Jemima Killam (1742 - aft. 1784)

Born 2 Mar 1742 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Eli Bush — married 23 Nov 1768 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Died after 21 Nov 1784 after age 42 in New York

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Biography

Jemima Killam was born on 2 Mar 1742 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, daughter of Lot Killam (1717 - 1772) and Jemima (Pease) Killam (1716 - 1780).

Her siblings were:

1. Patience Killam (1750 - 1828)
2. Eliphalet Killam (1753 - 1830)

She married Eli Bush b. 1741 on 23 Nov 1768 ^[1]

Birth records linked to Eli Bush's profile on Familysearch (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K2SV-BSD) not children including:

1. Lusina Bush Daughter 1769
2. Jemima Bush Daughter 1773
3. Darius Bush Son 1776
4. Agnes Bush Daughter 21 Nov 1784

There was probably a first daughter Agness b. Feb 1781 based on her death info ^[2] that passed away in March of 1784.

Jemima died after 21 Nov 1784 in New York aged >42.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-Z3ND : Fri Mar 08 23:00:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Jemima Killam and Eli Bush, 23 November 1768.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NN-PJS : Sat Mar 09 07:36:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Agness Bush and Eli, 1 March 1784.

• Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WV-WB8 : 7 January 2020), Jemima Killum, 1742.
• Birth of daughter Agnes 1784: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77X-Y2F : 7 January 2020), Jemima in entry for Agnes Bush, 1784.