Thomas Dunham

Notes:

Said to have lived for a time in Hartford, Connecticut but to have returned to Plymouth by 1669.

Not found in probate index of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (22 Jul 2016)
Not found in probate index of Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (22 Jul 2016)

Thomas married Martha Knott 1646. Martha died 5 May 1648. [Group Sheet]

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 Susan Cainehoe 17 Aug 1612, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England. Susan (daughter of Thomas Cainehoe) was christened 12 Dec 1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England; died Bef 22 Oct 1622. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
"The Great Migration Begins" gives "Keno" as her surname, citing the Leiden, Holland, record of husband John Dunham's second marriage, which indicates him as "widower of Susan Keno." Other researchers give "Kenny." The marriage record for her with John Dunham gives "Kaino", while her christening record gives "Cainehoe."