Rev Jonathan Dunham^[1]

1632 - 1717  (85 years)

• Name	Rev Jonathan Dunham
  Birth	1632	Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Dec 1717	Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I34899	Master
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Deacon John Dunham, Sr,   b. 25 Jul 1587, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. 2 Mar 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Abigail Barlow,   b. 22 Oct 1606, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 20 Mar 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1622	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Delano,   b. 1635, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1656, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1655	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F8397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Cobb,   b. 24 Mar 1637, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1677, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1657	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 6]
  Children	1. Jonathan Dunham  [Father: natural]   2. Daniel Dunham,   b. 1656, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Mar 1742, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Hannah Dunham,   b. 1658, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Nov 1722, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Jonathan Dunham,   b. 1658, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1711, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Eleazar Dunham,   b. 1665, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Oct 1710, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Samuel Dunham,   b. 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jun 1689 (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Gershom Dunham,   b. 1672, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Nov 1739, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Daniel Dunham,   b. 1677, Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1741, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F8396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1632 - Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 29 Nov 1655 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 15 Oct 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 18 Dec 1717 - Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Life of Rev Jonathan He was the fifth child of Deacon John and Abigail Dunahm and was born in Plymouth in 1632 and died Dec 18, 1717. At an early date he became a missionary among the Indians, along the coast of Massachusetts, going as far north as Saco, Maine. In 1659 he went to Marth'as Vineyar and in 1694 he was ordained at Edgartown by Elder Gibson. He was a reasident of Plymouth ,Eastham and Middleboro, and an owner of real estated. In 1673 he was constable for Middleboro; in 1675 selectman; in 1689 deputy to the general court. He married first Mary De La Noye, daughter of Philip and Hester D Delano on 9 November 1655. She came over in "The Fortune" in 1621. Delano was a diret ancestor of President U.S. Grant. He married a second time to Mary Cobb, b 24 March 1637, the daughter of Elder Henry Cobb who came from England in 1629. Their children were Danie, Jonathan, Eleazer, Gershom, Samuel and Hannah. (taken from Hudson and Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, 1911) Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18,1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.Epitaph on gravestone: HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI 1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT EDGARTOWN With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful Found Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him Hence.

  
  

• Sources

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