Notes:

Record of L. Derek Maude 1988;

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mechjer.htm 9 Aug 2004:
"The Immigrant Ancestor: JEREMIAH MEACHAM is believed to have been born in Somersetshire, England in 1613 or 1614. The seemingly authentic tradition exists that he left England between the years 1630 and 1642 with the great fleet of Governors Wentworth and Dudley, and was among the first settlers who went to Salem (called by the Indians Naumkeag) Massachusetts, with two companions of the Hawkins family. Jeremiah was a weaver by trade throughout his lifetime and may have been the "Weaver" who is listed among the passengers of the fleet, particularly as the said "Weaver" had no subsequent record and is not mentioned in any of the published genealogies of the Weaver families of Massachusetts or New York.
The first official record of the Meacham family in America occurs in 1650 at which time Jeremiah Meacham was living at Southhold, Long Island. In 1653 he settled at East Hampton, Long Island, "to do the town's weaving." Jeremiah Meacham returned to Salem in 1666. His first wife's name was Margaret; to this union were born at least seven children. Margaret died in 1679 at Salem. Jeremiah then married a widow, Alice Douch (Dane). Her father was Osman Douch, and her first husband was Dr. John Dane. She died in May 1704 in Salem, Mass. Jeremiah died November 11, 1696 in Salem.
The will of Jeremiah Meacham I, dated Apr. 12, 1694, reads in part, "I Jeremiah Meacham of the Towne of Salem, Clothier, being very Antient being about Eighty one years of age...do make...this my Last will and Testament."
The children of Jeremiah Meacham I named in his will were:
1.ISAAC (md. DEBORAH BROWNING);
**2.JEREMIAH II (md. 1-MARY TRASK and 2-DEBORAH BROWNE);
3.SARAH (md JOSEPH BOYCE);
4.HANNAH (md. WILLIAM GILL);
5.BETHIA (md. 1-GEORGE HACKER and 2-JOHN DARLING);
6.REBECCA (md. JOHN MECARTER); and
7.RHODA (md. SAMUEL WEST).
The eldest son, Isaac, after reaching manhood, like his father pushed out on his own and moved to Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he married and had a family of twelve children. It is likely that his father, Jeremiah, had given Isaac a portion of the family estate at the time he went to Enfield because Isaac was there able to establish a weaving business of his own.

