Notes:

Ruth Brown md (1) (widow) (2) 11 Oct 1699 Jeremiah Main. (Do not Seal-
however she was sealed to Jeremiah MAIN (IGI-Conn) 13 Apr 1976 MT); Archive
rec Rebecca Scott; Gen Rec of Nathaniel Baxcock; Samuel Main by Brown;
Americana V 20 pp 552-553; Mecham Book p 36; IGI CT 1984 p 2,193 batch
7521614 34; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Ruth married Main, Jeremiah on 11 Oct 1699 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Jeremiah (son of Main, Ezekiel and Hatch, Mary) was born on 18 May 1678 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 18 May 1712 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 11 Nov 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Nov 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Brown in 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. was born in 1678 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; 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]

Thomas married Hewett, Elizabeth on 14 May 1766 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Hannah married Brown, Ebenezer in 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Ebenezer (son of Brown, Thomas and Newhall, Mary) was born on 16 Mar 1671 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1700 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arch rec walter Richard Buss.

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Elizabeth married Brown, Ebenezer on 5 Apr 1723 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Ebenezer (son of Brown, Eleazer [Royal Line] and Pendleton, Ann) was born on 28 Jan 1702 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 16 Aug 1702 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 4 Mar 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sisson, Benajah on 29 Mar 1770 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Benajah was born in 1698 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott;

IGI 1988 Conn p 10,214 batch 8433501 38 (2) Thankful BROWN.

Jeremiah married Worden, Abigail on 4 Jan 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Abigail was born in 1710 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Brown, Thankful in 1731 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Thankful was born in 1710 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott;

Hepzibah married Brown, Joseph on 31 Oct 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Joseph was born in 1708 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott;

Nathaniel married Parkhurst, Johanna on 13 Apr 1741 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Johanna was born in 1716 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Spaulding, Anna on 10 Jun 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Anna was born in 1716 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

John married Morgan, Sarah on 8 Nov 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Sarah was born in 1718 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Peter married Egglestone, Mary on 17 Sep 1740 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Mary was born in 1720 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988; Will probated 17 Nov 1771.

Thomas married Pendleton, Mary on 3 Feb 1741 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Mary was born in 1723 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Andrew married Holmes, Fear on 5 Jan 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Fear was born in 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Timothy married Brown, Elizabeth on 27 Jan 1749 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988;

Joshua married Peckham, Rachel on 2 Nov 1752 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Rachel was born in 1731 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Hovey, Elizabeth in 1753 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1733 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Bromley, Contest in 1754 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Contest was born in 1733 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Anne married Brown, Deacon Zebulon on 20 Dec 1749 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Zebulon was born in 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988;

Jonas married Peckham, Patience in 1755 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Patience was born in 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Bromley, Content in 1755 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Content was born in 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Peckham, Isaac on 18 Jun 1773 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Isaac was born in 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Rebecca Scott; L. Derek Maude 1988.

Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Meacham.

Ezekial married Meacham, Deborah in 1764 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Deborah (daughter of Meacham, Samuel and Pease, Bethia) was born on 20 Apr 1746 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 15 Dec 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezekial married Crandall, Mary in 1767 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Mary was born in 1746 in Stonington, 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.

Phebe married Meacham, Samuel on 31 Mar 1763 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Samuel (son of Meacham, Samuel and Pease, Bethia) was born on 15 Nov 1739 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 22 Jan 1811 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States; was buried in Jan 1811 in West Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married Howard, Lawrence Charles on 27 Feb 1815 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. Lawrence was born in 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Lillie Dunford Mecham; L. Derek Maude.

Phebe married Wells, Ezekiel on 25 Nov 1778 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Ezekiel was born in 1761 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Lillie Dunford Mecham; L. Derek Maude.

Samuel married Haskell, Phebe in 1786 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Phebe was born in 1768 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Lillie Dunford Mecham; L. Derek Maude.

Polly married Bradbury, William in 1787 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. William was born in 1766 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Polly married Champlin, William Jefferson in 1844 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. William was born in 1764 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Thomas married Sanford, Rebecca in 1811 in , , New York, United States. Rebecca was born in 1775 in , , New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive Record of Lillie Dunford Mecham; L. Derek Maude;

Ronald C. Russell 1785 Lambert Drive Clarkston, WA 99403 509-758-1535 8-1992 herry Ann Miller 1540 N. Mountain Road N. Ogden, UT 84404 801-782-5079 (Letter 11-1994 (she is 4th gg dau and is interested in histories etc. & is a writer/editor)

