Deacon John MEIGS, Jr.

Deacon John MEIGS, Jr.

Male 1641 - 1713  (72 years)

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  • Headstones
    John Meigs, Jr. Headstone
    John Meigs, Jr. Headstone
    John, son of John Meigs and Thomasine Fry, is the husband of Sarah Wilcoxson. He is buried in the Alderbrook Cemetery in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

    Created by: Jan Fanco
    Photo added by: Jan Fanco

  • Name John MEIGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Prefix Deacon 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 28 Feb 1641  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Death 09 Nov 1713  Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Burial Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I38905  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2021 

    Father John MEIGS,   b. 29 Feb 1612, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Jan 1671/2, Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Thomasine FRY,   b. 1610, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Guilford Cementary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1630 
    Family ID F04355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah WILCOXSON,   b. 26 Oct 1648, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1691, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 07 Mar 1665  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 7
    Children 
     1. Sarah MEIGS,   b. 14 Feb 1667, Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Apr 1688, Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Birth]
     2. John MEIGS,   b. 11 Nov 1670, Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1718 (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
     3. Jannah MEIGS,   b. 27 Dec 1672, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Jun 1739, East Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Birth]
     4. Ebenezer MEIGS,   b. 19 Sep 1675, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1727, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
     5. Hannah MEIGS,   b. 25 Feb 1677/8, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1715, Southampton, Lewis County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
     6. Hester MEIGS,   b. 10 Nov 1680, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +7. Mindwell MEIGS,   b. 1682, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1762 (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
    +8. Sarah MEIGS,   b. 1691   d. 04 May 1775 (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F04871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2021 

    Family 2 Lydia THOMPSON,   b. 25 Jul 1647, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1729, Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Aft Nov 1691 
    Family ID F16616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 09 Nov 1713 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S01931] Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop by Charles E. Benton 1906, pg 53.

    2. [S02727] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 1 January.

    3. [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;;).

    4. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    5. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).

    6. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    7. [S03416] The Barbour Collection Of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Killingworth, Ledyard and Lisbon.