Dunham Family Connections 

~ Dinan-Dinham-Dunham~

Grace & Fredd, Ralph & Spouse, Edith & Fredd. Harley & Virginia,  ? ?, Roy

Robert & Elaine,  Jim & Betty, Ray & Caroll, Bob & Mildred

Children ?

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Notable ancestors include Henry II of England (1133-1189), William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899). Ancestors are from the United Kingdom, France, England, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire, Sweden, Belarus.

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Ammon (Vicomte) de Dinan , De Dinan B: 920 D:

Hamon Vicomte de Dinan B: 941 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1030 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France M: Rantlina de Bretagne B: 944 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France 

Josceline Viscount of Dinan B: 963

Bertrand Vicomte de Dinan, De Dinham 0985-1066 M:

Geoffrey I de Dinan, Geoffroi I, vicomte de Dinham B: 1010 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1070 M: Orguen ou Salomé Dinan de Léon 1020-1070

Oliver I de Dinan B: 1040 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D:  1075 M: Ganna de Dinan de Château-Ganné 1048-1066

Baron Geoffrey II de Dinan (Geoffroi de Dinan, vicomte de Dinan)B: 1065 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1138 M: Radegonde Nerondes B: 1070  Centre, Nerondes,  France D: 1147. Children: Olivier II de Dinan, seigneur de Dinan-Nord; William Dinham; Rolland Dinham; Alain de Dinan, of Burton and Josce de Dinan.

Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France 

Oliver II, Alan de Dinan, Olivier II de Dinan, seigneur de Dinan-Nord B: 1088 Dinan, Brittany, France D: 1150 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England (Hartland, Bideford, Devon, England). M: Agnorie de Penthièvre B: 1105 Penthievre, Morbihan, Bretagne, France D: 1167 Dinan, Cotes d'Armor, Bretagne, France. Children: Raoul de Dinan, I Sieur de Coëtquen; Geoffrey de Dinan, vicomte de Dinan Nord; Oliver lll de Dinham and Alan de Becherel.

Oliver III Lord of Dinan, Oliver lll de Dinham  B: 1121 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 1173 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England M: Elizabeth B: 1126 Devonshire, England D: 1178 Devon, Honiton, Harpford, England (Hartland, Bideford, Devon, England).

Geoffrey de Dinham B: 1145 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 1204 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England M: Sarah de Dinham  B: 1150 Devon, England. Children: Oliver de Dinham and Geoffrey de Dinham. 

Oliver de Dinham B: 1169 Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, UK D: 06/28/1221 Buckland Dinham, Somerset, UK M: Elizabeth de Dinham B: 1170-1221

Knight Geoffrey de Dinham B: 1200 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, EnglandD: 1258 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England M: Children: Oliver de Dinham, lord of Hertland and Joanna de Dinham.

Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England

Knight Oliver de Dinham B: 1234 Devon, Honiton, Harpford, England D: 02/26/1299 Devon, Woodbury, Nutwell Manor, England. M: Lady Isabel de Vere, Baroness of Oakhampton B: 1222 Devon D: 08/11/1299 Okehampton Castle, Okehampton, Devonshire, Nutwell Manor, England, d/o Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford and Lady Hawise de Quincy, Countess of Oxford.

Devon, Honiton England

Geoffreyde Dunham B: 1250 Cheshire, Dunham Massey, England D: 1306 Devon, Honiton England M:

Sir Josceus Dinham I B: 1274 England D: 1301 England M: Margaret Hydon B: 1272 Clayhidon, Devon, England D: 1357

Devonshire, Devon, England 1890's

Rychert Donham/Dunham II 1294 apx Devonshire, Devon, England D: 1330 apx Beaminster, Somerset, England. M: Beneditcia Folsgamble 1298–1379. Rychert was engaged in extensive trade with Spain and Europe. Raised sheep and was a wool manufacturer. He became wealthy and bought a large estate in Beaminster, Somerset County, England. Brother of John I, born in 1295.

1~Ryan Dunham 1314-

2~Sir Robert Dunham 1318-1409

3~Benedicitia Dunham 1320-

4~Elizabeth Dunham 1329-



Sir Robert Donham/Dunham 01/16/1318 apx Devonshire, Devon, England D: 1409 Devonshire, Devon, England. M: 1344 Elizabeth de Stafford1322-1351. The family moved to Norfolkshire where they founded the towns of Norwich and Great Dunham. Devonshire is in the SW part of England, between Bristol Channel on the N & the English Channel on the S. The county is bordered by Somersetshire & Dorsetshire on E & Cornwall on the West. 

1~Gregory Dunham 1334-

2~Elizabeth Dunham, heiress of the Dynhams of Hooke B: 1345, at Beaminster, married a Maltravers, (second) Humphrey Stafford, the Silver Hand sheriff of Dorsethsire, and Somersetshire.

3~Sir Robert Dunham 1348-1439

4~Geoffryde Dunham 1350- 

  5~John Dunham 1351

Beaminster, Dorset, England ~ St. Mary's parish church

Dating from the C13 and C15, its best feature is its magnificent early C16 west tower.

