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Eustace Windham > Samuel B. Windham |
Samuel B. WINDHAM
Born: c. 1769, South
Hampton, VA
Died: Bet. 1850 and 1860,
ScotCtyMS
Father:
Eustace WINDHAM
Mother: Martha HUTCHINS |
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Married:
Feb 1792,
FairCtySC |
Leah BLAKE
Born: 12 Jan 1775,
FairCtySC
Died: Bet. 1862 and 1870, Homewood, ScotCtyMS
Father: John William BLAKE
Mother: Phanual Ann HORNSBY "Leah" or "Fanny"
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Children:
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1.
Houston WINDHAM (b. 25 Dec 1792, SC; d.
c. 1845)
Children:
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- For more information on Houston Windham, click his name above.
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2. Samuel WINDHAM (b.
c. 1794)
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Samuel is not on researcher John B's list.
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3. Thomas B. WINDHAM "Tommie" (b.
c. 1798, SC; d. c. 1868, AngeCtyTX)
Children:
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Charlotte WINDHAM (b. c.
1822, AL)
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Calvin J. WINDHAM (b. 1824, AL)
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Maurissa
WINDHAM
(b. c. 1826, AL)
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Susanna WINDHAM (b. c. 1831, AL)
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5. |
Ursula L. WINDHAM (b. c. 1837, AL)
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Mary Lyons WINDHAM (b.
1839, AL)
- m. James C. EVERITT
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7. |
Hilary H. WINDHAM
(b. 1844,
AL)
- m. Missie Line JONES "Lina"
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4. Page
R. WINDHAM (b. c. 1800, SC; d.
aft. 1880, MadiCtyMS)
Children:
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Samuel B. WINDHAM
(b. c.
1824, AL)
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Martha A. WINDHAM (b. c.
1826, AL)
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female WINDHAM (b. c.
1826)
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John Stanley WINDHAM
(b.
1827)
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5. |
Page William WINDHAM "dock"
(b. 1832, AL)
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6. |
Thomas WINDHAM (b. c.
1836, AL)
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7. |
Mary Elizabeth WINDHAM
(b. 18 Aug 1836, AL)
- m.
William E. MANGUM
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Leah C. WINDHAM (b. c.
1839, AL)
- m.
Andrew Jackson BROOKS Sr.
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Andrew Jefferson WINDHAM
(b. c. 1842, AL)
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Houston B. WINDHAM "Huse"
(b.
c. 1841, AL)
- m.
Mrs. Alice T. MCFADDIN
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William James WINDHAM
(b. 1846, MS)
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Jeptha Patterson WINDHAM
(b. c. 1848, MS)
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5. Mary
WINDHAM "Polly" (b. c. 1802, GA; d. after 1889,
NewtCtyMS)
Children:
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Benjamin B. MARTIN (b.
c. 1823, WilcCtyAL)
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Abraham MARTIN Jr.
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Infant STRALEY (b. and d. Sep 1897, TX)
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Elizabeth MARTIN (b. 25 Feb 1831,
AL; d.
25 Mar 1914)
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Leah MARTIN
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6. Harriett Mozelle
WINDHAM (b.
c. 1803, GA; d. Feb 1853, SabiCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 25647394, TX)
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m1. Frederick A. THOMAS
on 22 Sep 1822, WilcCtyAL
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m2. Levi MCDANIEL, Sr. (b. 1808, SC, d.
1896, TX;
Find-A-Grave 25647433,
TX) c. 1836, MS
Parents: William
MCDANIEL / Douvica COUCH "Dosha"
Child
to Frederick:
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Leah
Susan THOMAS (b. Sep 1837)
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Child
to Levi:
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Samuel
William MCDANIEL (b. 14 Oct 1836, Holly Springs,
NewtCtyMS; d. 30 Jan 1922)
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7. Benjamin B.
WINDHAM (b. c. 1805, GA; d.
c. 1855, Grand Bay, MobiCtyAL;
Find-A-Grave 42908386, AL)
Children
to Charlotte:
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Charlotte WINDHAM
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Naomi Elizabeth
WINDHAM (b. 23 Sep 1826, WilcCtyAL; d. 30 Jan 1862,
KempCtyMS)
- m.
Thomas Millford PRUITT on 8 Jan 1843
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Leah Ann
WINDHAM (b. 23 Mar 1829, WilcCtyAL; d. 9 June
1908, KempCtyMS)
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Mary Newberry
WINDHAM
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AM "Polly" (b.
30 June 1830, WilcCtyAL;
d. 2 Apr 1919, KempCtyMS;
Find-A-Grave 67563689, MS)
- m. John Emerson CHISOLM (b. 17 Nov 1828; d. 29 Sep 1886;
Find-A-Grave 67563977, MS)
Parents: William J. M. CHISOLM / Dorothy
L. SWANSON.
The Chisolm and Windham families lived right next to
each other.
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Nancy Alice
WINDHAM
(b. 25 Sep 1833, Laurel, JoneCtyMS)
- m1. ?
TINSLEY
- m2. Owen Lawrence ANDERSON (b.
11 Apr 1827, TN)
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Samuel S.
