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LINE OF JONATHAN DUNHAM OF WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

FORTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

20. JOSEPH 4 DUNHAM (David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary), b. 7 October 1700 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; d. between October 1759 when he wrote his will (given below) and 1771 when the will was proved.

Will of Joseph Donham of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.:

“1759, Oct. 20. Donham, Joseph, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.; will of. Wife to have the use of land. Son, Daniel, 1/6 of my lands, joining the 1/2 acre where he lives. Rest of estate to be sold. Daughter, Sarah, a prayer book. Youngest daughters, Abigail and Phebe, £25. Youngest sons, James, Joseph, Elisha, Moses and Jonathan, rest of my money. Wife to bring up my young children. Executors--friend, Ebenezer Foster, and sons, Joseph and Elisha. Witnesses--Jonathan Cambell, Amos Donham, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph. (Note, witness Amos Donham was Joseph’s nephew, son of his brother David and Mary (Freeman) Dunham, Jr.)

Children of Joseph 4 and (unknown wife) Dunham: (given in will above)

i. Daniel 5 Dunham b. 2 Feb. 1726; d. after 20 October 1759 when named in father’s will as inheriting “1/6 of my lands adjoining the ½ acre where he lives”.

ii. Sarah 5 Dunham b. about 1730; [1] died after October 1792 when she gave deposition of her son’s war service. Sarah m. first James Coddington who was b. 5 January 1725/6 in Woodbridge NJ; d. 1774. Sarah m. second Daniel Noe who died between 16 May 1777 and 5 July 1777. Sarah m. third William Hodgson.

iii. James 5 Dunham b. say 1730

iv. Elisha 5 Dunham b. 1732, d. Feb./March 1783

v. Joseph 5 Dunham b. in Westfield in 1735

vi. Moses 5 Dunham b. say 1740

vii. Jonathan 5 Dunham b. say 1744

viii. Abigail 5 Dunham b. 1747

ix. Phebe 5 Dunham b. date given in Rev. War pension application 17 April 1755

 i.  Daniel 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary) born 2 Feb. 1726; died after 20 October 1759 when named in father’s will as inheriting “1/6 of my lands adjoining the ½ acre where he lives”.   

  ii.  Sarah 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary) born about 1730, [1] died after October 1792 when she gave deposition of her son’s war service.   Sarah m. first James Coddington who was b. 5 January 1725/6 in Woodbridge NJ; d. 1774.  Sarah m. second Daniel Noe who died between 16 May 1777 and 5 July 1777.  Sarah m. third William Hodgson. 

Children of James and Sarah (Dunham) Coddington:

   i.  Joseph Coddington b. 1754 Woodbridge 
  ii.  James Coddington b. 1755 Woodbridge 
 iii.  David Coddington b. 1757 Woodbridge 
 iv.  Agnes Coddington b. 1759  
  v.  Robert Coddington b. 6 Oct. 1760 Woodbridge (the one who had smallpox) 
 vi.  John Coddington b. 1765 Woodbridge 

Sarah m. 2 Daniel Noe who was b. 1715 in Woodbridge NJ Children of Daniel and Sarah (Dunham) (Coddington) Noe: [named in will of Daniel Noe dated 16 May 1777, proved 5 July 1777]

    i. Damaris Noe    ii.  Lewis Noe 
  iii.  Margaret Noe 
  iv.  Gertrude Noe 
   v.  Sarah Noe 
  vi.  James Noe 
 vii.  John Noe 
viii.  Daniel Noe 
  ix.  Nathaniel Noe b. 12 Sept. 1774 Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. NJ 
 d. 18 Aug. 1846 
 m.10 April 1797 Mary Elizabeth Payne who was b. 4 Feb. 1782 in Woodbridge 
  Children: 
     i.  Mary Noe b. 
    ii.  Margaret Noe b. 10 May 1801 
   iii.  John Clarkson Noe b. 26 May 1803 

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iii. James 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Richard 1) b. say 1730. This is the James Dunham living in Westfield with a wife named Christian. We do not know the surname of Christian, but there were several women living in New Jersey with that given name.

iv. Elisha 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Richard 1) born in Woodbridge New Jersey ca. 1732, died in Woodbridge New Jersey in February or March 1783 He married 20 June 1752 Elizabeth Freeman, daughter of John and Martha (Moore) Freeman. She was born say 1732, died after 1783. He was Capt. in 1st Reg. Essex Co. Militia.

Elisha 5 Rahway Ward, Elizabeth, Essex Co. is listed in “Revolutionary Census of NJ, An Index, based on Rateables, Inhabitants of NJ During the Period of the American Revolution” (17781780), by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, Hunterdon House, 1986.