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mechjosh.htm 9 Aug 2004:
"JOSHUA MECHAM (son of Samuel Meacham II and Phebe Main), was born April 12, 1773 at Canaan, New Hampshire. He married Permelia Chapman, who was the daughter of Samuel Chapman and Hannah Fox. Their children were all born in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
There were nine children:
1. JOSHUA MECHAM Jr. (1795-1841),
md. LUCINA HARMON;
2. SAMUEL CHAPMAN MECHAM (1798-1882),
md. 1-ELIZABETH BALL and
2-MARY E. COLLINGS;
3. PERMELIA MECHAM (1800-1868),
md. GARDNER ELDRIDGE;
4. EDWARD MECHAM (1802-1895),
md. IRENE CURRIER;
5. LEONIDAS MOSES WORTHEN MECHAM (1804-1878),
md. ELVIRA DERBY;
6. ELIZABETH MECHAM (1807-1887),
md. FRANCIS KIDDER;
**7. EPHRAIM MECHAM (1808-1891),
md. POLLY DERBY;
8. CALEB MECHAM (1810-1852),
md. MARY CURRIER;
9. LEWIS MECHAM (1812-1895),
md. LYDIA WELLS.
Later the family moved from New Hampshire to New York and then on south to Mercer, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The year they arrived at Mercer is unknown, but believed to be around 1827. During the spring of 1836, Joshua came in contact with "Mormon" missionaries and was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (at age 63). He and his wife Permelia, along with some of their sons (Edward, Ephraim, and Lewis) and the sons' wives and families were baptized and moved to gather with the Saints in Missouri, later settling in Iowa. Here another son, Moses Mecham, had previously settled in 1836. He was converted to the Church in 1839 in Iowa -- his conversion story follows).
Joshua Mecham's younger brothers (Elam Mecham and Joseph Mecham) and some of their families also joined the Church, as mentioned previously. Presumably they were all converted around the same time (1836 or 1837) in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Three of Joshua and Permelia Chapman Mecham's sons (Joshua Mecham Jr., Samuel Chapman Mecham, and Caleb Mecham) and their daughters (Permelia Mecham Eldridge and Elizabeth Mecham Kidder) never joined the Church, and remained in the East.
Quoting from Polly Derby Mecham:
"Joshua Mecham had nine children, all of whom reached their maturity. The mother being justly praised for her care over them... "Father and Mother Mecham (Joshua and Permelia) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the summer of 1837 (another source says it was in the spring of 1836). In 1838 Joshua and Permelia, together with their sons Ephraim, Edward, Lewis and their families went to gather with the Saints at Missouri but were stopped by a mob at Quincy who would not let them cross the Mississippi River. They suffered many persecutions with the rest of the saints and were driven from place to place. One night they had to sleep in the woods with their little children and watch their home be burned to the ground by an angry mob. They also lived in Nauvoo."
The story of (Joshua Mecham's son) Moses Mecham's conversion has been preserved and written down, as follows:
"In the spring of 1836 he with his family moved to Kendrick, Iowa. The glowing reports of the western frontiers and of that wonderful Oregon country was the urge that started them westward. In Iowa, Moses engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful and prosperous. Sometime during the year 1838 he learned for the first time that his father Joshua and other members of his father's family had joined the Mormon Church. This worried him as he had witnessed seeing small companies of Mormons who had been driven from their homes (in Missouri) by a mob of bloodthirsty men; he realized fully just how unpopular they were. He started to investigate why the Mormons were persecuted because of their religious belief and what there was in their message that had interested other members of his family to join them. After studying earnestly for some time, he just couldn't get a testimony that it was true. So, one night he and his wife prayed to the Lord asking Him to bless them with a testimony as to the truthfulness of the gospel message given to them.Afterwards Moses startled members of his family by speaking in tongues. They had never heard of such a thing before and supposed that he was delirious. While still speaking in tongues he took the old family Bible and read from it still speaking in tongues. His wife understood and started reading the passages to the family as he turned from one section to another all dealing on the restoration of the Gospel. This experience convinced them the Gospel was true and they therefore decided to apply for baptism. From Kendrick they traveled to Columbus, Adams County, Illinois... Moses and other members of his family were baptized early in March 1839, by Elder James Tomlinson at Nauvoo, Illinois... Moses, along with his father (Joshua) and his oldest son (Clinton), had the privilege on several occasions to act as bodyguard for the Prophet Joseph Smith. After joining the church, Moses with his family returned to Lee County, Iowa... During this period he met persecution along with the rest of the Saints, losing his mercantile business and other possessions. On the 29th of June, 1849, Moses was ordained a Seventy by Joseph Young. On the 30th of December, 1845, he and his wife were sealed to each other along with other members of his family in the Nauvoo Temple (his parents Joshua Mecham and Permelia Chapman were endowed and sealed in the Nauvoo Temple December 25, 1845)."
