Shadrack Kellam

Abt 1755 - 1794  (39 years)

• Name	Shadrack Kellam
  Birth	Abt 1755	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Fathers will	4 Sep 1788	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  	He was shown as son Shardack Kellam in the will of Abraham Kellam. He was given 150 acres where I & my said son now live, he to take my brother Moses Kellam to live with him. Whitelaw shows that Abraham Kellam, who in 1789 left the 150 acres of tract A42 that Arthur had inherited from his father Edward Kellam, wife Sarah, in 1737 to his son Shadrack. Then in 1794 Shadrack, wife Leah, left all of his land to his son Thomas, who added very materially to his holdings and after his intestate death in 1831 showed 399 acres for the heirs.
  Reference Identifier	A42
  Record ID	54542
  Death	1794  [3]
  	It was in this year that his will was probated.
  Will	3 Mar 1794	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	To wife Leah Kellam use of 2 negroes during her life then to my son Thomas Kellam. To son Thomas. To daughter Caty Kellam. I give all my land to my son Thomas Kellam. 1/2 of the balance of my estate to my daughter Caty & the other 1/2 to be divided between my wife & son Thomas. Wife & Samuel Mapp Exrs. Witt: John Smith, Housen Mapp, Jr., Joshua Taylor, Houson Mapp, Sr.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	(father of Rich) Kellam,   b. Abt 1590, England d. Yes, date unknown  (3 x Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1730   d. Bef 4 Sep 1788  (Age < 58 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Shadrack Kellam,   b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1794  (Age 39 years) ▻ Leah Mapp,  m. 12 Oct 1779 + 2. Levin (of Abraham) Kellam,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Nov 1799, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 41 years) ▻ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1785
  Person ID	I54542	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Abraham Kellam,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Dec 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 71 years)
  Mother	(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1730   d. Bef 4 Sep 1788 (Age < 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1755  [1]
  Family ID	F23632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Mapp,   b. Abt 1749, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Oct 1779	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Howson Mapp was the security on the M.L.B. of Shadrack Kellum and Leah Mapp, daughter of Howson Mapp dec'd.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas (SeaSide) Kellam,   b. Between 1770 and 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Aug 1831, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 61 years) ╚═ Jenny Mears  m. 19 Jun 1809;    ╚═ Susanna (87B) Bradford  (Age 62 years)  m. 14 Sep 1822 + 2. Catherine 'Caty' Kellam,   b. 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1822 (Age 32 years) ╚═ John Turlington, Sr.  (Age 58 years)  m. 15 Jun 1803
  Family ID	F17010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1755 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 12 Oct 1779 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 4 Sep 1788 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 3 Mar 1794 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 382 (will of Abraham Kellam), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 764 (tract A42), 572. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 419 (will of Shadrack Kellam, wife Leah), 570. [S622] Jean M. Mihalyka, Marriages, Northampton County, Virginia, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 622.