Rev. Jonathan Dunham

Burial: Tower Hill Cemetery Edgartown Dukes County Massachusetts, USA

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Reverend Jonathan Dunham about 1625 in Leiden, Netherlands [uncertain] to John Dunham Sr. and Abigail (Baillou) Dunham. He is the brother of John Dunham [half], Humility Dunham [half], Thomas Dunham [half], Samuel Dunham, Abigail (Dunham) Atwood, Jonathan Dunham [half], Hannah Dunham, Persis (Dunham) Shaw, Joseph Dunham, Benjamin Dunham [half], Daniel Dunham Sr and Benajah Dunham.

Husband of Mary (Smith) Dunham — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Mary (Delano) Dunham — married 29 Nov 1655 in Plymouthmap

Husband of Mary (Cobb) Dunham — married 15 Oct 1657 [location unknown]

He is the father of Jonathan Dunham, Eleazer Dunham, Hannah Dunham, Samuel Dunham, Samuel Dunham, Gershom Dunham and Daniel Dunham. Johnathan died on 18 Dec 1717 in Edgartown, Dukes Co. Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Profile last modified 24 Mar 2019 | Created 27 Sep 2010

Biography

Jonathan was born about 1625, probably at Leiden, Netherlands. Jonathan Dunham passed away in 1717.

Jonathan Dunham was a child of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Billiou or Barlow. The Dunham family first resided at Leiden before migrating to Plymouth Colony in the New World. The date of their arrival is uncertain, but it was probably about 1629.

No birth record has been found for Jonathan in either place. Based on a Plymouth voting list of 1646, it is assumed that Jonathan was 21 then and therefore born about 1625.

He was described in the records as "husbandman" and later as "planter". he also was a lay preacher at Sucknesset (Falmouth) and Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts. He was ordained at Martha's Vinyard and was settled ther for a salary of 30 pounds per year. He married first Mary Delano on November 29, 1655. His second wife was Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst. Jonathan and Mary (Cobb) Dunham were married October 15, 1657. Six children, five sons and one daughter, were born to the second marriage. It seems that he outlived two of his sons. Jonathan Dunham's will was dated June 28,1717. All his children are mentioned in it. He died on December 18, 1717. His burial was at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts

Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of 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.

Epitaph on gravestone: HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI 1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT EDGARTOWN

With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful Found Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him Hence.

Burial: Tower Hill Cemetery Edgartown Dukes County Massachusetts, USA

Ordained Oct 11, 1694.[1]

Sources

↑ Plymouth, MA: First Church Records, 1620-1859 page 243 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14444173 Rev. Jonathan Dunham Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "John Dunham", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 pp599-603. Source: The American Genealogist Vol. 30 pp 148-151, "Dunham Family of Plymouth" by Mrs. John E. Barcley Source: The American Genealogist Vol. 36 pp 243-249, ""Jonathan2 Dunham of Plymouth and Edgartown, Mass" by Mrs. John E. Barcley by Mrs. John E. Barcley Source: [FindAGrave] Source: S-1094484490 Repository: #R-2147395643 Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Source: Jonathan Dunham. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Marriage Husband Jonathan Dunham. Wife Mary Cobb. Marriage 15 Oct 1657. . Edgartown, NY. [9][10][11]

Died Age: 85. 18 December 1717. Edgartown, MA, USA. [12][13]

Buried Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA. [14]

Source: Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived. * Source: S-2144088419 Repository: #R-2147395643 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Gen Note: Source: https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/8134504 Source: S-1366474866 Repository: #R-1563874634 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13981146&pid... Repository: R-1563874634 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Source: S-1094478061 Repository: #R-2147395643 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

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Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Edgartown V1, page 221 Vital Records from The NEHGS Register Vol 51 page 197 Book Title: Dunham Genealogy : Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts : 1589-1669 : and his descendants. North America, Family Histories, 1500- 2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2016 search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-PioneersMA&h=244 992&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650 Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts.Original data: Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date1999. Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA

Jonathan Dunham

      Sex: M Individual Information

         Birth: Abt 1625 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

   Christening: 

         Death: 18 Dec 1717 - Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

        Burial: 

Parents

        Father: Deacon John Dunham (1588-1668) 1

        Mother: Abigail Balliou (1600-After 1668) Spouses and Children 1. *Mary Delano (Abt 1635 - 1656-1657)

      Marriage: 29 Nov 1655 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States 5

      Children:

               1. Jonathan Dunham (Abt 1656-      )

2. Mary Cobb (24 Mar 1636-24 Mar 1637 - )

      Marriage: 15 Oct 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States 6

Jonathan Dunham arrived in Plymouth from Leiden, Holland, with his parents John Dunham, Sr. and Abigail Barlow in 1632. He was about seven years old; Abgail's second child & John's 5th. He died on Saturday, 18 December 1717 in Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts.1,2,4,3

Added by E. C. Nickerson about this Great Grandfather: Ministered to the Native American People: Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. 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.

Epitaph on gravestone:

• HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
• MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
• DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
• 1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
• PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
• EDGARTOWN

Admitted a freeman on June 3, 1657. On June 7, 1665 was granted 30 acres of land at Major's Purchase (Middleboro, MA.). A Selectman of Middleboro 1674/5. Lay preacher in Falmouth, MA. before moving to Edgartown. Jonathan was pastor of the church in Edgartown (county seat of Martha's Vineyard, MA.) in 1684-1717; receiving 30 lbs. of payment for the first year. Ordained Teacher Oct. 11, 1694. /ECN/

Epitaph: 'With Toil and Pains at first He tell'd the Ground - Call'd to Dress god's Vine Yard and was faithful found, Full thirty years the Gospel He did Despence-His work Being done christ Jesus call'd Him Hence.' 'Here lyes ye Body of Rev. mr. Jonathan Dunham, who Died Dec. 18, 1717, aged about 85 years, Pastor of Church of Christ at Edgartown'.

Sources:

Records from the Plymouth Colony

The book, 'Martha's Vineyard', by Henry F. Norton, p. 29.

Info from Isaac Watson Dunham

Jonathan settled in Piscataway, New Jersey, south of Woodbridge, His Uncle Benajah followed him and took an active interest in the affairs of the colony and in 1673 was appointed captain of the militia, and as such was one of the committee of safety and council of war. It was under this board that Jonathan Singletary, from Haverhill, who had assumed the name of Jonathan Dunham, was condemned for his vagrancy. That Jonathan (Singletary) Dunham is an ancestor of President Barack Obama

He was a missionary among the sea coast Indians from Saco, ME to Cape Cod. In 1670 he was a constable in Middleboro, MA and in 1673 a deputy to the General Court for Middleboro. He moved to Edgartown and was ordained by Elder Gibson as the pastor of the church in Edgartown.

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  • Barclay, Mrs. John E.. "Jonathan Dunham of Plymouth and Edgartown, Mass.", The American Genealogist volume 36, No. 4 (October 1960).
  • Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy, English and American Branches of the Dunham Family. Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907.
  • Damvelt, Marine S.. "Dunham Family Groupsheets". Compiled 1995. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • Hayward, Elijah. "Plymouth Colony Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IX (1855).
  • Winsor, Justin. A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers. 1849. Reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, Inc., 1999.

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From FindaGrave: Rev Jonathan Dunham BIRTH 1632 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 18 Dec 1717 (aged 84–85) Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Tower Hill Cemetery Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 14444173 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 5 FLOWERS 47 Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. 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. Epitaph on gravestone: HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI 1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT EDGARTOWN

With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful Found Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him Hence.