ANCESTORS OF GEORGE EARL DUNHAM OF UTICA, N.Y.

 

7 JUL 1994

 

Page 11

 

TENTH GENERATION

 

P29-30). Born, 18 Nov 1637, in Plymouth,MA. Died, 1703 (?), in Plymouth,MA. Prob of Est: 16 Jun 1703. He married (MSR, P545; PC, P330), first, Mercy Morton (MSR, P545), daughter of Nathaniel "Secretary" Morton and Lydia Cooper, 18 Nov 1657, in Plymouth, MA. He married (ibid.), second, Hester Wormall (MSR, P531), daughter of Joseph Wormall of Rowley and Merriam( Wormall, 20 Aug 1669, in Plymouth, MA. Individual flags: DirAnc. Reference: IWD1,SD9.

 

x. Benjamin 12-10 (SDM-, P32-33). Born, circa 1638 (?), in Plymouth, MA. Died, 1668 (?), in Eastham, MA. He married Mary Tilson, daughter of Edmund Tilson and Joane\Jane ( Tilson, 25 Oct 1660, in Taunton,NJ. Reference: SDM10.

 

xi. Daniel 12-11 (IWD, Pp.12, 299, 300; SDM-, P33). Born, 1639, in Plymouth, MA. Died, circa 1677 (?), in Dorchester, MA?. Note 1: 1671, in Plymouth, MA (Surveyor of Highways). Prob of Est: 28 Jan 1676/7 (Will dated). Note 3: 1668 (With Benajah, to Eastham). He married (PC, P.286), first, Hannah( Dunham ) (PC, P286), circa 1660 (??). He married, second, Mehitable Hayward (ROTH, to Susan Williams, 14 Apr 1990), daughter of Thomas Hayward and Mehitable( Hayward ), circa 1670, in Plymouth, MA?. Reference: IDD1,S11.

xii. Benajah 12-12 (IWD, P250; CFA, P20; SDM-, P34) (

 

BENAJAH DUNHAM and ELIZABETH TILSON

 

"Benajah and Elizabeth (Tilson) Dunham moved from Plymouth to Eastham, Massachusetts following their marriage at Plymouth on 25 October 1660. At Eastham he was admitted freeman in 1664 and was court officer in 1669. In 1671 they sold their land at Eastham and joined the migration of many of the Plymouth families to East New Jersey, where they settled at Piscataway in Middlesex County [near New Brunswick]. He purchased more than 100 acres in Piscataway in 1672. In 1673 and following he was Captain of Militia. Benajah Dunham died at the age of 40 years, having written his will on 10 May 1679, proved in the Middlesex Court 12 August 1680. Elizabeth (Tilson) Dunham died at Piscataway within four years following her husband's death. Of their seven children, whose births are recorded at Eastham, Massachusetts, and Piscataway, New Jersey, only three were living at the time of Benajah Dunham's death in 1680."

 

Benajah and Elizabeth Tilson were married on the same date given for the marriage of his brother Benjamin to Mary Tilson. Were Elizabeth and Mary related? Were they both daughters of Edmund of Plymouth? ). Born, 1640, in Plymouth, MA. Died, 24 Dec 1680, in Piscataway, NJ. Occupation: Farmer. He married Elizabeth Tilson, daughter of Edmund Tilson and Joane\Jane ( Tilson, 25 Oct 1660, in Plymouth ,MA. Reference: IDB1,S12.

 

20. Abigail [10] Balliou (Thomas, 27) (SDM-, P19; LEYDEN 137, verso 1B, P.

 

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