WINDHAM (b.
c. 1836, MS)
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Children
to Sarah:
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Alexander Travis
WINDHAM
"Trav" (b. 17 Dec 1856, Meridian,
LaudCtyMS; d. 1 Apr 1932, Pecos,
ReevCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 33321130, TX)
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Louis Clark
WINDHAM
(b. 3 Feb 1862, KempCtyMS; d. 23 Jan 1931, Mobile,
MobiCtyAL;
Find-A-Grave 48929090, AL)
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Alice
WINDHAM (b. c. 1865, MS)
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Robert E.
WINDHAM
(b. Dec 1868, MS)
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Benjamin Windham has a memorial (Find-A-Grave
Entry 42908386), though his exact burial spot is not known. -
Benjamin and Charlotte's marriage is verified at the
Wilcox County (AL) Marriage Records 1820 - 1826
mar webpage.
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Louis C. Windham is buried in Grand Bay, Mobile County, AL. -
Notes on Trav Windham:
From John B. Windham's research on Travis Windham:
""Trav" Windham has been described as "one
of the greatest cowmen Texas ever knew". It has been stated that the
world's first rodeo occurred at Pecos City, Texas, in the early 1880's.
A. T. "Trav" Windham was the "winner" of this, the first rodeo held in
the United States. About five hundred people attended and were served
"dinner on the ground" at this rodeo. "Trav" Windham worked for the Hash
Knife Ranch which was located near Abilene, Texas, but later expanded
their operations and in 1881 established a new ranch on the Pacos River
north of Pacos City, Texas."
Also see
The
History of the World's First Rodeo.
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8. Phanuel
WINDHAM
"Fannie" (b. 10 Oct 1807, GA; d. 28 Feb 1889,
FallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 81715358, TX)
Children:
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Charlotte L. WAITE (b.
25 Apr 1826, WilcCtyAL; d. 7 Nov 1911, near Reagan,
FallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 18148052, TX)
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Ellen R. WAITE (b. c.
1829, WilcCtyAL)
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Sara M. WAITE (b. c.
1830, WilcCtyAL)
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Dr. Samuel J. WAITE (b.
18 Apr 1832, WilcCtyAL; d. 7 Sep 1893, Reagan,
FallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 21087088, TX)
- m. Sena Ann ROBERTSON (b. c. 1832, GA)
Parents:
William ROBERTSON / Elizabeth ?
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Amanda S. WAITE (b.
1836, WilcCtyAL; d. 6 Apr 1921, El Paso,
ElPaCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 29537577, TX)
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Ann Eliza WAITE (b. 6
Feb
1839, WilcCtyAL; d. 21 Dec 1904, Reagan,
FallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 21087077, TX)
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Francis E. WAITE (b. c.
1840, WilcCtyAL)
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William H. WAITE
(b. c.1842, WilcCtyAL)
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Dr. John Darby WINDHAM
(b. 13 Feb 1816, AL; d. 30 Mar 1898, Tecumseh,
CallCtyTX)
Children
to Eliza:
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James Lodric WINDHAM "Jim"
(b. 1836, TX)
- m1. Rhoda E. JONES
- m2. Delphia A. FANNIN
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Children
to Fannie:
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Samuel Robert WINDHAM
(b. 1842, TX)
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Jessie Ezekiel
WINDHAM
(b. 1845, TX)
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Mary Ann
WINDHAM
(b. 1849, TX)
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Calvin
WINDHAM
(b. 1849; TX)
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Hilary "Tod" WINDHAM
(b. 1851, TX)
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Willis
WINDHAM
(b. 1853)
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Eliza Jane
WINDHAM
(b. 1854, TX)
- m.
Capt. John Walter JONES
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Dicy
J. WINDHAM (b. 1856, TX)
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10. Andrew Jefferson Windham (b. c. 1817, AL territory; d. after 1880,
GranCtyNM)
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m1. Eliza CASTLES (b. c. 1819, Ireland) on
8 Aug 1838
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m2. Sara J. Robertson (b. GA) c. 1864,
ScotCtyMS
Children
to Eliza:
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Leah Charlotte WINDHAM (b.
1839, MS)
- m. William J. BELL
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Mary
Elizabeth WINDHAM "Molly" (b. 1841, MS)
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Samuel Henry
WINDHAM (b.
1842, MS)
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Thomas
WINDHAM
(b. 1847, MS)
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Sarah Frances WINDHAM (b. 1847, MS)
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Andrew Clinton
WINDHAM (b. 1848, MS)
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Phanuel
WINDHAM (b. c. 1850, MS)
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Page Spencer
WINDHAM (b. 1852, MS)
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Ellen Evelina
WINDHAM (b. 1855, MS)
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Benjamin J. WINDHAM "Berry"
(b. 1857, MS)
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Children
to Sara:
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R. P. WINDHAM
(b.
c. 1864, MS)
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F. L. WINDHAM
(b. c. 1867, MS)
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Sena Ann WINDHAM "Annie
(b. 1868, MS)
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Charles Hix
WINDHAM (b. 1869, TX)
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Arthur
Jefferson WINDHAM (b. 1871, TX)
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Susan
Harriott
WINDHAM (b.
c. 1873, TX)
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Martha
Emma
WINDHAM (b.
