Notes:

NOTE: Sr.
Archive rec Lillie Dunford Mecham; L. Derek Maude;

Alan V Funk 5870 Vista Del Mar Yorba Linda, CA 92687 714-777-1832 7-1993.

Ancestral File shows:
children Samuel and Sylvester born to Mary Williams and Elam, however Mary died in 1816 and during 1830's and up through at least 1850, Elam was married to Sarah, who was from Vermont." (see notes for father of Mary, Robert Williams).

Elam married Williams, Mary on 1 Mar 1798 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Mary was born in 1778 in Barrington, Stafford, New Hampshire, United States; died in 1816 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arch rec Mrs. richard LeRoy Mecham.

Notes:

Archive Record of Lillie Dunford Mecham; New York Genealogical & Biographical Magazine V 65, pp 387-388;
Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;
TIB MT no. 25150 bk A-2 p 948; IGI CT 1984 p 9,103;
L. Derek Maude Records.

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mechsam.htm 9 Aug 2004:
"SAMUEL MEACHAM II (son of Samuel Meacham I and Bethia Pease) was born Nov. 15, 1739, in Norwich, Connecticut and married Phebe Main March 31, 1763 at Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Thomas Main and Anna Brown, born Nov. 16, 1747 at Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Samuel II moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire, where he was one of the original grantees of Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1761. (Canaan, New Hampshire is only 25 or 30 miles from Sharon, Vermont, where the prophet Joseph Smith was born in 1805).
Samuel Meacham II served in the Revolutionary War, in Captain John Welles' Company, Colonel Chase's regiment of Militia, which was called out in response to the alarm of Oct. 20, 1780.
According to Polly Derby Mecham,
"Samuel's joining with the soldiers of the Revolution was very sudden. He left his family home for the purpose of gathering up some firewood in the adjoining forest, telling his family that he would be right back. While in the forest a group of men came dashing towards him, telling him that they were in urgent need of his services, and to join them immediately. This he did, not having time to tell his family of his whereabouts. At the finish of his service in the army (months or years later), he came by the forest, gathered up some firewood, and took it home just as if he hadn't been gone at all."
Samuel Meacham II and Phebe Main Meacham were the parents of 17 children, all of whom reached their maturity, married, and raised large families. The children were
1.PHEBE (md. EZEKIEL WELLS);
2.SAMUEL (md. PHEBE HASKALL);
3.POLLY (MARY) (md. WILLIAM BRADBURY);
4.Dr. THOMAS (md. 1-SARAH BOND or CAULEY and
2-REBECCA SANFORD);
**5.JOSHUA (md. PERMELIA CHAPMAN);
6.JEREMIAH (md. ABIGAIL DAVIS);
7.ELAM (md. MARY WILLIAMS;
8.JOSEPH (md. 1-SARAH BASFORD and
2-LUCINA HARMON);
9.BETHIAH (md. MOSES WORTHEN);
10.ANDREW (md. ABIGAIL EASTMAN);
11.OLIVE (md. AMOS WORTHEN);
12.SARAH (md. 1-ANDREW MAIN,
2-MOSES FALL, and
3-JAMES WORTHEN);
13.ANNA (md JOHN GARDNER);
14.OLIVE (md. 1-JAMES STREATOR and
2-DAVID BRADBURY);
15. ? - female (married JAMES KIDDER);
16.MIRIAM (md. ASA KIMBALL); and
17.TEMPERANCE (md. JUDAH WELLS).
(Three of these brothers, Joshua, Elam, and Joseph Mecham, and most of their adult children and families, joined the LDS Church around 1836 and moved to Iowa, across the river from Nauvoo. These three and their descendants changed the spelling and pronunciation of their surname from Meacham to Mecham, "and have almost created or originated a new family" according to one Meacham family researcher in the eastern states. Some descendants of another of the brothers, Dr. Thomas Meacham, joined the Church later in New York state, but kept the spelling of their surname as Meacham).
All of Samuel's children were born in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire, with the exception of the oldest daughter Phebe. She was born in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, where her mother had gone home to her family for the first confinement. Samuel's sons Joseph, Joshua, Elam, and son-in-law James Kidder together with their families moved to Mercer, Erie County, Pennsylvania; while Dr. Thomas, Jeremiah, Andres, and Samuel together with their families moved to St. Lawrence County, New York (near Meacham Lake). The lake was named by Dr. Thomas Meacham, and it is located in the Adirondacks. Dr. Thomas became a frontier physician of some repute. He was skilled in the used 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. Some of his children later joined the LDS Church and joined their cousins in the west."

