Gershom Dunham

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Gershom Dunham

Born 1672 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Jonathan Dunham and Mary (Cobb) Dunham

Brother of Jonathan Dunham, Eleazer Dunham, Hannah Dunham, Samuel Dunham, Samuel Dunham [half] and Daniel Dunham

Husband of Mary (Clark) Dunham — married about 1693 in Edgartown, Massachusetts

Father of Mary (Dunham) Covell, David Donham, Jethro Dunham and Seth Dunham

Died Oct 1739 in Edgartown,Massachusetts

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Profile last modified 2 Jan 2018 | Created 18 Jul 2012

Biography

Gershom was born in 1664. He is the son of Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb. He lived in Edgartown, Massachusetts[1] [2]

Before 1694, he married Mary Clark of Nantucket[1] [3] and their children included:

Mary, born 1694, who married James Covell on 22 July 1713[1] [2] Deborah, born 1696, who married Thomas Pease Jr[1] [2] David, born 1698[1], who married Sarah Clifford and Mary (Ripley) McIlroy[2] Jethro, born 1700[1], who married Mehitable Vincent[2] Zerviah, born 1705[1], who married William Rogers on July 16, 1741[2] Gershom, born 1709, who married Mary[2] and moved to Lebanon, Conn[1] Seth, born 1714[1], who married Naomi Merchant and who died on August 23, 1799[2] Paul, born 1716[1], who married Sarah Hillman, daughter of Samuel and Deborah[2] Daniel, who died young[2] Gershom died in 1739. His will was dated March 3, 1738, and probate was dated November 2, 1739. Mary survived her husband[1]

Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The History of Martha’s Vineyard, vol. 3, Family Genealogies Banks, Charles Edward, (Edgartown, Mass.: Dukes County Historical Society, 1925), see person 44 on page 154 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Dunham Genealogy by Dunham, Isaac Watson, (Norwich, Conn.: Bulletin Print, [1907]), pages 79 (father's will, marriage), 135 (children) ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages found in Volume 1, page 480 of the New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. This reference provides the following sources: Martha's Vineyard Vol 3, page 154; Dunham 79; Botsford-Marble 192, 194; TAG 36:248