Person:Jonathan Singletary (1)
Jonathan Singletary
b.17 Jan 1639/40 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.6 Sep 1724 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1640
  1. Jonathan Singletary1639/40 - 1724
  2. Eunice Singletary1641/42 - 1715
  3. Nathaniel Singletary1644 - 1689
  4. Lydia Singletary1648 -
  5. Amos Singletary1651 - 1724
  6. Benjamin Singletary1656 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1661
  1. Benjamin Dunham1681 - 1715
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Facts and Events
Name[1][4] Jonathan Singletary
Alt Name[4] Jonathan Dunham
Gender Male
Birth[2] 17 Jan 1639/40 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Marriage Abt 1657 to Mary Bloomfield
Marriage Abt 1661 to Mary Bloomfield
Death[4] 6 Sep 1724 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1 Richard(1) Singletary, in Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. (Providence, RI, 1897-1919)
    I:317.

    Jonathan(2) (Singletary), b. Jan. 17, 1639-40[S]; m. ab. 1661, Mary Bloomfield (Thomas Jr. and Mary of Nb.); rem. with his wife's father and family to Woodbridge, N. J., ab. 1665. … In a legal document,1702, this whole family are spoken of as "Donham, alias Singletary." … The deposition of Jonathan Singletary, aged ab. 23, dated 1662, against John Godfrey, accused of withcraft, is printed in Upham's "Salem Witchcraft" vol. 1, pp. 434-6.

  2. ↑ Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915)
    I:218.

    Singletary, Jonathan, s. Ric[hard] and Susana, (born) 17: 11 m: 1639.

  3.   Richard Singletary, in Threlfall, John B. (Brooks). Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1993).

    In 1662 he, aged 23, deposed against John Godfrey, accusing him of witchcraft. Godfrey apparently got his revenge by buying Jonathan’s debts for which he had him in jail at Ipswich in Feb. 1662/3, sued him for defamation and other slanderous speeches in 1664, and won. In Nov. 1664 his father and father-in-law bought on credit over 100 yards of canvas with which to pay his debts and redeem him from jail. He & his in-laws moved to Woodbridge, N.J. about 1665, at which time he assumed the surname Dunham, reason unknown. He was granted land, and, in a contract of 8 June 1670, Jonathan Dunham alias Singletary, of the town of Woodbridge, agreed to erect a grist mill, the first such mill in New Jersey. For this he received 213 acres. On 16 April 1702, Jonathan Dunham, alias Singletary, was given power of attorney by his wife and their 5 surviving ch. to sell lands in Haverhill given to them by his parents. All signed “Dunham alias Singletary”. In 1724 they asked for confirmation of some grants, saying he was “lately deceased”. 10 ch.; he was buried beside his house in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, date unknown.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Reitwiesner, William Addams. William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services: Royal, Noble, and Political Genealogies.
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