Sir Robert Dunham 1348 Beaminster, Dorset, England 12/31/1439 Devonshire, Devon, England. M: 1381Elizabeth Sandford 1366 Devonshire, Devon, England, daughter of Edmund Sandford  and Katharine Owtred. A second son, Geoffryde was born in 1350.

1~Geoffryde Dunham 1380-

2~John Dunham 1381-

3~Sir Gregoire Dunham 1382-1474

4~Robert Dunham 1385-1474

5~Elizabeth Dunham 1387-1480

6~Benedicia Dunham 1389-1480



Gregoire/Gregory Dunham B: 1382 Yorkshire, Devon, England D: 1474 England M: Elizabeth Marguage B: 1413 Danby D: 1464 England. His siblings were Robert 1384, Elizabeth 1387 & Benedicia 1389.

1~Heslyn Dunham 1412–1493

2~Robert Dunham 1425-

3~Elizabeth Dunham 1426–1520

4~Sir Robert Dunham 1430–1463

5~John Dunham 1432

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Dunham on Trent_Church of St Oswald

Pre-reformation Dunham church was dedicated to St.Peter but at a later date it was changed to St.Oswald's. In 1211 King John built a hunting lodge in the tiny hamlet of Kingshaugh then in the manor of Dunham and the house was in Royal hands until 1604. The present house in Kingshaugh and grounds are open by appointment. The present day, 2017 population of Dunham village is approximately 312 people occupying 123 households whilst in 1307 there were 145 beings and exactly the same in 1676..

Robert Dunham 'Sir Zouche' B: 1429 Dunham-On-Trent, England D: 06/03/1463 Dunham-On-Trent, England (or Gwynedd, Wales). M: Margaret Elizabeth Stafford B: 1435 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England D: 1502 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. He had a sister, Elizabeth.

Sir John Dunham I B: 1450 Parish Dunham On-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England D: 11/09/1524 Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, England M: 1471 Lady Elizabeth Bowett 1455-1501, d/o Sir Nicholas Bowett and Elizabeth Zouch. Knighted by Henry VII, for his service at the Battle of Blackheath on June 17^th, 1497, and then John made Baronet by Henry VIII in 1502. His sister Elizabeth was born 1452. 

1~Elizabeth Dunham 1473-1538 M: Sir Richard Basset, Knight, born in Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, England.

1~Jane Basset 1488-1512 M: Edward Cresacre

2~Agnes Basset 1490- M: George Wasteneys

3~John Basset 1491-1545 M: Agnes de Burgh 1519-

4~Richard Basset

5~George Basset

6~James Bassett 1518-

2~Katharine Dunham1472-1486

3~Sir John Dunham 1474-1502 see below

4~Anne Dunham 1478- M: Neville

5~Frances Dunham 1474- M: 1496 John Hazelwood

6~Marie Dunham.1482- Thomas Grantham



Kirklington, England

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3~Sir John Dunham II B: 06/06/1474 Kirklington, England D: 05/09/1502 England M: Lady Jean Thorland 1476-1502. John inherited the estate of his great grandfather Sir Zouche. John was one of 200 men who escorted the betrothed Princess Margaret thru Notthingham to Scotland in 1502.

1~Katharyn Dunham 1495-1589 M: 1515 William Talbot 

2~Elizabeth Dunham 1496-1525

3~Sir John Dunham III, Kt., of Kirklington

4~Frances Dunham1499-1502

5~Mary Margaret Dunham 1500-1502

6~Anne Dunham 1502-1504

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3~Sir John Dunham III, Sir William Dunham, Knight of Kirklington B: 09/08/1498 England 03/23/1545 England M: 1518 Lady Benedicte Folsgamsbee/Benedicta Foljambie 1499-1545 d/o Sir Godfrey Foljambe 1472–1541& Katherine Leeke -1529.

1~James Denham, Liard van Weshiels 1514-1562

2~William Dunham 1517-1583

3~Anne Denham 1518-

4~Alice Dunham 1520-

5~Catherine Dunham 1522-

6~Sir Ralph Dunham B: 1522 Nottinghamshire, England D: 1610 England

7~Mary Dunham 1525-

8~Margareta Dunham 1528-1594

9~Richard Downe Dunham 1531-1619

10~Benedicta Dunham 1533-

11~Thomas Dunham 1534-

12~Marion Dunham 1535- 

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6~Sir Ralph Dunham B: 1522 Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England D: 1610 England M1: Lady Elizabeth Wentworth 1523-1570, d/o Sir Thomas Wentworth, who was knighted for his bravery at the battle of Spurs, 16 August, 1513. It will be seen that down to this period, the successors to the estate of Wentworth-Woodhouse were almost invariably only sons, and as invariably married heiresses or co-heiresses. M2: 1559 Elizabeth Fletcher 1536-1570. His siblings were Richard 1531, Thomas 1534 & Marion 1535. 

