Joseph (Ketcham) Ketchum (1649 - 1730)

Born 13 Apr 1649 in Southold, Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Lindall) Ketcham — married 3 Apr 1679 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (Jagger) Hanford — married about 1700 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Jun 1730 at age 81 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Joseph (Ketcham) Ketchum^[1] was born on 13 Apr 1649 in Southold, Long Island, New York (now Huntington, Suffolk Co., NY), son of Edward Ketcham Sr. (~1590 - 1655) and Sarah (Salmon) Whitney (1608 - 1672).

His siblings were:

1. Samuel Ketcham (>1610 - )
2. Joseph Ketcham (>1610 - )
3. Mary Ketcham (1620 - )
4. John Ketcham I (1622 - 1697)
5. Hester Ketcham (<1626 - 1655)
6. Hannah Ketcham (1628 - 1655)
7. Samuel Ketcham (1640 - 1707)
8. Sarah (Ketcham) Whitman (1640 - >1704)
9. Edward Ketcham (1642 - 1722)
10. Rebecca (Ketcham) Taylor (1648 - 1729)
11. Edward Ketcham (1650 - 1700)

Joseph married Mercy Lindall (1658 - >1696) on 3 Apr 1679 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.^[2], ^[3] Their children were:

Sarah (Ketchum) Ketcham 23 Jan 1679 – 1730

Nathaniel Ketcham 19 February 1681 – about 19 September 1738

Elizabeth (Ketchum) Gregory Fountain 19 February 1681 – 1730

Hannah (Ketchum) Olmstead 9 May 1683 – 1751

Capt. Joseph (Ketchum) Ketcham 1686 – 1772

John Ketcham III 2 February 1689 – 4 April 1740

Benjamin Ketchum 1690 – March 1741

Samuel (Ketchum) Ketcham 1691 – 1771

Deborah (Ketchum) Clugston. 1696 – 1751

Joseph married Sarah Jagger ( - ) in 1700 in Norwalk.

Joseph died on Jun 1730 in Norwalk aged ~81.

Research Notes

He was about seven years old when his father passed away. By the time he was thirteen, the family removed to Norwalk, Connecticut where he lived most of his life.

In 1701 he was in the service of the town of Norwalk and in 1705 he was elected a Selectman of the town. Joseph owned many large parcels of land in and around Norwalk. The Ketchums were members of the Congregationalist Church. Joseph changed the spelling of the name to "Ketchum." many of his descendants use the surname Ketchum rather than Ketcham.

His wife, Mercy, likely predeceased him and he married Sarah. Sarah is mentioned in his will. Sarah may be the mother of some of the above children.

He passed away between the signing of his will, 4 May 1730 and the date it was proven, 3 July 1730. ^[4][5] He was buried at Norwalk.

Sources

1. ↑ Robert P. Addleman, Ketchum-McCorkell Pioneers (Closson Press, Apollo, PA, October 1993; Subtitle: Midwestern Families of Lillias Jacinth Burton Bobo, Thompson, Walker & other allied families), p. 29
2. ↑ Marriage Record of Joseph Ketchum and Mercy Lindall, Barbour Connecticut Towns Collection, Norwalk CT.
3. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A Torrey, 435.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T27B  : 2 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627301, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 222-225.
5. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volumes I & II (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930-1932), I: 359. Rec. Date: 15 Jul 2015. Cit. Date: 15 Jul 2015

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"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3T-1NQ8 : 15 April 2022), Joseph Ketcham, ; citing Marriage, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272237.

"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XX-3XMM : 14 April 2022), Joseph Ketcham in entry for Mercy Lindall, ; citing Marriage, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.

Norwalk Vital Records pg 83

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77L-487 : 7 January 2020), Joseph Ketcham in entry for Sarah Ketcham, 1679.

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74S-F3F : 7 January 2020), Joseph Ketcham in entry for Nathaniell Ketcham, 1681.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70402177/joseph-ketchum: accessed 30 December 2022), memorial page for Joseph Ketchum (13 Apr 1649–Jun 1730), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70402177, citing East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Janis Dare Thompson (contributor 48360110).