Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

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• FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMV

Notes:

Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
url
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF
Citation
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 1797.
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Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
url
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW
Citation
"Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 12 Mar 1797.
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Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
url
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F
Citation
"Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, 1894.
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IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

Family Group Sheet of Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;
History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
"Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "
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Early History of the Town of Hopkinton
http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
Citation
by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
Seen at Google Books.
Notes
Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
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Reason This Source Is Attached
Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
Citation
by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
Seen at Google Books.
Notes
Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
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Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
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Book: "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"
url
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE109212
Citation
Seen at FamilySearch books.
Family History Library Call Number: 929.273 M464d 1967
Notes
This book is a very large document and takes a long time to load. The history of Stephen Peabody Meacham, written by J. Arthur Meacham is on pages 677-679.
Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
This book is a must-read for Meacham/Mecham descendants. It contains a loving history of Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 667-679.
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Letter Transcript - Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting and Dolly Mecham to daughter Sylvia
url
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
Citation
Typewritten transcript of original letter SP MECHAM to Edwin Whiting and letter from Dolly Mecham to Sylvia (daughter)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf

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Notes
Evidence supports the fact that Stephen Peabody Mecham changed the surname spelling for himself and his immediate family to MECHAM when the family joined the LDS Church. The source is a transcript of a letter written by Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting in Mt Pisgah:

Please note the transcript preface by J Arthur Meacham where he acknowledges that Stephen Peabody spelled the surname Mecham.

As further proof of this fact please see the following letter from Dolly Maria Mecham to her daughter Sylvia Mecham Whiting. Even though J Arthur spells the surname Meacham in most of the typewritten document he is careful to keep the original spelling of "Dolly Mecham" as her signature.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf
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IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

Hist of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

FGS Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge; History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr; History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
"Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

SURNAME: Also shown as Mecham

DEATH: Also shown as Died Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

Stephen married Ransom, Dorothy Maria in 1817 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Dorothy (daughter of Ransom, Stephen and Cooper, Dorothy) was born on 26 Aug 1801 in Rochester, Rutland, Vermont, United States; died on 22 Jun 1852 in Kanesville, Potawattamie, Iowa, United States; was buried in Jun 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMJ

Notes:

1850 US Census: Dorothy Ransom Meacham family
url
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4N-RBN
Citation
FHL film 442963, Iowa, 1850 federal census : population schedules. Enumerated at District 21, Pottawattamie county, Iowa.
Notes
Dolly Meakum age 49 female born Vt
Lafayette age 20 male Laborer born NY
Roswell age 14 male born NY
Sylvia age 29 female born NY
Erastus age 7 male born NY
(Documents her residence at Pottawattamie county, Iowa (Winter Quarters) in 1850. Three of her children and a grandson are in the household with her.)
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TIB 1,263,328 SL 307 bk B p. 32 (Parents: Stephen Ransom/Dorothy Cooper); All Ordinances Reconfirmed SL (bap 3 Mar 1969 SL);

1798-Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont Bk 1 p 97;

1810 Windsor Co, Vt pg 363;

1800 Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont p 172;

1850 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY p 313;

Mathew Ransom Descend GS 982,434 Item 37;

IGI 1988 Vermont p 5,926 batch T998342 0317, 5000429 38, 5001095 15; Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
"Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Dorothy Dolly Maria

Notes:

