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Hephzibah Kilam

Hephzibah Kilam[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]

Female 1741 - 1776  (35 years)


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  • Name Hephzibah Kilam  [1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Birth 1741  Preston, New London County, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11, 13, 14] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Feb 1776  Plainfield, Windham County, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10, 11, 13, 14] 
    Burial 21 Dec 1808  Maple Grove Cemetery, Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I312684224605  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Nehemiah Stevens,   b. 31 Aug 1725, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1776, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1766  Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Abigail Stevens Young (Abbie Stevens You
      Abigail Stevens Young (Abbie Stevens Young) Pedigree Charts. Entered 2005.

      !AFN: 8R09-3L ((as Hepsibah (Hepsibeth) Kellum))

      !LEGATEE UNDER WILL OF FATHER:
      Under Will of John Kilham/Killam dated 9 Feb 1753 and probated 1 Feb 1754, per Colonial Records
      of Connecticut, 12-477-8, he gave to his three youngest daughters specific legacies in the amount of 145
      pounds, 2 shillings. Judgment was given against the executor on October, 1766, as Olive had been
      deprived of 20 pounds 18 shillings; Mercy likewise of 22 pounds 5 shillings, and Hepsibah of 23
      pounds 16 shillings.!AFN: 8R09-3L ((as Hepsibah (Hesibeth) KELLUM))

      !MOTHER OF HEPSIBAH AND SIBLINGS?
      Sheila Spencer Stover, in her book entitled "Ancestors and Descendants of Timothy Kellam"
      (privately printed by author, Kansas City, KS, 1982), suggests at pages 9-10, that only Nathan
      and Jeptha (also possibly Abigail) were children of John Kilham or Killam and his wife Abigail
      while Mercy, Hepsibah and Olive (and John, Jr.?) were likely children of John and his third wife,
      Hepsibah (Parke?) Apparently this assumption is based on tradition passed down in her family.
      THERE IS NOTHING IN THE PRESTON TOWN RECORDS, AS RECORDED IN THE
      BARBOUR COLLECTION OF CONNECTICUT VITAL RECORDS, AS TO THE DEATH
      OF ABIGAIL KIMBALL KILHAM OR KILLAM, AS TO THE MOTHER OF THE
      YOUNGER CHILDREN OF JOHN, OR AS TO THE DATE OF MARRIAGE OF JOHN
      TO HEPSIBAH, WHO BECAME HIS WIDOW AT HIS DEATH. On Whipple Website
      on 26 Dec 1999, Marlene Powell (gemarpow@email.msn.com) stated that "Abigail
      Kilham died about 1735 (NOT 1753) after the birth of her last child, Abigail." However, she
      furnished no source for this statement and an E-mail message sent to her on June 10, 2001, was
      not deliverable. See also later book by Sheila Spencer Stover, "Families of Southern Tier New
      York, North Eastern Pennsylvania, Vol.," (privately printed by author, Bunn, NC 27508, 2001),
      pages 24-5. Queries place in "The Connecticut Nutmegger" and on the Internet have not resulted
      in any helpful answers.

      if Abigail (Kimball) Kilham possibly died in 1735, she is also not the mother of Abigail Kilham...
      "Abigail Kilham died about 1735 (NOT 1753) after the birth of her last child, Abigail."
      Her daughter, Abigail Kilham, was born 19 Aug 1736 • Norwich, New London, Connecticut;
      as shown on U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 for Abigail Killam

      !AFN: 8R09-3L ((as Hepsibah (Hepsibeth)
      !AFN: 8R09-3L ((as Hepsibah (Hepsibeth) Kellum)) !LEGATEE_UNDER_WILL_OF_FATHER: Under Will of John Kilham/Killam dated 9 Feb 1753 and probated 1 Feb 1754, per Colonial Records of Connecticut, 12-477-8, he gave to his three youngest daughters specific legacies in the amount of 145 pounds, 2 shillings. Judgment was given against the executor on October, 1766, as Olive had been deprived of 20 pounds 18 shillings; Mercy likewise of 22 pounds 5 shillings, and Hepsibah of 23 pounds 16 shillings.!AFN: 8R09-3L ((as Hepsibah (Hesibeth) KELLUM)) !MOTHER_OF_HEPSIBAH AND SIBLINGS? Sheila Spencer Stover, in her book entitled "Ancestors and Descendants of Timothy Kellam" (privately printed by author, Kansas City, KS, 1982), suggests at pages 9-10, that only Nathan and Jeptha (also possibly Abigail) were children of John Kilham or Killam and his wife Abigail while Mercy, Hepsibah and Olive (and John, Jr.?) were likely children of John and his third wife, Hepsibah (Parke?) Apparently this assumption is based on tradition passed down in her family. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE PRESTON TOWN RECORDS, AS RECORDED IN THE BARBOUR COLLECTION OF CONNECTICUT VITAL RECORDS, AS TO THE DEATH OF ABIGAIL KIMBALL KILHAM OR KILLAM, AS TO THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN OF JOHN, OR AS TO THE DATE OF MARRIAGE OF JOHN TO HEPSIBAH, WHO BECAME HIS WIDOW AT HIS DEATH. On Whipple Website on 26 Dec 1999, Marlene Powell (gemarpow@email.msn.com) stated that "Abigail Kilham died about 1735 (NOT 1753) after the birth of her last child, Abigail." However, she furnished no source for this statement and an E-mail message sent to her on June 10, 2001, was not deliverable. See also later book by Sheila Spencer Stover, "Families of Southern Tier New York, North Eastern Pennsylvania, Vol.," (privately printed by author, Bunn, NC 27508, 2001), pages 24-5. Queries place in "The Connecticut Nutmegger" and on the Internet have not resulted in any helpful answers.

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