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Gershom Dunham 1672–1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1672

Birth Location: Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 2 NOV 1739

Death Location: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Father: Jonathan Dunham

Mother: Mary Cobb

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Clark

Children(s):

Gershom Dunham was born in 1672 in Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Jonathan Dunham And Mary Cobb. Gershom Dunham married Elizabeth Or Mary Clark. Gershom Dunham passed away in 1739 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Gershom Dunham was born in 1672 in Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Jonathan Dunham And Mary Cobb.
  • Gershom Dunham married Elizabeth Or Mary Clark.
  • Gershom Dunham passed away in 1739 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Gershom Dunham's Ancestors

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Gershom Dunham
1672–1739
Birth Place: Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
Jonathan Dunham
1632–1675
Plymouth, Plymouth Co. Massachusetts
Mary Cobb
1637–1675
Scituate, Massachusetts
Grandparents
John Dunham
1589–1668
Pirton, Hertfordshire, England
Abigail (BAILLIOU) BARLOW
1600–1669
Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dunham
1560–1592
Jane Bromley
1562–1591
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Dunham
1526–1610
Elizabeth Wentworth
1536–1570

Gershom Dunham's Timeline

3 Records

1672
1672
Birth of Gershom Dunham in Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1738
3 SEP 1738
Age 66
Gershom Dunham was christened in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1739
2 NOV 1739
Age 67
Death of Gershom Dunham in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1672
    Event Place: Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 3 SEP 1738
    Event Place: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 NOV 1739
    Event Place: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

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