MEIGS, Mary

1633 - 1703  (70 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	MEIGS, Mary
  Birth	3 Mar 1633	Bradford, Devonshire, England
  Christening	3 Mar 1633	Bradford, Devonshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Apr 1703	Killingsworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
  Burial	May 1703
  WAC	23 Oct 1885	LOGAN
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  Person ID	I30151	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	MEIGS, John Sr ,   b. 29 Feb 1612, Bradford, Devonshire, England Bradford, Devonshire, Englandd. 4 Jan 1672, Killingsworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (Age 59 years)
  Mother	FRYE, Tamasine ,   b. 29 Feb 1612, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England Weymouth, Dorsetshire, Englandd. 4 Jan 1672, Killingsworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1632	England
  Family ID	F16942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	STEVENS, William ,   b. 1628, Killingsworth, Warwick, England Killingsworth, Warwick, Englandd. 26 Feb 1703, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1652	Guilford, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F16943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ABOUT WILLIAM STEVENS OR STEPHENS & MARY MEIGS Nothing is known or at least can be proven about the origin of this William Stevens or Stephens, except that he came to New England with his father, John Steevens or Stephens, and siblings and was residing in Guilford, New Haven, CT by 1645. It is believed that he was born in about 1630 in an as yet unidentified locality in England and that his mother died before her husband and children emigrated to New England An alleged ancestry for John Stephens or Steevens, father of this William Stevens, claiming that he was the son of Sir Edward Stephens and Annie his wife, sister of First Lord Crewe of Stene and that he was named for his uncle John, who was a Member of Parliament, and similar alleged ancestries are pure fantasies promulgated by C Ellis Stevens, who in 1904 privately printed the genealogy of his family, and by other careless genealogists of that era. These erroneous genealogies are still being published on Internet sites today. See more recent scholarship in "John Steevens of Guilford, Connecticut....," compiled by Claude W. Barlow [publication data in Source attached to this record] indicating that there is no evidence for any information about John Stephens or Steevens prior to the first records for him in Guilford, CT. Dr. Barlow, at page 61 of his compilation indicates that William married (1) 3 March 1653/4 Mary Meigs (born at Weymouth,1633), daughter of John Meigs. She died in April 1703 [?]. Their children were: 1. John born 3 March 1654/5,said to have been killed in King Philip's war, but no record has been found, save the service of his cousin (also John). 2, Samuel born March 1656/7 (Barbour) or 1 March 1657 (Holmes Genealogy) 3. Nathaniel born 10 May 1659,died young 4. Nathaniel born 29 Oct.1661 5. Daniel probably died unmarried between 1695 & 1704 (see Guilford LR book 2 of Terriers, page 78 referred to in Dr. Barlow's book,p.14) 6. Judith born 1 Oct.1668 7. Josiah born 19 Dec.1670 (Barbour)or 8 Dec. (Gen.& Talcott) 8. Mary (or Marcy in Barbour0 2 Nov.1677 William married at New London on 24 Nov.1703., Sarah (Hough) Carpenter, widow of David Carpenter. She died on 20 Feb 1714/1715 Dr. Barlow points out that the birth record of the youngest daughter Mary in 1677 & the 2nd marriage in 1703 show that Mrs. Holmes was wrong( in her work publ.1906) when she stated that William's youngest child Mary was by his 2nd wife. William died in Killingworth, Middlesex, CT on 26 Feb.1703/4 (date from inventory). Three deeds of William's survive & so does his will (New London probate #5155,recorded in book A, page 238).It was dated 23 February 1703/4 & received for probate on 30 March 1704.The date of death is given as 26 Feb 1703/4. [INFORMATION FROM BARLOW'S COMPILATION WAS CONTRIBUTED TO ANCESTRY.COM BY "sharlastevens"] William Stevens was a member of the church in Killingworth, CT in 1670. On 26 March 1671, he sold his land in Guilford to William Seward [probably the land received from his father, who died in 1670]. He was a respectable and trusted citizen. [SOURCE: "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," Vol. III, John Stephens of Guilford (Conn.) and His Descendants, compiled by Wiiliam Richard Cutter and his staff, p. 445.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. William STEVENS; Male; Birth: < 1629> Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Aug 2004