Josiah MEIGS

1757 - 1822  (65 years)

• Name	Josiah MEIGS  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Aug 1757  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Sep 1822  [1, 2]
  Notes	B.A. Yale College, 1778, professor at Yale College, President of University of Georgia, Comissioner General of Land Office at Washington, D.C.
  Person ID	I38956	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	Return MEIGS,   b. 16 Mar 1708, East Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 22 Jun 1782, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Elizabeth HAMLIN,   b. 12 Feb 1711, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Sep 1762, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	01 Feb 1733	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F16667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara BENJAMIN,   b. 1762   d. 13 Aug 1849 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1782  [1, 2, 5]
  Children	1. Ezra Stiles MEIGS,   b. Aug 1801   d. 1842 (Age 40 years)  [Natural]   2. Juliana MEIGS,   b. 18 Jul 1795   d. 08 Jul 1808 (Age 12 years)  [Natural]   3. Samuel William MEIGS,   b. 01 Dec 1788   d. 20 Jul 1818 (Age 29 years)  [Natural]   4. Charles Delucena MEIGS,   b. 19 Feb 1792   d. 22 Jun 1869 (Age 77 years)  [Natural]   5. Clara MEIGS,   b. 18 Sep 1784   d. 17 Jul 1853 (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   6. John Benjamin MEIGS,   b. Jun 1808   d. 18 Dec 1898 (Age 90 years)  [Natural]   7. Sea MEIGS,   b. 19 May 1794   d. May 1794  [Natural]   8. Judge Henry MEIGS,   b. 28 Oct 1782   d. 20 May 1861 (Age 78 years)  [Natural]   9. Julia MEIGS,   b. 01 Apr 1787   d. 26 Oct 1787 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F16724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S03444] Professor Reynold Webb Wilcox, The Descendants of William Wilcoxson, Vincent Meigs, and Richard Webb, (Name: Name: New York - T.A. Wright, Publisher and Printer 1893;;). [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;). [S03419] The Barbour Collection Of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Middletown. [S12068] Hon. H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family a Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut 1654-1900. [S01701] Henry B. Meigs, Record of the Descendants of Vincent Meigs Who Came From Dorsetshire, England to America about 1635.