1~Elizabeth Dunham 1547-

2~Margaret Dunham 1549-

3~Ralph Dunham 1550-1610 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

4~Richard Dunham B: 1550 England 1624 London, England M: 1578 see page 8

5~Robert Dunham 1554-1558

6~John Dunham 1558-1668

7~Sir Thomas Dunham 1562-1652 St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe Cemetery, London M: 1588 Jane Bromely 1566-1655, d/o Sir Thomas Bromley of Hodney, Lord Chancellor who presided over the trial of Mary Queen of Scots and died as a result of the consequent stress, 1530–1587, buried at Westminster Abbey, London & Elizabeth Fortescue 1530–1600. Thomas Dunham was a Pilgrim who came from Scrooby to get protection from the King, who was trying to eliminate, this new Religion a break away from the Church of England.

8~Catharine Dunham 1563-

9~Robert Dunham 1564-1618 transported to the Virginia Colonies on account of his non-                        conformist views.

10~Dynah Dunham 1565-1652

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4~Richard Dunham B: 1556 England D: 1624 London, England, buried in St Andrew Churchyard, Langford, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England M1: 1578 Agnes

1~Alice Dunham 1579-

2~William Dunham 1581-1632

3~Anne Dunham 1585-

4~Deacon John Dunham B: 1587 Scroobyn, Langford, Bedfordshire, England D: 03/02/1668,   1632 of the Plymouth Colony

5~Elizabeth Dunham 1592-1625

6~Richard Dunham 1596-1624

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Plymouth, Massachusetts History

Deacon John Dunham B: 1587 Scroobyn, Langford, Bedfordshire, England D: 03/02/1668 Plymouth Colony. He fled to Leiden, Holland, in 1608 and joined William Brewster (William changed his name to John Goodman) M1: 08/17/1612 Susan Kaino, Baptized in Clophill B: 12/12/1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England. Daughter of Thomas Cainehoe, D: 1622 Leyden, Holland. They had three children in Zevenhuizen, Netherlands. M2: 10/22/1622 widow, Abigail Barlow/Ballou Wood, d/o Thomas Ballou, 1600-1668. Linen weaver, trader, church deacon, and farmer. His siblings Thomas 1587-1652 & Robert 1605-1635. In his will, dated 25 January 1668 and proved 4 June 1669, "John Dunham Senior of Plymouth" bequeathed to "my son John Dunham who is my eldest son ... I have given him his portion already ... to what I was able and beyond my ability"; to "my son Benajah Dunham and my son-in-law Stephen Wood" all my right at Agawaum and Sepecan equally; to "my son Daniell Dunham" all my land at Fresh Lake, also "all that land that lieth at home which he made use of this year which I already ordered to him"; to "my loving wife Abigaill Dunham" my now dwelling house, my orchards, with all my land no elsewhere given, all my meadow at the watering place during her life and at her death, to "my son Daniell Dunham"; "my son Thomas Dunham" £5 paid by my son Daniel Dunham upon demand; to "all the rest of my children that are not expressed in this my last will 12d. each if they demand it"; residue to my loving wife Abigail Dunham, executrix; "my loving friends Captain Thomas Southworth and the elder Thomas Cushman and my son Samuell Dunham" overseers. An inventory of the goods of "John Dunham Senior deceased" was taken 16 March 1668/9 and was untotalled; it included only £3 of real estate: "house and land not prised (presumably because he had already given it to Daniel only threescore acres of upland at Swanhold not willed away)". (Benajah Dunham was born to Deacon John Dunham and his second wife Abigail Ballou. Born in Plymouth, Mass. 1640, Benajah Dunham was a freeman in 1664, a court officer at Eastham, Mass., in 1669, emigrated to East Jersey about 1671; in 1672 purchased 100 acres of land at Piscataway, N. J., and became a planter and in 1673 a captain of the Piscataway Militia Squad in New Jersey under the Dutch. Benajah married October 25, 1660, Elizabeth Tilson, of Scituate MA. Shortly after Benajah & Elizabeth’s marriage, the young couple moved from Plymouth to Eastham Massachusetts (on Cape Cod). They stayed here for eight or nine years but by 1671 they had relocated to Piscataway, New Jersey. Between 1661-1671, Benajah 2 and Elizabeth had 3 sons and 4 daughters. Their first born son Edmund Dunham moved to the new town of Piscataway along with several other Eastham families. Benajah died in Piscataway, New Jersey 24 December 1680), and Daniel Dunham 1639–1677.

1~John Dunham Jr 1615-1692 M1: 1640 Mary Dunham -1698 M2: 1641 Dorothy Day 1624-                1715

2~Humility Dunham 1617- M: 1638 Richard Singletary 1585-1687

3~Rev.Thomas Dunham 1621-1689 NY M1: Martha Knott M2: 1659 Sarah Bompasse 1630-

4~Samuel Dunham Sr 1623-1711 M: 1649 Martha Beal 1620-1690

1~Twin Son "A" Dunham 1651-1651

2~Twin Son "B" Dunham 1651-1651

3~Samuel Dunham Jr 1651-1718 M: 1680 Mary Harlow 1659-1744

5~Abigail Dunham 1627-1684 M: 1644 Stephen Atwood Sr. 1616-1694

6~Rev. Jonathan Dunham 1632–1717 M1: 1655 Mary Delano 1635-1656 M2: Mary Cobb 1637-1677, d/o Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18, 1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.

