Daniel Collins Markham

• MARKHAM, Daniel
• b. 1 NOV 1671 Middletown, Middlesex, CT.
• d. 6 MAY 1760 Enfield, Hartford, CT.
• Parents:
• Father: MARKHAM, Daniel
• Mother: WHITMORE, Elizabeth
• Family:
• Marriage: 2 APR 1700 Enfield, Hartford, CT.
• Spouse: MEACHAM, Deborah
• b. 8 APR 1681 Salem, Essex, Mass.
• d. 1761
• Parents:
• Father: MEACHAM, Isaac
• Mother: BROWNING, Deborah
• Children:
  • MARKHAM, Israel
  • MARKHAM, Deborah b. 2 MAR 1704/5 Middletown, Middlesex, CT.
  • MARKHAM, Jeremiah
  • MARKHAM, Isaac
  • MARKHAM, Phebe
  • MARKHAM, Marjorie
  • MARKHAM, Joseph
  • MARKHAM, Sybil
  • MARKHAM, Edith
  • MARKHAM, Daniel
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_111.htm#232 ____________________
• Daniel Markham
• Birth: Nov. 1, 1671 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: May 6, 1761 Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Daniel Markham (1641 - 1712)
• Elizabeth Whitmore Markham (1649 - 1676)
• Spouse:
• Deborah Meacham Markham (1681 - ____)*
• Children:
  • Isaac Markham (1711 - 1759)*
• Sibling:
• Daniel Markham (1671 - 1761)
• James Markham (1675 - 1731)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 75408198
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75408198 __________________
• New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter
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• Sybel (Markham) Chapin was born February 1, 1720, at Enfield, died March 1, 1791, daughter of Daniel Markham, born November 1, 1671, at Cambridge, and Deborah Meacham. Deacon Daniel Markham, father of Daniel, came to New England in 1665, and lived at Cambridge and Middletown; married November 3, 1669, Elizabeth Whitmore, born May 1, 1649. Deancon Daniel is said to be son of Daniel Markham, brother of Mathew, mayor of Norwich, England, 1665, and son of Sir Robert Markham. Elizabeth (Whitmore) Markham, born May 1, 1649, was a daughter of Francis Whitmore, born 1625, in England, son of John Whitmore, of Wethersfield and Stamford. Francis Whitmore married Isabel Park, who died March 31, 1665, daughter of Richard Park, of Cambridge, immigrant. Deborah (Meacham) Markham, born April 8, 1681, was a daughter of Captain Isaac Meacham, a weaver of Salem and Enfield, who married December 26, 1669, Deborah (Browning) Perkins, widow of John Perkins and daughter of Thomas Browning, of Salem and Topsfield, Massachusetts. ___________________________________
• Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical Vol. 10
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• http://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofma10_00amer#page/185/mode/1up
• The line through which Albert Gallatin Markham's descent is traced goes back to Claron, of West Markham, a Saxon chief who, for services rendered at the time of the Norman Conquest, was granted lands which had already been held by his father and grandfather before him. From his son Roger, of East Markham, the line is traced through Fulc, of East Markham; his son Sir Alexander, known as Knight of Castellane, of Nottingham Castle, Nottinghamshire ; his son Sir William, of Markham and Tuxford ; his son Sir Richard ; his son Richard (2) ; his son John, Lord of East Markham, who married John Bottomsell ; their son Sir Robert, a lawyer and King's sergeant, who married Isabell Caunton ; their son Sir John, barrister and judge, who committed Henry, Prince of Wales (son of Henry IV) to the Fleet Prison in London ; his son Sir Robert, who married Elizabeth Burdon ; their son Sir Robert, Knight, who married Sarah Joan Daubeney ; their son Sir John, who married Alicia Skipworth; their son Sir John (3) who was a lieutenant of the famous "Tower of London" and whose daughter was maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth, married (first) Ann Neville, whose mother was a granddaughter of the Earl of
• http://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofma10_00amer#page/186/mode/1up
• Somerset, son of Duke of Lancaster, son of Henry III, married (second) Margery Langford, (third) Ann Strelly Stanhope; his son John (4), who married Catherine Babbington; their son Robert, who married (first) Maria Leeke, (second) Jane Burnell ; their son Sir Robert, of Cotham, married Ann Warburton ; their third son Daniel, who was engaged in commercial pursuits and died in Plumstead (now Pirney), Norfolk County, in 1690. after having regained in mercantile pursuits the fortune squandered by his father. Among his children was Daniel Markham, of whom further.
