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Benajah Dunham (1684 - 1742)

Benajah Dunham
Born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 21 Sep 1704 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 57 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Benajah Dunham was born in Piscataway, New Jersey, 13 Aug 1684, son of Edmund Dunham and Mary Bonham.[1][2] Benajah is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller.

He married at New Jersey, 21 Sept 1704 Dorothy Martin.[2] Dorothy was b. in Piscataway, 7 June 1686; daughter of John and Dorothy (____) Martin.[2]

Benajah was town clerk for fifteen years 1715-1730.[2]

He died 9 Aug 1742, in Piscataway.[2]

Transcribed, Will

1742, Aug. 11. Dunham, Benajah, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.

Nuncupative will. States that "on Monday last, being 9th of August, about five hours before his death," he gave to sons Benajah and Martin lands, etc., and they were to be kind to his wife. In presence Edmund Dunham, Ephraim Dunham, Phineas Martin, John Martin. Witnesses—Jonathan Martin, Azariah Dunham, Elisha Whitehead. Lib. C, p. 530.

1742, Aug. 23. Dorothy Dunham, widow, declines to act as administratrix, and recommends her sons, Benajah and Martin, as administrators. Witness—Azariah Dunham. Bond of Benajah and Martin Dunham.[3]

Children b. Piscataway

  1. John Dunham, b. 8 July 1705
  2. Hezekiah Dunham, b. 3 Dec 1707
  3. Benajah Dunham, b. 30 Aug 1712
  4. Martin Dunham, b. 11 Dec 1714
  5. Elizabeth Dunham, b. 24 Oct 1715
  6. Mary Dunham, b. 20 April 1717
  7. Esther Dunham, b. 11 or 14 March 1720
  8. Priscilla Dunham, b. 1 Aug 1722
  9. Rachel Dunham, b. 16 Aug 1724
  10. Elisha Dunham, b. 11 Oct 1728

Sources

  1. "Piscataway Register of Births." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Third Series Vol II. (1897) p. 75
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Volume Four, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller. Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006. pg 131
  3. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE106628

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