Obedience (Elam) Walthall (1724 - aft. 1760)

Born 1724 in Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Christopher Walthall Sr. — married 1746 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1760 after age 36 in Amelia, Virginia

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Biography

Obedience Elam, born about 1724 in Henrico County, Virginia, was the daughter of Robert Elam, Sr. and Elizabeth Anne Bolling. She grew up in a large family and was surrounded by the many cousins of the Elam and Bolling families. She married Mr. Christopher Walthall, Sr. about 1746 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. There are four named children of this marriage. Obedience passed away after 1760 in Amelia County, Virginia.

Sources

• http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19150613.1.43:

"Christopher (4) Walthall was horn 1724. In March, 1757, there was a lawsuit in ' Chesterfield by Christopher Walthall and Obedience, his wife,' against Robert Elam. He probably lived in Amelia County as there is in Chesterfield a deed dated July 29, 1779, from Richard, son of Christopher Walthall, of Amelia, to James.Yates. Christopher <4) had at least one child, Richard (5)."

• Walthall, Christopher Sr (1724/5 - 1778) married Obedience Elam ( - ) – QA Richard Walthall A9472, http://www.jamestowne.org/revolutionary-war-era-people.html

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~celam/Database/aqwg06.htm#7433

• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~celam/Database/aqwg05.htm, accessed 6 May 2021

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L75M-NCP/obedience-elam-1724-1814, accessed 4 May 2021

• http://www.jamestowne.org/lineage-paper-project.html, accessed 22 May 2021