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Betsy W. married Augustus Leonard ; William married Julia Whiting, of Hingham. Children-Mary A., born Sep- tember 7, 1845 ; Julie C., born December 7, 1847 ; died July 2, 1853. Caroline G., born October 24, 1853 ; died January 17, 1854. Anna H., born May 23, 1855; Nellie D., born February 12, 1859.
Woodbridge married Mary Nash. Children-Eliot, born
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December 13, 1852 ; Lille, born June 25, 1856 ; Grace W., born November 6, 1860.
Mehitable married Cyrus Brown.
Mary N. married Henry J. Pratt.
Washington married, December 2, 1850, Mary A. II. Sil- vester, born in Scituate, December 20, 1829. Children- Marian, born March 24, 1853 ; died March 25, 1862. Anna M., born November 10, 1855; Lucy W., born June 25, 1859 ; Arthur HI., born May 10, 1864.
S. Norton married Priscilla S. Beal. Children-Samuel N., born March 7, 1828; died June 17, 1831. Mary E., born May 11, 1830; married Otis W. Soule, of Middle- borough. Caroline, born July 24, 1833 ; married Sethi W. Bennett. Saralı J., born November 16, 1841; married Sullivan Burgess, of Decatur, Ill.
Austin married Abigail Noyes. Children-Bela N., born April 23, 1824 ; Austin W., born January 20, 1826; Abby W., born February 20, 1836 ; Henry II., born June 15, 1839 ; married Martha A. Roberts. Children-Nellie F., born Feb- ruary 6, 1859; died November 11, 1863. Harry A., born July 31, 1861 ; Freddy S., born May 3, 1864.
Bela married Ruth Whiting. Children-Harriet W., born December 28, 1830 ; died August 18, 1844. Benjamin, born April 4, 1834 ; Serena L., born August 7, 1836 ; Samuel N., born August 6, 1838 ; died October 12, 1859. Lizzie T., born May 17, 1842 ; died September 13, 1857. Charles F., born November 5, 1844 ; died September 20, 1848.
Benjamin married Sylvia C. Smith, of Mattapoisett. Child -Lizzie T., born July 17, 1863.
Joseph married Mary Porter. Child-Charlotte A., born March 3, 1830 ; married William Noyes.
Mehitable married Arthur McKenney.
Joseph W., born May 21, 1839 ; married Lucia F. Reed. Child-Freddie W.
George A., born October 14, 1842.
Cyrus married Mehitable Brown. Children-Livingston, born September 16, 1836 ; died January 21, 1839. Henry L.,
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born August 18, 1841 ; married Leonora Young. Ellen M., born August 18, 1843 ; married Frederic Reed. Children- Harriet W., born May 17, 1848 ; Frank W., born March 7, 1855 ; Charles A., born March 21, 1858.
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COBB.
THOMAS COBB, a native of England, married a lady by the name of Banister. They emigrated to America about the year 1690, and settled in Hingham, in the State of Massa- chusetts, where they reared a family of five sons and one daughter, viz.,-
Thomas, Richard, Elisha, John, and Abiel. Name of the daughter not known ; but she was married to a man by the name of Tower. John, fourth son of Thomas Cobb, was born in Hingham in the year 1697. He married Sarah Derby of the same town. Their children were-
Sarah, Susan, Richard, John, Edward, Mary, and David.
Capt. Edward, third son of John and Sarah Cobb, was born August 16, 1731. He married Abigail Shaw, who was born April, 1731. They moved to Abington about the year 1764, or 1767. Their children were-
Sarah, born July 7, 1754; married John Hunt. Mary, born August, 1758 ; married Seth Porter. John, born Janu- ary 2, 1760 ; married Anna White. Susanna, born April, 1762 ; married Samuel Beals. Abigail, born June 14, 1764; married Samuel Thayer. Edward, born April 20, 1767; married Lydia Torrey. Alice, born May 14, 1769 ; married Elijah Gloyd. Ruth, born August 21, 1771 ; married Elisha Faxon. He died August 9, 1797 ; she died April 5, 1791.
