My great X 5 grandfather. * indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: after 1680. 2
Parents: GILBERT ELAM, JR.* AND (UNKNOWN)
Married: unknown.
Death: about 1751. 1
Will: dated 22 July 1750, proved 2 March 1751. 1
Notes:
1736: Lists 2 tax levys, 400 acres; "pd by cash to J. Gobson and by the Inspector at Warwick"; February 1736: tax levy, Henrico County - Southside; "Messrs Redford and Wilkinson, Inspectors at Warwick, Debit, To Gilbert Elam, 101 lb. Tobacco"; "Richd Levins. Dr. 1736/37. March 21. To cash paid Gilbert Elam junr for your note. Paid by yr Ex'o vs Edwd Osborne in last Court." 3
Will mentions wife Mary, daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Lucy and Judith, sons Gilbert, James, and Robert. Wife named executrix. Robert Elam became administrator of her estate on 3 Sep. 1756 after her death. 1
Spouse: MARY (UNKNOWN)
CHILDREN OF GILBERT ELAM AND MARY (UNKNOWN) 1:
MARY ELAM
ELIZABETH ELAM
GILBERT ELAM (IV)
JAMES ELAM* b. 20 Sep. 1727.
ROBERT ELAM
ANN ELAM
LUCY ELAM
JUDITH ELAM
Sources:
1. Chesterfield County, VA Will Book 1, p.29.
2. Not yet age 17 at the time of his father's will in 1697.
3. "Virginia Colonial Abstracts,Vol. III," Beverley Fleet, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988.
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