My 4x great grandfather James Dunham Sr was born in Carver, Ma on 25 May 1775, one of eleven children. Sometime before 1799 he and four of his siblings to what would eventually become Oxford County, Msine. There he married Cynthia Packard on 30 Apr 1799 in Hebron, There were nine children in their family:
Zilpha b. 10Sep 1801,
Cynthia b.10Apr 1803; d. 14Mar 1808
James Thomas, b.22Jun 1805
Harvey, b. 21Jun 1807
Cynthiab b.25Jul 1809
Louiza b.16Jun 1811
Mary Ann b.27Sep 1813
Lysander, b. 29Jun 1815
John b. 3Apr 1818
I have a problem with James having to do with his identity. For one thing, he is sometimes referred to as James Thomas Dunham, so in some cases I'm not sure if a record refers to him or his son who is also called James Thomas Dunham. Also, there was another unrelated James Dunham living in the area. What I can say for certain is that my 4x great grandfather James was a farmer and that towards the end of his life he lived with his son Harvey's family. He died in Hebron on 6 Dec 1864, three years after Cynthia's death in 1861.
I'm descended from James Jr.
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