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     Simeon Canfield was born on 6 September 1756 at Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
Simeon Canfield died on 22 May 1768 at age 11.¹

     Sarah Canfield was born in February 1760 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹ She married Roger Barton on 10 July 1780 at New Windsor, Orange Co., New York, USA.²

Sarah Canfield died on 17 February 1843.¹

     Lydia Canfield was born circa 1764 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
Lydia Canfield died in 1790.¹
     Lydia Canfield was listed as a resident in Isaac Vaught and Mary A. Baldridge's household in the census report on 15 November 1850 at Township 7 Range 6, Jackson Co., Alabama, USA; p. 71A, lines 28-38, Dwelling 282, Family 282
     28 VAUGHT, Isaac W49 [1801] M Farmer $2000 TN
     29 " , Mary 42 [1808] F TN
     30 " , Rebecca 24 [1826] F TN
     31 " , Nancy 22 [1828] F AL
     32 " , Matilda 18 [1832] F AL
     33 " , Hiram 16 [1834] M Laborer AL
     34 " , William 14 [1836] M AL
     35 " , Elizabeth 8 [1842] F AL
     36 " , James 6 [1844] M AL
     37 " , Nicholis 4 [1846] M AL
     38 " , John 2 [1848] M AL.²

     Anne Bower married James Canfield Jr., son of James Canfield Sr. and Sarah Hoyt.¹
Anne Bower was born on 4 February 1756 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, USA.¹
Anne Bower died on 22 September 1832 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA, at age 76.¹

     Sara Canfield was born in 1779 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA.¹
Sara Canfield died on 25 June 1858 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA.¹

     Stephen Canfield was born on 12 June 1784 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, USA.¹
Stephen Canfield died on 3 April 1828 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA, at age 43.¹

     Roger Barton was born on 10 October 1760 at Cornwall, Orange Co., New York, USA.¹ He married Sarah Canfield, daughter of James Canfield Sr. and Sarah Hoyt, on 10 July 1780 at New Windsor, Orange Co., New York, USA.¹

Roger Barton died on 11 November 1835 at Cornwall, Orange Co., New York, USA, at age 75.¹

     Lydia Kellum was born in 1698 at Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,4 She married Jebediah Canfield, son of Samuel Canfield and Elizabeth Sarah Willoughby, in 1719 at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, USA.^5,4

Lydia Kellum died in 1783 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.^1,4
     EDV-6. She was a mentioned with Mathew Canfield and Sarah Treat; Ancestry.com - Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
Description: This collection consists of the entire seven volume set of Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775.⁶

     Lydia (?) married Theophilus Kellum, son of Robert Kilham and Hannah (?).²
Lydia (?) was born in 1675 at Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Lydia (?) died in 1702.¹
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     Theophilus Kellum married Lydia (?)¹
Theophilus Kellum was born in 1671 at Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Theophilus Kellum died in 1702 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
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     Hannah (?) was born in 1646.¹ She married Robert Kilham, son of Robert Kilham and Margaret Gorbolde, on 30 May 1670 at New York, USA.²

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     Robert Kilham was born in 1645 at New York, USA.¹ He married Hannah (?) on 30 May 1670 at New York, USA.¹

Robert Kilham died on 2 October 1705 at Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA.¹
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     Margaret Gorbolde was born in 1594 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹ She married Robert Kilham, son of Henry Kilham and Alice Goodale, on 9 September 1612 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.^4,1,5,6

Margaret Gorbolde died on 1 March 1622 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.^1,6
     Margaret Gorbolde was also known as Margaret Gorball.⁶ EDV-9.

     Christian Filby died at England.¹ She married John Gorball.²
Christian Filby was born in 1576 at Wilby, co. Suffolk, England.¹
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     John Gorball died at England.¹ He married Christian Filby.¹
John Gorball was born in 1575 at Wilby, co. Suffolk, England.¹
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     Robert Kilham was born on 15 June 1590 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England; Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says b. 24 June 1590.^1,2 He was baptized on 24 June 1590 at St. Mary's Parish, Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.⁵ He married Margaret Gorbolde, daughter of John Gorball and Christian Filby, on 9 September 1612 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.^1,6,2,7

Robert Kilham died on 3 June 1631 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England, at age 40.¹
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Robert Kilham left a will in 1631; from Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry: "To my grandchild, Ezekiel Tomson, my flock bed. To Henry Kellam, my grandchild, my cupboard table and cooper's tools. To Robert Kellam, my son, my lease. And I make said Robert, my son, sole executor of this my will. Witnessed by Elizabeth Booteman, widow."²

     Henry Kilham was born on 10 August 1558 at St. James Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, England.¹ He married Alice Goodale, daughter of John Goodale and Elizabeth (?), on 12 August 1582 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.^3,1

Henry Kilham died on 26 May 1631 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England, at age 72.¹
Henry Kilham was buried after 26 May 1631 at St. James Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, England.¹
      ; from Ancestry.com: [quote]THE EARLY KILLAMS - by Horace Wilson Killam.

