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About James Gresham
(YDNA Haplog R-BY56690 is the beginning haplog for every biological US Gresham male descendant of Edward Gresham Immigrant to Virginia in 1650, Tests are confirmed at FTDNA and the Big Y 700 Gresham
surname group at FTDNA..
R-U198 is not a Gresham haplog. It is on this profile in error)
James Gresham
- BIRTH 1715 - King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
- DEATH 21 May 1770 (aged 54–55) - Goochland County, Virginia, USA
- BURIAL Burial Details Unknown, Specifically: Will probated in Goochland County, Virginia
- MEMORIAL ID 202793797 · View Source
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202793797/james-gresham
James and Elizabeth Williams Gresham were married in April 1745. They stated on their first land deed in Goochland during Oct. 1745 that they were "from King and Queen County".
Children:
Note: Joseph Gresham b. Abt 1734-1738 (might be from James' 1st marriage or be his theorized nephew, son of George and Sarah Dunweddie)
Joseph was legally required to teach the carpenter trade to Grymes Holcomb, son of Barbara Holcomb under an indenture from the Albemarle Court dated 1763. He would have to be established to do this.
Joseph purchased land in Goochland from Sylvesta Profitt in 1763 and had to be at least 18. He then sold this land in 1765 and applied for a land Patent 1766 in Burke County, Georgia which was finalized in 1768.
In the beginning of the will of James Gresham, he bequeaths to "my five sons" which would leave Joseph out, then at the end he includes him with "all my children" like you would do for an adopted child, stepchild or nephew.
- 1. Elizabeth Gresham b. 1745 d. 21 Jul 1761 leaving infant Molly
- 2. WilliamS Gresham b. Abt 1746 St. James Northan, Goochland
- 3. James Gresham b. Abt 1748 d. 1 Jun 1807 m. Mary Christian (Rev. War Vet)
- 4. Anne Gresham b. Abt 1749 m. Robert Coleman
- 5. Sarah "Sally" Gresham b. Abt 1750 d. Aft 1781 m. Benjamin Ainsley
- 6. Jane Gresham b. Abt 1751 d. 1809 m. Edmund Duke
- 7. Thomas Gresham b. 2 May 1756 d. 9 Jun 1800 Wilkes, Georgia m. Mary Ann Dillard in Amherst, Virginia
- 8. Col John Gresham b. 24 Jan 1759 d. 19 Sept 1818 Oglethorpe, Georgia m. Martha Williams Scott. (Rev. War Vet.)
- 9. Capt. George Gresham b. 8 Nov 1760 d. 30 Oct 1837 in New Jersey m. Elizabeth. Bur in Philadelphia, PA. (Rev. War Vet).
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Elizabeth Williams Gresham - 1725–1781
Not the son of John Gresham, Sr. & Ann. Not the son of Thomas Gresham of Middlesex County & Mary.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6989691/person/-11...
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-130
If you are interested in this line, please refer to research notes that link him to the family of George and Sarah Dunweddie Gresham of King & Queen. George was on the Byrd Bridge Petition in King & Queen and his children are well documented in Miss Bagby's Bible.
James' widow Elizabeth, his daughter Sarah and her husband Benjamin Ainsley, his sons John, Thomas, James and Joseph all migrated to Georgia together. Joseph held the earliest land patent. He was the first to migrate to Georgia about 1766.
The sons of James and Elizabeth Williams Gresham:
- Thomas Gresham, son of James and Elizabeth Williams died at age 44 in Wilkes County in 1800
- Col. John Gresham fought in the Rev. War went to Oglethorpe County
- Capt. James Gresham fought in the Rev. War went to Wilkes County
- Capt.George Gresham fought in the Rev War and died in New Jersey is buried in Pennsylvania.
- Williams Gresham witnessed his sisters will in 1762
- Joseph Gresham patented land in Burke County abt 1762
References
- Milt's Theories of Early Virginia Greshams-Research Notes (Shared by Private Researcher) Posted 23 Jun 2020. < AncestryImage >
- Gresham, Robinson & Allied Families https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6989691/person/152...
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James Gresham's Timeline
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1715
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King and Queen County, Virginia, United States
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1748
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Goochland, Goochland Co., VA
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May 7, 1756
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Goochland County, Virginia, United States
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May 21, 1770
Age 55
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Goochland County, Virginia, United States
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