Daniel Kilham

Daniel was the son of Austin Killam and Alice Gorball. He was baptized 15 Mar 1620 at Dennington, England. Daniel lived at first in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. About 1676, he removed to Ipswich where he was a large owner of land and where the cellar hole of his house was to be seen as late as 1931. He returned to Wenham about 1693, and died there 21 Mar 1699

Daniel was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery in 1645. He was a contributor to Harvard College in 1653, to the support of Reverend Mr. Newman in 1657 and 1659, and towards a new Meeting House in 1660, paying for seats there for his sons Daniel and Thomas in 1669. In 1653, he was chosen Constable; in 1655 Juryman; in 1656 Fence Viewer; in 1666 Surveyor; in 1667 Highway Surveyor.

Daniel married (1st) Mary [Sarah] Safford who was the mother of his children; (2nd) about 1678 Elizabeth, widow respectively of Humphrey Gilbert, William Reyner, and Henry Kimball, she died about 1686; and (3rd) the widow of William Smith, 29 Mar 1693 at Topsfield, Massachusetts.

Daniel and Mary [Sarah] were married in Oct 1648 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts and had nine children:

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i.Daniel Killam, b. 15 May 1649; m. Sarah Geare [Fairfield] 13 apr 1673; d. 29 Aug 1734.

ii.Thomas Killam, b. abt. 1652; m. Martha Solart abt. 1680; served in King Phillip's War in 1675; d. 1725.

iii.John Killam, b. 13 Jan 1654.

iv.Elizabeth Killam, b. abt. 1657; m. John Gilbert 17 Sep 1677; d. 17 Mar 1722.

v.Joseph Killam, b. abt. 1660.

vi.Sarah Killam, b. 29 Nov 1661; m. Nathaniel Cook 21 Jun 1687.

vii.Hannah Killam, b. 21 Dec 1664; m. John Loverell 01 Mar 1686.

viii.Ruth Killam, b. 09 Oct 1666.

ix.Deborah Killam, b. 28 Dec 1668; m. John Bowles 14 Nov 1727.

orporal Daniel Kilham was born about 1620 in England. His parents were Austin and Alice Kilham. He came to America with his parents and settled in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was a husbandman.

According to Preston he married Sarah Fairfield. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register says he had three wives; Mary Safford of Ipswich, the widow Elizabeth Gilbert, and the widow Mary Maxey.

His children, all by his first wife, included: Daniel Kilham (1650, married widow Sarah (Grave) Fairfleld) Thomas Kilham (1653/54, married Martha Solart), John Kilham (January 13, 1654/55), Elizabeth Kilham Gilbert (1667, married John Gilbert), Joseph Kilham (1660), Sarah Kilham (1661), Hannah Kilham (1664), Ruth Kilham (1666), and Deborah Kilham (1668).

Daniel was constable in 1653.

In 1662, Daniel was gatherer of the salary of the minister

In 1668, Richard Hutton and Daniel Kilham were accused of speaking out of turn at a church meeting after the service.

About 1678 he married Elizabeth, a widow whose three prior husbands were Humphrey Gilbert, William Reyner and Henry Kimball.

On December 25, 1679 Daniel and Elizabeth sold John Lambson the house that had belonged to the Gilberts and Raynors. It was in Ipswich on the north side of Boston Road as it enters into Wenham from Ipswich. The deed was acknowledged by Elizabeth Kilham, June 19, 1684 with Samuel Adams and Isaac Cummings as witnesses.

They moved to Ipswich, but returned to Wenham.

He married Mary, widow of Alexander Maxy/Maxey/Maxcy/Maxie/Maxwell, about 1695. Alexander was born about 1635 in Scotland. As a child he was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1649 and kept at Newgate prison until 1650. He was transported to America as a Scottish Prisoner of war aboard the Unity. He was one of four men sent to Wenham. He became an English subject and was given land. He was indentured for a short time to Richard Kimball.

Mary died in Wenham on September 7, 1696.

Daniel died in Wenham March 21, 1699 -1700.

Sources

1. CHR: C. E. Botwright, ed, "Transcription of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages & Burials of the Parish of Dennington, Suffolk, 1571-1845," (typescript, 1963; Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich), unpaginated (FHL #993242 item 4).
2. MAR #1: No mar rec found. On 17 Sep 1650 Daniel Killam and his wife Mary were fined for fornication, "having a child fully grown...born twenty-eight weeks after their marriage" (RECORDS AND FILES OF THE QUARTERLY COURTS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 9 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911-75], 1:196[FHL #974.45 P2e]). The birth of this child is not recorded at Wenham. The child was reportedly a son Daniel, born 15 May 1649 (Sidney Perley, "Killam Genealogy," ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, 49[1913]:215 [FHL #974 B2e]). If this is accurate, the mar took place in Nov 1648. Mary is apparently the dau of Thomas Safford of Ipswich, whose will, 26 Feb 1666-26 Mar 1667, identifies daughters Elizabeth, Mary, and Abigail. The depositions of John Addams and Nicholas Wallis refer to Safford's "daughter Kellum" and another dau Abie (Abigail). Since the third dau, Elizabeth, was not married when Thomas Safford made his will, the dau Kellum must have been Mary and was no doubt the wife of Daniel Killam (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:79-81 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
3. MAR #2: Perley states that Daniel married (2) abt 1678 to Elizabeth, widow of Humphrey Gilbert, William Rayner, and Henry Kimball (Perley, "Killam Genealogy," 215.) Evidence is not found for this mar in original source records.
4. MAR #3: VITAL RECORDS OF TOPSFIELD, 2 vols. (Topsfield, MA, 1903-16), 1:159 (FHL #974.45/T1 V2v).
5. MAR #4: Perley, "Killam Genealogy," 215. No evidence found in original source records.
6. DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF WENHAM (Salem, MA, 1904), 205 (FHL #974.45/W2 V28v).

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