r23 "John Dunham was born ca. 1589(age at death in 1668/69 wasgiven as eighty). He was a Leiden Separatist who came toPlymouth between 1628 and 1632, probably with those who arrivedfrom Holland in 1629 and 1630. A deacon in the Plymouth Church,he has married (1) Susanna Kenny, who died in Holland, and (2)Abigail Barlow, daughter of Thomas in Leiden on 22 October 1622.He had three children by his first wife: John, Humility, andThomas, and eight by his second wife: Samuel, Abigail, Persis,Jonathan, Hannah, Joseph, Benajah, and Daniel. All the childrenare mentioned by Mrs. John E. Barclay, "Notes on the DunhamFamily of Plymouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist 30:143, andshe carries four of them forward: John, who married a Mary;Thomas, who Mrs. Barclay believed never married, in spite ofwhat Savage and others wrote; Samuel, who married (1) Martha(Beal) Falloway and (2) the widow Sarah Watson; and Joseph, whomarried (1) Mercy Morton and (2) Hester Wormell. Of the otherchildren, Abigail married Stephen Wood; Persismarried (1) Benajah Pratt and (2) Johathan Snow; Jonathanmarried (1) Mary Delano, and (2) Mary Cobb; Hannah married GilesRickard; Benajah married Elizabeth Tilson; and Daniel married aHannah. Issac Watson Dunham's'Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Mass., 1589-1669, and HisDescendants (1907)' is a very poorly written book, confusing,difficult to use, and often erroneous."r170 [JOHN DUNHAM, SR, TO HIS SON JOHN][p. 119] 1663 Prence Govr:The 28 th of May 1663Memorandum That John Dunham senir: of the Towne of Plymouth inthe Jurisdiction of Plymouth in New England in America weaverDoth acknowlidge that tree hath and Doth by these prsents fullyfreely and absolutely give graunt allianate make over andconfeirme unto his son John Dunham the one halfe of all that hisshare lot and portion of meadow att Winnatuxett in the Townshipof Plymouth as alsoe all his whole* This paragraph is on the inner margin of the page.38 Plymouth Colony Deeds portion of upland att the place fore named; on Condition thatthe said John Dunham the son of the said John Dunham senir:shall rest contented with it as his pte of the lands of his saidfather which tree might expect Demaund or require of him; or anyafter him; by filliall right; and alsoe that tree Doe not molestor trouble any that shall or may enjoy any other the houses orlands of the said John Dunham senir: either before or after hisDecease; To have and to hold the said whole lott prte or portionof upland belonging to the said John Dunham senir: lying att aPlace called Winnatuxett in the Towneship of Plymouth aforsaidwith the one halfe of all his meadow there bee it more or lessewith all and singulare the prmises and appurtenances belongingto the said upland and meadow unto the said John Dunham the sonof the said John Dunham senir: to him and his heires andassignee for ever; The said prmises with all the said JohnDunham senir: his right title and Interest of and into the same;or any pte or pcel therof; on the Conditions above expressed tobelong unto the onely proper use and behoof of him the said JohnDunham the son of the said John Dunham senir: to him and hisheires and assignee for ever.