William Dunham

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Biography

William Dunham was born February 2, 1684, the son of Samuel Dunham and Mary Harlow of Plymouth Colony[1] [2]

On December 9, 1708, he married Anna Norcutt[3], and their children included[4]:

William, born April 5, 1710[4], who married Persis Dunham[2]
Martha, born December 8, 1713[4], who married Nathaniel Freeman[2]
Jonathan, born 1715 at Colchester, CT, who married Elizabeth[2]
Mary, born 1715 at Mansfield, CT, who married Solomon Brown[2

Probate

His will is dated 12 November 1745 and proved on 8 March 1745/46 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife (but not her name), and his children, William (who is "infirm") and Martha, wife of Nathaniel Freeman, and his brother Samuel Dunham. His inventory was taken on 31 March 1746 in Plymouth.[5]

William Dunham (1684 - abt. 1746)

William Dunham

Born 2 Feb 1684 in Plymouth Colony

Son of Samuel Dunham and Mary (Harlow) Dunham

Brother of Samuel Dunham, Mary Dunham, Ebenezer Dunham and Nathaniel Dunham

Husband of Anna (Norcutt) Dunham — married 9 Dec 1708 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of William Dunham and Martha (Dunham) Freeman

Died about 1746 at about age 61 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 9 Jul 2023 | Created 16 Jun 2020

Sources

↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Plymouth, Volume 1, page 9, which states Wiliam born the 2d of Feb. 1684 [of Samuel Dunham Jr. & Mary his wife]
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dunham, Isaac Watson, Dunham Genealogy (Norwich, Conn.: Bulletin Print, [1907])
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Plymouth, Volume 1, page 89, which states William DUNHAM to Anna NORCUTT Dec. 9, 1708
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Plymouth Mass Vital Records Volume 1, page 40, published in NEHGS, and in Volume 8, page 99 of The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- , which states The Children of William Dunham & Annah Dunham his wife
Martha born on the 8th of Dec. 1713
William born on the fifth of April 1710
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8LC9 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 181-182 of 611; State Archives, Boston.