Family of Isaac DUNHAM and Ann GACH

Husband:	Isaac DUNHAM (1737?- )
Wife:	Ann GACH (1732-1825?)
Children:	Betsey DUNHAM ( - )
	John DUNHAM ( - )
	Isabel DUNHAM ( - )
	Thomas DUNHAM (1763-1850)
	David E. DUNHAM (1775-aft1861)
Marriage	22 Aug 1759	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

Husband: Isaac DUNHAM

	Isaac DUNHAM, "RedCoat"

Name:	Isaac DUNHAM 1,2
Sex:	Male
Name Prefix:	Tory
Father:	David DUNHAM Jr (1705-1758)
Mother:	Mary FREEMAN (1702-1784)
Birth	1737 (app)	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey 2,3
Military	1776 (age 38-39)	Joined Britsh army; New Jersey 4
Death		Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada 2

Wife: Ann GACH

Name:	Ann GACH 2,5
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	18 Dec 1732	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
Death	1825 (app) (age 92-93)	Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada 2

Child 1: Betsey DUNHAM

Name:	Betsey DUNHAM
Sex:	Female

Child 2: John DUNHAM

Name:	John DUNHAM
Sex:	Male

Child 3: Isabel DUNHAM

Name:	Isabel DUNHAM
Sex:	Female
Birth		Middlesex, New Jersey

Child 4: Thomas DUNHAM

Name:	Thomas DUNHAM 6
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Elizabeth TRAVIS (1773-1820)
Spouse 2:	Elizabeth LEWIS (1796-1877)
Birth (1)	4 Jun 1763	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
Death (1)	16 Sep 1850 (age 87)	East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada
Birth (2)	4 Jun 1763	Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., N.J., U.S.A.
Death (2)	16 Sep 1850 (age 87)	East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada

Child 5: David E. DUNHAM

Name:	David E. DUNHAM 2,6
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Mary DUNN ( - )
Birth	Jan 1775	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA 2
Death	aft 1861 (age 85-86)	Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada 2

Note on Husband: Isaac DUNHAM - shared note

from Freeman Ancestsors, pp. 41-42

 

48 ISAAC DUNHAM DURHAM Freeman Annl Anni b probe Woodbridge Footbridge 1737 m i

22 Aug Au 1759 Ann Gach Gaucho NJ Arch 22 He was a Tory and fled to Canada j

Mrs Moores Mores was very sarcastIc min her conversatIOns WIth the Tory neighbors neighbors

and sometimes openly hostile to them One of these Isaac Dunham Durham would drop over to those

see the Moores Mores occasionally and sandpapered appeared covertly pleased with the eVIdences of

misfortune he saw at the old homestead He always seemed to know when a raId had hadean

been made and availed himself plumose of the first opportunity to call caIl on the afflicted household household

5

to rejOIce in its sorrows An emphatIc protest by Mrs Moores Mores on one occasion

accompanied by vigorous demonstrations WIth various vanous loose articles near at hand

caused Isaac to put hIS long legs in rapid motion with a mental resolutIon never to go goner

near that dangerous woman again agam He suspended his neighborly visits for an indefinite indefinite

length lengthof time HistOry First Presby Presbyter Church Woodbridge Wooding NNJJ Anniversary I

p 18

Isaac Dunham Durham a native of New Jersey who joined the Royal Royal army armingIn 1776 In Audit Auditoria

Office 1317 are a certIfied valuation of his estate by Asa Morris and JOSIah DUI Dunham Durham

AudItor of Accounts of New Jersey and an account of hIS confiscated estate sIgned by bythe

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the same JOSIah Dunham Durham He was living on the River Province of New Newborns

BrunSWICk 1786 His cousin Daniel Dunham Durham and one John Joel Dunham Durham are mentioned mentioned

He was allowed from tromp his claim of Jones pp867 867

 

