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Samuel Dunham
Abt 1623 - 1712 (~ 89 years)
Generation: 1
1. Samuel Dunham was born Abt 1623 (son of John Dunham and Abigail Barlow); died 20 Jan 1711/2, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Possessions: 27 Oct 1662, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Granted 30 acres of upland
- Residence: 10 Dec 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Present at a town meeting; his inclusion on the list puts his birth date at least 21 years prior
Notes:
Birth:
Death record: "89 years of age"Samuel married Martha Beals 29 Jun 1649, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Martha died 26 Apr 1690, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]
Samuel married Sarah 15 Jan 1693/4, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]
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 1651John married Abigail Barlow 22 Oct 1622, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. Abigail died Aft 2 Mar 1668/9. [Group Sheet]
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.
- Abigail Dunham was born 6 May 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 17 Aug 1684, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- Joseph Dunham was born Abt 1631; died 1 Apr - 30 May 1703.
- Jonathan Dunham was born Abt 1632; died 18 Dec 1717, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts.
- Hannah Dunham was born Abt 1634; died 1 Apr 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- Persis Dunham was born Abt 1635.
- Benajah Dunham was born Abt 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died 24 Dec 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
- Daniel Dunham was born Abt 1639; died Aft 18 May 1668.
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