Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Killam was born on 20 April 1742, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Phinehas Killam, was 24 and her mother, Thankful Hill, was 20. She married Joseph Parks on 29 November 1761, in Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States. She died on 27 June 1843, in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (24)
- Sarah Killain, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Sarah Kilham Porter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Porter, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
Spouse and Children
1738–1803 Male
1742–1843 Female
Children (8)
1768–1824 Female
1770–1790 Female
1773–1841 Male
1775–1840 Male
1777–1791 Male
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1718–1752 Male
1721–1793 Female
Siblings (6)
1742–1843 Female
1744–1831 Female
1746–1813 Female
1748– Female
1749–1797 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1776
Age 34
1776
Age 34
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 58
Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire): variant of Kilham, a habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland and Yorkshire, so named either from Old English cylnum ‘(at) the kilns’, dative plural of cyln, or from Old English cyln ‘kiln’ or the personal name Cylla + Old Norse holmr ‘small island, water meadow’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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