Josiah Byam
Born: May 08, 1795 Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Married: April 17, 1823, Littleton, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer
Died: January 17, 1865, Chelmsford, Massachusetts - Fatty Degeneration of the Heart.
Buried: South Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Father: Soloman Byam b.1770
Mother: Abi Adams b.1773
Wife: Sophronia Flagg b. 1799
Children:
Sophronia Ann Byam b.1824
Lucinda Catherine Byam b. 1825
Josiah L. Byam, died of dysentery in infancy July 1829.
Arabella Parker Byam b.1830
John Byam b.1832
Lavina Byam b.c.1834
Roxana Byam b.1836
Susanna Byam b.1838
Josephine Byam b.1840
Notes:
-A Farmer, he was also active in the South Chelmsford Sunday School, being listed as a member in 1844. He was on the board of managers 1846 and 1847, and also for those two years a teacher and superintendant.
-From Nephew Daniel Proctor Byam's Civil War diary: Tuesday, February 7th, 1865:
It cleared off last night and is very fine today. Received a letter from Mother, 1 from Sumner, 1 from Newell. Hear the death of my uncle Josiah Byam; dropped down dead at Uncle Edwin's house.
-After wife died, he married Sarah Hardy of Freyburg, Maine on 12/28/1841. She lived 9/6/1802 to 12/8/1880. She lived her last years with her step-son John Byam, and his family in Chelmsford, although she died where she was born in Freyburg, Maine possibly.
-John Byam's will is #28676 in Chelmsford, MA year 1865.
Sources:
-Birth Source: Vital Records of Chelmsford, "Descendants of George Byam (?-1680)" 1975, by Edwin Byam p65, and Death Certificate.
-Marriage Source: Vital Records of Chelmsford, Death Certificate
-Death Source: Massachusetts Death Certificate
-1860 US Census, living with 2nd wife, and children John and Josephine in Chelmsford, MA.
-1850 US Census, a Farmer, listed in Chelmsford, MA with wife and 4 children.