Deacon Daniel Markham1,2

#2277, b. 22 June 1641, d. 6 February 1711/12
FatherJames Markham b. c 1612
MotherMartha Collins b. c 1610

Spouse 1

Elizabeth Whitmore b. 1 May 1649, d. c 1676

Spouse 2

Patience Harris b. c 1653, d. 19 Mar 1732/33

BMDB

     Deacon Daniel Markham was baptized on 22 June 1641 at Earls Colne, Essex, England.3 He married, first, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass, on 3 November 1669 Elizabeth Whitmore, daughter of Francis Whitmore and Isabel Parke.4 He married, second, in Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 21 January 1677/78 Patience Harris, daughter of William Harris and Edith Dorney.5 Deacon Daniel Markham died on 6 February 1711/12 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, at age 70; The recorded date of 1712/13 is in erroe because probate was in progress in April of 1712.5

Other Events

     Circa 1655 Deacon Daniel Markham emigrated from England to Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass.3 In 1677, Daniel moved from Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, to Conn.6 His estate was probated on 18 February 1711/12 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.7

Time Line

Baptism1641, Earls Colne, Essex, England3
Emigrationc 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass3
Marriage1669, Cambridge, Middlesex, MassElizabeth Whitmore4
Death of Wifec 1676, Cambridge, Middlesex, MassElizabeth Whitmore8
Move-to1677, Conn6
Marriage1678, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnPatience Harris5
Death1712, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn5
Probate1712, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn7
ChartsDescendants of John Collins
Descendants of Thomas Harris
Descendants of Francis Whitmore
Deacon's Descendants

Flags

Probate Found
Middletown First Settler

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 3:152.
  2. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 2:996.
  3. Jack L. White & D. Jolene White, The Bramford-Earls Colne Connection (Baltimore: Otter Bay Books, 2012), 208.
  4. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1914-15), 2:256.
  5. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Middletown (Conn.) Vital Records in Land Records, Volume 1," The American Genealogist 12 (1935-36):155-170, 210-222; 13 (1936-37):032-045, at 13:45.
  6. White & White, Connection, 110.
  7. Charles Williams Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford: RS Peck & Company, 1904-1906), 2:256.
  8. White & White, Connection, 209.