It seems that none of the Mechams kept diaries or journals; like many people on the frontier in those days, they may have not have had much opportunity to attend school, and felt their literary skills to be inadequate. In the Diary of Hosea Stout, on Aug. 28 and Sept. 3, 1845 in Nauvoo he mentions that "Brother Lewis Mecham came here this morning and I wrote and finished his biographical history." Apparently Brother Stout wrote and arranged Lewis Mecham's story for him since he couldn't write very well himself.
Brother Stout also mentioned on 25 Aug 1845, "went on patrol guard with Parker, (Shadrach) Roundy, (Joseph) Warthan, (James) Pace, two of the Mechams and Langley; was out nearly all night." Apparently a few of the Mechams were in the police or guard patrol of Nauvoo at this time. However, since most of the Mechams lived on the Iowa side of the river, they weren't as closely involved with events in Nauvoo. At a conference of the Church held in Zarahemla, Iowa on Aug. 7-10, 1841 (from Times & Seasons Vol. 2:22:547:11), it is mentioned that "Bishop (Don Carlos) Smith (the Prophet Joseph Smith's younger brother) represented the branch at the Mecham settlement, consisting of about 65 members generally in good standing." There was a total of 750 members in all of Iowa at that time.
Joshua Mecham, along with others of his family, acted as bodyguard to the prophet Joseph Smith at various times. His two sons Moses and Lewis were called on missions, going to two different tribes of Indians. They were well received, feeling their mission was a success. The patriarchal blessing of Joshua Mecham, given Apr. 19, 1845 in Nauvoo by patriarch John Smith, reads in part, "The Lord is well pleased with thee because of thine obedience to His gospel in thine old age. Because thou art willing to forsake all for the sake of the blessings of the new and everlasting covenant; the Lord will grant unto thee all things which you desire, even the Holy Priesthood in fulness...thy wisdom shall reach unto the Heavens and thine understanding to the ends of the earth; thou shall have power to do mighty miracles, even all that comes into thine heart, and to the increase of thy posterity there shall be no end."
Joshua Mecham died October 8, 1846, at Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa at the age of 73 (this is on the Mormon trail, just west of Lee County, Iowa). His wife Permelia later came on to Utah, traveling with friends and arriving in the fall of 1850. Her son Edward with his family arrived in Utah in 1851. Permelia then lived with Edward and later with other sons as they came to Utah. Her sons Ephraim and Lewis came in 1852, and her son Moses, (Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham) came west in 1853.
Permelia Chapman Mecham died May 19, 1866 at Heber City, Utah at the age of 89. We have tried to locate her grave but have been unsuccessful. If she was buried in the Heber City Cemetery, the burial record and marker must have been lost.
In her patriarchal blessing, given April 19, 1845 in Nauvoo, Permelia had been told "Heavenly Father (will) bless you with health and strength of body and preserve unto thee all thy sensitive powers and the faculties of thy mind and enable you to endure in patience unto the end and thou shalt inherit eternal lives...to stand at the head of thy progeny to all eternity...Thy posterity shall increase as the sands upon the sea shore or as the stars of heaven for multitudes. Thou shalt live until thou art satisfied with life and every favor which your heart desires, depart in peace, and many shall mourn thee. This is thy blessing which shall not fail."
Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mecheph.htm 9 Aug 2004:
"EPHRAIM MECHAM was born 8 March 1808 in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He was the son of Joshua Mecham (1773-1846) and Permelia Chapman (1777-1866), both of whom were born in Connecticut. Joshua's parents were Samuel Meacham Jr. (1739-1811) and Phebe Main (1747-1845). They had moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire before the Revolutionary War.
Quoting from Polly Derby Mecham:
"Ephraim's grandfather Chapman's name was Samuel Chapman (1741-1817), and his grandmother's name was Hannah Fox (1755-1844). She was the mother of three children; their names were Permelia, Amos, and Hannah. They lived in Connecticut. Samuel Chapman served in the war of 1812. Also his son Amos. Just preceding the battle Amos wrote to his folks at home saying that if he lived through it he would write again. They never heard from him again, so the conclusion is that he layed down his life for his country."
Ephraim Mecham's ancestors, the Meacham, Main, Chapman and Fox families, all lived in Connecticut and before that, in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Ephraim's grandfather on his mother's side, Samuel Chapman (1741-1817) was the son of Solomon Chapman (1706-1795) and his wife Susannah, of Connecticut. Solomon was the son of William Chapman (1665/1670-1734) and Lydia Lincoln (1682-1734), also of Connecticut. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel Lincoln (1658-1704) and Sarah Royce (1665-1688). Samuel Lincoln's parents were Thomas Lincoln (1638-1708) and Mary Austin (1632-1694). Sarah Royce was a great-granddaughter of Francis Eaton, a Mayflower pilgrim, through his daughter Ann Eaton (1605-1688) who married Hugh Calkins (1600-1690).