The second son, JEREMIAH MEACHAM II (1644-1743) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and remained there helping his father in the weaving and clothier business, and was later chosen to be the administrator of his father's will. He operated the fulling mill he had received from his father until about 1708, when he moved to Windham, Connecticut. Jeremiah II's children were (by his first wife Mary Margaret Trask, who was the daughter of Mary Southwick -- the Southwick family being historic Quaker martyrs of Salem. Mary had shared in the imprisonment with her parents which was brought on by the religionists of that day).
Children by first wife Mary Margaret Trask:
1.JEREMIAH MEACHAM III (md. FREELOVE BLISS);
2.JOHN (md. MARY CASH);
3.JAMES (md. ELIZABETH CUE); and
4.MARY (died young).
His 12 children by second wife Deborah Browne were:
1.ESTHER or HESTER (md. HOPE ROGERS);
2.JOSEPH (md. ELIZABETH LILLY);
3.HANNAH (md. AMOS WOODWARD);
4.MARGARET (md. JONATHAN WOODWARD);
5.DANIEL (md. 1-LYDIA LILLE and 2-ELIZABETH ---);
6.DEBORAH (md. THOMAS BUTLER);
7.SARAH (unmarried);
8.LYDIA (md. DANIEL SHEPPARD);
**9.SAMUEL (md. BETHIA PEASE);
10.BENJAMIN (unmarried);
11.RACHEL (md. EBENEZER WOODWARD); and
12.SETH (md. RUTH SIMONS).
To summarize the above, Jeremiah Meacham I (1614-1696) had a son named Jeremiah Meacham II (1644-1743) who married (1) Mary Margaret Trask (1652-1693) and (2) Deborah Browne (1673-1731, daughter of John Browne 1631-1697 and Hester Makepeace 1634-1685). Jeremiah Meacham II moved to Connecticut, and lived to be 99 years old. One of his 16 children was Samuel Meacham I (1712-1754), who was the father of Samuel Meacham II (1739-1811).
There has been some confusion in the genealogy, since there was also a third Jeremiah Meacham (1673-1715), the oldest son of Jeremiah Meacham II and his first wife Mary (Margaret) Trask. This Jeremiah Meacham III has erroneously been placed by some as the father of Samuel Meacham I, and the husband of Deborah Browne (she was actually Jeremiah II's second wife, despite their age difference). Jeremiah Meacham III's one and only wife was actually Freelove Bliss, and his surviving children's names were John, Jemima, and Patience. (Jeremiah Meacham III was NOT the father of our ancestor Samuel Meacham I (1712-1754), and does not belong in our direct family line). Unfortunately, Jeremiah Meacham III apparently went insane and murdered his wife, Freelove Bliss, and also her sister, and was executed for this crime 12 Apr 1715, at Newport, Rhode Island. The Meacham family, understandably, did not include any account of this incident in their family histories.
The following was printed in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record under the title, The Correct Ancestry of Jemima Meacham, by Mary Lovering Holman:
"Jeremiah Meacham (III), born in Salem, Mass. 21 Dec 1673, was executed in Newport, R.I. 12 Apr 1715. He married about 1698, Freelove Bliss, born there (in Newport) 17 Nov 1672, killed by her husband about 1715, daughter of Major John and Damaris (Arnold) Bliss. (Damaris Arnold was daughter of Gov. Benedict and Damaris Westcott Arnold, and granddaughter of William Arnold and of Stukeley Westcott). Little is known of the life of Jeremiah Meacham (III), but he apparently left Salem and went to Newport, whether before he met Freelove Bliss or on account of his meeting her, there is nothing to show. Newport records are so poor that there is little chance of anything being learned of him before he evidently became insane. At this period, insanity was looked upon as being inspired by the Devil. Today this unfortunate man's sanity would be tested -- but then they hanged him. An interleaved Almanac kept by Rev. William Cooper of the Brattle Street Church in Boston, MA tells of this tragedy:
1715, 23 Mar. "A melancholy relation of a barbarous murder committed at Rhoad Island, by one Jeremiah Meacham, a man of abt 40 years of age, born at Salem Village, but had liv'd in that colony (Rhode Island) abt twenty years: who one evening kill'd his wife with whom he had liv'd well and had children; and also his wife's sister; both without any known reason or provocation, but by a diabolical impulse. He first cut them with his hatchet, and then his wife's throat with a penknife. A man coming to (help) them he also dangerously wounded; and then set fire to his house, and cut his own throat; but the fire being extinguished, and his wound not mortal, he was apprehended and committed." (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 30:435).
He was executed 12 Apr 1715 in Newport, and the Rev. Nathaniel Clap preached a sermon to him and was present at his execution. Another document reads: "Whereas, sundry accounts of charges (that happened by the late unhappy action of Jeremiah Meecum) hath been presented to this Assembly, by which accounts considerable is due from Said Meecum's estate... Therefore it is enacted...that Mr. Nicholas Land, the present venue master of Newport, do expose the estate of the said Meecum to sale at Public venue, and with the sales thereof to pay the said accounts...and if any overplus remain, the same to render to Major Bliss, for the support of the said Meecum's children." 5 July 1715 (Rhode Island Colonial Records, 4:196).
Major Bliss only survived Jeremiah Meacham by two years; in his will dated 1717, he said,
"I give to my well-beloved Grand Child Jemima Mecham five pounds in Lawfull money of the Colony of Rhoad Island at the age of Eighteen Years to be paid by my Executor... I give to my beloved Grand Child John Mecham five pounds in Lawfull money of the Colony of Rhoad Island at the age of Twenty one Years to be paid by my Executor..."
It is probable that the children remained with their bereaved grandparents until after Major Bliss died, and then returned to Massachusetts and made their home with their uncle James Meacham in Beverly. The other daughter, Patience, had died before her grandfather made his will, and at that time, Jemima was about seventeen and John about seven (there were probably other children in the family who had died young).
In 1726, the following record was filed in Essex County Court:
"To the Honorable John Appleton Esq, Judge of the Probate of Wills &c in the County of Essex. These may Certifie your Hon., that I John Meacham a minor of About Sixteen years of Age, Son of Jeremiah Meacham late of ye Govermt. of Road Island Do make Choice of Benargs. Rayment of Beverly in ye County of Essex to be my lawful Guardian to do and act for me in all things according to Law as Witness my Hand this 4th Day July 1726. John meeacham" Witness Daniel Appleton, Regr. (Essex Co Probate, File #18156) "The guardianship of John Meacham a minor about sixteen, son of (Jeremiah) Meacham, late of Rhode Island, deceased, was granted to Benerges Raymond of Beverly, Essex Co., Mass., 5 July 1726; Jonathan Raymond and James Meacham of Beverly were sureties on the bond." (Essex Co., Probate Records, 314:821)
(This material can be found in the book The Wightman Ancestry, pp. 1000-1003, in addition to the original sources cited above).
Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/mecham.htm 9 Aug 2004:
"THE MEACHAM /MECHAM FAMILY: Origin and Spelling of the Surname Lillie Dunford Mecham, a researcher of the MECHAM family, wrote, "It is suggested by one historian that the progenitor of the English family which came to be known as MEACHAM came to England with William the Conqueror from French Normandy in 1066, and that the name was then MEACHAMPE. I have not yet been able to verify this story, but it is reasonable, and the name in the original spelling still persists among descendants of early immigrants to America, both from France and England, who settled in our southern states. (The New Dictionary of American Family Names, however, says that the name MECHAM or MEACHAM means "one who came from Measham, a homestead on the Mease river, in Leicestershire, England." Any name ending with -ham indicates a homestead or walled farm). Another surname dictionary says that the name may have come from Machin, meaning "a stonemason." Another anecdote, in jest, says that the name was bestowed by a neighbor and friend of the first man who took the surname Meacham, who called him "me chum" (my friend). The truth is that the origin of the name is uncertain.
The descendants of the immigrant Jeremiah Meacham all spell the name MEACHAM, with the exception of those who joined the LDS Church in the 1830's, who changed it to MECHAM. It is not clearly known just when or why these three brothers, Joshua, Elam, and Joseph Mecham, dropped the letter "a" in the spelling of their surname, but on the records of the Mormon church it was spelled that way. The pronunciation of the name was changed also, from MEACH-UM (rhyming with peach) to ME-KUM (me-come). There are also two other branches of the family who are apparently distantly related. The Quaker branch who came to America in 1702, all spell their surname MECHEM. Later immigrants spell the surname MEACHEM. Because of the lack of standardized spelling in early times, it may also be spelled Mitchum, Measham, Meachin, and many other ways."
Lillie Dunford Mecham wrote, "It has been found that the Meacham and Mecham family have been very prominent in all walks and talks of life. History records many of them as public-spirited men and women possessing breadth of vision, spiritual fortitude, and a dynamic propensity for work. On the whole the record reveals them to be of a sturdy, fearless, strong-minded and capable race, strongly imbued with the pioneer spirit and possessed of the ability to lead and direct others. There have been great explorers, hunters, farmers, lawyers, judges, postmasters, professors, educators, state attorneys, legislators, mayors, governors, U.S. senators, representatives, clergymen, mission presidents, bishops, stake presidents, high councilmen, patriarchs, doctors, dentists, musicians, scientists, and men in the diplomatic groups of our country. Space here would not begin to let us mention a small portion of these men of note."(GLENN MECHAM, a lawyer who became the mayor of Ogden, Utah in 1992, is the son of Lillie Dunford and Everett H. Mecham).
Information Compiled by Karen Bray Keeley"