Previous to 1931, I had considered Henry Killam as being of the first generation until my coworker, our secretary sent me 15 generations before Henry, which is found in Thornton's History of Nottingham, Co., Eng. The first being Gilbert deKillam, 2 - Ralph, 3 - Maurice, 4 - Peter, 5 - Peter, 6 - Walter, 7 - William, 8 - Henry, 9 - Robert, 10 - Robert, 11 - John, 12 - Richard, 13 - Robert, 14 - John. Gilbert 1 began with 1100. John 14 had a son Thomas15 who removed to York Co.
Brown's Yarmouth Gen. says "It is said the Kilham Family has been seated in York Co. since the time of William the Conqueror", who came from Normandy to England in 1066.

THE KILHAM - KILLAM FAMILY

To Mr. Henry F. Waters belongs the credit of first discovering the home of the Kilham Family, the same being published in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register in April 1898, and in his Genealogical Gleanings in England in 1901 and confirmed by Mr. Walter Kendall Watkins of Malden, a well-known genealogist who visited the Parish in 1897. In 1856, Joseph Whitney Killam, then of Wilton, NH and father of the writer traces his ancestry and that of a few others of the family from the arrival of Austin Kilham in Salem, Mass. in 1637 up to 1857, 220 years.
At Dennington, and referring to Henry Kilham, the name is spelled Kilham, Killam, and Kellam. In America, the name has some twenty variations in spelling. Among the many of the name that I have collected probably three fourths of them use Killam, the remainder being divided into Kilham, Kellam, Kellom, and Kellum. Kellam is followed by the Virginia family generally, and Kellum by two families who came from Ireland. I find no reason to suppose the Callam family of Salem or any McCallam family was of the Kilham family as has been stated by some genealogists, although the Salem records contain some errors in the Kilham and Callam families.
As to the origin of the name, I quote from the Century Dictionary. Kil or kill - An element in Celtic place- names signifying cell, church, churchyard; very frequent in Ireland, and common in Scotland. Ham - An obsolete (Middle English and Anglo-Saxon) form of home. Doubtless Kilham is correct, the h. being silent in the pronunciation.
I took up this work in 1900, being at that time a resident of Hyde Park, a town since annexed to Boston, MA, the most fruitful field for this work in New England. I retired from active work in 1914 and in 1915 left Boston. Since then I have taken up the work intermittently.
I wish to extend my thanks to the many who have replied to my inquiry for data on their branch of the family, and acknowledge the aid received from the following:
A Historical Record of the Posterity of William Black, by Cyrus Black, Esq., Amherst, Nova Scotia, 1885. A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, CT, by Edward M. Preston of Nevada City, CA

Genealogy of the Killam Family, a reprint from the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Herald of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Genealogies from 1597 to 1902 by George W. Brown, with some additions by the printer, Nelson C. Killam, Baltimore, MD, 1906
The Early Killam's in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register, by William Stowell Mills, LLB, Brooklyn, NY
Killam Genealogy in the Essex Institute Historical Collection, July 1913, by Sidney Perley, Esq., Salem, MA.
By Horace Wilson Killam
Transcribed from his notes by his granddaughter Edith Patten Heys Transcribed from her transcripts by William Benjamin Heys
Copyright © 2009 by William B. Heys [end quote].⁴

; from Ancestry.com: [quote]“Genealogical Gleanings in England” by Henry F Waters contains the following account:

Will of Henry Kellam, of Dennington (Suffolk Co.) nuncupative, proved 3 June 1631.

“To Mary Kellam, my eldest daughter, I give my desk. To Alice Cosbie, my daughter, my featherbed, furnished as it stands, and my chest, with the linen that is in it. To my son Austen Kellam all my apparell. To Daniel Kellam, my grandchild, ten shillings or else my biggest kettle. To Ezechiel Tomson, my grandchild, my new chest. To William Tomson, my grandchild, my bible. To Alice Kellam, my grandchild, one coffer and two pairs of sheets. To my grandchild Ezechiel Tomson my flock bed. To Henry Kellam, my grandchild, my cupboard table and my coopers’ tools. To Robert Kellam, my son, my lease. And I make said Robert my son sole executor of this my will. Witnessed by Elizabeth Booteman, widow, and Joane wife of Thomas Kerrich.

