Captain Benajah Dunham

1640 - 1680  (40 years)

• Name	Benajah Dunham
  Birth	1640	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Married	25 Oct 1660 (20 years)	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Elizabeth Tilson, the daughter of Edmund Tilson. She was born in Scituate, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Edmund Dunham (1661-____) 2. John Dunham (1663-1663) 3. Elizabeth Dunham (1664-1667) 4. Hannah Dunham (1666-1667) 5. Benjamin Dunham (1667-____) 6. Mary Dunham (1669-____) 7. Elizabeth Dunham (1670-____)
  Freeman	1664 (24 years)	Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Land/House	1672 (32 years)  [2]
  He bought 100 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey, and and removed there shortly afterwards.
  Military	1673 (33 years)  [2]
  He was elected a Captain of the militia company
  Will	10 May 1679 (39 years)	Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.   [2]
  Death	23 Dec 1680	Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  Dunham (1907) gives his death date as 24 December 1680. [2]
  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	I18311
  Last Modified	26 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 1Captain Benajah Dunham(1640 – 1680) 2Deacon John Dunham(1588/89 – 2 Mar 1668/69) 4 5 3Abigail Balliou(1600 – 20 Mar 1698/99) 6Thomas Balliou 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1640 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 25 Oct 1660 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Freeman - 1664 - Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 10 May 1679 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A. Death - 23 Dec 1680 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 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. [S865] Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family , (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907). [S1299] Hamblin, David. "The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852). [S1241] Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855). [S1294] Damvelt, Marine S. Dunham Family Groupsheets, (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Compiled 1995). [S1293] Damvelt, Marine S. letter: 1995-10-16, (16 October 1995).