Benajah Dunham and Elizabeth Tilson

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Husband Benajah Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1640 1
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           Died: 24 Dec 1680 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ 1
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         Father: Deacon John Dunham (1589-1668) 1 2
         Mother: Abigail Wood (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 25 Oct 1660 1

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Wife Elizabeth Tilson ¹

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Children

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1 M Rev. Edmund Dunham ¹

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           Born: 25 Jul 1661 - Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA 1
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           Died: 17 Mar 1734 1
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         Spouse: Mary Bonham (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 15 Jul 1681 3

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2 M John Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1663 1
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3 F Elizabeth Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1664 1
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           Died: 1667 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Hannah Dunham

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           Born: 1666
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5 M Benjamin Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1667 1
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6 F Mary Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1669 1
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7 F Elizabeth Dunham ¹

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           Born: 1670 1
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General Notes: Husband - Benajah Dunham

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He was a linen weaver by trade; was made freeman in 1664; removed to Eastham, MA, and became court officer in 1669; and in 1672 settled at Piscataway, New Jersey, where he purchased a hundred acres of land and became a planter. He was a captain of militia.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Tilson

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from Scituate, MA

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1219.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1070.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1220.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1225.