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John Dunham

Male 1705 - 1740  (35 years)


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  • Name John Dunham  [1
    Born 8 Jul 1705  [2
    Gender Male 
    Will 25 Mar 1739  Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Wife (unnamed). Son, Elijah. Other children, not named. Lands bought of Gedion Marlat and of executors of Richard Sutton. Executors - uncle Jonathan Dunham, brother Hezekiah Dunham, brother-in-law Samuel Dunn, Jun'r. Witnesses - Benajah Dunham, Edmund Dunham, Elizabeth Brimley 
    Died 13 Sep 1740  [3
    Probate 15 Oct 1740  Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Estate inventory, £184.00.5 
    Probate 16 Oct 1740  Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Bond of executors Jonathan Dunham and Samuel Dunn, Jun'r, Hezekiah Dunham having since deceased 
    Person ID I2068  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2016 

    Father Benajah Dunham,   b. 16 Aug 1684,   d. 9 Aug 1742  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Martin,   b. 16 Jun 1686,   d. Aft 11 Aug 1742  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1704  [4, 5
    Family ID F910  Group Sheet

    Family Mercy Drake,   b. Bef 1717,   d. Aft 1734  (Age ~ 18 years)  [1
    Married 23 Oct 1729  [1, 6
    Children 
     1. Daniel Dunham,   b. 1728
     2. Elijah Dunham,   b. 12 Dec 1730,   d. 29 Mar 1779  (Age 48 years)
     3. Anne Dunham,   b. 12 Jul 1734,   d. Aft 1825  (Age 91 years)
     4. Eli Dunham,   b. 27 Jan 1738,   d. 1827  (Age 88 years)
     5. Dorothy Dunham,   b. 23 Nov 1739
     6. John Dunham,   b. 12 Aug 1740,   d. 16 Sep 1823  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2014 
    Family ID F908  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 291 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2009.
      440. Sheriff Isaac Hull...was married November 25, 1751 to Anne Dunham, 1734-----, daughter of John Dunham and his wife Mercy Drake, daughter of Joseph Drake and his wife Ann Pyatt, Joseph being the son of Rev. John Drake.

    2. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 291 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2009.
      440. Sheriff Isaac Hull...was married November 25, 1751 to Anne Dunham, 1734-----, daughter of John Dunham and his wife Mercy Drake, daughter of Joseph Drake and his wife Ann Pyatt, Joseph being the son of Rev. John Drake.
      We assume John Dunham was at least 12 years old when known child Anne was conceived in 1733 or 1734.

    3. [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. 155 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jul 2016.

    4. [S52] Dunham Genealogy, Isaac Watson Dunham, comp., Hartford, CT: 1907., 254 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2014.

    5. [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.

    6. [S52] Dunham Genealogy, Isaac Watson Dunham, comp., Hartford, CT: 1907., 287 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2014.