All of the diverse individuals on the jumbled front page of this holiday issue are Dunhams and Dunham descendants. You should be able to identify some of them, and others may be mystery people. Unless we get letters of protest, the plan is to identify the people in our next issue. It was a lot of fun putting the page together, but the decisions as to which pictures to use were truly agonizing. Many excellent large pictures had to be eliminated from the “competition.” Then there was the problem of fitting them into the available space, and this necessitated setting aside a lot of other good photos. If you are not
represented, it may be A/ that your picture is too large, B/ that it is too small, C/ that DD doesn’t have a clear [ ] of you, or (worst of all!) D/ that we don’t have ANY picture of you! Before you heave a sigh of relief and determine NEVER to send that crazy cousin your photograph, rest assured
that this type of collage will never be used again (un1ess by popular demand!), so DO send in your pictures and make Christmas at the Dunham Archives as merry as the one we wish you.
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UP-DATE ON COAT-OF-ARMS:
COLOR IT GULES
In our November Issue the Dunham coat-of-arms appeared on page 1. It was just as well that we could not reproduce it in color, as Mrs. K.,the editor, didn’t Know her colors in this case. Seeking to remedy the situation, she did some research & came up with some partial answers. The ZOUCHE quartering (middle, left) [ gules] (red), & what we facetiously took to be bowling pins are actually BEZANTS--so now you know!!!
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Descendants of Ralph & Melinda Hyde Dunham have frequently perpetuated the Hyde name when naming their children. It often shows up as a middle name, a practice which Ralph & Melinda themselves followed. Melinda was the seventh of the Hyde line in America, & the family included two Revolutionary soldiers in the direct line of descent.
HYDE LINE
I. William Hyde, b. ca. 1600, England. Came to America in 1633. An original proprietor of Hartford. He died 1-6-1681 in Norwich, Comn. Wife’s name unknown.
II. Samuel Hyde, b. 1637, Hartford; m. Jane Lee, daughter of Thomas & Phebe Brown Lee of Roxbury, in June 1659, in Norwich. Jane was born 1640 & died 1723. Samuel died 1677, West Farms.
III. Samuel Hyde (1665-1742) m. Elizabeth Calkins (of Norwich), dau. of John & Sarah Calkins & granddau. of Hugh & Ann Calkins. Samuel & Elizabeth were married 12-10-1690. Samuel died in Lebanon 11-61742.
IV. Elijah Hyde (b. 1705, Lebanon; died there 8-10-1783) m. Ruth Tracey on l1-12-l730. She has a very long lineage.
V. Major Elijah Hyde (b. 1735, Norwich; d. 1800 Lebanon) m. Mary Clark (1738-1813), dau. of Gershom & Elizabeth Strong Clark, of Lebanon. He was in the American Revolution.
VI. Sgt. Elijah Clark Hyde (b. 1758, Lebanon; d. 1835 Springfield. M. Sarah Taylor, dau. of Josiah & Abigail Taylor.
VII Melinda Hyde, of Lebanon, m. Ralph Dunham ca. 1810. She lived in Mansfield, but died in Rockville, 227-1855.
REFERENCES: ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AM. GENEALGY, Vol. I, p.346; AMERICAN MARRIAGE REORDS
BEFORE 1699; HYDE GENEALOGY by Walworth; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOG. MASS. p. 247; AM. ANCESTRY, Vol. II, p. 176.
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We are indebted to the Travelers Insurance Co. for the following article, which appeared in one of their yearbooks. Editorial explanations have been included in parentheses.
"2nd president of the Travelers was Sylvester C. Dunham (son of Jonathan L. & Abigail Eldridge Dunham). A descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims (on his mother’s side), he was born 1846 at Mansfield, Ct. He was graduated from Mt. Union College in Ohio, taught school 2 years in the Buckeye state, then returned to Ct. Turning to the study of law, he was admitted to the Bar and, as attorney for the
City of Hartford & a lecturer at Yale U., became one of the most prominent lawyers
in the state. J.G.Batterson in 1885 prevailed upon him to accept a position as special atty for the Travelers, with the assignment of redeeming investments made by the co. in Colorado, where the vision of
local operators in appiying irrigation to desert wastelands had expanded beyond their financial capacity. He fulfilled his assignment brilliantly, meanwhile enduring such adventures as a running battle with the robbers of a Tombstone stagecoach. 'I had the best position in the vehicle, lying flat on the bottom in the straw, with 6 or 8 uneasy
gentlemen on top me,' he explained. He was appointed general counsel of th co., later becoming a vice pres. & director, then, on the death of J.G.Batterson in 1901, president. During his administration & under his masterful guidance, the Travelers made giant gains
particularly in regard to organization, which made it the largest multiple-line ins. co.
in existence. He died in 1915.”
DUNHAM DISPATCH, % P.S. Kitson, 711 Kensington, F.,int, Mich 48503
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