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John Markham of Chesterfield Co. VA
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George3 Markham (Bernard2, John1) (#6223) was born 6 Feb 1783.(94)
He married twice. He married Eliza Evans before 1806.(95) (Eliza Evans is #6246.) He married Fannie Taylor Garland 22 Jan 1818.(96) (Fannie Taylor Garland is #6253.) Fannie was born 4 Oct 1791 in Hanover Co, VA.(97) Fannie was the daughter of John Garland and Nancy (Garland). Fannie died of yellow fever 17 Sept 1853 in Mobile, AL, at 61 years of age.(98) She died of yellow fever.
In the 1820 Census, George was listed as a head of household in Powhatan Co, VA.(99) He and his wife were age 26-44, with a boy and two girls 10-14 and three boys and a girl under age 10. Ten persons were engaged in agriculture; there were sixteen slaves in the household.
George Markham and Eliza Evans had the following children:
+ 51 i. George Evans4 Markham was born 24 Feb 1806.
52 ii. Mary Sterling Markham (#6248) was born 16 Aug 1807.(100) Mary died 21 May 1826 at 18 years of age.(101)
53 iii. Ann Maria Markham (#6249) was born 1 April 1809.(102) Ann died 13 March 1832 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co, VA, at 22 years of age.(103) She married John Myrick 1 Aug 1830 in Amherst Co, VA.(104) (John Myrick is #6293.)
+ 54 iv. James Bernard Markham was born 15 Oct 1810.
55 v. Charles Nathaniel Markham (#6251) was born Jan 1813.(105)
>> You will note that Devereux was born in Yazoo MS. 56 vi. Devereux Jarratt Markham (#6252) was born Dec 1813.(106) Devereux died 6 Jan 1841 in Yazoo Co, MS, at 27 years of age.(107) He drowned near the town of Benton.
George Markham and Fannie Taylor Garland had the following children:
>>57 vii. Francis Elizabeth Markham(108) (#6255) was born after 1815 Could Francis Elizabeth be the daughter of George?
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More about John Markham, possible ancestor of Francis Markham Russell.
ID: I2531
Name: John MARKHAM
Given Name: John
Surname: Markham
Sex: M
Birth: 5 Mar 1710 in Fiddown, Kilkenny County, Ireland
Death: 1765 in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Reference Number: 02531.PN
_UID: 61A2B4214BA542B1B66379E2950B6174A4CB
Change Date: 24 Aug 2007 at 03:56
Note:
The information on this family was obtained from the Bibl e Record of George
Markham (Bible owner: Mrs. George Lyng Bryant, Leesburg, Fl orida)
The Will of John Markham, Chesterfield County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen I, John Markham, of the County of Chesterfield being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind & memory make & ordain this my last will & testament, in manner and form following:
First I give & bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca one Negro fellow named Bristol with his wife Lucy, and their two sons Jonny & Dublin with all their future Increase to her & her heirs forever, also one feather Bed of furniture at her brother Bernards.
Item I give unto my daughter Judith one negro man George with his wife Amey & their son London with all their future Increase to her & her heirs forever, also one feather Bed of furniture, But in Case of the death of either of my daughter Rebecca or Judith before they arive of lawfull age or Marry, then my desire is that their part be equally divided by my Executors one half to go to the Surviving Sister Rebecca or Judith and the other half to be equally divided between my four sons John Vincent George & Archibald, but in case of the death of both of my said daughters before they arrive of lawfull age or marry that then the whole of their parts be equally divided between my sons aforesaid
Item I give unto my daughter Catherine Smith one feather Bed of Furnitu
Item I give unto my son William Five pounds current Money
Item I give unto my son Bernard five pounds current Money
Item I give & bequeath unto my four Sons John Vincent Georg e and Archibald my Negroes York, Toby, Wiggom, Tom, Silvie, & Aaron, to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever
All the rest of my Estate both real & personal of every kind whatsoever I give & sense to my Executors hereafter named (except my Land & Ferry opposite to Warwick in Henrico County) in trust to be by them sold for the best price that may be got and in such manner as they shall think proper, and the Money issuing from such Sale after my just debts are paid is to be equally divided between my four sons aforenamed John, Vincent, George & Archibald or so much thereof as will make their proportion of my Estate with what I have already given them amount to the Sum of two hundred & fifty pounds current Money.
