Dutcher (Continued)
Dutcher (Continued)
Eleventh Generation
1216. Benejah DUNHAM29,124, son of 2432. John DUNHAM Deacon & 2433. Abigail BARLOW. Born ca 1638 in Plymouth, MA.124 Benejah died in Piscataway, NJ, on 24 Dec 1680; he was 42. Occupation: Linen Weaver.124
In 1668 he accompanied his brother (Daniel) to Eastham and became a court officer there in 1669. In 1672 he followed Jonathan DUNHAM (son of his brother Thomas DUNHAM) and bought 100 acres in Piscataway, NJ and became a planter; 1664 a freeman; 1669 court officer at Eastham; 1673 militia captain. He was one of the "Committee of Safety and Council of War."29
Benejah DUNHAM's will (recorded in Liber B. of Wills, page 496 in Trenton, NJ, office of Secretary of State):
"In the name of God Amen the Tenth day of May One Thousand Six hundred Seventy-Nine I, Benajah Dunham of Piscattaway in East Jarsy Linin Weaver being of sound mind and remembrance, praised be God, do give and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and forme following. First I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almight God my maker and my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter nominated.
Item I give unto my son Edmund the Seventy Acres of land belonging to me which lyeth by Rariton river and I give to him my Musquet and razier.
Item I give unto my daughter Mary my dwelling house and my home lott and all appertinances thereunto belonging and my lott of Meadow in the great Meadow which lyeth by the Creeke which is called Bonhame Creeke and all my Bookes and One Third of my Cattle and moveable goods.
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Forty Acres of land beloging to me which lyeth on the north side of Andrew Woodins home lott and boundeth on the east side by the highway that goeth to the vineyard and I give to her one third of my Cattel and my moveable goods.
Item I give to Elizabeth my wife for the Tearme of her Widowhood One Third of my Cattel and moveable goods and do make her Executrix of this my Last will and Testament. Also I ordaine Mr. Samuel Dennis of Woodbridge and John Ffichrandolphe of Piscatawy to be overseers for my children.
Item I ordaine that my Daughter shall not dispossesse her mother of the house During her Widowhood.
Item I ordaine that the Legacie of thirds which are given to Elizabeth my wife shall at the marriage of her the aforesaid, the one halfe, returne to my Daughter and the other halfe to my Daughter Elizabeth and all my lands in New England to be equally Divided betwixt my daughters.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written
Benajah Dunham
1217. Elizabeth TILLSON, daughter of 2434. Edmund (?Edward) TILLSON & 2435. Joanne *TILSON. Born ca1630/34 in England.78
1250. Captain Francis DRAKE139, son of 2500. Robert DRAKE & 2501. Phillippa DENYS. Born ca 1605 in England.78 Francis died in Piscataway, NJ, on 24 Sep 1687; he was 82.78 Occupation: Surveyor.78 Religion: Baptist.78
His parentage is in some dispute. All agree that he was in Portsmouth, NH in the early 1650s and that he moved to Piscataway, NJ between 1665 and 1670, probably because of religious disturbances in the New England colonies and the promise of freedom of religion in NJ.78
In 1652 he was living with a wife and one child on the Strawberry Bank on the western side of the Piscataqua River in northern New Hampshire, in what is now Portsmouth, NH.78
He is said to be (unproven) the nephew of Sir Francis Drake of British naval fame.78
Served on a grand jury in Norfolk County, NH before moving to NJ. He moved in or shortly before 1670 with five children. In 1670 his daughter married Hugh Dunn and the children of this couple later moved on to Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.78
Francis was a prominent figure in the Piscataway colony. He was a landowner, ran a tavern, was commissioned captain of militia of Piscatawy Township on 15 July 1675 and discharged at his own request 30 May 1678. He was one of the first selectmen, a constable, justice of the peace, and in 1682 was a county judge.78
The name Carman is alleged to derive from the word Kar or Car, meaning castle or fortified place. Carman is the lord of a stronghold. There is a great deal of genealogic material on various Carman lines in England back to the Doomsday records and Edward the Confessor in AD 1042.
