Chris, My father-in-law once told me that a lot of the early Markhams were supporters of King George and moved to Canada after the Revolutiionary War. I don't know how he knew that. I do know that his sister did a lot of genealogy work on the family tree. A couple of the names on your posting caught my eye. I can't personally vouch for the accuracy of Aunt Mary's research, but here is what we got from her. William Markham born in England around 1621. Settled in Middleton, Conn. about 1650. He had two wives: Priscilla Graves and Elizabeth Webster. Priscilla's son, Daniel married Elizabeth Whitmore. Their son, Daniel was born in 1673 and married Deborah Meacham -- April 12,1703. Their son, Israel married Ann Spencer - May 10,1733. Their son, Darius married Lucy Alden December 6, 1770. Their son, Israel married Lucinda (Lucina?) Kibbe -- September 3, 1794. Gideon Markham was born to them on March 4,1806. He married Harriet Taylor on June 12, 1836 and died August 5, 1844. In the next generation, Emerson Preston Markham was born on April 20, 1839 and married Mary Jones Phillips on May 22, 1859. Their son, George Phillips Markham was born on June 23, 1861 and Married Vesta Louise McIntyre on May 18, 1886. Their son was my father-in-law, George Emerson Markham, born on April 16, 1904. As I said, I can't vouch for any of this but there might be some overlap between the two families. Obviously, Aunt Mary was only interested in the direct line and didn't do any research on brothers and sisters who weren't in that line. If Israel and Lucina had a son named William Henry Harrison Markham, she didn't make note of it. Her notes say that Israel married Lucina Kibbe, daughter of Capt. Gideon Kibbe, at Long Church, Somers, Conn. That might give you a place to start your search. However, if Aunt Mary's list is correct, Gideon's ancestor was born in England about 1621 -- earlier than your Markhams. Still, the overlap is interesting. Let me know if you turn anything up. I know I haven't posted this in proper genealogical form. I still find that confusing. Marion Markham