Abraham Kellam

Abt 1718 - Bef 1789  (< 71 years)

• Name	Abraham Kellam  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1718	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Administrator of an estate - Named as an Administrator of an estate	31 Jan 1770	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	It was on this date that administration on the estate of Arthur Kellam was granted to Abraham Kellam with Luke Luker & Robert Coleburn securities. Whitelaw shows that he was succeeded by a son 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	72583
  Will	4 Sep 1788	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	To son Shadrack Kellam 150 acres where I & my said son now live, he to take my brother Moses Kellam to live with him. Son Levin Kellam residual legatee. Sons Shadrack & Levin Exrs. Witt: Joshua Taylor, William Taylor.
  Death	Bef 29 Dec 1789	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 3]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated. Whitelaw shows that Abraham Kellam, who in 1789 left the 150 acres of tract A42 that his father 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.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	(father of Rich) Kellam,   b. Abt 1590, England d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather)
  Siblings	3 brothers
  + 1. Abraham Kellam,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Dec 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 71 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1755 + 2. Solomon Kellam, I,   b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 May 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 57 years) ╚═ Keziah Parker,  m. Abt 1745 ;   Matilda Scarburgh,  m. Abt 1767 + 3. Moses Kellam,   b. Abt 1723, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 14 Dec 1773, Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia  (Age < 50 years) ╚═ Ann Smith,  m. Abt 1750   4. Benjamin Kellam,   b. Abt 1727, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 May 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 71 years)
  Person ID	I72583	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Arthur Kellam,   b. Abt 1694, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Jan 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 76 years)
  Family ID	F43927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1730   d. Bef 4 Sep 1788 (Age < 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1755  [1]
  Children	+ 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
  Family ID	F23632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1718 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Administrator of an estate - Named as an Administrator of an estate - 31 Jan 1770 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 4 Sep 1788 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 29 Dec 1789 - 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. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 233 (adm of Arthur Kellam to 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.