1. | Bond, Sarah was born on 20 Nov 1769 in New Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 28 Jul 1794 in Birmingham, Warwick, England (daughter of Bond, Daniel and Spring, Sarah); died on 12 Jan 1858 in Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Notes:
Archive Record (Thomas MEACHAM) Lillie Dunford Mecham;
IGI 1988 Vermont (son Stephen Peabody MEACHAM);
TIB SL no. 161 bk 6S p 7;
Sarah's maiden name is CAULEY. She is the widow of a husband surnamed BOND. (Researcher Lilly Dunfield Mecham- Logan, Utah;
Mecham book says: "She was of Irish origin. She was a very good woman, very bright and intelligent. She could remember the first cannon at the commencement of the Revolution. She died age 88 yr, one month and 23 days. Soon after their last child Joseph was born 18 May 1806, her husband Thomas Meacham, for reasons unknown left his family and some debts and was next heard of in Northern New York, where he became famous as a hunter and trapper, living first at Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY and at Lake Meacham in the Adirondack Mountains. He had tracts of land near the town of Waverly, Franklin County, NY. It is not known if there was a divorce, but later on he took a second wife, Rebecca Sanford, who had been previously twice married, first to a man named Grandy and then to Evan Call. They had two sons, Washington and Samuel and two more daughters. Sarah left with her children to St.Lawrence County, NY in 1825."
J. Arthur Meacham: “Grandmother Meacham’s maiden name was Sarah Cauley. She was of Irish origin. She was born 20 November, 1769, in New Salem, State of Massachusetts. She was a very good woman, very bright and intelligent. She could remember hearing the cannon at the commencement of the Revolution. She died in the town of Lawrence, St. Lawrence County, New York, 12 January, 1858, age 88 years, one month and twenty-three days."
Sarah married Meacham, Doctor Thomas Doctor in 1792 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Thomas (son of Meacham, Samuel and Main, Phebe) was born on 1 Jul 1771 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States; died on 7 May 1849 in Dickenson, Franklin, New York, United States; was buried on 7 May 1849 in Dickenson, Franklin, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Meacham, Thomas was born on 16 Sep 1794 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States; died on 30 Jul 1860 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.
- Meacham, Elam was born on 28 Sep 1795 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
- Meacham, Stephen Peabody was born on 12 Mar 1797 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States; died on 27 Feb 1869 in Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Feb 1869.
- Meacham, Temma was born on 24 Sep 1799 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
- Meacham, Jeremiah was born on 28 Jul 1801 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
- Meacham, Hannah was born on 28 Apr 1803 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
- Meacham, Joseph was born on 18 May 1806 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States; died in 1847.
- Meacham, Edward Thomas was born on 1 Apr 1818 in Hopkington, Franklin, New York, United States; died on 18 Aug 1896 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.
- Meacham was born in 1820 in Hopkington, Franklin, New York, United States.
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