Father also seen as Thomas Dunham

A PUBLISHED 1907 ROYAL ANCESTRY FOR JOHN DUNHAM IS NOW CONSIDERED FRAUDULENT, NO DOUBT DUE TO THE ENGLISH RESEARCH SUPPLIED TO THE AUTHOR. INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE 1996 AND 1998 ARTICLES MUST BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION

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Recent research shows that John Dunham was likely a son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire, England [see "The English Origin and First marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts "by Robert Leigh Ward, published in July 1996 in TAG71:130-133].

"Susan KAINE Jn DUNHAM Marriage 17 Aug 1612 Bedfordshire Clophill : St Mary" (recorded from Genealogy search for Bedfordshire marriages from 1602+.) " Bedfordshire, (Place) Clophill, Church name St Mary Register type Unspecified Marriage date 17 Aug 1612 Groom forename Jn Groom surname DUNHAM Bride forename Susan Bride surname KAINE Transcribed by Jackie Dinsdale"

From John Dunham, Senior of Plymouth A Short Biographical Profile by Timothy Mayfield University of Virginia, USEM 171, Spring 1997

Migration to Plymouth

John Dunham (Dunhame) arrived in Plymouth from Leiden, Holland in 1632 with six children and his wife Abigail. There is no record of his ever returning to Europe.

IGI Ancestral File denotes John Dunham's second marriage to Abigail as 17Oct1619, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, seemingly too soon after the birth of his third child of his first marriage, but not impossible, given the fact that he had an infant to raise.

Family

John Dunham arrived in Plymouth with his second wife Abigail Barlow and six children. He fathered three children with his first wife Susanna Keno. His three children by her were John (b. 1616), Humility (b. 1618), and Thomas (b. 1619). Of these John and Thomas came to Plymouth. There was no further record of Humility after Holland. She either died or did not accompany her parents to the New World. He and Abigail had four children together before arriving in Plymouth. They were Samuel (b. 1623), Jonathan (b. 1625), Abigail (b. 1627), and Joseph (b. 1631). He had four more children while living in Plymouth. Hannah (b. 1634), Persis (b. 1635), Benajah (b. 1637) and Daniel (b. 1639). The fact that he had children and grandchildren named John and Jonathan made research confusing at times.

Job and Country

John Dunham was a weaver by trade. He had land for grazing cattle and sheep. On the inventory that was taken when he died a loom and weaving equipment was listed as well as cotton, sheep wool, and linen yarn. He was granted land several times by the town of Plymouth for grazing sheep. He was deputy from Plymouth for many years and served on law making committees. This indicates that he was a least moderately educated. Although he signed documents with a mark, books were listed in his inventory. These books were religious in nature. At the entry that marked his death in the court records, Dunham is referred to as a "deacon of the church of Christ att Plymouth." He was an important man.

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Some common Mayflower errors

Here are a few bad connections to watch out for:

Goodman/Dunham -- John Goodman of the Mayflower is NOT the same man as John Dunham who later settled in Plymouth and left descendants.

Deacon John Dunham is "an approved servant of God."

"811 The children of Deacon John Dunham do NOT include a son named Benjamin. I have found no proof of a Benjamin and I suspect that this name came from confusion in the land records of Taunton. Benjamin and Benajah are one and the same."

Miscellaneous Documents:

John Dunham escaped to Holland in 1608 - his brother Robert was 5 years of age - what became of Robert is not known. During the life of Elder Brewster he continued, while in New England his love for and care of his prolege, John Dunham - by his advice, the name of John Goodman was given to John Dunham.

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• **The Last Will and Testament of Deacon John Dunham (Annotated)***

Source: Plymouth Colony Records: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1666, ed. Charles H. Simmons (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1995), 1:480, citing Plymouth County Probate Records, 2:2:53; abstracted in Mayflower Descendant, 17:113-4. Annotations by Christopher L. Dunham.

The last Will and Testament of John Dunham senir: of Plymouth Deceased; exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 4th of June 1669 on the oathes of Captaine Thomas Southworth mr Thomas Cushman and mr John Cotton as followeth [1]

Plymouth the 25th of January 1668)

Know all prsons whom these prsents may Concerne That I John Dunham senir : of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth being weake in body but of prfect Memory Doe ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manor and forme following

Impr: I beqeath my soule into the hands of God that gave it and my body to Decent buriall hoping for a Joyfull Resurecion; and for my estate that god hath given me I Dispose as followeth; [2]

As for my son John Dunham whoe is my eldest sonne I have given him his portion alreddy both in land and other things to what I was able and beyond my abilitie; [3]

Item I give to my son Benajah Dunham and to my son in law Stephen Wood all my Right att Agawaum and Sepecan equally to be Devided between them to belong to them and theire heaires forever; [4]

Item give to my son Daniell Dunham all my land lying att or neare fresh lake to belong to him and his heires forever; [5]

Item I further give unto my son Daniell Dunham six acrees of my meddow att Swan hold and the Rest of my meddow lying there I give to my son Jonathan Dunham to belong to them and theire heires forever; [6]

Item further I give to my son Daniell Dunham all that land that lyeth att home which he made use of this last yeare which I alreddy ordered to him; to belong to him and his heires forever; [7]

Item I give unto my loveing wife Abigaill Dunham all my now Dwelling house and my orchyard with all my land not elswhere given: with all my meddow land att the watering place to belonge to her During her life; and att her Death my will is and I also heerby give it to my son Daniell Dunham to belong to him and his heires forever; and in Consideration therof my will is that my son Thomas Dunham shall have five pounds payed unto him by my son Daniell Dunham in Currant Countrey pay att prisse Currant upon Demaund [8]

Item I give unto all the Rest of my Children that are not expressed in this my last will twelve pence apeece if they Demaund itt; [9]

Item all the Rest of my estate in goods Chattle or else not alreddy given in this my last Will I give unto my loveing wife Abigaill Dunham; whom by these prsents I Doe ordaine to be the sole exequitor of this my last Will and Testament; I further Request my loveing frinds Captaine Thomas Southworth and the elder Thomas Cushman and my son Samuell Dunham to be healpfull to my loveing wife as overseers of this my last Will and Testament In witnes heerof I have sett my hand and seale the Day above mensioned [10]

In the prsence of Thomas Southworth John Dunham senir: his mark [11]

John Cotton And a seale

Thomas Cushman

Sources: Plymouth Colony Records [PCR]; Plymouth Church Records [PChR]; Plymouth Town Records [PTR]; Plymouth Vital Records [PVR]; Plymouth Colony Probate Records [PCPR]; Plymouth County Probate Records [PPR]; Plymouth Colony Deeds [PCLR]; Plymouth Deeds [PLR]; The American Genealogist [TAG]; Mayflower Descendant [MD]; The Great Migration Begins, by Robert C. Anderson (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995) [GMB]; Plymouth Colony Records: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1666, ed. Charles H. Simmons (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1995) [PCW].

notes

1. The death of Deacon John Dunham occurred either 1st March 1668/9 [PChR 1:144] or 2nd March 1668/9 [PCR 8:32]. Administration of his estate was granted his widow Abigail, 1st June 1669 [PCR 5:22].

2. His place of burial is not known. Burial Hill in Plymouth is probably not used for that purpose until the end of King Philip's War in 1676, after which the fortifications thereon are dismantled. Though it is said that Governor William Bradford (died 9th May 1657) and Pilgrim John Howland (died 23rd February 1672/3) are buried on the hill, the oldest extant stone is that of Edward Gray, who died ye Last of June 1681.

3. John Dunham, son of John and Susanna (Kaino) Dunham, is baptised 19th February 1614/15 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England [TAG, 71:132], and died 6th April 1692 in his 77th yeare [PChR 1:275; cf. PVR 135]. His wife is named Mary, who died his widow 20th March 1698 [PVR 136]. His will is made 2nd February 1691/2, and proved 16th April 1692 [MD 31:160-1].

John and Mary settled first on a lot northeastward of his father, but sold out to Henry Wood early in 1643 [PCR 12:91]. They appear to have lived for a time at Wellingsley [PCR 12:110; PCR 12:114], before finally settling on a lot of land north of Plymouth village, "lyeing aboue the hieway goeing to Joanses Riuer" [PCR 12:179]. This was north of "Plain Dealing," later called "Seaside" [PTR 1:57]. He was a proprietor of Major's Purchase in Middleborough in 1674, but seems never to have lived there [PCR 5:150].

