Mordecai Dunnum [sic] or Dunham, begins appearing in the Monongalia, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists in 1794. For subsequent years through 1797 he is listed in Monongalia along with his brother, Gideon.
Mordecai Dunham, Sr., was in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA Census in 1800 and 1810. He, his wife and family lived in Jackson County, Ohio as early as 1830 census, are listed again in 1840 without his wife, and he died in April 1850 in District 10, Jackson County, Ohio, aged 88, according to the 1850 Mortality Census List. (Which equals a birth year of 1762: 1850 - 88 years of age at death = 1762).
The parents of Mordecai Dunham are Stephen Dunham and his wife, named as Elizabeth or Ruth. Stephen Dunham's parents are Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitzrandolph. The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dina wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors.
This is a bit hard to follow, but I have included the complete text, which does establish family relationship of Mordecai to his father, Stephen:
Monongalia County Court, 1803: Rhody BACORN, devisee, administratrix and heir of Job Bacorn, deceased, complainant, vs. Gideon DUNHAM*, Jeremiah DUNHAM*, Mordica DUNHAM*, Amos Spencer and Rebecca Spencer, formerly Rebecca DUNHAM, heirs of Stephen DUNHAM, deceased and Ruth DUNHAM, widow of said Stephen Dunham, defendants.
Defendants summoned on 18 April and 29 Jun 1803, (*not residing in Monongalia Co.). For value received, I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Job BACORN, his heirs or assigns, 25 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid 01 May 1800 with lawful interest from 18 September 1797, signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph MORRIS and Gideon DUNHAM: "Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Dunham am held and firmly bound to Jobe Bacorn or his heirs in the just and full sum of money of the State of Pennsylvania which is to say if the above said DUNHAM doth give the said BACORN a mortgage for the above sum on a certain tract of land which Gideon DUNHAM bought of Job BARNES in six months, then the above obligation is null and void or else to stand in full force," 18 September 1797. Signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph Morris and Mordacia DUNHAM. Job BACORN assigned these notes to William GREENLEE on 1 December 1799 "not to have any recourse back to me or my heirs if the man should prove insolvent."
"This note is not to be demanded 1 September next, then to be paid in salt, iron or beef."
GREENLEE assigned the note to Job BACORN on 19 December 1799, which were witnessed by Sam'l WOODBRIDGE. The defendants did not appear and "put in their answer agreeable to an order of the court" and therefore the court decreed that the defendants make a good and sufficient deed to Rhody BACORN.
Publication of the order was made in the "Winchester Gazette."
Source: Monongalia County, (West) Virginia: Records of the District, Superior and County Courts, Vol. 5 1802-1805, compiled by Melba P. Zinn, published by Heritage Books.
Mordecai Dunham, Sr., was in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA Census in 1800 and 1810. He, his wife and family lived in Jackson County, Ohio as early as 1830 census, are listed again in 1840 without his wife, and he died in April 1850 in District 10, Jackson County, Ohio, aged 88, according to the 1850 Mortality Census List. (Which equals a birth year of 1762: 1850 - 88 years of age at death = 1762).
The parents of Mordecai Dunham are Stephen Dunham and his wife, named as Elizabeth or Ruth. Stephen Dunham's parents are Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitzrandolph. The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dina wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors.
This is a bit hard to follow, but I have included the complete text, which does establish family relationship of Mordecai to his father, Stephen:
Monongalia County Court, 1803: Rhody BACORN, devisee, administratrix and heir of Job Bacorn, deceased, complainant, vs. Gideon DUNHAM*, Jeremiah DUNHAM*, Mordica DUNHAM*, Amos Spencer and Rebecca Spencer, formerly Rebecca DUNHAM, heirs of Stephen DUNHAM, deceased and Ruth DUNHAM, widow of said Stephen Dunham, defendants.
Defendants summoned on 18 April and 29 Jun 1803, (*not residing in Monongalia Co.). For value received, I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Job BACORN, his heirs or assigns, 25 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid 01 May 1800 with lawful interest from 18 September 1797, signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph MORRIS and Gideon DUNHAM: "Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Dunham am held and firmly bound to Jobe Bacorn or his heirs in the just and full sum of money of the State of Pennsylvania which is to say if the above said DUNHAM doth give the said BACORN a mortgage for the above sum on a certain tract of land which Gideon DUNHAM bought of Job BARNES in six months, then the above obligation is null and void or else to stand in full force," 18 September 1797. Signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph Morris and Mordacia DUNHAM. Job BACORN assigned these notes to William GREENLEE on 1 December 1799 "not to have any recourse back to me or my heirs if the man should prove insolvent."
"This note is not to be demanded 1 September next, then to be paid in salt, iron or beef."
GREENLEE assigned the note to Job BACORN on 19 December 1799, which were witnessed by Sam'l WOODBRIDGE. The defendants did not appear and "put in their answer agreeable to an order of the court" and therefore the court decreed that the defendants make a good and sufficient deed to Rhody BACORN.
Publication of the order was made in the "Winchester Gazette."
Source: Monongalia County, (West) Virginia: Records of the District, Superior and County Courts, Vol. 5 1802-1805, compiled by Melba P. Zinn, published by Heritage Books.
Mordecai Dunnum [sic] or Dunham, begins appearing in the Monongalia, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists in 1794. For subsequent years through 1797 he is listed in Monongalia along with his brother, Gideon.
