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Zorobabel Kellam I was born in 1721 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He married Mary Jacob circa 1750.3 Zorobabel was named in his father's will on 22 September 1761 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son Zorobable Kellam in the will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla. He was given 130 acres where I now live and he was to pay my son John £10 to him when I die.1 He bought land in 1764 at Melfa-Onley-Locustville, Acc Co, AV. It was in this year that Zerubabel Kellam bought 250 acres of tract A64 (Melfa-Onley-Locustville) from Thomas & Sophia Bagwell, extending down to Burton's Branch. In 1791 Zorobabel Kallam & wife Mary left it to his son John as the 291 acres where John was then living, and 3 years later he and his wife Margaret sold to Edmund Read.4 He inherited land in 1771 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. In 1771 John Kellam, wife Ursulla) left his home place (tract A45) to his son Zorobabel and 20 years later, he (wife Mary) left it "to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life and then to my grandson Thomas H. Kellam." In 1812 Thomas H. Kellam sold the original 130 aces to Thomas Ashby. While it was not traced further, the major part of the land later became owned by John S. Mears, and the western part by Dr. George LeCato.5 He was security on the administration of an estate on 31 March 1778 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Major Savage was granted to Peggy Savage with Zorobabel Kellam & George Garrison securities.6 Zorobabel was named in his son's will on 16 June 1782 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my father Zorobable Kellam in the will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann.7 He bought land in 1788 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Zorobabel Kellam bought 100 acres of tract A46 from a Revell Coleburn which had been left to him by his father (no record). Zorobabel had a daughter Sabra Kellam who married Thomas Coleburn.8 Zorobabel made a will on 12 February 1791 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Mary negroes for life. Grandson Zorobabel Kellam. Wife to have use of my plantation during her widow, reversion to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life, & then to my grandson Thomas Kellam, son of the said John, said plantation being 130 acres. To daughter Sabra Coleburn, wife of Thomas Coleburn, 50 acres adjcent the South-east part of Thomas Garrison'a plantation To son John Kellam plantation where he now lives containing 291 acres, also 60 acres on Cedar Island. To grandson Zorobabel 50 acres which I bought of Edmund & Thomas Bradford, adjcent his own land in Bradford's Neck. To grandson Ezer Kellam. Wife Mary & son John, son Thomas (if he returns), & daughter Sabra residual legatees, reserving to my grandson Zorobabel Kellam 1/2 share. Wife, son John & Thomas Coleburn Exrs. Witt: Theophilus Bagg, Babel Savage, Josiah Larke. His will was probated on 28 Jul 1791.3 He died on 21 June 1791 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Zorobabel was buried at Wachapreague burial gournd, Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Zerobabel Kellam, died 21 Jun 1791, age 70 years.2
Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 256 (will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla).
2.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 391 (will of Zorobabel Kellam, wife Mary).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 859 (tract A64).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 781 (tract A45).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 302 (adm of Major Savage to Peggy Savage).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 334 (will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann).
8.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 783 (tract A46).
9.[S319] James Egbert Mears, Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present, p. 133 (Hack Family).
Ancestors of Zorobabel Kellam
Generation No. 1
1. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 2. John Kellam and 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith. He married (1) Mary Jacob. She was born Abt. 1731 in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA, and died in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of John Jacob, Jr. and ? Savage.
More About Zorobabel Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Probate: 28 Jul 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Inherited his father and grandfather's land on the island east of Wachapreague. He left it to son Thomas in case he ever returns home, and if not, to son John and then to grandson Thomas (Hatton) Kellam. Thomas sold the 130 acres to Thomas Ashby in 1812.
Will: 12 Feb 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Generation No. 2
2. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Edward Kellam and 5. Sarah Watson. He married 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Smith and 7. Mary Fisher.
More About John Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Occupation: He may have been a carpenter and cooper, as he bequeathed his carpenter's tools and cooper's tools to his sons in his will.
Probate: 27 Aug 1771, Accomack Co., VA
Residence 1: He must have lived in or near present-day Wachapreague on the seaside of Accomack County since he and his son Zorobabel are buried there.
Residence 2: According to "Virginia's Eastern Shore," his father Edward apparently seated John on 130 acres he had patented in 1705. This appears to be the island east of Wachapreague. Edward left it to John in his 1737 will, and John left it to son Zorobabel in 1771.
Will: 22 Sep 1761, Accomack Co., VA
Children of John Kellam and Ursilla/Ursley Smith are:
i. Argol Kellam, born Bef. 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1784; married (1) ? Abt. 1735; married (2) Margaret Roberts Abt. 1764.
1 ii. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Jacob.
iii. Comfort Kellam, born Aft. 1721; married ? Bunting.
iv. Sophia Kellam, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Aug 1797 in Accomack Co., VA; married ? Bagwell.
v. John Kellam, Jr., born 18 Feb 1739 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 Feb 1808; married (1) Sarah ? Abt. 1765; born Abt. 1746; died Mar 1772; married (2) Ann Bagwell Abt. 1775; born Abt. 1734 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Ann Bagwell:
Date born 2: Abt. 1734
vi. Adah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Hezekiah Warren 04 Dec 1794 in Northampton Co., VA; died 1803 in Northmpton Co., VA.
vii. Ann Sinah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Littleton LeCato; born Bef. 1747 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1784 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Susannah Kellam, born in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Jonathan Savage, Jr.; married (2) John Joynes, Jr. 29 Sep 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; born Aft. 1756 in Northmpton Co., VA; died 1815 in Northmpton Co., VA.
Generation No. 3
4. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 8. Richard Kellam and 9. Sarah Ansley. He married 5. Sarah Watson.
5. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736. She was the daughter of 10. Robert Watson and 11. Susanna ?.
More About Edward Kellam:
Probate: 02 Aug 1737, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 22 Jul 1697, Was deeded by his father (who was then living on Occohannock Creek) a tract of 100 acres in Accomack County on the north side of Bussells Branch and bounding on Beaver Dam Branch. These are tributaries of Machipongo Creek, in the Wachapreague vicinity.
Property 2: 1687, Was given 300 acres by his father Richard Kellam and bought 100 acres more from him ten years later. He and his brother Richard, Jr. bought 200 acres from their father in 1693. This was near present-day Mappsburg, Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 18 Oct 1736, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Watson:
Comment: Edward Kellam's wife is usually listed as Sarah, daughter of Robert Watson, in most Eastern Shore genealogies. All that is known is that Robert Watson named a daughter Sarah Kellam in his 24 Jul 1702 Accomack will, and that Edward Kellam's wife was a Sarah
Children of Edward Kellam and Sarah Watson are:
i. Arthur Kellam, born Abt. 1694 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Jan 1770 in Accomack Co., VA.
2 ii. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
iii. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Mary Kellam, born Abt. 1700 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Feb 1776 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Groton/Groten; born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Aug 1771 in Accomack Co., VA.
v. ? Kellam, born Abt. 1702; married Andrew Stewart; born Abt. 1695; died Bef. 31 Dec 1745.
vi. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1705 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1779 in Accomack Co., VA; married Bartholomew Mears; born Abt. 1693 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Apr 1766 in Accomack Co., VA.
vii. Edward Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1707 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Scarborough Kellam, born Abt. 1710 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Addison.
6. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 12. William Smith and 13. Sarah Browne. He married 7. Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
7. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 14. Capt. Phillip Fisher and 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
More About Thomas Smith:
Event 1: 1691, He and John Custis, Jr. entered into an agreement "to settle an old dispute between Argoll Yardley and Thomas Rydeing on the one part, and William Smith, father of Thomas, on the other, all the original disputants then being dead."
Event 2: 01 Oct 1690, A Thomas Smith was named as an overseer for the estate of Henry Gascoigne, listed as a kinsman along with John Fisher and William Bradford. This indicates Thomas Smith was probably married to Mary Fisher by that time, as she was Gascoigne's sister-in-law.
Probate: 08 Dec 1730, Northampton Co., VA
Property: When he gave land to his grandson Leaven Smith in 1727, the wording of the deed indicated Thomas was living on the original land of his grandfather Thomas Smith on the north side of Nassawadox Creek, Northampton Co., VA, on the Eastern Shore bayside.
Will: 22 May 1728, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Thomas Smith and Mary Fisher are:
i. Sarah Smith, married ? Custis.
ii. Mary Smith, married ? Nottingham.
iii. Levin Smith
iv. William Smith
v. Thomas Smith, Jr., born Bef. 1690; died Bef. 1730.
vi. Bridgett Smith, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. Sep 1742 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jonathan Bunting Abt. 1713; born Abt. 1690 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Feb 1764 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Jonathan Bunting:
Appointed/Elected: 04 Apr 1721, Court crier of Accomack; ordered to make fires in the courthouse in the winter and to keep it swept and repaired.
Occupation: Planter.
Probate: 29 Feb 1764, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: Bought land on Mattomkin Creek, Accomack Co., VA, from John Bagwell.
Property 2: 1740, Purchased 150 acres from William Cole at Mattompkin, east of present-day Accomac. Built a grist mill there; later sold it to Josiah Lewis, inholder, in 1742.
Residence: Lived near the Accomac courthouse until his mother's death. Probably assisted her in her ordinary there.
Will: 26 Feb 1763, Accomack Co., VA
3 vii. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Kellam.
viii. Tamer Smith
Generation No. 4
8. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA. He was the son of 16. Richard Kellam? and 17. Katherine Ederidge?. He married 9. Sarah Ansley.
9. Sarah Ansley, died in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam:
Appointed/Elected: 11 Nov 1663, Appointed Constable in place of John Waltham.
Event: 11 Mar 1651, Signed the Northampton Engagement, pledging to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England which had no king or House of Lords at the time.
Immigration: Abt. 1635, Came to Virginia on "The Primrose"
Occupation: Planter; founded a small but temporary township at his seat on Occahannock Creek.
Probate: 06 Oct 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 28 Jul 1649, Was granted 300 acres of land for transporting six persons into the colony. Sarah Anesley, presumed to be his future wife, was one of the headrights.
Property 2: Bet. 1651 - 1673, Patented 1000 acres along Occahannock Creek in Accomack Co., VA. This creek flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Property 3: Aft. 1673, Patented 1850 acres on Machipongo Creek (now River) near Wachapreague in Accomack Co., VA.
Residence: Aft. 1635, Accomack Co., VA (Eastern Shore)
Will: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Ansley:
Event: Aft. 1703, She was apparently much younger than Richard Kellam, for after his death, she married a profligate man named Magnes Singcleare, who abandoned her before 3 May 1710, when her son Edward petitioned the Court after his mother went live with William Lingo.
