Azariah Dunham (1718 - 1790)

Born 9 Feb 1718 in Piscataway, New Jersey

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1790 at age 71 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Colonel Azariah Donham was born in Piscataway New Jersey 9 February 1718/19, the son of Jonathan Dunham (1694 - 1777) and Jane Platt (1695 - 1779)

He married Mary Tuxton. They had:

David

Mary

Jane

21 May 1753, he second married Mary Stone Ford (1734-5 -4 May 1802) the daughter of Colonel Jacob Ford and Hannah Baldwin. They had:

Lewis Ford

John

James

Elizabeth

Nancy

Hannah

Sarah

Jacob

Moses

William

Hannah

Colonel Azariah Dunham served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Azariah Dunham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A034486.

Azariah Dunham is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-151183
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

In Feb. 1775 Colonel Dunham was elected to the Colonial General Assembly of the province of New Jersey, and again for 1775 and 1776. In 1775 He was a member of the Provincial Congress and appointed as one of the Committee of Safety for the Province. Colonel Dunham was an active Revolutionary leader, and after the war he was elected the first President of the Corporation of the City of New Brunswick. His son Lewis followed 4 years later.

He died 22 January 1790, Azariah, Mary, and 4 sons are buried in the Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan Township (formerly Piscataway) Middlesex Co. New Jersey.

Notes

"DUNHAM, AZARIAH, b. 9 Feb. 1718, Piscataway, N. J., d. 22 Jan. 1790, New Brunswick, N. J., m. (1) Mary Tuxton, m (2) 21 May 1753, Mary Ford Stone, b. 22 Sept. 1734, Morristown, N. J., d. 4 May 1802, New Brunswick, N. J. Service: Member of 1st Provincial Congress and Lieutenant-Colonel of Middlesex Co., N. J. Militia Commissary General. Children: (by 1st wife) David (Squire), b. 1745; Mary, b. 1747; Jane, b. 1748; (by 2nd wife) Lewis Ford, b. 1754; John, b. 1756; James, b. 1757; Eliabeth, b. 1759; Nancy, b. 1761; Hannah, b. 1764; Sarah, b. 1765; Jacob, b. 1767; Moses, b. 1770; William, b. 1772; Hannah, b. 1774. Descendant: Young, Mary Dunham, No. 496687." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors, p. 97

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Nov 2022), "Record of Azariah Dunham", Ancestor # A034486.
• MAHONY, Gratia Dunham. The large family of Benijah Dunham Dunham-Singletary Family Connections, Vol. 3, Issue 3 , 15 July 2006, p. 2-6 (opens as PDF] Source of children.

• SAR Membership Application

Lewis Ford Dunham

Birth 31 Mar 1754, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Death 26 Aug 1821 New Brunswick, New Jersey

SAR Membership: 71022

Father: Azariah Dunham

Mother: Mary Stone

Spouse: Jane Tuthill

Children: Jane Elizabeth Dunham

• WALL, John P The chronicles of New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1667-1931. Thatcher-Anderson, New Brunswick, N.J.: 1931, p. 274-75.

Azariah Dunham 1784-1790 ( the 1st in that position)

Jonathan Schureman 1790-1793

Dr. Lewis Dunham 1794 - 1794 {Azariah's son}

• Find A Grave: Memorial #141094307 father's memorial

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1217-1221)

• Profile created by Duncan Knobloch through the import of Duncan Knobloch 04 28 2019_2019-09-11_01.ged on Sep 11, 2019.