Margaret (Aldam) Killam (1619 - abt. 1673)

Wife of John Kilham — married 26 May 1645 in St George, Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died about 22 Jan 1673 at about age 54 in Balby, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)

Margaret was baptised at Warmsworth, Yorkshire on 20 July 1619, with her father named as William.^[1]

She married John Killam.^[2][3] The marriage took place at Doncaster, Yorkshire on 26 May 1645.^[4][5] They had the following children:

• Jane, born August 1646^[6]
• John, born February 1650^[6]
• Mary, born July 1651^[6]
• Bathsheba, born April 1654^[6]
• Elizabeth, born February 1657^[6]
• Emmanuel, born May 1661^[6]

She and her husband were among the "Balby Seekers" who joined the Quaker movement in 1651.^[3][7] She is described as a "great traveller and sufferer" for her Quaker beliefs.^[2][8] In 1654 she and others were pelted with filth in Sedbergh, Yorkshire.^[9] In 1656 she was at Plymouth, Devon, where she helped guide the young Quaker gathering: she was imprisoned for two months in Exeter, Devon at the end of 1656, being taken ten miles on horseback with her arms tied behind her and her feet tied under the horse.^[10]

She died in January 1673 and was buried at Balby, Yorkshire on 22 January 1672/3 ("22nd day of the 11th month").^[11]

Research Notes

Information on Children

The following is from H E Smith's Annals of Smith of Cantley, Balby, and Doncaster, County York:^[12]

" John and Margaret (Aldam) Killam had issue 2 sons and 4 daus.

• John Killam of Warmsworth and Balby born 5 XII. 1649; mar. 28 III. 1672, Mary second dau. of Robert Stacye of Ballifield and London, (see p. 23.) She mar. secondly, Francis Smith, (p. 9.)
• Emmanuel Killam, born 20 III. 1661 ; mar. . . . ; issue a son
• Jane Killam, born 4 VI. 1646 ; mar. 14 V. 1667, Edmond Morley of Adling- flcet.
• Mary Killam, born 14 V. 1651; mar. 7 V. 1670, Bartholomew Bottaly of Harworth, Notts.
• Bathsheba Killam, born 14 II. 1654.
• Elizabeth Killam, born 17 XII. 1656; mar. 27 XII. 1706, Jonathan West of Kneepswood, Sheffield"

Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts Of Baptisms, FindMyPast
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Norman Penney (ed.). "The Journal of George Fox", Cambridge University Press, 1911, pp. 461-462, note 353, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} William C Braithwaite. The Beginnings of Quakerism, 2nd edition, William Sessions, 1981, p. 59
4. ↑ FreeReg transcript, accessed 20 August 2019
5. ↑ West Yorkshire Marriage Registers, Vol 3, England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913, FindMyPast
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Richard J Hoare. The Balby Seekers and Richard Farnworth, Quaker Studies: Vol. 8: Iss. 2, 2003, Article 6, pp. 196-198, George Fox University website, accessed 17 August 2019
7. ↑ Norman Penney (ed.), "The Journal of George Fox", p. 402, Internet Archive
8. ↑ William C Braithwaite, The Beginnings of Quakerism, 2nd edition, p. 369
9. ↑ William C Braithwaite, The Beginnings of Quakerism, 2nd edition, p. 295
10. ↑ William C Braithwaite, The Beginnings of Quakerism, 2nd edition, pp. 204 and 235
11. ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841, YORKSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Balby (comprising Sheffield, Doncaster, etc), ref. RG6/1376, FindMyPast and accompanying image
12. ↑ Henry Ecroyd Smith. Annals of Smith of Cantley, Balby, and Doncaster, County York: Embracing Elaborate Pedigrees of the Connected Families and Biographical Notices of Their More Eminent Members, 1878, published for subscribers only, pp. 12-13, Internet Archive