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Meakins, Thomas

Male 1643 - 1675  (32 years)


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  • Name Meakins, Thomas  
    Birth 8 Jun 1643  Braintree,Norfolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Oct 1675  Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Braintree vital recs, "Records of Boston," NEHGR, 3(1849):127 (FHL #974 B2ne).
      MAR: No mar rec found. Sarah, John, Thomas, and Mehitable Meakins, all proved children of Thomas and Mary Meakins of Hatfield, are called grandchildren in the will of Sarah Bunce of Hartford, 19 Aug 1689, no probate act (died 1693), Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:416 (FHL #974.6 P2m). For children of Thomas and Mary Meakins, see "Births, Marriages, and Deaths, [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, 105, and Hadley, 70 (FHL #760648).
      DEATH: "A List of the men slain in the County of Hampshire,"Massachusetts Archives, 68:33, photocopy of original document in Winifred L. Holman, "The Meakins Lineage" (typescript, 1958-60; NEHGS, Boston), 16a. An account of Thomas Meakins' death at the hands of the Indians during King Philip's War is found in Daniel White Wells and Reuben Field Wells, A HISTORY OF HATFIELD (Springfield, MA, 1910), 79-80 (FHL #974.423/H2 H2w). It is incorrectly stated that Thomas's death occurred in Sep 1677 in "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, p. 110 (FHL #760648). This date is disproved by the adm/inv of estate of Thomas Meakins, Jr, [of Hatfield], 29 Mar 1676; also see settlement of estate 30 Mar 1680, distribution 3 Nov 1693. (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:165, 206; 3:15 [FHL #879184]).

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263219-R).
      SEAL P: FGRA
      SEAL S: FGRA
    Person ID I5010  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Meakins, Thomas,   b. Abt 1608, of Thrope-Achurch,Nhants,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1687, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   b. Abt 1615, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 25 Jan 1651, Roxbury,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1638 
    Family ID F2140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bunce, Mary,   b. 17 Sep 1645, Hartford,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 4 Mar 1717/1718 (Age < 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Meakins, Sarah,   b. 25 Feb 1666/1667, Hadley,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1739, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Meakins, Mary,   b. 28 Mar 1670, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Meakins, John,   b. 12 Jan 1671/1672, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (wp) 12 Feb 1754, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +4. Meakins, Thomas,   b. 8 Nov 1673, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (inv) 5 Jun 1723, Hartford,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     5. Meakins, Mehitable,   b. Aug 1675, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 4 May 1742 (Age > 67 years)
    Family ID F1809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart