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Dennis DUNHAM's brother: William DONHAM ( - )

Family of Dennis DUNHAM and Dorothy PHILLIPS

Husband: Dennis DUNHAM (1751-1821?)
Wife: Dorothy PHILLIPS (1747-bef1840)
Children: John DUNHAM (1774?-1834)
Timothy DUNHAM (1775?-aft1850)
Sarah DUNHAM (1776-1817)
Mary DUNHAM (1781?- )
Jonathan DONHAM (1781-1858)
Effie DUNHAM (1782- )
Hannah DUNHAM (1782- )
Phoebe DUNHAM (1787-bef1887)
Dorothy DUNHAM (1789-1870)
Dennis DUNHAM (1791?-aft1840)
Marriage btw 1765 and 1773

Husband: Dennis DUNHAM

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      Dennis DUNHAM, "RevWarMilitiaMD"    
 
Name: Dennis DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Name Prefix: Patriot
Father: John DUNHAM (1708-1810)
Mother: Sarah DENNIS (aft1706- )
Birth 15 Jan 1751 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
Military 1775 (age 23-24) Served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Greenberry Dorsey; Maryland 3
land transfer 10 Nov 1803 (age 52) Warren , Kentucky 4
Census 1810 (age 58-59) Warren County, Kentucky
Note the spelling of the name Donham was changed to Dunham by some family members, the brother that went north spelled Dunham and the brother in the south spelled it Donham.
Death 1821 (app) (age 69-70) Allen County, Kentucky

Wife: Dorothy PHILLIPS

Name: Dorothy PHILLIPS 1
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 27 May 1747
Death btw 1795 and 1840 (age 47-93) Kentucky

Child 1: John DUNHAM

Name: John DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary HUDSPETH (1784-aft1850)
Birth 1774 (app) Maryland
Death 1834 (age 59-60) Warren County, Kentucky

Child 2: Timothy DUNHAM

Name: Timothy DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary HARRIS (1785-aft1850)
Birth 1775 (app) Maryland
Census (1) 1840 (age 64-65) pg21-149,LafayetteCo,Mo
Census (2) 7 Nov 1850 (age 74-75) pg148-222-Dist46,LafayetteCo,Mo
Death aft 1850 (age 74-75) Lafayette County, Missouri

Child 3: Sarah DUNHAM

Name: Sarah DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse: Zachariah MORRIS ( - )
Birth Jan 1776 Virginia
Death 29 Mar 1817 (age 41) Warren County, Kentucky
Burial Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky

Child 4: Mary DUNHAM

Name: Mary DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Birth 1781 (app) New Jersey

Child 5: Jonathan DONHAM

Name: Jonathan DONHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Spouse: Milbra PHILLIPS (1781?-1864?)
Birth 1781 Virginia
Tax list (1) 1800 (age 18-19) Warren County, Ky. tax list
Tax list (2) 1803 (age 21-22) Warren County, Ky. tax list
Census (1) 1820 (age 38-39) Shelby County, Alabama-Donhan, Jonathan 1-5-1-3 10 0 0 10
Deed books 1827 (age 45-46) Index To Early Deed Book-1827-Shelby County Alabama-149-151 Donham, Jonathon ~ Cross, Joel Deed. Milberry Donham, wife.
Census (2) 1830 (age 48-49) pg1- 195, southern district, Fayette County, Alabama-age 50-60; Fayette Co, AL; 11100001, 2010101
Census (3) 1840 (age 58-59) pg31-286, Sheet 16, Yalobusha County, Mississippi 0-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1 males; 0-0-1-0-0-1 females
Justice of Peace 1841 (age 59-60) Records show that Jonathan Donham was Justice of Peace in Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Census (4) 21 Sep 1850 (age 68-69) pg82-92B,PontotocCo,Mississippi--Jonathan was listed as age 69 making him born abt 1781-place of birth was listed as Georgia-does not match family records of being born in New Jersey or Virginia.
Land records DUNHAM, JONATHAN AL Shelby 4/30/1824 Tuscaloosa 2672 AL0690__.103-Accession/Serial #: AL0690__.103 BLM Serial #: AL NO S/N
Note (1) Soure: Place of burial for Jonathan and Milbra Donham was from Norris Harding, a gr gr grandson, of Oxford, Ms.-he has been to the cemetery when he was a child, and the markers have now been remove
Note (2) Jonathan and Milbra Donham owned & operated a ferry on the Yalobusha River north of Grenada, Mississippi
Note (3) 1858 (age 76-77) Family records show that Jonathan Donham died in his son John Donham's home in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Death 1858 (age 76-77) Lafayette County, Mississippi
Burial Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette Co., Ms.-near John Donham's plantation

Child 6: Effie DUNHAM

Name: Effie DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse: Joseph SKAGGS (1782-bef1850)
Birth 1782 Pennsylvania
Census 14 Sep 1850 (age 67-68) pg9-304,LibertyTwsp,Clay County, Missouri-living with son Jonathan after Joseph's death.
Note (1) 1850 (age 67-68) Effy is listed as age 64, born in Pennsylvania in the 1850 census in Clay Co., Missouri
Note (2) Marriage consented by Dennis Dunham, Wit Timothy Dunham and Zachariah Morris. Bond posted by Daniel Skaggs.

Child 7: Hannah DUNHAM

Name: Hannah DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse 1: Thomas SATTERFIELD ( - )
Spouse 2: David Daniel SKAGGS (1780- )
Birth 24 Mar 1782 Virginia

Child 8: Phoebe DUNHAM

Name: Phoebe DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse 1: William HIGGINS (1787-1812?)
Spouse 2: Thomas BARNETT (1795-1840)
Birth 25 May 1787 Maryland
Census 7 Aug 1850 (age 63) pg18,2nddist,WarrenCo,Ky
Note 7 Aug 1850 (age 63) Phoebe Dunham Barnett was last found in 1850 census in Warren County, Kentucky, she was listed as 75 years old and born in Maryland.
Death btw 1851 and 1887 (age 63-100) Warren County, Kentucky

Child 9: Dorothy DUNHAM

Name: Dorothy DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse: James SKAGGS (1789-1861)
Birth 11 Sep 1789 Maryland
Census (1) 30 Aug 1850 (age 60) pg65-96,District2,WarrenCounty,Kentucky
Census (2) 11 Jun 1860 (age 70) pg152-720,BowlingGreen,WarrenCo.,Kentucky
Note (1) 11 Jun 1860 (age 70) Dorothy Dunham Skaggs is listed as age 70, listed whith her husband James Skaggs and says she was born in Virginia. Was she born in Virginia or Maryland, in 1850 she was listed as being born in Maryl
Note (2) Dorothy Skaggs was listed in the September 01, 1870 census living in household of T.W. Stubblefield. She was 80 years old and born in Maryland.
Note (3) The date of death for Dorothy Dunham Skaggs may be incorrect, due to the fact that she was listed in the 1870 census record enumerated on September 01, 1870.
Death 18 Jun 1870 (age 80) Warren County, Kentucky
Census (3) 1 Sep 1870 (age 80) pg553-25,WoodburnPrecinct,WarrenCo.,Ky.

Child 10: Dennis DUNHAM

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      Dennis DUNHAM, "1812 US 28-star flag"    
 
Name: Dennis DUNHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Spouse: Dorothy HUDSPETH (aft1790-bef1830)
Birth 1791 (app) Warren County, Kentucky
Military frm 1 Sep 1812 to 25 Dec 1812 (age 20-21) fought in War of 1812 in Capt. Berryman's Co., 3rd Reg. Kentucky Militia; Canada
Death aft 1840 (age 48-49) White County, Arkansas

Note on Husband: Dennis DUNHAM

In 2002 a DNA match to the Singletary line was matched to descendants of Dennis and Samuell Dunham. They were both born from about 1745 to 1751 in Woodbridge.

Sources

1"File (merged): C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Family\Dunham\Dennis Dunham\DennisDonham desc.ged". Record originated in...
2Barbara Brown, et. al. Donhams of Arkansas, "Dennis Dunham and Dollie Philips Descendants" (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dunham-donh am-i&id=I02065).
3Clements and Wright, "Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War". p. 172.
4"Kentucky Land Grant". Vol1, Pt1, Chapter V, pg445.
Text From Source: Kentucky Land Grant,Vol1,Pt1,Chapter V Tellico Grants,Counties of Ky, pg445,Grantee-Dennis Donham,Acres-159,Book1,pg125,Date Survey-11-10-1803,County-Warren,Watercourse-none

 

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