Samuel married Main, Phebe on 31 Mar 1763 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Phebe (daughter of Main, Deacon Thomas and Brown, Anna) was born on 16 Nov 1747 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; died in 1843 in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States; was buried in , New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Lillie Dunford Mecham; TIB SL no. 199 bk 2W p 8; IGI CT 1984
p 8,756; Arch rec Rebecca Scott; Americana Vol 20 p 553; Hist of Stonington, CT F 448-9; Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988. Death may have been at Canaan, Grafton, CT.

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Meacham; Meacham/Mecham Book of Rem- Leondis Devon Mecham 1949; TIB MT no. 24973 bk A2 p 942; Rec of L. Derek Maude.

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mechsam.htm 9 Aug 2004:

"SAMUEL MEACHAM I was born in 1712 and died sometime after 1754. He married Bethia Pease (1709-1778), the daughter of Robert Pease (1669-????) and Hannah Warriner (1674-1774). Hannah was the daughter of Joseph Warriner (1645-1697) and Mary Montague (1649-1689). (The Montague or De Montacute family was descended from royalty, and had a genealogy claimed to be traced back to Adam and Eve -- given in the Mecham Family Book of Remembrance). Mary Montague was also descended from families Downing, Allen, Bullock, Cotton, Malthus (Malthouse), Kingsmill, Bloise, Norris, Gifford, and Nottingham.
The 9 children of SAMUEL MEACHAM I and BETHIA PEASE were:
1.MARY (md. ELIAS RANDALL);
2.ZEBAH (md. ELIZABETH PEMBESTON or PENDLETON);
**3.SAMUEL II (md. PHEBE MAIN);
4.BETHIA (md. JOSIAH PHELPS);
5.JEREMIAH (md. 1-RHODA BARNES and 2-MARY BARTHOLOMEW);
6.DEBORAH (md. EZEKIEL MAIN);
7.BENJAMIN (unmarried);
8.SETH (md. LOIS PRINDLE); and
9.NEHEMIAH (prob. died young).

