Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Isaac Meacham
1716 - 1. Isaac Meacham was born on 21 Aug 1716 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Notes:
"He migrated with his family in May, 1758 to the town of Western, now Warren, Worcester County, Mass. Their unexpected arrival was the cause of a 'Warning' that was thereupon set by the town of Western to that of Palmer whence this alarming tribe had come. But Isaac evidently quieted the fears of his prospective neighbors at Western for the records show that he remained there with a growing family for many years." [James W. Greene, citation details below.]
Isaac married Lydia BlanchardEnfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Lydia was born in of Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 15 Aug 1762 in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Jacob Meacham
was born on 31 Aug 1750 in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 2. Jacob Meacham
Generation: 2
2. Jacob Meacham (1.Isaac1) was born on 31 Aug 1750 in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts. Notes:
"His name appears in conjunction with those of his brothers Isaac and Abraham among the soldiers who enlisted from Williamstown, Mass., in the Co. of A. Angel for three months' service from May 1, 1775. He also enlisted from Castleton, Vt., Oct. 1781 for 10 days' service." [James W. Greene, citation details below.]
Family/Spouse: Martha Tuttle. Martha was born about 1752; died about 1820 in near Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Hines Meacham was born on 1 Apr 1785 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont; died on 5 Jul 1865 in Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota.
- 3. Hines Meacham
Generation: 3
3. Hines Meacham (2.Jacob2, 1.Isaac1) was born on 1 Apr 1785 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont; died on 5 Jul 1865 in Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota. Hines married Lorena Wetmore in 1819 in Vermont. Lorena (daughter of Samuel Wetmore and Jerusha Shartwell) was born in Vermont; died on 28 May 1835 in Galena, Delaware, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Arza Meacham was born about 1824 in Vermont; died on 16 Sep 1888 in Licking County, Ohio.
- 4. Arza Meacham
Generation: 4
4. Arza Meacham (3.Hines3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Isaac1) was born about 1824 in Vermont; died on 16 Sep 1888 in Licking County, Ohio. Notes:
He was "of Knox county in the state of Ohio" in the 1865 will of his father.
Arza married Sarah Jane Bailey on 16 Jun 1850 in Delaware County, Ohio. Sarah (daughter of George Howard Bailey and Elizabeth MacCartney) was born about 1826 in Ohio; died on 10 May 1892 in Licking County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. William Grant Meacham was born on 2 Jul 1867 in Bennington, Licking, Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1949 in Newark, Licking, Ohio; was buried on 13 Mar 1949 in Wilson Cemetery, Newark, Licking, Ohio.
- 5. William Grant Meacham