Benajah
Dunham
Born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Benajah Dunham
and Dorothy (Martin) Dunham
Brother of
John Dunham, Hezekiah Dunham, Martin Dunham, Elizabeth (Dunham) Mundy, Mary Dunham, Esther (Dunham) Dunn, Priscilla Dunham, Rachel Dunham, Elisha Dunham and Elisha Dunham [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Benajah Dunham
Died
at age 37
in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2013
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Biography
Benajah was the son of Benajah and Dorothy (Martin) Dunham. He married to Hannah Martin in Burlington, New Jersey the 5th of February, 1745. Benajah died in Middlesex County in 1750.
Transcribed, will of.
1750, May 31. Dunham, Benajah, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., yeoman, who deceased May 24, 1750. Int. Inventory, £172.19.7; made by David FitzRandolph and Jonathan FitzRandolph, Jun'r.
1750, June 1. Administration on the estate granted to Hannah Dunham, widow. Phineas Dunn and Peter Wodden, fellow bondsmen. Lib. E, p. 409.
1751, May 14. Account. Payments to Elijah Dunham, Dr. John vanBuren, Cornelius Low, John Holton, James Wilson, Mary Smalley.
Sources
Marriage to Hannah Martin
- "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-TXQ : 12 December 2014), Benajah Dunham and Hannah Martin, 05 Feb 1745; citing Burlington, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,466.
Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series Vol. 30 Page 154.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Ted Harris for creating WikiTree profile Dunham-626 through the import of Harris_Weller_McConaghy_Langst.ged on Feb 6, 2013.
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