John, eldest son of Edward and Abigail Cobb, married Anna White, of Abington. He died November 20, 1814, aged 54 years ; she died August 9, 1827, aged 62 years. Their children were-
Jacob, born January 17, 1783; married Polly Torrey. John, born May 23, 1785 ; married Olive French. Cephas,
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born July 31, 1788; married Luna Newton. Mary, born September 28, 1790 ; married Ebenezer Shaw. Asahel, born May 8, 1793 ; married Helen M. Hamlin. Auna, born Sep- tember 25, 1795; died August 24, 1827; unmarried. Ed- ward, born May 4, 1798 ; married Zerniah Faxon. Susanna, born February 18, 1801 ; married Cornelius Dunham. Austin, born May 26, 1803 ; married Lydia R. Stetson. Clarinda, born November 12, 1805; died July 24, 1827; unmarried. Luther, born March 31, 1808 ; married Nancy W. Cushing.
Jacob, eldest son of John and Anna Cobb, married Polly Torrey, of Abington. He died July 2, 1854; his wife died May 21, 1854. Their children were-
Sophronia, born March 19, 1807 ; Jacob Torrey, born June 10, 1809 ; died December 8, 1816. Baxter, born October 2, 1811; Polly, born February 24, 1813; Betsey Faxon, born October 4, 1518 ; died July 10, 1819.
Sophronia, eldest daughter of Jacob and Polly Cobb, married Isaac Robbins, of Abington, November 15, 1826. Their chil- dren were-
Clarinda, born September 13, 1827 ; married Jas. I. Emery. Betsey Faxon, born June 25, 1835; Matilda Sophronia, born December 13, 1838.
Baxter, second son of Jacob and Polly Cobb, married Martha P. Durant, of Charlestown, N. H., September 5, 1839. Their children were-
Jacob Baxter, born March 19, 1852; Richard Henry, born December 13, 1853.
Polly, second daughter of Jacob and Polly Cobb, married Joseph Vaughn, of Abington, July 15, 1840. Their children were-
Alvin Baxter, born October 27, 1841 ; Jacob Atherton, born July 26, 1843 ; married Rhoda Asenath Rigby, Novem- ber 20, 1864. Josephi Edward, born August 29, 1846 ; Austin, born September 6, 1851.
John, second son of John and Anna Cobb, was twice married ; first, to Olive French ; second, to Electa Boleyn, on the 1st of June, 1832, at Northampton, to which place lie 31
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had removed. He died February 18, 1860. The children by the first wife were-
Nelson, born March 15, 1803 ; Lopha, born January 29, 1:09 (dead) ; Charles A., born May 12, 1810; Anna, born June 10, 1811 (dead) ; John F., born August 15, 1814; Anson, born May 10, 1816 (dead) ; Samuel N., born March 3, 1818 ; Clintha, born April 22, 1821 ; George W., born January 22, 1323. The children by the second wife were- Edward Martin, Lewis Burney, Anna White (dead).
Cephas, third son of John and Anna Cobb, removed to Westfield, Mass., and married Luna Newton, of Connecticut. Ile died November 7, 1836, aged 43 years. Their children were-
Gilbert William, born February 4, 1829 ; died Jannary 25, 1859 (unmarried). Mozart, born April 11, 1830; died May 29, 1832. Mary Jane, born October 12, 1831 ; died Novem- ber 30, 1557 (unmarried). Clara Clarinda, born May '24, 1833 (married). Louisa Antoinette, born September 20, 1855 ; died March, 1839.
Mary, eldest daughter of John and Anna Cobb, was married to Ebenezer Shaw. She died April 1, 1863. Their children were-
Mary, born October 22, 1812; married Noah Reed. Rachel, born March 2, 1814; married Daniel Shaw. Susanna, born April 21, 1816 ; married George Hammond. Olive, born October 8, 1818 ; married Charles Stetson. Hannah, born February 21, 1821; married Francis P. Holden. Annis White, born August 2, 1823 (died unmarried). Elizer Davis, born May 29, 1826 ; married to James M. Haines.
