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Joseph Dunham

Male Abt 1631 - 1703  (~ 72 years)


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  1. 1.  Joseph Dunham was born Abt 1631 (son of John Dunham and Abigail Barlow); died 1 Apr - 30 May 1703.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 31 May 1703, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Estate inventory
    • Probate: 16 Jun 1703, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Will proved
    • Possessions: 27 Oct 1662, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Granted 30 acres of land next to "his brother Samuel Dunham"
    • Will: Mar 1703, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; To "eldest sons" Edward Dunham, Nathaniel Dunham - land to Nathaniel only, both of them having been cared for "to the utmost of my ability... formerly"; to son Micajah Dunham - land; to son Joseph Dunham - land; to "tow youngest sons" Benijah Dunham, Daniel Dunham - land when they come of age "one and twenty years" if they provide for the wife; to daughter Marcy Dunham - a horse or a cow with calf; to beloved wife Hester Dunham - household goods, use of the home during her life, she to care for sons under age; Hester Dunham executrix

    Joseph married Mercy Morton 18 Nov 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mercy died 19 Feb 1666/7, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Joseph married Esther Wormall 20 Aug 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Esther died Aft 16 Jun 1703. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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. 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.


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