• (I) Daniel Markham, immigrant ancestor of the line herein traced, was born in Plumstead Manor, near Norwich, England, of which city his brother Matthew was mayor in 1634. The brother Matthew had a son, also named Daniel, who was a colonel in the British Army and came to New York with the Duke of York in 1664; the last named Daniel was the ancestor of Admiral Markham, of the British Navy, whose mother, brothers, and sisters, were living in Independence, Iowa, in 1903. Daniel (2) Markham, the immigrant ancestor, arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1665, and in 1665 removed to Middletown, Connecticut, where he became a freeman in 1674, and where he was prominent in the affairs of church and State. He married (first), November 3, 1669, Elizabeth Whitmore, daughter of Lieutenant Francis Whitmore, of Cambridge. She died about 1676, and he married (second) Patience Harris, daughter of William Harris, of Middletown. Children of the first marriage were : Daniel, Elizabeth, and James, of further mention. To the second marriage, also, three children were born: Martha, who died in infancy; Martha, and Edith.
• (II) James Markham, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitmore) Markham, was born March 16, 1675, in Middletown, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Lock (given as Lock in Volume I and as Lick in Volume II of Middlesex County) and they were the parents of one child John, of whom further.
• (III) .... etc. ____________________
• 17. Sir Robert Markham of Cotham, England m. Ann WARBURTON
• 18. Daniel Markham of Plumstead, Eng d. 1690
• 19: FIRST CONSIDERATION OF DESCENT:
• 19. Daniel Markham was born in England. (Reference FHL film 901001, Folio 53) He died on February 6, 1712 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. (Reference Middletown Vital Records, page 294). Daniel came to Cambridge in 1665 where his uncle, Edward Collins, was a Deacon of the first church. He was made a freeman on May 27, 1674.
• In 1677, the year after his first wife, Elizabeth, died, Daniel followed his cousins, Samuel Collins and Reverend Nathaniel Collins, to Middletown, Connecticut. Daniel was one of the proprietors of the first bell which was hung in the meeting-house, November 18, 1679. He became a Deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1690.
• m2. Patience Harris 1/21/1676/77
• m1. Elizabeth WHITMORE on 11/3/1669 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Elizabeth WHITMORE was born on May 2, 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on May 10, 1676 in that town.
• 19: SECOND CONSIDERATION OF DESCENT:
• 19. Deacon Daniel MARKHAM was born before 22 Jun 1641 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He was baptized on 22 Jun 1641 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He died on 6 Feb 1712 in Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT. Daniel came to Cambridge in 1665 where his uncle, Edward Collins, was a Deacon of the first church. He was made a freeman on the 27th of May, 1674. On April 21, 1670, Daniel, now living in Medford, Massachusetts, was deposed to testify on behalf of Edward Collins, plaintiff, involving an alleged theft of a mare and colt by a neighbor.
• In 1677, the year after his wife, Elizabeth, died, he followed his cousins, Samuel Collins and Rev. Nathaniel Collins, to Middletown, Connecticut. Nathaniel was the first settled pastor in Middletown, ordained there on Nov. 4, 1668. Daniel was one of the proprietors of the first bell which was hung in the meeting‑house, Nov. 18, 1679. He became a Deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1690, six years after the death of Nathaniel. He was married to Elizabeth WHITMORE on 3 Nov 1669 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA.
• Elizabeth WHITMORE was born on 2 May 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA. She died on 10 May 1676 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA.
• 20. Daniel Markham, II b. 11/1 or 11/7, 1671 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was baptized on June 25, 1678 in Middletown First Congregational Church. He died on May 6, 1761 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (From ?The History of Enfield? by Allen, Volume 1, page 31). Daniel Markham, II was one of the first settlers in Enfield, Connecticut.
• m. Deborah MEACHAM on 4/2/1703 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Reference Enfield Vital Records, Volume 1A, page 91)
• Deborah MEACHAM (or MEECHAM) was born on April 8, 1681 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died in 1761 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Other references place her birth date as c. 1673, but had no reference to birthplace. Also date of marriage was listed as 4/21/1703.
• 21. Daniel Markham, III was born 11/3/1704 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. (Reference Middletown Vital Records, Volume LR2, page 11) He was baptized on November 19, 1704 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He moved to Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts in 1776 and died there on March 16, 1786. Reference DAR Patriot Index - PS MA
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• m2. Patience Miller on 4/21/1729 in Middletown, CN
• m3. Thankful HEATH on 11/14/1745 in Strafford, Connecticut. (Reference Stafford Vital Records, Volume 2, page 126)
• Thankful HEATH was born on July 5, 1717 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died between 1759 and 1767 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
• 22. Benjamin Markham was born 7/14/1752 in Strafford, Tolland County, Connecticut. (Reference Stafford Vital Records Volume 1, page 39) He died aft 1828 in Broome County, NY (Other notes indicates he died after 1810 in Tyringham, Mass.) In April, 1782 Benjamin Markham, Constable of the town of Tyringham, received a letter from John Hancock, Governor of the State of Massachusetts. Reference DAR Patriot Index - CS MA.
• m. Mercy BENTLEY on 11/18/1779 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The marriage was performed by Rev. Mr. Bidwell, at the Monterey Church. (Reference Tyringham, Massachusetts, Vital Records)
• Mercy BENTLEY was born August 7, 1756 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. (Reference 1800 Census). She died before 1810 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. (Reference 1810 Census)
• From: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MARKHAM/2006-11/11626... ______________________
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