Children of Richard Kellam and Sarah Ansley are:
i. Sarah Kellam, born Abt. 1649 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) ? Curle; married (2) ? Turner; met (3) Edward Hammond; born Abt. 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 04 Sep 1718.
ii. Rose Kellam, born Aft. 1651 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Arthur Armitradinge/Armitrader Bef. 28 Aug 1668; born Abt. 1648; died Abt. 1673; married (2) Richard Garrison Abt. 1674; born Abt. 1645; died Bef. 06 Aug 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Francis Savage Abt. 1710; born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Garrison:
Will: 23 Feb 1709, Accomack Co., VA
iii. Katherine Kellam, born Abt. 1654 in Accomack Co., VA; married ?William Taylor.
iv. Richard Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA; married Frances West; born Abt. 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; died 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam, Jr.:
Probate: 06 Apr 1731, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 08 Feb 1731, Accomack Co., VA
4 v. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA; married Sarah Watson.
vi. William Kellam, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 05 Oct 1714; married (1) Ann ?; married (2) Sarah White Abt. 1688; born Abt. 1670; died Abt. 1708.
vii. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1667 in Accomack Co., VA?; married William Lingo; born Abt. 1660; died Abt. 1733 in New Holland area of Somerset Co., MD?.
viii. Bridget Kellam, born Abt. 1668 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Savage, Jr.; born Abt. 1646; died Bef. 09 Jan 1722.
ix. Ann Kellam, born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Wallis.
10. Robert Watson, born Abt. 1635; died Abt. May 1703 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 11. Susanna ?.
11. Susanna ?
More About Robert Watson:
Occupation: According to a biography of his daughter Mary, he was a schoolmaster who preferred sedentary pursuits
Probate: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 1663, Bought over 150 acres east of the present Seaside Road from Marionville to Red Bank Landing, Northampton Co., VA from Thomas and Mary Bell. In 1665 Robert and Susanna Watson resold to Edward Hamon. It appears they traded property with the Hamons.
Property 2: 1665, Purchased land from Edward and Ann Hamon about 700 acres on Great Otterdams Branch near the road to Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA. This is on the seaside of Accomack, near the present town of Quinby, formerly part of the Arthur Upshur patents.
Property 3: 1665, The land he purchased from Edward Hamon was where Arthur Upshott (Upshur) patented 300 acres in 1652, bounded by the head of Occohannock Creek on the west, on the north by Great Otterdams, and by a small creek on the south. Occohannock flows into the bay.
Property 4: 1703, In his will, he devised his 400-acre home plantation to sons Robert and David and daughter Joanna 200 acres on the other side of Cross or Pratt's Branch, a stream flowing into Great Otterdams.
Children of Robert Watson and Susanna ? are:
i. David Watson, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA.
ii. Mary Watson, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1732 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Roger Mikell; married (2) James Bonnewell, Jr. Bef. 1680; born Abt. 1658 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1699 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Henry Hughbank Abt. 1703.
More About Mary Watson:
Comment: Chapter 7 of "Wenches, Wives & Widows" is devoted to her, as Mary led a scandalous life as a much-married woman who was greedy and whose third husband, Roger Mikell, was a pirate.
iii. Peter Watson, born Abt. 1669 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ann Shepherd Abt. 1690; born Abt. 1673 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Susanna Watson, born Abt. 1674 in Accomack Co., VA; married Henry Stott Abt. 1695.
v. Robert Watson, Jr., born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Jan 1709 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Savage; born Abt. 1661; died Jan 1720.
5 vi. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736; married Edward Kellam.
vii. Johannah Watson, born Abt. 1678 in Accomack Co., VA; married Samuel Benston; born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1745 in Accomack Co., VA.
12. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 24. Thomas Smith and 25. Sarah ?. He married 13. Sarah Browne.
13. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642. She was the daughter of 26. John Browne and 27. Ursula ?.
Child of William Smith and Sarah Browne is:
6 i. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA; married Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
14. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 28. John Fisher, Jr. and 29. Elizabeth ?. He married 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
15. Elizabeth Maddox She was the daughter of 30. Alexander Maddox and 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
More About Capt. Phillip Fisher:
Appointed/Elected: Justice of Northampton Co., VA; captain of militia.
Probate: 01 Mar 1703, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 26 Nov 1661, Patented 100 acres in Northampton Co., VA, patented originally to Richard Bayly on 17 Mar 1655/56. Owned nearly 2000 acres at time of death. Devised 400 acres at mouth of Muddy Creek to his sons.
Will: 09 Dec 1701, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Phillip Fisher and Elizabeth Maddox are:
i. Thomas Fisher, died Bet. 1704 - 1709 in Northampton Co., VA; married Patience ?.
ii. Philip Fisher, Jr., died in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.
More About Philip Fisher, Jr.:
Probate: 07 Jun 1709, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 17 Feb 1709, Northampton Co., VA
iii. Anne Fisher, married Robert Gascoigne; born Abt. 1673; died 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.
iv. Rebecca Fisher
v. Elizabeth Fisher, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) Henry Gascoigne Abt. 1678; born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1691 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Daniel Benthall Abt. 1691; born Abt. 1662; died Bef. 21 Jul 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Henry Gascoigne:
Probate: 30 Mar 1691, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 01 Oct 1690, Northampton Co., VA
7 vi. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA; married Thomas Smith Bef. 1690.
vii. John Fisher, born Abt. 1662 in Northampton Co., VA; died May 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Benthall 28 Mar 1698 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1660.
More About John Fisher:
Probate: 10 May 1720, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 1704, Owned 637 1/2 acres in Northampton County and 133 acres in Accomack County.
Will: 30 Apr 1720, Northampton Co., VA
viii. Bridget Fisher, born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; married William Bradford; born Abt. 1663 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1736 in Bradford's Neck, Accomack Co., VA.
More About William Bradford:
Probate: 01 Jun 1736, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 04 Jul 1735, Accomack Co., VA
ix. Tamer Fisher, born Abt. 1674; married ? Hunt.
x. Sarah Fisher, born Abt. 1678; married John Michael III; born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1718 in Northampton Co., VA.
Generation No. 5
16. Richard Kellam?, born Abt. 1581 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?. He married 17. Katherine Ederidge? 17 Mar 1616 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England.
17. Katherine Ederidge?, born Abt. 1595 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?.
Children of Richard Kellam? and Katherine Ederidge? are:
8 i. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA; married Sarah Ansley.
ii. John Kellam?, born 13 Apr 1620 in Swanton, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. Catherine Kellam, born 16 Jun 1622.
24. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Abt. 1644 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 25. Sarah ?.
25. Sarah ?
More About Thomas Smith:
Property: 1639, Patented 300 acres at south end of a waterway flowing into Hungars Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This waterway was known as Thomas Smith's Branch. This was later assigned to John Holloway.
Children of Thomas Smith and Sarah ? are:
i. Anne Smith, married Lt. Col. John Tilney 01 Mar 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1618 in England?; died 28 May 1701 in Northampton Co., VA.
12 ii. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA; married Sarah Browne.
iii. Argall Smith
26. John Browne, born Abt. 1593 in probably England; died Abt. 1656 in "Brownsville" tract off present-day Route 608 on Upshur Creek, Northampton Co., VA. He married 27. Ursula ?.
27. Ursula ?, died Abt. 1661 in Old Rappahannock Co., VA (present-day Richmond Co., Essex Co., or Lancaster Co., VA).
More About John Browne:
Property 1: 1642, Patented 200 acres on Nassawadox Creek on the bayside of Northampton Co., VA. This was reissued in 1646, when he also patented 100 more acres adjacent to his original. He and his wife Ursula left this land to son Thomas in 1656, but recommended it be sold.
Property 2: After writing his will, he exchanged both his Eastern Shore plantations for land across the bay "att Rappahannocke, " one of 1400 acres and the other 700 acres.
Property 3: 1652, Patented 1000 acres, which was reissued as 1262 acres three years later, on present-day Phillip's Creek near Brownsville Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This was on the seaside.
Children of John Browne and Ursula ? are:
i. Stephen Browne
ii. John Browne, Jr.
iii. Elizabeth Browne
iv. Mary Browne
v. Thomas Browne, born Abt. 1640; died Abt. 1705 in "Brownsville, " Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Denwood; born in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Thomas Browne:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker). He was apparently highly regarded for his integrity even though Quakers were persecuted at that time, and was allowed to testify in court by mere affirmation rather than on oath.
Property 1: 1662, Inherited part of brother John's land which had been left to John by their father, his 1652 patent on present-day Phillip's Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This became known as the Brownsville property, but the home was not built until abt 1806 by Upshurs.
Property 2: 1705, Left north half of his land to his daughter Sarah Browne Upshur and the south half to his daughter Anne.
13 vi. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642; married William Smith.
28. John Fisher, Jr., born Abt. 1601 in Pluckley, County Kent, England; died Abt. 1640 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 56. John Fisher and 57. Benetta Dering. He married 29. Elizabeth ? Bef. 1635.
29. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1610 in England?; died Aft. 12 Jun 1661 in Northampton Co., VA?.
More About John Fisher, Jr.:
Event: Was an agent for his first cousin, Capt. William Epes.
Immigration: Bef. Feb 1624, Settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Probate: 23 Mar 1640, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 04 Dec 1639, Northampton Co., VA
Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth ? are:
i. John Fisher III
ii. Stephen Fisher, married Rebecca Bagwell; died 1658 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Rebecca Bagwell:
Probate: 28 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 03 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
14 iii. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Maddox.
30. Alexander Maddox, born Abt. 1613 in England?; died Bef. 04 Apr 1660 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
31. Elizabeth Johnson?
More About Alexander Maddox:
Probate: 26 Apr 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 15 Jan 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Alexander Maddox and Elizabeth Johnson? are:
15 i. Elizabeth Maddox, married Capt. Phillip Fisher.
ii. Thomas Maddox
iii. Ann Maddox
iv. Alexander Maddox, Jr., born Abt. 1654 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 May 1717 in Somerset Co., MD; married Mary Bell; born Abt. 1656.