My Lands houses & Ferry opposite to Warwick in Henrico Coun ty aforesaid I give & devise to my Executors hereafter named to be rented for the best price that can be got & the money issuing from such Rent I give to be equally divided between my sons John Vincent George & Archibald aforesaid and my mind is that when Brett Randolph's Estate is divided between his children who ever of them get married shall have the offer of my aforesaid Land & Ferry, and pay to my heirs the price the said Land & Ferry shall be valued to by three different men. But if they refuse to give the price it shall be valued at That then my Executors sell the same for the best price that can be got and in Case the Legacies which I have given my sons John, Vincent, George & Archibald should not amount to the sum of Two hundred & fifty pounds then I desire it may be made up out of the money arising from the sale of such land & ferry, and if there should be any overplus after paying my four Sons the legacies aforesaid then I give to my daughters Rebecca & Judith so much as will make their shares of the estate with what I have already given them amount to the Sum of two hundred fifty pound sand in case there shall be any thing remain after paying the Legacies aforesaid I desire the same may be equally
divided between all my children. And lastly I constitute and appoint my friend Benjamin Watkins and my sons Bernard, Vincent and George to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twentieth day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy.
Signed dated Published
......................................./s/John Markham
in presence of
Dudly Brooke
William Balch
Samuel Brooks
Thomas Wooldridge
Chesterfield Will Book 2, p. 138-139. Will - dated 1770 Pro ved 1 Feb. 1771 (O.B. 4, p. 493) Further proved 3 May 177 1 (O.B. 4, p. 515)
Chesterfield Order Book 5, p. 35. Bernard Markham
appointed guardian of Rebekah and Judith Makham, 6 September 1771.
Chesterfield Will Book 2, p. 146-148. Inv. & Appr. - undate d Returned 7 August 1772. (O.B. 5, p. 129)
Chesterfield Order Book 6, p. 337. Bernard Markham
granted letters of administration on John Markham's estate, 4 Jan uary 1782.
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danielbsr&id=I02531
BOOK IV, PART I
MARKHAMS OF BECCA
VIRGINIA MARKHAMS
John Markham of Chesterfield County (Virginia) was a Justice of the Peace, and High Sheriff in 1765. He died in February 1771, leaving a son named Bernard by his wife Catherine Mathews. Bernard Markham was a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Public Safety for Chesterfield County in 1774-5, and lieutenant-colonel. He lived at 'Ware', three miles from Richmond (Va.).
His brothers were John, whose descendants are in Kentucky, and settled near Frankfort; his sons were William, George, and Bernard — this family possessed John's family Bible (1720), but it was lost during the Civil War; George, of Chesterfield County, whose son Vincent married Obedience Beasley and had four sons; Vincent, Judge of Denver, born 1829 and died 1895; and David Markham of Arizona, William, Archibald, and three daughters.
Bernard married Mary Harris, and had a son, George Markham, who married Eliza Evans and went to Alabama. His sons were:
Dr. James Bernard Markham of Pulaski (Tennessee), married to Annie Hayes, by whom he had two daughters, Bernard, born 1880, and Sarah, born 1884. George Evans Markham, born in 1806, who had a son, George Spence Markham. William Henry Markham of St. Louis, father of George, born in 1859, and Robert, born in 1866. Besides George, who went to Alabama, Colonel Bernard Markham had a son John, who married Lucy Champe Fleming in 1770, and had a son William. This William had two sons, the Rev. Thomas R. Markham, D.D., a Presbyterian minister at New Orleans, who died childless in 1894, aged 65, and William F. Markham of Huntersville (Texas), father of Dr. Thomas Osborne Markham.
Events:
1. Immigration; 1720; New York. 156
Marriage Information:
John married Catharine Matthews, daughter of Col. Peter Matthews and Bridget, after 1721 156. (Catharine Matthews died before 20 Oct 1770 in Virginia.)
http://ralphinla.rootsweb.com/mrkmvacf.htm#i259
John1 Markham(1) (#259) was born in England perhaps around 1700. John died about 1771 in Chesterfield Co, VA.
He married Catharine Mathews probably around 1735. (Catharine Mathews is #5914.) Catharine died before 1770.
In 1720 John Markham came to New York. Sometime afterwards he settled in Chesterfield Co, VA.
He made a will 20 Oct 1770 in Chesterfield Co, VA.(2) His will names children Bernard, John, Vincent, George, Archibald, William, Catherine Smith, Rebecca, and Judith.
An inventory of John's estate was taken before Feb 1772 in Chesterfield Co, VA.(3)
_UID: 5058AF9CCD6C4F6A921CF0A138AAEF2B20B6
Marriage 1 Catherine MATHEWS
Married: Aft 1721
Change Date: 24 Aug 2007
Children
John MARKHAM
Vincent MARKHAM
George MARKHAM
Archibald MARKHAM
William MARKHAM
Catherine MARKHAM
Rebecca MARKHAM
Bernard MARKHAM b: 1737 in Orange County, New York
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