Archive Record of Lillie Dunford Mecham;
9 Aug 2004 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/d415.html
(email: rmcolby@micro-net.com) :
"Doctor Thomas MEACHAM was born on 1 JUL 1771 in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He died on 7 MAY 1849 in Dickinson, Franklin County, New York. He was buried on 7 MAY 1849 in Dickinson, Franklin County, New York. He has Ancestral File number 2TCN-36. DR. THOMAS MEACHAM To begin a sketch on the life of Dr. Thomas Meacham. We can do no better than to quote from "A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY LIFE" by Edward Thomas Meacham, a grandson of Dr. Thomas Meacham. Under the heading "Account of My Ancestors." he writes: "There is a tradition in our family handed down, and confirmed by my paternal grandfather, that the Meachams came from Scotland in a very early day. "My great-grandfather, Samuel Meacham, was born at Stonington, Connecticut about 1740. Of him I know but little. He moved from there, with his family, to Canaan, New Hampshire. His wife, my great-grandmother, lived to be nearly 100 year old. My grandfather, Thomas Meacham was born 1 July 1771 in Canaan, New Hampshire. He lived there 25 years or more; was married during that time and finally moved himself and family to the town of Fletcher in the north part of the State of Vermont, bought 100 acres of land or more. lived there 11 or 12 years and finally settled in Dickenson, County of Franklin, State of New York in the year 1807 or 1808. He bought land of H. B. Pierpont to the amount of 250 acres. The west bounds of his land joined Hopkinton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. He never did much farming, employed most of his time in hunting. He was a man of truth and integrity; a man that you could depend on. "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." The author of "A Brief History of My Life," from which I shall quote freely, was the son of Thomas Meacham Jr. and the history was written at Hopkinton, N. Y.. where he had associated with his grandparents. Dr. Thomas and Sarah Cauley Meacham for many years. His "History," consists of five notebooks full of well written and interesting material which I have in my possession, given me by the last surviving child of the author, Ada R. Meacham Watson. During the eleven or twelve yeas that Dr. Thomas and his wife, Sarah, lived at Fletcher, Vermont. five more children were born to them: Stephen Peabody, 12 March 1797, Temma, 24 September 1799: Jeremiah, 28 July 1801; Hannah 28 April 1803, and Joseph 18 May 1806. Soon after the birth of the youngest of these children. for reasons unknown to us Thomas left Fletcher and his family and some debts, as is shown by the town records which give an account of the appraisal of his property to determine if a claim by two creditors could be settled. One item listed for appraisal is as follows: "One hundred acres of land, being the farm on which the said Meacham's family now resides." This appraisal was made 23 February 1807, but there is no record of the sale of any of the property and the family continued to live "on the farm" for several years afterward. Thomas Meacham is next heard of in Northern New York where he become famous as a hunter and trapper. The Historical Society of Malone, N. Y. gave the following under the title "A Mighty Hunter." "Franklin County, New York. Can boast of one of the greatest hunters of all time in the person of Thomas Meacham who was, probably, a Vermonter and who must have arrived in this county in the early part of the 19th century as it appears in the proceedings of the 'Board of Supervisors' for the year 1808, that he had been paid $50.00 as bounty on wolves he had killed." "He first settled in the town of Hopkinton. St. Lawrence Co.. N. Y.. but a little later on moved over the line into Franklin County and into what is now the town of Waverly, where he purchased fifty acres of land and built himself a home on the old Northwest Bay Road where he spent the remainder of his life." "The deed conveying this property is dated 10 Nov.1810, and is recorded in Liber No.1 of the deed records in Franklin County, it being the first tract of land sold to a settler by the executors of the will of Wm. Constable and lies in what is now the town of Waverly. He subsequently purchased three other fifty acre tracts between 1810 and 1828 all of which, it is said were paid for with wolf bounties. He died in 1849." "Frederick J. Seaver has this to say of him in his history of Franklin County. "It was he who gave the name to Meacham Lake, a beautiful body of water the Adirondacks laying lying twenty-five miles south of Malone. (Now owned by the State of New York.) "His earnings in bounties for noxious animals in the forty years of his activities, must have aggregated thousands of dollars, as his obituary written by a townsman state that he kept accurate account of the number of large animals trapped or shot by him and that the totals were: Wolves, 214; Bear, 210: Catamounts, 77: and Deer 2550. Bounties were payable for all of these except deer and if we average these at only $10.00 each, his revenue from the source would be over $5000.00." About the time Thomas came to St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, New York, and for reasons at present unknown to the writer, he and his wife, Sarah Cauley, separated. Whether or not they were divorced I cannot say, but he took a second wife, or woman companion, Rebecca Sanford, who had previously been twice married, first to a man named Grandy and then to Evan Call. She it was, who lived with him at Waverlv, Franklin Co.. N.Y, and bore for him two sons, Washington and Samuel, and two or more daughters. Sarah. the first wife whom Thomas left with her children at Fletcher, Vermont, followed her children to S1. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1825, and took up her residence at Lawrence where she is buried having lived nine years after the death of Thomas, while Rebecca preceeded him by several years. Living descendants of Thomas Meacham who have heard their parents or grandparent say he was a doctor are borne out in this by the manuscript of the late Ida Meacham Storbridge and the following quotation from "A Brief History of My Life" by Edward Thomas Meacham which is as follows: "In a few days after I came home I was taken down with a fever. One morning a young doctor from the East, going West to practice, called at our home. Father requested him to see me. He decided that I should be bled; accordingly he bled me in my arms, taking a large quanity of blood. The result was I grew worse. Father decided to go after my grandfather Thomas Meacham who was good and successful Botanic Doctor, as well as a noted hunter. He did not approve of the bleeding. It was the practice in those days to bleed the patient at once, no matter what the cause of the sickness. My grandfather always opposed bleeding and never practiced it unless it was strictly necessary, Grandfather lived seven miles from our house. I was sick a long time. Grandfather came every day till I was better (on horse back) with his large leather saddle bags across his saddle. Some three weeks of the time I was sick was lost time to me. I was unconscious most of this time. Finally I got well again." In the manuscript of the late Ida Meacham Strobridge where she lists the children of Samuel, the Revolutionary War soldier, and Phebe Main Meacham, she names Thomas, who, she says, "became a physician and lived for many years on the shore of Meacham Lake in northern New York." She also states that he was known as "The Mighty Hunter of the Adirondacks." In an article published in the "Potsdam Courior and Freeman" the following story is told by C. Brush, whose grandparents had dealings with the "Famous Hunter." Speaking of Meacham he says "He kept a horse for riding on the road, and when the infirmities of age began, to curtail his hunting and trapping activities, tried to ride the old horse into the woods, but with poor success. Grandfather "Eliphalet Brush" was then raising some nice colts of the blood strain that later became famous as Morgans. Meacham took a shine to a three year old sorrel, and after much dickering reluctantly parted with the price. Being warned that the colt was unbroken he exclaimed, "That is just what I want. I can't teach my old horse new tricks, but this colt is kind and tame and looks knowin'. I believe he I can train hime to carry me huntin' and trappin'. He was not disappointed. It was said that the colt soon entered into the spirit of the thing, walking very quietly in the woods and creeping up on deer. The hunter would shoot from his back, then dismount, do the necessary skinning, place the deer saddles and hide on the horse and remounting, ride home. Sometimes he would kill mor than one deer and ride out with vension and hides for and after. The writer has in his possession the hunting knife with a nine-inch blade; the powder horn, with his initials T. M., carved on it, a shot pouch, and a fish-basket, or creel, which he had made; also several deeds and papers signed by Thomas Meacham. Information concerning Thomas and his second wife, Rebecca, I have received from Marion Meacham Young of St. Regis Falls, R. D. No.1, N, Y., who is the youngest daughter of Samuel, the son of Dr. Thomas and his second wife, Rebecca. Other information contained in this sketch not otherwise accounted for comes to me through records of the Mormon church and the family records of Stephen Peabody Meacham the second son of Dr. Thomas and Sarah Cauley Meacham, whose great grandson I am. --J. Arthur Meacham.