Arch. Suff. (Ipswich), B. 60, L. _____ (1631).”

[I have no doubt that we have here the family of our Austin or Augustine Kilham who went to New England in the ship Mary Anne of Yarmouth, William Goose master, in the spring of 1637 (see Drake's Founders of New England, page 49), in company with sundry others from Norwich, Yarmouth and parts of Suffolk. I myself examined the list of passengers some years ago, and made out a trifle more than Mr. Drake seems to have done. It reads as follows (i.e. to my eyes) : May the 11th 1637. The examinaction of Augsten Call . . . . Alles his wife ageed 40 yeares . . . . . . . . . . desirous to goe to Salam in New Eng . . . . . . . . . I have occasionally seen the name written Callum in our records at Salem. In the Assembly Book (1585-1613), Norwich (in the Guild Hall there), I found (on fol. 36, among those admitted to the freedom of the city 30 January 30 Elizabeth, Augustine Kylham, Pynner, non apprenticius. This man must have been of an earlier generation than our Augustin Kylham. Among the Marriage Allegations (Bishop of London), I found, under date July !(?), 1623, that of Augusten Kellam of St. George, Botolph Lane, pinmaker, a widower, age about 55, and Ellen Clarke of St. Clement's, East Cheap, widow, age about 50, relict of _______Clarke, haberdasher, deceased, to be married at St. George's &c. Who this man was I cannot say. HENRY F. WATERS. Henry Killam and Alice Goodale were married at Dennington, Suffolk, Eng., 12 Aug 1582. Their eldest daughter Mary was baptized there 12 Aug. 1583, as were other children of Henry Killam. There also is recorded the baptism of Daniel, son of Austen Killam, in 1620. Henry Killam was buried 27 May 1631 Rev. John Ward was presented to the church of Dennington, Suffolk in the diocese of Norwich, by Sir John Rous in 1624, but 13 years afterwards, viz. in 1637 he was accused of simony, and superseded by Archbishop Laud, who procured a presentation from the King for Ezekiel Wright. Afterwards articles were objected in the High Commission Court against Ward for the pretended simony, although he denied knowledge of any corrupt practices. To free himself from a vexatious and chargeable suite, Ward by advice of his counsel, pleaded his Majesty’s coronation pardon, and although the Archbishop took notice thereof, yet it was ordered more than once that the cause should go on to hearing, notwithstanding the said pardon, and in Midsummer Term 1638 the Archbishop pronounced Ward simoniacal and to be deprived of the benefice worth L200 per annum. (Domestic State Papers, Charles I., vol. ccccxcix., 16.) Ward was suspended by the Chancellor, a Commissioner of Bishop Wren then Bishop of Norwich, because he would not read the second service at the Communion Table set altarwise where few of his parish could hear. (Vol. cccclxxvi.) “Wednesday, 26th Day Jan. It was reported in the House of Commons that there were 52 Families of Norwich that went to New England, by Bishop Wrens pressing their conscience with illegal oaths, ceremonies, observations, and many strange innovations.” (“Diurnall Occurrences, or Daily Proceedings of both Houses in this great and happy Parliament, from the third of November 1640, to the third of November 1641. London 1641”) Matthew Wren, Bishop of Norwich, and later of Ely, through his persecution of the Puritans, was persecuted in turn by them in the destruction of his records, of which however some survive, and are stored in the muniment room of the Episcopal Palace, at Ely; and the writer can testify to the extraordinary industry of Bishop Wren in his records and associations during his short stay at Ely. The immigration of Killam and others from the Norwich Diocese was doubtless caused by the zeal of Wrenn and his associates. John Ward, born about 1593, was youngest son of the Rev. John Ward of Haverhill and Bury, St. Edmunds, and brother of Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich, Mass. He was instituted rector of Dennington, 29 June 1624, and ejected 14 Jan. 1638. In 1643 he was found at the George Inn, Lombard Street, London. He was afterward, in 1645, rector of St. Clement, Ipswich, Eng. The writer while visiting Newport, in the Isle of Wight, was fortunate in procuring a sermon preached by him, “The Good-Will of him that dwelt in the Bush,” preached before the House of Lords, 23 July 1645. The identity of which with a book with an imperfect title was suggested by Mr. John Ward Dean in his “Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M.,” p. 164 – Walter K Watkins]
Transcribed by William B. Heys
Copyright © 2009 by William B. Heys [end quote].⁴ EDV-10.

