Ephraim Dunham (1696 - aft. 1749)

Born 2 May 1696 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Smalley) Dunham — married 26 Jan 1716 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died after 17 May 1749 after age 53 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Biography

Ephriam Dunham was one of eight children of Edmund & Mary (Bonham) Dunham and a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. Ephraim Dunham was born in Piscataway, New Jersey, 2 May 1696.^[1][2]

He married in Piscataway 26 Jan 1715/6 Phebe Smalley,^[3][1] daughter of John and Lydia (Martin) Smalley.^[1]

No will has been found in the NJ Archives for Ephraim or Phebe.^[1] However, Ephraim and Phebe died after 17 May 1749 when they acknowledged their signatures on a deed^[4]

Children of Ephraim and Phebe Dunham born in Piscataway, New Jersey.^[1][5]

1. Zerviah Dunham, b. 11 Nov. 1716
2. Elisha Dunham, b. 16 Aug 1720 (birth recorded as Electa)
3. Ephraim Dunham, b. 17 Mar 1722
4. Phebe Dunham, b. 3 Jan 1723/4
5. Susannah Dunham, b. 23 Sept 1727
6. Benjamin Dunham, b. 18 Mar 1727/8 [sic]
7. Elizabeth Dunham, b. 17 Jun 1730
8. John Dunham, b. 15 Sept 1732
9. Edmund Dunham, b. 2 Aug 1734
10. Jeremiah Dunham, b. 10 April 1737
11. Bethsheba Dunham, b. 30 May 1740

Not listed in the Mayflower Publication

• ? Hannah Dunn, d/o Ephraim and Phebe b. 28 Dec 1718. ^[6] Hannah fits in the gap between Zerviah and Elisha and no other children are listed for Ephraim and Phebe Dunn.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Four. Third Edition. Family of Edward Fuller. (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.) pp 41, 134
2. ↑ "Piscataway Register of Births." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Third Series Vol II. (1897) p. 75
3. ↑ "Piscataway, New Jersey, Marriage and Death Records." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. New Series Vol IV 1919 Ephraim Dunham (1696-aft.1749) p 35]
4. ↑ [NJ Colonial Deed, Vol. G-2, p. 133-135].
5. ↑ "Piscataway Register of Births." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Third Series Vol II. (1897) pp 76; 78.
6. ↑ "Piscataway Register of Births." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Third Series Vol II. (1897)p. 77

• Website: Dunham Family History: Ancestors of Ted. W. Dunham VI
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1217-1221)
• Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy : Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts : 1589-1669 : and his descendants (Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print, 1907) pp. 250, 270