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Daniel Dunham (1728 - bef. 1804)

Daniel Dunham
Born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married Dec 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Father of , , and
Died before before age 76 in Washington Township, Morris, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Biography

Daughters of the American Revolution
Daniel Dunham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A034499.

Daniel Dunham was born 5 February 1727/28 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, son of Edward Dunham (1691-1748) and Dinah (Fitz Randolph) Dunham (1700-aft.1749).[1] Daniel and Elizabeth Martin were married in December 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Daniel's uncle officiating.[2] Daniel was named co-executor of the estate of his father-in-law, Jonathan Martin, in his will dated 4 May 1768 which named among his children a daughter Elizabeth.[3] Daniel wrote his will on 20 September 1804 in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. He died before the inventory was taken on 28 Sept. and the will proven on 29 September 1804.[4] He was buried in the Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey.[5]

Previous Data

Born in Taylor, West Virginia, USA on 1726 to Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitz Randolph. Daniel married Elizabeth Martin and had 10 children. He passed away on Aug 1804 in Morris, New Jersey, USA.

Sources

  1. ↑ Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations . . . Vol. 4, Edward Fuller (Plymouth, Mass.: GSMD, 2006), p. 133.
  2. ↑ William Nelson, New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967), 644, 646 (reprint of an 1900 book). The records are from the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church Marriage Records, 1745-1776. Rev. Jonathan Dunham was pastor 1745-1777. (can view at FamilySearch, digital film 007831021, images 443-445.)
  3. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations . . ., Vol. 4, p. 132.
  4. ↑ New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol. Volume XXXIX, Abstracts of Wills, 1801-1805, p. 141-42; citing Morris County Will Book A, p. 23, File 1180 N; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2793/ : viewed 12 July 2023), images 141-42.
  5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175439041/daniel-jacob-dunham: accessed 12 July 2023), memorial page for Daniel Jacob Dunham (2 Feb 1727–Sep 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #175439041, citing Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA, Maintained by Memerizion (contributor 48072664). (No gravestone photo.)




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J. McClintock
Hope the following will be useful in updating this profile.

Daniel Dunham's birth date & place are 5 Feb. 1727/28 in Piscataway (birthplace of all the children of his parents) according to: Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations . . ., Vol. 4 (Plymouth, Mass.: GSMD, 2006), p. 133. I've never seen any reference to this family being in Virginia.

From the same source, p. 132, is the information that in the will of Jonathan Martin dated 4 May 1768 he mentioned a daughter Elizabeth [not noted, but she was by his 3rd wife] and as a co-executor a son-in-law Daniel Dunham.

Daniel and Elizabeth Martin were married in December 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Daniel's uncle officiating. This appears in various compilations, but also in William Nelson, New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967), 644, 646 (reprint of an 1900 book). The records are from the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church Marriage Records, 1745-1776. Rev. Jonathan Dunham was pastor 1745-1777. (can view at FamilySearch, digital film 007831021, images 443-445.)

Thanks for checking this out.

Jean

posted by J. McClintock
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Excellent, J. Thanks for the updated data.

Would one of the profile managers like to make the corrections on this Mayflower line to the Fullers, or shall we have J. make the changes?

Cheers,
Bobbie
Mayflower Project co-Leader
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
J. McClintock
More detail is going to be available from DAR. I knew his son-in-law, Edward McShane (husband of Catherine Dunham) was a DAR patriot, but just discovered that Daniel is as well, Ancestor #: A034499.
posted by J. McClintock
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I think you should go ahead and make the changes based on your sources, J. Thanks for your collaboration.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
J. McClintock
Bobbie, I updated the profile but kept the old data in a new section. Maybe there was another Daniel Dunham born at that time and place, but isn't this one. I also notice WikiTree doesn't seem to recognize O.S. double dating. Hope this is all OK.
posted by J. McClintock
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Well done, J. I agree it's a good idea to keep that "previous data" section for future comparision in case someone is looking for it/ The OS date we simply use the NS year. For example, 1727/8 is simply recorded on WT as 1728. I've made the change.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Mercadante-7 Michael Mercadante
J., Daniel Dunham never lived in Virginia. His will identifies three sons, Jacob, Archilus and Daniel, and gives to them "the tract of land I purchased of Joseph friend lying in the Tiger Valley (or on Elk River) in the state of Virginia" to be "equally divided among my three sons". All three sons did indeed move to this region, which is now part of West Virginia, and appear in census records for Virginia.

I've been working on researching the three sons. Archilus and Daniel still need to be added to this profile.

[Daniel Dunham, 1727-1804. Will and inventory, 1180 N, image 596-604. Record of wills, 1740-1900; 1N - 8426N; ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893M-SB6N. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893M-SB6N]

posted by Michael Mercadante

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