John's portion of his father's estate was received 28 May 1663, viz. "the one half of all that his share lot and portion of meddow att Winnatuxett . . . as also his whole portion of upland at the place forenamed" [MD 18:37-8, citing PCLR 2:2:119].

4. Benajah Dunham married 25 Oct. 1660 [PCR 8:22] Elizabeth Tilson of Scituate. They resided first in Eastham, Mass., later in Piscataway, N. J. He died at Piscataway 24 Dec. 1680 [TAG 30:145]. Stephen Wood alias Atwood married 6 Nov. 1644 [PCR 2:79] Abigail Dunham, and settled also in Eastham, where he died "the latter end of feburay in the year 1693/4" [MD 6:203].

Sepecan was incorporated as Rochester in 1686. Agawam was in the western part of Plymouth, and with the eastern part of Rochester was set off to form Wareham in 1739 [see PTR 2:325-6].

5. Daniel Dunham was the youngest son of John and Abigail (Ballou) Dunham of whom we have record. His wife was named Hannah, who survived him. His will was dated 28 Jan. 1677, and inventory of his estate was taken 18 Feb. 1677/8 [TAG 30:146, citing PCPR 3:2:102]. He was, like his father, a weaver, and was taxed for his "loome les Imployed" on 26 Dec. 1670 [PTR 1:117].

"fresh lake" is now called Billington Sea; the land mentioned lay between Great and Little Billington and was called "Dunham's Neck" or "Daniel's Neck." The bounds of John Dunham's grant of twelve acres at Fresh Lake were confirmed by the Plymouth selectmen on 15 Feb. 1658 [MD 13:146, citing PCLR 2:2:14].

6. John Dunham, Sr., was granted sixty acres of upland and eight acres of meadow at "Swann Holt," 16 Sept. 1641 [PCR 2:26]. The eight acres of meadow were laid out in September of 1641 [PTR 1:284]. On 31 Dec. 1641, he was granted a "parcell of meddow at Swanholt, and some vpland to yt" [PCR 2:30]. Some upland and meadow lands at Swan Holt granted by the Court were laid out for him 8 Jan. 1665/6 [PTR 1:81-2]. Swan Holt lay southeast of Wenham Pond, which lies now in Carver.

Jonathan Dunham was twice married, first 29 Nov. 1655 to Mary Delano [de la Noye] [PCR 8:17], second to Mary Cobb, on 15 Oct. 1657 [ibid.]. On 4 July 1658 his father gave to Jonathan fourteen acres of upland adjacent to his own homestall, with "all that his house and land that the said Jonathan Dunham is Now Posessed of and liveth upon" [MD 12:214, citing PCLR 2:1:212]. This seems to have been the land and house John bought of his son Samuel, 18 Feb. 1650 [PCR 12:204].

Jonathan afterward removed to Namassakett [Middleborough], where he was granted land in "Major's Purchase" on 7 June 1665 [PCR 4:95]. He was lay pastor at Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard from 1684 until his death. In 1694 he sent letters to the Plymouth Church asking assistance in founding a church in Edgartown. Samuel Fuller and the pastor of the Plymouth church went to the Vineyard to assist Jonathan in his efforts. Jonathan was ordained Teacher 11 Oct. 1694, three days after the arrival of the Plymouth contingent [PChR 1:175]. He died 18 Dec. 1717 [Edgartown VR 221]. Upon his gravestone can be read the words "With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd the Ground \ Call'd to Dress GOD'S Vine Yard & ws faithful found \ Full Thirty Years the Gospel He Did Despence \ His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him Hence."

7. The evident reference is to land associated with the homestead, excluding the "orchyard" and meadow land bequeathed in the next item.

8. Abigail Ballou was the second wife of Deacon John Dunham. They married at Leiden, Holland, before Alphen and Groenendyc, bailiffs on the XXII d of October 1622" [TAG 71:131, citing Plooij and J. Rendal Harris, Leyden Documents Relating to the Pilgrim Fathers, (Leiden, 1920), XLIX]. The bride was accompanied by her father Thomas Ballou and sisters Abigail and Ann Ballou.

Thomas Dunham was a son by John's first wife, Susanna Kaino. He seems never to have married, and died before 15 May 1677, on which date reference is made in Plymouth town records to "a smale psell of Land & a smale Cottage theron formerly posessed by Thomas Dunham deceased" [PTR 1:152].

Deacon John Dunham's homestead lay near the Alms House Pond, at the southern edge of Plymouth village, between Watson and Winberry Hills. The pond was a swamp until its outlet, Dunham Brook, was dammed, and is mentioned in early court records where John Dunham's homestall is confirmed [PCR 12:27]. A deed dated 4 July 1658 states that "John Dunhams house now standeth on to a little pond" [MD 12:214, citing PCLR 2:1:212]. An "orchyard" was mentioned in a description of property bought of John's son, Samuel, on 18 Feb. 1650 [PCR 12:204].

9. Known children not expressed are Persis (Dunham) Pratt, wife of Benajah Pratt, later of Jonathan Shaw; Hannah (Dunham) Rickard, wife of Giles Rickard; and Joseph Dunham, whose wives were Mercy Morton and Hester Wormall. An eleventh child, Humility, was alive 15th October 1622 when a census of the Zevenhuysen section of Leiden was taken, but no further evidence of her has been found [TAG 71:130 and GMB 1:603, both citing Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter, The England and Holland of the Pilgrims, (Boston & New York, 1905), 612].

On 27 Feb. 1691, Joseph Dunham sold to John Carver of Plymouth "my six acres of Land With all the housing upon the said Land lying in the Town of Plimouth near unto the land my dear Father John Dunham deceased dyed possessd of" [MD 36:41, citing PLR 1:164]. Joseph was dismissed from the First Church of Plymouth to the "Upper Society" in what would become Plympton, 27 Oct. 1698 [PChR 1:186]. He was a House Carpenter, and died between 9 March 1702/3 and 16 June 1703, the dates his will was drafted and proved [TAG 30:153, citing PPR 2:21].

10. It was Southworth and Cushman who inventoried the estate of John Dunham, "taken the sixteenth of March 1668(69) and exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the fourth of June 1669 on the oath of Abigaill Dunham senir: widdow" [PCW 481, citing PCPR 2:2:54]. The estate included only 3£ in real estate, viz. "house and land not prised onely threescore acres of upland att Swanhold not willed away." Of interest are the tools of his weaving trade, including "2 paire of sheep sheers," "1 loome 12 paire of geers 3 old ????? warping beams & what else belongs to the loome," and "Cotton woole and sheeps woole" worth 2£ 10s.

Also of interest is his library, catalogued as follows: 1 great bible 1 Psalmbooke ?Reason Des??sed Den?s pathway Ursinus Sibbs br??sed Reed? 1 little book of Cu??e??ell" [ibid.]. Some of the corrupt entries refer to Arthur Dent's Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven, first published in 1601; a volume by Zacharias Ursinus, co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism; and Richard Sibbes' The Bruised Reed, first published in 1630.

Samuel Dunham is born about 1623 in Holland (though his age in March of 1677 was given as fifty yeers or therabouts [PCR 5:221]), and died 20 January 1712, aged 89 years [PVR 136]. He was twice married-first to Martha (Beal) Fallowell on 29 June 1649 [PCR 8:8], next to the widow Sarah Watson on 15th January 1694 [PVR 87]. In later years, Samuel was afflicted with intemperance, which led to his excommunication from the Plymouth church for two years [PChR 1:157; cf. PCR 6:82].

11. Deacon John Dunham's library, and the positions of responsibility he held in the Colony, suggest that he was literate. That he signed this instrument with only his mark would suggest the opposite conclusion, but may have been only a consequence of his final debility.

Original text c 1993, 1997-2002 by C. L. Dunham and Tammy L. (Dunham) Caron

Moses Dunham of Hartford, Maine Email: dunham@softhome.net

Deacon John was a weaver by trade. He was also 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 was alleged to have been the same person as Mayflower passenger John Goodman by Isaac Watson Dunham, but this assertion is given no credence by researchers today.

