Hamblin/Marentette - Person Sheet
Hamblin/Marentette - Person Sheet
NameJohn Dunham 
Birthbpt 19 feb 1614/5, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Death6 Apr 1692, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
BurialPlymouth, Plymouth Co, Massacusetts
FatherDea. John Dunham (1588-1669)
MotherSusanna Kaino (-1621)
Misc. Notes
His age at death is listed as 791
John d. Apr. 6, 1692, aged 77 years [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:275; "in his 79th year," Plymouth V.R., 135]. He made his will in Plymouth, MA Feb. 2, 1692, probated 1692.
Isaac Watson Dunham, in his Dunham Genealogy, attributes to John another daughter, Patience, b. Mar. 8, 1645, m. James Hamblin of Scituate; no record can be found of this child, or of this marriage.
m. in 1641 Mary _____, d. a widow Mar. 20, 1698 [Plymouth V.R., 136]. John was propounded a freeman Sept. 7, 1641, and admitted Mar. 1, 1642 [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:24, 2:33]. On Sept. 16, 1641, John was "graunted twenty acres of upland about the north easterly side of Josias Cookes Haystack Pond, and the odd hobs of meddowing he desireth thereabouts [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:26]. He was appointed surveyor of highways for Plymouth on June 4, 1661 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:215]. The court ordered the purchase of lands in "Saconeesett" for the accomodation of John and others on June 4, 1661 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:216-7]. On June 3, 1662 he was granted lands on the northerly bounds of Taunton as one of the "ancient freemen" of Plymouth Colony [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:19-20]. On June 8, 1664 John and others were given liberty to "looke out land for accomodations, and to make report therof to the Court" [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:67]. About thirty acres of land on the western side of the Namasskett River was granted to him on June 7, 1665 [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:94]. The bounds of his grant of land in Major's Purchase (Middleboro', MA) were set on July 7, 1674 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:150].
John was charged on Aug. 4, 1646 by Samuel Eddy "of giving poyson to the said Samuell Eddys dogg"; the court required John to "finde sureties for his good behavior" [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:107]. The case was sent to arbitrarion on Oct. 27, 1646 [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:110]. John was presented at court on Aug. 1, 1665 "for his abusive carriage towards his wife in continuall tiranising over her, and in particulare for his late abusive and uncivill carryage in endeavoring to beate her in a deboist manor, and for affrighting of her by drawing a sword and pretending therwith to offer violence to his life, hee, said Dunham, is sentanced by the Court to bee severly whipt; but through the importunitie of his wife, the execution of the said centence was respeted for present untill the Court shall take further notice of his future walking" [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:103-4]. John was presented on June 7, 1670 "for his abusive speeches and carriages towards Sarah, the wife of Benjamine Eaton" [Plym Col. Rec., 5:40].
At the court held July 5, 1669, John complained that John Dotey had "mett him in the high way, and did crewelly beate him, and affeirmeth that hee goeth in danger of his life because of the said John Dotey, and hath taken an oath before the said Court for the truth of the premises, and prayeth a warrant of the peace against him" [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:25]. Dotey was required to provide sureties for his good behavior.
On Apr. 26, 1691 the elders of the church called out John Dunham, Sr., "whose desires for Reconciliation with the church had 8 weekes before bin published to them, he did acknowledge his sin for which the church rejected him" [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:272]. He was readmitted to the church on May 2, 1691.
John d. Apr. 6, 1692, aged 77 years [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:275; "in his 79th year," Plymouth V.R., 135]. He made his will in Plymouth, MA Feb. 2, 1692, probated 1692.
John d. Apr. 6, 1692, aged 77 years [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:275; "in his 79th year," Plymouth V.R., 135]. He made his will in Plymouth, MA Feb. 2, 1692, probated 1692.
Isaac Watson Dunham, in his Dunham Genealogy, attributes to John another daughter, Patience, b. Mar. 8, 1645, m. James Hamblin of Scituate; no record can be found of this child, or of this marriage.
m. in 1641 Mary _____, d. a widow Mar. 20, 1698 [Plymouth V.R., 136]. John was propounded a freeman Sept. 7, 1641, and admitted Mar. 1, 1642 [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:24, 2:33]. On Sept. 16, 1641, John was "graunted twenty acres of upland about the north easterly side of Josias Cookes Haystack Pond, and the odd hobs of meddowing he desireth thereabouts [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:26]. He was appointed surveyor of highways for Plymouth on June 4, 1661 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:215]. The court ordered the purchase of lands in "Saconeesett" for the accomodation of John and others on June 4, 1661 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:216-7]. On June 3, 1662 he was granted lands on the northerly bounds of Taunton as one of the "ancient freemen" of Plymouth Colony [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:19-20]. On June 8, 1664 John and others were given liberty to "looke out land for accomodations, and to make report therof to the Court" [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:67]. About thirty acres of land on the western side of the Namasskett River was granted to him on June 7, 1665 [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:94]. The bounds of his grant of land in Major's Purchase (Middleboro', MA) were set on July 7, 1674 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:150].
John was charged on Aug. 4, 1646 by Samuel Eddy "of giving poyson to the said Samuell Eddys dogg"; the court required John to "finde sureties for his good behavior" [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:107]. The case was sent to arbitrarion on Oct. 27, 1646 [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:110]. John was presented at court on Aug. 1, 1665 "for his abusive carriage towards his wife in continuall tiranising over her, and in particulare for his late abusive and uncivill carryage in endeavoring to beate her in a deboist manor, and for affrighting of her by drawing a sword and pretending therwith to offer violence to his life, hee, said Dunham, is sentanced by the Court to bee severly whipt; but through the importunitie of his wife, the execution of the said centence was respeted for present untill the Court shall take further notice of his future walking" [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:103-4]. John was presented on June 7, 1670 "for his abusive speeches and carriages towards Sarah, the wife of Benjamine Eaton" [Plym Col. Rec., 5:40].
At the court held July 5, 1669, John complained that John Dotey had "mett him in the high way, and did crewelly beate him, and affeirmeth that hee goeth in danger of his life because of the said John Dotey, and hath taken an oath before the said Court for the truth of the premises, and prayeth a warrant of the peace against him" [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:25]. Dotey was required to provide sureties for his good behavior.
On Apr. 26, 1691 the elders of the church called out John Dunham, Sr., "whose desires for Reconciliation with the church had 8 weekes before bin published to them, he did acknowledge his sin for which the church rejected him" [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:272]. He was readmitted to the church on May 2, 1691.
John d. Apr. 6, 1692, aged 77 years [Plym. Ch. Rec., 1:275; "in his 79th year," Plymouth V.R., 135]. He made his will in Plymouth, MA Feb. 2, 1692, probated 1692.