The Shemwell Family

John Gilliam1712

Name
John Gilliam
Given names
John
Surname
Gilliam
MarriageMary JonesView this family
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Birth of a daughter
#1Rachel Gilliam
1671
Birth of a daughter
#2Mary Gilliam
1674
Birth of a grandson
#1Absalom Thorne
1690
Marriage of a childWilliam Thorne Sr.Mary GilliamView this family
1690
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Elizabeth Thorne
August 2, 1693
Birth of a grandson
#3John Thorne
1696
Birth of a grandson
#4William Thorne Jr.
1700
Birth of a grandson
#5Benjamin Thorne
1702
Birth of a grandson
#6James Thorne
1711
Will December 13, 1711
Note: Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Mary Thorne
1712
Death of a fatherJohnathan Gilliam
about 1712

Death September 16, 1712
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Family with Mary Jones - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
4 years
daughter

John Gilliam has 0 first cousins recorded

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Will
Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774 Text: Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, Calendar of Wills Vol 3, 1703-1713, Page 231 shows a will For John Gilliam of St. Mary’s Co. 13th Dec 1711: 16th Sept, 1712 Item – To dau. Rachel Wood and hrs, ½ land, “The Desert, “where she and her husband now live. Item – To dau. Mary Thorne and hrs, residue of “The Desert” afsd., where she and her husband now live’ Item – To granddau. Mary Thorne, personalty. Item - To wife Mary, extx, residue of estate. Item – ToThos. Rabin, residue of estate and ex. At decease of wife. test: T. Trueman Greenfield, Joseph Edwards, John Biggs.
Note
Notes on Gilliam: Ancestry.com – Early Families of Southern Maryland by Elise Greenup Jourdan Vol. 8 shows family. Sister, Rachel Gilliam married a (?) Wood. John Gilliam’s parents were Jonathan J. Gilliam and Sarah Vardamen. Parents: Mary and John Gilliam