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     Ezra Dunham was born on 10 May 1785 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ In 1806, Ezra married Abigail S. Ford. They had a son, Henry Duncan, born 1806 in Abingdon, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Abigail died 23 March 1809.

He married Polly Cary, daughter of Howard Cary Esq. and Huldah Packard, on 30 November 1809 in the Fourth Church of Christ in Bridgewater, now the First Congregational Church, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts . (Intention not recorded.) She was his second wife.¹

He died on 30 May 1857 at age 72.¹

     Ezra Ryder Dunham was born on 26 September 1822 in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Ezra Dunham and Polly Cary.

He married Mercy Ann Bartlett.³
Ezra lived at Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, after marriage.¹

He was a manufacturer.¹

     Francis Williams Dunham was born on 20 August 1829 in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Ezra Dunham and Polly Cary.

He died on 31 March 1849 at age 19.²

     Fred Dunham was born about 1866 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.¹ He was the son of C. R. Dunham and Hattie Sanford.¹

     Henry Lucins Dunham was born on 8 September 1848 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, the first known relative of mine to be born in that state.¹ He was the son of Cornelius Thomas Dunham and Ann B. Poyas of Charleston, S. C.¹

     Howard Cary Dunham was born on 17 January 1813 in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Ezra Dunham and Polly Cary. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church of in 1832.¹
     Howard Cary Dunham married Eliza Ann Drew. They had two children, both of whom died before their father's death in 1906.¹ He entered the New England Conference.¹ During the Civil War, he spent two years in the Army hospitals as the agent of the Christian Commission. Failing health compelled him to ask to be relieved of the burdens of the pastorate, and he entered the work of the American Peace Society and for fourteen years he was thus engaged; but failing eyesight compelled him to leave that congenial service. In his blindness, the family read much to him, and he was thus kept in touch with passing events.¹

He died on 21 January 1906 at age 93.¹

     Rev. Howard Cary Dunham was born on 23 December 1852.¹ He was the son of Charles Atwood Dunham and Lucy Howard.¹ He was a Swedenborgian minister.²

     Isaac Dunham was born in 1787.²

He married Abigail Cary, daughter of Jonathan Cary Jr. and Abigail Perkins, in 1811 in the Fourth Church of Christ in Bridgewater, now the First Congregational Church, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He was buried in Union Cemetery, Centre Street, North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Plymouth County, Massachusetts.²

     Isaac A. Dunham was born on 6 March 1828 in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine.¹ He was the son of Isaac Dunham and Abigail Cary.¹

He married Augusta L. Packard on 29 April 1849 in South Congregational Church, Campello, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, . He was listed as a boot maker.² He was buried in Union Cemetery, Centre Street, North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Plymouth County, Massachusetts.³

     Isabella L. Dunham was born in 1822.² She was the daughter of Isaac Dunham and Abigail Cary.²

She married Barnabas Snow.² She was buried in Union Cemetery, Centre Street, North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Plymouth County, Massachusetts.²

     Jacob Dunham is the son of Samuel Dunham and Hannah ---(?)---.

He married Catherine Goodnight.

     Jacob Mackey Dunham was born in November 1825 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was the son of Jacob Dunham and Catherine Goodnight.

He married Louise Eliza Stroup on 21 July 1853 in Tipton County, Indiana.

He died on 12 June 1907 in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at age 81.

     Jacob William Dunham was born on 7 February 1863 in Kempton, Tipton County, Indiana. He was the son of Jacob Mackey Dunham and Louise Eliza Stroup.

He married Mary Ann Kearney. He died on 13 August 1930, probably at Kansas at age 67.