Sgt John DAM^[1]

1637 - 1706  (69 years)

• Name	John DAM  [2]
  Prefix	Sgt
  Birth	8 Jan 1637	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  MILF	Y
  MILX	Indian Wars, Militia
  _UID	A928E7C2A810495DB1A7ED2B3B1E08F59EDC
  Death	8 Jan 1706	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Burial	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
  Marriage	Bef 1636	England   [4]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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] Scales, John, Dover, New Hampshire, History of , (Higginson Book Co, Manchester, NH. 1923). [S96] database and images, Find a Grave, 103858434. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).