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Created 20 November 2006

Jeremiah MEACHAM
and
Rebecca HAWKINS

Jeremiah was born 16 July 1610 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and married 10 April 1732, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, Rebecca HAWKINS the daughter of James HAWKINS and Elizabeth HUMPHRIES. She was born 30 March 1712 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts and died 1786. Jeremiah died 1766, in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts.

Settlers' Families

Extracts from" Heare Lyes Salim New Grant", 1734-1763
by David Wetherbee (1980)

He wrote this as a labor of love, and all the research materials are available in public documents. It was a limited edition, and copies were placed in the Library of Congress, New Salem Public Library, Petersham Public Library, Swift River Valley Historical Society.

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Jeremiah Meacham, Sr. - son of John and Mary Cash Meacham, b. c. 1710, d. 1766, md. Rebecca Hawkins, 1732, Salem, b. Mar. 30, 1712, dau. of James and Elizabeth Humphreys Hawkins. Ch. b. at Salem and New Salem:

James - bp. Mar. 18, 1733, md. Lucy Rugg, 1756.
Elizabeth - b. Oct. 12, 1735, md. Joseph Rugg, 1761, * New Salem.
Jeremiah - b. July 9, 1738. d. ?
William - b. Mar. 10, 1742, md.1st - Sarah White, md. 2nd - Sarah Cook, 177_.
Rebecca - b. July 17, 1743, * New Salem, md. John Duncan, 1769.
Mary - b. July 20, 1746, md. Moses Curtis, Jr., 1771, * New Salem.
John - b. Mar. 22, 1750, md. Sarah Hall, 1772.
Jeremiah, Jr. - bp. June 7, 1752, md. Hannah Foster, 1777, New Salem.
Jonathan - bp. Nov. 30, 1755, md. Hannah Southwick, 1775.

He was one of the first settlers in New Salem in 1739, having bought First Div. # 33 and Sec. Div. # 46 from his father, John in 1737. She was probably the sister of Deborah Goodale, who came about the same time. Also his father came soon and one of the two polls that show on the 1759 assessment must have been the father or William (b. 1740). He lived here the rest of his life. It is likely that Meacham didn't come alone in 1739 (another myth?). Others who may have come with him are Ebenezer Felton, Sr., Isaac Goodale, David Southwick and Jonathan Southwick along with carpenters like Mackentyer and probably black slaves like "his man". In Old Salem, Jeremiah was a chair maker.

CHILDREN of Jeremiah MEACHAM and Rebecca HAWKINS:


    1. JANE      chr: 18 Mar 1733; Salen, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. JAMES     chr: 18 Mar 1733; Salen, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md: 23 Jan 1756; Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
                                   Lucy RUGG
                   d: 28 Jul 1812; , , Massachusetts.
    3. ELIZABETH chr: 12 Oct 1735; Salen, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:        1761; , , .
                                   Joseph RUGG
                   d:  7 Feb 1795; , , .
    4. JEREMIAH  chr:  9 Jul 1738; Salen, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. WILLIAM   chr: 10 Mar 1742; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:            ; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                                   Sarah WHITE
                  md:            ; , , .
                                   Sarah COOK
                   d: 11 Jun 1775; Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    6. REBECCA   chr: 17 Jul 1743; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:        1769; , , .
                                   John DUNCAN
 +  7. MARY      chr: 20 Jul 1746; Salen, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md: 20 Oct 1771; Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts.
                                   Moses CURTIS
                   d:        1818; , Essex, Massachusetts.
    8. JOHN        b: 22 Mar 1750; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:        1772; , , .
                                   Sarah HALL
                   d:            ; Benson, Rutland, Vermont.
    9. JEREMIAH  chr:  7 Jun 1752; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:        1777; New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts.
                                   Hannah FOSTER
   10. JONATHAN  chr: 30 Nov 1755; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
                  md:        1775; , , .
                                   Hannah SOUTHWICK
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