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Seth Dunham

1714-1799

1790 Census (#2174)

Death: Dunham, Seth, old age, [buried] Aug. 23, 1799, age 85. (private record, from a record of deaths kept by Rev. Samuel Kingsbury and the Rev. Joseph Thaxter, with additions by Miss Harriet M. Pease, now in the possession of Mrss. Harriet M. Pease, of Edgartown), p.223,

p.223, * Vital records of Edgartown, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, new England Historical Genealogical Society,1906

See family history in pp.134-135, * Dunham Genealogy by Isaac Dunham, 1907.

66. Seth 4, Dunham, (Gershom 3, Jonathan 2, John 1), b. 1714; res. Edgartown, cooper. He married Naomi Marchant, who was b.1715 and d. Dec.1785.    He d. Aug. 1799. They had the following named children:
160. Elijah, 5 b. 5 Jan. 1734.
161. Seth, b. 17 June 1742.
162. Naomi, b. 26 Aug. 1743; m. Nathaniel Fish(er) (39) 18 Oct. 1764.
163. Ethannah, b. 9 July 1745; m. George Daggett (415) 18 Sept. 1769.
164. Elisha, b. 3 May 1747.
165. Ruth, b. 6 June 1751.
166. Phebe, b. 26 Sept. 1753; m. Cornelius Pease (308) 14 Feb. 1771.
167. Jerusha, bapt. 1754; m. Anthony Swasey (12) 10 Aug. 1774.
168. Persis, bapt. 1756.
pp. 157,* History of Martha's Vineyard Volume 3, , by Charles Edward Banks, Dukes County Historical Society 1925

Note: * These books are available for free download at American Libraries