Jeremiah married Prisse, Margaret in 1640 in Massachusetts, United States. Margaret was born in 1617 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Dane, Alice in 1639 in Bristol, Somerset, England. Alice was born in 1615 in England; died in in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Isaac married Browning, Deborah on 26 Dec 1669 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Deborah was born on 31 Jan 1646 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 31 Jan 1646 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1696 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Perkins, Deborah Dabbro on 28 Dec 1669 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Deborah was born in 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Jeremiah married Trask, Mary Margaret on 11 Mar 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary (daughter of Trask, Henry and Southwick, Mary) was born on 14 Aug 1652 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Sarah married Boyce, Joseph on 4 Feb 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Joseph was born on 31 Mar 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 31 Mar 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Bethia married Hacker, George on 1 Sep 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. George was born in 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethia married Darling, John on 21 Dec 1709 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. John was born in 1646 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Rebecca married McCarter, John on 27 Jan 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. John was born in 1653 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Rhoda married West, Samuel in 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel was born in 1660 in , Long Island, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Gill, William on 16 Feb 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. William was born in 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Priest, John on 4 Mar 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. John was born in 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ichabod married Elizabeth in 1699 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1688 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 27 Apr 1773 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arch rec Lucian Mormon Mecham Jr; Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Jeremiah married Browne, Deborah on 25 May 1693 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Deborah (daughter of Browne, John and Makepeace, Esther Hester) was born on 20 Apr 1673 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 7 Dec 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 20 Dec 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude 1988.

John married Cash, Mary in 1695 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary was born in 1677 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Notes:

SURNAME: Also shown as Boyce

!BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 26 Sep 1931

!ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 26 Sep 1995, SYDNE.

Sarah married Thayer, Josiah on 7 Jan 1690 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Josiah (son of Thayer, Ferdinando and Hayward, Huldah) was born on 14 Jan 1670 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1728 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of Mrs. Joan M. Luckett 384-A Hogan Branch Rd Goodlettsville, TN 37072
2/1991

Esther married Goldthwaite, Ezekial on 20 Mar 1695 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Ezekial was born in 1673 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Esther married Rogers, Hope on 14 Nov 1715 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Hope was born in 1692 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Joseph married Lilly, Elizabeth on 16 Jan 1722 in , Windham, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth was born on 3 Sep 1700 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Williams, Esther in 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Esther was born in 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Woodward, Amos on 6 May 1725 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States. Amos was born in 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Woodward, Amos in 1721 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Amos was born in 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Woodward, Jonathan in 1721 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Jonathan was born on 5 May 1698 in Charlestown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Daniel married Lilly, Lydia on 18 Dec 1729 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Lydia was born in 1705 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Elizabeth on 16 Mar 1758 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1737 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Deborah married Butler, Thomas in 1722 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas was born on 2 Jul 1711 in Hartford Township, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 8 Jul 1711 in First Church, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in 1797 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Lydia married Shepard, David in 1727 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. David was born in 1707 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Shepard, Daniel in 1735 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Daniel was born in 1705 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Notes:

Rec of L. Derek Maude.

Rachel married Woodward, Ebenezer in 1738 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Ebenezer was born in 1714 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arch rec Lucian Mormon Mecham Jr.

Seth married Simons, Ruth on 19 Dec 1751 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth was born in 1720 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]