Asahiel, fourth son of John and Anna Cobb, removed to Sandwich, Mass., where he married Helen M. Hamlin, May 21, 1831. He now resides at Acushnet, Mass., where he is settled as pastor of a Congregationalist Church. Their chil- dren were-
Lucia Dillingham, born April 27, 1835 ; John Edward, born August 2, 1836 ; married Abbie Tobey Nyc, January 12, 1865. Wendell Hamlin, born October 9, 1838 ; Sarah
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Porter, born December 10, 1840 ; George Asahel, born May 13, 1842 ; Helen Maria, born July 24, 1845 ; Anna Zerniah, born June 25, 1848.
Edward, fifth son of John and Anna Cobb, married Zerniah Faxon. He died June 8, 1841 ; they had one son-Edward White, born February 19, 1824 - who married Elmina Howard, January 1, 1855.
Susanna, third daughter of John and Anna Cobb, was married to Cornelius Dunham, August 13, 1819. She died August 20, 1848. Their children were-
Betsey, born November 7, 1820 ; Cornelius Livingston, born March 11, 1823 ; married Mary Pratt, November 15, 1855. Anna Clarinda, born January 22, 1825 (died unmarried).
Austin, sixth son of John and Anna Cobb, married Lydia R. Stetson, of Ilanover, Mass. Their children were-
Lydia Ann, born June 5, 1852, married Isaac L. Wright. Elizabeth Alice, born September 9, 1834; married George L. Wright, May 21, 1856. Susan, born September 1, 1838.
Luther, seventh son of John and Anna Cobb, married Naney W. Cushing, April 9, 1830. Their children were-
Nancy Ann, born October 30, 1833; married William T. Tibbetts, Jannary 25, 1855. Elizabeth, born December 13, 1838 ; married Charles A. Cooper. Franklin, born May 25, 1844.
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COOK.
1. FRANCIS COOK, who came in the Mayflower, as appears by the Old Colony Records, had two sons, Jacob and John, and probably Josias and Thomas.
2. Jacob, son of Franeis, was admitted a freeman in 1648. He had three sons (if no more) : Jacob, Francis and Caleb.
3. Francis, son of Jacob, in his will proved in 1732, mentions Caleb, his son, the children of Robert, his deceased son, his daughter Elizabeth, and the children of his deceased son, Francis.
4. Robert, son of Francis, in his will proved in 1731,
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names his sons Charles, Nathaniel, Robert, Francis and Simeon ; and appoints Caleb Cook, his brother, executor.
5. Nathaniel, son of Robert, died in 1760; his estate was represented insolvent. ITis children were Isaac, Levi and Mary.
6. Isaac, son of Nathaniel, died before 1798 : a guardian was that year appointed for his minor son, Isaac.
6. Levi, son of Nathaniel, came into this town as early as 1772 or 1773, and married Sarah Pool, daughter of Joshua Pool, by whom he had a numerous family, viz. : John, Susanna, Levi, Nathaniel, Mary, Peleg, Deborah, Asa, Isaac, Robert, Randall, and Thomas Jefferson.
John, son of Levi, moved to New York City ; had five children-John, Ann, Hiram, Harriet and Samuel.
Levi moved to Plainfield, Mass. ; had one child-Mary.
Nathaniel had several children-Nathaniel, Mary G., Ann, Miller, Henry, Isaac, Bartlett, Susan C., Frederic, George W., and others.
Peleg had several children -Peleg, Edna, John W., Thurza, Levi, Joshua, Henry, Mary S., Susan, Sarah, and others.
Isaac moved to Hanover ; had three children-Bethia, Abigail and Nancy.
Asa had ten children-Sarah, Davis II., Pamelia, Asa, Lucy, Lydia, Joseph, Mary E., Emeline II., and Abigail W.
