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Family of Thomas Elam

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1.  THOMAS2 ELAM  (JAMES1) was born Abt. February 1597/98 in Yorkshire, England, and died in Yorkshire, England.  He married MARY SHIRECLIFFE 1630 in Thurnescoe Parish, Yorkshire, England, daughter of JAMES SHIRECLIFFE and ALICE UNKNOWN.  She was born April 05, 1616 in Yorkshire, England, and died in Yorkshire, England.

 

Notes for THOMAS ELAM:

In her book "The Elam Family Quaker Merchants of England and America", Norma C. Neill described her research into the possible connection of the early Henrico, VA Elams with her own Elam family in Yorkshire. Although she had found no definitive connections for Robert or William Elam, she suggested that Martin Elam of early Henrico was very likely the same Martin whose baptism record she had found in the Yorkshire Records. Several Elam researchers reported in early 1997 that a baptism record for a Gilbert Elam had been found (possibly by Norma) that was very likely to be the Gilbert Elam who married Ann Elam, daughter of Robert Elam. If these are indeed the same men, then Gilbert and Martin Elam of Henrico VA were brothers, both sons of Thomas and Mary Elam of Yorkshire, England.

 

 

More About THOMAS ELAM:

Baptism: February 24, 1597/98, Thurnscoe Parish, Yorkshire, England

 

Marriage Notes for THOMAS ELAM and MARY SHIRECLIFFE:

Tentative identification through research of Norman Neill in Yorkshire in the 1990's.

 

More About THOMAS ELAM and MARY SHIRECLIFFE:

Marriage: 1630, Thurnescoe Parish, Yorkshire, England

     

Children of THOMAS ELAM and MARY SHIRECLIFFE are:

              i.   THOMAS3 ELAM, b. 1624.

 

              ii.   MARY ELAM, b. 1628.

 

More About MARY ELAM:

Christening: August 17, 1628, St. Helen's, Thurnscoe Parish Church

 

             iii.   ROBERT ELAM, b. 1629; d. 1696, Virginia.

             iv.   GILBERT ELAM, b. May 1630, Yorkshire, England; d. Bet. April - June 1696, Henrico County, Virginia; m. ANN ELAM, Abt. 1658, Henrico County, Virginia; b. 1629, England; d. Abt. February 17, 1692/93, Henrico County, Virginia.

 

More About GILBERT ELAM and ANN ELAM:

Marriage: Abt. 1658, Henrico County, Virginia

 

             v.   MARTIN ELAM, b. April 05, 1635, Yorkshire, England; d. March 07, 1694/95, Bermuda Hundred,Henrico County, Virginia; m. FRANCES PERRIN, Abt. 1655, Henrico County, Virginia; b. 1637, England; d. Aft. 1700, Henrico County, Virginia.