Thirteenth Generation

6116. Jeremiah MEACHAM was born on Mar 6, 1614 in Bristol, Somerset, England. He died on Nov 11, 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England. He was buried in Nov 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He has Ancestral File Number 2QVW-2B. Meacham-Mecham Book of Remembrance by Leonidas Devon Mecham

Practically all of the valuable records of Tauton were destroyed by German bombs, but Bryan Lees, (a close friend of the missionaries, who was employed doing research work for the Church in England, and since then emigrated to Zion and atpresent working for the Genealogical Society of Utah), came across a rare list of Tauton Wills among which was the will of Ambrose Meacham of Crookherne. In this wil he named a son "Jere:", (Jeremiah).
This particular son not being mentioned in any of the later records or deaths gives credence to the theory that he may be the one who emigrated to America between 1630 and 1642, and could possibly be the original ancestor.
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Additional evidence and relatives may be found at St. Bartholomew's Church in Crewkerne, England which dates back to the 15th century. Also check the ship "Mary & John". Jeremiah MEACHAM and Margaret were married in 1640 in Salem, Essex, Ma.

6117. Margaret was born in 1620 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She was buried in 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She has Ancestral File Number 2QVW-3H. Children were:

	i.	Isaac MEACHAM was born between 1642 and 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was buried in Apr 1715 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on Apr 29, 1715 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. He has Ancestral File Number 9M2N-CG. He has Ancestral File Number 21Z8-2TQ. GEN: GEN:
3058	ii.	Jeremiah MEACHAM.
	iii.	John MEACHAM was born in 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He died in Sep 1680. He has Ancestral File Number 52K1-67.
	iv.	Sarah MEACHAM was born in 1646/47 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in 1704. She has Ancestral File Number FX4M-SJ.
	v.	Hannah MEACHAM was born in 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in 1708. She has Ancestral File Number FX4M-TP.
	vi.	Rebecca MEACHAM was born in 1655 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in Jul 1702. She has Ancestral File Number 52K1-BW.
	vii.	Bethia MEACHAM was born in 1650 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in 1731.
	viii.	Rhoda MEACHAM was born in 1661 in Of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died in Apr 1694.