I recently received the biography of Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr., from "Indiana and the Indianians", Vol. 5, by Jacob Piatt Dunn, published 1919 by the American Historical Society. The line goes like this: Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr. Jacob Piatt Dunn, Sr. Judge Isaac Dunn and wife, Frances Piatt Isaac Dunn was the son of Hugh Dunn and Mercy ? (possibly Dunn, too). The biography states that the Dunns of Middlesex (New Jersey) were descendants of Hugh Dunn, "an Irish Baptist exhorter, who was one of the founders of the Baptist Church of Piscataway Township in 1689, and who left to his family a legacy of Bible names. There were 23 Dunns in the New Jersey Revolutionary troops from Middlesex, 8 commissioned officers and 15 privates, and every one of them had a Bible name except Capt. Hugh Dunn. The family tradition is that Hugh Dunn, the father of Judge Isaac Dunn, emigrated from Ireland and married his cousin, Mercy Dunn, of the Middlesex family." The above mentioned Irish Baptist exhorter has to be Hugh Dunn I, b. abt. 1641, d. 1694, married Elizabeth Drake. My records state he "was instrumental in organizing the Baptist Church of Piscataway in 1689. This church still stands today as a landmark with services still being held." No mention of it being "Irish Baptist" though. I have this line from Hugh Dunn I to Hugh Dunn V, the father of Judge Isaac Dunn. The Hughs are connected, but I haven't been able to prove their relationships without a doubt as yet. That the Jacob Piatt Dunn biography says it was only Mercy who "was of the Middlesex family" really surprised me. I know of only one Mercy Dunn, b. 1740, daughter of Micajah Dunn and Elizabeth Dunham, who married Jonathan Fitz-Randolph. Oddly enough, Elizabeth Dunham was the daugher of Jonathan Dunham and Jane Piatt (Pyatt). I don't know if or how Jane Piatt Dunham is related to Frances Piatt, Isaac Dunn's wife. Since Mercy was the daughter of Micajah, she would descend from Hugh I (Hugh I, Samuel, Micajah, Mercy). If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them. What exactly is a "Bible name?" That all the children were named after people in the Bible? Mary G. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Hugh is a shortened version of Elihugh, a Bible name. >I recently received the biography of Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr., from >"Indiana and the Indianians", Vol. 5, by Jacob Piatt Dunn, published >1919 by the American Historical Society. The line goes like this: >Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr. >Jacob Piatt Dunn, Sr. >Judge Isaac Dunn and wife, Frances Piatt >Isaac Dunn was the son of Hugh Dunn and Mercy ? (possibly Dunn, too). > >The biography states that the Dunns of Middlesex (New Jersey) were >descendants of Hugh Dunn, "an Irish Baptist exhorter, who was one of >the founders of the Baptist Church of Piscataway Township in 1689, >and who left to his family a legacy of Bible names. There were 23 >Dunns in the New Jersey Revolutionary troops from Middlesex, 8 >commissioned officers and 15 privates, and every one of them had a >Bible name except Capt. Hugh Dunn. The family tradition is that >Hugh Dunn, the father of Judge Isaac Dunn, emigrated from Ireland >and married his cousin, Mercy Dunn, of the Middlesex family." > >The above mentioned Irish Baptist exhorter has to be Hugh Dunn I, b. >abt. 1641, d. 1694, married Elizabeth Drake. My records state he >"was instrumental in organizing the Baptist Church of Piscataway in >1689. This church still stands today as a landmark with services >still being held." No mention of it being "Irish Baptist" though. > >I have this line from Hugh Dunn I to Hugh Dunn V, the father of >Judge Isaac Dunn. The Hughs are connected, but I haven't been able >to prove their relationships without a doubt as yet. That the Jacob >Piatt Dunn biography says it was only Mercy who "was of the >Middlesex family" really surprised me. I know of only one Mercy >Dunn, b. 1740, daughter of Micajah Dunn and Elizabeth Dunham, who >married Jonathan Fitz-Randolph. Oddly enough, Elizabeth Dunham was >the daugher of Jonathan Dunham and Jane Piatt (Pyatt). I don't know >if or how Jane Piatt Dunham is related to Frances Piatt, Isaac >Dunn's wife. Since Mercy was the daughter of Micajah, she would >descend from Hugh I (Hugh I, Samuel, Micajah, Mercy). > >If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them. What >exactly is a "Bible name?" That all the children were named after >people in the Bible? > >Mary G. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >Please do not send spam warnings, chain letters, attachments and/or >html or rich text formatted email to the list. If in questions, >please address the listowner at dunn-admin@rootsweb.com --