1~Hannah Dunham

2~Jonathan Dunham Jr 1658-1711

3~Eleazer Dunham

4~Samuel Dunham

5~Gershom Dunham

6~Daniel Dunham 1677-1741

Rev. Jonathan Dunham (Tower Hill Cemetery Edgartown, Dukes County, MA)

7~Joseph Dunham 1631-1703 see page 10

8~Hannah Dunham 1634-1708 M: 1651 Giles Rickard1623-1710

9~Persis Dunham 1635-1701 M: 1683 Rev. Jonathan Shaw I M2: Pratt

1~John Pratt 1664-1730

10~Benajah Dunham 1637-1680 M:

1~Rev Edmund Dunham Sr 1661-1734

2~Elizabeth Dunham Baker 1670-1740

11~Daniel Dunham 1639-1677 M:

1~Hannah Dunham Alden 1670-1747

2~Mehetibeel Dunham Hayward 1675-1755

William Harlow House in Plymouth, MA: meeting place of First Parish Church

1899 First Parish Meeting House

First Parish Church in Town Square, ca. 1905

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7~Joseph Dunham B: 11/18/1631 Plymouth Colony D: 04/18/1703 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Ma M1: 11/18/1657 Mercy Morton 1636-1666, daughter of Secretary Nathaniel and Lydia (Cooper) Morton. M2: 08/20/1669 Hester Wornall, 1694-1715, d/o Joseph Wornall of Rowley. Admitted a Freeman on June 1, 1658, and granted 30 acres at Major's Purchase on June 7, 1665 (Middleboro, MA.). Joseph was among those dismissed from the Plymouth Church to the new Plympton Church due to boundary line changes. His siblings were Samuel Dunham, Abigail  Dunham Atwood, Hannah Dunham, Rev Jonathan Dunham, Persus Dunham, Benajah Dunham and Daniel Dunham. 

1~Eleazer Dunham, Sr. 1659-1739 M: Bathsheba Pratt

1~Deacon Israel Dunham 1689-1726

2~Joseph Dunham 1664

3~Nathaniel Dunham 1666-1751

4~Micajah Dunham 1673-1756 M: 1701 Elizabeth Lazeell 1681

1-Micajah Dunham 1716-1756

5~Mercy Abigail Dunham 1679-1745 M: Samuel Ransom M2: 1701 Joseph King

6~Benajah Dunham 1684-1766 M:  05/07/1708 Sarah Cove1 1693-1778, d/o Philip and Elizabeth (Atwood) Covel. They were married by Pastor Jonathan Dunham who was an uncle of Benajah. Benajah came to Edgartown about 1708. He was Master of the House of Correction in 1731. He is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown. By the will of his father, Joseph Dunham, Benajah and his younger brother Daniel got 40 acres of land in Plymouth. Benajah sold this land to William Canady in 1708.  

Benajah Dunham (Son of Joseph Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony)

1~Benajah Dunham B: 02/07/ 1708 D: 01/27/1802

1~Joseph Dunham 1741-1796

2~Daniel Dunham B: 1712

3~Mercy Dunham B: 1716

4~Elizabeth Dunham B: 1720

5~Ebenezer Dunham B: 1725

7~Daniel Dunham 1689-1758 M: Sarah~

8~Esther Dunham 1690-1690 M: Seth Jackson

9~Thomas Dunham 1736-1804

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3~Nathaniel Dunham B: 1666 Wrentham D: 03/18/1731 M1: 01/21/1691 Mary Tilson B: 1669 D: 02/03/1757 Gilead Cemetery, CT. M2: 12/09/1714 Elizabth Pratt. He enlisted in 1699, for three years under Captain James Warren. His will was made Dec. 12, 1727. He made an appeal in behalf of the town of Hebron, before the assembly for leave to found a church and ordain an orthodox minister among them, and the request was granted. 

  1~Nathaniel Ebenezer Dunham, II 1693-1765 M1: Marcey Whitcomb 1690- M2:1756 Sarah       Selee Lane 1701-1758

2~Mehitable Dunham 1695-1742 M: 1715 John Whitcomb 1692-

1~Jemima Whitcomb 1717-

2~John Whitcomb 1719-1787

3~Mehitable Whitcomb 1722-

4~Job Whitcomb III 1724-1802M: 1757 Ann Skinner 1741-1795

5~Mary Whitcomb 1726-1812

6~Isaac Whitcomb 1728-

7~Martha Whitcomb 1732-

8~Israel Whitcomb Sr. 1733-1811M: 1764 Mary Rowley 1739-1825

9~Abner Whitcomb 1734-1821M: 1759 Sarah Jefts 1734-1790

10~Jesse Whitcomb 1736-1739

11~Jotham Whitcomb 1737-1821

3~Thomas Joseph Dunham 1697-1771M: 1721 Sarah Wight 1703-1784

4~Ichabod Dunham 1699-1744 M: Mary Annis Crediford 1707-1749

5~Nathaniel Dumham Jr 1700-1748 M: 1725 Margaret Shattuck 1704-

6~Obadiah Abner Dunham 1701-1784 M: 1724 Esther Post 1699-1752

7~Ephraim Dunham 1695-1755 M: Annis Smith-8~Jabez Dunham 1704-1796 M1: 1767 Hannah Nelson Dunham 1727-1804 M2: Abigail Kneeland Dunham 1708-1764 M3: Salome Barrows.

