DJD-251-Israel-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FORTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

251. ISRAEL 4 DUNHAM (Eleazer 3 Joseph 2 John 1) born in Plymouth October 1689, [1] died 18 August 1726 “in 36th year”. [2] He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery at Plympton Green opposite the church. Israel married 13 December 1713 JOANNA RICKARD, [3] daughter of Deacon John and Mary (--) Rickard. Joanna was born in Plymouth 22 September 1691. [4] Joanna’s father John Rickard was the son of Giles Rickard who married Hannah 2 Dunham (John 1 Dunham). Joanna (Rickard) (Dunham) married second in Plympton by Mr. Isaac Cushman10 October 1728 Elisha Whiton.[5]

There are several deeds in which Elisha Whiton and Elisha Whiton Jr. are grantors to the sons of Israel 4 Dunham. [6] There is close association between the families of Rickard, Dunham, Tilson and Pratt.

Children of Israel and Joanna (Rickard) Dunham: [7]

369. i. Silvanus 5 Dunham, b. 26 May 1714

370. ii. Cornelius 5 Dunham, b. 12 August 1716

371. iii. Ebenezer 5 Dunham, b. 5 February 1718/19

iv. Susanna 5 Dunham, b. 16 July 1721; d. Oct. 1763 in 42nd year of her age.

m. 1 in Plympton 31 Dec. 1741 Daniel Crocker, son of Deacon Abel and Mary (Isham) Crocker and brother of Rebecca Crocker who married Silvanus Dunham (#369 above). Daniel Crocker, m. 2 Abigail Roberts and they moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia where he died 24 March 1787. Daniel and Abigail (Roberts) Crocker had 11 children b. in Nova Scotia; Elijah, Lucy, Daniel, Abigail, Eleazer, Hannah, Lydia, Sarah, Deborah, Mary, Joseph.

Children of Daniel and Susanna 5 (Dunham) Crocker: all b. Plympton, MA [8]

i. Rebecca 6 Crocker b.; d.y.

ii. Infant, Abel 6 Crocker b.; d. y.

iii. Hezediah 6 Crocker b. 1743; m. 7 March 1765 Micah Foster of Pembroke

iv. Phebe 6 Crocker b. 1746 Plympton; d. 5 March 1807 in Carver MA

m. abt. 1766 Isaiah Tilson; he was b. 5 Oct. 1744 in Plympton; d. 30 May 1822 in Carver, MA.

Children of Isaiah and Phebe (Crocker) Tilson:

i. Luther Tilson b. 12 Dec. 1766; d. 27 July 1827 in Sommerville, Butler Co. OH

ii. Calvin Tilson b. 24 Nov. 1769 Middleboro MA; d. 3 July 1852 Middleboro, MA

iii. Rebecca Tilson b. 29 Nov. 1771 in Carver; d. 5 Dec. 1843 in Beverly, Essex Co. MA

iv. Isaiah Tilson b. 22 Nov. 1773 in Carver; d. 10 March 1841 in Carver, MA.; m.1 5 Dec. 1802 in Carver Sarah Bradford; m. 2 21 Aug. 1820 in Carver Hannah Doten

v. John Tilson b. 11 Dec. 1775 in Plympton; d. Boston July 1830

vi. Daniel Tilson b. 5 June 1778 in Plympton; d. 1808 in Plympton.

vii. Hamblin Tilson b. 28 Oct. 1780 in Plympton; d. 16 Aug. 1850 in Plymouth, MA

viii. Timothy Tilson b. 25 Oct. 1783 in Plympton; d. Boston MA

ix. Eleazer Crocker Tilson b. 14 Nov. 1784 in Plympton; d. 1859 in Taylorsville, Smith Co. Mississippi

x. Anna Tilson b. 21 Oct. 1790 in Carver; d. 15 Oct. 1842 in Carver.

v. Rebekah 6 Crocker (again) b. 1748; d. 8 April 1787

vi. Heman 6 Crocker b. 1750 m. 13 Oct. 1774 Lydia Churchill

vii. Rhoda 6 Crocker b. 1755 m. in Middleboro 20 Nov. 1777, Daniel Perry. Soon after marriage they moved to Woodstock, VT. [9]

viii. Roland 6 Crocker b. 1757 m. in Concord, NH Mehitable Merrill [10]

ix. Susanna 6 Crocker b. 13 Feb. 1762 m. 20 Nov. 1783 Lemuel Cole

x. Elijah 6 Crocker b. 1763; prob. d.y.

372. v. James 5 Dunham, b. 9 December 1723

373. vi. Israel 5 Dunham, b. ca. 1725-6, not on Plympton VR,

References:

1. Plymouth VR p. 2.

2. Plympton VR p. 475.

3. Plympton VR p. 311.

4. Plymouth VR p. 15.

5. Plympton VR p. 311.

6. Plymouth Co. LR 11:165, 16:120, 20:92, 23:125 and division 54:71.

7. Plympton VR p. 94-5 (all except the youngest child Israel 5 Dunham).

8. Plympton VR p. 77-78

9. NEHGR Vol. 116:191.

10. Query in the Boston Sun, #3397.