Rev. Jonathan Dunham

1632 - 1717  (85 years)

• Name	Jonathan Dunham
  Birth	About 1632	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Freeman	1653 (21 years)  [3]
  Married	29 Nov 1655 (23 years)	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Mary Delano, the daughter of Philip and Hester (Dewsbury) Delano. She was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She died before 16 October 1657 when her husband remarried.
  Freeman	3 Jun 1657 (25 years)	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Married	15 Oct 1657 (25 years)	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Mary Cobb, the daughter of Elder Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. She was born on 24 March 1637 in Scituate, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Dunham (c1659-1745) 2. Eleazer Dunham (c1663-____) 3. Gershom Dunham (c1665-____) 4. Hannah Dunham (c1667-1722) 5. Samuel Dunham (c1668-1689) 6. Daniel Dunham (c1678-____)
  Offices Held	5 Jun 1671 (39 years)  [2]
  The Court ordered "yt some two or three men be appointed in every town of this jurisdiction to have the inspection of the ordinaries or in any other places suspected, to take notice of such abuses as may arise in reference to the premises or otherwise and make report thereof to the Court: appointed for Middleberry: Jonathan Dunham.
  Offices Held	3 Jun 1674 (42 years)	Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He was elected a Selectman and served for two years.
  Religion	1679 (47 years)  [2]
  He was a lay preacher in Falmouth according to the following statement of the Committee Representing the Settlement of the Town: "[He was] employed in Preaching the Good word of God amongst us for our edification."
  Land/House	13 Jul 1681 (49 years)	Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He was granted land in Falmouth consisting of ten acres.
  History	1684 (52 years)  [2]
  The Town of Edgartown sought him as a Preacher, however the negotiations, conducted by Matthew Mayhew, were drawn out. Edgartown passed the following on 27 October 1684: that if Mr. Mayhew cannot Prevail with Mr. Dunham the Town desire that to Treat with some other man who he shall think fitt and is ordered to give 35 pounds a year." This provided the need stimulation and, and shortly thereafter the following was recorded: I Matthew Mayhew being employed by Edgartown in the year of our Lord 1684 to procure Mr. Dunham or some other minister for them did agree with Mr. Dunham as minister of the gospel in the said Town vis: to allow Thirty Pounds per annum was excepted by them which I now for the Better satisfaction do declare to said Town to have been my return to them."
  Will	28 Jun 1717 (85 years)	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  He mentions his children: Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazar, Gershom, and Samuel.
  Death	18 Dec 1717	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Probate/Proved	15 Jan 1718 (86 years)	Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Burial	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  Here lyes ye Body of Rev. Mr. Jonathan Dunham who Died December 18 Anno Don. 1717 ages about 85 years Paster of Chruch of Christ at Edgartown With Toils and Pains at first he tilled ye ground to dress God's Vineyard & w's faithful Found Full thirty yeas ye Gospel he did dispense His work being Done Christ Jesus called him hence
  Siblings	5 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Samuel Dunham,   b. 1624, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 20 Jan 1711/12, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   2. Abigail Dunham,   b. 6 May 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands + 3. Joseph Dunham,   b. About 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Mercy Morton,  m. 18 Nov 1657 ;   Hester Wormal,  m. 20 Aug 1669   4. Rev. Jonathan Dunham,   b. About 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Dec 1717, Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)   5. Hannah Dunham,   b. 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Apr 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years) > 6. Persis Dunham,   b. 17 Jul 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1672, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 36 years) ▻ Benajah Pratt,  m. 29 Nov 1655 ;   Jonathan Shaw,  m. 15 Oct 1667   7. Benjamin Dunham,   b. 18 Nov 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   8. Daniel Dunham,   b. About 1639, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Feb 1677, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)   9. Captain Benajah Dunham,   b. 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Dec 1680, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years)
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of John Dunham and Susanna Kaino)
  1. John Dunham,   c. 19 Feb 1614/15, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England d. 6 Apr 1692, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Humility Dunham,   b. About 1617   3. Thomas Dunham,   b. 1619/20, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 15 May 1677, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon John Dunham,   b. 1588/89, England d. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)  (Father)  Abigail Balliou,   b. About 1600   d. 20 Mar 1698/99, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 99 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18306
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Deacon John Dunham,   b. 1588/89, England d. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abigail Balliou,   b. About 1600   d. 20 Mar 1698/99, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 99 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rev. Jonathan Dunham(1632 – 1717) 2Deacon John Dunham(1588/89 – 2 Mar 1668/69) 4 5 3Abigail Balliou(1600 – 20 Mar 1698/99) 6Thomas Balliou 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 29 Nov 1655 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Freeman - 3 Jun 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 15 Oct 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 3 Jun 1674 - Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Land/House - 13 Jul 1681 - Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 28 Jun 1717 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 18 Dec 1717 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 15 Jan 1718 - Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S1242] Barclay, Mrs. John E. "Jonathan Dunham of Plymouth and Edgartown, Mass.", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogis, volume 36, No. 4, October 1960). [S865] Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family , (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907). [S1241] Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855). [S910] Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849). [S1294] Damvelt, Marine S. Dunham Family Groupsheets, (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Compiled 1995).