1~Lydia Dunham 1734-1821

2~Ebenezer Dunham 1741-1784

3~Mehitable Dunham 1742-1805

8~Jabez Dunham 1704-1796 M1: 1767 Hannah Nelson Dunham 1727–1804 M2: Abigail Kneeland Dunham 1708–1764 M3: Salome Barrows.

1~Lydia Dunham 1734–1821

2~Ebenezer Dunham 1741–1784

3~Mehitable Dunham 1742–1805

9~Mary Dunham 1705-1777 M: Isaac Billington

10~Lemuel Dunham 1715-1762 1705-1784 M: Elizabeth Tinkham 1719-1782

1~Ephraim Dunham 1736-1736

2~Ebenezer Dunham 1737-1816 M: 1760 Patience Clapp 1745-1836

1~Rebecka Dunham 1761-1828

2~Manasseh Dunham 1765-1800

3~Ebenezer Dunham Jr. 1768-1821

4~William C Dunham 1775-1851

3~Priscilla Dunham 1740-1829 M: 1768 Asahel Marcy 1738-1819

4~Son Dunham B: 10/24/1742 D: 1742

5~Isaac Dunham 1744-

6~Lemuel Dunham Jr B: 7/14/1746 D: He lived in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, he registered for military service in 1812.

7~Joseph Dunham B: 4/21/1749 D: 1/24/1826 M1: 1759 Sarah Davis 1741-1781M2: 1777Mercy Thwing 1756-1822, 3 children.

1~Benjamin Dunham 1760-1801

2~Joseph Dunham Jr 1761-1831

3~Micajah Dunham 1766-1812

4~Hannah Dunham 17671845

5~Solomon Dunham 1770-1836

6~Sarah Dunham 1775-

7~Electa Dunham 1778-1856

8~Deborah Dunham 1778-1798

9~Gamaliel Dunham 1779-1864

8~CPL Ephraim Dunham B: 01/23/1752 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America D: 06/11/1832 Lexington, Greene, NY M: 1780 Hannah Butler 1762-1837

9~Manasseth Dunham B: 02/25 1755 D: 01/02 /1817 Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts

10~Elizabeth Dunham B: 06/1/1757 D: 1832 M: 1774 Allan Butler 1754-1839

11~Gamaliel Dunham B: 09/28/1759 M:

11~Manasseh Dunham 1705-

12~Johnathan Dunham

13~Levi Dunham

14~Isaac Dunham 1712 D: 01/01/1797 M1: Elizabeth Dunham M2: 1736 Jerusha Loomis 1715-1801, Daughter of Philip Loomis, Sr. and Hannah Dewey.

1~Isaac Dunham 1738-1817 M

2~Simeon Dunham B: 01/25/1739 D: 01/11/1817

3~Jerusha Dunham 1744-1744 8 weeks

4~Levi Dunham 1746-1821 M: Anna Waddam B: 1760apx D: 06/28/2844, d/o Caleb Waddam of Glastonbury, CT.

1~Levi Dunham 1780-1864 M: Belinda Porter 1788-1840 NH

1~Delia Dunham 1816-1880:M:  William B Geer

5~ Elizabeth Dunham 1748-

6~Esther Dunham 1751-1836 M: Jacob Russell

7~Elijah Dunham 1752-1758

8~Caleb Dunham 1754-1840 NY

9~Esther Dunham Russell 1751-1836

10~Calvin Dunham 1754-1840

11~Submit Dunham Clark 1758-

12~Content Dunham M: 1783 Samuel Marks

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2~Simeon Dunham I B: 01/25/1739 D: 01/11/1817 Gilead Cemetery Hebron, Tolland County, CT M1: Anna Strong 7 children M2: Abigail Phelps Talcott 1736-1804 Ensign in the Revolutionary War from the state of Connecticut. ;

1~Abigail Dunham Wells 1766-1827

2~Obedeance Dunham 1767-1776

3~Simeon Dunham 07/07/1769-   M: 1792 Betty Hall

4~Prudence Dunham Morrison 1771-

5~John Talcott Dunham 1773-

6~Jerusha Dunham 1779-1805

7~Obedience Dunham 1777-1817 

8~Elijah Dunham 1782-1816

9~Levi Dunham

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3~Simeon Dunham 07/07/1769-   M: 1792 Betty Hall

1~Simeon Dunham III 1794-1829 M: Betsey Dunham 1801-1844

2~Martha Dunham M: Barnett of Warsaw, NY

Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York

1~Simeon Dunham III 1794-1829 M: Betsey Dunham 1801-1844 Orangeville Center, Wyoming County, NY. Simeon Dunham, Jr., came from Hebron, CT to Orangeville, NY with his father, Simeon Dunham, in 1815.

