ELNATHAN DUNKLEE

ca. 1630-1669 - Dedham, Norfolk co., MA

(First Generation - Dunklee Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN



DEATH Elnathan died on 13 February 1669 in Dedham, Norfolk co., MA[8]. His death record is listed in the Dedham vital records under "Elnathan Dunckly".
LEGAL MENTION Not much is known of Elnathan beyond his appearances in court and town records; but he does not seem to have been a wealthy or influential man. "On 6. of ye 11 mo. 1651...Elnathan Dunkely & Matthewe Edwards being sumoned apeere this day befor ye select men[9]." But it doesn't say why they were so summoned.

Also, "...Elnathan Dunckley is according to ye Court order in that case provided placed in seruice for one whole yeare next ensueing to dwell w[i]th Anthoney Fisher senior. and the said Anthony Fisher doth couenant & agree to pay to the said Elnathan or his assignes the sum of 9£ for ye yeares seruice. vizt 2£ 5s each quarter of ye yeare...[10]"

Finally, he is listed on the tax rolls for Dedham on 29d:6m(August):1653, for 5s[11].

MARRIAGE On 14d:10m(December):1656 Elnathan married Silence BOWERS in Dedham, Norfolk co., MA[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Their marriage record in Dedham lists them as "Elnathan Dunckly & Silence Bowers". In 1675 Silence second married Nicholas ROCKETT[2].

CHILDREN i. Ruth DUNKLEE She was born on 11d:1m(March):1661/2 in Dedham, Norfolk co., MA as "Ruth, Ye Daughter of Elnathan & Silence Dunkley"[12].
ii. David DUNKLEE He was born on 2d:2m(April):1666/7 in Dedham, Norfolk co., MA as "Dauid, the Son of Elnathan & Silence Dunkley"[13].
2. iii. Nathaniel DUNKLEE Please see his own page.





GENERATION G7 (Great-great-great-great-great-great-great) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 976
SOURCES 1. Dedham, Norfolk co., MA Vital Racords, [DedhamVR], 127.

2. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

3. Duncklee, Ada Melinda Lakin, A Sketch of the Duncklee Family: and a History of the Descendants of David Duncklee of Amherst, N.H.: and of His Sister Hannah Duncklee Howe of Milford, N.H., (Milford, N.H.: J. P. Melger, 1908), [Duncklee], 7.

4. Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker & Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass., (Boston, Mass.: [S. Usher], 1913), [Parker (#9), Parker-Ruggles], 186.

5. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 48:459.

6. Smith, Tenney, Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant, Their Ancestors and Descendants, (Brattleboro, Vt.: The Vermont Printing Co., 1938), [Smith-Bryant], 123.

7. Sumner, Edith Blake Bartlett, Ancestors and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin, (Los Angeles: American Offset Printers, 1954), [Hall-Baldwin], 29.

8. [DedhamVR], 11.

9. The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1659, [appended to the Norfolk co., VRs CD], [DedhamTR], 194.

10. Ibid. 195.

11. Ibid. 214.

12. [DedhamVR], 8.

13. Ibid. 10.

14. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, (Boston: NEHGS, 1860) [Appended to the Watertown, Middlessex co., MA VRs on the CD], [Bond or Watertown], 453.

15. Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, From its First Settlement to 1860, (2 vols.), (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913), [Lexington], 2:182-3.

16. [Duncklee], 8.

17. Huntington, Rev. E. B., A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, (Ridgefield Conn.: privately printed, 1884), [Lathrop], 47.

18. Holman, Mary Lovering, The Scott Genealogy, (Boston, MA: 1919), [Scott (1919)], 197.

19. Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 to 1881, (Cleveland, Ohio: [The Leader Printing Company], 1881), [Baldwin], 689.

20. [Bond or Watertown], I:453.

21. Lexington, Meddlesex co., MA Vital Records, [LexVR], p. 173.

22. Watertown, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [WatVR], p. 10.

23. [LexVR], p. 21.

24. Needham, Norfolk co., MA, [NeedhamVR], 87.

25. [LexVR], p. 111, #5.

26. Ibid. p. 21, #29.

27. Ibid. p. 21, #32.

28. Ibid. p. 21, #27.

29. Danvers, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [DanversVR], II:362 [G.R.18].

30. Ibid. II:83.

31. Ibid. I:105.

32. Ibid. I:106.

33. Ibid. II:362.

34. Andover, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [AndoverVR], I:106.

35. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records, 1850, Volume 48, Page 120, Lynn.

36. David Johnson Newhall Death Record, 26 October 1901, Lynn, Essex co., MA, 1901, 516, 563, 919, Commonwealth of MA Archives, [DJN-DR].

37. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], III:318 [P.R.533]

38. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR].

39. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR]

40. Original Document. In posession of Alan M. Hall.




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