SON of Nathaniel Dunham and Joannah Thornell
HUSBAND of Hileigh Ann MNU, b. ~1713
FATHER of Jonathan, David, Nathaniel FAG #71721757, et al.
A book found at books.google.com mentions an ancestor fleeing Scotland to Spain because he "usurped" the throne. Did he originate from Scotland, go to Spain, return to Scotland, immigrate to colonial America?
Read the book online at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Clermont_County_Ohio/TrYCVEmAzqAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+History+of+Clermont+County,+Ohio,+1880,+Louis+H.+Everts&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Published in The History of Clermont County, Ohio by Louis H. Everts, 1880
full article found at
http://www.dunham-singletary.org/mw/images/c/c3/Dunham_dispatch_10_6.pdf
Bio of Jonathan Singleton Donham FAG# 32560611 , son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham
The family of Donham is of Spanish descent*, the original name being "Don Singleton." Sometime towards the close of the sixteenth century one of the ancestors of this Don Singleton family had become noted as an active member of the Liberal party, or, as it might have been then termed, the Rebel party. He was arrested, tried, and banished, but after his sentence escaped and fled to Scotland, where he assumed the name of Don Ham, which finally became corrupted into the single name "Donham." A son or grandson of this expatriated ancestor emigrated to America, and settled in what is now New Jersey, where he was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, John; and by his second, three sons, William, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, and a daughter, name unknown. John and Jonathan remained in New Jersey, William removed to Northern Alabama, and Nathaniel married and settled in Pennsylvania, where, his wife dying, he was again married, this time to Miss Jennings.** In his emigration from New Jersey he moved westward, passing over the Allegheny Mountains, following the military road cut out by the English pioneers for the march of Gen. Braddock's army, on his advance from the sea-board to Fort Duquesne, and settled temporarily on the Monongahela River, sixty miles above Pittsburgh, near Ten-Mile Creek, at the present village of Mapletown, in Greene Co., Pa. Here, his first wife dying, he married his second, and here the younger members of his family were born. He came to Pennsylvania about the year of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was engaged for years in the transportation across the mountains of groceries and store goods by pack-horses to supply the pioneers in the frontier settlements, purchasing his stock in Philadelphia or Baltimore. In 1794, with most of his family, he again emigrated, and coming down the Ohio River landed at the mouth of the Little Miami, and established his home on what was then known as the "Round Bottom" of that historic stream. In a few years, about 1800, he moved into Clermont County, and settled on Ten-Mile Creek, in what is now Pierce Township, where he spent the balance of his days in clearing his lands, raising crops, and caring for his family.
By his first marriage were born three sons and one daughter. The latter never came West. The sons were David, John, and Lewis. By his second marriage there were one daughter, Mary, and six sons, Henry, Abel, William, Amos, Robert, and Jonathan Singleton, of whom all but one, Henry, served bravely in the War of 1812. Of the three sons by his first wife, two, David and Lewis, remained in Pennsylvania, and raised large families, while John located on Ten-Mile Creek, in this county; of those by his second wife, Abel settled in this county, on Ten-Mile Creek; Henry removed to Clay Co., Ind.; William located on Ten-Mile Creek; Amos removed to Brown Co., Ohio; Robert settled on Ten-Mile Creek and was many years a county commissioner; and Jonathan Singleton Donham settled on Twelve-Mile Creek, in Ohio Township. He was the youngest of this pioneer family, which, in men and women of force of character, mental ability, and first-class business qualifications, has contributed greatly to the development of the county materially, politically, morally, and in all that adds to its progress and growth.
* The evidence author Everts had to support his assertion that the Dunham/Donham family's ancestor came from Spain is unknown. Jonathan Singleton Donham (1786-1856) was the youngest son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham. Keziah was Nathaniel's second wife. Jonathan had a daughter named Florella and she had a son named Almeida Ferdinand. They are given names of Hispanic origin.
**Should be Mary Sutton.
Sarah Jennings married Jonathan Dunham, son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Mary (Sutton) Donham/Dunham.