The Main or Mayne family came from Devonshire, England and settled in Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Phebe Main's other ancestors were families Brown, Price, Pendleton, Newhall, and Barry. Hannah Fox's ancestors were families Fox, Minor, Tuttle (Tuthill), Way, Burroughs, Brooks, Sumner, Lane, Bradford, West, Denslow, and Franklin. One interesting ancestor was Giovanni de Angelo, an Italian who was born about 1514 in Italy and settled in England after coming there as a sailor, and changed his name to George (or John) Denslow.
Ephraim Mecham was married to Polly Derby in Mercer County, Pennsylvania 29 Nov. 1828.
(Quoting again from Polly):
"As a boy he was very exemplary; he did not use bad language or tobacco or strong drink, he kept good company and before he was fifteen years of age he joined the Reformed Methodists. Being religiously inclined, he was prepared for the true gospel when he heard it preached where he lived. He knew it was the Shepherd's voice and gladly came into the fold. Always firm in the principles of the gospel, he has left a name that is worth more than gold or silver. He had no fear of death. He said he knew just what his condition would be when he got beyond the veil. He was a kind husband, a loving father, and a good honest Latter-day Saint. "Father and Mother Mecham (Joshua and Permelia) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the summer of 1837 (another source says it was in the spring of 1836). In 1838 Joshua and Permelia, together with their sons Ephraim, Edward, Lewis and their families went to gather with the Saints at Missouri but were stopped by a mob at Quincy who would not let them cross the Mississippi River. They suffered many persecutions with the rest of the saints and were driven from place to place. One night they had to sleep in the woods with their little children and watch their home be burned to the ground by an angry mob. They also lived in Nauvoo."
After being prevented by the mob from entering Missouri, Ephraim and Polly Derby Mecham and their 3 children went to Iowa, where Ephraim's brother Moses had settled earlier. Eventually they settled near Montrose (across the river from Nauvoo), where they lived for 14 years. Six more children were born into the family while they lived in Iowa. Then, in 1853, Ephraim and Polly and their 6 surviving children crossed the plains to Utah and settled in Lehi. They had 12 children altogether, but four of these had died young and then two more were born after they settled in Utah. The children were:
1.AMOS MECHAM
(b. 1830 in Mercer, Erie Co., Penn.,
d. Apr. 1831);
2.PERMELIA MECHAM
(b. 11 Sep 1832 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. DANIEL BIGELOW,
d. 10 June 1911 in Wallsburg);
3.LEWIS MECHAM
(b. 18 Dec. 1835 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. VASTIA or VASHTI EMILY JOHNSON,
and later ESTHER HERBERT,
d. 14 Oct 1907 in Wallsburg);
4.ELVIRA MECHAM
(b. 1836 in Mercer, Penn. and d. Oct 1845);
5.EMMA MARIA MECHAM
(b. 9 May 1840 in Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa,
md. WILLIAM BROWN HILL, d. 6 Aug. 1923);
6.HYRUM MORONI MECHAM
(b. 20 Aug 1842 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. SARAH ANN STEVENS
and later LOUISA JANE KIRBY, d. 14 Feb 1917);
7.SARAH ANN MECHAM
(b. 1844 in Montrose, Iowa, and d. Jan 1847);
8.EPHRAIM DON CARLOS MECHAM
(b. 1846 in Montrose, Iowa, d. Oct 1846);
9.MARY HENRIETTA MECHAM
(b. 10 Apr 1848 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. MILES BATTY,
d. 21 Dec 1899 in Wallsburg);
10.POLLY CELESTIA MECHAM
(b. 2 Apr 1852 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. WILLIAM HAWS, d. 21 Apr 1890);
11.JOHN ALBERT MECHAM
(b. 21 June 1854 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROSELLA ANN BIGELOW,
d. 14 Jan 1934 in Provo);
**12.ADELIA VILATE MECHAM
(b. 26 Dec 1856 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROBERT WILSON GLENN, Jr.,
d. 25 Nov 1941 at the age of 84).
Ephraim Mecham and his wife Polly and many of their children moved in 1862 to Weber County. They later came back to Provo and then moved to Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, near the top of Provo Canyon. One winter they got snowed in, in Wallsburg, in snow so deep no one could get out. Their provisions were scanty and their flour supply gave out. They lived mostly on meat. The following spring Ephraim had to pay $20 for a 100 pound sack of flour.
He suffered many hardships during his long and useful life but it was a happy life. He and Polly lived to celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary.
Ephraim Mecham died in Wallsburg 6 July 1891 at age 83; and Polly Derby Mecham died 1 Dec. 1898 at age 85. They are both buried in the cemetery in Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah.
The reason the Mechams delayed coming to the Rocky Mountains until the 1850's seems to have been because of a combination of things: elderly parents who were unable to travel, sickness, lack of supplies because of their poverty, and childbearing. It seems that all of the Mechams were rather independent in spirit, and since they lived in their own settlement over in Iowa, they were not in such a hurry to go west as the Saints who were driven out of Nauvoo.
(Lewis Mecham, 1835-1907, son of Ephraim Mecham and Polly Derby, didn't come west until 1862. He first settled in Rush Valley, and later moved to Wallsburg).
Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