Zorobabel Kellam I was born in 1721 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He married Mary Jacob circa 1750.3 Zorobabel was named in his father's will on 22 September 1761 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son Zorobable Kellam in the will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla. He was given 130 acres where I now live and he was to pay my son John £10 to him when I die.1 He bought land in 1764 at Melfa-Onley-Locustville, Acc Co, AV. It was in this year that Zerubabel Kellam bought 250 acres of tract A64 (Melfa-Onley-Locustville) from Thomas & Sophia Bagwell, extending down to Burton's Branch. In 1791 Zorobabel Kallam & wife Mary left it to his son John as the 291 acres where John was then living, and 3 years later he and his wife Margaret sold to Edmund Read.4 He inherited land in 1771 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. In 1771 John Kellam, wife Ursulla) left his home place (tract A45) to his son Zorobabel and 20 years later, he (wife Mary) left it "to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life and then to my grandson Thomas H. Kellam." In 1812 Thomas H. Kellam sold the original 130 aces to Thomas Ashby. While it was not traced further, the major part of the land later became owned by John S. Mears, and the western part by Dr. George LeCato.5 He was security on the administration of an estate on 31 March 1778 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Major Savage was granted to Peggy Savage with Zorobabel Kellam & George Garrison securities.6 Zorobabel was named in his son's will on 16 June 1782 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my father Zorobable Kellam in the will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann.7 He bought land in 1788 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Zorobabel Kellam bought 100 acres of tract A46 from a Revell Coleburn which had been left to him by his father (no record). Zorobabel had a daughter Sabra Kellam who married Thomas Coleburn.8 Zorobabel made a will on 12 February 1791 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Mary negroes for life. Grandson Zorobabel Kellam. Wife to have use of my plantation during her widow, reversion to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life, & then to my grandson Thomas Kellam, son of the said John, said plantation being 130 acres. To daughter Sabra Coleburn, wife of Thomas Coleburn, 50 acres adjcent the South-east part of Thomas Garrison'a plantation To son John Kellam plantation where he now lives containing 291 acres, also 60 acres on Cedar Island. To grandson Zorobabel 50 acres which I bought of Edmund & Thomas Bradford, adjcent his own land in Bradford's Neck. To grandson Ezer Kellam. Wife Mary & son John, son Thomas (if he returns), & daughter Sabra residual legatees, reserving to my grandson Zorobabel Kellam 1/2 share. Wife, son John & Thomas Coleburn Exrs. Witt: Theophilus Bagg, Babel Savage, Josiah Larke. His will was probated on 28 Jul 1791.3 He died on 21 June 1791 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Zorobabel was buried at Wachapreague burial gournd, Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Zerobabel Kellam, died 21 Jun 1791, age 70 years.2
Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 256 (will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla).
2.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 391 (will of Zorobabel Kellam, wife Mary).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 859 (tract A64).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 781 (tract A45).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 302 (adm of Major Savage to Peggy Savage).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 334 (will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann).
8.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 783 (tract A46).
9.[S319] James Egbert Mears, Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present, p. 133 (Hack Family).
Ancestors of Zorobabel Kellam
Generation No. 1
1. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 2. John Kellam and 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith. He married (1) Mary Jacob. She was born Abt. 1731 in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA, and died in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of John Jacob, Jr. and ? Savage.
More About Zorobabel Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Probate: 28 Jul 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Inherited his father and grandfather's land on the island east of Wachapreague. He left it to son Thomas in case he ever returns home, and if not, to son John and then to grandson Thomas (Hatton) Kellam. Thomas sold the 130 acres to Thomas Ashby in 1812.
Will: 12 Feb 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Generation No. 2
2. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Edward Kellam and 5. Sarah Watson. He married 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Smith and 7. Mary Fisher.
More About John Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Occupation: He may have been a carpenter and cooper, as he bequeathed his carpenter's tools and cooper's tools to his sons in his will.
Probate: 27 Aug 1771, Accomack Co., VA
Residence 1: He must have lived in or near present-day Wachapreague on the seaside of Accomack County since he and his son Zorobabel are buried there.
Residence 2: According to "Virginia's Eastern Shore," his father Edward apparently seated John on 130 acres he had patented in 1705. This appears to be the island east of Wachapreague. Edward left it to John in his 1737 will, and John left it to son Zorobabel in 1771.
Will: 22 Sep 1761, Accomack Co., VA
Children of John Kellam and Ursilla/Ursley Smith are:
i. Argol Kellam, born Bef. 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1784; married (1) ? Abt. 1735; married (2) Margaret Roberts Abt. 1764.
1 ii. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Jacob.
iii. Comfort Kellam, born Aft. 1721; married ? Bunting.
iv. Sophia Kellam, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Aug 1797 in Accomack Co., VA; married ? Bagwell.
v. John Kellam, Jr., born 18 Feb 1739 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 Feb 1808; married (1) Sarah ? Abt. 1765; born Abt. 1746; died Mar 1772; married (2) Ann Bagwell Abt. 1775; born Abt. 1734 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Ann Bagwell:
Date born 2: Abt. 1734
vi. Adah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Hezekiah Warren 04 Dec 1794 in Northampton Co., VA; died 1803 in Northmpton Co., VA.
vii. Ann Sinah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Littleton LeCato; born Bef. 1747 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1784 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Susannah Kellam, born in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Jonathan Savage, Jr.; married (2) John Joynes, Jr. 29 Sep 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; born Aft. 1756 in Northmpton Co., VA; died 1815 in Northmpton Co., VA.
Generation No. 3
4. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 8. Richard Kellam and 9. Sarah Ansley. He married 5. Sarah Watson.
5. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736. She was the daughter of 10. Robert Watson and 11. Susanna ?.
More About Edward Kellam:
Probate: 02 Aug 1737, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 22 Jul 1697, Was deeded by his father (who was then living on Occohannock Creek) a tract of 100 acres in Accomack County on the north side of Bussells Branch and bounding on Beaver Dam Branch. These are tributaries of Machipongo Creek, in the Wachapreague vicinity.
Property 2: 1687, Was given 300 acres by his father Richard Kellam and bought 100 acres more from him ten years later. He and his brother Richard, Jr. bought 200 acres from their father in 1693. This was near present-day Mappsburg, Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 18 Oct 1736, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Watson:
Comment: Edward Kellam's wife is usually listed as Sarah, daughter of Robert Watson, in most Eastern Shore genealogies. All that is known is that Robert Watson named a daughter Sarah Kellam in his 24 Jul 1702 Accomack will, and that Edward Kellam's wife was a Sarah
Children of Edward Kellam and Sarah Watson are:
i. Arthur Kellam, born Abt. 1694 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Jan 1770 in Accomack Co., VA.
2 ii. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
iii. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Mary Kellam, born Abt. 1700 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Feb 1776 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Groton/Groten; born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Aug 1771 in Accomack Co., VA.
v. ? Kellam, born Abt. 1702; married Andrew Stewart; born Abt. 1695; died Bef. 31 Dec 1745.
vi. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1705 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1779 in Accomack Co., VA; married Bartholomew Mears; born Abt. 1693 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Apr 1766 in Accomack Co., VA.
vii. Edward Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1707 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Scarborough Kellam, born Abt. 1710 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Addison.
6. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 12. William Smith and 13. Sarah Browne. He married 7. Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
7. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 14. Capt. Phillip Fisher and 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
More About Thomas Smith:
Event 1: 1691, He and John Custis, Jr. entered into an agreement "to settle an old dispute between Argoll Yardley and Thomas Rydeing on the one part, and William Smith, father of Thomas, on the other, all the original disputants then being dead."
Event 2: 01 Oct 1690, A Thomas Smith was named as an overseer for the estate of Henry Gascoigne, listed as a kinsman along with John Fisher and William Bradford. This indicates Thomas Smith was probably married to Mary Fisher by that time, as she was Gascoigne's sister-in-law.
Probate: 08 Dec 1730, Northampton Co., VA
Property: When he gave land to his grandson Leaven Smith in 1727, the wording of the deed indicated Thomas was living on the original land of his grandfather Thomas Smith on the north side of Nassawadox Creek, Northampton Co., VA, on the Eastern Shore bayside.
Will: 22 May 1728, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Thomas Smith and Mary Fisher are:
i. Sarah Smith, married ? Custis.
ii. Mary Smith, married ? Nottingham.
iii. Levin Smith
iv. William Smith
v. Thomas Smith, Jr., born Bef. 1690; died Bef. 1730.
vi. Bridgett Smith, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. Sep 1742 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jonathan Bunting Abt. 1713; born Abt. 1690 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Feb 1764 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Jonathan Bunting:
Appointed/Elected: 04 Apr 1721, Court crier of Accomack; ordered to make fires in the courthouse in the winter and to keep it swept and repaired.
Occupation: Planter.
Probate: 29 Feb 1764, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: Bought land on Mattomkin Creek, Accomack Co., VA, from John Bagwell.
Property 2: 1740, Purchased 150 acres from William Cole at Mattompkin, east of present-day Accomac. Built a grist mill there; later sold it to Josiah Lewis, inholder, in 1742.
Residence: Lived near the Accomac courthouse until his mother's death. Probably assisted her in her ordinary there.
Will: 26 Feb 1763, Accomack Co., VA
3 vii. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Kellam.
viii. Tamer Smith
Generation No. 4
8. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA. He was the son of 16. Richard Kellam? and 17. Katherine Ederidge?. He married 9. Sarah Ansley.
9. Sarah Ansley, died in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam:
Appointed/Elected: 11 Nov 1663, Appointed Constable in place of John Waltham.
Event: 11 Mar 1651, Signed the Northampton Engagement, pledging to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England which had no king or House of Lords at the time.
Immigration: Abt. 1635, Came to Virginia on "The Primrose"
Occupation: Planter; founded a small but temporary township at his seat on Occahannock Creek.
Probate: 06 Oct 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 28 Jul 1649, Was granted 300 acres of land for transporting six persons into the colony. Sarah Anesley, presumed to be his future wife, was one of the headrights.
Property 2: Bet. 1651 - 1673, Patented 1000 acres along Occahannock Creek in Accomack Co., VA. This creek flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Property 3: Aft. 1673, Patented 1850 acres on Machipongo Creek (now River) near Wachapreague in Accomack Co., VA.
Residence: Aft. 1635, Accomack Co., VA (Eastern Shore)
Will: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Ansley:
Event: Aft. 1703, She was apparently much younger than Richard Kellam, for after his death, she married a profligate man named Magnes Singcleare, who abandoned her before 3 May 1710, when her son Edward petitioned the Court after his mother went live with William Lingo.
Children of Richard Kellam and Sarah Ansley are:
i. Sarah Kellam, born Abt. 1649 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) ? Curle; married (2) ? Turner; met (3) Edward Hammond; born Abt. 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 04 Sep 1718.
ii. Rose Kellam, born Aft. 1651 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Arthur Armitradinge/Armitrader Bef. 28 Aug 1668; born Abt. 1648; died Abt. 1673; married (2) Richard Garrison Abt. 1674; born Abt. 1645; died Bef. 06 Aug 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Francis Savage Abt. 1710; born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Garrison:
Will: 23 Feb 1709, Accomack Co., VA
iii. Katherine Kellam, born Abt. 1654 in Accomack Co., VA; married ?William Taylor.
iv. Richard Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA; married Frances West; born Abt. 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; died 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam, Jr.:
Probate: 06 Apr 1731, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 08 Feb 1731, Accomack Co., VA
4 v. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA; married Sarah Watson.
vi. William Kellam, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 05 Oct 1714; married (1) Ann ?; married (2) Sarah White Abt. 1688; born Abt. 1670; died Abt. 1708.
vii. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1667 in Accomack Co., VA?; married William Lingo; born Abt. 1660; died Abt. 1733 in New Holland area of Somerset Co., MD?.
viii. Bridget Kellam, born Abt. 1668 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Savage, Jr.; born Abt. 1646; died Bef. 09 Jan 1722.
ix. Ann Kellam, born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Wallis.
10. Robert Watson, born Abt. 1635; died Abt. May 1703 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 11. Susanna ?.
11. Susanna ?
More About Robert Watson:
Occupation: According to a biography of his daughter Mary, he was a schoolmaster who preferred sedentary pursuits
Probate: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 1663, Bought over 150 acres east of the present Seaside Road from Marionville to Red Bank Landing, Northampton Co., VA from Thomas and Mary Bell. In 1665 Robert and Susanna Watson resold to Edward Hamon. It appears they traded property with the Hamons.
Property 2: 1665, Purchased land from Edward and Ann Hamon about 700 acres on Great Otterdams Branch near the road to Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA. This is on the seaside of Accomack, near the present town of Quinby, formerly part of the Arthur Upshur patents.
Property 3: 1665, The land he purchased from Edward Hamon was where Arthur Upshott (Upshur) patented 300 acres in 1652, bounded by the head of Occohannock Creek on the west, on the north by Great Otterdams, and by a small creek on the south. Occohannock flows into the bay.
Property 4: 1703, In his will, he devised his 400-acre home plantation to sons Robert and David and daughter Joanna 200 acres on the other side of Cross or Pratt's Branch, a stream flowing into Great Otterdams.
Children of Robert Watson and Susanna ? are:
i. David Watson, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA.
ii. Mary Watson, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1732 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Roger Mikell; married (2) James Bonnewell, Jr. Bef. 1680; born Abt. 1658 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1699 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Henry Hughbank Abt. 1703.
More About Mary Watson:
Comment: Chapter 7 of "Wenches, Wives & Widows" is devoted to her, as Mary led a scandalous life as a much-married woman who was greedy and whose third husband, Roger Mikell, was a pirate.
iii. Peter Watson, born Abt. 1669 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ann Shepherd Abt. 1690; born Abt. 1673 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Susanna Watson, born Abt. 1674 in Accomack Co., VA; married Henry Stott Abt. 1695.
v. Robert Watson, Jr., born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Jan 1709 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Savage; born Abt. 1661; died Jan 1720.
5 vi. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736; married Edward Kellam.
vii. Johannah Watson, born Abt. 1678 in Accomack Co., VA; married Samuel Benston; born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1745 in Accomack Co., VA.
12. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 24. Thomas Smith and 25. Sarah ?. He married 13. Sarah Browne.
13. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642. She was the daughter of 26. John Browne and 27. Ursula ?.
Child of William Smith and Sarah Browne is:
6 i. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA; married Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
14. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 28. John Fisher, Jr. and 29. Elizabeth ?. He married 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
15. Elizabeth Maddox She was the daughter of 30. Alexander Maddox and 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
More About Capt. Phillip Fisher:
Appointed/Elected: Justice of Northampton Co., VA; captain of militia.
Probate: 01 Mar 1703, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 26 Nov 1661, Patented 100 acres in Northampton Co., VA, patented originally to Richard Bayly on 17 Mar 1655/56. Owned nearly 2000 acres at time of death. Devised 400 acres at mouth of Muddy Creek to his sons.
Will: 09 Dec 1701, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Phillip Fisher and Elizabeth Maddox are:
i. Thomas Fisher, died Bet. 1704 - 1709 in Northampton Co., VA; married Patience ?.
ii. Philip Fisher, Jr., died in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.
More About Philip Fisher, Jr.:
Probate: 07 Jun 1709, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 17 Feb 1709, Northampton Co., VA
iii. Anne Fisher, married Robert Gascoigne; born Abt. 1673; died 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.
iv. Rebecca Fisher
v. Elizabeth Fisher, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) Henry Gascoigne Abt. 1678; born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1691 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Daniel Benthall Abt. 1691; born Abt. 1662; died Bef. 21 Jul 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Henry Gascoigne:
Probate: 30 Mar 1691, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 01 Oct 1690, Northampton Co., VA
7 vi. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA; married Thomas Smith Bef. 1690.
vii. John Fisher, born Abt. 1662 in Northampton Co., VA; died May 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Benthall 28 Mar 1698 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1660.
More About John Fisher:
Probate: 10 May 1720, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 1704, Owned 637 1/2 acres in Northampton County and 133 acres in Accomack County.
Will: 30 Apr 1720, Northampton Co., VA
viii. Bridget Fisher, born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; married William Bradford; born Abt. 1663 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1736 in Bradford's Neck, Accomack Co., VA.
More About William Bradford:
Probate: 01 Jun 1736, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 04 Jul 1735, Accomack Co., VA
ix. Tamer Fisher, born Abt. 1674; married ? Hunt.
x. Sarah Fisher, born Abt. 1678; married John Michael III; born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1718 in Northampton Co., VA.
Generation No. 5
16. Richard Kellam?, born Abt. 1581 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?. He married 17. Katherine Ederidge? 17 Mar 1616 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England.
17. Katherine Ederidge?, born Abt. 1595 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?.
Children of Richard Kellam? and Katherine Ederidge? are:
8 i. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA; married Sarah Ansley.
ii. John Kellam?, born 13 Apr 1620 in Swanton, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. Catherine Kellam, born 16 Jun 1622.
24. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Abt. 1644 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 25. Sarah ?.
25. Sarah ?
More About Thomas Smith:
Property: 1639, Patented 300 acres at south end of a waterway flowing into Hungars Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This waterway was known as Thomas Smith's Branch. This was later assigned to John Holloway.
Children of Thomas Smith and Sarah ? are:
i. Anne Smith, married Lt. Col. John Tilney 01 Mar 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1618 in England?; died 28 May 1701 in Northampton Co., VA.
12 ii. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA; married Sarah Browne.
iii. Argall Smith
26. John Browne, born Abt. 1593 in probably England; died Abt. 1656 in "Brownsville" tract off present-day Route 608 on Upshur Creek, Northampton Co., VA. He married 27. Ursula ?.
27. Ursula ?, died Abt. 1661 in Old Rappahannock Co., VA (present-day Richmond Co., Essex Co., or Lancaster Co., VA).
More About John Browne:
Property 1: 1642, Patented 200 acres on Nassawadox Creek on the bayside of Northampton Co., VA. This was reissued in 1646, when he also patented 100 more acres adjacent to his original. He and his wife Ursula left this land to son Thomas in 1656, but recommended it be sold.
Property 2: After writing his will, he exchanged both his Eastern Shore plantations for land across the bay "att Rappahannocke, " one of 1400 acres and the other 700 acres.
Property 3: 1652, Patented 1000 acres, which was reissued as 1262 acres three years later, on present-day Phillip's Creek near Brownsville Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This was on the seaside.
Children of John Browne and Ursula ? are:
i. Stephen Browne
ii. John Browne, Jr.
iii. Elizabeth Browne
iv. Mary Browne
v. Thomas Browne, born Abt. 1640; died Abt. 1705 in "Brownsville, " Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Denwood; born in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Thomas Browne:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker). He was apparently highly regarded for his integrity even though Quakers were persecuted at that time, and was allowed to testify in court by mere affirmation rather than on oath.
Property 1: 1662, Inherited part of brother John's land which had been left to John by their father, his 1652 patent on present-day Phillip's Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This became known as the Brownsville property, but the home was not built until abt 1806 by Upshurs.
Property 2: 1705, Left north half of his land to his daughter Sarah Browne Upshur and the south half to his daughter Anne.
13 vi. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642; married William Smith.
28. John Fisher, Jr., born Abt. 1601 in Pluckley, County Kent, England; died Abt. 1640 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 56. John Fisher and 57. Benetta Dering. He married 29. Elizabeth ? Bef. 1635.
29. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1610 in England?; died Aft. 12 Jun 1661 in Northampton Co., VA?.
More About John Fisher, Jr.:
Event: Was an agent for his first cousin, Capt. William Epes.
Immigration: Bef. Feb 1624, Settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Probate: 23 Mar 1640, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 04 Dec 1639, Northampton Co., VA
Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth ? are:
i. John Fisher III
ii. Stephen Fisher, married Rebecca Bagwell; died 1658 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Rebecca Bagwell:
Probate: 28 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 03 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
14 iii. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Maddox.
30. Alexander Maddox, born Abt. 1613 in England?; died Bef. 04 Apr 1660 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
31. Elizabeth Johnson?
More About Alexander Maddox:
Probate: 26 Apr 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 15 Jan 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Alexander Maddox and Elizabeth Johnson? are:
15 i. Elizabeth Maddox, married Capt. Phillip Fisher.
ii. Thomas Maddox
iii. Ann Maddox
iv. Alexander Maddox, Jr., born Abt. 1654 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 May 1717 in Somerset Co., MD; married Mary Bell; born Abt. 1656.
