David Dunham, Sr.

David nor his siblings ever adopted the use of alias Singletary. He and his siblings did spell their last name either Dunham and Donham.

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David Dunham Sr. aka Donham

Born about 10 Mar 1674 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

Son of Jonathan (Singletary) Dunham and Mary (Bloomfield) Singletary

Brother of Richard Dunham, Esther (Dunham) Smith, Mary Dunham, Sarah Mary (Dunham) Ellison, Ruth Dunham, Eunice Dunham, Jonathan (Dunham) Donham, Joanna Dunham, Nathaniel Donham, Nathaniel Dunham and Benjamin Dunham

Husband of Mary (Ilsley) Dunham — married 1699 in New York

Father of Joseph Dunham, David Dunham Jr and Daniel Dunham

Died about 1753 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

Profile last modified 4 Jul 2019 | Created 25 Jun 2015

Lineage of David3 Dunham [Sr.]: Jonathan2 Dunham (alias Singletary) (Mary Bloomfield)> Richard1 Singletary> (#1 Goodwife Singletary, perhaps Lydia Downham)

Biographical Sketch:

DAVID DUNHAM [Sr.] was born 10 March 1673/74 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. He was the son of Jonathan Singletary and Mary Bloomfield.

David, and his brother, Jonathan, Jr., were mentioned in the will of their uncle Thomas Bloomfield, Jr. In this wIll David was called "cousin David Dunham, son of brother-in-law Jonathan Dunham." (NJ Archives 21:43-4)

David and his father, Jonathan, were on the coroner's jury in 1695-6 to determine the cause of death of Ebenezer Ford, which was decided "by natural causes." (N.J.Arch., 23:168-9)

David was indicted for having an illegitimate child in the September, 1697. The jury found him guilty and the court ordered him to pay five pounds, to be carried to the whipping post and receive ten lashes on his bare back, and pay two shillings every week for seven weeks for the support of the child. At the same court another woman also charged him with the same offence (sic) and the court ordered the same punishment. Since he did not carry out the order of the court, the sheriff was ordered to compel him to do so a year in jail.

He must have tried to changed his ways as he was a practicing member of the Church of Christ in 1697. David married Mary Ilsley in New York City on the 16 or 18 of August 1699.

They had eight children during their marriage, including 3 sons born in Woodbridge, New Jersey:

Joseph Dunham David Dunham Daniel Dunham Yet, in 1708, Thomas Pike complained that David was detaining the daughter of William Ellison, deceased. The court compelled him to turn her over to Mr. Pike as Executor of Ellison's estate. (See Block book for discuss of "detain".)

David was a militiaman in the Fifth Company of Col. Thomas Farmer's regiment of NJ Militia in 1715.

Jonathan Dunham and John Moores were neighbors of David. On December 19, 1716, John Moores of Woodbridge made his will and mentioned "6 acres adjoining bought of Jonathan Dunham, 19 acres adjoining David Dunham." (NJ Archives, 23:326).

David Dunham, David Dunham, Jr., Joseph Dunham, Jonathan Dunham, Jonathan Dunham, Jr., were on the list of freeholders of Middlesex County, NJ, Woodbridge in 1750. He died there between 1750 and 1757 in his hometown, having lived a long life into his 70s.

Sources:

BLOCK, Sharon "Rape and Sexual Power in Early America" University of North Carolina Press, 2006. A description of time, nothing specific to David. DALLY, Joseph M. "Woodbridge and Vicinity" Name: A.E. Gordon; New Brunswick, N.J.; 1873;. p. 327. Genie.comDunham Unsourced but matched other sources. GREENE, Nathaniel.The Papers of General Nathanael Greene Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994, Vol. 7, pp. 152-289. BRADNER, E. E. Society of Colonial Wars: List of all the ancestors of our members with a short account of their services during the colonial period. 1896. David was not listed in this document as would be expected. DALLY, Joseph Woodbridge and vicinity : the story of a New Jersey township A. E. Gordon, New Brunswick, NY, 1873, p. 237. Dunham the Son of the aforesaid Jonathan Dunham and Mary his wife was Born Marcli ye 10th Anno. 1074. Joseph Dunham Son of David Dunham and Mary his wife was Bora Octr ye 7ih 1700. MILLER, George J. "Ye Olde Middlesex Courts" Heritage Books, Inc. 1986. Pp. 52-53. MYERS, Partty Barthell Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman Self-published, p. 542. Genealogy of famiiy, well-sourced. WILSON, Doug.Dunham Singletary Family Reports. Genealogy of famiiy, well-sourced. Ancestry.com Family Data Collection - Individual Records: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4725&h=7526... Research Note: