St. Andrew Church, Earls Colne, Essex
My inclination is to place Abraham and James Markham together, as brothers. I suppose most of us see the natural fit for them with the few clues we have, but the fact is there is no evidence to prove they are related. Continue reading
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
Daniel Markham was my eighth great grandfather and the first of his family to immigrate to New England. Daniel wasn’t a prominent citizen such as a governor or leading minister, but there are a few clues to his life that are left for us to follow. Continue reading