"POLLY DERBY MECHAM was born in Grafton County, New Hampshire on 13 Aug 1813, the daughter of SARAH CURRIER (1788-1813) and JOHN DERBY (1789-1874). (SARAH and JOHN had only two children: ELVIRA, 1811-1886, who married L. MOSES WORTHEN MECHAM, and POLLY, 1813-1898, who married EPHRAIM MECHAM. Their husbands were brothers. ELVIRA and POLLY's mother SARAH CURRIER had died 10 Nov. 1813 when POLLY was only 3 months old, and their father JOHN DERBY remarried, to his first wife SARAH's younger sister, ANNA CURRIER. ANNA was the mother who raised her sister SARAH's two girls as well as her own children. See below for an experience of one of SARAH's granddaughters, when SARAH CURRIER DERBY appeared to her in a dream).
JOHN DERBY (Polly's father) was born at Lyme, New Hampshire on 26 May 1789. It is said that after his daughters joined the LDS Church and moved west, they wrote back to their father but he was quite opposed and angry that they had joined the Church, and refused to be reconciled.
(Quoting from POLLY DERBY):
"JOHN DERBY's father's name was NATHANIEL DERBY (1752-1812), whose sons were Jedediah, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Walter, Amassy (Amasa), John, and his daughters were Lucy and Elizabeth. Lucy and Walter were twins. NATHANIEL's wife's maiden name was JEMIMA SKINNER (1759-1812). (She was descended from early New England families including Strong, Dixon, Pratt, Stiles, Ingersoll, Bridges, Woodward, Bascom, Frye, and Ford). One of my (POLLY's) grandmother's brothers was run down and killed by the Indians. They had three children; he was carrying one of them, and seeing that the Indians were gaining on them, he said to his wife that he would run in another direction to draw the Indians' attention to him, and for her to hide with the children. He dropped the child that he was carrying into a bush, and then ran where the Indians could see him. The plan worked; the mother and children were all saved, but he was never seen again nor was his body ever found. He laid down his life for his family. "The SKINNERS, my grandmother DERBY's folks (JOSEPH SKINNER, 1723-1809, and RUTH STRONG, 1723-1815), lived in Lyme, New Hampshire. My grandfather CURRIER's name was SAMUEL (1746-1830). I think he was born in England (actually he was born in New Hampshire, the son of SAMUEL CURRIER, 1709-1766, and HANNAH MORRILL, 1711-1784, and the CURRIER family went back four more generations in America. They were descended from early English colonist families including Foote, Osgood, Stallion, Clere, Morrill, Wadleigh, Whittier, Marston, Clements, Eden, and Green). His father (also named Samuel Currier) owned a vessel, he had been to the East and West Indies several times, but was finally lost. Some thought that he was taken by pirates, but we never heard of him again. "My grandmother CURRIER (ANNA COLLINS CURRIER, 1754- ?) had consumption, and she died in or near the city of New York at a good old age. (Her parents were RICHARD COLLINS, 1713- ?, and ANNA FOWLER, 1717- ?. Her father was descended from colonists from the English families Shortridge, Eaton, Rowlandson, Dearborn, Southcott, Whitfield, Crocker, Colepepper, Servington, Manning, Pollard, Yeo, Grenville, Moore, Strowde, Giles, Atwood, Walrond, Brampton, Petley, Kirkner, Roper, Naylor, Wakehurst, Shelley, and Chaucer -- from the sister of the poet Chaucer. Also on her mother's side from Fowler, Worthen, Gould, Martin, Jones, Osgood, and Winslow families).My grandfather SAMUEL CURRIER served in the Revolutionary War. He drew a pension in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Three of his sons, Reuben, Ezekiel, and Samuel enlisted in the War of 1812. Samuel died at Plattsburg, Uncle Ezekiel served three years as commissary, he died at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania at the age of 90. My mother, SARAH CURRIER DERBY, died while my uncle was in the war (1813). She was buried in Hanover burial grounds by the meeting house. My father's farm a few miles from Dartmouth College lay right at the foot of Moose Mountain. He sold it to the Shakers. I was only three months old when my mother died. I was in my fifth year when my father moved from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania and settled in Erie County. We lived there until I was in my fourteenth year. Both my grandfather and grandmother CURRIER lived until they were 84 years old. They were buried in Springfield Cemetery (Erie Co., Pennsylvania). Their sons and daughters were Reuben (he served in the War of 1812); John - married Sally Silver; Samuel - died at Plattsburg serving in the War of 1812; Ezekiel - married Sally Alldrich, he served in the War of 1812; and Abner - married Margaret Davis, died in Illinois." (portions of the above quoted from POLLY DERBY MECHAM, 5 Sept. 1895 - when she was 82 years old)
