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Facts and Events
| Name[9] |
Deacon John Dunham |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1589 |
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Marriage |
17 Aug 1612 |
Clophill, Bedfordshire, Englandto Susanna Kaino |
| Marriage |
22 Oct 1622 |
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlandsto Abigail Ballou |
| Immigration[1][7] |
Abt 1630 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[1][6] |
2 Mar 1668/69 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
He was a Leiden Separatist who probably came to Leiden around 1615 and to Plymouth in 1629 or 1630. He was a weaver by trade, a Deacon of the Church under Elder Brewster, a Deputy to the General Court from 1639-1664, and a member of the Council of War. He has been alleged to have been the same person as Mayflower passenger John Goodman by family historian, Isaac Watson Dunham, but this assertion is given no credence by researchers today. Equally unlikely is the frequently suggested parentage of Thomas Dunham and Janet Bromely
References
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995, 1:599-603.
- Barclay, Florence. Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass., The American Genealogist 30:143-155.
- Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy: Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1589-1669, and his descendants, Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1907
- Reed, Paul C. The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, The American Genealogist 73:101-104.
- Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986
- Ward, Robert Leigh. The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist 71:130-133.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Barclay, Mrs. John E. Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass. The American Genealogist. (July 1954)
p. 144.
according to his age at death
- Mary Porter Smith. Mendell Family Genealogy. (Waterloo, Iowa 1943)
p.88.
- Dunham Genealogy
p. 1-16.
- His will was dated 25 Jan 1668/9, an inventory was taken 16 Mar 1668, and was exhibited to the Court 4 Jun 1669. Plymouth Col. Wills, II, pt 2, p.53. It names wife Abigail executrix, sons, (eldest son), Benajah (son), Daniel (son), Stephen Wood (son-in-law), Thomas (son). A copy of the will is published in The Mayflower Descendant (17:113).
- Yr 1668 on the first of March dyed John Dunham godly & well esteemed Deacon of the church one of 80 years old." Plymouth Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 144.
- ↑ John Dunham, Sr. of Plymouth aged about four score years, died 2 March 1668, he was an approved servant of God and a useful man in his place being a Deacon of the Church of Christ at Plymouth. The Mayflower Descendant (18:57)
- ↑ The first record found in Plymouth of John Dunham is in the tax list dated 2 Jan 1633, when he is taxed 9s. Plymouth Colony Records (3:10).
- Isaac Watson Dunham's book, Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Mass., 1589-1669, and His Descendants (1907) is a very poorly written book, confusing, difficult to use, and often erroneous.
- ↑ For a further discussion of his ancestry see The American Genealogist, 71:130-133.
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