Edward Mecom (1704 - 1765)

Born Dec 1704 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Franklin) Mecom — married 27 Jul 1727 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1765 at age 60 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edward married Jane Franklin on 27 July 1727 in Boston, Massachusetts^[1]

On July 27, 1727, at the age of fifteen, Jane was married to Edward Mecom (1704-1765), a Boston saddler. He was a colorless individual, poor in heath and in pocket. His major contribution to the family was the fathering of 12 children: Josiah, born in 1729, Edward, (1731), Benjamin (1732), Ebenezer (1735), Sarah (1737), Peter (1739), John (1741), a second Josiah (1743), Jane (1745), James (1746), Mary (1748), and Abiah (1751).

Edward died on 11 September 1765 in Boston.

Children

Children of Edward Mecom:

• Josiah Mecom.
• Edward Mecom.
• Benjamin Mecom.
• Ebenezer Mecom.
• Sarah Mecom.
• Peter Mecom.
• John Mecom.
• Josiah Mecom.
• Jane Mecom.
• James Mecom.
• Mary Mecom.
• Abiah Mecom.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW4-S2T : 24 January 2020), Edward Mayoom, 1727.

• https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Mecom/6000000003017900303

• Wikipedia: Jane Mecom

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/20087997?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

• http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/10/jane-franklin-mecom.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24lepore.html

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