Children Claude of Isaac may include Thomas and DavId He IS lIkely the Isaac Dunham Durham Unthaw

who came to Saint John in 1783 as a member of Company 45 presumably on the Mary

as did David Thomas does not appear on Bells Bell's lIst but on Nights he is shown as jabbering

being or having been with the army Engineering Department and as having ham gone on uneventfully

eventually to Upper Canada Isaac received a town lot WIth DaVId getting

Both were shown as single unaccompanied by dependents on victual lists All Althea

three later received land grants in Kings King's County Thomas is understood to have avenged

aviaries

married mamed Elizabeth Travis and David to have roamed mamed Mary Dunn Generations New Newborns

Brunswick Canada Genealogical Society publication Issue 37 Sept 1988 p 16

article by A D Gates Some Saint John LoyalIst Dunhams Unhands

i Thomas Dunham Durham may have m Elizabeth Travis

ii David Dunham Durham may have m Mary Dunn

Sources

1

Patty Barthell Myers, "Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" (Name: 1995;). pp. 41-42. Text From Source: He was a Tory and fled to Canada. . . . Mrs Moores, was very sarcastIc in her conversations with the Tory neighbors and sometimes openly hostile to them. One of these, Isaac Dunham, would drop over the Moores occasionally, and appeared covertly pleased with the evidences of misfortune he saw at the old homestead. He always seemed to know when a raId had been made and availed himself of the first opportunity to calI on the afflicted household to rejoice in its sorrows. An emphatIc protest by Mrs. Moores, on one occasion, accompanied by vigorous demonstrations with various loose articles near at hand, caused Isaac to put his long legs in rapid motion with a mental resolutIon never to go near that dangerous woman again. He suspended his neighborly visits for an indefinite length of time. (History, First Presby. Church, Woodbridge, N.J., 300th Anniversary, p. 18.) Isaac Dunham, a native of New Jersey who joined the Royal army in 1776. In Audit Office 13:17 are a certIfied valuation of his estate by Asa Morris and Josiah Dunham, AudItor of Accounts of New Jersey, and an account of his confiscated estate, sIgned by the same Josiah Dunham. He was living on the Kennebecasis River, Province of Newbrunswick 1786. His cousin Daniel Dunham, and one John Dunham are mentioned. He was allowed £155 from his claim of £507. (Jones, pp. 67-8.) Children of Isaac may include Thomas and David. He is likely the Isaac Dunham who came to Saint John in 1783 as a member of Company 45, presumably on the Mary, as did David. Thomas does not appear on Bell's list, but on Wright's he is shown as being or having been with the army Engineering Department and as having gone on eventually to Upper Canada. Isaac received a town lot, P301, with David getting P293. Both were shown as "single" (unaccompanied by dependents) on victualling lists. All three later received land grants in King's County. Thomas is understood to have married Elizabeth Travis, and David to have married Mary Dunn. (Generations, New Brunswick [Canada] Genealogical Society publication, Issue 37, Sept. 1988, p. 16, article by A. D. Gates, "Some Saint John LoyalIst Dunhams.")

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2	Jones, "The Loyalists of New Jersey in the Revolution". pp. 203-204.

3	Patty Barthell Myers, "Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" (Name: 1995;). pp. 18-19; pp. 41-42.
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Jones, "The Loyalists of New Jersey in the Revolution". pp 67-68. Text From Source: A farmer, of Woodbridge, and a native of New Jersey, who joined tht Royal army in 1776. In A. O. 13:17 are a certified valuation of his estate by Asa Morris and Josiah Dunham, Auditor of Accounts of New Jersey, and an account of his confiscated estate, signed by the same Josiah Dunham. He was living on the Kennebecasis River, Province of New Brunswick, in 1786. His cousin, Daniel Dunham, and one John Dunham, are mentioned. He ;as allowed £155 from his claim ' of £507. 1s. (A. 0.12:109; A. 0.12:16, ff. 135-140; A. O. 12:63, f. 77).

5	Patty Barthell Myers, "Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" (Name: 1995;). pp. 18-19.
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6	Ibid. pp. 41-42.