1~Alonzo Dunham B: 1819 D: 1869 Chaplain   M: Harriet Newell Babbitt 1822-1900. Member of Sons of Temperance. A lodge of this order was organized at Johnsonsburg on the 15th of August, 1869, under the name of Tonawanda Division, No. 4, S. of Т., by Mr. Boughton, of New York. The first officers were: Horace Thayer, W. P.; Augusta Rudd, W. A.; J. E. Lewis, R. S.; Mrs. L. H. Jones, A. R. S.; E. J. Johnson, F. S.; George A. Blair, treasurer; James Tilton, conductor;. Jennie Dunham, A. C.; Alfreda Patterson, I. S.; Willie Lewis, O. S.; Alonzo Dunham, chaplain; A. Dunham, P. W. P.; George W. Blair, deputy G. W. P. This organization maintained an existence until February, 1873, when it was disbanded and the Good Templars lodge formed. The Sons of Temperance was a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement and mutual support. The group was founded in 1842 in New York City. It began spreading rapidly during the 1840s throughout the United States and parts of Canada. The organization had a highly restricted membership. In order to become a member (called a “brother“), a man had to be nominated by an existing brother. Three other brothers would then investigate his life to determine if they thought he was worthy of membership. The Sons of Temperance required a two-dollar initiation fee, an amount equal to a week’s wages of an ordinary worker. In addition, the weekly membership fee was six cents. It had secret rituals, signs, passwords, hand grips and regalia.

1853 Map

1~George Franklin Dunham 1847-1863

2~Mary Juliette Dunham 1851-

3~Herbert A Dunham 1860-

4~M. Dunham M: 1878 George C. Shattucx B: 1848

3~Franklin Dunham  1828-1853 M: 1818 Julia Porter B: 1798 D: 01/24/1859 Orangeville Center Orangeville Center, Wyoming County, NY (Julia remarried in 1821 Reuben Stone 1790-1869, son of Russell Stone. Dairying was initiated here by Reuben Stone, who, in 1823, having come into possession of two farms adjoining his own on lot 28, purchased about twenty rows and commenced the manufacture of butter and cheese). 

2~George Hall Dunham B: 11/14/1823 D: 1894 M: 1850 Louisa T. Virgin 1825-1889, d/o Johan and Betsey Virgin, who settled in Warsaw in 1827. George was a member of the Orangeville Pioneer Association. 1847, in September, he graduated at the State normal school at Albany, and he was a teacher many years. He was superintendent of common schools from 1849 to 1853, and from  1867-1874, school commissioner for the county, was in the insurance business, his farm and dairy of thirty-five cows being managed by his two sons..

1~Guenifrede/Gennifrede Hall Dunham B: 01/06/1851 NY D: 04/20/1880 Cedar Bluff Cemetery, IL M: 1871 Eli Tuller Cleveland 1825-1911, Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, IL. Son of Job William Cleaveland 1796-1870 and Almira Fenton 1799-1886.

2~Laura Cleveland 1860–1946 M: 1885 William Lewis Gregory 1860-1939

3~Fredd Hall Dunham B: 10/20/1861 Orangeville, Wyoming County D: 1936 M: 1890 Fanny Wrightman 1867-1964. He was educated at Attica Union School, and graduated at Cornell University. He studied law with Judge North, of Batavia, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1889.



1~Leland Virgil Dunham B: 03/08/1891 NY D: 07/21/1911 NY

2~Mary Bachelder Dunham B: 11/18/1892 Batavia, NY D: 1980 Salinas, CA M: 06/26/1923 Genesee County, NY to James Acker Mattison

1~James Acker Mattison Jr 1925-2008 CA

2~Mary Randall Mattison 1927-

3~Frank Randall Dunham B: 08/29/1894 Batavia, NY D: 1970 Buffalo, NY M: 09/19/1926 Margaret Wilson 1899-. Frank worked for the Railway Mail Service for Lehigh Valley RR, from Buffalo to NY. 

4~Lucille Hall Dunham B:12/12/1896 D: 1983 M:   Head of the record department for Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY.

5~Alida Gennifrede Dunham 1898-1991 M: 06/03/1924 Genesee County, NY to Dr. Eugene Johnson States 1882-1963.

1~John Dunham States 1925-2015

2~David Johnson States 1927-

3~Jane Randell States 1929-2022

3~Franklin Simeon Dunham B: 03/23/1854 Orangeville, Wyoming, New York  D: 1939 New Rockford, ND M: 02/22/1876 to Clara A. North, d/o Noah North. B: 01/18/1855 Attica, Genesee, NY. Mr. Dunham is one of the pioneer settlers of North Dakota, and has been identified with the farm interests of Eddy county since taking up his residence there, and is now the fortunate possessor of sixteen hundred acres of land, and is successfully conducting diversified farming thereon. He is a man of honest purpose and true citizenship, and is highly esteemed throughout that locality where he is well known and has been associated with the people in various important public offices. in 1883 went to North Dakota and entered claim to government land in Eddy county, upon which he erected a claim shanty 16x16 feet. He had a limited start, and had only sod barns, and for the first two years farmed with oxen. His crops were fair but cut too soon, and his wheat shrunk and was almost worthless, but his crop of oats was good. He was elected country treasurer on the Republican ticket in 1892, and the following year removed to New Rockford, and was re-elected in 1894, and in 1896 was elected county auditor, making his public service as a county officer extend over a period of six years. He also conducted his farm while in the city, and in the spring of 1899 returned to the same to reside. He has about one thousand acres of his land under cultivation and has all necessary machinery, and a complete set of good farm buildings, and six acres of cottonwood trees, plenty of good water, and a finely developed farm in every particular, and is known as one of the substantial farmers of the community.

