Mike and Donna: Regertfully I have not seen your variation on the last name. This does not mean there is not a connection to this family. Maybe if you could provide me with some further information we might be able to make some connection. Contact me at rkilham@snet.net Rick Kilham ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike and Donna Kellen <indycar@iaonline.com> To: <KELLAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 7:33 PM Subject: [KELLAM] Name spellings and research. > Rick, > > Thanks for your very interesting comments regarding the multiple ways the > name KILHAM appears. Have you ever seen the name spelled KELLEN? > Thanks/regards. > > Mike KELLEN > Peoria, Illinois > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Kilham" <rkilham@snet.net> > To: <KELLAM-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:21 PM > Subject: [KELLAM] Name spellings and research. > > > > For those interested in tracing their Kilham (et al spellings) relatives > who served in the Revolutionary War, let me point you to the seventeen > volume set entitled "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the > Revolution". This is usually available through your library. > > > > In Volume 9, page 187; "Kilham, --. [This name also appears under the > form of Callahan, Kelham, Kellam, Kellum, Kilhom, Killam, Killeem, Killeham, > Killem, Killen, Kilham, Killiam, Killim, Killom, Killum.]" > > > > To puncuate this point, I have two direct relatives who were brothers with > their last names spelled Killam at birth. During their service in the > Revolutionary War the name's spelling stayed the same as per the records.Yet > when they died at the ages of 96 and 94, buried in the same town in New > Hampshire, separated by three rows, at distance of no more than 50 feet > apart, the spelling of their last names were Kellom and Killom. These > spellings differences for each individual appear in the town, county, and > state records, as well as their grave stones. Many of the children of each > man kept the individual's spelling variation even though the children were > first cousins. > > > > So if you think you are a descendent of Richard Kelham of Virginia because > you last name is spelled KELHAM, do not bet on it. You could be a > descendent of Austin Kilham of Massachusetts, and vise versa. On the other > hand, don't over look a spelling variation because you think it does not fit > your line, it could be that long lost great grandfather you have been > searching for . Do your research and prove your sources. > > > > Rick Kilham > > > > > > ==== KELLAM Mailing List ==== > > RootsWeb hosts more than 5,000 Surname Resource Centers. One of them > > probably has the information you're looking for.... > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/ > > > > > > > ==== KELLAM Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb hosts more than 5,000 Surname Resource Centers. One of them > probably has the information you're looking for.... > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/ >