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Personal data Rev. Edmund Tilson (NJ) Dunham Sr. Rev. 

• He was born on July 25, 1661 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Religion: Anglican then Seventh Day Baptists.
• He died on March 7, 1734 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, he was 72 years old.
• He is buried in Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States of America.
• A child of Benajah Barlow (NJ) Dunham and Elizabeth Davenport Tilson
• This information was last updated on July 18, 2023.

Household of Rev. Edmund Tilson (NJ) Dunham Sr. Rev.

He is married to Mary Fuller Bonham.

They got married on July 15, 1681 at Piscataway, New Jersey, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Benajah Bonham Dunham  1681-????
2. Edmund Bonham Dunham  1691-1749 
3. Jonathan Bonham Dunham  1693-1777

Notes about Rev. Edmund Tilson (NJ) Dunham Sr. Rev.

ANCESTOR OF WADE HENRY AND CYNTHIA HENRY (WILSON)

Rev Edmund Dunham Sr.
Birth: 25 Jul 1661 Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 7 Mar 1734 (aged 72) Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial: Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Memorial #: 16012879
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Died 1733/34.

Married July 15, 1681 in Piscataway Middlesex County, New Jersey.

He and his wife had a total of nine children.

Originally a Preacher, and later a famous leader of the Seventh Day Baptists at Piscataway Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Was the first pastor, from 1689 until his death in 1734. In 1745 his son Jonathan took over until he too died of Small Pox in 1777.

The church is known as the second oldest Baptist Church in New Jersey., and the 10th oldest in the nation.

Came from Piscataque, Dover, New Hampshire. Arrived there by ship "James" 1630-1632.

"The grave of this spiritual father, like that of Moses, cannot be found to this day. It was supposed that he was buried in the Piscatawaytown burying ground, where scores of the early inhabitants of the frontier lie waiting the resurrection morn, yet no monument can be found telling us that he who was the founder of this church lies there." pg. 596, of History of Union & Middlesex Co., NJ.

He owned 100 acres in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Parents were Benajah and Elizabeth (Tilson) Dunham.

Said to be buried in the Old Piscatawaytown Graveyard, but no stone marks his burial place.

Family Members
Parents
Benajah Dunham 1637-1680
Spouse
Mary Bonham Dunham 1661-1742
Siblings
Elizabeth Dunham Baker 1670-1740
Children
Elizabeth Dunham Martin 1689-1713
Edmund Nehemiah Dunham 1691-1748
Jonathan Dunham 1694-1777
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The means of accomplishing the work of pro?moting the Sabbath and launching a stronger program among their own members are stated in Proceedings of theSeventh Day Baptist Councilas follows:
1"A full consecration of ourselves and our means to God in the work of saving our country from the evils of no-Sabbathism,"
2"A better observance of the Sabbath by the Sev?enth Day Baptists themselves. We must remember that Sabbath observance is a sign of loyalty to God, and if we love Him, we will keep His Commandments,"
3"Our children should be taught in our families, both by precept and example, the reasons for, and the importance of, true Sabbath observance and the sin of violating the Sabbath law."
4"Our children need th have more frequent lessons in the Sabbath school on the subject of the Sabbath, and much more instruction from the pulpit on the ways of meeting the arguments of our opponents."
5Our Sabbath publications–books, tracts and pe?riodicals–should be kept in every family and be much more thoroughly studied."
6"TheSabbath Recordershould teach more fully the sin of Sabbath desecration by our own people."
7"We recommend the continuance of the Outlook and Sabbath Quarterly according to its present general purpose."
8"We believe that a paper devoted to general Sab?bath reform work and the discussion of Sunday legis?lation is demanded and recommend the publication of such a paper whenever the Tract Board deem it prac?ticable."
9"We recommend a much more general distribu?tion of Sabbath tracts."
10"We believe more Sabbath reform work shouldbe done by the living teacher, and that the missionaries sent out by our societies should consider that a part of their evangelical work."
Seventh Day Baptists maintain that the state should not interfere with the religious convic?tions and practice of its citizens. They also place themselves against the existence of secret societies, and highly support the temperance so?ciety.
These Sabbathkeepers are evangelical in faith. They accept the divinity of Christ, the personality of the Holy Spirit, the immaterial nature and the immortality of the human soul, salvation through atonement by repentance, by resurrection of the dead, the eternal judgment, sufficiency of the Scriptures, obedience in bap?tism and harmony in obedience to the Saviour's commands regarding the Sabbath. They differ from other Baptists in regard to the seventh-day Sabbath. Their doctrinal views were last set forth in an expose adopted by the conference in 1880.
One of their chief reasons for keeping the Sabbath is that it was observed and held sacred by Christ and the apostolic church. They be?lieve Christ to be the final sanction for the Sabbath, and have held firmly to their doctrine regarding this for three hundred years. They believe that Christ would have them to be friendly with other churches and cooperate with them in everygoodwork. In recent years they belong to the National Bible Schools organiza?tions, the Foreign Missions Conference, the Layman's Missionary Movement, the Federal Council of Churches, the Faith and Order Movement, and other kindred efforts looking toward united work on the part of Christ's fol?lowers.
MEMBERSHIP.–Statistics of 1944 list sixty-four Seventh Day Baptist churches in the United States, with an inclusive membership of 6,581. (Yearbook of American. Churches,1945.)
The Seventh-day Adventist denomination re?ceived its Sabbath light in 1844, when Rachel D. Preston, a member of the First Verona Seventh Day Baptist church, New York, intro?duced the doctrine of the true Sabbath among the Adventists at Washington, New Hamp?shire. From the Sabbathkeeping church then formed has sprung the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in this country and others,

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