James Oldham (abt. 1746 - 1829)

Born about 1746 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Didamay (Merritt) Oldham — married 1 Dec 1803 in Madison County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1829 at about age 83 in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

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James was born in 1742. He passed away in 1829.

This James should NOT be confused with the one who married Leah Stephens:

James Oldham (m. Leah Stephens) died in Fayette or Union Co., IN, the parent of Stephen Oldham) is different than the James (died in Hopkins Co., Kentucky) who married Diadamah (Todd) Merritt widow of Levi Merritt. The first wife of this second James is not known. Both James Oldhams were born in Virginia. Merging these two is a common mistake. The James that married Leah Stephens was born in Fairfax (later Loudoun Co., VA) and the James that had, as his second marriage, Diadamah was born in Fauquier Co., VA (said to be the son of Richard Oldham and Elizabeth Bayse).

The migration path of the James who married Leah is Loudoun --> Frederick --> Henry, VA --> ? --> Sevier Co., TN --> Jennings twp., Fayette Co. IN, all documented. This James (m. Leah) was probably the son of the James Oldham (d. 1752) in the part of Fairfax Co., VA that became Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County. His wife's name is not known. James (m. Leah) shows up in the Loudoun Co. records as soon as he comes of age in Loudoun Co., VA as a tithe on the farm of John Smarr in 1767, indicating he has turned 16 (b. 1751 or so.) His brother George is a tithe on the same Smarr's land a couple of years earlier. John Smarr was a neighbor of the James who died in Loudoun in 1752 (Oldham witnessed Smarr's land transactions in Shelburne Parish before 1752.) In 1774 in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun Co., VA he married Leah Stephens. James (m. Leah) bought land in 1776 on the banks of the Shenandoah in Frederick County. James left a will in 1827 in Fayette Co., IN and names wife Leah, sons Stephen, Moses, George, William, John, James and daughters Nancy Sewal, Sarah Longley and Mary Adams.

The migration path of the other James is Fauquier VA --> Caswell Co., NC --> Pendleton Dist., SC (now Anderson Co., SC) --> Hopkins Co., KY. He left a will, March 1826, in Hopkins Co., KY and names wife Damy and sons of first wife: George, James, William, John, Preston, Tapley and Elias; also the three sons by Diadamah ("Damy"): Esquire, Reuben and Jesse.

Sources

• Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44T-26F : 11 February 2018), James Oldham and Didamy Merrit, 01 Dec 1803; citing Madison, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 183,302.
• Henkestrand geneaology website
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5094280/james-davis-oldham : accessed 13 November 2021), memorial page for James Davis Oldham (1745–29 Dec 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5094280, citing Flat Creek Cemetery, Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by charlene onley-ingram (contributor 19381630) .