Leiden (Holland) Separatist. Sacrificed positiion in society with all its accomplishments, that he might devote his life to the welfare of his fellow men. The original Pilgrim church was organized at Dunham Manor, in the village of Scrooby, England. John, Gov. Bradford & (Elder) William Brewster were the only members of the original church to come to Plymouth. Many of the Pilgrims moved to Holland to avoid religious persecution before moving to the Americas. Arrived in MA. in 1630 aboard the ship, 'Hope'. First representative to the Legislative Assembly June 4, 1639, deputy of the General Court of Plymouth 1639-1664, member of the Council of War. Massachusetts Militia. He was granted "for the sheepe the watering place & the skirts of upland at Goose Pt. & About the first & secondbrooke." John kept cattle & "the marke of his Cattle is a croch on the left eare". His land can still be found by the following description: "after leaving the village, was north of Watson's Hill & sw of the village of Plymouth. To the w was a swamp, having an outlet to Town Brook, called 'Dunham's Brook'. By means of a dam it became a pond & was separated by a narrow strip of land known as 'Dunham's Neck." 'Dunham's Brook'-when the slaughterhouse pond was merely a swamp this was the brook by which drained into the Town Brook. Dunham's Neck-The neck of land between Billington Sea & Little Pond. Served as a committee or deputy of the Gen'l Court of Plymouth for 20 yrs. Officer of the central church of the colony. He was one of the first purchasers of Dartmouth. In 1673 he bought into "The Purchase" & became an inhabitant & representative of the Town at the Court.

Source: Adrienne Anderson chart of Scandinavian Norman Descent of Hamblins

It's very hard to confirm birth, death & wedding dates since many of the books are wrong and so much data is "made-up". I've tried to provide citations, where they existed, in my genealogy data base but John Dunham is hard to pin down as so many articles exist.

”I, born 1588, and Edmund Zouche, Councillor of King James, and violent persecutor of the Dissenters, were both practically the same age and both of the same degree of descent from Lord John Zouche. After King James' edict in 1608, commanding attendance at church, I escaped to Holland where I became a man of toil and learned the trade of a weaver.That is history, what follows is a belief passed to Edith Osgood and written in her diary but which has been 'disproved' as nonsense by current genealogists. When the Puritans finally embarked for the new world after two previous attempts, there was on board listed as a passenger a man named John Goodman. Some time afterward in Plymouth John Goodman disappeared from the records and I appeared. There is of course no proof that Goodman & I were the same person but I was under the protection of William Brewster. The following paragraph is from a book containing data about me:left "from Lancashire in the ship Hope in 1630,31 He was of Plymouth Massachusetts as early as 1633 and was admitted a freeman that year He was a weaver by trade He was in 1639 one of the first four deputies to the general court and continued in that office for twenty years He was deacon of the church He was a landholder in 1632 He was a member of Governor Bradford's council He was upright and faithful an appointed servant of God and a useful man in his place."

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts By William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams

The Burbank Family #929.273 B891s

JOHN DUNHAM was born ca. 1589 probably in England, and died in Plymouth Massachusetts 2 March 1668/69 at age 80 years. He was a Leyden Separatist who came to Plymouth between 1628 and 1632, probably with those who arrived from Holland in 1630. John Dunham had married first in Clophill, Bedfordshire, England on 17 August 1612 SUSAN KAINO who died in Holland. He married second in Leyden on 22 October 1622 ABIGAIL BALLOU, daughter of Thomas Ballou. Early publications contain much erroneous information on the ancestery of John Dunham. Recent research shows that he was likely a son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire, England [see "The English Origin and First marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts "by Robert Leigh Ward, published in July 1996 in TAG71:130-133].Another article that should be consulted by Dunham descendants is "The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth" by Paul C. Reed, published in April 1998 in TAG 73:101-104. This article disproves the purported descent from royal ancestors. Thirdly, the sketch on JOHN DUNHAM in "The Great Migration Begins" by Robert Charles Anderson, published in 1995 in Volume I:599-603 contains references to his life in Plymouth. It should be noted however, that even some of the information presented in that sketch has been superceeded by the above research published by Robert Leigh Ward, and cited above. [Gratia S.Mahony] source: http://www.rootsquest.com/~sirjames/dunham/dunham1.htm

1. Name: John Dunham
2. Sex: M
3. Title: Deacon
4. Birth: ABT 1589 in England
5. Death: 2 MAR 1668/69 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 2
6. Immigration: 1632
7. Occupation: Weaver

Marriage 1 Susanna Keno

   * Married: ABT 1615 

Children

  1. John Dunham b: ABT 1616 in England

2. Humility Dunham b: ABT 1618
3. Thomas Dunham b: ABT 1619
Marriage 2 Abigail Barlow born: ABT 1602 in England

   * Married: 22 OCT 1622 in Leiden, Holland 

Children

  1. Samuel Dunham b: ABT 1623 in Leiden, Holland

2. Jonathan Dunham b: ABT 1625 in Leiden, Holland
3. Abigail Dunham b: ABT 1627 in Leiden, Holland
4. Joseph Dunham b: ABT 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
5. Hannah Dunham b: ABT 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
6. Persis Dunham b: ABT 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
7. Benajah Dunham b: ABT 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
Sources:

  1. Title: Plymouth Colony Its History and People 1620-1691

Author: Eugene Aubrey Stratton, FASG
Publication: Salt Lake City, UT, 1986
Page: p. 285
2. Title: The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
Author: Robert Charles Anderson
Publication: Great Migration Study Project New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston 1995
Page: p. 602
http://dunham2000.ipower.com/DeaconJohnIntro.html

John Dunham and his second wife Abigail sailed from Leiden, Holland between 1629 and 1632. It is likely that they arrived in Plymouth closer to 1630, but the earliest date certain is from the Plymouth list of Freemen of 1633 on which John Dunham is shown “before those admitted on 1 January 1632/3.” [1]

  John Dunham married his first wife, Susan Kaino of Clophill, Bedfordshire, England on 17 August 1612.  Their first child, a son John, was baptized in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England 19 February 1614/15. [2]  The father of John Dunham has been the subject of speculation for a long time.  In an article by Robert Leigh Ward a probate record dated 5 October, 1624 “Richard Dunham, the elder, poulter of Langford” names a son John. [3]  Langford is about 7 miles from Clophill and is very close to Henlow where John and Susan Dunham’s first child was baptized.  These facts establish a strong probability that John Dunham’s father was Richard Dunham of Langford.

Sometime after 1615 John and Susan (Kaino) Dunham went to Leiden, Holland. Two more children, Humility and Thomas, were born before Susan died, probably while the family was living in Holland. John Dunham married second, in Leiden 22 October 1622 Abigail Ballou. John and Abigail were parents of at least three children born in Leiden; Samuel, Jonathan and Abigail.
John Dunham was a weaver by trade both in Leiden and in Plymouth. In 1638 John Dunham and three others were given power to control the stock of cows for the poor at Plymouth for the next four years. He had land for grazing cattle and sheep. On the inventory that was taken when he died a loom and weaving equipment were listed as well as cotton, sheep wool, and linen yarn. He was granted land several times by the town of Plymouth for grazing sheep. He was a deputy from Plymouth for many years and served on law making committees. This indicates that he was at least moderately educated. Although he signed documents with a mark, books were listed in his inventory. These books were religious in nature. At the entry that marked his death in the court records, he is referred to as a "deacon of the church of Christ att Plymouth." [4]
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References: 1. PCR Vol. 1:3 2. TAG Vol. 71:130-133; Ward, Robert Leigh, The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts 3. Ibid. 4. TGMB Vol. 3:599-603

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John Dunham Sr. (bef. 1589 - abt. 1669)

Deacon John Dunham Sr.

Born before 8 Feb 1589 in Pirton, Hertfordshire, Englandmap
Son of Richard Dunham and Agness (Unknown) Dunham
Brother of Alice Dunham, William Dunham, Anne Dunham, Elizabeth (Dunham) Hyde and Richard Dunham
Husband of Susan (Kaino) Dunham — married 17 Aug 1612 (to before 22 Oct 1622) in Clophill, Bedfordshire, Englandmap
Husband of Abigail (Baillou) Dunham — married 22 Oct 1622 (to about 2 Mar 1669) in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlandsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of John Dunham, Humility Dunham, Thomas Dunham, Samuel Dunham, Abigail (Dunham) Atwood, Jonathan Dunham, Hannah (Dunham) Rickard, Persis (Dunham) Shaw, Benjamin Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Benajah Dunham and Daniel Dunham Sr
Died about 2 Mar 1669 after about age 80 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Profile last modified 2 Aug 2023 | Created 2 Apr 2011

John Dunham Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 599)

A PUBLISHED 1907 ROYAL ANCESTRY FOR JOHN DUNHAM IS NOW CONSIDERED FRAUDULENT, NO DOUBT DUE TO THE ENGLISH RESEARCH SUPPLIED TO THE AUTHOR. INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE 1996 AND 1998 ARTICLES MUST BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION [1] [2]

Biography

John Dunham Sr. was born in England.

