John Dunham (1663-1663)
3. Elizabeth Dunham (1664-1667)
4. Hannah Dunham (1666-1667)
5. Benjamin Dunham (1667-____)
6. Mary Dunham (1669-____)
7. Elizabeth Dunham (1670-____) |
Freeman |
1664 (Age 24) |
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts [2] |
Land/House |
1672 (Age 32) [2] |
He bought 100 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey, and and removed there shortly afterwards. |
Military |
1673 (Age 33) [2] |
He was elected a Captain of the militia company |
Will |
10 May 1679 (Age 39) |
Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey [2] |
Death |
23 Dec 1680 |
Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey [2, 5] |
- Dunham (1907) gives his death date as 24 December 1680. [2]
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Siblings |
8 Siblings |
| 1. Samuel Dunham, b. 1624, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 20 Jan 1711/12, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 88 years) | | 2. Abigail Dunham, b. 6 May 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | + | 3. Joseph Dunham, b. About 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ▻ Mercy Morton, m. 18 Nov 1657 ; Hester Wormal, m. 20 Aug 1669 | | 4. Rev. Jonathan Dunham, b. About 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 18 Dec 1717, Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts (Age 85 years) | | 5. Hannah Dunham, b. 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years) | | 6. Persis Dunham, b. 17 Jul 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 1672, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 36 years) ▻ Benajah Pratt, m. 29 Nov 1655 ; Jonathan Shaw, m. 15 Oct 1667 | | 7. Benjamin Dunham, b. 18 Nov 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | | 8. Daniel Dunham, b. About 1639, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 18 Feb 1677, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 38 years) | | 9. Captain Benajah Dunham, b. 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 23 Dec 1680, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey (Age 40 years) | |
Person ID |
I18311 |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2019 |
Father |
Deacon John Dunham, b. 1588/89, England d. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Abigail Balliou, b. About 1600 d. 20 Mar 1698/99, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 99 years) |
Marriage |
22 Oct 1622 |
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 33 years and 10 months - She : ~ 22 years and 10 months. |
Family ID |
F920 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 1640 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
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| Married - 25 Oct 1660 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
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| Freeman - 1664 - Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
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| Will - 10 May 1679 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey |
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| Death - 23 Dec 1680 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey |
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Pin Legend |
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: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
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: Country
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Sources |
- [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source.
- [S865] Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family , (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907).
- [S1299] Hamblin, David. "The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852).
- [S1241] Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855).
- [S1294] Damvelt, Marine S. Dunham Family Groupsheets, (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Compiled 1995).
- [S1293] Damvelt, Marine S. letter: 1995-10-16, (16 October 1995).
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