MEMO TO: Jennifer Spangle
Genomic Analysis Technology Core
University of Arizona
Bio Sciences West Room 246
Tucson, AZ 85719
FAX 520-626-8050
FROM: Gratia Dunham Mahony, Professional Genealogist
75 Franklin Street
Douglas MA. 01810
(508) 476-9785
Paul Clinton Dunham, DNA Project Coordinator for Dunham family
465 Vigilante Drive
Helena, MT 59402-0234
(406) 443-3283
SUBJECT: Genealogical data to authenticate the number of generations.
Attached are ONLY the lines which connect to the descendants
of the Dunham/Donham/Dunnam line which are descended from
Richard Singletary whose oldest son, Jonathan, took the name of
Dunham.
The data for the Dunham line descending from Deacon John Dunham
of Plymouth was sent on 28 September 2003.
DATE: 20 October, 2003
The attached documentation file for the descendants of a line currently called the “Singletary/alias Dunham line” may help to allow descendants to determine their connection to the immigrant ancestor. It is believed that all of these lines originate from a man whose name was Richard Singletary. His first son, Jonathan, assumed the surname of DUNHAM at the time he moved to Woodbridge New Jersey. All of his descendants used the surname Dunham, or various spellings of that surname. The descendants of Richard Singletary’s other sons used the surname SINGLETARY. It is not known why Jonathan Singletary/alias Dunham chose to use the Dunham name, but there is a possibility that his mother was a Dunham, and he assumed the Dunham name to acknowledge that fact.
Four of the lines in this file show descent from a John Dunham/Dunnam first found in South Carolina. Because of the marriage of this John Dunnam to Hannah Singletary (a granddaughter of Richard Singletary) it is believed that he is connected to the Massachusetts Singletary family who migrated to South Carolina in 1696-7. DNA analysis shows a match to the descendants of Jonathan Singletary/alias Dunham of Woodbridge New Jersey. There is a one step mutation in one of these lines.
As mentioned in my memo with the submission of the documentation files of the Deacon John 1 Dunham line, I am a professional genealogist working to compile a genealogy of all the Dunham lines in America. This will include separate sections for each of these lines. I have done research on the Woodbridge New Jersey Dunham/Donham family, but the work on the Dunnams of South Carolina was done by other researchers. This research is acknowledged under the reference for each line.
Please contact me if you have questions or wish further information.
Gratia Dunham Mahony
Attached: Genealogical References for Members of the Dunham Family whose DNA analysis shows connection to Jonathan Singletary/alias Dunham
(21 pages)