Birth

John Dunham, son of Richard Dunham and Agness Dunham was baptized on 8 February 1589 at Pirton, Herfordshire, England. [3] [4] Pirton is about 7 miles from Clophill, and 8 miles from Langford. In addition to John, the will of Richard Dunham names a son William and daughters Elizabeth and Anne. A William Dunham was baptized at Pirton on 7 January 1581 which gives additional support that this is the correct family.

John Dunham married Susan Kaino in Clophill, Bedfordshire, England on 17 August 1612.[5] His marriage to Susan Kaino in Clophill, Bedfordshire was discovered and published in The American Genealogist, establishing his English origins. He has been tentatively identified as the son Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire, a town about 9 miles from Clophill. Richard Dunham of Langford left a will dated 5 October 1624 naming a son John Dunham to whom he left "20 shillings in mony to be payd him at his retorne". This wording clearly implies his son John was away from home; John Dunham was living in Leiden at the time. [1]

Move to Holland and Pilgrim Associations

John Dunham with his first wife Susan and three children were among the English dissenters who removed to Leiden, Holland to establish their own community there. Many of this group would travel on the Mayflower and establish the Plymouth colony in 1620. John Dunham was not on the Mayflower, but was one of many who would soon follow. John Dunham's first known child was baptized at Henlow, Bedfordshire; this is also the known origin of John and Edward Tilley, and of Robert Cooper. The Tilleys with their niece Humility Cooper were Mayflower passengers. It is reasonable to assume that John Dunham knew the Tilley's prior to their move to Holland. [6]

Susan died sometime before 8 October 1622, when the first marriage bann was read for John Dunham and Abigail (Balliou), the daughter of Thomas Balliou on 8 October 1622. John and Abigail were married at Leiden on 22 October 1622.[7]

Between their engagement and marriage, on 15 October 1622 the Hoofdgeld was taken, and "Jan Danham" was enumerated in the Zevenhuisen district at Leiden with his three children: Jan, Thomas, and Humilite.[8]

Move to New England

John and Abigail had left for North America by 20 December 1629, when a Thomas Baillu in Amsterdam stated that his sister Abigail "is nae de Virgines"[9] (had gone to America).[10] John Dunham first appeared in the Plymouth records in 1633, being listed in both the 1633 list of freemen and in the 25 March 1633, tax list for Plymouth.

He was a weaver by trade. He had land for grazing cattle and sheep. The inventory recorded at his death included a loom and weaving equipment was listed, as well as cotton, sheep wool and linen yarn. He was granted land on several occasions by the town of Plymouth for the grazing of sheep. He was deputy from Plymouth for many years and served on law making committees. At the entry that marked his death in the court records, Dunham is referred to as a "deacon of the church of Christ att Plymouth." [11] [12] [13]

In 1638 a representative system was first adopted among the Pilgrims in place of “the mass meeting government” as heretofore. John Dunham was one of the four deputies elected to represent the Plymouth settlement. For each successive council during the next twenty years, he was chosen to this responsible duty in the Legislative Assembly.

Some interesting details are preserved in the town records of Plymouth, Massachusetts and the Plymouth Colony Records:

1633. He is included on the list of freemen in Plymouth (meaning that he was a church member in good standing).[14]
1636. He was granted land: … for the sheepe the watering place & the skirt of upland at Goose Point & about the first & second brooke.[15]
1636-1659. Served on numerous juries and inquests considering a variety of civil and criminal matters. For example:
7 Jun 1636. He served on a jury that found Helin Bellington guilty of slander and determined that she should be whipped in the stocks. Stephen Hopkins found guilty of battery of John Tisdale and was fined. [16]
5 Jun 1638. At a Grand Enquest, he was on the jury. At this trial Web Adey was found guilty of working on the Sabbath and sentenced to sit in the stocks. John Stockbridge was fined for making disgraceful speeches in contempt of the government. William Renolds was fined for drunkenness.[17]
1639. …the townsmen of Plymouth mett, & according to the order & act of the Court, elected foure comittees to bee added to the Gor & Counsell to make lawes, & c’, vizt, Mr John Done, Manasseth Kempton, John Dhname, & John Cooke, Jun (this is when he was first made deputy).[18]
4 Jan 1642. He was appointed, with William Paddy, Mr, Atwood, Nathan Souther, Mr. John Jenney, Thomas Willett, John Barnes and Josuah Pratt to survey the land so that paths into the woods can be constructed for cattle and other purposes.[19]
27 Sep 1642. He represented Plymouth as Deputy at a council that discussed the war with the Indians. He continued to serve as a Deputy through 1664.[20]
19 January 1647. He deeded 6 acres of upland ground to his son, Samuel.[21]
4 Oct 1648. He was on a coroners jury for the execution of Allice Bishope, who was found guilty of killing her daughter Martha. She was true hanged.[22]
2 Mar 1658. He was a jury member for a court with many interesting cases. Arthur Howland[8] was fined for holding Quaker meetings in his house. John Barnes was fined for drunkenness. Zoe Howland[9] was sentenced to sit in the stocks for an hour for speaking opprobriously of the ministers of Gods word. Captain James Cudworth was discharged for being a Quaker.[23]
1 Jun 1658. Appointed by the court to set range between Nathaniel Warren and Robert Bartlett on the lands on which they live.[24]
2 Aug 1659. Appointed to settle controversy on boundary of land between Thomas Pope and William Shirtlife. John Howland[10] and Francis Cooke were also on this committee.[25]
Additional details can be found in the pages listed under Sources: See Also: Plymouth Colony Records; Records of the town of Plymouth and Mayflower Descendants.

Death

The statement regarding John Dunham's death was much longer than the statements that usually accompanied the lists of deaths in this book, suggesting that he was in some way more significant than average:[13] [26]

"John Dunham, senir, of Plymouth, aged about fourscore yeares, died the 2cond of March 1668. He was an approued servount of God and vsefull man in his place, being a deacon of the church of Christ att. Plymouth."
He made his last will 25 Jan 1669, which was witnessed by two staunch Pilgrims, John Cotton and Thomas Cushman.[27] [28] [6][29] His death is recorded in the spring of the same year. His wife, Abigail, was appointed to administer his estate, an inventory of which was made by Thomas Southworth. Of his children, seven sons and three daughters survived him, all of whom lived to mature years and became founders of large families. Of this large family, all of the children settled at first in the New England colonies, except Benajah, who removed to New Jersey about 1671.

Marriage and Children

1st Marriage

John married first Susan Kaino in Clophill, Bedfordshire, England on 17 August 1612. [1] [30] [31] [7] They had three known children:[11] [6]

John was baptized on 19 February 1614/5, at Henlow, Bedfordshire. He married Mary _____ about 1642 and had seven children, he died in 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony.
Humilty was born about 1617. She was living in 1622 in Leiden, Holland, but there is no further record.
Thomas was born about 1619, was apparently unmarried, and died by 1677 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony.
2nd Marriage

John (the widower of Susan "Keno") married second Abigail (Balliou), daughter of Thomas Balliou, in Leiden, Holland on 22 October 1622.[1][5] John and Abigail had 8 children: [11] [6]

Samuel was born about 1623 in Leiden. He married Martha (Beals) Falloway in Plymouth on 29 June 1649, as her second husband and had four children. He died in Plymouth on 20 January 1711/12.
Jonathan was born about 1625 in Leiden. He married (1) Mary Delano in Plymouth on November 29, 1655, but had no children. She died before 15 October 1657. He married (2) Mary Cobb and had six children. He died in Edgartown on 18 December 1717.
Abigail was born about 1627 in Leiden. She married Stephen Wood/Atwood in Plymouth on 6 November 1644, and had two children.
Joseph was born about 1631 in Plymouth Colony. He married (1) Mercy Morton in Plymouth on 18 November 1657. She died in Plymouth on 19 February 1666. He married (2) Esther Wormall in Plymouth on 20 August 20 1669. He had seven children by these two wives.
Hannah was born about 1634 in Plymouth Colony. She married Giles Rickard in Plymouth on 31 October 1651, and had ten children. She died on 1 April 1708.
Persis was born about 1635 in Plymouth Colony. She married (1) Benajah Pratt in Plymouth on 29 November 1655, and had eleven children. He died in Plymouth on 17 March 1682/3. She married (2) Jonathan Shaw in Plymouth in August 1683. He died before 30 July 1701.
Benajah was born about 1637 in Plymouth Colony. He married Elizabeth Tilson in Plymouth on 25 October 1660, and had seven children. He died in Piscataway, New Jersey, before 12 August 1680. She married (2) Jonas Wood before January 1684/5.
Daniel was born about 1639 in Plymouth Colony. He married Hannah ____ by 1670.
Research Notes

There is a wide-spread error on the internet that John Dunham came from Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. This derives from the Dunham Genealogy published in 1907, [32] as well as Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania [33] These have been proven to be false. In fact, there are so many errors in this Scrooby tradition that it has been accused of intentional genealogical fraud. [2] It is clear that there is no connection between John and Richard Dunham to any family in Nottinghamshire.

