Ensign Branch Elam served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Notes
Dar record shows spouse as MARY SNELLINGS . Don't know if she is Branch's 1st or 2nd wife.
Sources
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 2020), "Record of ancestor name", Ancestor # A212289.
The Elam Family : By Harvey W. Elam. The Elam Family : By Harvey W. Elam
Salyers and Elams of Virginia : By Kenneth W. Collins. Salyers and Elams of Virginia : By Kenneth W. Collins
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCT-CZ1 : 5 December 2014), Branch Elam and Dinah Elam, 02 Apr 1773; citing Chesterfield, Virginia, reference p 2; FHL microfilm 30,869.
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCT-X2G : 5 December 2014), Branch Elam in entry for Thomas Godsey and Phebe Baugh Elam, 01 Mar 1800; citing Chesterfield, Virginia, reference p 60; FHL microfilm 30,869.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Branch 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 Branch:
A child's birth date (Elam-649 born 25 Jun 1752) should not be before a parent is six years old (Elam-477 born 1752) .