Robert had several children-Robert, Betsey A., Thomas C., Levi F., Joshua, Lydia M., Lucius, and others.
Randall had seven children-Sarah J., Ellen M., Fidelia H., Harriet B., Randall W., Edward C., and Carrie I.
Thomas had two children-Thomas H., and James L.
Children of Levi, 12; grandchildren, 69 ; great-grand- children, 135 ; great-great-grandchildren, 12.
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CORTHELL.
THE first I can find of the name was ROBERT CORTHELL, of Hingham, who was stolen, when a small boy, on his way to school in Scotland, and brought to Hingham about 1740, where he died at a good old age, leaving three sons. The youngest, Sherebiah, married Lydia Whiton, of Hingham. IIe lived there, and in Halifax, a number of years, and then moved into South Abington, where he died October 22, 1836, aged 77 years ; his wife died November 6, 1842, aged 79 years. Their children were-
Polly, John, Hosea, Lydia, Hannah, Merrill and Sherebiah.
Polly married Samuel Reed, Esq., of East Abington ; she died June 10, 1832, aged 44 years. Their children were-
Mary, wife of John Burrill; Samuel ; Levi, State Auditor ; Dexter ; and Mehuitable, wife of George Lewis.
Jolın died October 4, 1853, in South Abington, aged 68 years. His wife was Joah Phillips ; he left John (who lives in Boston), Martha, Lucy, and Augustus, having buried Mary Brigham, Joan Ford, and Warren, before he died.
Ilosea died in Boston, October 30, 1861, aged 75 years. He left William and James (twins) by his first wife, Susanna Pierce, of Portsmouth, N. II., and three sons and three daugh- ters by his second wife, Susanna Leitner, of London, England. His sons, William and James, live in South Abington.
Lydia married David Pratt, of East Abington, where she died, aged 44 years. She left Addison and Almera.
Hannah died, unmarried, July 14, 1826, aged 35 years.
Merrill married Lot Whitmarsh, and lives in East Bridge- water.
Sherebiah lives in South Abington ; has three sons by his first wife, Mehitable Noyes,-Gilbert W., Daniel M., and James HI. ; and Samuel M., by his second wife, Hannah Cobb, of Carver. All but Gilbert are in the army ; four grandsons and nine great-grandsons are now or have been in active service in the Union Army in the present great Rebellion.
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DUNBAR.
THE earliest known settler of this name in New England was ROBERT DUNBAR, of Hingham, who had a son born there in 1657, and bought land of Richard Dwelle in 1659. Some circumstances indicate that this person may have been one of the Scotch prisoners sent to the Massachusetts Colony in 1652 by Cromwell, after the battles of Dunbar and Worcester ; although his name is not found on the imperfect list of these prisoners, which still exists. His descendants now living in Abington trace their descent from him, as follows :-
I. Robert Dunbar, of Hingham. married Rose His children were-John, born 1657; Mary, born 1660, and married Isaac Harris ; Joseph, born 1662; James, born 1664; Peter, born 1668; Joshua, born 1670; Robert, born and died 1673 ; Hannah, born 1677. A son Benjamin died 1688. John, Joseph and Joshua married and left children in Hingham and vicinity ; James moved to Bridgewater and died 1690, and his only surviving son died 1706. The father's death is recorded in Hobart's Diary :- " Robert Dunbarr, a Scotchman, died the 19th September, 1693." His will is to be found in the Suffolk Registry. Mrs. Rose Dunbar, lis widow, died 1700.
II. Peter, (son of Robert above,) born 1668; married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Thaxter, 1691 ; moved to Bridge- water about 1706, and died about 1720. His children were- Sarah, born in Weymouth, 1693 ; James, born 1694 ; Elisha, born 1699; Samuel, born 1704; Peter, born 1705; Josiah, born 1706; John, born 1709 ; David, born 1711.
