James Markham^[1]

1763 - 1859  (96 years)

• Name	James Markham  [1]
  Birth	25 May 1763	Middletown, Middlesex Co,   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Aug 1859	Richfield, Otsego, New York, USA   [1]
  Burial	Richfield, Otsego County, New York, United States of America   [1]
  	St. Luke's cemetery
  Person ID	I26677092991	Markham_and_Marcum
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Markham,   b. 28 Dec 1708, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Mar 1788, Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Desire Sears,   b. 15 Aug 1725, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Nov 1786, East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1748	Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  	Marriage
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Cowdrey,   b. 1759   d. 1836 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1785
  	First marriage
  Children	1. James Markham,   b. 1787   d. 1848, New York, USA (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia Cowdrey,   b. 1773   d. 1856 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1836
  	2nd marriage after sarah died. Lydia & sarah must be sisters
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S_996185895] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S_995968465] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. [S_995524726] Ancestry.com, Early Connecticut Marriages, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S655404722] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1620-1926, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).