HUSBAND of Hileigh Ann MNU, b. ~1713
FATHER of Jonathan, David, Nathaniel FAG #71721757, et al.
A book found at books.google.com mentions an ancestor fleeing Scotland to Spain because he "usurped" the throne. Did he originate from Scotland, go to Spain, return to Scotland, immigrate to colonial America?
Read the book online at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Clermont_County_Ohio/TrYCVEmAzqAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+History+of+Clermont+County,+Ohio,+1880,+Louis+H.+Everts&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Published in The History of Clermont County, Ohio by Louis H. Everts, 1880
full article found at
http://www.dunham-singletary.org/mw/images/c/c3/Dunham_dispatch_10_6.pdf
Bio of Jonathan Singleton Donham FAG# 32560611 , son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham
The family of Donham is of Spanish descent*, the original name being "Don Singleton." Sometime towards the close of the sixteenth century one of the ancestors of this Don Singleton family had become noted as an active member of the Liberal party, or, as it might have been then termed, the Rebel party. He was arrested, tried, and banished, but after his sentence escaped and fled to Scotland, where he assumed the name of Don Ham, which finally became corrupted into the single name "Donham." A son or grandson of this expatriated ancestor emigrated to America, and settled in what is now New Jersey, where he was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, John; and by his second, three sons, William, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, and a daughter, name unknown. John and Jonathan remained in New Jersey, William removed to Northern Alabama, and Nathaniel married and settled in Pennsylvania, where, his wife dying, he was again married, this time to Miss Jennings.** In his emigration from New Jersey he moved westward, passing over the Allegheny Mountains, following the military road cut out by the English pioneers for the march of Gen. Braddock's army, on his advance from the sea-board to Fort Duquesne, and settled temporarily on the Monongahela River, sixty miles above Pittsburgh, near Ten-Mile Creek, at the present village of Mapletown, in Greene Co., Pa. Here, his first wife dying, he married his second, and here the younger members of his family were born. He came to Pennsylvania about the year of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was engaged for years in the transportation across the mountains of groceries and store goods by pack-horses to supply the pioneers in the frontier settlements, purchasing his stock in Philadelphia or Baltimore. In 1794, with most of his family, he again emigrated, and coming down the Ohio River landed at the mouth of the Little Miami, and established his home on what was then known as the "Round Bottom" of that historic stream. In a few years, about 1800, he moved into Clermont County, and settled on Ten-Mile Creek, in what is now Pierce Township, where he spent the balance of his days in clearing his lands, raising crops, and caring for his family.
By his first marriage were born three sons and one daughter. The latter never came West. The sons were David, John, and Lewis. By his second marriage there were one daughter, Mary, and six sons, Henry, Abel, William, Amos, Robert, and Jonathan Singleton, of whom all but one, Henry, served bravely in the War of 1812. Of the three sons by his first wife, two, David and Lewis, remained in Pennsylvania, and raised large families, while John located on Ten-Mile Creek, in this county; of those by his second wife, Abel settled in this county, on Ten-Mile Creek; Henry removed to Clay Co., Ind.; William located on Ten-Mile Creek; Amos removed to Brown Co., Ohio; Robert settled on Ten-Mile Creek and was many years a county commissioner; and Jonathan Singleton Donham settled on Twelve-Mile Creek, in Ohio Township. He was the youngest of this pioneer family, which, in men and women of force of character, mental ability, and first-class business qualifications, has contributed greatly to the development of the county materially, politically, morally, and in all that adds to its progress and growth.
* The evidence author Everts had to support his assertion that the Dunham/Donham family's ancestor came from Spain is unknown. Jonathan Singleton Donham (1786-1856) was the youngest son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham. Keziah was Nathaniel's second wife. Jonathan had a daughter named Florella and she had a son named Almeida Ferdinand. They are given names of Hispanic origin.
**Should be Mary Sutton.
Sarah Jennings married Jonathan Dunham, son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Mary (Sutton) Donham/Dunham.
