DJD-3.3/4.7/5.3-Obadiah-5

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

5. OBADIAH-5 DUNHAM (Jabez-4, Nathaniel-3, Thomas-2, John-1), was b. in Hebron, Tolland, CT, 31 Mar 1730; d. in Middlefield, Otsego, NY, 17 Feb 1813; m. in Hebron, 22 Nov 1754, Lucy Gillett, dau. of Joel Gillett and Mary Foote. She was b. in Windsor, Hartford, CT, 18 Feb 1740; d. 18 Feb 1830. Both Obadiah and Lucy were bur. in Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, Otsego, NY. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 34160102, photo and 108052362, photo.

Obadiah was a doctor.

Obadiah had been a garrison soldier at Fort Massachusetts (now in Williamstown, Berkshire, MA) during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). He and several other garrison soldiers from Fort Massachusetts and Fort Hoosac were early proprietors at Pownal, Bennington, VT, moving there in 1763. He fought in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783); and was one of the heroes of battle of Bennington. On September 24, 1776, he was sent as delegate to Dorset, Bennington, Vt. to organize Vermont as a state. He served as a private from May 19 to June 28, 1779, in Capt. Thomas Sawyer's company of militia raised for the defense of the northern frontiers of the United States, and received £2.19.8. He also served as a private for 67 days from August 16, 1780, in Capt. Eli Noble's company; Major Eben Allen's Detachment, and received £5.3.4 and served as a private for two days in July 1781, under the same command, "as marcher to Saratoga", NY, in the alarm in Pownal, Bennington, VT. (signed) T. S. Peck, Adjutant General.

He served as justice of peace at Pownal, Vt. for 20 years. In 1785 he and the family (Mehitabel, Abner, Lucy) moved to the hamlet of Bowerstown in Middlefield, just Southeast of Cooperstown. He was overseer of the poor when the town of Middlefield was established in 1797.

Children of Obadiah-5 Dunham and Lucy Gilbert:

i. Lydia-6 Dunham, b. Hebron, 8 Nov 1757; d. Pownal, 15 Oct 1815; m. Pownal, 27 Oct 1774 John Downer. He was b. Pownal, 27 Oct 1744; d. 10 Dec 1815.

ii. Lucy-6 Dunham, b. Hebron, 7 Feb 1759; d. Pownal, 9 Oct 1823; m.1st, Pownal, 16 Nov 1775, Benjamin Morgan. Lucy m.2nd, 22 Jun 1806, Isaac Duel.

Benjamin: Military Service 191,424,425,426,427,428, Green Mountain Boy, Herricks Rangers of Vermont, rank of private from Vermont, 1775-1778 :::::::During the Revolutionary War Benjamin was a member of the troop from Pownal, under the command of Captain Samuel Wright and Lt. William Wheeler. At Castleton, Ethan Allen took command of the troop to march on Ft Ticonderoga in 1775. Benjamin participated in Ethan Allen’s march to Canada under Seth Warner and was a member of the rangers under Col Herrick. He also took part in the battles of Saratoga, Bemis Heights, & Bennington along with Quebec, Ft Ticonderoga and Crown Point.

3.3/4.7/5.3/6.3 Obadiah-6 Dunham, b. 17 Nov 1760.

iv. Abigail-6 Dunham, b. 25 Feb 1762; d. 30 May 1823; m.1st Richard Nichols; m.2nd 22 Feb 1798, Elisha Fullam. He d. 30 May 1824.

v. Diadamia-6 Dunham, b. Jan 10 1765; d. Albion, Eire, PA, 2 Dec 1841; m. Pownal, 3 Jan 1782 Lyman Jackson, son of Michael Jackson and Susannah Wilcoxson. He was b. in Simsbury,

b. in Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 29 Jan 1756; d. Albion 20 Mar 1835.

vi. Mehitable-6 Dunham, b. 04-05-1771 in Pownal, VT, d. 03-16-1817 in Erie, PA. She

married Cornelius Hendricks, 1790 in prob. Middlefield, NY (son of William Hendricks and Eunice Thorpe), d. 05-22-1816 in Erie County, PA.

vii. Abner-6 Dunham, b. 08-17-1773 in Pownal, VT, d. 02-16-1822 in Cooperstown, NY.

Thought to have had 4 sons and 5 daughters. He married (1) Candace Irons, 1798 in Middlefield, NY, b. 02-07-1779; d. 10-27-1814. He married (2) Gratis Griffen