III. Elisha, (son of Peter above,*) born 1699 ; married Mercy, daughter of James Hayward, of Bridgewater, 1727. Ilis children were-Abigail ; Jacob; Lemuel, who was a
* Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, following Cary's authority, erroneously makes Elisha the son of James, who died in Bridgewater, 1090; but this is impossible. Elisha's birth, as stated in the text, is settled, morever, by the record at Hingham.
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captain in the French War, and died 1762; Elisha ; Seth ; Nathaniel, who was lost in the massacre at Fort William Henry ; Peter ; and Silas. Elisha Dunbar, the father, died 1773.
IV. Peter, (son of Elisha above,) born 1741 ; married, 1764, Relief, daughter of Capt. Theophilus Curtis, of Stough- ton. Their children were-Betsey, Abigail, Moses Curtis, Relief, Peter, Sybil, Moses Curtis, Lemuel, Simeon, David, Jonathan, Asaph and Amasa. Lieut. Peter Dunbar, the father, served in the Revolutionary Army, and died 1817. Ilis widow, Mrs. Relief Dunbar, died 1839, aged 96.
V. Asaph, (son of Peter above,) born June 8, 1789 ; married, 1812, Nancy, daughter of Captain Noah Ford, of Abington, and settled in this town. Their children were- 1. Susan Ford, born 1813, and died in infancy ; 2. Alden Ford, now of New Orleans ; 3. William Harrison, now of Boston ; 4. Emily, died 1841 ; 5. George Curtis, of New York ; 6. Charles Franklin, of Boston.
DUNHAM.
TRADITION says that this family descended from Sir Richard Dunham, Knight, in England.
The name of Dunham is found among the early settlers of Plymouth Colony.
I. CORNELIUS DUNHAM (father of Captain Cornelius) was born in Plymouth in 1724, and died in Plymouth, March 21, 1766, aged 42 years. Patience, his consort, died in Abing- ton, September 15, 1807, aged 83 years.
The above-named, Cornelius and Patience, had four children -three sons and one daughter : Cornelius, George, Patience and James. Cornelius married Lydia Atwood ; George mar- ried a Lucas ; Patience married a Perkins ; James settled on the Fox Islands, in Maine.
II. Captain Cornelius Dunham was born in that part of Plymouth (now Carver), September 17, 1748; was a sea-
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captain many years ; held a commission in a privateer in the War of the Revolution ; was captured and taken to Halifax, N. S., where, soon after the evacution of Boston by tlie Britislı, he purchased of a British soldier the identical sword with which General Warren fell, previously, on Bunker IIill. The sword is now in possession of the Bunker Hill Association, of which Capt. Dunham was honorary member. Capt. Dunham removed to Abington about the year 1794, and lived subse- quently in Carver, Hartford, Belfast, Me., and Bristol, in the same State. IIe died in Bristol, July 15, 1835, aged 87 years. Mrs. Lydia, his wife, died in Abington, June 5, 1841, aged 88 years. Capt. Cornelius and Lydia had six children- five sons and one daughter, viz., Cornelius, Henry, Ezra, Isaac and Thomas (twins), and Lydia Atwood, all of whom were born in Plymouth.
III. Mr. Ezra Dunham was born in Plymouth, May 10, 1785 ; married, first, Susanna Ford, of Abington, January 30, 1806. They had one son, IIenry, born October 13, 1806 ; second, married Polly Cary, daughter of Howard Cary, Esq., of North Bridgewater. They had seven sons and three daughters, viz., Susan, Howard Cary, Worthy Columbus, Charles Atwood, Cornelius Thomas, Ezra Rider, Angeline HIuldah, Elbridge Cary, Francis William, and Lydia Howard.
Mrs. Susanna Dunham died in Abington, March 23, 1809, aged 22 years. Mr. Ezra Dunham died May 31, 1857, aged 72 years. Widow Polly Dunham is still living (1865).
