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Reverend Edmund Dunham

Male 1661 - 1734  (72 years)


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  1. 1.  Reverend Edmund Dunham was born 25 Jul 1661, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (son of Benajah Dunham and Elizabeth Tilson); died 17 Mar 1734.

    Other Events:

    • Ordained: 8 Sep 1705, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; "By prayer and laying of hands by...elder William Gibson...."
    • Probate: 10 Apr 1734, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Will proved
    • Residence: 28 May 1731, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
    • Will: 28 May 1731, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Children - Benajah, Edmond, Jonathan, Ephraim, Mary Smalley, Hannah Davis. Nephew, John Thomson. Land in New England. Executrix - wife, Mary Dunham

    Edmund married Mary Bonham 15 Jul 1681, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Bonham and Hannah Fuller) was born 4 Oct 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 1 Mar 1736/37 -12 Aug 1742. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Benajah Dunham was born 16 Aug 1684; died 9 Aug 1742.
    2. Elizabeth Dunham was born 26 Nov 1689.
    3. Edmund Dunham, Jr was born 15 Jan 1691; died 5 Jun 1749 - 12 Jul 1749.
    4. Jonathan Dunham was born 4 Mar 1693; died 10 Mar 1777.
    5. Ephraim Dunham was born 2 May 1696.
    6. Ruth Dunham was born 26 Nov 1698.
    7. Mary Dunham was born 1 Jul 1700.
    8. Hannah Dunham was born 14 Apr 1704; died Aft 28 Feb 1736/37.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benajah Dunham was born Abt 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (son of John Dunham and Abigail Barlow); died 24 Dec 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 10 May 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey; Linen weaver
    • Probate: 12 Aug 1680, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Will proved
    • Residence: 1672, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
    • Residence: 10 May 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
    • Will: 10 May 1679, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Wife Elizabeth. Children - Edmund, Mary, and Elizabeth. Land on Raraton R., do. on Bonham's Creek, do. North of Andrew Woodin, do. in New England. Personal property. The wife executrix with Samuel Dennis of Woodbridge and John Fitzrandolphe of Piscataway as overseers for the children

    Notes:

    Died:
    "Dunham Genealogy" gives the year 1680 but his will was proved before 24 Dec 1680

    Benajah married Elizabeth Tilson 25 Oct 1660, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Tilson and Joane) died Aft 14 Jan 1684/5. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Tilson (daughter of Edmund Tilson and Joane); died Aft 14 Jan 1684/5.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 25 Oct 1660, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Marriage: "of Scituate"

    Notes:

    Died:
    On this date she and her husband refused executorship of her late husband Benajah's will

    Notes:

    Married:
    Recorded both in Eastham and Plymouth. Location of the marriage is not clear

    Children:
    1. 1. Edmund Dunham was born 25 Jul 1661, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 17 Mar 1734.
    2. John Dunham was born 28 Aug 1663, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 6 Sep 1663, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    3. Elizabeth Dunham was born 20 Nov 1664, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 31 Dec 1667, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    4. Hannah Dunham was born 4 Jun 1666, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 25 Dec 1667, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    5. Benjamin Dunham was born 28 Oct 1667, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was christened Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    6. Mary Dunham was born 1669, New Jersey.
    7. Elizabeth Dunham was born 1670, New Jersey.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Dunham was born Abt 1589, Bedfordshire, England; died 2 Mar 1668/9, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 15 Oct 1622, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
    • Occupation: 18 Feb 1649/50, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Named one of the first group of seven selectmen of the town
    • Residence: 15 Oct 1622, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands; With three children
    • Residence: 15 Nov 1636, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; On this date he registered the distinguishing mark of his cattle ("a croch on the left eare", meaning a cut in a 'Y' shape)
    • Residence: 26 Jul 1638, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; He and several others were given responsibility of caring for and distributing, annually for four years, stock and goods to the poor of the colony
    • Residence: 25 Nov 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; He and several others are given responsibility to "make and assesse the Rate for the publike charges of this towne this year" -- that is, to set the tax rates
    • Residence: 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; He gave "2 bushels of corne" as his payment toward the annual stipend to the poor of Plymouth. The genesis of the stipend was a single heifer brought to the colony in 1623/4, presented by James Shurley, a merchant in London, given to the poor of Plymouth "with its increase" (that is, it and its descendants)
    • Residence: Nov 1649, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Again chosen as a "rater for the publick charges"

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Possibly the son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire.

    Death record: "aged about fourscore years"

    Residence:
    Reappointed in 1642; in this year those appointed to administer the money "remayning of the poores stock" (presumably some of the cows were sold off) were ordered to "buy corne to releeve the p[re]sent extreme" needs of those "ready to p[er]ish for want of bread."

    Occupation:
    Reappointed in November 1651

    John married Abigail Barlow 22 Oct 1622, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. Abigail died Aft 2 Mar 1668/9. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Abigail Barlow died Aft 2 Mar 1668/9.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Dunham was born Abt 1623; died 20 Jan 1711/2, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    2. Abigail Dunham was born 6 May 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 17 Aug 1684, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    3. Joseph Dunham was born Abt 1631; died 1 Apr - 30 May 1703.
    4. Jonathan Dunham was born Abt 1632; died 18 Dec 1717, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts.
    5. Hannah Dunham was born Abt 1634; died 1 Apr 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    6. Persis Dunham was born Abt 1635.
    7. 2. Benajah Dunham was born Abt 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died 24 Dec 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
    8. Daniel Dunham was born Abt 1639; died Aft 18 May 1668.

  3. 6.  Edmund Tilson died 25 Oct 1660, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 5 Mar 1660/61, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory
    • Possessions: 3 Sep 1638, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Granted 5 acres of land "at Woeberry Playne"
    • Residence: Mar 1639/40, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; First known appointment as a juror; he is a juror many more times till 1654
    • Residence: 22 Jun 1644, Wellingsley, Plymouth, Massachusetts; (within modern-day Plymouth)
    • Residence: 4 Oct 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Plymouth Colony Deeds, v. 2 p. 84: "Edmond Tilson of the Town of Plymouth"

    Edmund — Joane. Joane died Bef 1669. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Joane died Bef 1669.
    Children:
    1. Mary Tilson
    2. 3. Elizabeth Tilson died Aft 14 Jan 1684/5.
    3. Ephraim Tilson died Oct 1716, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    4. Joan Tilson
    5. John Tilson


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