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John Dunham

Male Abt 1613 - 1692  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name John Dunham  [1
    Born Abt 1613 
    • Death record: "being Entered in to the 79th yeare of his age"
    Christened 19 Feb 1614/5  Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1643  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Appears in the list of freemen as John Dunham, Jun'r 
    Residence 10 Dec 1646  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Present at a town meeting 
    Possessions 1661  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Granted three acres of land in addition and adjacent to his existing land 
    Residence 30 Dec 1663  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Bounds of his land (formerly granted) are formally recorded by the town 
    Will 2 Feb 1691/2  Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    To wife Mary Dunham and daughter Marcy Dunham - the house and land; to son John - half the land after wife's death; to son Bartholomew Hamlin and his wife my daughter Susannah - clothing; to son Thomas Hamlin and my daughter Mary his wife - one shilling each; to son Robert Barron and my daughter Lydia his wife - one shilling and land; wife and daughter Marcy executrices with Isaac Cushman and Ephraim Morton Junr overseers 
    Died 6 Apr 1692  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Probate 16 Apr 1692  Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Will proved; estate inventoried 
    Person ID I3825  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2016 

    Father John Dunham,   b. Abt 1589, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1668/9, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susan Cainehoe,   c. 12 Dec 1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Oct 1622  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 17 Aug 1612  Clophill, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F1722  Group Sheet

    Family Mary,   d. Aft 16 Apr 1692 
    Married Y  [10
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2016 
    Family ID F1846  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-2P2 : 30 December 2014)), FHL call number: Q942.565 B4E V. 26 (Reliability: 2), 6 Aug 2016.

    2. [S54] Plymouth Colony Records v. 8, ed. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, MD, (Boston: William White, 1857), 174 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016.

    3. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 22 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016.

    4. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 46 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016.

    5. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 57 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016.

    6. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Plymouth Co., Probates, Vol. 1, pp. 135-6 (Reliability: 3), 20 Jul 2016.

    7. [S109] Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth, (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1999), 98 (Reliability: 2), 12 Jul 2016.

    8. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Plymouth Co., Probates, Vol. 1, pp. 136-7 (Reliability: 3), 20 Jul 2016.

    9. [S113] England Marriages, 1538–1973, (database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N23C-LZJ : 10 December 2014)) (Reliability: 2), 6 Aug 2016.

    10. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Plymouth Co., Probates, Vol. 1, pp. 135-7 (Reliability: 3), 20 Jul 2016.