Jemima Dunham

Biography

Jemima Norton was born about 1702, presumably at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Bay, her father's known residence; she was a daughter of John Norton and Mary (Torrey) Norton. She married Cornelius Dunham, Esq., by 1723, the birth year of their son Shubael.[1]

Widowed by 1737 -- the year when late christening records of her two children (Shubael and Jemima, born in 1723 and 1726 respectively) note her as "Jemima, wid."[2][3] -- she survived her husband by the better part of six decades, dying at Edgartown in early April of 1794.

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Jemima (Norton) Dunham (abt. 1702 - 1794)

Jemima Dunham formerly Norton

Born about 1702 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of John Norton and Mary (Torrey) Norton

Sister of Mary (Norton) Beetle, John Norton II, Rachel (Norton) Coleman and Jerusha (Norton) Wiswall

Wife of Cornelius Dunham — married about 1723 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Shubael Dunham and Jemima (Dunham) Davis

Died 3 Apr 1794 at about age 92 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 14 Jun 2021 | Created 22 Jan 2015

Sources

↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard, by Charles Edward Banks, Vol. III, Family Genealogies, "The Norton Family", "Tribe of Joseph", Edgartown : Dukes County Historical Society, 1966; (no. 401), p. 358; http://history.vineyard.net/nortonj.htm (transcribed for the web by Chris Baer)
↑ "DENHAM... Shubael, ch. Jemima, wid., bp. Oct. 30, 1737. C.R.1." -- Edgartown VRs, Vol. 1, p. 31; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7701/31/142581326 (by subscription)
↑ "DENHAM... Jemima, ch. Jemima, wid., bp. Oct. 30, 1737. C.R.1." -- Edgartown VRs, Vol. 1, p. 30; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7701/30/142581347 (by subscription)

See also:

Birth, marriage, and family: The History of Martha's Vineyard, by Charles Edward Banks, Vol. III, Family Genealogies, "Dunham Family", "Tribe of Jonathan", Edgartown : Dukes County Historical Society, 1966; (no. 54), p. 156
Acknowledgments

This profile was originally created from first-hand information as remembered by Bryn Dunham, Thursday, January 22, 2015.