SON of Nathaniel Dunham and Joannah Thornell
HUSBAND of Hileigh Ann MNU, b. ~1713
FATHER of Jonathan, David, Nathaniel FAG #71721757, et al.
A book found at books.google.com mentions an ancestor fleeing Scotland to Spain because he "usurped" the throne. Did he originate from Scotland, go to Spain, return to Scotland, immigrate to colonial America?
Read the book online at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Clermont_County_Ohio/TrYCVEmAzqAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+History+of+Clermont+County,+Ohio,+1880,+Louis+H.+Everts&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Published in The History of Clermont County, Ohio by Louis H. Everts, 1880
full article found at
http://www.dunham-singletary.org/mw/images/c/c3/Dunham_dispatch_10_6.pdf
Bio of Jonathan Singleton Donham FAG# 32560611 , son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham
The family of Donham is of Spanish descent*, the original name being "Don Singleton." Sometime towards the close of the sixteenth century one of the ancestors of this Don Singleton family had become noted as an active member of the Liberal party, or, as it might have been then termed, the Rebel party. He was arrested, tried, and banished, but after his sentence escaped and fled to Scotland, where he assumed the name of Don Ham, which finally became corrupted into the single name "Donham." A son or grandson of this expatriated ancestor emigrated to America, and settled in what is now New Jersey, where he was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, John; and by his second, three sons, William, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, and a daughter, name unknown. John and Jonathan remained in New Jersey, William removed to Northern Alabama, and Nathaniel married and settled in Pennsylvania, where, his wife dying, he was again married, this time to Miss Jennings.** In his emigration from New Jersey he moved westward, passing over the Allegheny Mountains, following the military road cut out by the English pioneers for the march of Gen. Braddock's army, on his advance from the sea-board to Fort Duquesne, and settled temporarily on the Monongahela River, sixty miles above Pittsburgh, near Ten-Mile Creek, at the present village of Mapletown, in Greene Co., Pa. Here, his first wife dying, he married his second, and here the younger members of his family were born. He came to Pennsylvania about the year of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was engaged for years in the transportation across the mountains of groceries and store goods by pack-horses to supply the pioneers in the frontier settlements, purchasing his stock in Philadelphia or Baltimore. In 1794, with most of his family, he again emigrated, and coming down the Ohio River landed at the mouth of the Little Miami, and established his home on what was then known as the "Round Bottom" of that historic stream. In a few years, about 1800, he moved into Clermont County, and settled on Ten-Mile Creek, in what is now Pierce Township, where he spent the balance of his days in clearing his lands, raising crops, and caring for his family.
By his first marriage were born three sons and one daughter. The latter never came West. The sons were David, John, and Lewis. By his second marriage there were one daughter, Mary, and six sons, Henry, Abel, William, Amos, Robert, and Jonathan Singleton, of whom all but one, Henry, served bravely in the War of 1812. Of the three sons by his first wife, two, David and Lewis, remained in Pennsylvania, and raised large families, while John located on Ten-Mile Creek, in this county; of those by his second wife, Abel settled in this county, on Ten-Mile Creek; Henry removed to Clay Co., Ind.; William located on Ten-Mile Creek; Amos removed to Brown Co., Ohio; Robert settled on Ten-Mile Creek and was many years a county commissioner; and Jonathan Singleton Donham settled on Twelve-Mile Creek, in Ohio Township. He was the youngest of this pioneer family, which, in men and women of force of character, mental ability, and first-class business qualifications, has contributed greatly to the development of the county materially, politically, morally, and in all that adds to its progress and growth.
* The evidence author Everts had to support his assertion that the Dunham/Donham family's ancestor came from Spain is unknown. Jonathan Singleton Donham (1786-1856) was the youngest son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham. Keziah was Nathaniel's second wife. Jonathan had a daughter named Florella and she had a son named Almeida Ferdinand. They are given names of Hispanic origin.
**Should be Mary Sutton.
Sarah Jennings married Jonathan Dunham, son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Mary (Sutton) Donham/Dunham.