Mordecai Dunham, Sr., was in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA Census in 1800 and 1810. He, his wife and family lived in Jackson County, Ohio as early as 1830 census, are listed again in 1840 without his wife, and he died in April 1850 in District 10, Jackson County, Ohio, aged 88, according to the 1850 Mortality Census List. (Which equals a birth year of 1762: 1850 - 88 years of age at death = 1762).
The parents of Mordecai Dunham are Stephen Dunham and his wife, named as Elizabeth or Ruth. Stephen Dunham's parents are Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitzrandolph. The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dina wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors.
This is a bit hard to follow, but I have included the complete text, which does establish family relationship of Mordecai to his father, Stephen:
Monongalia County Court, 1803: Rhody BACORN, devisee, administratrix and heir of Job Bacorn, deceased, complainant, vs. Gideon DUNHAM*, Jeremiah DUNHAM*, Mordica DUNHAM*, Amos Spencer and Rebecca Spencer, formerly Rebecca DUNHAM, heirs of Stephen DUNHAM, deceased and Ruth DUNHAM, widow of said Stephen Dunham, defendants.
Defendants summoned on 18 April and 29 Jun 1803, (*not residing in Monongalia Co.). For value received, I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Job BACORN, his heirs or assigns, 25 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid 01 May 1800 with lawful interest from 18 September 1797, signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph MORRIS and Gideon DUNHAM: "Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Dunham am held and firmly bound to Jobe Bacorn or his heirs in the just and full sum of money of the State of Pennsylvania which is to say if the above said DUNHAM doth give the said BACORN a mortgage for the above sum on a certain tract of land which Gideon DUNHAM bought of Job BARNES in six months, then the above obligation is null and void or else to stand in full force," 18 September 1797. Signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph Morris and Mordacia DUNHAM. Job BACORN assigned these notes to William GREENLEE on 1 December 1799 "not to have any recourse back to me or my heirs if the man should prove insolvent."
"This note is not to be demanded 1 September next, then to be paid in salt, iron or beef."
GREENLEE assigned the note to Job BACORN on 19 December 1799, which were witnessed by Sam'l WOODBRIDGE. The defendants did not appear and "put in their answer agreeable to an order of the court" and therefore the court decreed that the defendants make a good and sufficient deed to Rhody BACORN.
Publication of the order was made in the "Winchester Gazette."
Source: Monongalia County, (West) Virginia: Records of the District, Superior and County Courts, Vol. 5 1802-1805, compiled by Melba P. Zinn, published by Heritage Books.
Mordecai Dunham, Sr., was in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA Census in 1800 and 1810. He, his wife and family lived in Jackson County, Ohio as early as 1830 census, are listed again in 1840 without his wife, and he died in April 1850 in District 10, Jackson County, Ohio, aged 88, according to the 1850 Mortality Census List. (Which equals a birth year of 1762: 1850 - 88 years of age at death = 1762).
The parents of Mordecai Dunham are Stephen Dunham and his wife, named as Elizabeth or Ruth. Stephen Dunham's parents are Edmund Dunham and Dinah Fitzrandolph. The will of Edmond Dunham of Piscataway dated 4 June 1749, proved 13 July 1749, names wife Dinah; children Nehemiah, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, Dina wife of Joseph Dunn, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Catrine Dunham; son Nehemiah and cousin Azariah Dunham, executors.
This is a bit hard to follow, but I have included the complete text, which does establish family relationship of Mordecai to his father, Stephen:
Monongalia County Court, 1803: Rhody BACORN, devisee, administratrix and heir of Job Bacorn, deceased, complainant, vs. Gideon DUNHAM*, Jeremiah DUNHAM*, Mordica DUNHAM*, Amos Spencer and Rebecca Spencer, formerly Rebecca DUNHAM, heirs of Stephen DUNHAM, deceased and Ruth DUNHAM, widow of said Stephen Dunham, defendants.
Defendants summoned on 18 April and 29 Jun 1803, (*not residing in Monongalia Co.). For value received, I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Job BACORN, his heirs or assigns, 25 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid 01 May 1800 with lawful interest from 18 September 1797, signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph MORRIS and Gideon DUNHAM: "Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Dunham am held and firmly bound to Jobe Bacorn or his heirs in the just and full sum of money of the State of Pennsylvania which is to say if the above said DUNHAM doth give the said BACORN a mortgage for the above sum on a certain tract of land which Gideon DUNHAM bought of Job BARNES in six months, then the above obligation is null and void or else to stand in full force," 18 September 1797. Signed by Stephen DUNHAM in the presence of Joseph Morris and Mordacia DUNHAM. Job BACORN assigned these notes to William GREENLEE on 1 December 1799 "not to have any recourse back to me or my heirs if the man should prove insolvent."
"This note is not to be demanded 1 September next, then to be paid in salt, iron or beef."
GREENLEE assigned the note to Job BACORN on 19 December 1799, which were witnessed by Sam'l WOODBRIDGE. The defendants did not appear and "put in their answer agreeable to an order of the court" and therefore the court decreed that the defendants make a good and sufficient deed to Rhody BACORN.
Publication of the order was made in the "Winchester Gazette."
Source: Monongalia County, (West) Virginia: Records of the District, Superior and County Courts, Vol. 5 1802-1805, compiled by Melba P. Zinn, published by Heritage Books.
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