Samuel 
MEACHAM

B: 15 Nov 1739 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
M: 31 Mar 1763  Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States   
D: 22 Jan 1811 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
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According to an application for the US Son's of the American Revolution Membership... Samuel Meacham was a "Private Solider" who "enlisted in Caption Joshua Welles' Company in Colonel Chase's Regiment of Militia, who were called forth on an alarm Oct. 20, 1780, serving 9 days; traveling 90 miles." 


He served in the French and Indian War in Connecticut in 1759. He was in the 2nd Regiment under Nathan Colonel and Captain Whiting, 8th Company Co. Command: Captain Asel Fitch in 1761.
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B: 16 Nov 1747 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
M: 31 Mar 1763  Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States   
D: 1843 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States  

Children:

Phebe MEACHAM

B: 12 Dec 1763 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, New England  
M: 25 Nov 1778 - 25 Nov 1778 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, New England - WELLS, Ezekial (1754-????)
D: 12 Sep 1863 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States - Lived to be 99 years old (just a few months short of 100 years!)

Samuel MEACHAM

B: 1766 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 1790 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - HASKELL, Phebe (1770-1841)
  • Mary MEACHAM (1803-1822)
D: 8 Apr 1843 Franklin, Franklin, New York, United States  

Polly MEACHAM

B: 9 Feb 1768 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 1787 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - BRADBURY, William (1759-1834)
  • Judith BRADBURY (1789-????)
  • Betsy H. BRADBURY (1791-1855)
  • Mary BRADBURY (1791-????)
  • Sarah BRADBURY (1794-????)
  • William BRADBURY (1799-????)
  • David BRADBURY (1802-????)
  • Benjamin BRADBURY (1804-????)
  • Betsey BRADBURY (1806-????)
  • Roswell BRADBURY (1812-????)
D: 26 Jun 1836 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Thomas MEACHAM

Became a frontier physician of some repute.  He was skilled in the use of herbs, and avoided the practice of drawing blood from the sick which was customary in those days.  He also became a successful trapper in the Adirondack Mountains.
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B: 1 Jul 1771 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M1: 1793 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States - CAULEY, Sarah Bond (1769-1858)
  • Thomas MEACHAM (1794-1860)
  • Elam MEACHAM (1795-1796)
  • Stephen Peabody MEACHAM (1797-1869) 
Fact v. Fiction - An article in New York featured Stephen MEACHAM claiming he abandoned his family to escape the LDS church, or did he? 
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  • Temma MEACHAM (1799-1800)
  • Jeremiah MEACHAM (1801-1852)
  • Hannah MEACHAM (1803-1897)
  • Joseph MEACHAM (1806-1847)
  • Unknown MEACHAM (1812-1813)
  • Edward Thomas MEACHAM (1818-1896)
M2: 1802 - Vermont - SANFORD, Rebecca Grandy (1771-1845)
  • Samuel MEACHAM (1812-????)
  • Washington MEACHAM (1824-1877)
D: 7 May 1849 Franklin, Franklin, New York, United States 

Joshua MEACHAM

B: 12 Apr 1773 Canaan, Grafton Co., New Hampshire  
M: 05 Apr 1793 - Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - CHAPMAN, Permelia (1777-1866)
  • Joshua MECHMAN (1795-1841)
  • Samuel Chapman MECHMAN (1798-1882)
  • Permelia MECHMAN (1800-1868)
  • Edward MECHMAN (1802-1895)
  • Leonidas Moses W. MECHMAN (1804-1878)
  • Elizabeth MECHMAN (1807-1887)
  • Ephriam MECHMAN (1808-1891)
  • Caleb MECHMAN (1810-1852)
  • Amos MECHMAN (1812-????)
  • Lewis MECHMAN (1814-1895)
  • James MECHMAN (1832-1904)
  • Mary Henrietta MECHMAN (1846-1899)
D: 8 Oct 1846 Bonaparte, Van Buren Co., Iowa  

Jeremiah MEACHAM

B: 2 Dec 1774 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 1794 - Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States - DAVIS, Abigail (1774-1833)
  • Daniel MEACHAM (1807-1887)
  • Sally MEACHAM (1811-????)
  • Samuel MEACHAM (1813-1896)
  • John MEACHAM (1815-1830)
  • Hyrum Lewis MEACHAM (1817-1884)
D: 22 Jan 1834 Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States  

Elam MEACHAM

B: 2 May 1776 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 01 Mar 1798 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States - WILLIAMS, Mary (1778-1816)
  • Elam MEACHAM (1799-1874)
  • Sarah MEACHAM (1802-1840)
  • Polly MEACHAM (1803-1884)
  • John MEACHAM (1805-1874)
  • Nancy MEACHAM (1806-1830)
  • William MEACHAM (1809-????)
  • David MEACHAM (1815-1850)
  • Samuel MEACHAM (1817-1849)
  • Sylvester MEACHAM (1819-1847)
D: 4 Mar 1874 Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  

Robert MEACHAM

B: 15 Jun 1777 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
M: 6 Sep 1801 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - BASFORD, Sarah (1772-1838)
  • Phebe MEACHAM (1802-1852)
  • Miriam MEACHAM (1804-????)
  • Joseph MEACHAM (1806-1894)
  • Samuel MEACHAM (1807-1883)
  • Jonathan MEACHAM (1810-1878)
  • Susan MEACHAM (1812-1813)

D: 22 Jan 1848 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States  

Bethiah MEACHAM

B: Jan 1779 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 12 Oct 1797 - New Hampshire - WORTHEN, Moses (1773-1845)
  • Moses WORTHEN (1798-????)
  • Sybil WORTHEN (1799-1882)
  • Samuel WORTHEN (1801-1879)
  • Sarah WORTHEN (1804-????)
  • Mary WORTHEN (1806-????)
  • Amos WORTHEN (1808-????)
  • Daniel WORTHEN (1810-????)
  • Joesph WORTHEN (1812-1895)

Andrew MEACHAM

B:1781 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 18 Jun 1801 - Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - EASTMAN, Abigail (1783-????)
  • Olive MEACHAM (1802-1818)
  • Andrew Main MEACHAM (1805-????)
D: 18 Jan 1821 Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  

Sarah MEACHAM

B:9 Feb 1782 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: 12 Mar 1801 - MAIN, Andrew (1784-1805)
  • Sally MAIN (1801-????)
D:28 Aug 1872 Enfield, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  

Olive MEACHAM

B: 1788 
D: UNKONWN 

Anna MEACHAM

B:1786 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  
M: abt 1805 - Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire - GARDENER, John (1783-????)
D: 21 Feb 1831 

Miriam MEACHAM

Temperance MEACHAM