Came on the ship Lyon (Capt. William Pierce, Master) and landed at Roxbury, Massachusetts on 4 November 1631. Other passengers on the same ship were John Eliot (“Apostle to the Indias”) and the wife of Governor John Winthrop. This group came largely from the parish Nazing, a small rural village in Essex County, Englad.127
In 1643 Robert Fordham and John Carman made an Indian purchase. On 16 November 1644 the Dutch government of New Netherland granted the Kieft Patent to about 50 patenteers, including Robert Fordham, John Sticklan, John OGDEN, John CARMAN, John Lawrence, Jonas Wood. This was an area of Long Island then called the Great Plains and now called Hempstead Bay. The town became Hempstead.
[John CARMAN, came to the states 1631 landing in Massachusetts Bay. He lived at Roxbury, MA.
where Abigail and John were born. Next at Lynn, MA where Caleb was born. He negotiated with the Indians and purchased 13,000 acres of land and established Hempstead Long Island. Most of the people he was negotiating for were from Connecicut. He was mentioned in the two patents for that land one from the Dutch and one from the English. I understand that the New York City Library has these Patents.]
1282. Thomas SAYRE34, son of 2564. Francis SAYRE & 2565. Elizabeth ATKINS. Born in 1597 in Leighton Bussard, ENG.67 Christened on 20 Jul 1597.67 Thomas died in NY on 1 Apr 1670; he was 73.34,140
Emigrated to Lynn, Massachusetts around 1638 or 1639 from England. Eager to escape the strict Puritan government, they left and landed at Southampton, LI on 12 June 1640 (with Howell, Farrington, Halsey, Howe, Cooper, Needham, Walton). (From the NYGBR Vol XXI:143).
Possibly from Hinwich, parish of Podington in Bedfordshire, ENG where a Sayre family existed since around 1200 AD.67
1288. John WOODRUFF 2d37,69, son of 2576. John WOODRUFFE & 2577. Ann *WOODRUFFE. Born in 1637 in ENG.37 Christened in 1637 in Sturry, Kent, ENG.106 John died in Elizabethtown, NJ, on 27 Apr 1691; he was 54.37,106
Originally from Southampton Colony in LI, he was a man of distinction and held offices including Ensign and High Sheriff of Essex County in Elizabethtown, NJ.
He was an original Associate in Elizabethtown and took the oath of allegiance there 19 Feb 1665. In 1675 the deeds show he owned 292 acres, a tract known as late as the early 1900s as “Woodruff’s Farms.”
He was on the jury when Capt. Wm. Hackett of the sloop “Endeavor” from Salisbury, Co. Norfolk, ENG was charged and tried for illegal trading in the province.69
1289. Sarah (Mary) OGDEN37,69, daughter of 656. John OGDEN & 657. Jane BOND. Born ca 1643.37 Sarah (Mary) died in Elizabethtown, NJ.69
1290. Timothy COOPER37, son of 2580. Lt. Thomas COOPER & 2581. Sarah ?SLYE. Born on 26 Apr 1646. Timothy died in Sep 1679; he was 33.37
Viewer of fences in 1668 and surveyor of highways in 1671.141
“Nath Ely & Laur Bliss Testyfied that they saw Timothy Coop & Jonath Ashley gallop & Run theire Horses in ye streete last Lecture day in ye forenoon and yt as fast as they could Run” and they, along with John Hitchcock and Samuel Bliss, Jr “it being expressly agt ye Towne order” were fined 2s. 4d. apiece. [History of Springfield, Henry M. Burt (1898) 1:363, 375; 2:100]
1291. Elizabeth MUNSON37, daughter of 2582. Thomas MUNSON & 2583. Joanna *MUNSON. Elizabeth died on 18 Dec 1706.37
1293. Alice DAYTON37, daughter of 2586. Ralph DAYTON & 2587. Alice GOLDHATCH. Born in 1620.37 Alice died 4 Feb 1705/06; she was 85.37
1294. Jacob SCHELLINGER37, son of 2588. Laudesser De SCHELLINKS. Born ca 1626.37 Jacob died on 17 Jun 1693; he was 67.37
1295. Cornelia (Loper) MELYN37, daughter of 2590. Cornelis MELYN & 2591. Jannetje ADRYIAENS. Born in NLD.37 Christened 27 Feb 1627/28 in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.37 Cornelia (Loper) died in East Hampton, LI, NY 25 Feb 1716/17.37
Came to New Netherland with her parents in Den Eyckenboom (The Oak Tree) sailing from Holland about 17 May 1641 and arriving New Amsterdam around 15 August 1641.37
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