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Sarah Dunn (Dunham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, British America Colony
Death: after 1799
Whiteley Township, Greene County, PA, United States
Place of Burial: Old Dunn Burial Ground
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edmund Nehemiah Dunham and Dianah Dunham
Wife of Benajah Dunn
Mother of Rev. Isaac Dunn; Zephaniah Dunn; Prudence Cooper and Mary Knott
Sister of Rebecca Dunham; Nehemiah Dunham; Dinah Dunn; Daniel Jacob Dunham; Elizabeth Martin and 7 others

Managed by: Francis Gene Dellinger
Last Updated:

About Sarah Dunn

Died about 1799.

Married March 29, 1744 in Piscataway Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Her and her husband had a total of eight children.

Is said she survived her husband and continued to live on the Dunn Family Farm up until the year 1799.

Has been said there is an Old Dunn Burial Grounds, Girards Fort and Muddy Creek - Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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References

  • The descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom, 1630-1950 / by Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. by Christian, Louise Aymar. pg 13 https://archive.org/details/descendantsofedw00chri/page/13/mode/1up Notes Sarah Dunham, daughter of Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitz Randolph, b. 30 Apl. 1718
  • Orra Eugene Monnette. "First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey 1664-1714". Los Angeles, CA: The Leroy Carman Press, 1931, pp 231 Notes Sarah Dunham, daughter of Edmund and Dinah Dunham, b. 30 Apl. 1718
  • "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-3XTY : 29 November 2018), Benajah Dunn and Sarah Dunham, 29 Mar 1744; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719782.
  • "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKN-Q55 : 20 January 2020), Edmund Dunham in entry for Benajoh Dunn, 1744.
  • https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Edmund_Dunham_%281%29
  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various) 107. The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dinah wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors.
  • Year: 1790; Census Place: Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 170; Image: 100; Family History Library Film: 0568149 AncestryImage Dunn, Benagey, 1 female [sic] [presumably Benajah Jr.'s wife Sarah] next line: Dunn, Sarah, 1 female [presumably Benajah Sr.'s widow]
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16012647/sarah-dunn
  • https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZ6W-9V4
  • Title: Dunham Genealogy : Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts : 1589-1669 : and his descendants AncestryImage Name Edmund Dunham Gender Male Birth Date 15 Jan 1691 First Marriage Date 11 Mar 1717 Father Edmund Dunham Mother Mary Bonham Spouse Dinah Fitzrandolph Child Sarah Dunham
  • New Jersey, United States. New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956. (FamilySearch Record Search). Name: Benajah Dunn Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 29 Mar 1744 Event Place: Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Spouse's Name: Sarah Dunham Spouse's Father's Name: Edmund Dunham Source: GS Film number: 802937 [Marriage records (Monmouth County, New Jersey), 1711-1878; apparently Marriage Bonds]
  • https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Dunham_%2812%29
  • Christensen, Anthony J. A branch of the Piscataway Dunn family: a few members of the Dunn family whose branches spread from Pisctaqua, New Hampshire, to Piscataway, New Jersey, to Southwestern Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Kentucky, and to points West. (Salem, Utah: Mac Anthony Corp., c1998), p. 3-12. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/597169-redi...
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Sarah Dunn's Timeline

1718
April 13, 1718
Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, British America Colony
1743
1743
1745
1745
Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ
1755
1755
Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ, United States
1756
1756
Piscataway, New Jersey, British Colonial America
1799
1799
Age 80
Whiteley Township, Greene County, PA, United States
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Old Dunn Burial Ground