Solomon Dunham (1728 - 1790)

Born 18 Feb 1728 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hill) Dunham — married 4 Nov 1756 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1790 at age 62 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Solomon was born in 1728. He was the son of Nathaniel Dunham and Elisabeth Prat. He married Sarah Hill on November 4, 1756, Norton, Massachusetts, and passed away in 1790 in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

DAR information: Solomon Dunham (1729-90) served in Capt. Elisha May's Company, 1776 and 1777, in the secret expedition under Col. George Williams.

Research Notes

From familysearch (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KD9J-LV3): The birth of 10 Jul 1693 belongs to Nathaniel Dunham of Wrenthem who died before 1699 when a second Nathaniel was born 17 Jan 1699 who married Sarah Shattuck at Hebron:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KD9J-LV3

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK4D-3PP

It does not belong to the family of Plymouth or Bristol.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G4RF-VD4

Unfortunately these records were merged and conflated and sources will need to be moved to the correct profiles.

See The American Genealogist Vol 29 pages 22+ (1953) The American Genealogist vol 62 pages 19+ (1987

Sources

• Name: Solomon Dunham Jr Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: Feb 1729; Birth Place: Attleboro, Massachusetts. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Ancestry.com: North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR, Vol. 037, page 102

• Name: Solomon Dunham Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1756; Marriage Place: Norton, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: Sarah Hill. Souce Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Name: Saleman Dunham Gender: Male; Military Date: 29 Aug 1780; Military Place: Massachusetts, USA; State or Army Served: Massachusetts Regiment: 7th Regiment; Rank: Private. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXZ-F2N : 5 January 2021), Solomon Donham, 1727.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-2K96 : 18 February 2020), Solomon Dunham and Sarah Hill, 18 Oct 1756; citing Marriage, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009663.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXZ-J8W : 5 January 2021), Solomon Dunham in entry for Joseph Dunham, 1778.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-12T5 : 11 June 2020), Solomon Dunham, 1790; Burial, , ; citing record ID. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86048101/solomon-dunham
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