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Edward Dunham (1691 - 1748)

Edward (Edmund) Dunham
Born in Pisctaway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Husband of — married 16 Mar 1717 [location unknown]
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Died at age 57 in Pisctaway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Edward was born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, on 15 Jan 1691 to Edmund Dunham and Mary (Bonham) Dunham.[1]

Edmund married Dinah Fitz Randolph[2] and had 13 children. He passed away on Jul 1748 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.

The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dina wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors. Witnesses; Ephriam Dunham, Benajah Dunn, Jonathon Dunham.[3]

Mayflower Families through five generations - Volume Four 2nd Edition - Family of Edward Fuller pg. 107 lists family of Edmund Dunham:

Children (DUNHAM) b. Piscataway NJ:
i Sarah (6) b. 30 April 1718
ii Rebecca b. 31 Oct 1719
iii Nehemiah b. 1 Nov 1721
iv Edmond b. 18 Oct 1723
v Dinah b. 1 Dec 1725
vi Daniel b. 5 Feb 1727/8
vii Elizabeth b. 15 Aug 1731
viii Mary b. 1 July 1734
ix Stephen b. 1 Oct 1737
x Peter
xi Rachel
xii Catrine b. 1741

Sources

  1. "Piscataway Register of Births." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Third Series Vol II. (1897) p. 75
  2. New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-T6K : 4 April 2020), Edward Dunham and Dinah Fitz Randolph, 11 Mar 1717; citing Burlington, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,466.
  3. Calendar of New Jersey Wills https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE106628
  • Mayflower Families through five generations - Volume Four 2nd Edition
  • PROC NJ HIST SOC (3rd ser.) 2:75 (b. Eliz., Mary, Stephen), 76 (b. 1st 3 ch.), 78 (b. Edmund, Dinah, Daniel), 169 (b. wife Dinah); (new ser.) 4:35 (m.). NJ ARCHIVES (1st ser.) 30:154 (ed. Dunham), 179 (Thos FitzRandolph).
  • Archive.org; 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
Name: Dinah Fitz Randolph
Birth: 10 Jul 1700, Piscataway [N.J.]
Parents: 8. Thomas Fitz Randolph, Elizabeth Manning
Marriage: 16 Mar 1717
Spouse: Edmond Dunham
Spouse parents: Rev. Edward Dunham, Mary Bonham
Spouse second wife: Mary Hill
Spouse will date: 4 Jun 1749; proved 13 Jul 1749
Children:
  1. Sarah; b. 30 Apr 1718
  2. Rebecca, b. 31 Oct 1719
  3. Nehemiah, b. 1 Nov 1721
  4. Edmund, b. 13 Oct 1723
  5. Dinah, b. 1725
  6. Daniel, b. 5 Feb 1727
  7. Elizabeth, b. 15 Aug 1731
  8. Mary, b. 1 Jul 1734
  9. Stephen, b. 1 Oct 1737
  10. Catherine, b. 1741
  11. Peter
  12. Rachel
  • (1955). Supplement to the Fitz Randolph Genealogy with addition and corrections. Edward Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI, 44 pp. No corrections or additions to Entry 31.
  • Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp. Entry 640, p. 161.
Name: Dinah Fitz Randolph
Birth: 10 Jul 1700, Piscataway, N.J.
Death: ca 1775, Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Parents: 4. Thomas Fitz Randolph, Elizabeth Manning
Marriage: 11 Mar 1717, Piscataway
Spouse: Edmond Dunham Jr.
Spouse parents: Edward Dunham Sr., Mary Bonham
Spouse birth: 15 Jan 1691
Spouse death: betw 4 Jun and 13 Jul 1748
Note: Edmund Dunham Sr. together with John Fitz Randolph, Hezekiah Bonham, Hugh Dunn, John Smalley and Rev. John Drake were founders of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Piscataway. Mary Bonham was dau. of Nicholas and Hannah (Fuller) Bonham. Hannah Fuller was dau. of Samuel Fuller who came on the Mayflower and who m. Jane Lathrop. The marriage of Dinah Fitz Randolph to Edmund Dunham Jr. establishes a Mayflower line for this family. Edmund Jr., yeoman of Piscataway; asst. justice Middlesex Co.; military officer there.
Children, Dunham, b. Piscataway:
  1. Sarah; b. 20 Apr 1718; d. in infancy
  2. Rebecca, b. 31 Oct 1719; d. in infancy
  3. Nehemiah, b. 1 Nov 1721; m1. Ann Dunn; m2. Bethany Clarkson
  4. Edmund, b. 18 Oct 1723; m. Mary Dunn
  5. Dinah, b. 1725; m. Joseph Dunn
  6. Daniel, b. 2 Feb 1727; m. Elizabeth Martin, 1749
  7. Elizabeth, b. 15 Aug 1731
  8. Mary, b. 1 Jul 1734
  9. Stephen, b. 1 Jul 1737
  10. Rachel
  11. Catherine, b. 1741; never married

Marriage

  • New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-T6K : 4 April 2020), Edward Dunham and Dinah Fitz Randolph, 11 Mar 1717; citing Burlington, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,466.
  • Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Name: Dinah
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Spouse: Edmund Dunham
Note: "1749, June 4. Dunham, Edmund, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of; Wife: Dunham Dinah. Children -- Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dinah (wife of Joseph Dunn), Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham. Lands bought of Benjamin Manning, Darby Soapland, Alexander Mackdowell; lands bought with Jeremiah Dunn, John Langstaff, Jun'r, and Henry Langstaff, Jun'r; lands my father bought of Benjamin Hull, John Harrison, Benjamin Higgins. Executors: son Nehemiah, and cousin Azariah Dunham. Witnesses: Ephraim Dunham, Benajah Dunn, Jonathan Dunham. Proved July 13, 1749."
Source Citation: New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series; John L. Murphy Publishing Company; New Jersey State Archives

Death

  • [1] Calendar of New Jersey Wills and Administrations, Etc. Vol II (1730-1750) Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, vol. 30. p. 154.




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A wife has recently been added. Is there a good source to support her attachment? Especially one that provides us with her maiden name and parents?

Edited: [Also, the list of children is headed with a source, "Family of Edward Fuller pg. 107". Can this source be more fully defined? Author, publication info, etc.] located in changes log where part of the citation was removed.

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posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Dunham-2114 and Dunham-1196 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles represent the same Edmund Dunham, spouse, and child.
posted by Honi Kleine

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