The villages of East Markham and West Markham exist today; the ancient seat of civil order referred to in the above. In London, a visitor will find a Markham Square.

After moving to America, descendent Markhams continued to name their towns by their family name and their migration across the United States and Canada can be traced by following the towns and cities named "MARKHAM" from Western New York, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Texas to Illinois, Minnesota and Ontario. There are similar uses of this name in Arizona and California for natural features and railroad points of way.

Eighteen generations after the founding of the family name in 1066, Daniel Markham,  who was born before June 22, 1641  in Earls Colne, Essex, England migrated to America, arriving in 1665 in Cambridge, Massachusetts from whence he moved to Middletown, Connecticut in 1667. He was born in Plumstead Manor near Norwich, England, of which ancient city, his brother Matthew was mayor in 1664. He died February 6, 1712/13 in Middletown.

Daniel was made a free man in 1674 and was deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1690 and proprietor of the first bell that hung in the meetinghouse. On November 18, 1679 he married Elizabeth, Daughter of Lieutenant Francis Whittier of Cambridge and was favored with three children. After the death of his first wife, he married Patience Harris who bore him three more children.

His oldest son, Daniel II,  was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 1, 1671;  he died at Enfield, Connecticut on May 6, 1761.  He married Deborah, the daughter of Isaac Meacham and Deborah Browning on April 2, 1703 in Enfield Connecticut where Daniel was one of the first settlers. Daniel and Deborah had ten children of which Daniel III was the eldest.

Daniel III was born November 13, 1704 in Middletown and died March 16, 1786 in Tyringham Massachusetts. He first married Patience Miller April 2, 1729 in Stanford, Connecticut and second, married Thankful Heath, daughter of Isaac Heath and Rachel Reed on November 14, 1745 in Stafford, Connecticut. Daniel had six children by his first wife and four by his second. Of these, Daniel IV was the eldest son.

Daniel IV was born August 9, 1731 in Middletown and died about 1812 in Tyringham. He married Rachel Heath on May 27, 1752 in Stafford, Connecticut. They had six children among whom Daniel V was the eldest son and Benjamin the youngest.

Daniel V was born May 30, 1753 and died about 1775. He married Eunice.

Benjamin Markham was born in Stafford, Connecticut on July 14, 1752 and died sometime after 1810 in Tyringham, Massachusetts. He married Lucy Bentle, the daughter of William Bentley and Orange Tosier. Lester Markham said Benjamin died some time after 1828 in Broome County, New York and was the one who carved the powder horn with the inscription,

Benjamin, who served in the American Revolution, was constable of the town of Tyringham and received a letter from John Hancock, Governor of the state of Massachusetts (SAR index - CS MA from the DAR patriot Index, 1894.

He and Mercy had eight children of whom, Benjamin Markham II is the second eldest and Joshua the third.

Benjamin Markham II was born January 1, 1785 in Tyringham, Massachusetts and died in Villenova, Chautauqua County, New York in 1864. He married Mariah Race about 1809 in Tyringham. Their eldest son was Mark Markham.

Joshua Markham was born April 8, 1789 in Tyringham, Massachusetts and died May 9, 1878 in Markhams Crossing, Cattaraugus County, New York. He married Anna C. Dowd about 1814 in Broome County, New York. Their eldest son was Henry J. Markham.

It is from Joshua Markham that the town of Markhams Crossing takes its name. He moved there in 1834 and founded a tavern which he ran for the next 30 years.

Mark Markham was born March 25, 1823 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and died in Hamlet, Chautauqua County, New York on January 9, 1898. He married Sally McBride who was born about 1826 in Chautauqua County, New York on March 16, 1848 in Villenova, Chautauqua County. She died December 18, 1919 in Hamlet

Henry J. Markham was born in Binghamton, Broome County, New York on January 1, 1815 and died September 18, 1896 in Markham, Cattaraugus County, New York. He married Clarenda Gregg who was born August 5, 1821 in Bethany, Genesee County, New York. She died at Markham July 5, 1898.

Benjamin Francis Markham, founder of the Colorado branch of the Markham family was born on September 9, 1847 in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York near Markham's Corners (Crossing), later the town of Markham, which was named for Joshua Markham, a descendant of Daniel Markham who moved there in 1834.

Benjamin migrated west to Will County, Illinois where, at the age of 24, he married 16 year old Harriet Belle Shipp on March 2, 1871 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois.

Their first two sons were born in Illinois before they moved further west to Kansas where they added five additional children to their family between 1876 and 1887. They moved on to Highland Lake, Weld County, Colorado where there last two children were born in 1893 and 1896.

Benjamin died January 23, 1896 at the age of 49 and is buried in the Highland Lake Cemetery in Weld County, Colorado.

The fourth child of Benjamin Markham and Harriet,  Charles Robert Markham,  was born November 8, 1880 in Dresden, Decatur County, Kansas. He died at Mead, Colorado at the age of 55 on March 11, 1936.  Charles married Effie Maud Evans in Boulder, Colorado on April 26, 1901. Effie was born at Highland Lake on April 19, 1882 and died at Longmont, Colorado on May 15, 1969.

Their eldest child was Harley Bruce Markham, Sr.,  born December 21, 1904 at Highland Lake, Colorado. He died at Los Gatos, California in 1984 . Harley married Ruth McCormick of Fort Collins, Colorado, daughter of George C. McCormick and Carrie Sherman McCormick, August 27, 1929. She was born at Fort Collins, Colorado on September 27, 1907 and died at Los Gatos, California 1998.

Their eldest child, H. Bruce Markham, Jr. was born September 28, 1930 and founded Markham Vineyards of St. Helena, California. His eldest daughter, Carrie Markham still lives and is active in Napa, California. His son William Harley Markham lives in Berthod Colorado, only a stone's throw from the original family homestead at Highland Lake.