Jacob Dunham (1767-1832)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person is related to Rutgers University history. See our research guide Rutgers University & Slavery for more information about finding university affiliates and archival sources in our database.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00373
- Given Name
- Jacob
- Family Name
- Dunham
- Birth Date
- September 30, 1767
- Death Date
- August 23, 1832
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Medical and Funerary
- Biographical Description
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Dr. Jacob Dunham (1767-1832) was physician in New Brunswick, NJ. He was the son of Azariah Dunham (1718-1790) and Mary Ford Dunham (c. 1734-1802). He practiced medicine in the city and the surrounding area for over thirty years. He enslaved a man named Will and drew income from hiring out Will to perform strenuous labor around the city. In 1808 and 1809, he got paid for hiring out Will to do construction work for the first permanent building for Queen's College (later Rutgers), the building now known as Old Queens.
Dunham's accounting records also document medical treatments that he provided for both enslaved and free people of color in New Brunswick. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Rutgers University history
- doctor with Black patients
- Places
- New Brunswick
- Organization
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Rutgers University
- Relationship to Rutgers
- Contractor (labor of Will 1808-1809)
- Enslaver of
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Will
- Child of
- Azariah Dunham (1718-1790)
- Spouse of
- Elizabeth Lawson Dunham
- References
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Bayker, Jesse, Christopher Blakley, and Kendra Boyd. "His Name Was Will: Remembering Enslaved Individuals in Rutgers History." In Scarlet and Black: Vol. 1, Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History, edited by Marisa Fuentes and Deborah Gray White, 58–81. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1k3s9r0.7
"Black Health in Early 19th-Century New Brunswick," exhibit by Kendra Boyd (Scarlet and Black Digital Archive) https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/exhibits/show/black-health
Clayton, W. Woodford, ed. History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Their Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1882. Page 514. https://archive.org/details/historyofunionmi00wwoo
Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham Genealogy: English and American Branches of the Dunham Family. Norwich, CT: Bulletin Print, 1907. Page 260.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunham-2143
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119038263 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1808-09-28 Enslaved Hire: Will (Role: Enslaver, Lessor)
- 1809-11-30 Enslaved Hire: Will (Role: Enslaver, Lessor)