Captain William Meacham

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Name William Meacham Prefix Captain Birth 10 Mar 1742 New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Death 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)
Marriage 1 Apr 1732 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [2]
Family ID F3263 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jane Peace Duncan Marriage 1768 , Essex, Massachusetts, United States Family ID F3396 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2023
Family 2 Sarah Cooke, b. 1748 d. 1776 (Age 28 years) Marriage 1770 Children 1. William Meacham, b. 2 Sep 1771 d. 22 Apr 1852 (Age 80 years) Family ID F11209 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2023
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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
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Sources - [S124] Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1927), 11 Jun 2002, p. 143, FHL book 974.422/N1 V2v.
This source gives the date of his death as 1776. - [S131] Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, (Newburyport, Mass. : Parker River Researchers, 1988 (Decorah, Iowa : Anundsen Pub., [1988]), v. 4, p. 78, FHL book 974.45/S1 V2e 1988.
- [S124] Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1927), 11 Jun 2002, p. 143, FHL book 974.422/N1 V2v.