Dunham Family Authored Sources online at AmericanAncestors.org

"Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass.,” by Mrs. John E. Barclay in [TAG:30(1954):143-155]
"Six Nathaniel Dunhams of Plymouth and Bristol Counties, Massachusetts," by Rosemari Finter in [TAG:62(1987):5-20]
"The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts," by Robert Leigh Ward in [TAG:71(1996):130-133] and
"The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth," by Paul C. Read in [TAG;73(1998):101-104]
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↑ 2.0 2.1 The American Genealogist, vol. 73 (1998):101-104. The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, by Paul C. Reed.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7HP-NGM : 21 March 2020), John Dunham, 1589.
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↑ 7.0 7.1 1612 Marriage for John Dunham in "Bedfordshire Parish Registers, Vol XXI," filmstrip, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-X4C8?i=573) Jn Dunham and Susan Kaino, 17 Aug 1612 image only microfilm #007725447, image #573 of 640
↑ "[Leiden] Hoofdgeld van 1622", Zevenhuisen fol. 38v. Archiefnummer 0501A, I.B.2.7.1.5.2, inventarisnummer 4021, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken. Digital images. https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/archieven/archievenoverzich... (accessed 14 April 2023).
↑ "[Amsterdam] Confessieboek 1628-1631", fols. 133, 133v. Archiefnummer 5061, inventarisnummer 298, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief. Digital images. https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5061/1.17.30/start/13... (accessed 14 April 2023).
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↑ Mayfield, Timothy, "John Dunham, Senior of Plymouth: A Short Biographical Profile," University of Virginia, USEM 171, Spring 1997, (Rootsweb);(Univ of Illinois)
↑ 13.0 13.1 Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet ed. Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England: Misc. records 1633-1689 vol. 8 (Boston, 1857):32. Archve.org LINK
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1,pg 3
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↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1,pg 121
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2,pg 32
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2,pg 45
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 12,pg 149
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2,pg 134
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3,pg 129
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3,pg 142
↑ Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3,pg 169
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34796723
↑ Mayflower Descendant Vol. 17, Pg. 113-14 Archive.org Link
↑ Geni.com: Dea. John Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony Geni.com Link
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V35X : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 261 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records, 1367-1916," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QJ-RGLR?cc=2037907&w... : 21 August 2014), Alle Gezindten > Leiden > Trouwen 1592-1646 > image 317 of 704; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland).
↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N23C-LZV : 10 December 2014), Jn Dunham and Susan Kaino, 17 Aug 1612; citing Clophill, Bedford, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 599,350.
↑ Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy: Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1589-1669 and his Descendants. (Hartford, 1907). Note: This source is in error on the English origins of the Dunhams. DO NOT USE. Archive.org LINK
↑ Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915,Vol.3. DO NOT USE . pg. 1217-1227
See also:

Anderson, Robert Charles. "John Dunham", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 1995, pp. 599 -603. American Ancestors (subscription)
Caldwell, Charles T., A branch of the Caldwell family tree : being a record of Thompson Baxter Caldwell and his wife, Mary Ann (Ames) Caldwell, of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, their ancestors and descendants, Washington, D.C., The Olympia, 1906
Clark, Leon, The Mayflower Planter, pg 130, 146
Dexter, Rev. H.M., England and Holland of the Pilgrims, (1906) Pg. 612
Edson, George T, , "Genealogical notes," Burchard, Neb., Times Print Shop, 1915
Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Ancestry.com.
Jacobus, Donald Lines. An American Family, Botsford-Marble Ancestral Lines (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Connecticut, 1933) Page 239
Kelsch, Rosalia E.A., Family Group Sheet, SLC, UT (GenSoc-HEC) noting Dunham Gen, pref p 33,37; Briggs Hist & Gen B15A30 v3, p 884-9.
Nelson C Dunham, Jr., "Deacon John Dunham Ancestral History," [1] (Rootsweb)
Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977, Originally Published: 1900.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. II (D-J) ( Little, Brown and Co.; Baltimore; 18600-1862;), Page 80.
Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, "Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620-1691" Ancestry Publishing, date? Page ?
Virkus, Fredrick A., Editor, Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s, Vol. IV ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968), Page 743.
Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. p.39, 100.
GenealogieOnline. Coret Genealogie. Link (GenealogieOnline.nl)
Lee Family History, Deacon John Dunham
New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume T, p ??
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1, Pg. 10, 27, 31, 52, 54, 56, 126, 154, 163 Archive.org link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2, Pg. 16, land 26, 34, 53, 56, 63, 72, 74, 82, 94, 104, 117, 124, 144-45, 154 Archive.org link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3, Pg. 3, 16, 31, 49, 63, 79, 99, 124, 162, 187, 198, 214 Archive.org link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 4, Pg. 14, 60 Archive.org link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 7, Pg. 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 32, 64, 68, 72, 75, 77, 81, 93 Archive.org link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 8, Pg. 32Archive.org Link
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 12, Pg. 27, 203 Archive.org Link
Records of the Town of Plymouth 1: 4, 20, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32 Archive.org Link
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 9, Pg. 234-35 Archive.org Link
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 12, Pg. 214-15 Archive.org Link
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 13, Pg. 146 Archive.org Link
Plymouth Colony Land Records, 2:1:157, 212 & 2:2:14, 53
Southeastern Massachusetts vol 3 pg 1645

Added by Elwin Nickerson II-My 10th Great Grandfather Also at one time Resided in England-Leyden Holland- and Plymouth ,Massachusetts

John Dunham was a Pilgrim (separatist) in England who as with the other Pilgrims were not in the king’s best favor. He settled and became Deacon in the newly formed Plymouth Colony. A connection to the Green family occurred when a Granddaughter (Hanna) married Joseph Alden (Grandson of John and Priscilla). The most recent connection was 9 generations from Deacon John Dunham when Hersey Dunham married Edward Alden

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•ID: I014132 •Name: "Deacon" John DUNHAM •Sex: M •Birth: ABT 1589 in ENGLAND [1] •Death: 2 MAR 1669 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA [2] •Will: 25 JAN 1668 Proved June 4, 1669 •Burial: Probably on Burial Hill Plymouth MA •Note: He was in Holland until about 1629. The fact that he did not share in the division of cattle in P.C. in 1627 is additional evidence that he had not yet joined the colony ( P.C. Records 12:9-13 ) He came to P.C. sometime between 1628 and 1632, probably with those who arrived from Holland in 1630 aboard the ship "Hope". He was in Plymouth by 1632 as he is listed as receiving a grant of land to pasture his cattle. His name appears for the first time on Jan. 2,1633 the 1st tax was levied ( P.C. Record 3, p 10. In 1633 he was made Deacon of the Church of Christ, from which time he was known as "Deacon" John Dunham. He was a man of strict honesty and sterling character, quite prominent in the growth and prosperity of the colony. He was a Linen-weaver by trade. No headstone exists now. He was Clerk of Court Plymouth Colony for a number of years. He was one of three of the early settlers of Plymouth Colony who stayed there for the rest of their lives. He resided North of Watson's Hill & SW of Plymouth. His will dated Jan. 25, 1669 exhibited Court Jun. 4, 1669 ( P.C. Wills part 2, p53). He is believed to have been a son of: Richard Dunham who died 17 Nov 1624 in Langford, Bedfordshire, England, buried Nov. 19, 1624 Reference: 1. "The Great Migration Begins ; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" Anderson, Robert Charles; published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995, Volume I, page 599-603. 2. Ibid. "Dunham Genealogy" by Isaac Watson Dunham printed 1907 "History of Martha's Vineyard" by Charles E. Banks Vol. 3 p153 Mayflower Records. American Genealogist Vol. 30 p 143-155 Plymouth Church records Vol. 1 p144 Name also spelled: Donham, Denham, Dynham, Downham, Dunnam, Donnam. He may have been born on July 25 1588/89. _________

A helpful document about his life is found here.

