Joseph Meacham (1714 - 1806)

Born 15 Apr 1714 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Horton) Meacham — married 13 Aug 1741 in Somers, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 23 May 1806 at age 92 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Birth Date and Place

• 15 April 1714
• Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Parents

• Isaac Meacham
• Mary Root

Marriages

• Hannah Horton, first wife
• 13 August 1741
• Somers, Tolland, Connecticut

• Sybyl Cook, second wife
• after 1794
• probably Somers, Tolland, Connecticut

Children

• Dorcas Meacham, born 1742
• Tabitha Meacham, born 1743
• Hannah Meaham, born 1745
• Susannah Meacham, born 1749
• Jesse Meacham, born 1751
• Joseph Meacham, born 1757
• Mary Meacham, born 1760

Death Date and Place

• 23 May 1806
• Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Connecticut Births and Christenings

He is mentioned in the birth record of his son Jesse.

Name Jesse Meacham

Gender Male

Birth Date 24 Aug 1751

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Connecticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Birth Record This record lists details about all his family members.

Name: Joseph Meacham

Birth date: 15 April 1714

Father: Isaac Meacham, born 13 November 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died 09 May 1715, Enfield, Connecticut

Mother: Mary Root, born 21 October 1673, Northfield, Connecticut, daughter of Thomas and Mary Gridley Root

Children:

Benjamin Meacham, born 17 October 1701, married Elizabeth Pease

Samuel Meacham, born 15 December 1703, married Sarah Pope

Mary Meachan, born 19 July 1706, married John Collins

Elizabeth Meacham, born 11 April 1709, died 09 December 1710

Joseph Meacham (1), born 21 October 1711, died 14 April 1714

Joseph Meacham (2), born 15 April 1714, married 1. Hannah Horton and 2. Sybyl Cook

Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997

Name Joseph Meacham

Spouse's Name Hannah Horton

Event Date 13 Aug 1741

Event Place Extracts, Somers, Tolland, Conneticut

Children's Birth Records Dorcas Meacham

Gender Female

Birth Date 14 May 1742

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Tabitha Meacham

Gender Female

Birth Date 16 Feb 1743

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Hannah Meacham

Gender Female

Birth Date 30 Jan 1745

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Susannah Meacham

Gender Female

Birth Date 08 May 1749

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Jesse Meacham

Gender Male

Birth Date 24 Aug 1751

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Joseph Meacham

Gender Male

Birth Date 05 May 1757

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Death Date 07 Aug 1759

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

Mary Meacham

Gender Female

Birth Date 13 Jan 1760

Birthplace Somers Township, Tolland, Conneticut

Father's Name Joseph Meacham

Mother's Name Hannah

United States Revolutionary War Rolls

Name Jos Meacham

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 22 Mar 1777

Event Place Connecticut, United States

Military Rank Private

United States Revolutionary War Rolls

Name Joseph Macham [sic]

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 13 Apr 1777

Event Place Connecticut, United States

Military Rank Corporals

1790 United States Federal Census

Name Jos Meacham

Event Type Census

Event Date 1790

Event Place Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Page 183

1800 United States Federal Census

Name Joseph Meacham

Event Type Census

Event Date 1800

Event Place Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Page 653

Connecticut Deaths and Burials

Name Joseph Meacham

Gender Male

Death Date 23 May 1806

Death Place Connecicut

Find A Grave Burial Record

Name Joseph Meacham

Birth 1714

Birth Place Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Event Type Burial

Event Date 1806

Event Place Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States of America

Photograph Included Y

Death Date 23 May 1806

Affiliate Record Identifier 148031412

Cemetery North Cemetery

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-38N : 11 February 2018), Jesse Meacham, 24 Aug 1751; 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.

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-GPT : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham and Hannah Horton, 13 Aug 1741; citing Conn, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 14,765.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CC9 : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Dorcas Meacham, 14 May 1742; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CHR : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Tabitha Meacham, 16 Feb 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CZJ : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Hannah Meacham, 30 Jan 1745; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CHK : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Susannah Meacham, 08 May 1749; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-38J : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Jesse Meacham, 24 Aug 1751; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-38P : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Joseph Meacham, 05 May 1757; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-C4K : 11 February 2018), Joseph Meacham in entry for Mary Meacham, 13 Jan 1760; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-ZV5F : 21 December 2016), Jos Meacham, 22 Mar 1777; citing 22 Mar 1777, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,288.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-8VM5 : 21 December 2016), Joseph Macham, 13 Apr 1777; citing 13 Apr 1777, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,290.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-ZPJ : accessed 7 March 2018), Jos Meacham, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 183, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-7B1 : accessed 7 March 2018), Joseph Meacham, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 653, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 205,619.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7XC-K43 : 9 February 2018), Joseph Meacham, 23 May 1806; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,168.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2018), memorial page for Joseph Meacham (1714–23 May 1806), Find A Grave Memorial no. 148031412, citing North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47067682). Find A Grave: Memorial #148031412.

• Greene, James W., The Meacham Family of Early Colonial Times, NYGBR (NYGBS, 1934) Vol. 65, Page 381.