1874, TX)
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Minnie L. WINDHAM
(b. 1877, TX)
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Otho Richard WINDHAM
(b. 1878, TX)
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Pearl
Ora WINDHAM (b. 1881, TX)
- m. William Edward HELMS "Ed"
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For more detailed information on Andrew J. Windham, click his name
above.
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11. Charlotte
WINDHAM "Lottie" (b. c. 1820, AL; d. Aft. 1880,
NavaCtyTX)
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m. George Washington BOYD (b. c. 1810, TN; d. aft. 1880, TX) c. 1841, TN
Parents: James BOYD and Mary ?. (James was born in Pennsylvania.)
Children:
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Samuel James BOYD (b. c. 1842,
TX; d. 21 Sep 1910;
Find-A-Grave 26604055, OK)
- m. Jane Victoria SPRAYBERRY (b. Mar 1855, GA) in c. 1878
1st husband: Mr. BROWN
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Adlebert Dolphus BOYD (b.
8 Dec 1846,
MS; d. May 1909, San Angelo, TomGCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 63752991, TX)
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The birth date on Samuel J. Boyd's grave is way off (b. 1830),
but based on research, he appears to be the son of George W. Boyd. S. J. Boyd's wife and children are listed as "Indian" in the 1910 census
for Le Fore, OK.
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From 1850 Census for
NewtCtyMS:
Dwelling: 492, Family 492
George lived right next to his parents in Dwelling 491.
Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occ |
Land Value |
Birth Place |
George Boyd |
40 |
M |
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Blacksmith |
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TN |
Charlotte Boyd |
30 |
F |
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AL |
James Boyd |
8 |
M |
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TX |
Adelphy Boyd |
3 |
M |
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MS |
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From 1870 US Census for
Beat 1, NeshCtyMS:
Dwelling 424, Family 424
Name |
Age |
Est.DOB |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Val. of Land |
Val. of Pers.
Est. |
Birth Place |
George W. Boyd |
61 |
1809 |
M |
W |
Blacksmith |
640 |
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TN |
Charlott Boyd |
58 |
1812 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
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AL |
Elizabeth Boyd |
48 |
1822 |
F |
W |
Domestic Work |
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TN |
William L. Boyd |
3 |
1867 |
M |
W |
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From 1880 US Census for
NavaCtyTX:
Name |
Rel. |
Mar. Stat |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Birth Place |
Occ. |
Father BPlace |
Mother BPlace |
Geo. W. Boyd |
Self |
M |
M |
W |
71 |
TN |
Blacksmith |
PA |
NC |
Charlotte Boyd |
Wife |
M |
F |
W |
61 |
AL |
Keeping House |
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Sam B. Windham is supposedly buried in Homewood,
ScotCtyMS. -
In 1850, Sam and Leah were living with
son, Andrew J. Windham. -
Leah BLAKE's (b. Jan 12, 1775
in SC) parents were John William
BLAKE (b. c. 1750; d. Jan 22, 1781 in Camden Dist. SC) and Phanuel HORNSBY
"Leah" or "Fanny"
(b. Mar 30, 1751 in Jamestown, James City County, VA. Her parents
were Leonard Hornsby and Elizabeth I. Wilson).
Leah Blake had two brothers: Thomas Early BLAKE (b. Nov 12, 1776) and John
William BLAKE Jr. (b. Jan 10, 1781).
This information is from a family bible belonging to Leonard
Hornsby, printed 1756. It is not archived in a South Carolina
library.
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The identity of Sam B. Windham's father is one
of the great Windham mysteries. John B. Windham of Louisiana believes
that Sam B. Windham's father was Eustace WINDHAM (b. c. 1725)
who lived and died in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, VA.
Eustace is the proven son of Edward WINDHAM (b. c. 1695).
Edward is the son of Rueben WINDHAM (b. c. 1670, d. 1745 in
Nottoway Parish, Isle of Wight County, VA). Though not proven,
this theory seems the most likely, and John B. Windham is the top
Windham researcher in our line. Hopefully DNA testing will help to
shed some light on this family puzzle.
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From 1850 US Scott County, MS census:
Name |
Age |
Sex |
Occ |
Birth Place |
Saml B. Windham |
81 |
M |
Man |
VA |
Leah Windham |
77 |
F |
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SC |
James Windham |
15 |
M |
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*Note: the "James Windham, age 15, living with Sam and Leah may
be James Lordric Windham, he first and only son of John D.
Windham and Eliza Sproals. There is a question as to whether or not
J.D. ever married Eliza, or was James L. born out of wedlock. This
may explain why he was living with his grandparents in 1850.
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Page Sources:
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The Windham Connection book by John B. Windham of
Metairie, LA.
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Julia
Griffin of Abilene, TX.
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Descendants of Leonard Hornsby by Rex McLaurin webpage.
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ModLog:
Date of ModLog |
Source of Information |
Description of Changes |
20 Apr 2022 |
Author's upgrade |
Changed county links. |
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Names Added to Name Index: YES
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