John Gilliam was born in 1594 in Twickenham, England. At age 20, he married Amy Fountayn in Durham, England.[1]
He immigrated to Virginia in 1642.[2][3] His will was proven on January 15, 1651. [4]
Research Notes
The only marriage source I have found for a Gilliam and a Fontayne between 1600 and 1650 is:
Buckinghamshire : Newport Pagnell : St Peter and St Paul : Phillimore's Transcripts : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817ae23e93790eb7f605bd6 : viewed 22 Oct 2022) marriage John Gillum to Susana Fountayne 02 Oct 1629
Sources
↑ A source is needed for marriage and spouse's name.
↑ Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
↑ Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
↑ Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Ancestry.com, 2004 (See images tab)
Title: Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records: Book "A" 1637-1646 and Book "B" 1646-1651/2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Walter, Alice Granbery. Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records: Book "A" 1637-1646 and Book "B" 1646-1651/2. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Note: APID: 1,49230::0
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