John Dunham[1]
Bef 1615 - 1692 (> 77 years)
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Name John Dunham Born Bef 19 Feb 1615 Henlow, Bedfordshire, England 
[2] Gender Male _UID FF9DCAA025C0484B9BDE35203E9D168BC80C Died 6 Apr 1692 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts [3] Person ID I2415 Strong History Last Modified 6 Jan 2018
Father Deacon John Dunham, b. Abt 1589, prob. Bedfordshire, England , d. 2 Mar 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 80 years) Mother Susanna Kaino, b. 12 Dec 1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England , d. 7 Oct 1622, Leydon, Zuid, South Holland, Netherlands (Age 35 years) Married 17 Aug 1612 Clophill, Bedfordshire, England [2] Family ID F685 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary, d. 20 Mar 1698, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married Abt 1642 Children 1. Mary Dunham, b. Abt 1642, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. 19 Apr 1715, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years)2. Patience Dunham, b. 8 Mar 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. Yes, date unknown3. John Dunham, b. 11 Oct 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts , d. 2 Jan 1698, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 48 years)4. Jonathan Dunham, b. 12 Aug 1650, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. 26 Aug 1650, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)5. Samuel Dunham, b. 25 Feb 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. 24 Jan 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 35 years)6. Susannah Dunham, b. 20 Jan 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. 1704, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)7. Hannah Dunham, b. 1657, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts , d. 1659, Barnstable, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 2 years)8. Mercy Dunham, b. 25 Jul 1662, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts , d. 1773, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 110 years)9. Lydia Dunham, b. 1666, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts , d. 1717, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 Family ID F683 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John 2 Dunham would have been about 15 years old if he came to Plymouth with his family in 1629-30. While it is not known which ship brought the Dunham family to Plymouth, it is possible that they arrived with those last English residents of Leyden who came to Plymouth in 1629. A possible ship may have been the Mayflower (not the original ship), which left Gravesend in March with thirty-five passengers, mostly from Leyden. She arrived 15 May 1629 with thirty-five passengers, only 23 of whom are definitely known.[5] He probably married his wife Mary about 1640 when he would have been 25 years old. He was probably the John Dunham on the "Able To Bear Arms" list of 19 May 1643 in Plymouth. John Dunham, the father, was still living, but at age about 54 years may have been excused.
John 2 Dunham has often been given a wife, Dorothy. The book, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, p. 229 lists John Downham & 1st wife Dorothe --?--, and a child b. 14 March 1643 in Braintree, Massachusetts. This John Downham is a separate family, and in fact John and Dorothy Downham had children recorded in Braintree at the same time that John and Mary Dunham were having children in Plymouth.[6]
Known as John Dunham, Jr,. he was listed in Records of Plymouth Colony Vol. 1, p. 36-37, March 1651, with the names of those “that have interest and proprieties in the Townes land at Punckateesett over against Road Island.” Page 53 notes “the bounds of John Dunham, Junior: his grant of forty acres of land on the southwest on Colchester is bounded . . .,” and pages 57 & 99 refer to land of John Dunham Junior at Winnatuxett. In 1665 he was granted lot number 7 lying on the west side of Nemassakett River (Middleboro).[7]
From Plymouth County Land Record 4:67, dated 8 June 1664, a statement shows that Anthony Snow, Ensign Mark Eames, Joseph Warren, Richard Wright, William Harlow, Nathaniel Morton, Ephraim Morton, William Paybody, JOHN DUNHAM, JR. & John Rogers "have liberty to look out land for accommodations."[8]
There are no land records that show that John 2 Dunham ever lived in Barnstable, but there must have been some close association with the people who lived there. His oldest daughter, Mary, 3 married 20 November 1662 James Hamblen, Jr., and his next daughter, Susanna 3 Dunham born say 1654 married in Barnstable 20 January 1673 Bartholomew Hamblen. Both James Hamblen, Jr. and Bartholomew were sons of James Hamblen one of the earliest settlers in Barnstable.[9] His oldest son John 3 also married in Barnstable 1 March 1679/80 Mary Smith, daughter of Rev. John and Susanna (Hinckley) Smith.
In the will of John Dunham Senior of Plymouth dated 25 January 1668 he states, “As for my son John Dunham whoe is my eldest sonne I have given him his portion alreddy both in land and other things to what I was able and beyond my abilitie.”[10]
The will of John 2 Dunham of Plimouth was dated 2 February 1691/2, and proved 16 April 1692.[11] To “wife Mary Dunham and to my Daughter Mercy Dunham my house I now dwell in with all” personal property except as specified, “Also...all my land about two miles off from my now Dwelling house and the orchard there it all Containing About” 16 acres, “Also...one acre of meadow lying at Doties meadows” in Plymouth, also 40 acres “at Colchester in the Township of Plimouth aforesaid I give to my said wife and daughter Mercy to be equally divided betwixt them But...if my wife need her share of the land for her Support she may sell it...which land I value at” £10; but, if she does not sell it, “after her decease my son John Dunham” to have one half of it, “hoping he will be tender and Carefull to help his mother while she lives” [John Jr. died before his mother; see more under Mercy.] To “my son John Dunham my Best Cloth Coat hereby Signifying he hath already Received his full portion” To “my Son Bartholomew Hamlin and my daughter Susanna his wife I Give all the Rest of my wearing Cloaths both linnen and woollen from head to foote” To “my son James Hamlin one shilling and to my daughter Mary his wife one shilling:” To “my son Robert Barrow one shilling and to my daughter Lidia his wife and to the heirs of her Body for Ever thirty acres of land which I have lying at Monponset in...Plimouth.” “my wife & Daughter Mercy to be Executrixes” and “my loving friends Isaac Cushman and Ephraim Morton junr to be overseers” of the will. The witnesses were John Cotton and Samuel Sturtevant. “Mr Jno Cotton one of the witnesses” made oath to the will at Plymouth, 16 April 1692, before “William Bradford Esqr Dept Governr and Mr Ephraim Morton Associate.”
- http://dunham2000.ipower.com/Generation-2-John(2)Dunham.html
- John 2 Dunham would have been about 15 years old if he came to Plymouth with his family in 1629-30. While it is not known which ship brought the Dunham family to Plymouth, it is possible that they arrived with those last English residents of Leyden who came to Plymouth in 1629. A possible ship may have been the Mayflower (not the original ship), which left Gravesend in March with thirty-five passengers, mostly from Leyden. She arrived 15 May 1629 with thirty-five passengers, only 23 of whom are definitely known.[5] He probably married his wife Mary about 1640 when he would have been 25 years old. He was probably the John Dunham on the "Able To Bear Arms" list of 19 May 1643 in Plymouth. John Dunham, the father, was still living, but at age about 54 years may have been excused.
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