After being prevented by the mob from entering Missouri, EPHRAIM and POLLY DERBY MECHAM and their 3 children went to Iowa, where EPHRAIM's brother MOSES had settled earlier. Eventually they settled near Montrose (across the river from Nauvoo), where they lived for 14 years. Six more children were born into the family while they lived in Iowa. Then, in 1853, EPHRAIM and POLLY and their 6 surviving children crossed the plains to Utah and settled in Lehi. They had 12 children altogether, but four of these had died young and then two more were born after they settled in Utah. The children were:
1.AMOS MECHAM (b. 1830 in Mercer, Erie Co., Penn.,
d. Apr. 1831);
2.PERMELIA MECHAM (b. 11 Sep 1832 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. DANIEL BIGELOW,
d. 10 June 1911 in Wallsburg);
3.LEWIS MECHAM (b. 18 Dec. 1835 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. VASTIA or VASHTI EMILY JOHNSON,
and later ESTHER HERBERT,
d. 14 Oct 1907 in Wallsburg);
4.ELVIRA MECHAM (b. 1836 in Mercer, Penn. and d. Oct 1845);
5.EMMA MARIA MECHAM (b. 9 May 1840
in Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa,
md. WILLIAM BROWN HILL, d. 6 Aug. 1923);
6.HYRUM MORONI MECHAM (b. 20 Aug 1842 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. SARAH ANN STEVENS
and later LOUISA JANE KIRBY, d. 14 Feb 1917);
7.SARAH ANN MECHAM (b. 1844 in Montrose, Iowa,
and died Jan 1847);
8.EPHRAIM DON CARLOS MECHAM (b. 1846 in Montrose, Iowa,
d. Oct 1846);
9.MARY HENRIETTA MECHAM (b. 10 Apr 1848 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. MILES BATTY,
d. 21 Dec 1899 in Wallsburg);
10.POLLY CELESTIA MECHAM (b. 2 Apr 1852 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. WILLIAM HAWS, d. 21 Apr 1890);
11.JOHN ALBERT MECHAM (b. 21 June 1854 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROSELLA ANN BIGELOW, d. 14 Jan 1934 in Provo);
**12.ADELIA VILATE MECHAM (b. 26 Dec 1856 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROBERT WILSON GLENN, Jr. ,
and died 25 Nov 1941 at the age of 84).
POLLY was a faithful wife and mother and was very spiritual by nature. For example, when her niece died in Provo, POLLY knew of her death and the circumstances surrounding it before the family received the news the next day.
The following is an incident submitted by Celestia B. Rasmussen, one of POLLY's granddaughters, to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (OUR PIONEER HERITAGE, 979.2 H2c, vol. 2, p. 111); in the chapter entitled, "And They Were Healed":
"POLLY DERBY MECHAM, my grandmother, it is claimed was cured of an unknown malady in the following manner: She had been a practical nurse and home doctor in many families (she was the first doctor in Wallsburg, and used herbs as well as faith and prayer in caring for the sick), but neither she, nor anyone else, seemed to be able to find a cure for her sickness. She became very weak, and was unable to move any part of her body, except to wiggle one big toe. The family stood mournfully about the room and she knew they expected death to claim her at any moment.
One day a man came to her bedside and taking the wasted hand said, "Madam, you are a very sick woman, but you are not going to die. If you could see your liver it would scare you. It has ulcers on it as big as my thumb. Have watercress brought and eat as much of it as you can every day and you will get well." Watercress was brought from the spring close by and the simple directions followed. POLLY soon became well again. As a "Doctor woman" she helped 500 women through confinements and was known and loved throughout Wasatch county for her services to mankind."
(No explanation is given as to whom the "man" was, but the implication is clear that he was an angel; otherwise how could he have instantly known the cause of her illness by "seeing" the sores on her liver, and have known that she wouldn't die, and that she would be cured by simply eating watercress? Surely the Lord extended her life, and showed forth his power to heal by this simple means, to test her faith as he did to the Syrian leper, who was told if he would wash in the River Jordan seven times, he would be made whole -- 2 Kings 5.)
The spring in Wallsburg, which still has lots of watercress growing in it today, is near the old Wallsburg school and the monument which commemmorates the Wallsburg fort and the founding of the settlement.

