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Ephraim Dunham

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ephraim Dunham was born 2 May 1696 (son of Edmund Dunham and Mary Bonham).

    Ephraim married Phebe Smalley 16 Jan 1716. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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]


  2. 3.  Mary Bonham was born 4 Oct 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (daughter of Nicholas Bonham and Hannah Fuller); died 1 Mar 1736/37 -12 Aug 1742.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 13 Aug 1742, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Will proved
    • Residence: 28 Feb 1736/37, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
    • Will: 28 Feb 1736/37, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Children--Benajah (to have great Bible), Edmund, and Hannah Davis. Grandchildren--Elizabeth, Mary, James, and Elisha Smalley, Jonathan Martin, Jun'r, and Mary Sutton. Son, Edmund, sole executor.

    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. 1. 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: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  Nicholas Bonham

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 2 Jul 1684, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Estate inventory, £43.6.9
    • Probate: 18 Dec 1684, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Will proved
    • Probate: 23 Aug 1686, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Bond of Hannah Bonham as executrix
    • Residence: 3 Feb 1683/84, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
    • Will: 3 Feb 1683/84, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Wife Hannah and son Hezekiah executors; other children (not named). Land in Piscataway Township, other personal property.

    Nicholas married Hannah Fuller 1 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop) died Aft 23 Aug 1686. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Fuller (daughter of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop); died Aft 23 Aug 1686.

    Notes:

    Died:
    On this date she was bonded as executrix of husband Nicholas Bonham's estate; called "widow and relict"

    Children:
    1. Hannah Bonham was born 8 Oct 1659, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 19 Aug 1689.
    2. 3. Mary Bonham was born 4 Oct 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 1 Mar 1736/37 -12 Aug 1742.
    3. Sarah Bonham was born 16 Feb 1664, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth Bonham was born 1665; died Aft 29 May 1704.
    5. Hezekiah Bonham was born 6 May 1667; died Aft 3 Feb 1683/84.
    6. Samuel Bonham was born 7 Sep 1672; died 1 Oct 1682.
    7. Jane Bonham was born 29 Jan 1675; died 25 Feb 1675.
    8. Priscilla Bonham was born 11 Nov 1677.
    9. Elijah Bonham died Aft 1695.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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. 10.  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. 11.  Joane died Bef 1669.
    Children:
    1. Mary Tilson
    2. 5. Elizabeth Tilson died Aft 14 Jan 1684/5.
    3. Ephraim Tilson died Oct 1716, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    4. Joan Tilson
    5. John Tilson

  5. 14.  Samuel Fuller (son of Edward Fuller).

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Aboard the Mayflower
    • Probate: 14 Nov 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Estate inventory
    • Probate: 10 Mar 1683/84, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Will proved
    • Residence: 7 Nov 1636, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; On this date he joined the church at Scituate, where his father-in-law was pastor
    • Will: 29 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; To "my eldest son" Samuel Fuller: land, livestock; to son John Fuller: land and house, livestock, "the Indian Joell", share in farm equipment, "my Great bible"; to daughter Elizabeth Taylor: £5, two cows, "household stuff"; to daughter Hannah Bonham: £4, two cows, "household stuff"; to daughter Mary Williams: £4, two cows, "household stuff"; to daughter Sarah Crowe: £4, two cows, "household stuff";

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "About 1608, probably in the vicinity of Redenhall, co. Norfolk, England"

    Will:
    The town of Barnstable was at this time part of Plymouth Colony

    Samuel married Jane Lothrop 8 Apr 1635, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Jane (daughter of John Lothrop and Hannah House) was christened 29 Sep 1614, Edgerton, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Jane Lothrop was christened 29 Sep 1614, Edgerton, Kent, England (daughter of John Lothrop and Hannah House).

    Notes:

    Married:
    "at Mr. Cudworth's by Capt. Standige [Standish]"

    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah Fuller died Aft 23 Aug 1686.
    2. Samuel Fuller was christened 11 Feb 1637, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    3. Sarah Fuller was born Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was christened 1 Aug 1641, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died bef. 14 Dec 1654.
    4. Mary Fuller was christened 16 Jun 1644, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died Aft 29 Oct 1683.
    5. Thomas Fuller was born 18 May 1650, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was christened 18 May 1651, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    6. Sarah Fuller was born 14 Dec 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    7. Fuller was born 8 Feb 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was buried 16 Feb 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    8. John Fuller died Aft 29 Oct 1683.
    9. Elizabeth Fuller died Aft 29 Oct 1683.


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