Benaiah Dunham

1683 - 1766  (~ 83 years)

• Name	Benaiah Dunham
  Christening	1683	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Military	1699 (~ 16 years)  [1]
  He enlisted in the Militia under Capt. Warren.
  Married	7 May 1708 (~ 25 years)	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Sarah Covell, the daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Atwood) Covell. She was born on 13 April 1689. They were married by the Rev. Jonathan Dunham. She died in 1742. Issue: 1. Benaiah Dunham (1709-1802) 2. Mercy Dunham (1716-____) 3. Elizabeth Dunham (1722-____) 4. Ebenezer Dunham (1725-1799)
  Religion	22 Jul 1744 (~ 61 years)	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Benaiah entered into full communion.
  Death	8 Feb 1766	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Micaiah Dunham,   b. About 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Nov 1756  (Age 83 years)   2. Joseph Dunham,   b. About 1675/76, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before Dec 1732  (Age 56 years)   3. Mercy Dunham,   b. About 1679/80, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1715  (Age 35 years)   4. Benaiah Dunham,   c. 1683, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Feb 1766, Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 83 years)   5. Daniel Dunham,   c. 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Feb 1758  (Age ~ 71 years)   6. Esther Dunham,   c. 1690, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Half siblings	2 half brothers (family of Joseph Dunham and Mercy Morton)
  1. Eleazer Dunham,   b. About 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 2. Nathaniel Dunham,   b. Abt 1662, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Mary Tilson,  m. 21 Jan 1691/92 ;   Elizabeth Pratt,  m. 8 Dec 1714
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon John Dunham,   b. 1588/89, England d. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)  (Grandfather)  Hester Wormal,   c. 21 May 1648, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 1715  (Age ~ 67 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18316
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Dunham,   b. About 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hester Wormal,   c. 21 May 1648, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 1715 (Age ~ 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benaiah Dunham(1683 – 1766) 2Joseph Dunham(1631 – ) 4Deacon John Dunham(1588/89 – 2 Mar 1668/69) 8 9 5Abigail Balliou(1600 – 20 Mar 1698/99) 10Thomas Balliou 11 3Hester Wormal(1648 – 1715) 6 12 13 7 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 1683 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 7 May 1708 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 22 Jul 1744 - Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 8 Feb 1766 - 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

  [S865] Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family , (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907). [S867] Mahony, Gratia Dunham. Dunham Line for Rob Roy, (Dayton, Ohio: manuscript, October 2008). [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source.