Eliakim
Killam
I
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of John Killam 6th
and Joanna (Parrot) Killam
Brother of
John Killam 2nd of Yar, Abraham Killam, Asa Killam, Isaac Killam, Jacob Killam, Sarah Killam, Mark Killam, Joanna (Killam) Sullivan, Abagail Killam and Kezia Killam
Husband of
Margaret (Mattingly) Killam
— married
about 1800 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James M. Killam 1st, Hannah Killam, John Killam, Mary Killam, Margaret Killam, Abigail Killam, Eliakim Killam II, Martha Killam and Phoebe Killam
Died about
at about age 81
in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2017
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Biography
Eliakim was born May 17, 1778, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was the son of John Killam and Joanna Parrot.[1][2]
About 1800, Eliakim married Margaret Mattingly at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of James Mattingly and Emma Corning.
They had nine children:[3]
- James M. Killam (1801-1879)
- Hannah Killam (1802-1870)
- John Killam (1804-1840)
- Mary Killam (1806-1888)
- Margaret "Peggy" Killam (1808 - )
- Abigail Killam (1812 - )
- Eliakim Killam II (1814-1872)
- Martha Killam (1814 - )
- Phoebe Killam (1819 - )
Margaret passed away in 1832 and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Hebron, Yarmouth County.[4] Eliakim was buried there as well after his death on November 2, 1859.[5] They share a memorial stone with their son John.
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch: Eliakim Killam. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LV74-HGN
- ↑ Early Vital Records of the Township of Yarmouth.: Yarmouth County Historical Society, 1982. page 1-31. Eliakim Killam born Yarmouth May 17 1778
- ↑ Early Vital Records of the Township of Yarmouth.: Yarmouth County Historical Society, 1982.
- ↑ Find a Grave: Margaret Mattingly Killam. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115937430/margaret-killam
- ↑ Find a Grave: Eliakim Killam. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115937220/eliakim-killam
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliakim 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 Eliakim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliakim 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 Eliakim:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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