He was a deputy to Plymouth court for many years and a select man in 1644. By occupation he was a weaver. He was a church deacon.

Source for the important contribution by Isaac Watson Dunham:

• A biographical narrative and Dunham genealogy by Isaac Watson Dunham at: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj-yaKR4cfIAhVCzoAKHW9oCLk&url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fdunhamgenealogyd00dunh%2Fdunhamgenealogyd00dunh_djvu.txt&usg=AFQjCNHeA4BngagLd4zB8qce4LbHGdT6dw&sig2=xhm--LQAtNIL-xhHCTnMpg'''
• As noted by inclusion of above link, I recommend anyone researching John Dunham read Isaac's interpretation of the historical record. However, at this time, I must agree with his dissenters - there is no evidence to soundly confirm that Deacon John Dunham was indeed, one and the same historical figure as, John Goodman, the Mayflower passenger. An intriguing hypothesis, but it remains purely theoretical and controversial. His epic work is simply too expansive and too deeply riddled with keystroke, spelling, and grammatical errors to be exhibited in this platform considering the correction and redaction efforts that would be required.
• Source for second and opposing opinion to that proposed by Isaac Dunham: http://genealogy.theroyfamily.com/p3384.htm'''
• John Dunham, World Connect Project: :https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjACahUKEwjNv6vI5MjIAhWBhg0KHSqWCFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwc.rootsweb.ancestry.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Figm.cgi%3Fop%3DGET%26db%3Djfowkes2%26id%3DI00344&usg=AFQjCNGgag2B5WiDjMRYbHlG0JwTtEkhwA&sig2=czHlaOf4zrzbYmacr5MAUQ'''
• Deacon John Dunham, aka, "John Goodman": https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDUQFjAEahUKEwjNv6vI5MjIAhWBhg0KHSqWCFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcapecodgenes.com%2Fweb%2520cards%2Fps14%2Fps14_441.html&usg=AFQjCNH4c1bwlqg0zNXWh_-w4CnG6-2SqA&sig2=FYHt-y4X026XiXS_RMgVPA'''
• Eleventh Generation, John Dunham: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CDoQFjAFahUKEwjNv6vI5MjIAhWBhg0KHSqWCFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wheelerfolk.org%2Fkeithgen%2Fd926.htm&usg=AFQjCNHXblpTbOcQ4nNbrE9R4_01HfDXYA&sig2=l446mV7zCbVqS0f1W_V-OA'''
• Genealogical pedigree of Deacon John Dunham 1558-1668: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFEQFjAJahUKEwjNv6vI5MjIAhWBhg0KHSqWCFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhiwaay.net%2F~plong%2Fd0000%2Fg0000048.html&usg=AFQjCNF1BgMrAsGROGfLzI0oBwh_-Re2mQ&sig2=gV0op3UhDGPJENfQqyvq7Q'''
• MyHertitage family trees and historical records for John Dunham, at:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjFpov5hMvIAhWNwIAKHZieAPQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myheritage.com%2Fnames%2Fdecon_dunham&usg=AFQjCNHAcHDED2nHQdy8qmNxXBvR_00AtQ&sig2=eXr5_ty_kzIR41pWxTU__w'''
• Researching your Mayflower ancestors: Part IV: Internet Research, Sorting the good from the bad (in list of Mayflower occupants, discounts Dunham and Goodman as same man: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CDwQFjAHahUKEwjFpov5hMvIAhWNwIAKHZieAPQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanancestors.org%2FStaticContent%2Farticles%3Fsearchby%3Dauthor%26subquery%3DAlicia%2520Crane%2520Williams%26id%3D564&usg=AFQjCNGxpNoY-a-TJPxRx5DVG4MUg-InYg&sig2=Lrv6Qlo29udx_fkXItxpuA'''

Many additional online sources are available for biographical and genealogical information on John 'Deacon' Dunham

First Narrative

History of Deacon John Dunham (1588-1668) follows: 9 September 2015

• JOHN DUNHAM, SR. (1588-1668)
• ABIGAIL WOOD (1600- )
• DEACON JOHN DUNHAM, SR. was born 25 July 1588, in Langford, Bedfordshire, England to Richard [Thomas?] Dunham (1565-1624) and Jane Bromley (1562-1656.) He was of the Pilgrim’s faith.
• He married (1) Susan Cainehoe (1586-) age 24, 17 August 1612, at Clophill, Bedfordshire, England.
• He married (2) Abigail Wood, 34, 17 October 1622, Leiden, Holland. The couple was rumored to have been related and were betrothed 7 October 1622. Abigail’s father (Thomas) and her sister (Anna) were witnesses to this marriage.

In the early seventeenth century the Dutch East India Company held a monopoly on the spice trade, and huge profits were being made on cloves, nutmeg, and mace. Amsterdam was the wealthiest city in Europe, far more cosmopolitan than London, and there was tolerance for a variety of religious beliefs. The Pilgrims fled to Holland in 1608 to avoid persecution from King James I, who was enforcing Episcopacy (government of the Church by the King) on all his subjects. But, like refugees everywhere they found life hard in Holland. Most of them had been farmers without skills or trades, and they had to find employment in the lowest paying jobs in textile, metal, and leather.

Edmund Zouche, (the same age as John Dunham) was a Councilor of King James, and a violent persecutor of the Dissenters. After King James’ edict of 1608, commanding attendance at church, John Dunham escaped to Holland where he became a man of toil and learned the trade of a weaver. He was a Leiden Holland Separatist. He sacrificed position in society with all its accomplishments, that he might devote his life to the welfare of his fellowmen.

• The original Pilgrim church was organized at Dunham Manor, in the village of Scrooby, England. John Dunham, Gov. Bradford and Elder William Brewster were the only members of the original church to come to Plymouth. Many of the Pilgrims moved to Holland to avoid religious persecution before moving to the Americas. Possibly the reason John Dunham was not a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 was due to the illness or death of his wife, Susan. John Dunham arrived in Massachusetts in 1630 aboard the ship “Hope,”

He fathered three children with his first wife Susanna Keno. They came to Holland sometime after 1616. His three children by her were:

• John (b. 1616, England or Leiden),
• Humility (b. 1618, Leiden), and
• Thomas (b. 1619, Leiden).

Of these John and Thomas came to Plymouth. There was no further record of Humility after Holland. She either died or did not accompany her parents to the New World.

• John Dunham (Dunhame) arrived in Plymouth from Leiden, Holland in 1630 aboard the ship “Hope,” with six children and his second wife, Abigail. There is no record of his ever returning to Europe. He and Abigail had four children together before arriving in Plymouth. He had four more children while living in Plymouth (listed below). The fact that he had children and grandchildren named John and Jonathan made research confusing at times.
• The earliest date for John Dunham in Massachusetts is on a Plymouth list of Freemen of 1633 on which Dunham is shown “before those admitted on 1 January 1632/3.” Deacon John Dunham was a Deacon of the Church under Elder Brewster, a Deputy to the General Court from 1639-1664, a member of the Council of War, and a member of the Massachusetts Militia. John Dunham was a weaver by trade. He had land for grazing cattle and sheep. On the inventory that was taken when he died a loom and weaving equipment was listed as well as cotton, sheep wool, and linen yarn. He was granted land several times by the town of Plymouth for grazing sheep. He was deputy from Plymouth for many years and served on law making committees. This indicates that he was at least moderately educated. Although he signed documents with a mark, books were listed in his inventory. These books were religious in nature. At the entry that marked his death in the court records, Dunham is referred to as “deacon of the church of Christ at Plymouth.” He was an important man.
• The Last Will and Testament of John Dunham:

"The last Will and Testament of John Dunham senir. of Plymouth Deceased; exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 4th of June 1669 on the oaths of Captain Thomas Southworth mr Thomas Cushman and mr John Colton as followeth":

Plymouth the 25th of January 1668. Know all prsons whom these prsents may Concerne That I John Dunham senir: of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plyouth being weake in body but of prfect memory Doe ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manor and forme following

Impr. I bequeath my soule into the hands of God that gave it and my body to Decent burial hoping for a Joyfull Resurecion; and for my estate that God hat give me I Dispose as followeth:

As for my son John Dunham whoe is my eldest sonne I have given him his portion alreddy both in land and other things to what I was able and beyond my abilities.

Item I give to my son Benajah Dunham and to my son in law Stephen Wood all my Right att Agawaum and Sepecan equally to be Devided between them to belong to them and theire heaires forever.

