Dunhan (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 10, 2026
- Seeking Patrilineal/Y-DNA descendants of (Dea.) John Dunham to take a NGS/WGS test and have their lineage documented
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Biography
First Generation
(Dea.) John Dunham was bp Pirton, Herfordshire 8 Feb 1589 son of Richard and Agness Dunham. He died Plymouth aft 2 Mar 1689. He married twice, first Clophill, Bedfordshire 17 Aug 1612 Susan Kaino then Leiden 22 Oct 1622 Abigail Baillou. They sailed for Plymouth Colony by Dec 1629 when Abigail's brother in Amsterdam reported the family emigrated to America. By his first wife John had three children: John (1614), Humility (c1617) and Thomas (1619 unm.). By his second wife he had nine more children: Samuel (1623), Abigail (1627), Joseph (c1630), Jonathan (c1632), Hannah (c1634), Persis (1635), Benjamin (1637), Benajah (1638) and Daniel (1639/40).
Second Generation
John Dunham (II) bp Leiden 19 Feb 1614 (N.S.) and died aft 6 Apr 1692. He married Barnstable 1642 Mary Porter and they had seven children (Plymouth): Mary (c1642), John (c1647), Jonathan (1650-1650), Samuel (c1652 unm.), Susannah (c1654), Lydia (c1657) and Mercy (c1662).
Samuel Dunham was born Leiden abt 1623 and died Plymouth 20 Jan 1711/2. He married twice, first Plymouth 29 Jun 1649 Martha Beal (widow of William Falloway), then Plymouth 15 Jan 1693/4 widow Sarah Watson (no ch.) By his first wife he had two children (Plymouth): Sarah (1650) and Samuel (1651/2).
Joseph Dunham was born Plymouth abt 1630 and died there bef 31 May 1703. He married twice, first 18 Nov 1657 Mercy Morton then Plymouth 20 Aug 1669 Hester Wormall. By his first wife he had three children (Plymouth): Eleazer (1658), Mercy (1660) and Nathaniel (1665). By his second wife he had five more children (Plymouth): Micajah (1673), Joseph (1675), Benajah (1684), Daniel (1689) and Esther (1690).
(Rev.) Jonathan Dunham was born Plymouth abt 1632 and died Edgartown 18 Dec 1717. He married twice, first Plymouth 29 Nov 1655 Mary Delano (no ch.) then 15 Oct 1657 Mary Cobb. By his second wife he had six children (Plymouth): Jonathan (1658), Eleazer (1662), Hannah (c1668), Samuel (c1668), Gershom (c1672) and Daniel (c1677).
Benjamin Dunham was born Plymouth 18 Nov 1637 and died Taunton 18 Feb 1676. It is currently Unknown whether he ever married.
Benajah Dunham was born Plymouth abt 1639 and died Piscataway, NJ 24 Dec 1680. He married Plymouth 25 Oct 1660 Elizabeth Tilson and they had seven children (first five Eastham, last two Piscataway): Edmund (1661), John (1663), Elizabeth (1664), Hannah (1666), Benjamin (1667), Mary (c1669) and Elizabeth (p1670).
Daniel Dunham was born Plymouth 29 Jan 1638/9 and died there between 28 Jan 1677/8 (will) and 18 Feb 1677/8 (inventory). He married abt 1668 Hannah ____[1] and they had three children: Hannah (c1670), Mehitable (c1672) and Daniel (1676).
Third Generation
- ↑ Her surname was not Hayward.
DNA results I-FT161857
Previous DNA results
The Dunham surname DNA Project Group: 1a-1d" contains (among many other testers) a number of testers claiming Deacon John Dunham was their Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA).
NGS/WGS testing
At least one of the individuals has taken the Big Y-700 test and been found to fall into the following clade: I1-DF29>Z58>Z59>Z2041>Z2040>Z382>FTB42659>FT54722>BY68780>BY72514>BY98480>FT161857
External Links and References
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004, pp. 182-186.
