Deacon John Dunham

Abt 1589 - 1669  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Deacon John Dunham  [1]
  Title	Deacon
  Born	Abt 1589	Bedfordshire, England
  	Possibly the son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire. Death record: "aged about fourscore years"
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Oct 1622	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
  Residence	15 Oct 1622	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
  	With three children
  Residence	15 Nov 1636	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  	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   [4]
  	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
  	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." [3]
  Residence	25 Nov 1641	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5]
  	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   [6]
  	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   [7]
  	Again chosen as a "rater for the publick charges"
  Occupation	18 Feb 1649/50	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [9]
  	Named one of the first group of seven selectmen of the town
  	Reappointed in November 1651 [8]
  Died	2 Mar 1668/9	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [10]
  Person ID	I2077	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Cainehoe,   c. 12 Dec 1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. Bef 22 Oct 1622  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	17 Aug 1612	Clophill, Bedfordshire, England   [11]
  Children	1. John Dunham,   b. Abt 1613,   d. 6 Apr 1692, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 79 years)   2. Humility Dunham,   b. Abt 1617   3. Thomas Dunham,   b. Abt 1619
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F1722	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail Barlow,   d. Aft 2 Mar 1668/9  [1]
  Married	22 Oct 1622	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
  Children	1. Samuel Dunham,   b. Abt 1623,   d. 20 Jan 1711/2, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 89 years)   2. Abigail Dunham,   b. 6 May 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands ,   d. 17 Aug 1684, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 57 years)   3. Joseph Dunham,   b. Abt 1631,   d. 1 Apr - 30 May 1703  (Age ~ 72 years)   4. Jonathan Dunham,   b. Abt 1632,   d. 18 Dec 1717, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 85 years)   5. Hannah Dunham,   b. Abt 1634,   d. 1 Apr 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years)   6. Persis Dunham,   b. Abt 1635 + 7. Benajah Dunham,   b. Abt 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Dec 1679, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age ~ 42 years)   8. Daniel Dunham,   b. Abt 1639,   d. Aft 18 May 1668  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F913	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 2 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 12-13 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 4 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 8 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 20 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 29 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 32 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S108] Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I, Town clerks, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Plymouth: 1889), 29-30 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S54] Plymouth Colony Records v. 8, ed. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, MD, (Boston: William White, 1857), 32 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jul 2016. [S113] England Marriages, 1538–1973, (database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N23C-LZJ : 10 December 2014)) (Reliability: 2), 6 Aug 2016.