Item I give to my son Daniell Dunham all my land lying att or neare fresh lake to belong to him and his heires forever.

Item I further give unto my son Daniell Dunham six acres of my meddow att Swan hold and the Rest of my meddow lying there I give to my son Jonathan Dunham to belong to them and theirs forever.

Item I give unto my loving wife Abigail Dunham all my now Dweling house and my orhyard with all my land not elsewhere given: with all my meddow land att the watering place to belonge to her DFuring her life and att her Death my will is and I also heerby give it to my son Daniell Dunham to belong to him and his heires forever, and in Consideration thereof my will is that my son Thomas Dunham shall have five pounds payed unto him by my son Daniell Dunham inCurrant Countrey pay att prisse Currant upon Demaund.

Item I given unto all the Rest of my Children that are not expressed in this my last will twelve pence apiece if they Demaund it.

Item all the Rest of my estage inGoods Chattle or else not already given in this my last Will I give unto my loving wife Abigail Dunham, whom by these prsents I Doe ordaine to be the sole exequitor of this my last Will and Testament. I further Request my loving frinds Captain Thomas Southworth [note: our Southworth uncle] and the eder Thomas Cushman and my son Samuell Dunham to be healpfull to my loving wife as overseers of this my last Will and Testament in witness hereof I have sett my hand and seale the Day above mentioned.

In the presence of Thomas Southworth John Dunham senir. His mark. (Source: Plymouth Colony Records: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1666, ed. Charles H Simmons.)

Inventory of estate, 16 Mar 1668/69; “£3 real estate, viz. house and land not prised onely threescore acres of upland att Swanhold not willed away.” Of interest are the tools of his weaving trade including “2 pair of sheep sheers, 1 loome, 12 paire of geers; warping beams & what else belongs to the loome, and cotton woole and sheeps wool” worth 2£ 10s. Also of interest is his library, catalogued as follows: 1 great bible, 1 Psalmbook, and other religious books.

• Deacon John Dunham died either 1st March 1668/9 or 2nd March 1668/9, at Plymouth, Massachusetts. His place of burial is not known. He was about 80 years old.
• Children of John Dunham and Susan Cainehoe:

1.John, b. 1614/15, England; md. Mary; d. 1692; came to Plymouth. 2.Humility, b. 1618, Leiden. She did not accompany her father to America or passed away in Holland. Last known in Holland 15 Oct 1622. 3.Thomas, b. 1619, Leiden, came to Plymouth; never married; d. before 1677.

• Children of John Dunham and Abigail Wood:

1.Samuel, b. 1623, (Holland); md. (1) Martha Beal Fallowell 29 June 1649; (2) widow Sarah Watson 15 Jan 1694; in later years Samuel was afflicted with intemperance, which led to his excommunication from the Plymouth church for two years; d. 1712, age 89.

2.Jonathan, b. 1625, (Holland); md. (1) Mary Delano 1655; (2) Mary Cobb 15 Oct 1657; Pastor of Martha’s Vineyard 1684-1694; d. 1694.

3.Abigail, b. 1627 (Holland)

4.Joseph, b. 1631 (Holland); md. (1) Mercy Morton, (2) Hester Wormail.

5.Hannah, b. 30 October 1630, Plymouth, Massachusetts to Deacon John Dunham (1589-1669) and Abigail Barlow (1606-1669.) She married Giles Rickard 31 October 1651 in Plymouth. She passed away 1 April 1709 in Plymouth at age 79.

6.Persis, b. 1635 (Plymouth); md. (1) Benajah Pratt, (2) Jonathan Shaw.

7.Benajah, b. 1637, (Plymouth); md. Elizabeth Tilson 25 Oct 1660; d. 1680.

8.Daniel, b. 1639, (Plymouth); md. Hannah; d. 1677.

(Sources: “Backstory: Dunham Genealogy,” by John Dunham Dugid, November 2000; and other Plymouth, Massachusetts, sources as well as: “The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts,” by Robert Leigh Ward, published in July 1996. “The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth,” by Paul C. Reed, published in April 1998. The sketch of John Dunham in “The Great Migration Begins” by Robert Charles Anderson, published in 1995 in Volume 1:599-603.)

• Second narrative and Dunham genealogy by Robert Roy

Deacon John Dunham Male, #3384, (1588/89 - 2 March 1668/69)

• Deacon John Dunham was born in 1588/89 in England.
• On 17 August 1612 John, married Susanna Kaino, at age 25, daughter of Thomas Kaino and Joanne unknown, in Clophill, Bedfordshire, England.
• Deacon John Dunham was a weaver.
• On 22 October 1622 John, married Abigail Balliou, daughter of Thomas Balliou, in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
• Deacon John Dunham emigrated about 1630 from Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
• He became a freeman in 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• On 2 January 1632/33 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Deacon John Dunham was Taxed 9 shillings.
• He was ordained as a deacon in 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• In August 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Deacon John Dunham was Listed as able to bear arms.
• He left a will on 25 January 1668 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• He died on Saturday, 2 March 1668/69 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 80 years.
• John's estate was inventoried on 2 March 1668/69 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Isaac Dunham (1907) puts forth the opinion that the John Goodman, who signed the Mayflower Compact was in fact John Dunham He believed that John did not wish to use his real name on account of previous activities against the crown. John Goodman supposedly died during the first winter, however his name resurfaced on several occasions up to 1638. The lot assigned to John Goodman was next to that of William Brewster, who was a life long friend of John Dunham. A nice theory but totally unsupported by fact and extremely doubtful.

Ancestry of Robert Roy (Author of preceding narrative)

Children of Deacon John Dunham and Susanna Kaino:

• John Dunham (19 Feb 1614/15 - 6 Apr 1692)
• Humility Dunham (a 1617 - )
• Thomas Dunham (1622 - )

Children of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Balliou:

• Samuel Dunham (1624 - 20 Jan 1711/12)
• Abigail Dunham (6 May 1627 - )
• Joseph Dunham (a 1631 - )
• Rev. Jonathan Dunham (a 1632 - 18 Dec 1717)
• Hannah Dunham (1633 - 1 Apr 1709)
• Persis Dunham (1635 - 30 Jul 1701)
• Benjamin Dunham (18 Nov 1637 - )
• Daniel Dunham (a 1639 - 18 Feb 1677)
• Benajah Dunham (1640 - 23 Dec 1680)

Citations

Damvelt, Marine S.. "Dunham Family Groupsheets". Compiled 1995. Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Damvelt, Marine S., letter. 16 October 1995, from unknown author address, to unknown recipient. Personal Genealogical Collection; RR1, Box 308, Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia.

Mahony, Gratia Dunham. Dunham Line for Rob Roy. Dayton, Ohio: manuscript, October 2008.

Ward, Robert Leigh. "The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachsuetts", The American Genealogist volume LXXI (1996).

Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts. 1900. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981.

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B.. "Plymouth Colony Rates", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IV (1850).

Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family. Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907.

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B.. "List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth in 1643", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IV (1850).

Winsor. "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume VII (1853).

Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IX (1855).

Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.

Barclay, Mrs. John E.. "Jonathan Dunham of Plymouth and Edgartown, Mass.", The American Genealogist volume 36, No. 4 (October 1960).

MacDonald-Hilton, Jack, letter. 17 January 1995, to Taylor, Susan. Personal Genealogical Collection; RR1, Box 308, Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia.

ancestry.com:

'John Dunham

Born in Scroobyn on 1587 to Thomas Dunham and Jane Bromely.

John married Susanna Kenney and had 3 children.

John married Abigail Barlow and had 10 children.

John married Abigail Billiou.

He passed away on 1669 in Plymouth.

Family Members

Parents

Thomas Dunham 1558-1587

Jane Bromely 1564-1937

Spouse(s)

Susanna Kenney 1590-1620

Abigail Barlow 1605-1668

Abigail Billiou 1605-1668

Children

Humility Dunham 1619-1664

John Dunham 1614-1692

Thomas Dunham 1617-1682

John Dunham 1616-1669

John Dunham 1621-1692

Abigail Dunham 1628-1684

Samuel Dunham 1625-1687

Hannah Dunham 1638-1662

Jonathan Dunham 1637-1717

Persis Dunham 1628-1702

Joseph Dunham 1631-1709

Benajah Dunham 1639-1680

Daniel Dunham 1641-1681

Warning about suspected fraudulent trees.

see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/9njN...

