Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18,1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.
Epitaph on gravestone:
HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
EDGARTOWN
With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground
Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful
Found
Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen
His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him
Hence.
(Note: Am proud to call him my seventh great grandfather).
Epitaph on gravestone:
HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
EDGARTOWN
With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground
Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful
Found
Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen
His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him
Hence.
(Note: Am proud to call him my seventh great grandfather).
Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18,1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.
Epitaph on gravestone:
HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
EDGARTOWN
With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground
Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful
Found
Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen
His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him
Hence.
(Note: Am proud to call him my seventh great grandfather).
Epitaph on gravestone:
HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
EDGARTOWN
With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground
Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful
Found
Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen
His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him
Hence.
(Note: Am proud to call him my seventh great grandfather).