Thomas married Bond, Sarah in 1792 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Sarah (daughter of Bond, Daniel and Spring, Sarah) was born on 20 Nov 1769 in New Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 28 Jul 1794 in Birmingham, Warwick, England; died on 12 Jan 1858 in Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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."

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988; 1798 Rochester, Windsor Co, VT bk 1 p 97;
1810 Windsor Co, VT p 363; 1800 Rochester, Windsor Co, VT p 172; 1850
Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY p 313 GS 444,307; Mathew Ransom Desc GS 982,434
Item 37; IGI 1988 Vermont p 5,929 batch 8765105 45, 5001095 15, 5000429 38;
TIB SL no. 10082 bk B p 285 (shows born in Scotland).

Stephen married Cooper, Dorothy in 1799 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, United States. Dorothy (daughter of Cooper, Ezra and Winter, Ruth) was born in 1775 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States; died on 20 Oct 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of Naoma Perry Jolley 1988; (see notes Stephen RANSOM); IGI 1988 Vermont p 1,727 batch 5001095 0, 5000429 38.

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.

Daniel married Spring, Sarah on 1 Mar 1765 in Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Spring, Henry and Converse, Keziah) was born in 1727 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 23 Oct 1834 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Ransom, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Name: John Ransom
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1748
Birthplace: LYME TWP,NEW LONDON,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Matthew Ransom
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450360
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
No image available
"Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F746-BB5 : accessed 22 Jul 2013), John Ransom, 23 Feb 1748.
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Record of Naoma Perry Jolley 1988;
IGI 1988 Conn p 12,852 batch 7450360 0, 7220713 19.

John married Sheldon, Mehitable in 1768 in , Windsor, Vermont, United States, United States. Mehitable (daughter of Sheldon, Sergeant Remembrance and Burke, Mehitable) was born in 1750 in Windsor, Sharon, Vermont, United States; died on 2 Oct 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988.

Notes:

Rec of Florence L Mecham 1990

Ezra married Winter, Ruth on 7 Nov 1765 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth (daughter of Winter, Christopher and Aldrich, Ruth) was born on 10 Apr 1746 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of Florence L Mecham 1990