Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Thirteenth Generation
6528. John DUNHAM Deacon, son of 13056. Thomas DUNHAM & 13057. Jane BROMELY. Born 1588/1589 in Scrooby. John died in Plymouth, MA, 2 Mar 1668/1669; he was 80. Occupation: Weaver. Education: Signed His Will With A Mark.
Grew up and possibly attended school with Bradford in Scrooby.,
First record in Plymouth is 2 January 1633 when he was taxed 9s.
Held multiple offices in Plymouth, MA.
Scrooby is a village on the Idle River, a branch of the Trent River, in Nottinghamshire, England. Deacon John DUNHAM left England because of religious persecution.
On 22 Oct 1622 when John was 34, he married Abigail BARLOW in Leyden, Holland.
They had the following children:
i.
Samuel (ca1624-1711)
ii.
Abigail (ca1626-)
iii.
Jonathan Deacon (ca1627-1717)
iv.
Persis (ca1628->1701)
v.
Hannah (ca1633-1708)
vi.
Joseph (ca1636-1703)
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Benejah (ca1638-1680)
viii.
Daniel (ca1639-1677)
6529. Abigail BARLOW, daughter of 13058. Thomas BARLOW & 13059. Ann AIME. Born ca 1605. Abigail died aft 1669; she was 64.
Mayan descent
The first record of Edmund (Edward) TILSON in Plymouth is 3 September 1638, a grant of 5 acres of land. He became a Freeman 1 March 1641/42. He served on several Grand Juries and was fined for refusal to serve on one jury.
Bef 1638 Edmund (?Edward) married Joanne *TILSON in ENG.
They had the following children:
i.
Mary
3265ii.
Elizabeth (ca1630-)
iii.
Ephraim
iv.
John (ca1640-<1673)
6596. Robert DRAKE, son of 13192. William DRAKE. Born ca 1579 in England. Robert died in Hampton, NH, on 14 Jan 1668; he was 89. Occupation: Seargemaker.
Removed to New Hamapshire in the Fall of 1640 anad settled in Hamptom.
Robert married Phillippa DENYS.
Samuel married Sarah *WALKER.
They had one child:
3299i.
Francis married Elizabeth ATKINS.
6672. John WOODRUFFE, son of 13344. John WOODRUFFE & 13345. Elizabeth CARTWRIGHT. Born in 1604. John died in 1670; he was 66.
John married Ann *WOODRUFFE.
They had one child:
3336i.
John 2d (1637-1691)
Practicing attorney; arrived at Boston on ship “Christian” in 1635; moved to Windsor, CT and then to Springfield, MA, where he was killed when that town was burned by Indians 5 Oct 1675.
Thomas married Sarah ?SLYE.
They had the following children:
i.
Sarah (ca1642->1711)
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Timothy (1646-1679)
iii.
Thomas (1646-1722)
iv.
Elizabeth (1648->1679)
v.
Mary (1651-1742)
vi.
John (1654-1656)
vii.
Daughter (1656-1656)
viii.
Rebecca (1657-1678)
ix.
John (1659-1677)
Thomas married Joanna *MUNSON.
They had one child:
3339i.
Elizabeth (-1706)
Ralph married Alice GOLDHATCH.
They had one child:
3341i.
Alice (1620-1705)
Child:
3342i.
Jacob (ca1626-1693)
6686. Cornelis MELYN, son of 13372. Andre MELYN & 13373. Marie GHUEDINX-BOTENS. Born in 1600 in Belgium. Christened on 17 Sep 1600 in Antwerp, BE. Cornelis died in 1674; he was 74.
French spelling of his name is Corneille, but he usd the Flemish spelling: Cornelis.
Born in Antwerp in a house clled “The Sack” on the Rue du Sac (in Flemish, ZakStraat) in the vicinity of the Bourge or castle. His mother died in October 1606 and his father died in November 1606.
A series of articles by Paul Gibson Burton appeared in the NYGBR (67:157/246; 68:3/132/217 i 1936 and 1937) and were later reprinted in “The WINANS Family, Ancestors and Descendants of Clarence Hatfield Winans 1854-1942 of Linden, New Jersey” by Melda Haynes Shippey, found in the Special Collections of Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, NJ (CS 71 .W56 1990).
On 22 Apr 1627 when Cornelis was 27, he married Jannetje ADRYIAENS in Amsterdam, Holland.
They had the following children:
3343i.
Cornelia (Loper) (ch. 1627-1716)
ii.
MissingPerson
iii.
Cornelis (ca1630-<1633)