Will of Elisha Dunham NJ Archives 35:126, dated 21 August 1771;, proved 6 March 1783;  “Elisha Dunham of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. carpenter,.  Names wife Elizabeth, land I bought of Jonathan Kimble.  Rest of land to be sold and money divided among my children, Josiah, Freeman, David, Eno s and Henry when they are 21, and my daughter, when 18.  Executors, wife Elizabeth and brother-in-law Isaac Freeman.   Witnesses Moses Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Jr. Joseph Shotwell. 
(Moses and Joseph Dunham were his brothers) Children of Elisha and Elizabeth (Freeman) Dunham:  
     i.  Josiah 6 Dunham b. 1 June 1753/5; d. 1816 in Woodbridge, NJ 
 m. Anna Williams 
    ii.  Freeman 6 Dunham b. 1755 
   iii.  David 6 Dunham b. 2 March, 1762; d. 28 Sept. 1840 Anderson, Madison Co. IN 
 m. 1 Eleanor Hollingshead 
 m. 2 Hannah Brummage 
   iv.  Henry Dayton 6 Dunham b. 20 April 1774; d.7 Sept. 1833 Centerville, Wayne, IN   m. Sarah Ellison                v.  Enos/Amos 6 Dunham1759 
   vi.  Daughter (Eunice) 6 Dunham b. 1765; d. 3 Feb. 1834 New Garden, Union Co. IN 
    v.  Joseph 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Dunham/alias Singletary, Richard 1 Singletary) born in Westfield in 1735, and died in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey.  This is the Joseph Dunham who married in Westfield, Union County New Jersey in 1757 Hannah Conger.   

Children of Joseph and Hannah (Conger) Dunham: (at least)

     i.  Joseph 6 Dunham b. 29 August 1766 in Westfield, NJ  
 d. 8 March 1846 in Warren County, Ohio 
 m. 2 February 1790 Anna Wood 

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 vi.  Moses 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary) born say 1740,  died after 20 Oct. 1759 when named in his father’s will.   He is probably the Moses Dunham who married in Westfield 21 September 1777 Mary Hampton.  She may have been a second wife.  He was a witness to the will of his brother Elisha in 1771. 

vii. Jonathan 5 Dunham b. say 1744. I find no further information for this Jonathan Dunham.

viii. Abigail 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary) born ca. 1747; died 11 August 1804 age 57. She married Samuel Jaques. They are buried in the Woodbridge Trinity Episcopalian Churchyard.

Samuel Jaques was born 29 April 1739; died 2 September 1803. He married first Annabel Brown and had several children by her. She died 19 January 1782 and Samuel married Second Abigail Dunham on 8 August 1782.

   Children of Samuel and Annabel (Brown) Jaques: 
   i.  Samuel Jaques, b. 1764 
  ii.  William Jaques, b. 9 April 1764 
 iii.  Richard Jaques, baptized 21 Oct. 1767 in St. John Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ 
 iv.  James Jaques, b. 1769 Children of Samuel and Abigail (Dunham) Jaques: 
  v.  Annabel Jaques b. 14 May 1783 in Elizabeth, NJ                         She married Benjamin Winans 5 March 1800 in Elizabeth, NJ.                           He was born 28 October 1776 and died 12 March 1832.                          She died 30 August 1854 in Elizabeth.                           Child of Benjamin and Annabel (Jaques) Winans:                                   i.  Benjamin Winans, born 12 June 1807.” 

vi.  Sally Jaques,  Sally Jaques, born about 1785; died before 1798 
vii.  John Ogilvie Jaques, b. in 1786; d. 1816 
 m. Margaret Doobs. 

ix. Phebe 5 Dunham (Joseph 4 David 3 Jonathan 2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard 1 Singletary) born 17 April 1755; died in Warren County, Ohio 9 August 1843. She married at the home of her brother Elisha Dunham, 2 July 1775 Jacob Tremble. He was b. 1 Feb. 1753; d. in Warren Co. OH 31 May 1819.

Jacob and Phebe (Dunham) Tremble moved to Ohio in the autumn of 1795. They spent the winter in Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, and in the spring purchased land in Turtle Creek Township, now Warren County, Ohio. 7

Children of Jacob and Phebe (Dunham) Tremble: all born in New Jersey

     i.  Betsy Tremble b. 16 September 1776 
    ii.  Daniel Tremble b. 117 September 1778 
   iii.  Abigail Tremble b. 7 September 1780 
   iv.  Sarah Tremble b. 16 September 1782  
    v.  Mary Tremble b. 4 September 1784 
   vi.  Susannah Tremble b. 19 July 1786 
  vii.  Moses Tremble b. 18 November 1788 
 viii.  Isaac Tremble b. October 1790 
   ix.  Aaron Tremble b. 3 August 1792 
    x.  Jacob Tremble b. 18 January 1795 

References:

Which Sarah Dunham married James Coddington?, Dunham Singletary Family Connections Newsletter Vol. 8, Issue 1, p. 2, 15 January 2016

Fifth Generation Carried Out, Dunham Singletary Family Connections Newsletter Vol. 8, Issue 1, p. 4, 15 January 2016