D-S-30-Jonathan-4

LINE OF JONATHAN DUNHAM alias SINGLETARY, of WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

FORTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

30. JONATHAN-4 DUNHAM (Benjamin-3 Dunham, Jonathan-2 Dunham alias Singletary, Richard-1 Singletary) born in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ, 7 January 1710/11, [1] died in Woodbridge, 21 September 1748. [2,3] He married about 1733, MARY SMITH, [4] daughter of Shubael-3 and Prudence (Fitz Randolph) Smith. [This Smith line was Shubael-3, Samuel-2 (and Esther-3 Dunham) John-1 Smith; and the Fitz Randolph line was Prudence-4, Samuel-3, Nathaniel-2, Edward-1 Fitz Randolph.] (see under S-D-9-Esther-3 [S-D-9-Esther-3] Dunham). Mary Smith was born 27 December 1716/17, died in 1791. [5]

Will abstract of Jonathan 4 Dunham:

“1747-8, Jan. 31. Dunham, Jonathan, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of.

Wife, Mary Dunham. Six children, under 15 years of age; Benjamin, only child mentioned by name. Bond of Gershom Moore. Real and personal estate.

Executors—friends Robert FitzRandolph, Charles March (Marsh?), David Donham, Jun’r.

Proved Jan. 3, 1748. Lib. E, p. 237. 1748, Jan. 25.

Inventory, £166.13.11; made by John Moores, Jonathan Frazee.” [6]

The will of Mary (Smith) Dunham was dated 11 November 1784, proved 15 October 1791. [N.J. Archives 37:116] In in she leaves to son Asher the great Bible and bed quilt; his wife, Susannah 1 pair of pillow cases. Son William’s wife (not named) 1 pair of pillow cases. She leaves various items to her daughter Hannah Wright, son-in-law William Wright’s daughter Elizabeth; daughter Elizabeth Dunham. Then she leaves “my children, Elizabeth, Samuel, Asher and William, each 1/5 part of residue”. She leaves the other 1/5 part to her grandchildren, Joseph, David and Ann Alstone (sic) children of Hannah Wright. She then states “son Samuel is absent from home; should he not return in 10 years, his son Jacob to have £10 when 21”. [7]

Mary Smith’s father Shubael-3 Smith was a Quaker and Mary (Smith) Dunham was also Quaker. From the book "Woodbridge and Vicinity" by Rev. Joseph W. Dally p. 221 under Quaker History "Some time in February (the year was 1780) Compton carried off Mary Dunham's tea table for unpaid war tax. (Mary Dunham, widow of Jonathan Dunham and daughter of Shubael Smith was being fined under the existing laws against non-combatants.)

From NYG&B, Vol. 9, p. 177; Records of Rahway and Plainfield {NJ} Monthly Meeting of Friends (Formerly Held at Amboy, Middlesex, NJ and Woodbridge)

Births: Note: Month is given “Quaker Style” ie 6th mo would be August (day/month/year)

Experience Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and Mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; 8 6 1734

Jos:Donham Son of Jonath Donham and Mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 4 12 1736

Benj:Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 17 1 1738

Elizabeth Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; 27 12 1740

Samll Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 11 5 1742

Asher Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 15 7 1744

William Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 24 5 1746

Hana Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was born att Woodbridge; the 5 8 1748”

Children of Jonathan-4 and Mary (Smith) Dunham: born in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. NJ

i. Experience-5 Donham b. 8 August 1734; (not mentioned in will of either parent-prob. d.y.)

ii. Joseph-5 Donham b. 4 February 1736; (not mentioned in will of either parent-prob. d.y.)

iii. Benjamin-5 Donham b. 17 March 1738; d. 18 June 1765 age 26 years; (only child named in will of father 31 Jan. 1747/8) (not named in will of mother 11 Nov. 1784)

Benjamin-5 had two children who died young: [8]

i. Jonathan-6 b. about 1763; d. 12-27-1766, age 2 yrs.

ii. Benjamin-6 b. about 1765; d. 8-10-1766, age 9 mos.

iv. Elizabeth-5 Donham b. 27 February 1740; (named in will of mother 11 Nov. 1784)

NOTE: From Alexander Library in New Brunswick NJ, Dict. of NJ by Charles Caroll; Gardner-Notebooks:

Elizabeth Dunham was unm. but had son Jeremiah Gach

Elizabeth’s will dated 15 Jan. 1812, probated 23 Jan. 1812 names:

Neice-Mary Lew, wife of William Tichenor & her 2 children (minors), Eliza Ann and Mary Jane Tichenor.

Natural son Jeremiah Gach if he shall be located within 7 yrs.

Nephew Joseph Alston & his sons Joseph & William

Executor-friend John Wilson of Plainfield

Wit. John Manning, Joseph Thorn, David Gail, Jr.

Essex Co., (NJ) Wills A 338-340

62. v. Samuel-5 Dunham , b. 11 August 1742

(named in will of mother 11 Nov. 1784 as “away from home”

63. vi. Asher-5 Dunham, b. 15 September 1744

(named in will of mother 11 Nov. 1784, also wife Susannah)

64. vii. William Smith-5 Dunham, b. 15 July 1746

(not William, but William’s wife, named in will of his mother)

65. viii. Hannah-5 Dunham, b. 5 October 1748

(not Hannah, but her children, named in will of her mother)

References:

1. Myers, Patty Barthell, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families, (Penobscot Press, 1995), p. 552-3.

2. Ibid. Will dated 31 January 1747-8.

3. Honeyman, A. Van Doren, “Documents relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series—Vol. xxx, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. II, 1730-1750.”, Somerville, NJ; The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers, 1918, p. 155.

4. Myers p. 538, 552.

5. Ibid.

6. Myers p. 553.

7. Ibid.

8. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Philadelphia, p. 331, Birth and Death Records, p. 331 & 356