Agness Dunham

notes

Recent research shows that John Dunham was likely a son of Richard Dunham of Langford, Bedfordshire, England [see "The English Origin and First marriage of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts "by Robert Leigh Ward, published in July 1996 in TAG71:130-133].

JOHN DUNHAM was born ca. 1589 probably in England, and died in Plymouth Massachusetts 2 March 1668/69 at age 80 years. He was a Leyden Separatist who came to Plymouth between 1628 and 1632, probably with those who arrived from Holland in 1630. John Dunham had married first in Clophill, Bedfordshire, England on 17 August 1612 SUSAN KAINO who died in Holland. He married second in Leyden on 22 October 1622 ABIGAIL BALLOU, daughter of Thomas Ballou. Early publications contain much erroneous information on the ancestery of John Dunham.

Another article that should be consulted by Dunham descendants is "The Fraudulent Ancestry of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth" by Paul C. Reed, published in April 1998 in TAG 73:101-104. This article disproves the purported descent from royal ancestors.

Thirdly, the sketch on JOHN DUNHAM in "The Great Migration Begins" by Robert Charles Anderson, published in 1995 in Volume I:599-603 contains references to his life in Plymouth. It should be noted however, that even some of the information presented in that sketch has been superceeded by the above research published by Robert Leigh Ward, and cited above.

[Gratia S.Mahony] source: http://www.rootsquest.com/~sirjames/dunham/dunham1.htm (dead link June 2015)

www.dunham-singletary.org/Pirton Local Histroy Group/baptisms