To: "Earl H. Elam", EHElam From: INTERNET:kyblue@micron.net, INTERNET:kyblue@micron.net Date: 12/6/98, 4:19 PM Re: RE: Elam Descendant Page Sender: kyblue@micron.net Received: from mailmx.micron.net (mailmx.micron.net [198.60.253.39]) by dub-img-6.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.16) with ESMTP id RAA24797 for <EHElam@compuserve.com>; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 17:19:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from kyblue.micron.net (cboi13p91.boi.micron.net [204.229.100.196]) by mailmx.micron.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA03972 for <EHElam@compuserve.com>; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 15:19:34 -0700 (MST) Reply-To: <kyblue@micron.net> From: "Janet E Crowley" <kyblue@micron.net> To: "Earl H. Elam" <EHElam@compuserve.com> Subject: RE: Elam Descendant Page Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 15:28:24 -0700 Message-ID: <001301be2167$bca60ea0$c464e5cc@kyblue.micron.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <199811300730_MC2-61EE-6358@compuserve.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 Thanks for this. I'll try to update my Elam website soon to reflect your new info. Do you participate in the Elam mailing list? Others on the list would probably like to see this. Janet kyblue@micron.net -----Original Message----- From: Earl H. Elam [mailto:EHElam@compuserve.com] Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 5:30 AM To: kyblue@micron.net Subject: Elam Descendant Page Janet, this is an update. Norma Neill of Doncaster, England, informed me by letter on 9 June 1997 that she had found the record of the marriage of a James Elam and an Alice Shirecliffe in Brodsworth Parish on 9 May 1597, and the record of the baptism of a son named Thomas at St. Helen's Church in Thurnscoe on 24 February 1597/98. Norma also found the will of a James Elam, dated 1616, referring to six children, but not named. If the two James were the same, then one of the children was Thomas. Also, Norma has found records of the baptisms of three other sons of James and Alice Shirecliffe Elam: Christopher Elam, James Elam, and Gervase Elam. In addition, Norma found the record of the burial of James Elam, husband of Alice Shirecliffe, at Thurnscoe on 21 March 1619. It is now my speculation that the Thomas who was the son of James Elam and Alice Shirecliffe, was the Thomas Elam of Thurnscoe who was married to a lady named Mary and whose children Gilbert and Martin were baptized as previously reported in the St. Helen's church in Thurscoe in 1630 and 1635, respectively. Contrary to information I had received earlier from various sources, Thomas's wife ,Mary, probably was not a Shireclifffe. Norma Neill also found where a Ralph Elam and wife Margaret had a son named Robert who was baptized at Thurnscoe on 18 September 1604. There is no documentation thus far of which I am aware that connects this Robert to the Robert Elam who was listed on Christopher Branch's land grant in Henrico Co. VA dated 28 Feb. 1638. However, in 1619 Christopher Branch married a lady who lived at Darton, a community not far from Thurnscoe. It can be reasonably concluded that when he recruited colonists for Henrico Co. that he would have done so in areas in England with which he was familiar, including the area of Yorkshire where Thurnscoe and Darton are located. Thus, it appears that Robert Elam of Henrico Co. (and daughter Ann) may very well have originated in Yorkshire. Finally, please note that I have moved, and my new address is 5408 Corto Drive, DeCordova Bend Estates, Granbury, TX 76049. My new telephone no. is 817-910-2820. My e-mail remail address remains the same. Thanks. Earl Elam