DJD-183-David-4

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

183. DAVID-4 DUNHAM (Gershom-3, Jonathan-2, Deacon John-1) born ca 1698; [1] died in Edgartown, Dukes, MA, before 19 February 1746/7. [2] David was a farmer. He married first in Chilmark, 11 April 1723 SARAH CLIFFORD,[3] daughter of Jacob Clifford and Elizabeth Mayhew. Sarah Clifford was born in Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH, 4 March 1704/5; [4] died in 1737. David married second 30 October 1738 MARY (RIPLEY) MACKELROY, daughter of Joseph Ripley and Sarah Jenkins, and widow of William Mackelroy. [5]

From http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history, under the Allen/Dunham family;

Sarah Clifford was b. in Hampton, 4 Mar. 1705. She was daughter of Jacob Clifford who was b. in Hampton, 7 Apr. 1679 and who d. in Chilmark, Dukes Co. MA 9 May 1715. Jacob Clifford m. Elizabeth Mayhew, daughter of John Mayhew and Elizabeth Hilliard. Elizabeth Mayhew was b. 1677, and d. in Chilmark, 16 July 1729.

John Clifford (1646-1719) was son of John Clifford and Sarah _____. John Clifford (father of John b. 1646), was son of George Clifford. John Clifford (1646-1719) m. Sarah Godfrey, b. in Hampton, 15 May 1642; d. in Hampton, 25 July 1694; daughter of Deacon William Godfrey and Margaret _____.

Children of David-4 Dunham and Sarah Clifford:[6]

i. Mary-5 Dunham, b. 1723 m. Pardon Allen.[7]

351. ii. David-5 DUNHAM, b. 1724

352. iii. John-5 DUNHAM, b. 1729

353. iv. Abishai-5 Dunham, b. 1731

v. Sarah-5 Dunham b. November 1733; d. 20 June 1765 m. Nathan Luce [8]

354. vi. Gershom-5 Dunham , b. 1736

References:

1. Banks, Vol. 3:156; Rosser, Descendants of Henry Cobb, p. 129.

2. Dukes Co. Probate (adm.), 3:125 & 3:233.

3. Banks, Vol. 3 p. 93, 156.

4. Banks, Vol. 3:92-3 & 415.

5. Banks, Vol. 3:156; Rosser, Descendants of Henry Cobb, p. 129.

6. Banks, Vol. 3:156-7 & 298-303 for Mayhew line.

7. http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history, under the Allen/Dunham family

8. Banks, Vol. 3:157 & 265.