1~George Hall Dunham 1885-1977 M: 1910 Eddy, ND, to Maud Agnes Baker 1883-1952

1~Russell Leland Dunham 1911-1995 M: 1939 Frances Dorothy Peyer 1917-2000

2~Morton George Dunham 1912-1989 M: Goldie Mulvey 1918-2006

3~Donald Roy Dunham 1914-1959 M:  1947 Leah Lavina Baker 1917-1995

4~Dorothy L. Dunham 1916-2000 M: 

5~Lois A Dunham 1919-  M: 1947 Alvin Ernest Waddington 1914-1993

6~Frank R Dunham 1922-1967

2~Fredd Harrison Dunham B: 09/13/1888 New Rockford, Eddy, ND D: 05/22/1972 Memory Gardens, Concord, CA M: 1912 Edith L. Kiser B: 1885 Illinois D: 1962. WWI

Edith L. Kiser Dunham 

1~Ralph Franklin Dunham B: 05/22/1912 D: 04/1974  M: 1932 Clarice Evelyn Bayer 1912-1981, d/o Edward C. Bayer and Martha Emma Bohnet. 1 child

2~Harley Lamont Dunham B: 06/21/1914 Eddy, ND D: 08/29/1989 Chico, CA M:  1939 Virginia Catherine Larson B: 03/29/1915 Flaxton, ND D: 07/30/2017. Daughter of Nils & Lucille Dailey Larson. Harley served as a Medic in WWII. She loved to play piano and sang in the Napa Choral society along with the Napa Symphony. Virginia received her B.A. degree at MSTC in Moorehead, Minnesota. Virginia came to San Jose, CA in 1939 where she married Harley L. Dunham, of Hamburg, ND. They honeymooned in Yosemite National Park and later moved to Napa, CA,. She later resided in Anaheim with her mother who passed away at the age of 96. She made many friends in Anaheim and lived independently. At the age of 92 she moved to Pleasanton to be closer to her family. She lived with Penny and her husband, Ivan Sausser. Virginia leaves behind to cherish her memory, children: Penny Sausser, Hugh Dunham and Clare O’Brien; Grandchildren: Jeff Sausser, Julie Gilligan, Jill Bloss, Noelle Jacob, Davida Henderson; great grandchildren: Jeffrey Sausser, Thomas Sausser, Jacob Gilligan, Angelina Gilligan, David Bloss, Deena Donk, Mykaael O’Brien, Mykaela O’Brien, Cy’ioune O’Brien, Donyae O’Brien, Briyon Vincent, Noelle Vincent, Bryon Vincent III, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Virginia Catherine Larson Dunham

1~Penny Dunham B:   D:   M: Ivan Sausser B: 05/10/1933 Fairfield, CA. D: 10/13/2023 Pleasanton, CA. After serving in the U.S. Marines for two years, he started his career designing homes for an architectural firm and moved into purchasing and contracts for homebuilders. He retired after 63 years in the homebuilding business.

1~Jon Gregory Sausser B: 01/25/1969 Livermore, CA D: 09/03/2013   Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery



2~Jeffrey T. Sausser B: 01/04/963 D:  M:

1~Jeffrey Aaron Sausser B: 03/14/1985

3~Julie Sausser M: Gilligan

4~Jill Sausser M: Bloss

1~David Bloss

2~Hugh Dunham  B:   D:   M: 

3~Clare Elizabeth Dunham  B:   D:   M: David O'Brien

1~Michael O’Brien

2~Noelle O'brien

3~Davida O'Brien

3~Roy Earl Dunham B: 02/11/1916 ND D: 09/06/1967 M: Margaret Kathleen Dunn 1905-1988 CA PHM 1 USNR WW II
 

4~Mildred Louise Dunham B: 09/17/1917 San Jose, CA D: 09/02/2000 Fairfield, CA  M: 01/29/1938 in Morgan Hill, CA, to Robert Sidney Tarp 10/21/1911 San Jose, CA D: 03/21/1990, Fairfield, CA. (Robert s/o James Peter Hansen Tarp 1888–1966 & Botilda Christian Marie Smith 1886–1922. James was the s/o of James Peter Hansen Tarp B: 05/01/1843 Sonder Bjert, Kolding Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark, D: 06/01/1898 Soledad, CA and Botille Christine Smith Tarp 1848–1919).

1~Lawrence Edward Tarp 1939-2014

2~Fred Tarp

James Leroy Tarp 1907-1948, Robert Sidney Tarp 1911-1990 & James Peter Hansen Tarp 1888–1966 

James Leroy Tarp, and his sons Norman and Raymond, were all drowned
while on a fishing trip off the coast of Moss Landing.