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Zorobabel Kellam I was born in 1721 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He married Mary Jacob circa 1750.3 Zorobabel was named in his father's will on 22 September 1761 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son Zorobable Kellam in the will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla. He was given 130 acres where I now live and he was to pay my son John £10 to him when I die.1 He bought land in 1764 at Melfa-Onley-Locustville, Acc Co, AV. It was in this year that Zerubabel Kellam bought 250 acres of tract A64 (Melfa-Onley-Locustville) from Thomas & Sophia Bagwell, extending down to Burton's Branch. In 1791 Zorobabel Kallam & wife Mary left it to his son John as the 291 acres where John was then living, and 3 years later he and his wife Margaret sold to Edmund Read.4 He inherited land in 1771 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. In 1771 John Kellam, wife Ursulla) left his home place (tract A45) to his son Zorobabel and 20 years later, he (wife Mary) left it "to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life and then to my grandson Thomas H. Kellam." In 1812 Thomas H. Kellam sold the original 130 aces to Thomas Ashby. While it was not traced further, the major part of the land later became owned by John S. Mears, and the western part by Dr. George LeCato.5 He was security on the administration of an estate on 31 March 1778 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Major Savage was granted to Peggy Savage with Zorobabel Kellam & George Garrison securities.6 Zorobabel was named in his son's will on 16 June 1782 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my father Zorobable Kellam in the will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann.7 He bought land in 1788 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Zorobabel Kellam bought 100 acres of tract A46 from a Revell Coleburn which had been left to him by his father (no record). Zorobabel had a daughter Sabra Kellam who married Thomas Coleburn.8 Zorobabel made a will on 12 February 1791 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Mary negroes for life. Grandson Zorobabel Kellam. Wife to have use of my plantation during her widow, reversion to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life, & then to my grandson Thomas Kellam, son of the said John, said plantation being 130 acres. To daughter Sabra Coleburn, wife of Thomas Coleburn, 50 acres adjcent the South-east part of Thomas Garrison'a plantation To son John Kellam plantation where he now lives containing 291 acres, also 60 acres on Cedar Island. To grandson Zorobabel 50 acres which I bought of Edmund & Thomas Bradford, adjcent his own land in Bradford's Neck. To grandson Ezer Kellam. Wife Mary & son John, son Thomas (if he returns), & daughter Sabra residual legatees, reserving to my grandson Zorobabel Kellam 1/2 share. Wife, son John & Thomas Coleburn Exrs. Witt: Theophilus Bagg, Babel Savage, Josiah Larke. His will was probated on 28 Jul 1791.3 He died on 21 June 1791 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Zorobabel was buried at Wachapreague burial gournd, Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Zerobabel Kellam, died 21 Jun 1791, age 70 years.2
Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 256 (will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla).
2.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 391 (will of Zorobabel Kellam, wife Mary).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 859 (tract A64).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 781 (tract A45).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 302 (adm of Major Savage to Peggy Savage).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 334 (will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann).
8.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 783 (tract A46).
9.[S319] James Egbert Mears, Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present, p. 133 (Hack Family).
Ancestors of Zorobabel Kellam
Generation No. 1
1. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 2. John Kellam and 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith. He married (1) Mary Jacob. She was born Abt. 1731 in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA, and died in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of John Jacob, Jr. and ? Savage.
More About Zorobabel Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Probate: 28 Jul 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Inherited his father and grandfather's land on the island east of Wachapreague. He left it to son Thomas in case he ever returns home, and if not, to son John and then to grandson Thomas (Hatton) Kellam. Thomas sold the 130 acres to Thomas Ashby in 1812.
Will: 12 Feb 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Generation No. 2
2. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Edward Kellam and 5. Sarah Watson. He married 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Smith and 7. Mary Fisher.
More About John Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Occupation: He may have been a carpenter and cooper, as he bequeathed his carpenter's tools and cooper's tools to his sons in his will.
Probate: 27 Aug 1771, Accomack Co., VA
Residence 1: He must have lived in or near present-day Wachapreague on the seaside of Accomack County since he and his son Zorobabel are buried there.
Residence 2: According to "Virginia's Eastern Shore," his father Edward apparently seated John on 130 acres he had patented in 1705. This appears to be the island east of Wachapreague. Edward left it to John in his 1737 will, and John left it to son Zorobabel in 1771.
Will: 22 Sep 1761, Accomack Co., VA
Children of John Kellam and Ursilla/Ursley Smith are:
i. Argol Kellam, born Bef. 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1784; married (1) ? Abt. 1735; married (2) Margaret Roberts Abt. 1764.
1 ii. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Jacob.
iii. Comfort Kellam, born Aft. 1721; married ? Bunting.
iv. Sophia Kellam, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Aug 1797 in Accomack Co., VA; married ? Bagwell.
v. John Kellam, Jr., born 18 Feb 1739 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 Feb 1808; married (1) Sarah ? Abt. 1765; born Abt. 1746; died Mar 1772; married (2) Ann Bagwell Abt. 1775; born Abt. 1734 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Ann Bagwell:
Date born 2: Abt. 1734
vi. Adah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Hezekiah Warren 04 Dec 1794 in Northampton Co., VA; died 1803 in Northmpton Co., VA.
vii. Ann Sinah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Littleton LeCato; born Bef. 1747 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1784 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Susannah Kellam, born in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Jonathan Savage, Jr.; married (2) John Joynes, Jr. 29 Sep 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; born Aft. 1756 in Northmpton Co., VA; died 1815 in Northmpton Co., VA.
Generation No. 3
4. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 8. Richard Kellam and 9. Sarah Ansley. He married 5. Sarah Watson.
5. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736. She was the daughter of 10. Robert Watson and 11. Susanna ?.
More About Edward Kellam:
Probate: 02 Aug 1737, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 22 Jul 1697, Was deeded by his father (who was then living on Occohannock Creek) a tract of 100 acres in Accomack County on the north side of Bussells Branch and bounding on Beaver Dam Branch. These are tributaries of Machipongo Creek, in the Wachapreague vicinity.
Property 2: 1687, Was given 300 acres by his father Richard Kellam and bought 100 acres more from him ten years later. He and his brother Richard, Jr. bought 200 acres from their father in 1693. This was near present-day Mappsburg, Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 18 Oct 1736, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Watson:
Comment: Edward Kellam's wife is usually listed as Sarah, daughter of Robert Watson, in most Eastern Shore genealogies. All that is known is that Robert Watson named a daughter Sarah Kellam in his 24 Jul 1702 Accomack will, and that Edward Kellam's wife was a Sarah
Children of Edward Kellam and Sarah Watson are:
i. Arthur Kellam, born Abt. 1694 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Jan 1770 in Accomack Co., VA.
2 ii. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
iii. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Mary Kellam, born Abt. 1700 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Feb 1776 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Groton/Groten; born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Aug 1771 in Accomack Co., VA.
v. ? Kellam, born Abt. 1702; married Andrew Stewart; born Abt. 1695; died Bef. 31 Dec 1745.
vi. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1705 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1779 in Accomack Co., VA; married Bartholomew Mears; born Abt. 1693 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Apr 1766 in Accomack Co., VA.
vii. Edward Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1707 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Scarborough Kellam, born Abt. 1710 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Addison.
6. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 12. William Smith and 13. Sarah Browne. He married 7. Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
7. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 14. Capt. Phillip Fisher and 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
More About Thomas Smith:
Event 1: 1691, He and John Custis, Jr. entered into an agreement "to settle an old dispute between Argoll Yardley and Thomas Rydeing on the one part, and William Smith, father of Thomas, on the other, all the original disputants then being dead."
Event 2: 01 Oct 1690, A Thomas Smith was named as an overseer for the estate of Henry Gascoigne, listed as a kinsman along with John Fisher and William Bradford. This indicates Thomas Smith was probably married to Mary Fisher by that time, as she was Gascoigne's sister-in-law.
Probate: 08 Dec 1730, Northampton Co., VA
Property: When he gave land to his grandson Leaven Smith in 1727, the wording of the deed indicated Thomas was living on the original land of his grandfather Thomas Smith on the north side of Nassawadox Creek, Northampton Co., VA, on the Eastern Shore bayside.
Will: 22 May 1728, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Thomas Smith and Mary Fisher are:
i. Sarah Smith, married ? Custis.
ii. Mary Smith, married ? Nottingham.
iii. Levin Smith
iv. William Smith
v. Thomas Smith, Jr., born Bef. 1690; died Bef. 1730.
vi. Bridgett Smith, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. Sep 1742 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jonathan Bunting Abt. 1713; born Abt. 1690 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Feb 1764 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Jonathan Bunting:
Appointed/Elected: 04 Apr 1721, Court crier of Accomack; ordered to make fires in the courthouse in the winter and to keep it swept and repaired.
Occupation: Planter.
Probate: 29 Feb 1764, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: Bought land on Mattomkin Creek, Accomack Co., VA, from John Bagwell.
Property 2: 1740, Purchased 150 acres from William Cole at Mattompkin, east of present-day Accomac. Built a grist mill there; later sold it to Josiah Lewis, inholder, in 1742.
Residence: Lived near the Accomac courthouse until his mother's death. Probably assisted her in her ordinary there.
Will: 26 Feb 1763, Accomack Co., VA
3 vii. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Kellam.
viii. Tamer Smith
Generation No. 4
8. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA. He was the son of 16. Richard Kellam? and 17. Katherine Ederidge?. He married 9. Sarah Ansley.
9. Sarah Ansley, died in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam:
Appointed/Elected: 11 Nov 1663, Appointed Constable in place of John Waltham.
Event: 11 Mar 1651, Signed the Northampton Engagement, pledging to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England which had no king or House of Lords at the time.
Immigration: Abt. 1635, Came to Virginia on "The Primrose"
Occupation: Planter; founded a small but temporary township at his seat on Occahannock Creek.
Probate: 06 Oct 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 28 Jul 1649, Was granted 300 acres of land for transporting six persons into the colony. Sarah Anesley, presumed to be his future wife, was one of the headrights.
Property 2: Bet. 1651 - 1673, Patented 1000 acres along Occahannock Creek in Accomack Co., VA. This creek flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Property 3: Aft. 1673, Patented 1850 acres on Machipongo Creek (now River) near Wachapreague in Accomack Co., VA.
Residence: Aft. 1635, Accomack Co., VA (Eastern Shore)
Will: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Ansley:
Event: Aft. 1703, She was apparently much younger than Richard Kellam, for after his death, she married a profligate man named Magnes Singcleare, who abandoned her before 3 May 1710, when her son Edward petitioned the Court after his mother went live with William Lingo.
Children of Richard Kellam and Sarah Ansley are:
i. Sarah Kellam, born Abt. 1649 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) ? Curle; married (2) ? Turner; met (3) Edward Hammond; born Abt. 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 04 Sep 1718.
ii. Rose Kellam, born Aft. 1651 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Arthur Armitradinge/Armitrader Bef. 28 Aug 1668; born Abt. 1648; died Abt. 1673; married (2) Richard Garrison Abt. 1674; born Abt. 1645; died Bef. 06 Aug 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Francis Savage Abt. 1710; born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Garrison:
Will: 23 Feb 1709, Accomack Co., VA
iii. Katherine Kellam, born Abt. 1654 in Accomack Co., VA; married ?William Taylor.
iv. Richard Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA; married Frances West; born Abt. 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; died 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam, Jr.:
Probate: 06 Apr 1731, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 08 Feb 1731, Accomack Co., VA
4 v. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA; married Sarah Watson.
vi. William Kellam, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 05 Oct 1714; married (1) Ann ?; married (2) Sarah White Abt. 1688; born Abt. 1670; died Abt. 1708.
vii. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1667 in Accomack Co., VA?; married William Lingo; born Abt. 1660; died Abt. 1733 in New Holland area of Somerset Co., MD?.
viii. Bridget Kellam, born Abt. 1668 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Savage, Jr.; born Abt. 1646; died Bef. 09 Jan 1722.
ix. Ann Kellam, born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Wallis.
