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John DUNHAM's other family: with Sarah DENNIS (aft1706- )

Family of John DUNHAM and Hiley Ann UNKNOWN

Husband: John DUNHAM (1708-1810)
Wife: Hiley Ann UNKNOWN ( - )
Children: Nathaniel DONHAM (1733-1812)
Marriage 1732 New Jersey

Husband: John DUNHAM

Name: John DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Father: Nathaniel DONHAM alias Singletary (1679-1727)
Mother: Joannah THORNELL (1684-1730)
Birth 1708 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA 1,2
Death (1) 25 Apr 1810 (age 101-102) Pennsylvania, USA 1,2
Death (2) 1810 (age 101-102) Pennsylvania

Wife: Hiley Ann UNKNOWN

Name: Hiley Ann UNKNOWN 2
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -

Child 1: Nathaniel DONHAM

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Name: Nathaniel DONHAM 3
Sex: Male
Name Prefix: Patriot
Name Suffix: Jr.
Spouse 1: Mary SUTTON (1735-1774)
Spouse 2: Keziah CROSLEY (1758-1820)
Birth 1733 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Military frm 1777 to 1778 (age 43-45) Private 1st NJ Regiment Continental Troops; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 4
Death 29 Sep 1812 (age 78-79) Clermont County, Ohio 5

Sources

1Ancestry.com, "One World Tree (sm)" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;). Text From Source: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
www.ancestry.com.
2Scott T.S. Trimble, "Donham Family History" (1995-2000). http://www.ststlocations.com/Archives/Donham/Chapter22/.
STST Genealogy, http://www.ststlocations.com/Archives/Genealogy.
3Ibid. http://www.ststlocations.com/Archives/Donham/AppendixA.
Text From Source: He was born in 1733 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.107 Previous books and histories say that he was the son of Nathaniel DONHAM Sr. and Joannah THORNELL. This was unlikely for two reasons. Nathaniel DONHAM Sr. was born in 1679, making him 54 when Nathaniel Jr. was born. Nathaniel DONHAM Sr. also already had a child named Nathaniel. This other Nathaniel DONHAM, who was born 17 October 1726, married an Elizabeth WILSON and moved to New York.

Brent SCHLOTTMAN, of Chandler, AZ, suggested on the Prodigy computer service in Fall 1994 that Nathaniel was actually the son of John DONHAM, and grandson of Nathaniel DONHAM Sr. Back then the title "Junior" only meant that there was someone older in town who had the same name, whether he was the father or not. John DONHAM, who was born in 1708, would have been of an appropriate age to be Nathaniel Jr.'s father. Also Nathaniel DONHAM Jr.'s oldest son's name was John — It was a common tradition to name the oldest son after the grandfather. Brent also said that Isaac Watson DUNHAM's book gave a clue by saying that this John DONHAM went to Pennsylvania. We know that Nathaniel DONHAM Jr. went to Pennsylvania and could have taken his father with him. There is still no proof of this relationship, as Nathaniel could easily be the child of any of Nathaniel DONHAM Sr.'s other sons, but it seems to be the most likely one at this point.

Another history says that Nathaniel DONHAM Jr. was the third child of the second marriage of his father. Further, "[The father] was twice married in New Jersey. By his former wife there was born to him but one child, christened by name John. By the second marriage there were three sons and one daughter. The sons were William, Jonathan, and Nathaniel...."108 John DONHAM Jr., the book says, got his father's estate. Jonathan DONHAM married and stayed in New Jersey. William DONHAM moved to northern Alabama.
4"Valley Forge Legacy - The Muster Roll Project" (http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/index.asp). Text From Source: Private Nathaniel Dunham Rank and File
State: New Jersey
Ethnicity:
Division: Support
Brigade: Maxwell's
Regiment: 1st New Jersey
Company: Capt Isaac Morrison
DEC 1777 Deserted
JAN 1778 Deserted
FEB 1778 Deserted
MAR 1778 Deserted
APR 1778 Sick Present
MAY 1778 Sick Present
JUN 1778
Notes:

Deserted August, 1777
Reenlisted April or May, 1778

Born: 1733, New Jersey
Died: September 29, 1812, Clermont Co., Ohio

Spouse: (1) Mary Sutton, (2) Kesiah Crosley
Children: Jonathan Singleton (m. Elizabeth Ayres), John (m. Elizabeth Brown), Abel (m. Elizabeth Ferguson), Mary (Henry Lee)

Source: DAR A034577
5Scott T.S. Trimble, "Donham Family History" (1995-2000). http://www.ststlocations.com/Archives/Donham/Chapter21/.
STST Genealogy, http://www.ststlocations.com/Archives/Genealogy.

 

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