Ralph Dunham

Notes:

Ralph Dunham, son of Sir John (1498) was born in Scrooby, about
1526, married Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth,
who in 1529 was "Knight of Reformation." Elizabeth married Ralph
Dunham about 1556. Thomas, his son born about 1560. There is no
record of this marriage. His son John Dunham was born in Scrooby in
1589. A son Robert was born in London 1605.
*Reference: "The Ancestors and Descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood
and Florilla (Dunham) Ellingwood" compiled by Florence Evelyn
O'Connor - West Paris, Maine - 1979.

Ralph married Elizabeth Wentworth about 1556. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, III and Beatrix Woodruffe) was born about 1536 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THOMAS being imbued with religious instructions of his mother, was
inclined to side with the Reformers. In Scrooby the power of the
Reformers was powerful. Puritans, who were compelled to act
secretly, gained constantly in power. Thomas was compelled to remove
to London where his son Robert was born 1605. Even in London,
persecution was followed up as late as 1635. Thomas died in London.
Robert was transported to Virginia, where he may have died as there
appears to be no record of his descendants in the colony.
*Reference: "The Ancestors and Descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood
and Florilla (Dunham) Ellingwood" compiled by Florence Evelyn
O'Connor - West Paris, Maine - 1979

Thomas married wife of Thomas Dunham in 1587 in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Jane Bromley after 1605. Jane was born in 1562. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Dunham was the son of Thomas and Janet (Bromley) Dunham. He
married (1) on 17 October 1619 at Leyden, Susanna Keeney, by whom he
had three children, John, Humility, and Thomas.
At the time of his marriage to Abigail Bailliou he was a widower
living at Zevenhuyser, Holland. The Baillious were probably Huguenot
refugees from England. The exact time of John's arrival in Plymouth
is not known. His name first appears on the Plymouth records in
1630, and he was taxed nine shillings in 1633. He was later a Deputy
to the General Court. He died at age 80 years.
DEACON JOHN DUNHAM
American Immigrant Ancestor
1589 - 1668
DEACON JOHN DUNHAM, son of Thomas, was born in Scrooby,
Nottinghamshire, England, in 1589. He was a member of the First
Pilgrim Church in Scrooby. He left his country at the age of
eighteen when his church moved to Holland in 1607, on account of
religious persecution. At the age of fourteen years he received his
religious instruction under the guidance of William Brewster, born in
1560 in Scrooby, England. (John's land in Plymouth is said to adjoin
Elder Brewster's.)
In the winter of 1607/8 the members of the Pilgrim Church held
its meetings in the manor house at Scrooby. In their escape from
Scrooby, the center of the Separatist movement, the exiles first went
to Amsterdam, Holland. A stay in England was especially dangerous.
After nine months in Amsterdam, they removed to Leyden, Holland,
where John was a member of the First Pilgrim Church in Leyden,
Holland.
His relatives were bitter against his religious beliefs. It is
said that he came with the Pilgrims from Holland. It is not known
just when he came. It is said that he adopted the name John Goodman
in his escape from Holland. There is the name John Goodman on the
original voyage and it is said that he died in the first year. The
Mayflower Society will not accept that they are the same person.
Isaac W. Dunham has him living in Plymouth, with several grants of
land and living next to Elder Brewster after arriving.
In the book, Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, 1633 is the first
time the name John Dunham appears. At that time all land owners had
to be recorded. At the same time, 1633, he was chosen Deacon of the
First Church of Plymouth by Elder Brewster. He was a weaver by
trade.
He married Abigail Wood Barlow, a distant relative, in Holland,
Oct. 22,1622. She was his second wife, the first was Susanna Kenney,
who had died. He had three children by his first wife Susanna.
John; Humility; Thomas
Isaac Dunham's Genealogy states that "It is said that John came
over on the Mayflower under the name of John Goodman, and his family
came later."
Passengers and Ships by Charles E. Banks states, "The Mayflower
(not the original voyage) Master William Pierce, left Groversend, in
March with thirty-five passengers mostly from Leydon, Holland,
destined for Plymouth, arrived May 15, 1629, no list of names."
All his children but John, 1620, are said to be born in
Plymouth.
Dr. Dexter's The England and Holland Pilgrims is the following
appendix. Pg. 612, Dunham-Denham. John, widow of Sussana Kenney,
betrothed to Abigail Barlow, Oct. 7, 1622, the witness, her father
Thomas and sister Ann of Langerbrugge, Holland. John was living in
Zevenhuysen in 1626. He had eleven children, according to the
History of Norway and Paris by Whitman: John, Benaiah, Jonathan,
Daniel, Persis, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, Hannah, Abigail, and Daniel
(Isaac Dunham names Thomas instead of Daniel twice.)
Deacon John Dunham died March 1, 1668 at the age of 80 years.
He was a servant of God and a useful man in his place, being deacon
of the Plymouth Church. He made his will Jan. 5, 1668. In his will
he mentions his oldest son John, two younger sons Ben and Daniel and
daughters Abigail and Persis. He was Deacon of the Church for thirty-
four years and twenty-one years deputy of Plymouth Colony. Plymouth
First Church Records, Part 2, page 1.
His residence after leaving the village was north of Watson's
Hill and southwest of the Village of Plymouth. To the west was a
swamp having an outlet to Town Brook, called "Dunham's Brook." By
means of a dam it became a pond and was separated by a narrow strip
of land known as "Dunham's Neck." This strip was a portion of Deacon
John's land, the highway leading to Carver. In 1907 some of the
offspring lived in the vicinity. John owned other land in Plymouth.
Dunham Coat of Arms was adopted by Sir John Dunham, 1498, as the
family shield.
Taken from Pilgrim Republic, Goodwin, Page 13:"The Pilgrims were
Separatists having openly withdrawn from the National Church. The
Puritans were Nationalist, believing that a Christian Nation is a
Christian Church."
Page 15: Henry Barrows 1593/4, a lawyer, one of Elizabeth's
former Courtiers, with John Greenwood and John Penry were hanged for
teaching Separatist Doctrines, and lived in the vicinity of Scrooby,
also.
*Reference: "Boston Transcript", issue of 27 December 1940; MD
15:214; Weston, 41; Dunham, Isaac W., 13;"The Ancestors and
Descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood and Florilla (Dunham)
Ellingwood" compiled by Florence Evelyn O'Connor - West Paris, Maine -
1979.; NEHGR114:115. He was a deputy of the Plymouth General
Court1639-54; a member of the Council of War, and Deacon of the
church.
Marriage to Abigail at Plymouth from Reference Book 1, Genealogy Research in
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Marriages before 1699