SAMUEL MEACHAM II (son of Samuel Meacham I and Bethia Pease) was born Nov. 15, 1739, in Norwich, Connecticut and married Phebe Main March 31, 1763 at Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Thomas Main and Anna Brown, born Nov. 16, 1747 at Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Samuel II moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire, where he was one of the original grantees of Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1761. (Canaan, New Hampshire is only 25 or 30 miles from Sharon, Vermont, where the prophet Joseph Smith was born in 1805).
Samuel Meacham II served in the Revolutionary War, in Captain John Welles' Company, Colonel Chase's regiment of Militia, which was called out in response to the alarm of Oct. 20, 1780.
According to Polly Derby Mecham,
"Samuel's joining with the soldiers of the Revolution was very sudden. He left his family home for the purpose of gathering up some firewood in the adjoining forest, telling his family that he would be right back. While in the forest a group of men came dashing towards him, telling him that they were in urgent need of his services, and to join them immediately. This he did, not having time to tell his family of his whereabouts. At the finish of his service in the army (months or years later), he came by the forest, gathered up some firewood, and took it home just as if he hadn't been gone at all."
Samuel Meacham II and Phebe Main Meacham were the parents of 17 children, all of whom reached their maturity, married, and raised large families. The children were
1.PHEBE (md. EZEKIEL WELLS);
2.SAMUEL (md. PHEBE HASKALL);
3.POLLY (MARY) (md. WILLIAM BRADBURY);
4.Dr. THOMAS (md. 1-SARAH BOND or CAULEY and
2-REBECCA SANFORD);
**5.JOSHUA (md. PERMELIA CHAPMAN);
6.JEREMIAH (md. ABIGAIL DAVIS);
7.ELAM (md. MARY WILLIAMS;
8.JOSEPH (md. 1-SARAH BASFORD and
2-LUCINA HARMON);
9.BETHIAH (md. MOSES WORTHEN);
10.ANDREW (md. ABIGAIL EASTMAN);
11.OLIVE (md. AMOS WORTHEN);
12.SARAH (md. 1-ANDREW MAIN,
2-MOSES FALL, and
3-JAMES WORTHEN);
13.ANNA (md JOHN GARDNER);
14.OLIVE (md. 1-JAMES STREATOR and
2-DAVID BRADBURY);
15. ? - female (married JAMES KIDDER);
16.MIRIAM (md. ASA KIMBALL); and
17.TEMPERANCE (md. JUDAH WELLS).
(Three of these brothers, Joshua, Elam, and Joseph Mecham, and most of their adult children and families, joined the LDS Church around 1836 and moved to Iowa, across the river from Nauvoo. These three and their descendants changed the spelling and pronunciation of their surname from Meacham to Mecham, "and have almost created or originated a new family" according to one Meacham family researcher in the eastern states. Some descendants of another of the brothers, Dr. Thomas Meacham, joined the Church later in New York state, but kept the spelling of their surname as Meacham).
All of Samuel's children were born in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire, with the exception of the oldest daughter Phebe. She was born in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, where her mother had gone home to her family for the first confinement. Samuel's sons Joseph, Joshua, Elam, and son-in-law James Kidder together with their families moved to Mercer, Erie County, Pennsylvania; while Dr. Thomas, Jeremiah, Andres, and Samuel together with their families moved to St. Lawrence County, New York (near Meacham Lake). The lake was named by Dr. Thomas Meacham, and it is located in the Adirondacks. Dr. Thomas became a frontier physician of some repute. He was skilled in the used 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. Some of his children later joined the LDS Church and joined their cousins in the west.
It must have been difficult for the parents Samuel and Phebe Main Meacham to see their children and families load their belongings and start on their various journeys to far-away places. It was, however, a general practice among the settlers of their day to move on to new land as the old lost its productive value. No doubt, Samuel and Phebe were comforted with the thought that their children would improve their economic conditions as they moved to new areas. After the general exodus of their family, Samuel and Phebe stayed and lived out their days in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Samuel Mecham II died Jan. 22, 1811, at the age of 71. Mother Phebe Main Meacham died around 1845, at the age of 98."

Samuel married Pease, Bethia on 11 Jan 1734 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Bethia (daughter of Pease, The Latter Robert and Warriner, Hannah [Royal Line]) was born on 21 Nov 1709 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 1 Jan 1778 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Jan 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive Record of William F. Edwards; Pease Gen; Warriner Family; History of Enfield;
TIB NZ194318; Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Meacham.

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; Americana V 20 p 553; Hist of Stonington, CT
pp 448-449; Mecham Book p 37; Arch Rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;
L. Derek Maude 1988;

IGI 1988 Conn p 10,222 batch 7450348 0, 8433501 1, 8802180 3; (Marriage batch 8433501 39, 7402803 16, A184639 8416);

Thomas married Brown, Anna on 20 Apr 1720 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Anna (daughter of Brown, Eleazer [Royal Line] and Pendleton, Ann) was born on 1 Feb 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 30 Jun 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 11 Mar 1766 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1766 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; Americana V 20 p 553; Hist of Stonington, CT
pp 448-449; Mecham Book p 37; IGI 1988 Conn (Thomas MAIN) p 10,222; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham; L. Derek Maude 1988.