Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Dunham was born in 1689, in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Dunham, was 59 and his mother, Hester Wormall, was 41. He married Sarah Thexford Huxford Colborne about 1709, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 2 February 1754, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
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- Daniel Donham, "Find A Grave Index"
- Daniel Dunham in entry for Mercy Dunham, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
- Daniel Dunham in entry for John Dunham, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
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1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Dunham (Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire). Most are named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + hām ‘homestead’. A place in Lincolnshire now known as Dunholme appears in the Domesday Book as Duneham and this too serves as a source of the surname; here the first element is probably the Old English personal name Dunna. Dunham is often difficult to tell apart from Downham .
History: John Dunham (1590–1668) was a Puritan linen weaver who came to Plymouth, MA, via Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1633. He had many prominent descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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