NameAzariah Dunham
Birth9 Feb 1718, Piscataway, NJ
Death22 Jan 1790, Middlesex Co., NJ
Misc. Notes
Parents, 4 siblings and 12 children listed.
In Feb. 1775 Colonel Dunham was elected to the Colonial General Assembly of the province of New Jersey, and again for 1775 and 1776. In 1775 He was a member of the Provincial Congress and appointed as one of the Committee of Safety for the Province. Colonel Dunham was an active Revolutionary leader, and after the war he was elected the first President of the Corporation of the City of New Brunswick. His son Lewis followed 4 years later.
He died 22 January 1790, Azariah, Mary, and 4 sons are buried in the Dunham Family Burying Ground, Raritan Township (formerly Piscataway) Middlesex Co. New Jersey.
Spouses
1Mary Ford
Birth22 Sep 1734
Death4 May 1802
MotherHannah Baldwin (1701-1777)