Born about in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Meakins
and Mary (Bidwell) Meakins
Sister of
Joseph Meakins, Samuel Meakins, Mary Meakins, Thomas Meakins, Hannah Meakins, Rebecca Meakins and John Meakins
Wife of
Thomas Spencer
— married
before 1695 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Spencer, Sarah (Spencer) Burnham, Joseph Spencer, Silas Spencer, Gideon Spencer, Timothy Spencer and Lucy Lois (Spencer) Damon
Died
at about age 69
in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Nov 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Sarah, d/o John "Mekins" was baptized 19 April 1674 at the second church of Hartford.[1][2] Her Aunt Sarah was baptized 24 Apr 1641.
John Meakins mentioned Sarah Spencer in his 1702 will.[3]
Name
Father
Birth
- About 1672 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony.[5]
Baptism
Marriage
- Married about 1694 to Thomas Spencer.[4][5]Sarah Meakin, born 1672, married Thomas Spencer by 1695 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.[6]
Children
- Sarah and Thomas Spencer had the following children in Hartford:[4]
- Thomas, b. 8 Sept. 1695; d. 1775.
- Sarah, b. 15 May 1697; m. John Burnham, Jr.
- Mary, bapt. 12 Nov 1699.
- Joseph, bp. 1 Mar 1701/2; d. young.
- Joseph, b. 12 Jun 1703; d. 1761.
- Silas, b. 27 Apr 1706; bp. 12 May 1706.
- Gideon, b. 25 Jul 1708.
- Timothy, b. 25 Jul 17(10-14); d. 1789.
- Lucy (Lois), b. 15 Jan 1717; m. 6 Jun 1735 in East Hartford to Dr. Damon.
Death
Burial
- Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Connecticut.[7]
Research Notes
- She should not be confused with the Sarah (b. about 1645) who married Samuel Spencer (1639-1716) about 1668. This Sarah was born too soon after John Meakins was born (1643) was married about the time Sarah Meakins was born (between 1672-74).
Sources
- ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut p. 395
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Parker, Edwin Pond, 1836-1920. History of the Second Church of Christ In Hartford. Hartford, Conn.: Belknap & Warfield, 1892. p. 299
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 John Meakins in the Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Probate Records, 1649-1932; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Ancestry.com. ($) Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, database on-line. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Jacobus, Donald Lines, M.A.. The Four Spencer Brothers - Their Ancestors and Descendants. The American Genealogist, 27:172 (April 1951). Available at AmericanAncestors.org ($).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. Vol. 2, p. 1422, with source citations, available on AmericanAncestors.org ($).
- ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1422/426904878
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955, database, FamilySearch : 11 June 2020, Sarah Spencer, 1741.
- Bidwell, Edwin. Genealogy of the First Seven Generations of the Bidwell Family in America (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y., 1884) Page 42.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
John Greenup
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CH4646427 [compare], Ancestry member jgreenup331040
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~0.39%
Paul Regan :
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~0.39%
M Jewett :
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~0.39%
John Richardson :
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~0.39%
S Jewett :
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~0.39%
T Jewett :
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~0.39%
Edgar Richardson :
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edited by Laurence Mohr
1). As reported by Stott and Barbour, John Meakins and Mary Bidwell were married by 1663-65 when son John was born. This profile shows Sarah Spencer was born about 1645.
Sources: - Stott, Clifford L., The Ancestry of Sarah Meakins, Wife of Thomas3 Miller of Springfield, Massachusetts, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2021) Vol. 175, Page 149.
- Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut p. 395
2). According to Barbour (cited above), the Sarah Meakins who was daughter of John was baptized 19 Apr 1674 and married a man named Thomas Spencer, not Samuel Spencer. Our Sarah Spencer was already married and bearing children before this date if we go by the current profiles of her children. Also, a marriage between Sarah Meakins and Thomas Spencer seems to account for the Sarah Spencer mentioned in the will of alleged father John Meakins (cited in this profile).
3). Donald Lines Jacobus, Robert Charles Anderson and Melinde Lutz Sanborn researched Samuel Spencer and could not identify his wife's maiden name. Barbour was uncertain and reported her maiden name as either Meakins or Richards. Apparently Barbour's suggested maiden names have not been reproduced by more recent research. A conclusion that Sarah Spencer's maiden name was Meakins appears to have thin support.
Sources: - Jacobus, Donald Lines, M.A.. The Four Spencer Brothers - Their Ancestors and Descendants. The American Genealogist, 27:162-166 (April 1951)
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Vol. 3, Pp. 1721-1725.
- Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003. p. 242.
- Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2001. p. 557.
Considering the pertinent sources shown on the existing profiles (included husband Samuel Spencer), the most reasonable conclusion is Sarah Spencer and Sarah Meakins were separate people-- unless additional sources and research can resolve the conflicting information illustrated in items 1-2.
I hope this information helps.
edited by Laurence Mohr