IV. General Henry Dunham, born October 13, 1806 ; married Mary Cushing, born April 2, 1805, daughter of Colonel Brackley Cushing, of Abington, April 8, 1826. Their children were-
V. Charles Henry, born October 30, 1827; died June 17, 1832.
V. Brackley Cushing, born September 2, 1829 ; married Elizabeth T. Hunt, November 2, 1859.
V. Sarah Maria, born November 9, 1831 ; died December 18, 1840.
V. Andrew, born November 25, 1833 ; married Mercy F.
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Whitcomb, January 20, 1855. Children-VI. Sarah Maria, born January 20, 1856 ; VI. Emma Gertrude, born April 23, 1862.
V. Hervey, born October 18, 1835.
V. Mary Cushing, born July 2, 1838 ; died November 23, 1843.
V. Caroline, born January 18, 1841 ; died September 10, 1841.
V. Emma Annette, born January 1, 1844.
V. Josephine, born June 8, 1846; died September 17, 1846.
V. Susan Ford, born May 20, 1848.
V. Frank, born May 25, 1850 ; died September 7, 1850.
V. Annie Poyas, born August 20, 1852; died December 14, 1854.
IV. Susan, first child of Ezra and Polly Dunham, was born November 22, 1810; died October, 1852.
IV. Howard C. Dunham, born in Abington Jan. 13, 1813 ; married Eliza Ann Drew, of Plymouth, May 28, 1844; had two sons-Charles Wesley, born in Ashburnham, Mass., April 8, 1846, and Francis Howard, born in Leominster, Mass., November 18, 1847 ; died September 7, 1848, aged 9 months and 20 days. Howard C. resides in Winthrop, Mass.
IV. Worthy C. Dunham, born in Abington June 17, 1815 ; was married to Irene Shaw, of Weymouth, December 24, 1837. Their children were-
V. Rensellaer, born September 16, 1838; died September 17, 1839.
V. Jotham Ellsworth, born May 3, 1842.
. V. Sumner Ellis, born September 3, 1847 ; died September 25, 1848.
V. Irene Shaw, born October 23, 1851.
V. Sarah Williams, born July 22, 1855.
V. Abbie Weston, born August 30, 1858 ; died August 15, 1859.
Irene Shaw, wife of Worthy C. Dunham, died January 4,
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1860, aged 42 years, 11 months, 9 days ; he next married Marilla Pratt, October 4, 1860.
IV. Charles A. Dunham, born in Abington August 12, 1817; married, 1. Hannah Moore Studley, July 7, 1844, who was born December 16, 1824, and died January 26, 1850. Their children were-
V. Ellen, born April 17, 1845 ; died June 30, 1859.
V. Winthrop, born November 18, 1818; died September 23, 1849.
2. Married Lucy Howard, January 22, 1851, by whom he lias one child-
V. Howard Cary, born December 23, 1852.
IV. Cornelius T. Dunham, born in Abington, April 27, 1820; was married on the 7th of July, 1847, to Mrs. Ann B. Jenkins, (formerly Poyas,) of Charleston, S. C. Their children were-
V. Henry Lucius, born September 8, 1848.
V. Edward Francis, born July 24, 1851.
V. Marion Porcher, born April 29, 1853.
V. Mary Emma, born August 7, 1857.
V. Elizabeth Ann, born February 18, 1859.
V. Cornelia Thomas, born April 24, 1862. Of these, all were born in Charleston, S. C., excepting Mary Emma, who first saw the light in Abington ; and Cornelia, in Winthrop, Mars.
IV. Ezra R., born in Abington, September 26, 1822; married Mercy Ann Bartlett. Has three sons-
V. Edwin Faxon.
V. Albert and Arthur (twins) ; and resides in Winthrop, Mass.
IV. Angeline Huldah was born in Abington December 25, 1824 ; married a Collins, of Vermont, by whom she had one son that died in infancy ; and deceased November, 1854.
