William MALCOLM
Isle of Wight County: William Mackome, will proved 1719/20; wife Sarah; sons William, Neak [Noah?], Posor [?], John, Joseph; daughters Sarah, Mary Whinly, Jonnett. John Meecum [also Meecom], estate inventory 1720/21 Thomas Meacome, estate inventory 1723 Susanna Meacum , estate inventory 1731 Lewis Meacum, estate inventory 1738 Perhaps William, John and Thomas were brothers, born in the period 1640-70. Lewis might be third generation. The IGI has the following: Mary, child of Lewis Mecom and Anne Wren, Isle of Wight, Va., born 1710. It is unclear where the IGI data comes from, and it must therefore be treated with caution. The overall picture presented by this evidence strongly suggests the existence of a Mecum (Malcom) clan in Isle of Wight Co. going back a few decades into the 17th century. There is however no data from that period, and it is impossible to say who the first settler was. A candidate would be John Macom, whose name appears on a large consolidation grant of land to Capt. Lawrence Baker in Surry County in 1667. A previous grant of 500 acres in James City County was made to Baker in 1650. Capt. Baker also had some connection in the 1650's with Isle of Wight County; he is mentioned in a London court document (copied in the Colonial Records database at the Library of Virginia) as having signed the death certificate of a man who died in Isle of Wight County in 1652. The John Macom in the headright claim may be the John Meecum above who died in 1720, or his father.
He married Mrs. William Malcolm Abt 1680 at of Midmar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland . Mrs. William Malcolm was born at of Midmar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Abt 1662 .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Barbara Malcolm
born Abt 1682.
William Malcolm
born Abt 1684.
George Malcolm
born Abt 1690.
Agnes Malcolm
born Abt 1692.
Andrew Malcolm
born Abt 1694.
Helen Malcolm
born Abt 1696.
Janet Malcolm
born Abt 1698.
Margaret Malcolm
born Abt 1700.
James Malcolm
born Abt 1702.
William Malcolm died 1723 at Aberdeenshire, Scotland .