Thomas Milam (abt. 1716 - 1775)

Born about 1716 in Lancaster County, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1775 at about age 59 in Bedford County, Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Milam is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-52854
Rank: unknown

Thomas was born about 1716 and died about 1775. He married Mary Rush.

See History of Thomas Milam by researcher William Milam.^[1]

Sons of Thomas and Mary Rush Milam

1. William, Born circa 1738, or earlier {see above} - Orange County (became Culpeper County in 1749)
2. John, Born c. 1742 or earlier {see above} - Orange County (in 1749 Culpeper County)
3. Benjamin, Born c. 1746 or earlier, {see above} - Orange County (in 1749 Culpeper County)
4. Moses, Born c. 1752 or earlier {see above} - Culpeper County
5. Zachariah, Born c. 1755 - Culpeper County
6. Solomon, Born c. 1757 - Culpeper County
7. Rush, Born October 1759 - Culpeper County^[2]

Research Notes

• PARENTS: It is impossible for Joseph Milam and Martha Gardner to be the parents of Thomas Milam since Thomas was born several years before they were married in Lancaster County, Virginia, as was pointed out by Robert Wilbanks in the early 1990s. You may read my webpage for full details:

http://www.milaminvirginia.com/genealogy.html

• from William Milam, August 2015:

Robert Wilbanks IV and I recently agreed to place this request on our websites:

Please help to discontinue the propagation and perpetuation of outdated conclusions, false research, and mis-information on Milam family history.

Based upon court records, etc. Robert and I also agree that Thomas Milam (1716 - 1775) married Mary Rush - not a Mary Rush Adams - and are discontinuing the use of the latter name. In addition, Robert has a webpage on Major Changes in Virginia Milam's history which you should read by clicking on this link:

http://www.robertwilbanks.com/milam/milamresearchnew.html

I placed the above request on my Genealogy Notes page:

http://www.milaminvirginia.com/genealogy.html

Please consider updating your family histories for your descendants and encourage others to do so.

In other news, this Spring / Summer I added new chapters on Benjamin Milam, John Milam, Moses Milam and Zachariah Milam including some original research which I found over the past few years and images of many documents.

Thanks for the consideration and best wishes,,,,

William Milam

www.milaminvirginia.com

DNA Information

The MILAM Y-DNA Project is organized for all who wish to work together to find their common heritage through Y-DNA testing and by sharing information. Currently we have 81 members of whom 26 are from Great Britain.

Most MILAMs in America are descendants of John Milam Sr (ca 1718 - 1789) and Thomas Milam (ca 1716-1775) who lived in the Piedmont region of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in the mid 1700s. By 2021 fifteen Americans from our Surname Project have taken the FTDNA BIG Y DNA sequencing analysis. This analysis looks at more than ten million nucleotide base pairs on the Y-chromosome for SNPs or variants.

The details and full discussion are here: http://www.milaminvirginia.com/genetics.html#big_y

Thomas was born in 1720. He passed away in 1775.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Thomas Milam from MilaminVirginia.com
2. ↑ [2] Genealogy Notes from MilamInVirginia.com

See Also:

• The William Rush Family of Westmoreland County, VA A History of Their First Century (1650 - 1750)
• Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
  Source number: 1728.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PS2
  Ancestry Record 7836 #832796 (accessed 20 July 2023)
  Thomas Milam marriage to Mary Rush Adams in 1748 in VA.
• Burial: "Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current"
  Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #60025051
  Ancestry Record 60541 #322889 (accessed 20 July 2023)
  Thomas Milam burial (died in 1775).
• Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index"
  Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet
  Ancestry Record 62476 #6409977972 (accessed 20 July 2023)
  Name: Thomas Milam; Gender: M (Male); Birth Date: 1716; Death Date: mars 1775 (Mar 1775); Death Place: Bedford County, Virginia, USA; Spouse: Mary Rush; Child: Benjamin Rush Milam John Milam Rush Milam Jordan Mileham; View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/bmmills?n=milam&oc=1&p=thomas.
• Family History or Pedigree: "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"
  Volume: 265
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #1147741 (accessed 2 August 2023)
  Name: Thomas Milam; Birth Date: 1727; Death Date: 1775; SAR Membership: 52854; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 27 Sep 1933; Father: Samuel Milam; Mother: Martha Gardner; Spouse: Mary Adams; Children: Benjamin Milam.
• Milam milum Patton family records by Wanda Richardson 2002
• See also: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/milam/151/
• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-4466 : Fri Mar 08 21:47:09 UTC 2024), Entry for John Milam, November 1777.

• https://www.milaminvirginia.com/