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MEACHAM FAMILY BOOK CD101: d abt 1689 [used] b 1625/26 [not used]
NYGBR 69:37 CORRECT MEACHAM ANCESTRY H Trask's will and the later articles of agreement. GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: Henry NOT listed as a son of Wm Trask & Sarah ______ ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ALLIED FAMILIES: p 245Will dated 1683. 1694 - Mary appointed administratrix of his estate worldconnect db = vmeachum, Updated: Mon Oct 21 21:01:24 2002 Contact: Virginia Meachum Henry's wife, Mary Southwick, was the daughter of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem. Lawrence and his wife, son Josiah and daughter Mary (Traske) were fined, whipped, imprisoned ten months and finally banished from Massachusetts for being Quakers. His son Daniel and daughter Provided, their fines not being paid, were sentenced by court to be sold into slavery to any English planter in Virginia, or the Barbadoes, but no ship owner would carry them so they were released. Lawrence and his wife, being banished under pain of death, went to Shelter Island where they both died the following spring, 1660, from exposure and privation, Cassandra surviving her husband only three days. Josiah, who had established a home in Rhode Island, returned to Salem to attend to settling his father's estate, and was flogged for returning. Note; The sect of Quakers arose in England about 1650. Laws were passed to prevent Quakers from settling in Massachusetts; fines were laid on those who entertained them or attended their meetings. They were banished from the colony, imprisoned and a few were executed. It was claimed they interrupted public worship; showed disrespect to rulers, were intemperate in language to judges, and insulting to officials. References
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