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69. Jonathan Dunham (According to Massachusetts Town Marriage Records Search Results, on 24 September 1772 in Tisbury, Jonathan was married to Rebecca Norton.) (She died 3 weeks after the marriage- Reference The History of Martha's Vineyard (MA) by Banks, 1911 Vol. 3: 161). Jonathan married his second wife ? Atsatt (Edget) (Adsit)(70) about 1779 (Ref. Banks 3:28 & 161) in Vineyard Haven or Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts (Ref. LDS). According to Susan Williams (a Dunham Family genealogist), the location was Conway, Hampshire (now Franklin) County, Massachusetts Ca 1770 for his 2nd marriage.

Born: 23 March 1751 of Daniel Dunham (137) & Sarah Huxford (Sarah Nuxford) (138) at Chilmark, Mass. (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co. MA (Ref. Banks Vol. 3:161) According to LDS, he was Christened on the day he was born.

Died: 12 May 1829 in Muskingum County, Ohio (Ancestory.com and LDS say 3 July 1805 in Muskingum, Ohio) (Susan Williams says 3 July 1805 in Muskingum County, OH). The Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 1, page 55 Serial: 11912; Volume: 4 states that Jonathan is buried in a family cemetery in Dunham Twp., Washington, Co. Ohio, but that is not the correct Jonathan.

 

[His siblings included:

Thankful Dunham (Married: Timothy Stewart, Joseph Vincent) Born: 10 September 1741 at Chilmark, Massachusetts. Died: 3 June 1814 at Edgartown, Massachusetts;

Eleazer Dunham Born: 18 December 1743. Died: ?;

Daniel Dunham III (Married Bathsheba Gray) Born: 6 March 1746 in Edgartown, Massachusetts (Banks Vol. 3: p. 161 & 183) Died: ?;

Cornelius Dunham (Married Sarah Butler, Lucinda Mayhew) Born: 10 May 1748 in Edgartown, Massachusetts Died: 28 May 1816 in Conway, Massachusetts; Sarah Dunham (Married: Matthew Tilton) Born: 26 February 1753-4 in Edgartown, Massachussets Died: ? ;

Mary (March, Marah) Dunham (Married ? Bliss) Born: 31 March 1756 in Edgartown, Massachusetts Died: ?,

Rebecca Dunham (Married Jethro Butler) Born: about 1758 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (Ref. History of Martha's Vineyard by Charles Edward Banks, 1911, Vol. 3: 158) Died: 7 November 1840 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts] (The source of the blue information in the above paragraph is the Dunham Website History of the Dunham-Donham Family in America).

Miscellaneous:

Jonathan and his wife had 13 children: an unnamed infant who lived 11 days, , Harlock, Jonathan, an unnamed infant who lived less than a month, Silas, Walter (35), Anna, Sarah, Rebecca, Deborah, Martha, Daniel, and Thomas.

Jonathan was still living in Conway, MA in 1800 according to the 1800 Census, as researched by Susan Williams. If he moved to Ohio, it had to be later than 19 February 1803 when his daughter Deborah died of measles.