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Family of John Elam

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1. JOHN⁵ ELAM (JOHN EDWARD⁴, MARTIN³, THOMAS², JAMES¹) was born Bet. 1700 - 1710, and died 1788. He married (1) MARTHA GOODE, daughter of SAMUEL GOODE and MARTHA JONES. He married (2) MARTHA ARCHER, daughter of WILLIAM ARCHER and ANN unknown.

Children of JOHN ELAM and MARY GOODE are:

i. WILLIAM ELAM, b. Bet. 1730 - 1732, Mecklenburg or Charlotte Co., VA; d. 1809, Edgefield District, South Carolina; m. JUDITH UNKNOWN; b. 1736, England or Virginia.

ii. EDWARD ELAM, SR., b. 1733, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; d. 1811, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; m. JANE UNKNOWN, 1755, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; b. 1740, Virginia; d. January 27, 1832, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

More About EDWARD ELAM and JANE UNKNOWN:

Marriage: 1755, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

iii. JOEL ELAM, b. 1736, Henrico County, Virginia; d. September 06, 1798, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; m. (1) PHOEBE HILL, 1758, Lunenburg County, Virginia; b. 1738, Lunenburg County, Virginia; d. June 1785, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; m. (2) MARY ANN EASTER, 1790.

Notes for JOEL ELAM:

1777 - Joel signed petition directed to VA House of Delegates calling for expulsion of all British natives who were not loyal to the American Revolution.

1780 - Joel contributed 7 1/2 bushels of wheat, 325 lbs beef, & 20 lbs of bacon to the American Revolutionary Forces.

More About JOEL ELAM:

MILI: Military: 1754, Fought in the French and Indian War

Religion: 1771, Charter Member Meherrin Baptist Church

More About JOEL ELAM and PHOEBE HILL:

Marriage: 1758, Lunenburg County, Virginia

More About JOEL ELAM and MARY EASTER:

Marriage: 1790

iv. UNKNOWN ELAM.

v. SAMUEL ELAM.

vi. JOHN EDWARD ELAM.

vii. MARTIN ELAM.

viii. ALMOND ELAM.

ix. ALEXANDER ELAM, d. Abt. 1789.