Captain William Meacham

1742 - 1775  (33 years)

• Name	William Meacham
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	10 Mar 1742	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jun 1775	Bunker Hill, , Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I8767	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Meacham,   b. 1706, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1766, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Hawkins,   c. 30 Mar 1712, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1758  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1732	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Family ID	F3263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Peace Duncan
  Married	1768	, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F3396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Cooke,   b. 1748,   d. 1776  (Age 28 years)
  Married	1770
  Children	1. William Meacham,   b. 2 Sep 1771,   d. 22 Apr 1852  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F11209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !Married Sarah Cook (later married Everest) Died in Battle of Bunker Hill. Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. c1988 US/Can 929.273 A1 no.5648 Mecham, Robert. Mecham family history. US/CAN 929.273 M464m

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1927), FHL book 974.422/N1 V2v., p. 143, 11 Jun 2002. This source gives the date of his death as 1776. [S131] Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Newburyport, Mass. : Parker River Researchers, 1988 (Decorah, Iowa : Anundsen Pub., [1988]), FHL book 974.45/S1 V2e 1988., v. 4, p. 78.