When William Dunham was born on 12 February 1770, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Lewis Dunham, was 22 and his mother, Martha Wheeler, was 20. He married Mary Ann Chaney on 17 October 1799, in Saint Pauls Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 1820 and Stock Township, Harrison, Ohio, United States in 1830. He died on 15 September 1845, in Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Swiggett Cemetery, New Salem, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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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.
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