| 1. | John MEIGS was born on 28 Feb 1641 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (son of John MEIGS and Tamzin FRY); died on 9 Nov 1713. Other Events:
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Notes:
"Caleb Benton Genealogy" has it that John Meigs and Sarah Wilcoxsonwere the parents of a ninth child Sarah, b in 1691 ( After the deathof their first Sarah who m. Bartlett) who m. Caleb Stone and becamethe mother of seven children. We find no mention of this individualeither in the Meigs book or any other CT. source. In addition, the ageof the mother at the time this child is said to have been bornincreases the improbability. Hence, Sarah II is omitted here. 2 CONT John Meigs was the only son of Vincent Meigs, the immigrant of that John Meigs was the only son of Vincent Meigs, the immigrant of thatfamily. Hence, The Wilcoxson strain flows today in every name-linedescendant of Vincent Meigs. The Meigs family was one of uncommonlustre in the history of the colonies and the early republic. Thefamily supplied many eminent military and civil officers during therevolution and the period immediately following. One of the most notedmembers of the family was Return Jonathon Meigs, who was,successively, Commandant of the Upper District of Ohio, Judge of theSupreme Court of Ohio, Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, and finally,Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Madison. "Caleb Benton Genealogy" has it that John Meigs and Sarah Wilcoxsonwere the parents of a ninth child Sarah, b in 1691 ( After the deathof their first Sarah who m. Bartlett) who m. Caleb Stone and becamethe mother of seven children. We find no mention of this individualeither in the Meigs book or any other CT. source. In addition, the ageof the mother at the time this child is said to have been bornincreases the improbability. Hence, Sarah II is omitted here. 2 CONT John Meigs was the only son of Vincent Meigs, the immigrant of that John Meigs was the only son of Vincent Meigs, the immigrant of thatfamily. Hence, The Wilcoxson strain flows today in every name-linedescendant of Vincent Meigs. The Meigs family was one of uncommonlustre in the history of the colonies and the early republic. Thefamily supplied many eminent military and civil officers during therevolution and the period immediately following. One of the most notedmembers of the family was Return Jonathon Meigs, who was,successively, Commandant of the Upper District of Ohio, Judge of theSupreme Court of Ohio, Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, and finally,Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Madison.
John married Sarah WILCOXSON on 7 Mar 1665 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of William WILCOXSON and Margaret BIRDSEYE) was born in 1646 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 24 Nov 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1641 - 1713 (72 years)