5~Fredd Harding/Harrison Dunham B: 1920 ND D: 1971 CA  Omega Society. WWII M: 1944 Grace Marie Jacobs B: 1921 D: 03/10/2015, sister of Margaret Marian Jacobs Spink 1922-1993 Santa Clara, CA, wife of  David Edwin Spink 1921-1989.

Grace 1983

1~Dr. Fredd Hilton Dunham 01/30/1947 D:  M1: 1968 Constance Brainard M2: 1979 Annette Klieforth M3: 1984 Patricia Ann Mayes B: 12/24/1944 D: 05/16/2007. Principal at Fredd Dunham Medical Massage School: Santa Barbara College Of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncturist.

2~Christopher Dunham

3~Laurie Dunham

4~Judy Dunham

6~Caroll Lucy Dunham B: 12/25/1922 New Rockford, Eddy, ND D: 01/23/2998 Mesa, AZ M: Ray Whaley

7~Betty Jane Dunham B: 09/03/1924 New Rockford, ND D: 2008 Brentwood, CA M: James Estes

1~Caroll John Dunham B:  D: 10/29/2022

2~Caren Dunham B: 02/29/1948 D:

8~Elaine Edith Dunham B: 05/02/1927 Hamberg, Wells, ND D: 03/12/1983 CA M: 1949 Robert Brewer B: 09/12/1922 Altoona, Sedgwick County, Kansas  D: 03/14/1983 Santa Clara, CA.

1~Lorretta Brewer

2~Phillis Brewer

3~Clara Louise Dunham B: 05/13/1895 New Rockford, ND D: 1980 M: John Frank Pydynkowsky  1888-1962 (prior, John was married to a Sina Pydynkowsky 1889-1914)

1~John Louis Pydynkowsky 1910–1991 M: Agnes Bernice Haukom Pydynkowsky 1911–1998

2~Madeline P Pydynkowsky 1913–2002 M: 1941 Edward Kuzma 1916-1988

3~Baby Boy Pydynkowsky 1915–1915



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New Rockford, ND

Birdseye Town View RPPC early 1900s

1914 Depot

New Rockford, ND 7 New Rockford ND Railroad Depot & Town Scene 1933

1909 Post Card

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Valley Falls, Kansas

Loretta Pearl Hooker Spore-Brewer, born in Valley Falls, was originally called Grasshopper Falls, from the falls in the Grasshopper River (now known as the Delaware River). The first settlement was made there in 1854, and the town was platted in 1855. Just after the opening of Kansas territory in 1854, frontier entrepreneurs found a falls on the Grasshopper River that they believed would serve well in powering a mill. Mills would be replaced by elevators and for a century, grinding agricultural produce and serving the farm community was the main commerce. Grasshopper Falls would be platted in 1855 and incorporated in 1869. The grasshopper invasion of the 1870s was devastating and not a good promotional tool for a new and aspiring town. Aided by Legislature, the name of the river was changed to the Delaware (an American Native tribe most dominant in the region) and the twice more named town, eventually became Valley Falls. Many of the town's streets were named after women pioneer settlers.

2014

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Hamburg, ND

Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York

In regard to New York's claim, as of 1683 the present Wyoming County was part of Albany County of the Province of New York. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in the state of Vermont. New York's claims were not recognized until the Treaty of Hartford was ratified in 1786 and were not actively asserted until the Holland Purchase.

First Congregational Church: This church was constituted August 14th, 1847, under the direction of Rev. W. C. Childs. In October, 1874, a reorganization of this church was effected, under the direction of Rev. J. C. Caswell, with six-teen members. The church building was repaired and re-fitted at an expense of $700, and was afterward supplied with a bell, an organ and commodious sheds. Mr. Caswell remained as pastor until the spring of 1878, and was succeeded the same year by the present pastor, Rev. D. Dunham.

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Early Connecticut Marriages:

Hebron, incorporated May 1708. The First Congregational Church in Hebron was organized in 1717. Early records burned. The Second Congregational Church was organized May 1748, is located at Gilead. The following are taken from the Gilead Church records. 

Ebenezer Wright & Jerusha Dunham  Jan., 1772

Abiah Dunham & Joseph Wells           Sept. 29, 1789

Content Dunham & Samuel Marks      Oct., 1783

Elizabeth Dunham & Asa Brown         May, 1774

Esther Dunham & Jacob Russel           May, 1772

Jerusha Dunham & Ebenezer Wright   Jan., 1772

Obadiah Dunham & Hannah Pinneo    Dec. 6, 1752

Prudence Dunham & Harvy Morrison June, 1794

Simeon Dunham & Betty Hall             Sept., 1792

Submit Dunham & Joseph Clark          Feb., 1781

Betty Hall & Simeon Dunham              Sept., 1792

Samuel Marks & Content Dunham       Oct., 1783

Harvy Morrison & Prudence Dunham  June, 1794 

Hannah Pinneo & Obadiah Dunham     Dec. 6, 1752  

Jacob Russel & Esther Dunham            May, 1772 

Joseph Wells & Abiah Dunham            Sept. 29, 1789