10. Robert Watson, born Abt. 1635; died Abt. May 1703 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 11. Susanna ?.
11. Susanna ?
More About Robert Watson:
Occupation: According to a biography of his daughter Mary, he was a schoolmaster who preferred sedentary pursuits
Probate: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 1663, Bought over 150 acres east of the present Seaside Road from Marionville to Red Bank Landing, Northampton Co., VA from Thomas and Mary Bell. In 1665 Robert and Susanna Watson resold to Edward Hamon. It appears they traded property with the Hamons.
Property 2: 1665, Purchased land from Edward and Ann Hamon about 700 acres on Great Otterdams Branch near the road to Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA. This is on the seaside of Accomack, near the present town of Quinby, formerly part of the Arthur Upshur patents.
Property 3: 1665, The land he purchased from Edward Hamon was where Arthur Upshott (Upshur) patented 300 acres in 1652, bounded by the head of Occohannock Creek on the west, on the north by Great Otterdams, and by a small creek on the south. Occohannock flows into the bay.
Property 4: 1703, In his will, he devised his 400-acre home plantation to sons Robert and David and daughter Joanna 200 acres on the other side of Cross or Pratt's Branch, a stream flowing into Great Otterdams.
Children of Robert Watson and Susanna ? are:
i. David Watson, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA.
ii. Mary Watson, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1732 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Roger Mikell; married (2) James Bonnewell, Jr. Bef. 1680; born Abt. 1658 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1699 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Henry Hughbank Abt. 1703.
More About Mary Watson:
Comment: Chapter 7 of "Wenches, Wives & Widows" is devoted to her, as Mary led a scandalous life as a much-married woman who was greedy and whose third husband, Roger Mikell, was a pirate.
iii. Peter Watson, born Abt. 1669 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ann Shepherd Abt. 1690; born Abt. 1673 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Susanna Watson, born Abt. 1674 in Accomack Co., VA; married Henry Stott Abt. 1695.
v. Robert Watson, Jr., born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Jan 1709 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Savage; born Abt. 1661; died Jan 1720.
5 vi. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736; married Edward Kellam.
vii. Johannah Watson, born Abt. 1678 in Accomack Co., VA; married Samuel Benston; born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1745 in Accomack Co., VA.
12. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 24. Thomas Smith and 25. Sarah ?. He married 13. Sarah Browne.
13. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642. She was the daughter of 26. John Browne and 27. Ursula ?.
Child of William Smith and Sarah Browne is:
6 i. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA; married Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
14. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 28. John Fisher, Jr. and 29. Elizabeth ?. He married 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
15. Elizabeth Maddox She was the daughter of 30. Alexander Maddox and 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
More About Capt. Phillip Fisher:
Appointed/Elected: Justice of Northampton Co., VA; captain of militia.
Probate: 01 Mar 1703, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 26 Nov 1661, Patented 100 acres in Northampton Co., VA, patented originally to Richard Bayly on 17 Mar 1655/56. Owned nearly 2000 acres at time of death. Devised 400 acres at mouth of Muddy Creek to his sons.
Will: 09 Dec 1701, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Phillip Fisher and Elizabeth Maddox are:
i. Thomas Fisher, died Bet. 1704 - 1709 in Northampton Co., VA; married Patience ?.
ii. Philip Fisher, Jr., died in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.
More About Philip Fisher, Jr.:
Probate: 07 Jun 1709, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 17 Feb 1709, Northampton Co., VA
iii. Anne Fisher, married Robert Gascoigne; born Abt. 1673; died 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.
iv. Rebecca Fisher
v. Elizabeth Fisher, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) Henry Gascoigne Abt. 1678; born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1691 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Daniel Benthall Abt. 1691; born Abt. 1662; died Bef. 21 Jul 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Henry Gascoigne:
Probate: 30 Mar 1691, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 01 Oct 1690, Northampton Co., VA
7 vi. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA; married Thomas Smith Bef. 1690.
vii. John Fisher, born Abt. 1662 in Northampton Co., VA; died May 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Benthall 28 Mar 1698 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1660.
More About John Fisher:
Probate: 10 May 1720, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 1704, Owned 637 1/2 acres in Northampton County and 133 acres in Accomack County.
Will: 30 Apr 1720, Northampton Co., VA
viii. Bridget Fisher, born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; married William Bradford; born Abt. 1663 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1736 in Bradford's Neck, Accomack Co., VA.
More About William Bradford:
Probate: 01 Jun 1736, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 04 Jul 1735, Accomack Co., VA
ix. Tamer Fisher, born Abt. 1674; married ? Hunt.
x. Sarah Fisher, born Abt. 1678; married John Michael III; born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1718 in Northampton Co., VA.
Generation No. 5
16. Richard Kellam?, born Abt. 1581 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?. He married 17. Katherine Ederidge? 17 Mar 1616 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England.
17. Katherine Ederidge?, born Abt. 1595 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?.
Children of Richard Kellam? and Katherine Ederidge? are:
8 i. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA; married Sarah Ansley.
ii. John Kellam?, born 13 Apr 1620 in Swanton, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. Catherine Kellam, born 16 Jun 1622.
24. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Abt. 1644 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 25. Sarah ?.
25. Sarah ?
More About Thomas Smith:
Property: 1639, Patented 300 acres at south end of a waterway flowing into Hungars Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This waterway was known as Thomas Smith's Branch. This was later assigned to John Holloway.
Children of Thomas Smith and Sarah ? are:
i. Anne Smith, married Lt. Col. John Tilney 01 Mar 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1618 in England?; died 28 May 1701 in Northampton Co., VA.
12 ii. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA; married Sarah Browne.
iii. Argall Smith
26. John Browne, born Abt. 1593 in probably England; died Abt. 1656 in "Brownsville" tract off present-day Route 608 on Upshur Creek, Northampton Co., VA. He married 27. Ursula ?.
27. Ursula ?, died Abt. 1661 in Old Rappahannock Co., VA (present-day Richmond Co., Essex Co., or Lancaster Co., VA).
More About John Browne:
Property 1: 1642, Patented 200 acres on Nassawadox Creek on the bayside of Northampton Co., VA. This was reissued in 1646, when he also patented 100 more acres adjacent to his original. He and his wife Ursula left this land to son Thomas in 1656, but recommended it be sold.
Property 2: After writing his will, he exchanged both his Eastern Shore plantations for land across the bay "att Rappahannocke, " one of 1400 acres and the other 700 acres.
Property 3: 1652, Patented 1000 acres, which was reissued as 1262 acres three years later, on present-day Phillip's Creek near Brownsville Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This was on the seaside.
Children of John Browne and Ursula ? are:
i. Stephen Browne
ii. John Browne, Jr.
iii. Elizabeth Browne
iv. Mary Browne
v. Thomas Browne, born Abt. 1640; died Abt. 1705 in "Brownsville, " Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Denwood; born in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Thomas Browne:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker). He was apparently highly regarded for his integrity even though Quakers were persecuted at that time, and was allowed to testify in court by mere affirmation rather than on oath.
Property 1: 1662, Inherited part of brother John's land which had been left to John by their father, his 1652 patent on present-day Phillip's Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This became known as the Brownsville property, but the home was not built until abt 1806 by Upshurs.
Property 2: 1705, Left north half of his land to his daughter Sarah Browne Upshur and the south half to his daughter Anne.
13 vi. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642; married William Smith.
28. John Fisher, Jr., born Abt. 1601 in Pluckley, County Kent, England; died Abt. 1640 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 56. John Fisher and 57. Benetta Dering. He married 29. Elizabeth ? Bef. 1635.
29. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1610 in England?; died Aft. 12 Jun 1661 in Northampton Co., VA?.
More About John Fisher, Jr.:
Event: Was an agent for his first cousin, Capt. William Epes.
Immigration: Bef. Feb 1624, Settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Probate: 23 Mar 1640, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 04 Dec 1639, Northampton Co., VA
Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth ? are:
i. John Fisher III
ii. Stephen Fisher, married Rebecca Bagwell; died 1658 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Rebecca Bagwell:
Probate: 28 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 03 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
14 iii. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Maddox.
30. Alexander Maddox, born Abt. 1613 in England?; died Bef. 04 Apr 1660 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
31. Elizabeth Johnson?
More About Alexander Maddox:
Probate: 26 Apr 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 15 Jan 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Alexander Maddox and Elizabeth Johnson? are:
15 i. Elizabeth Maddox, married Capt. Phillip Fisher.
ii. Thomas Maddox
iii. Ann Maddox
iv. Alexander Maddox, Jr., born Abt. 1654 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 May 1717 in Somerset Co., MD; married Mary Bell; born Abt. 1656.