HUSBAND of Hileigh Ann MNU, b. ~1713
FATHER of Jonathan, David, Nathaniel FAG #71721757, et al.
A book found at books.google.com mentions an ancestor fleeing Scotland to Spain because he "usurped" the throne. Did he originate from Scotland, go to Spain, return to Scotland, immigrate to colonial America?
Read the book online at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Clermont_County_Ohio/TrYCVEmAzqAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+History+of+Clermont+County,+Ohio,+1880,+Louis+H.+Everts&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Published in The History of Clermont County, Ohio by Louis H. Everts, 1880
full article found at
http://www.dunham-singletary.org/mw/images/c/c3/Dunham_dispatch_10_6.pdf
Bio of Jonathan Singleton Donham FAG# 32560611 , son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham
The family of Donham is of Spanish descent*, the original name being "Don Singleton." Sometime towards the close of the sixteenth century one of the ancestors of this Don Singleton family had become noted as an active member of the Liberal party, or, as it might have been then termed, the Rebel party. He was arrested, tried, and banished, but after his sentence escaped and fled to Scotland, where he assumed the name of Don Ham, which finally became corrupted into the single name "Donham." A son or grandson of this expatriated ancestor emigrated to America, and settled in what is now New Jersey, where he was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, John; and by his second, three sons, William, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, and a daughter, name unknown. John and Jonathan remained in New Jersey, William removed to Northern Alabama, and Nathaniel married and settled in Pennsylvania, where, his wife dying, he was again married, this time to Miss Jennings.** In his emigration from New Jersey he moved westward, passing over the Allegheny Mountains, following the military road cut out by the English pioneers for the march of Gen. Braddock's army, on his advance from the sea-board to Fort Duquesne, and settled temporarily on the Monongahela River, sixty miles above Pittsburgh, near Ten-Mile Creek, at the present village of Mapletown, in Greene Co., Pa. Here, his first wife dying, he married his second, and here the younger members of his family were born. He came to Pennsylvania about the year of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was engaged for years in the transportation across the mountains of groceries and store goods by pack-horses to supply the pioneers in the frontier settlements, purchasing his stock in Philadelphia or Baltimore. In 1794, with most of his family, he again emigrated, and coming down the Ohio River landed at the mouth of the Little Miami, and established his home on what was then known as the "Round Bottom" of that historic stream. In a few years, about 1800, he moved into Clermont County, and settled on Ten-Mile Creek, in what is now Pierce Township, where he spent the balance of his days in clearing his lands, raising crops, and caring for his family.
By his first marriage were born three sons and one daughter. The latter never came West. The sons were David, John, and Lewis. By his second marriage there were one daughter, Mary, and six sons, Henry, Abel, William, Amos, Robert, and Jonathan Singleton, of whom all but one, Henry, served bravely in the War of 1812. Of the three sons by his first wife, two, David and Lewis, remained in Pennsylvania, and raised large families, while John located on Ten-Mile Creek, in this county; of those by his second wife, Abel settled in this county, on Ten-Mile Creek; Henry removed to Clay Co., Ind.; William located on Ten-Mile Creek; Amos removed to Brown Co., Ohio; Robert settled on Ten-Mile Creek and was many years a county commissioner; and Jonathan Singleton Donham settled on Twelve-Mile Creek, in Ohio Township. He was the youngest of this pioneer family, which, in men and women of force of character, mental ability, and first-class business qualifications, has contributed greatly to the development of the county materially, politically, morally, and in all that adds to its progress and growth.
* The evidence author Everts had to support his assertion that the Dunham/Donham family's ancestor came from Spain is unknown. Jonathan Singleton Donham (1786-1856) was the youngest son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Keziah (Crosley) Donham/Dunham. Keziah was Nathaniel's second wife. Jonathan had a daughter named Florella and she had a son named Almeida Ferdinand. They are given names of Hispanic origin.
**Should be Mary Sutton.
Sarah Jennings married Jonathan Dunham, son of Nathaniel (1733-1820) and Mary (Sutton) Donham/Dunham.
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