John married Susanna Keeney on 17 Oct 1619 in Leyden, Netherlands. Susanna died in 1622. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail (Barlow) Bailllioy on 22 Oct 1622 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Bailliou and Ann) was born about 1600 in Leyden, Netherlands; died after 1699 in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Granted 30 acres of land northeast of Cook's Pond March 7,
1643.became freeman, made grand juror and non-commissioned officer in
1641; given 6 acres of land by his father Jan. 19, 1647; in 1659 the
general court granted him and four others, land to be selected by
them in Sconsett; in 1661 appointed highway surveyor; in 1662 named
one of the 1st born of the colony andgranted land at Barnstable;
in 1660 granted 30 acres west side of the Nansket; in 1674 granted 30
acres more. He made his will at Plymouth Feb. 2, 1691; probated 1692.
Children:Mary, Patience, John, Johnathan, Samuel, Mercy, Lydia,
Hannah, Susannah

John married on 14 Mar 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas never married.

Samuel married on 29 Jun 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married on 15 Jan 1693 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married on 16 Nov 1644. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

*Reference:
Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families. Amos Otis 1888. Ref. Book 1, Maine,New Hampshire and Massachusetts: MIscellaneous Marriages before 1699 lists this marriage as occurring at Plymouth, Massachusetts

Jonathan married on 29 Nov 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married on 15 Oct 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

*Reference: Plymouth Church Records, vol I, part 5, p1; NEHGR 9:313;
MD 17:72; Mrs Richard Jones, Belfast, Maine; Lovelace, "The Pratt
Directory"; personal letter from Jayne (Pratt) Lovelace; Davis, 209;
Plymouth Colony Records, 8:17; "Snow-Estes Genealogy," 165; PCSM,
22:249.

Persis married Benajah Pratt on 29 Nov 1655. Benajah (son of Joshua Pratt and Bathsheba Fay) was born in 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 17 Mar 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Persis married Jonathan Shaw, Jr. in Aug 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married on 25 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married on 18 Nov 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married on 20 Aug 1669. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married about 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BENAJAH DUNHAM, son of Dea. John, born 1640, married Elizabeth
Tilson of Scituate, Mass. He was a linen weaver. Removed to
Piscataway, N.J. and purchased 100 acres of land. He took an active
interest in the affairs of the Colony and in 1673 was appointeda
Captain of Militia.

Line 10547 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
DEAT NOTE Made his will May 10, 1679.

Benajah married on 25 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]