"POLLY DERBY MECHAM was a faithful wife and prayerful mother, true to the end. She maintained her love for poetry mingled with a strong love of the gospel. She composed the following poem for her sixtieth wedding anniversary:
We heard the gospel in our youth
A still small voice said "It is truth."
We left our homes and friends in tears,
And now it's over fifty years.

And now, dear children, I say to you,
The path of truth and right pursue,
You have been to me a constant care,
For I have offered my daily prayer.

I want you to be plants of honor and renown,
And come up to receive your crown;
That I may present you in the courts above
To my friends who are gone, which I so dearly love.

I have tried to polish my jewels bright;
Of your virtue and honor, I have never lost sight.
Prepare to meet me on the other shore,
Where pain and sorrow are known no more.

Where I have done wrong, pray forgive,
I do not know I have another day to live.
I have lived to see full seventy-six years;
My path has been strewn with sighs and tears.

Now I hope you will remember,
The twenty-second day of November
When you will come home to celebrate,
The sixtieth year of our wedded state;

Full sixty years have passed away,
Since our happy wedding day.
We traveled on together,
Through both fair and stormy weather,

And now we are nearly down the hill
We love and cherish each other still.
We are holding fast to the iron rod,
And love to obey the commands of God.
(Taken from the book HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS; a DUP publication about the history of Wasatch County. Section on the history of Wallsburg includes biographies and pictures of many of the MECHAMS).
EPHRAIM MECHAM died in Wallsburg 6 July 1891 at age 83; and POLLY DERBY MECHAM died 1 Dec. 1898 at age 85. They are both buried in the cemetery in Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah.

Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

ADELIA VILATE MECHAM was the 12th and last child of Ephraim and Polly Derby Mecham. She was born in Lehi, Utah, after the family had come west. In 1853, EPHRAIM and POLLY Mecham and their family (6 children at that time) had crossed the plains to Utah and settled in Lehi. They had 12 children altogether, but four of these had died young and then two more were born after they settled in Utah. The children were:
1.AMOS MECHAM (b. 1830 in Mercer, Erie Co., Penn.,
d. Apr. 1831);
2.PERMELIA MECHAM (b. 11 Sep 1832 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. DANIEL BIGELOW,
d. 10 June 1911 in Wallsburg);
3.LEWIS MECHAM (b. 18 Dec. 1835 in Mercer, Penn.,
md. VASTIA or VASHTI EMILY JOHNSON,
and later ESTHER HERBERT,
d. 14 Oct 1907 in Wallsburg);
4.ELVIRA MECHAM (b. 1836 in Mercer, Penn. and d. Oct 1845);
5.EMMA MARIA MECHAM (b. 9 May 1840 in Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa,
md. WILLIAM BROWN HILL, d. 6 Aug. 1923);
6.HYRUM MORONI MECHAM (b. 20 Aug 1842 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. SARAH ANN STEVENS
and later LOUISA JANE KIRBY, d. 14 Feb 1917);
7.SARAH ANN MECHAM (b. 1844 in Montrose, Iowa,
died Jan 1847);
8.EPHRAIM DON CARLOS MECHAM (b. 1846 in Montrose, Iowa,
d. Oct 1846);
9.MARY HENRIETTA MECHAM (b. 10 Apr 1848 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. MILES BATTY,
d. 21 Dec 1899 in Wallsburg);
10.POLLY CELESTIA MECHAM (b. 2 Apr 1852 in Montrose, Iowa,
md. WILLIAM HAWS, d. 21 Apr 1890);
11.JOHN ALBERT MECHAM (b. 21 June 1854 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROSELLA ANN BIGELOW, d. 14 Jan 1934 in Provo);
**12.ADELIA VILATE MECHAM (b. 26 Dec 1856 in Lehi, Utah,
md. ROBERT WILSON GLENN, Jr.,
and died 25 Nov 1941 at the age of 84).

