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The Ketcham (Ketchum)
family of Long Island
The Descendants of Edward Ketcham
Edward
Ketcham is first found in Cambridge, England from 1619 to 1628, where
his marriage to Mary Hall on 22 Aug 1619 is recorded in the records of
the Church of Saint Andrew, as well as the birth of his children Mary
(bapt. 7 May 1620), John (bapt. 8 Sep 1622), Hester (bapt. 10 Apr
1626), and Ann (bapt. 19 Oct 1628). No other records of Edward or other
Ketchams are found in Cambridge.
Edward
Ketcham is next found in Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
in 1635. He may have arrived in 1630 on the Winthrop fleet or in 1633
on the Ipswich. By 1637 Edward was reportedly on the Board of
Freemen, the town council of Ipswich. Sometime after January 1640
Edward moved from Ipswich to Hashamommock, later Southold, Long Island,
where in 1651 the first record of him is found.
Ketcham's Hotel - Center
Moriches Circa 1910
The following paragraphs were found
on the Web site - Ketcham
Genealogy A site dedicated
to the genealogy of the Ketcham/Ketchem/Ketchum family in America,
descendants
of Edward Ketcham, Puritan. It is a wonderfully constructed site
and
a well documented resource for the first few generations of desc ent
from
Edward.
Edward Ketcham: The
Progenitor of all Ketchams? (Herein also of Henry Ketcham.)
It
is probable that Edward Ketcham is the progenitor of all Ketchams in
America (with the exception of rumors of a native American Ketcham
line). While likely, it is only probable because two
caveats have been noted: the mysterious Henry Ketcham and the "Scottish
Ketchams."
A
Henry Ketcham is found in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1638. (Savage
1990, vol. 3, p. 14.) According to the published genealogies, we know
nothing further of Henry Ketcham or his descendants (are there any out
there?). While the presence of Henry Ketcham is troubling for a
definitive answer to the question, Henry Ketcham is almost certainly
related to Edward Ketcham. If Henry is not Edward's son, they are
likely brothers (it is highly
unlikely that two unrelated Ketchams would be found in Ipswich together
in 1635). If that is the case, the progenitor of all Ketchams
(assuming
Henry's descendants are in fact among us), is Edward's and Henry's
father
-- an as yet unnamed "Ketcham" who is the progenitor of us all!
Some
of the Ketcham genealogies also allege the existence of Scottish
"Ketchams," a Scottish clan whose name (in Gaelic) is spelled
differently than "Ketcham" but which sounds similar. None of the
books give any
further information, or the source of this story.
Without
further evidence that Henry Ketcham left descendants and is not
Edward's son, we may conclude that Edward Ketcham is in fact the father
of us all. If not Edward, the progenitor of all Ketchams would be
Edward's father.