Vincent MEIGS

Abt 1583 - 1658  (75 years)

• Name	Vincent MEIGS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1583	Dorcetshire, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Dec 1658	East Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut   [4]
  Notes	Vincent emigrated to America,and is supposed to have been the progenitor of all of the names in the United States. Vincent and his family are first heard of at Plymouth, Mass., in 1637, and again at Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1639. They removed to Rehoboth, Mass., and about 1644 to New Haven, Connecticut. The group arrived in Hammonassett, East Guilford (now Madison) Conn. in 1654, where Vincent Built a house. There is a tradition that his was the first interment in Hammonassett Cemetery. From that day to the present time the name is synonymous in this country with public service, and many of the line have attained to eminence, with honors, both public and private. His wife died before his migration.
  Person ID	I39212	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Lawrence MEIGS,   b. Abt 1551, Bradford, England d. 1595, Bradford, Peverell, Dorset, England (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Anne WOODS,   b. England d. England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F04874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	? CHURCHILL   d. Bef 1634, England
  Children	1. Vincent MEIGS,   b. 1609, England d. 03 Nov 1700, Connecticut (Age 91 years)  [Birth]   2. John MEIGS,   b. 29 Feb 1612, England d. 04 Jan 1671/2, Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 59 years)  [Birth]   3. Mark MEIGS,   b. 1614, England d. 1673 (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F04873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1583 - Dorcetshire, England Death - 01 Dec 1658 - East Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S01871] Bennett and Allied Families, pg 33. [S01931] Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop by Charles E. Benton 1906, pg 23. [S02727] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 1 January. [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;;). [S01931] Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop by Charles E. Benton 1906.