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Meakins, Sarah

Female Abt 1694 - 1777  (83 years)


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  • Name Meakins, Sarah  
    Born Abt 1694  Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Feb 1777  West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: No birth rec found. There is evidence to suggest that Sarah is a dau of Thomas and Sarah Meakins: (1) At the time of Sarah's mar to Thomas Miller in 1722, Thomas and Sarah Meakins were Hartford residents. Sarah gave her residence as Hartford on the mar intention recorded at Springfield, below. (2) Thomas Miller was joint administrator with Samuel Wells of Farmington to the estate of Mary Meakins of Hartford, 3 Jan 1737/8, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 3:180 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Samuel Wells was the son of Sarah, wife of Thomas Meakins, by her first husband. (3) A study of all of the New England Meakins families during this period reveals no other possible parents for Sarah. Date of birth is calculated from age 83 on death rec, below. Sarah's place of birth is suggested by deeds showing residence of her parents in Hatfield in 1695 and 1703. See Hampshire Co. Deeds(Springfield Reg), B:185 (FHL #844486), D:459 (FHL #844487). They were still in Hatfield as late as 1707 when a dau Keziah was born. By 1711 the family was in Hartford. See Hampshire Co. Deeds (Springfield Reg), C:581 (FHL #844487).
      MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:119 (FHL #185414). This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found. Wife was "of Hartford."
      DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1944-45), 2:263 (FHL #974.426/W1 V2n). Entry is from West Springfield 1st Congregational Church rec.

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    Person ID I4545  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Meakins, Thomas,   b. 8 Nov 1673, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (inv) 5 Jun 1723, Hartford,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Clark, Sarah,   b. 25 Aug 1665, Northampton,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 25 Jun 1723  (Age > 58 years) 
    Married Abt 1693 
    Family ID F1902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Miller, Thomas,   b. 14 May 1693, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1750, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married (int) 29 Dec 1722  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Miller, Sarah,   b. 6 Apr 1724, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (wp) 23 Feb 1808, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Miller, Thomas,   b. 15 Dec 1725, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Mar 1779  (Age > 54 years)
     3. Miller, Ruth,   b. 23 Oct 1727, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1795, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Miller, David,   b. 28 Aug 1729, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1732, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     5. Miller, Solomon,   b. 29 Sep 1731, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Mar 1779  (Age > 48 years)
     6. Miller, David,   b. 1 May 1734, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1734, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Miller, David,   b. 10 Apr 1736, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Mar 1779  (Age > 43 years)
    Family ID F1755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart