Sergeant
Henry
Byam
Born in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Byam
and Mary (Fisk) Byam
Brother of
Mary (Byam) Proctor, George Byam, Experience Byam, Jona Byam [half], Dorcas (Byam) Harris [half], Abigail Byam [half] and Benjamin Byam [half]
Husband of
Lucy Fletcher
— married
12 Apr 1742 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Amos Byam
Died
at age 63
in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Sep 2010
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Biography
Sergeant Henry Byam was the son of Abraham Byam and Mary Fisk. He was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 27 September 1720.[1] On 12 April 1742 he married Lucy Fletcher in Chelmsford.[2] Amos and Lucy had at least eleven children. Amos passed away on 8 March 1784 in Chelmsford.[3]
Children of Henry Byam and Lucy Fletcher
- Henry Byam (1743-1745) died young
- Lucy Byam (1744-1745) died young
- Lucy Byam (1747-1775)
- Esther Byam (1748-1775)
- Henry Byam (1750-1756) died young
- James Byam (1752-1756)died young
- Amos Byam (1754-1792) married Sarah Pierce (1759-1858) who remarried Oliver Parkhurst
- Willard Byam (1756-1776)
- Mary Byam (1757-????)
- Rebecca Byam (1759-????) married Nathaniel Foster
- Oliver Byam (1762-1763) died young
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1914, pg. 50.
- ↑ Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1914, pg. 200.
- ↑ Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1914, pg. 374.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry 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 Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry 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 Henry:
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