IV. Elbridge Cary, born March 28, 1828 ; died April 29, 1828.
IV. Francis Williams, born August 20, 1829 ; died March 31, 1849.
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IV. Lydia H., born October 7, 1834 ; married, October 4, 1853, Patrick O'Brien, a native of Ireland. Children-
V. Angeline Frances, born August 15, 1854.
V. William Smith, born August 16, 1856.
V. Delia Hammond, boru December 22, 1862 ; died July 23, 1864. "Our angel child."
V. Robert Lincoln, born September 14, 1865.
I. Cornelius Dunliam, of the previous memorial, married Patience Barrows. Their children were-
James, Cornelius, George, Patience and Sally.
II. George, born 1753 ; died December 16, 1800. Married Phebe Lucas. Their children were-
Patience, born January 6, 1780; died October 29, 1796. Phebe, born April 12, 1782 ; died September, 1843. George, born May 29, 1786 ; died October 9, 1810. Polly, born July 3, 1787 ; Lucas, born February 2, 1790 ; Hervey, born May 9, 1792 ; died May 24, 1833. Jesse, born October 15, 1794; Cornelius, born January 9, 1797.
III. Lucas Dunham married Matilda Lovell, and lives in Plymouth. Their children were-
George, born November 7, 1816 ; Lysander, born March 6, 1818; Alfred, born December 20, 1819; died October 21, 1843. Henry, born February 13, 1822 ; Patience, born Janu- ary 14, 1824 ; died April 27, 1840. Ruth L., born June 24, 1826 ; died October 6, 1849. Matilda E., born November 17, 1827. Elbridge G., born May 14, 1830 ; died January 25,1860.
Jesse Dunham married Susannah Hunt. Their children were-
George Angustus, born October 19, 1823; Mary Ann Davis, born August 21, 1826; Susan Maria, born January 10, 1833 ; Edward Everett, born October 8, 1835.
Hervey Dunham married Eunice Thomas, and lived in Plymouth.
Cornelius Dunham married Susannah Cobb. Their children were-
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Betsey Cobb, born November 7, 1820; Cornelius Livingston, born March 11, 1823 ; Ann Clarinda, born January 22, 1828 ; died October 13, 1859.
Cornelius Dunham married, 2d, Evelina B. Fobes, and had one son-Hervey-born September 26, 1853.
IV. George Dunham, eldest son of Lucas Dunham, married Clara Thateher. Their children were-
Robert, Arthur, Lizzie, Celia and Matthew Thatcher.
Lysander Dunham married Saralı Simmons, and resides in Plymouth. Their children were-
Lysander Lovell and Abby Pierce.
Henry Dunham married Hannah M. Sprague. Their chil- dren were-
Edwin Henry, born October 5, 1845; Charles Sumner, born October 17, 1853 ; Elliott Francis, born February 22, 1856.
George Augustus, eldest son of Jesse Dunham, married Eliza Bancroft. They have two daughters, Nelly aud Katie, and reside near Chicago.
Cornelius Livingston, son of Cornelius Dunham, married Mary Pratt. They have one daughter-Mary Livingston- born April 14, 1859.
DYER. -
THE name DYER was doubtless originally given to designate some individual by his occupation. It occurs in English Records as early as 1436, and I know not how much earlier. The Dyers were of English origin ; the name oceurs in the Yorkshire Pedigrees. George Dyer, of Dorchester, came over in the Mary and John, May, 1630. William Dyer petitioned to be made a freeman in Weymouth, in 1635 or 1636. William Dyer, or Dyre, was one of the nineteen settlers of the Island Aquidneek in 1638, two years after the settlement of Providence.
Mary Dyer, his wife, removed to Rhode Island in 1638. From them descended the Dyers of Rhode Island.
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Thomas Dyer, of Weymouth, is supposed to have settled there in 1632, or later. In 1644, he was admitted freeman. He was deacon of the church, and a prominent citizen ; he died in 1776, aged 64. He married Agnes Reed. Their children were-
Mary, John, Thomas, Abigail, Sarah, Thomas, Joseph and · Benjamin. The two latter, twins. Joseph (twin) settled in Weymouth ; he married Hannah Frazy and Hannah Baxter. He had no living child by his first wife. By Hannah Baxter he had Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, John and Thomas.
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