John Killam 6th (abt. 1740 - abt. 1823)

Born about 16 Aug 1740 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

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Died about 1823 at about age 82 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

John was born about 1740, the son of John Killam and Sarah Patch of Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts^[1]

On April 23, 1765, he married Joanna Parrot^[2]. The marriage notice was posted December 8, 1764^[3]

In 1766, John moved from Wenham to Yarmouth Nova Scotia, and settled on a land grant at the head of the Chegoggin River^[4]. Like many other families of this region who emigrated to Yarmouth, Joanna and her two oldest children followed, once the homestead was established.

Their children included:

1. John II, born December 16, 1765^[5], who married Sarah Allen, February 16, 1794
2. Abraham, born April 19, 1767^[6], who married Susanna Rose, daughter of Richard Rose
3. Asa, born May 23, 1769, who married Anna Walker, daughter of John Walker on April 15, 1790, and who drowned in 1795. His widow Anna remarried Christopher Rost. their daughter Mary married Wellington Killam, son of Mark; and Margery married John Sullivan, son of Joseph. Anna Walker died August 13, 1853.
4. Isaac, born April 5, 1772, who married Elizabeth Woodbury, daughter of John Woodbury of Ipswich on December 8, 1800^[7], and who died circa 1840 without children^[8]
5. Jacob, born May 4, 1774^[9], who married Susanna Hersey, daughter of Levi Hersey on May 26, 1808^[10], and who died Sept 3, 1843
6. Sarah, born November 18, 1776, who married Captain Samuel Corning, son of Ebenezer Corning, and who died January 18, 1835
7. Eliakim, born May 17, 1778, who married Margaret Mattingly, daughter of James; and then married Elizabeth Sims (widow); and then married Susanna (Brown) Goodwin, widow of John Goodwin on October 23, 1844; and who died November 2, 1869^[11]
8. Mark, born November 29, 1779, who married Abigail Mattingly, daughter of Jemes in 1802, and who died January 4, 1854
9. Joanna, born September 17, 1781, who married Joseph Sullivan, son of Patrick, who died June 4, 1868
10. Abigail, born November 20, 1783, who died March 8, 1784
11. Kezia, born June 25, 1786, who died at age 18, unmarried.

No further information found.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-96GR : 13 July 2016), John Killum, 16 Aug 1740; citing Birth, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,290
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWC-S32 : 13 July 2016), John Junr. Killam and Mrs. Joanna Parrot, 23 Apr 1765; citing Marriage, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,290.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWC-9J9 : 13 July 2016), John Jr. Killiam and Mrs. Joanna Parrot, 08 Dec 1764; citing Marriage Notice, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,290.
4. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 281, 282, 672, 674
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9FKT : 13 July 2016), John Killam, 16 Dec 1765; citing Birth, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,290.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-96TV : 13 July 2016), Abraham Killam, 19 Apr 1767; citing Birth, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,290.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8J-5HW : 4 December 2014), Isaac Killam and Elizabeth Woodbury, 06 Dec 1800; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874032 IT 1-2.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH11-3DM : 10 December 2014), Isaac Killam, 18 Mar 1840; citing Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, reference Bk C p 224; FHL microfilm 761,323.
9. ↑ "United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD5T-CJ9 : 4 December 2014), Jacob Killam, 1823; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication M334 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 418,253
10. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH64-L94 : 9 December 2014), Jacob Killam in entry for Zelinda Moses, 19 Sep 1903; citing Allegan Vill., Allegan, Michigan, reference v 3 p 49; FHL microfilm 1,017,873.
11. ↑ "Nova Scotia Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQD-FD7 : 8 November 2014), Eliakam Killam, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing line 38; Library and Archives Canada film number M-883, Public Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 865,131.