Sgt John DAM^[1]

1637 - 1706  (69 years)

• Name	John DAM  [2]
  Prefix	Sgt
  Born	8 Jan 1637	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	Indian Wars, Militia
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	8 Jan 1706	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Buried	Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, New Hampshire   [3]
  Person ID	I3	Main
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	John DAMME,   b. Abt 1610, Hundred of Hadham, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1690, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	--?-- MNU,   d. Bef 1645
  Married	Bef 1636	England   [4]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HALL,   b. Abt 1642, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. Abt 5 Apr 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 21 years)
  Married	Abt 1656  [5]
  Children	1. Sarah DAM,   b. 2 Jan 1662, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire + 2. Abigail DAM,   b. 5 Apr 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Apr 1723, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth FURBER,   b. 9 Nov 1644, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. 1676, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire  (Age 31 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1664	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [6]
  Children	1. John DAME,   b. 11 Jan 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Aft Jan 1666  (Age > 0 years) + 2. John DAM,   b. 23 Feb 1668, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Feb 1765  (Age 96 years) + 3. Moses DAM,   b. 14 Oct 1673, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. 1754, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 80 years)   4. Alice DAME,   b. 14 Dec 1670, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 18 Feb 1691, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 20 years)   5. Bethiah DAME,   b. 5 May 1675, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. 1761, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 85 years) + 6. Jonathan DAM,   b. Abt 1687, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 8 Jul 1748, York County, Maine  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Jan 1637 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Married - 9 Nov 1664 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Died - 8 Jan 1706 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Buried - - Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  John Dam, the s/o the Founder was born at Dover, 8 Jan 1637, and died at Dover, 8 Jan 1706. He married first Sarah Hall, daughter of Sergeant John Hall. She died in 1663 soon after the birth of her daughter Abigail who was born 3 Apr 1663. He married secondly, 9 Nov 1664, Elizabeth Furber, daughter of Lt William Furber and his wife Elizabeth. John Dam was an officer in the militia and saw considerable service in the Indian Wars. In town and provincial records he is called 'sergeant'. He resided in a Garrison House built for him by his father in that part of Dover called Bloody Point, now Newington, settling upon a grant of land his father had received on the East shore of Little Bay, now known as Dame's Point, where several generations of the family were afterwards born. He was a citizen of fine standing, as attested by the numerous offices held by him in the colony. John Dam and Sergeant Hall were the first settlers on the Bloody Point side, now called the town of Newington. Newington was separated from Dover in 1713. ----- Will 1748–1749 names 3 sons, 2 of them shipwrights.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 92:101; 65:212; 111:45. [S12] Dover, New Hampshire, History of , Scales, John, (Higginson Book Co, Manchester, NH. 1923). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 103858434. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 65:212-213. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 89:192.