...If I were a Dunham descendant, I would be grateful to have an account of the
real marriage and origin of the immigrant John Dunham in Bedfordshire as published in TAG and a possible father, which traces the line back with real records as far as what is left of the fake ancestry.

DEACON JOHN DUNHAM (1589-1669) was probably born in Bedfordshire, England. Deacon John Dunham's first marriage to Susan Kano (many spellings) has been found in Bedfordshire. John was involved in the Separatist movement that was severely persecuted in England. He and his family escaped arrest by fleeing to Holland, where their three children were born. Susan died there about 1619. John’s 2nd marriage on October 22, 1622 to Abigail Barlow was recorded in Leyden, Holland. John and Abigail had an additional eight children. His occupation in Leyden was the raising of cattle and weaving.

His biography in New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 is recognized as the most authentic story of his life in New England.

Because he was personally being sought in England, John hid his identity when the Separatist embarked for New England. He took the name of “John Goodman”. This concealment continued until the death of King James. Under the new name, he was a passenger on the “Mayflower” in 1620 as a single man. His wife and children joined him on a later voyage.

Plymouth: “John Goodman” settled in Plymouth on land adjoining Elder William Brewster (a close friend). There are no records of “John Dunham” on any of the passenger lists to Plymouth. A “John Goodman” from Leyden signed the Mayflower Compact. “Goodman” is listed as dead the first winter. But we know John Dunham was there from subsequent activity. He became active in civil affairs, and there are numerous land dealings. By 1630 he became a deputy in the Legislative Assembly representing the Plymouth Colony, under his real name. In 1633, he was chosen as deacon under Elder Brewster. He died March 2,1669, in Plymouth at 80 years of age.

GEDCOM Note

!Children - Source: David Burton

1. Persis DUNHAM b: 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA

2. Daniel DUNHAM b: 1 Jan 1650 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA

3. Samuel DUNHAM b: 1624 in Scrooby, North Hingham, Lancashire,

England

4. Abigail DUNHAM b: 1623/1625 in Leyden, Holland

5. Jonathan DUNHAM b: 1631/1632 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA

6. Joseph DUNHAM b: 18 Nov 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA

7. Benjamin DUNHAM b: 18 Nov 1637 in Plymout

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM Note

John GoodmanJohn Goodman has been a difficult Mayflower passenger to research. Governor William Bradford, in his otherwise nearly flawless recitation of Mayflower passengers made in 1651, states that John Goodman was one of those who "died soon after their arrival in the general sickness that befell." However, that is contradicted by his appearance on the 1623 Division of Land, where he received an acre of land. In any case, Goodman had disappeared by the time of the 1627 Division of Cattle, and presumably died very early on. In 1905, Henry Martyn Dexter proposed that John Goodman was the man found in Leiden records as John "Codmoer," widower of Mary Backus, who married Sarah Hooper. But this has been disputed by many later researchers as unfounded: "Codmoer" is a pretty significant misspelling of "Goodman" even by Dutch standards. To further complicate the situation, there is an oft-published hoax that surfaced in the 19th century that John Goodman was actually a pseudonym for John Dunham, another member of the Leiden congregation. However, this has been conclusively disproven: John Dunham was still living in Leiden after the Mayflower's departure. On 12 January 1621, Peter Browne and John Goodman were cutting thatch for house roofing, and went for a short walk to refresh themselves, when their mastiff and spaniel spied a deer and gave chace. Peter and John soon found themselves lost. They spent the night in a tree, in rain and snow, because they thought they heard a lion. They found their way back to Plymouth the following day. Goodman suffered some frostbite. When he was finally able to walk, he took his spaniel out and found himself being followed by a wolf. After a long stare-down and having securing a fence post for defense, the wolf eventually departed

Mayflowerhistory.com

Deacon John Dunham, Sr BIRTH 1587 Hertfordshire, England DEATH 2 Mar 1668 (aged 80–81) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 34796723

Born by about 1587, based on date of marriage, possibly son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire. Came from Leiden, Holland to Plymouth Colony in 1632. Died in Plymouth, 2 March 1668/9, aged about 80. Married 1st, in Clophill, Bedfordshire, 17 August 1612 Susan Kaino, probably baptized Clophill 12 December 1586, daughter of "Thomas Cainehoe." She died by 1622. Married 2nd, in Leiden, 22 October 1622[NS], Abigail Ballou, daughter of Thomas Ballou. She was living in 1669 when she was executrix on her husband's estate.Three children by first marriage, eight by second. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. ∼
Deacon John Dunham - The First American Dunham.

"An approved Servant of God and useful man in his place" - Plymouth Colony Records

John Duham could be characterized as a religous rebel, a pioneer, an adventurer, and even as a family man, all of which would be true. In the case of John Dunham, there are many records from the Plymouth Colony that reveal John Dunham was a man of involvement. Beyond the Plymouth records we find that the "Father of American Dunhams", was certainly born in England. According to agreed upon recent research, John Dunham was most probably born in Pirton, Hertfordshire County, England.

John Dunham was born during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603).

According to undisputed records, John Dunham married his first wife, Susan, on 17 Aug 1612 at Clophill, Bedford, England.

Based on his recorded date of death in Plymouth Colony [PCR 8:32] on 2 March 1668/69 at about 80 years of age, his birth year is estimated at about 1589.

John Dunham was a member of the Christian group known as the "Separatists".

John Dunham was known to have been one of the Pilgrims (Separatists) to emigrate from England and take up residence in Holland prior to the departure of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620.

John Dunham and his wife, Susan (Kenney), had three children, John Dunham Jr., Humility Dunham, and Thomas Dunham as they were listed in the Zevenhuysen/Zevenhuizen (Netherlands) Census on 15 OCT 1622.

John Dunham and his wife, Abigail, had eight children, Samuel Dunham, Jonathan Dunham, Abigail Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Hannah Dunham, Persis Dunham, Benajah Dunham, and Daniel Dunham.

The burial location of Deacon John Dunham is unknown.

More information can be found online at The John Dunham Society.

Family Members

Spouses Susan Kaino Dunham 1586 – unknown (m. 1612)

Abigail Balliou/Barlow Dunham 1600–1669 (m. 1622)

Children John Dunham 1615–1692

Humility Dunham 1617 – unknown

Thomas Dunham 1619–1677

Samuel Dunham 1623–1711

Abigail Dunham Atwood 1627–1684

Joseph Dunham 1631–1703

Photo Jonathan Dunham 1632–1717

Hannah Dunham Rickard 1634–1708

Persis Dunham Pratt 1635–1701

Benajah Dunham 1637–1680

Daniel Dunham 1639–1677

GEDCOM Note

Migrated from Leiden to Plymouth in 1632.
Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875792831label=@S418@

References

• Dunham Genealogy Research Association Formerly Dunham-Singletary Family Connections. Issue 1 15 January, 2018 Vol 15 < PDF >
• Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III Page 599-603. “John Dunham.” < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
• Barclay, Mrs, John E. “Notes of the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass.” The American Genealogist, Vol 30 (1954). Pg 143-155. (document attached)
• WORKMAN FAMILY HISTORY pages 42-57 THE BILYEUS
• Ballou in Leydon Holland 1622
  • 1056 / B 137v / 22-10-1622 Marriage certificate John Danham and Abigail Balliou, 1622
    • Parties: John Danham, widower of Susanna Keno, England; Abigail Balliou, spinster, England;
    • Witnesses: Thomas Balliou, fut. father-in-law, Anna Balliou, sister of the bride.
  • 1062 / B 160 / 15-6-1624 Marriage certificate Nathaniel Walker and Anne Bailliuw, 1624
    • Parties: Nathaniel Walker, widower of Jane Walker, sayworker, Anne Bailliuw, spinster, England;
    • Witnesses: Thomas Bailliuw, future father-in-law, Abigail Dunham, sister.
• http://capecodgenes.com/web%20cards/ps14/ps14_441.html
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts By William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
• https://www.johndunhamsociety.com/about-john-dunham
• Fraudulent pedigree. https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/9njNYuYgXoU “So, with Ralph being lopped off of the spurious Dunham ancestry, this leaves ONLY the immigrant John (b. ca. 1589) and his alleged father Thomas Dunham, said to be born at Scrooby 1560, for which there is no evidence whatsoever.”
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~teeterkinmy/genealogy/deacon.htm
  • 2. "The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts", Robert Leigh Ward,TAG 71 (1996):130-33. This article announced the discovery of Bedfordshire Parish Registers containing entries for the marriage of John Dunham and Susan Kaino, with records which support John Dunhams's father to be Richard Dunham of Langford.