"Robert Wilson Glenn II was born on 16 Apr 1856, in Manti, Utah; the son of Robert Wilson Glenn I (1813-1873) and Sarah Williams Glenn (1836-1914). He and Vilate were married on 10 Sep 1876, in Lehi, Utah. Their family consisted of nine chidren; seven girls and two boys:
1.ADA VILATE GLENN (1877-1880);
2.MARY GLENN (1879-1954),
md. WILLIAM ELLER STOKER;
3.MARGUERITTE ("Maggie") GLENN (1882-1904),
md. JOHN LEE MASON;
4.ALICE GLENN (1884-1968),
md. THOMAS G. HOLMES;
**5.GENERVA ("Jennie") GLENN (1887-1937),
md. 1-CLEALON BRAY (div)
2-EARL TUCKER (div)
3-BERT BAYLOR (div)
4-TERRY A. MANN (div)
5-ALLEN DALE JACKSON (div)
6.ROBERT WILSON ("Bill") GLENN III (1889-1936),
never married;
7.EMELY ("Elma") GLENN (1891-1954),
md. 1-DANIEL JOSEPH DELANEY and
2-JAMES ALFRED THOMAS;
8.NORA GLENN (1894-1961),
md. 1-WILLIAM DOWDLE and
2-MILTON HENRY SMITH;
9.HUGH GORDON GLENN (1899-1972),
md. DELILA FERN SPRATLING.
(All of the children of Robert Wilson Glenn, Jr. and his wife Vilate Mecham were born in Wallsburg, Utah).
The family lived in Wallsburg for 29 years, from 1876 to 1905. During this period of time, Father operated a store for the family's source of income. They sold the store in Wallsburg in 1905 and bought a beautiful 60-acre farm on the Provo bench. But approximately two years later, in the fall of 1907, the farm was traded for a business in Bingham Canyon, consisting of a cafe, a meat market, and a grocery store. They moved to Bingham and lived there for about 30 years.
When they were in their late 70's (in 1934 or 1935) they moved from Bingham to the home on 3900 South. They had five acres of land there, on which they raised a few vegetables. The property was located approximately where the TRAX station now is.
Robert Wilson Glenn Jr. died on the 23rd of January 1936, at the age of 79, from hardening of the arteries and a bad heart. Vilate lived until she was almost 85 years old. She died on the 25th of November 1941. They are buried in the Elysian Burial Gardens in Murray, Utah. Their children Robert Wilson (Bill) Glenn III, Mary Glenn Stoker, Alice Glenn Holmes, Jennie Glenn (Bray) Jackson, and Hugh Glenn are all buried in the same cemetery near other extended family members.

Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

Joshua married Chapman, Permelia on 5 Apr 1793 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Permelia was born on 21 Jan 1777 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 May 1866 in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Mayne, Elizabeth in 1798 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1777 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jeremiah married Davis, Abigail on 27 Nov 1794 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Abigail was born in 1776 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

Elam married Cheney, Sarah in 1816 in Madison Lake, Geauga, Ohio, United States, United States. Sarah was born on 27 Dec 1783 in Vermont, United States; died in 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Basford, Sarah on 6 Sep 1801 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Sarah was born in 1780 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Harmon, Lucina in 1801 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Lucina was born in 1781 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bethia married Worthen, Moses on 12 Oct 1797 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Moses was born on 12 Feb 1773 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; died on 7 Jun 1845 in Corinna, Penobscot, Maine, United States, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Andrew married Eastman, Abigail Hartman or on 18 Jun 1801 in Canaan, Grafton, Ohio, United States, United States. Abigail was born on 5 Jul 1783 in Sanborntown, , New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Olive married Worthen, Amos in 1806 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Amos was born in 1786 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Streator, James in 1806 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. James was born in 1786 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Bradbury, David in 1806 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. David was born in 1786 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah married Main, Andrew on 12 Mar 1800 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Andrew was born in 1782 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Fall, Moses in 1800 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Moses was born in 1782 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Worthen, James in 1800 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. James was born in 1782 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna married Gardener, John in 1804 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. John was born in 1784 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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married Kidder, James in 1808 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. James was born in 1788 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Miriam married Kimball, Asa in 1812 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Asa was born in 1792 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Temperance married Wells, Judah on 29 Dec 1791 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Judah was born in 1766 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]