Sir
Ralph
Dunham
Born about in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Wentworth) Dunham
— married
1547 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Dunham, Margret Dunham, Ralph Dunham, Robert Dunham, Dynah Dunham, John Dunham, Thomas Dunham and Catherine Dunham
Died
at about age 84
in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Apr 2011
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Research suggests that this person may never have existed. See the text for details.
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Disputed Existence
Paul C. Reed explains in "The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth" in The American Genealogist, vol. 73 (1998):101-104 (link points to the article on the NEHGS website) that Ralph Dunham did not exist. The information about him apparently arises from a misreading of a visitation record that documented a man named Ralph Denman, who had different parents and different family than are attributed to "Ralph Dunham."
Biography
Sir John Dunham and his wife Bennett removed as parents
Death
https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000003490625883#6000000000966269594 Sir Ralph Dunham 1526 - 10 Oct 1610 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England and and Elizabeth Wentworth 1524 - 1570. They were the parents of nine children found so far Elizabeth b1547, Margret b1549, Ralph b 1550, Richard b 1554, Robert b 1554-1558, Dynah b 1556, John IV, b1556, Thomas b 1560-1605 (father of Deacon John 1589, Catherine b 1563, all born at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England The confusion that arrises between John Dunham 8 Feb 1580 a son of Richard Dunham b 1554-1624 see www.dunham-singletary.org/Priton, Local History Group/baptisms and Deacon John Dunham b 25 July 1589 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, a son of Thomas Dunham b 1560-1605. Thomas Dunham was inclined to the Reformers in his faith and took his Family to London about 1605 where his Robert was born in 1605 London.
Two different death dates were given in profiles that were merged.
- Date: 1556
- Date: 1610
Sources
- Richard Knight pedigree chart 7244 and Rosalia E.A. Kelsch Est, SLC, Ut (Gen Soc -HEC) re Dunham Gen., B5C17, pref. p.33,37; Briggs Hist. & Gen., B15A30, v3, p 884-9.
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Categories: Dunham Genealogy Fraud | Uncertain Existence
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