Zorobabel Kellam I was born in 1721 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He married Mary Jacob circa 1750.3 Zorobabel was named in his father's will on 22 September 1761 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son Zorobable Kellam in the will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla. He was given 130 acres where I now live and he was to pay my son John £10 to him when I die.1 He bought land in 1764 at Melfa-Onley-Locustville, Acc Co, AV. It was in this year that Zerubabel Kellam bought 250 acres of tract A64 (Melfa-Onley-Locustville) from Thomas & Sophia Bagwell, extending down to Burton's Branch. In 1791 Zorobabel Kallam & wife Mary left it to his son John as the 291 acres where John was then living, and 3 years later he and his wife Margaret sold to Edmund Read.4 He inherited land in 1771 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. In 1771 John Kellam, wife Ursulla) left his home place (tract A45) to his son Zorobabel and 20 years later, he (wife Mary) left it "to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life and then to my grandson Thomas H. Kellam." In 1812 Thomas H. Kellam sold the original 130 aces to Thomas Ashby. While it was not traced further, the major part of the land later became owned by John S. Mears, and the western part by Dr. George LeCato.5 He was security on the administration of an estate on 31 March 1778 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Major Savage was granted to Peggy Savage with Zorobabel Kellam & George Garrison securities.6 Zorobabel was named in his son's will on 16 June 1782 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my father Zorobable Kellam in the will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann.7 He bought land in 1788 at Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Zorobabel Kellam bought 100 acres of tract A46 from a Revell Coleburn which had been left to him by his father (no record). Zorobabel had a daughter Sabra Kellam who married Thomas Coleburn.8 Zorobabel made a will on 12 February 1791 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Mary negroes for life. Grandson Zorobabel Kellam. Wife to have use of my plantation during her widow, reversion to my son Thomas in case he ever returns home, but if he does not return then to my son John Kellam for life, & then to my grandson Thomas Kellam, son of the said John, said plantation being 130 acres. To daughter Sabra Coleburn, wife of Thomas Coleburn, 50 acres adjcent the South-east part of Thomas Garrison'a plantation To son John Kellam plantation where he now lives containing 291 acres, also 60 acres on Cedar Island. To grandson Zorobabel 50 acres which I bought of Edmund & Thomas Bradford, adjcent his own land in Bradford's Neck. To grandson Ezer Kellam. Wife Mary & son John, son Thomas (if he returns), & daughter Sabra residual legatees, reserving to my grandson Zorobabel Kellam 1/2 share. Wife, son John & Thomas Coleburn Exrs. Witt: Theophilus Bagg, Babel Savage, Josiah Larke. His will was probated on 28 Jul 1791.3 He died on 21 June 1791 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Zorobabel was buried at Wachapreague burial gournd, Wachapreague, Acc Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Zerobabel Kellam, died 21 Jun 1791, age 70 years.2
Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 256 (will of John Kellam, wife Ursilla).
2.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 391 (will of Zorobabel Kellam, wife Mary).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 859 (tract A64).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 781 (tract A45).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 302 (adm of Major Savage to Peggy Savage).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 334 (will of Eazer Kellam, wife Ann).
8.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 783 (tract A46).
9.[S319] James Egbert Mears, Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present, p. 133 (Hack Family).
Ancestors of Zorobabel Kellam
Generation No. 1
1. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 2. John Kellam and 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith. He married (1) Mary Jacob. She was born Abt. 1731 in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA, and died in Accomack Co. or Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of John Jacob, Jr. and ? Savage.
More About Zorobabel Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Probate: 28 Jul 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Inherited his father and grandfather's land on the island east of Wachapreague. He left it to son Thomas in case he ever returns home, and if not, to son John and then to grandson Thomas (Hatton) Kellam. Thomas sold the 130 acres to Thomas Ashby in 1812.
Will: 12 Feb 1791, Accomack Co., VA
Generation No. 2
2. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Edward Kellam and 5. Sarah Watson. He married 3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
3. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Smith and 7. Mary Fisher.
More About John Kellam:
Burial: Wachapreague Burial Ground behind Herbert Powell Park, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA
Occupation: He may have been a carpenter and cooper, as he bequeathed his carpenter's tools and cooper's tools to his sons in his will.
Probate: 27 Aug 1771, Accomack Co., VA
Residence 1: He must have lived in or near present-day Wachapreague on the seaside of Accomack County since he and his son Zorobabel are buried there.
Residence 2: According to "Virginia's Eastern Shore," his father Edward apparently seated John on 130 acres he had patented in 1705. This appears to be the island east of Wachapreague. Edward left it to John in his 1737 will, and John left it to son Zorobabel in 1771.
Will: 22 Sep 1761, Accomack Co., VA
Children of John Kellam and Ursilla/Ursley Smith are:
i. Argol Kellam, born Bef. 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1784; married (1) ? Abt. 1735; married (2) Margaret Roberts Abt. 1764.
1 ii. Zorobabel Kellam, born 15 Apr 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1791 in Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Jacob.
iii. Comfort Kellam, born Aft. 1721; married ? Bunting.
iv. Sophia Kellam, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Aug 1797 in Accomack Co., VA; married ? Bagwell.
v. John Kellam, Jr., born 18 Feb 1739 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 Feb 1808; married (1) Sarah ? Abt. 1765; born Abt. 1746; died Mar 1772; married (2) Ann Bagwell Abt. 1775; born Abt. 1734 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Ann Bagwell:
Date born 2: Abt. 1734
vi. Adah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Hezekiah Warren 04 Dec 1794 in Northampton Co., VA; died 1803 in Northmpton Co., VA.
vii. Ann Sinah Kellam, born Bef. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Littleton LeCato; born Bef. 1747 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1784 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Susannah Kellam, born in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Jonathan Savage, Jr.; married (2) John Joynes, Jr. 29 Sep 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; born Aft. 1756 in Northmpton Co., VA; died 1815 in Northmpton Co., VA.
Generation No. 3
4. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 8. Richard Kellam and 9. Sarah Ansley. He married 5. Sarah Watson.
5. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736. She was the daughter of 10. Robert Watson and 11. Susanna ?.
More About Edward Kellam:
Probate: 02 Aug 1737, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 22 Jul 1697, Was deeded by his father (who was then living on Occohannock Creek) a tract of 100 acres in Accomack County on the north side of Bussells Branch and bounding on Beaver Dam Branch. These are tributaries of Machipongo Creek, in the Wachapreague vicinity.
Property 2: 1687, Was given 300 acres by his father Richard Kellam and bought 100 acres more from him ten years later. He and his brother Richard, Jr. bought 200 acres from their father in 1693. This was near present-day Mappsburg, Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 18 Oct 1736, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Watson:
Comment: Edward Kellam's wife is usually listed as Sarah, daughter of Robert Watson, in most Eastern Shore genealogies. All that is known is that Robert Watson named a daughter Sarah Kellam in his 24 Jul 1702 Accomack will, and that Edward Kellam's wife was a Sarah
Children of Edward Kellam and Sarah Watson are:
i. Arthur Kellam, born Abt. 1694 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 31 Jan 1770 in Accomack Co., VA.
2 ii. John Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died 17 May 1771 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ursilla/Ursley Smith.
iii. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Mary Kellam, born Abt. 1700 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Feb 1776 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Groton/Groten; born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 27 Aug 1771 in Accomack Co., VA.
v. ? Kellam, born Abt. 1702; married Andrew Stewart; born Abt. 1695; died Bef. 31 Dec 1745.
vi. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1705 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 26 Oct 1779 in Accomack Co., VA; married Bartholomew Mears; born Abt. 1693 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Apr 1766 in Accomack Co., VA.
vii. Edward Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1707 in Accomack Co., VA.
viii. Scarborough Kellam, born Abt. 1710 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Addison.
6. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 12. William Smith and 13. Sarah Browne. He married 7. Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
7. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 14. Capt. Phillip Fisher and 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
More About Thomas Smith:
Event 1: 1691, He and John Custis, Jr. entered into an agreement "to settle an old dispute between Argoll Yardley and Thomas Rydeing on the one part, and William Smith, father of Thomas, on the other, all the original disputants then being dead."
Event 2: 01 Oct 1690, A Thomas Smith was named as an overseer for the estate of Henry Gascoigne, listed as a kinsman along with John Fisher and William Bradford. This indicates Thomas Smith was probably married to Mary Fisher by that time, as she was Gascoigne's sister-in-law.
Probate: 08 Dec 1730, Northampton Co., VA
Property: When he gave land to his grandson Leaven Smith in 1727, the wording of the deed indicated Thomas was living on the original land of his grandfather Thomas Smith on the north side of Nassawadox Creek, Northampton Co., VA, on the Eastern Shore bayside.
Will: 22 May 1728, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Thomas Smith and Mary Fisher are:
i. Sarah Smith, married ? Custis.
ii. Mary Smith, married ? Nottingham.
iii. Levin Smith
iv. William Smith
v. Thomas Smith, Jr., born Bef. 1690; died Bef. 1730.
vi. Bridgett Smith, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. Sep 1742 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jonathan Bunting Abt. 1713; born Abt. 1690 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 29 Feb 1764 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Jonathan Bunting:
Appointed/Elected: 04 Apr 1721, Court crier of Accomack; ordered to make fires in the courthouse in the winter and to keep it swept and repaired.
Occupation: Planter.
Probate: 29 Feb 1764, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: Bought land on Mattomkin Creek, Accomack Co., VA, from John Bagwell.
Property 2: 1740, Purchased 150 acres from William Cole at Mattompkin, east of present-day Accomac. Built a grist mill there; later sold it to Josiah Lewis, inholder, in 1742.
Residence: Lived near the Accomac courthouse until his mother's death. Probably assisted her in her ordinary there.
Will: 26 Feb 1763, Accomack Co., VA
3 vii. Ursilla/Ursley Smith, born Abt. 1700 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Kellam.
viii. Tamer Smith
Generation No. 4
8. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA. He was the son of 16. Richard Kellam? and 17. Katherine Ederidge?. He married 9. Sarah Ansley.
9. Sarah Ansley, died in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam:
Appointed/Elected: 11 Nov 1663, Appointed Constable in place of John Waltham.
Event: 11 Mar 1651, Signed the Northampton Engagement, pledging to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England which had no king or House of Lords at the time.
Immigration: Abt. 1635, Came to Virginia on "The Primrose"
Occupation: Planter; founded a small but temporary township at his seat on Occahannock Creek.
Probate: 06 Oct 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 28 Jul 1649, Was granted 300 acres of land for transporting six persons into the colony. Sarah Anesley, presumed to be his future wife, was one of the headrights.
Property 2: Bet. 1651 - 1673, Patented 1000 acres along Occahannock Creek in Accomack Co., VA. This creek flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Property 3: Aft. 1673, Patented 1850 acres on Machipongo Creek (now River) near Wachapreague in Accomack Co., VA.
Residence: Aft. 1635, Accomack Co., VA (Eastern Shore)
Will: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
More About Sarah Ansley:
Event: Aft. 1703, She was apparently much younger than Richard Kellam, for after his death, she married a profligate man named Magnes Singcleare, who abandoned her before 3 May 1710, when her son Edward petitioned the Court after his mother went live with William Lingo.
Children of Richard Kellam and Sarah Ansley are:
i. Sarah Kellam, born Abt. 1649 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) ? Curle; married (2) ? Turner; met (3) Edward Hammond; born Abt. 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 04 Sep 1718.
ii. Rose Kellam, born Aft. 1651 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Arthur Armitradinge/Armitrader Bef. 28 Aug 1668; born Abt. 1648; died Abt. 1673; married (2) Richard Garrison Abt. 1674; born Abt. 1645; died Bef. 06 Aug 1717 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Francis Savage Abt. 1710; born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Garrison:
Will: 23 Feb 1709, Accomack Co., VA
iii. Katherine Kellam, born Abt. 1654 in Accomack Co., VA; married ?William Taylor.
iv. Richard Kellam, Jr., born Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA; married Frances West; born Abt. 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; died 06 Apr 1731 in Accomack Co., VA.