Henry Kilham left a will on 3 June 1631 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England; Date of probate.
Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "To Daniel Kellam, my grandchild, ten shillings, or else my biggest kettle. To William Tomson, my grandchild, my bible. To Ezekiel Tomson, my grandchild, my new desk. To Alice Kellam, my grandchild, one coffer and two pair of sheets."^1,5

     William Kilham was born in 1530 at Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, England.¹
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     Alice Goodale was born on 12 August 1562 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹ She married Henry Kilham, son of William Kilham, on 12 August 1582 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.^1,4

Alice Goodale died on 14 July 1634 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England, at age 71.¹
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     Mary Kilham was born on 18 August 1583 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England; Adam-Donahoe Family Tree on Ancestry.com says b . 13 Aug 1583.^1,2 She married William Thompson on 25 April 1609 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.³

Mary Kilham died in 1631.²

     William Thompson married Mary Kilham, daughter of Henry Kilham and Alice Goodale, on 25 April 1609 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹

     Alice Kilham was born on 16 June 1588 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹ She married (?) Crosby in 1605 at England.²

     (?) Crosby married Alice Kilham, daughter of Henry Kilham and Alice Goodale, in 1605 at England.¹

     Elizabeth Kilham was born on 8 January 1592 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹
Elizabeth Kilham died on 11 February 1617 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England, at age 25; Adam-Donahoe Family Tree on Ancestry.com says d. 11 Feb 1618.^1,2

     Austin/Augustine Kilham was born on 12 August 1595; Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says "probably christened 'Augustine.¹'" He married Alice Gorball on 8 September 1618 at Wrentham, co. Suffolk, England.²

Austin/Augustine Kilham died on 5 June 1667 at Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 71.¹
      ; England->MA. Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says "Norwich, Yarmouth and parts of Suffolk, England to New England on the ship, "Mary Anne", of Yarmouth, William Goose master, with his wife and a least three children."¹

Austin/Augustine Kilham lived on 21 January 1639 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "Austin was granted 30 acres of land in Salem; He took the freeman’s oath on 2 June 1641. In Salem, Austin was goatkeeper in 1640. His house lot in Salem was granted to him about that same year.¹ " He was Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "Changed residence and Church ... They followed Rev. John Phillips who left Salem for Dedham."¹ He was Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "Changed residence and Church ... It is on record this date at Wenham that he took letters of dismissal from the Church in Dedham, when 'Brother and sister Kilham passed the Tryall [Trial] and next Lord's Day were taken into covenant.¹' "

Austin/Augustine Kilham left a will on 2 June 1667 at Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Katherine Goodale Kilham was born in 1606 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹ She married Robert Goodell in 1625 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.³

Katherine Goodale Kilham died in 1646 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Adam-Donahoe Family Tree on Ancestry.com says d. 10 Sep 1666.^1,2
     Katherine Goodale Kilham immigrated in 1634 to Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; England->MA. Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "They sailed from the port of Ipswich, Suffolk County, England, on April 30 on the ship `Elizabeth,' Capt. William Andrews, Master. With them were daughter Mary, 4, and sons Abraham, 2, and Isaac `age one-half year.' They landed in Salem, Massachusetts ... Robert purchased 543 acres of land from the town of Salem and Danvers. Robert brought to America the arms granted Thomas Goodall of Earle-Stoneham."¹

     Alice Gorball was born in 1595 at Wrentham, co. Suffolk, England.¹ She married Austin/Augustine Kilham, son of Henry Kilham and Alice Goodale, on 8 September 1618 at Wrentham, co. Suffolk, England.¹

Alice Gorball died on 18 July 1667 at Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Elizabeth Kilham was born in 1622 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹
Elizabeth Kilham died in 1667 at Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Mary Kilham was born in 1623 at England.¹
Mary Kilham died in 1667 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹

     Daniel Kilham was born in 1624 at Dennington, co. Suffolk, England.¹ He married Mary Safford in 1648 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 1st wife.² Daniel Kilham married Elizabeth Black on 25 December 1679 at Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 4th husband.³
Daniel Kilham died on 21 March 1699 at Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹
     He was Puritan.

Daniel Kilham immigrated in May 1637 to Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "came to America on the ship, "Mary Anne", of Yarmouth, William Goose master, with his mother, father and a least two siblings. This vessel carried many Puritans from Norwich, Yarmouth and parts of Suffolk, England to the New England."¹

Daniel Kilham began military service in 1645 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA, Burkinshaw Family Tree on Ancestry says: "Daniel was a member of the Artillery Company."¹