Benajah Dunham

1684 - 1742  (57 years)

• Name	Benajah Dunham  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Aug 1684  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	9 Aug 1742	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [1, 3]
  	Nuncupative will. States that "on Monday last, being 9th of August, about five hours before his death," he gave to sons Benajah and Martin lands, etc., and they were to be kind to his wife. In presence Edmund Dunham, Ephraim Dunham, Phineas Martin, John Martin.
  Died	9 Aug 1742  [1]
  Probate	11 Aug 1742	Middlesex Co., New Jersey   [1, 3]
  	Will proved
  Probate	23 Aug 1742	Middlesex Co., New Jersey   [3]
  	Widow, Dorothy Dunham, declines to act as administratrix. Benajah and Martin Dunham are bonded as administrators
  Person ID	I2072	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Edmund Dunham,   b. 25 Jul 1661, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Mar 1734  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Bonham,   b. 4 Oct 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Mar 1736/37 -12 Aug 1742  (Age 80 years)
  Married	15 Jul 1681	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2, 4]
  Family ID	F911	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Martin,   b. 16 Jun 1686,   d. Aft 11 Aug 1742  (Age 56 years)  [2]
  Married	21 Sep 1704  [1, 5]
  Children	+ 1. John Dunham,   b. 8 Jul 1705,   d. 13 Sep 1740  (Age 35 years)   2. Hezekiah Dunham,   b. 3 Dec 1707,   d. Bef 12 Feb 1739/40  (Age 32 years)   3. Benajah Dunham,   b. 20 Aug 1712,   d. 24 May 1750  (Age 37 years)   4. Martin Dunham,   b. 11 Dec 1714,   d. 20 May 1750 - 29 May 1750  (Age 35 years)   5. Elizabeth Dunham,   b. 24 Oct 1715   6. Mary Dunham,   b. 20 Apr 1717   7. Esther Dunham,   b. 14 Mar 1720   8. Priscilla Dunham,   b. 1 Aug 1722   9. Rachel Dunham,   b. 16 Aug 1724   10. Elisha Dunham,   b. 11 Oct 1728
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Dunham Genealogy, Isaac Watson Dunham, comp., Hartford, CT: 1907., 254 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2014. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 291 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2009. John Dunham was the son of Benajah Dunham and his wife Dorothy Martin; Benajah Dunham was the son of Rev. Edward and Mary (Bonham) Dunham; Rev. Edward was the son of Capt. Benajah Dunham, who was the son of Rev. John Dunham of Plymouth. [S99] New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume XXX, Abstracts of Wills, 1730-1750, p. 154 (Reliability: 3), 30 Jun 2016. [S52] Dunham Genealogy, Isaac Watson Dunham, comp., Hartford, CT: 1907., 250 (Reliability: 1), 11 Jul 2014. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 291 (Reliability: 1), 11 Jul 2009. John Dunham was the son of Benajah Dunham and his wife Dorothy Martin; Benajah Dunham was the son of Rev. Edward and Mary (Bonham) Dunham; Rev. Edward was the son of Capt. Benajah Dunham, who was the son of Rev. John Dunham of Plymouth.