Samuel Meacham (1703 - 1769)

Born 15 Dec 1703 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Pope) Meacham — married 7 Nov 1726 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1769 at age 65 in Somers, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1703, the son of Isaac Meecham and Mary Root.^[1] He married Sarah Pope in 1726 in Massachusetts.^[2] He passed away in 1769.^[3][4]

Children

All born in Somers Township, Tolland, Connecticut

• Samuel Meacham, born 1727
• Prisca Meacham, born 1730
• Abigail Meacham, born 1732
• Mary Meacham, born 1734
• John Meacham, born 1737
• Hannah Meacham, born 1738
• Enos Meacham, born 1740
• Elezear Meacham, born 1743
• Eunice Meacham, born 1746
• Israel Meacham, born 1748
• Deborah Meacham, born 1749

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-44Y5 : 21 September 2019), Samuell Meacham, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJV-FD9 : 22 February 2021), Samuel Meacham and Sarah Pope, 07 Nov 1726; citing item 1, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XD-W43Z : 21 September 2019), Samuel Meacham, ; citing Death, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
4. ↑ "Samuel Meacham in the Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection).

See also:

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74C-S5L : 11 February 2018), Isaack Meacham in entry for Samuell Meacham, 15 Dec 1703; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• Family Book of Remembrance and Genealogy, with Allied Lines, Ancestry.com, Author: Mecham, Leonidas DeVon, Date of Publication: 1952. Subjects: Meacham family, Mecham family. See: http://ancstry.me/2oQPCOd.
• Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). See: http://ancstry.me/2G3seVe.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. See: http://ancstry.me/2HbyARN.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2018), memorial page for Samuel Meacham (15 Dec 1703–14 Feb 1768), Find A Grave Memorial no. 181546323, ; Maintained by dmwk (contributor 47255771) Unknown, who reports a location of burial unknown. Find A Grave: Memorial #181546323.
• Greene, James W., The Meacham Family of Early Colonial Times, NYGBR (NYGBS, 1934) Vol. 65, Page 381.