James was born in 1670 in Scotland. He married Marie Millar in 1689 in Scotland. Marie was born about 1675 in probably Scotland. James Graham died in Feb 1758 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
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James and Marie had four children, all born in Scotland.[2]
Richard Graham (1692-?), married Agnes LNU (about 1695-?)
James Graham (1695-1783), died in Rowan County, married 1st Mary Brown in Chester, Pennsylvania, married 2nd Jane Patten
John Graham (about 1703-28 Dec 1772), married Mary Ann Armstrong (about 1705-1776) in about 1725, probably in Pennsylvania, both John and Mary Ann died in Rowan County
He was buried at Thyatira Presbyterian Curch in Rowan County. The tombstone inscription reads as follows[1]
"Here ly's the body of James Graham who departed this life February 1, 1758, Aged 88 years. Also, here ly's the body of James Armstrong who departed this life July Ye 29, 1766 Aged 30 years."
Ramsey, Robert W.. Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762[4]
"Richard Graham married Hanna Cathey in 1736 [5] and was a resident of Cecil County, Maryland, seven years later.[6] He was closely related to the numerous Grahams in the northern part of the adjoining Delaware County of New Castle, [7] and at least three of them accompanied him to North Carolina. On April 11, 1749, Richard Graham petitioned for a tract of land in Anson County and nine years later received a 567-acre tract “on each side of Second Creek, commonly called Withrow’s Creek.” [8] James and John Graham, brothers or cousins of Richard, probably took up residence in the “Irish settlement” at the same time as he, though proof of their presence in 1749 is lacking. John Graham resided on a branch of the South Yadkin eleven miles north of George Cathey.[9]James Graham’s grant, dated 24 June 1751, was described as being “on the headwaters of cold water joining a branch of cane [sic] Creek about two miles from his own house southeast between him and the trading path.” [10]Graham thus lived six miles southeast of George Cathey and (as the above description indicates) might well have been there in the spring of 1749.[11]"
Research Notes
The earliest estate records found in FamilySearch are in 1783. [12]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 April 2023), memorial page for James Graham (1670–1 Feb 1758), Find A Grave: Memorial #22487908, citing Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; maintained by Joy Steele (contributor 47692968), headstone photo.
↑ 2.02.1The Grahams of Rowan and Iredell Counties, by Robert L. Graham, Aug 10, 2012, available on-line via Amazon and Google Play, accessed Jul 2, 2017, authoritative and well-researched family history
↑ Will of James Graham, Rowan County, North Carolina Will Book G/67
↑ Ramsey, Robert W.. Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762. (p. 37). Kindle Edition. Originally published 1965, The University of North Carolina Press.
↑ “Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delaware, From 1697 to 1773,” translated from the original Swedish by Horace Burr, with an abstract of the English records from 1773 to 1810, in Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, 67 volumes (Wilmington, Del.: Delaware Printing Company, 1890), IX, 365 (hereafter cited as “Records of Old Swedes Church”). Hanna died subsequently, for Graham refers to his wife Agnes in his will.
↑ Cecil County Judgments, S.K. No. 3 (1723-30) and S.K. No. 4 (1730-32, 1736-41, 1741-43, 1746-47), Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md., S.K. No. 4 (1741-43), p. 204 (hereafter cited as Cecil Judgments).
↑ New Castle County Assessment Lists (Brandywine Hundred, 1739), Hall of Records, Dover, Del., unpaginated folder (hereafter cited as New Castle Assessments, unpaginated). New Castle County Court of Common Pleas, 1703-17, 1727-40 (the original lists are in folders undesignated save by a penciled number on the outside cover), Hall of Records, Dover, Del., Folder XIV (1727-30), 7, 9; XXVIII (1733), 34, 46; XXI (1731-36), 5; XXV (1732-40), 2, 48, 50; XXVI (1738-41), 11 (hereafter cited as New Castle Common Pleas). Rowan Wills, B, 27
↑ G, 66, 67, 86, 87. 89. NCCR, IV, 949-50; Rowan Deeds, II, 253.
↑ A tombstone in Thyatira Cemetery bears the inscription “James Graham, died January 1, 1758, aged 88.” This aged patriarch, who was born before any of the other settlers considered in this study (as far as the author -Robert Ramsey- has been able to determine), was evidently the father or uncle of these early Grahams of North Carolina.
↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6F-SS6 : 20 November 2015), James Graham, 1783; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,498,463.
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about James Graham, Name: James Graham, Birth Date: 1670, Birthplace: Eng, South Carolina, Chief Justice, Volume: 66, Page Number: 52, Reference: A hist Of the Glen fam. Of SC. And Ga. By J.G. B. Bulloch. 1923. (134p.):9, 12, 92
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about James Graham, Name: James Graham, Gender: male, Birth Place: St, Birth Year: 1670, Spouse Name: Jean ???, Spouse Birth Year: 1675, Number Pages: 1
Source: S61 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Data Changed: 08 Jul 2011, 19:52:40 CREA 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:08 Text: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: [Q:1], Ancestry Family Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14836175&pid=171332998
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
Graham-12096 and Graham-1783 appear to represent the same person because: they share a similar birth year, the same spouse, Marie/Mary Millar, and the same son, James Graham.