More About Richard Kellam, Jr.:
Probate: 06 Apr 1731, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 08 Feb 1731, Accomack Co., VA
4 v. Edward Kellam, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Aug 1737 in Accomack Co., VA; married Sarah Watson.
vi. William Kellam, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 05 Oct 1714; married (1) Ann ?; married (2) Sarah White Abt. 1688; born Abt. 1670; died Abt. 1708.
vii. Rachel Kellam, born Abt. 1667 in Accomack Co., VA?; married William Lingo; born Abt. 1660; died Abt. 1733 in New Holland area of Somerset Co., MD?.
viii. Bridget Kellam, born Abt. 1668 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Savage, Jr.; born Abt. 1646; died Bef. 09 Jan 1722.
ix. Ann Kellam, born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; married John Wallis.
10. Robert Watson, born Abt. 1635; died Abt. May 1703 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 11. Susanna ?.
11. Susanna ?
More About Robert Watson:
Occupation: According to a biography of his daughter Mary, he was a schoolmaster who preferred sedentary pursuits
Probate: 01 Jun 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 1663, Bought over 150 acres east of the present Seaside Road from Marionville to Red Bank Landing, Northampton Co., VA from Thomas and Mary Bell. In 1665 Robert and Susanna Watson resold to Edward Hamon. It appears they traded property with the Hamons.
Property 2: 1665, Purchased land from Edward and Ann Hamon about 700 acres on Great Otterdams Branch near the road to Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA. This is on the seaside of Accomack, near the present town of Quinby, formerly part of the Arthur Upshur patents.
Property 3: 1665, The land he purchased from Edward Hamon was where Arthur Upshott (Upshur) patented 300 acres in 1652, bounded by the head of Occohannock Creek on the west, on the north by Great Otterdams, and by a small creek on the south. Occohannock flows into the bay.
Property 4: 1703, In his will, he devised his 400-acre home plantation to sons Robert and David and daughter Joanna 200 acres on the other side of Cross or Pratt's Branch, a stream flowing into Great Otterdams.
Children of Robert Watson and Susanna ? are:
i. David Watson, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA.
ii. Mary Watson, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1732 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Roger Mikell; married (2) James Bonnewell, Jr. Bef. 1680; born Abt. 1658 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1699 in Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Henry Hughbank Abt. 1703.
More About Mary Watson:
Comment: Chapter 7 of "Wenches, Wives & Widows" is devoted to her, as Mary led a scandalous life as a much-married woman who was greedy and whose third husband, Roger Mikell, was a pirate.
iii. Peter Watson, born Abt. 1669 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ann Shepherd Abt. 1690; born Abt. 1673 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Susanna Watson, born Abt. 1674 in Accomack Co., VA; married Henry Stott Abt. 1695.
v. Robert Watson, Jr., born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Jan 1709 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Savage; born Abt. 1661; died Jan 1720.
5 vi. Sarah Watson, born Abt. 1676 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 18 Oct 1736; married Edward Kellam.
vii. Johannah Watson, born Abt. 1678 in Accomack Co., VA; married Samuel Benston; born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1745 in Accomack Co., VA.
12. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 24. Thomas Smith and 25. Sarah ?. He married 13. Sarah Browne.
13. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642. She was the daughter of 26. John Browne and 27. Ursula ?.
Child of William Smith and Sarah Browne is:
6 i. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Northampton Co., VA; married Mary Fisher Bef. 1690.
14. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 28. John Fisher, Jr. and 29. Elizabeth ?. He married 15. Elizabeth Maddox.
15. Elizabeth Maddox She was the daughter of 30. Alexander Maddox and 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
More About Capt. Phillip Fisher:
Appointed/Elected: Justice of Northampton Co., VA; captain of militia.
Probate: 01 Mar 1703, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 26 Nov 1661, Patented 100 acres in Northampton Co., VA, patented originally to Richard Bayly on 17 Mar 1655/56. Owned nearly 2000 acres at time of death. Devised 400 acres at mouth of Muddy Creek to his sons.
Will: 09 Dec 1701, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Phillip Fisher and Elizabeth Maddox are:
i. Thomas Fisher, died Bet. 1704 - 1709 in Northampton Co., VA; married Patience ?.
ii. Philip Fisher, Jr., died in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.
More About Philip Fisher, Jr.:
Probate: 07 Jun 1709, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 17 Feb 1709, Northampton Co., VA
iii. Anne Fisher, married Robert Gascoigne; born Abt. 1673; died 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.
iv. Rebecca Fisher
v. Elizabeth Fisher, born Abt. 1660 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) Henry Gascoigne Abt. 1678; born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1691 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Daniel Benthall Abt. 1691; born Abt. 1662; died Bef. 21 Jul 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Henry Gascoigne:
Probate: 30 Mar 1691, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 01 Oct 1690, Northampton Co., VA
7 vi. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1661 in Northampton Co., VA; died Aft. 1701 in Northampton Co., VA; married Thomas Smith Bef. 1690.
vii. John Fisher, born Abt. 1662 in Northampton Co., VA; died May 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Benthall 28 Mar 1698 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1660.
More About John Fisher:
Probate: 10 May 1720, Northampton Co., VA
Property: 1704, Owned 637 1/2 acres in Northampton County and 133 acres in Accomack County.
Will: 30 Apr 1720, Northampton Co., VA
viii. Bridget Fisher, born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; married William Bradford; born Abt. 1663 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1736 in Bradford's Neck, Accomack Co., VA.
More About William Bradford:
Probate: 01 Jun 1736, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 04 Jul 1735, Accomack Co., VA
ix. Tamer Fisher, born Abt. 1674; married ? Hunt.
x. Sarah Fisher, born Abt. 1678; married John Michael III; born Abt. 1672 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1718 in Northampton Co., VA.
Generation No. 5
16. Richard Kellam?, born Abt. 1581 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?. He married 17. Katherine Ederidge? 17 Mar 1616 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England.
17. Katherine Ederidge?, born Abt. 1595 in Osbourneby, Lincolnshire, England?.
Children of Richard Kellam? and Katherine Ederidge? are:
8 i. Richard Kellam, born Abt. 1619 in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England?; died Abt. 1703 in present-day Wachapreague area of Accomack County, Virginia USA; married Sarah Ansley.
ii. John Kellam?, born 13 Apr 1620 in Swanton, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. Catherine Kellam, born 16 Jun 1622.
24. Thomas Smith, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Abt. 1644 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 25. Sarah ?.
25. Sarah ?
More About Thomas Smith:
Property: 1639, Patented 300 acres at south end of a waterway flowing into Hungars Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This waterway was known as Thomas Smith's Branch. This was later assigned to John Holloway.
Children of Thomas Smith and Sarah ? are:
i. Anne Smith, married Lt. Col. John Tilney 01 Mar 1647 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1618 in England?; died 28 May 1701 in Northampton Co., VA.
12 ii. William Smith, died Abt. 1674 in Northampton Co., VA; married Sarah Browne.
iii. Argall Smith
26. John Browne, born Abt. 1593 in probably England; died Abt. 1656 in "Brownsville" tract off present-day Route 608 on Upshur Creek, Northampton Co., VA. He married 27. Ursula ?.
27. Ursula ?, died Abt. 1661 in Old Rappahannock Co., VA (present-day Richmond Co., Essex Co., or Lancaster Co., VA).
More About John Browne:
Property 1: 1642, Patented 200 acres on Nassawadox Creek on the bayside of Northampton Co., VA. This was reissued in 1646, when he also patented 100 more acres adjacent to his original. He and his wife Ursula left this land to son Thomas in 1656, but recommended it be sold.
Property 2: After writing his will, he exchanged both his Eastern Shore plantations for land across the bay "att Rappahannocke, " one of 1400 acres and the other 700 acres.
Property 3: 1652, Patented 1000 acres, which was reissued as 1262 acres three years later, on present-day Phillip's Creek near Brownsville Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This was on the seaside.
Children of John Browne and Ursula ? are:
i. Stephen Browne
ii. John Browne, Jr.
iii. Elizabeth Browne
iv. Mary Browne
v. Thomas Browne, born Abt. 1640; died Abt. 1705 in "Brownsville, " Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Denwood; born in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Thomas Browne:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker). He was apparently highly regarded for his integrity even though Quakers were persecuted at that time, and was allowed to testify in court by mere affirmation rather than on oath.
Property 1: 1662, Inherited part of brother John's land which had been left to John by their father, his 1652 patent on present-day Phillip's Creek, Northampton Co., VA. This became known as the Brownsville property, but the home was not built until abt 1806 by Upshurs.
Property 2: 1705, Left north half of his land to his daughter Sarah Browne Upshur and the south half to his daughter Anne.
13 vi. Sarah Browne, born Abt. 1642; married William Smith.
28. John Fisher, Jr., born Abt. 1601 in Pluckley, County Kent, England; died Abt. 1640 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 56. John Fisher and 57. Benetta Dering. He married 29. Elizabeth ? Bef. 1635.
29. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1610 in England?; died Aft. 12 Jun 1661 in Northampton Co., VA?.
More About John Fisher, Jr.:
Event: Was an agent for his first cousin, Capt. William Epes.
Immigration: Bef. Feb 1624, Settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Probate: 23 Mar 1640, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 04 Dec 1639, Northampton Co., VA
Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth ? are:
i. John Fisher III
ii. Stephen Fisher, married Rebecca Bagwell; died 1658 in Northampton Co., VA.
More About Rebecca Bagwell:
Probate: 28 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 03 Jun 1658, Northampton Co., VA
14 iii. Capt. Phillip Fisher, born Abt. 1637 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1703 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elizabeth Maddox.
30. Alexander Maddox, born Abt. 1613 in England?; died Bef. 04 Apr 1660 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 31. Elizabeth Johnson?.
31. Elizabeth Johnson?
More About Alexander Maddox:
Probate: 26 Apr 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 15 Jan 1660, Northampton Co., VA
Children of Alexander Maddox and Elizabeth Johnson? are:
15 i. Elizabeth Maddox, married Capt. Phillip Fisher.
ii. Thomas Maddox
iii. Ann Maddox
iv. Alexander Maddox, Jr., born Abt. 1654 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 May 1717 in Somerset Co., MD; married Mary Bell; born Abt. 1656.
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