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GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE DUNHAM FAMILY

This information has been prepared by Gratia Dunham Mahony.  Her original document has been sub-divided to fit more easily onto our web site.  [PCD]

LINE FROM DEACON JOHN ¹ DUNHAM’S SON JOHN ² DUNHAM (b. 1615)

#6101 - William Clarence Dunham of Washburn Wisconsin
Line from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth:
John John ² John ³ Ebenezer ⁴ Seth ⁵ Joseph ⁶ Calvin ⁷ Josephus ⁸ Charles H. ⁹ William Otis ¹⁰ Clarence Eldrith ¹¹ William Eldrith ¹² William Clarence ¹³

Documentation:
John ¹ Dunham b. ca. 1589 in England ^[1]

d. 2 March 1668/9 Plymouth, Plymouth Co. MA ^[2]

m. first Susanna Kaino who d. in Holland
m. second Abigail Ballou 22 October 1622

Reference:
l. Anderson, Robert Charles, "The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995, Volume I:599-603.
2. Ibid.

John ² Dunham baptized 19 February 1614/15 Henlow, Bedfordshire England ^[3]

d. 6 April 1692 in his 77^th year at Plymouth, Plymouth Co. MA. ^[4]

m. Mary (unknown)

Reference:
3. TAG 71:130-133.
4. Plymouth VR p. 135 (says John Dunham Sr. decd. April 6 1692 in his 79^th year).

John ³ Dunham b. say 1647-8, ^[5]

d. 2 January 1696 in his 48^th year in Barnstable, MA ^[6]

m. Mary Smith

Reference:
5. TAG 30:147
6. Mayflower Descendant Vol. 4:223; Barnstable MA VR.

Ebenezer ⁴ Dunham b. 17 April 1684 in Barnstable MA ^[7]

d. 17 November 1747 in Mansfield CT ^[8]

m. ¹ Anne Ford
m. ² Annis Atwood 21 February 1744/5

Reference:
7. Barnstable Ma. VR
8. Mansfield CT VR, p. 317; will dated 6 August 1747.

Seth ⁵ Dunham b. 10 December 1708 in Plymouth MA ^[9]

d. 5 September 1772 in Mansfield CT.^[10]

m. Judah Paulk

Reference:
9. Plymouth VR, p. 43.
10. Mansfield CT VR p. 317

Joseph ⁶ Dunham b. 21 March 1745in Mansfield CT ^[11]

d. 7 April 1778. ^[12]

m. Abigail (Hovey) Jennings

Reference:
11. Mansfield CT VR p. 66.
12. DAR Patriot Index.

Calvin ⁷ Dunham b. 20 January 1772 in Mansfield, Tolland County CT ^[13]

d. 21 April 1849 in Westminster West, Windham County VT ^[14]

m. Abigail Eldridge

Reference:
13. Mansfield CT VR:68.
14. Research by Charles Byron Wright, Calvin is buried in Westminster VT.

Josephus ⁸ Dunham b. 15 May 1806 in Westminster, Windham County VT. ^[15]

d. after June 1880 when he appears on the census in Athens, Windham Co. VT ^[16]

m. Fanny Parker

Reference:
15. Information from descendant William Clarence ¹³ Dunham.
16. 1880 Census of Athens, Windham Co. VT p. 294, taken 2 & 3 June, Josephus is age 74

Charles H. ⁹ Dunham b. 1830 in Cambridgeport, (Rockingham) VT ^[17]

d. in 1917 age 87 ^[18]

m. ¹ Lucy Phelps
m. ² Sarah G. Howe 25 Nov. 1861; she d. 3 Jan. 1869 ^[19]
m. ³ Helen A. Howe

Reference:
17. Information from descendant William Clarence ¹³ Dunham.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.

William Otis ¹⁰ Dunham b. 22 February 1863 in Athens, VT ^[20]

d. unknown

m. ² Mary Jane (Nutting) Slate 18 Jan. 1897 ^[21]

Reference:
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.

Clarence Eldrith ¹¹ Dunham b. 26 March 1902 Amherst, Hillsboro Co. NH ^[22]

d. 23 October 1955 Raynham, Bristol Co. MA ^[23]

m. Clairabel Althea Strange

Reference:
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.

William Eldrith ¹² Dunham b. 4 July 1941 in Norton, Bristol Co. MA ^[24]

d. Still living.

m. ¹ Marilyn Joyce Pittsley

Reference:
24. Ibid.

William Clarence ¹³ Dunham b. 8 June 1964 in Brighton, Suffolk Co. MA ^[25]

Still living.

Reference:

25. William Clarence ¹³ Dunham participated in DNA analysis. He knew that he descended from Deacon John Dunham, but participated in DNA analysis so that we would have a sample from the line of John ² Dunham.