The Will of James Markham of Middletown

MARKHAM, James, Middletown. Invt. £484-00-03. Taken 1st July 1731, by Solomon Adkins, William Wetmore, and Jonathan Blake. Will dated 7 April, 1731. Continue reading

James Markham of Earls Colne

St. Andrew Church, Earls Colne, Essex

All we know of James Markham is from the parish register of Earls Colne, and that isn’t very much. I have hunted through well over 200 sets of parish registers for the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex and London and still haven’t found a baptismal record for this James Markham. If he was baptized at St. Andrew in Earls Colne there is no record of it. Continue reading

Deacon Daniel Markham part III

13 Jul 1673

Deacon Daniel Markham part II

19 Dec 1665

Daniel Markham, age 22 years, gave supporting testimony, along with John Wiggin, age 24 years, that they heard John Squire say he intended to marry a woman, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Continue reading

The Will of Deacon Daniel Markham

The will of Deacon Daniel Markham of Middletown, Connecticut. Continue reading

The Illegitimate Child

In March of 1678 Patience Harris gave birth to a child that she claimed was fathered by John Orton. This story follows my research to find that child. Continue reading