Major (of Southy) Northam

Abt 1767 - 1802  (35 years)

• Name	Major (of Southy) Northam  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1767	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1802	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Will	4 Sep 1802	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Wife, Rebecca Northam & Jacob Northam, Extrx. & Extr. I leave enough of my estate to pay all my debts & then I leave my land that I live on and also the Savanna and other residue of my estate to my wife, Rebecca Northam, until my son, Rizobabel Northam, come to be lawful age, then I give all my land to my son, Henry Northam, my son, Henry Northam is to pay all his bros., and sisters, £10, apiece cash, which makes $100. To wife, 1 bed & furniture, my mare & saddle & when Rezobabel Northam come of age, all my personal estate to be divided between my wife & son, George & son, Rizobabel, & dau., Lany. Witt: James Tent(?), Lany Wilson.
  Probate	27 Dec 1802	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Record ID	5382
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Elitha 'Talitha' (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1840, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years) + 2. William (of Southy) Northam, Senr.,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1831, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 71 years) ╚═Nancy (--?--),   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     3. Rachel (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1835, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 73 years) + 4. Jacob (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jul 1839, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 74 years) ╚═Sally Benston,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1790   + 5. Major (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1802, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 35 years) ╚═Rebecca Fisher,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Apr 1834, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 69 years),  m. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Northam,   b. 1656   d. Bef 7 Mar 1703/04, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 48 years)  (Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1625   d. Yes, date unknown  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I5382	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Southy (of Thos) Northam, Senr.,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1801, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) Other Partners: ╚═Arcadia Hudson, (Hudson?),   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Bef 29 Mar 1768    ╚═Mary Hudson, (Hudson?),   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Bef 1770    ╚═Keziah (--?--),   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Between 1791 and 1792
  Mother	Rebecca Johnson, (1w/o Southy Northam),   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Mar 1768 (Age < 28 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1758	Northampton Co, Virginia
  Family ID	F10568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Fisher,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Apr 1834, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Rev. George Northam,   b. Abt 1793, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Ann 'Nancy' Byrd  m. 25 Nov 1816 + 2. Henry Edmund Northam,   b. Abt 1794, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Sarah 'Sally' Byrd  m. 4 Apr 1818   3. Lany Northam,   b. Abt 1795, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Zerobabel (of Major) Northam,   b. Abt 1801, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F10383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1767 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1790 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 1802 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 4 Sep 1802 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Probate - 27 Dec 1802 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1268, 572. [S207] Acc Co Wills&c 1800-04, p. 524, 207.