Person:John Meakins (4)

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Lieutenant John Meakins
b.Est 1665 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d.29 Aug 1739 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1665
  1. Lieutenant John MeakinsEst 1665 - 1739
  2. Joseph MeakinsCal 1669 - 1724/25
  3. Mary Meakins1671/72 - 1739/40
  4. Sarah Meakins1674 - 1741
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lieutenant John Meakins
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1665 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Will[1][2] 18 Aug 1739 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] 29 Aug 1739 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[2] 2 Oct 1739 Will proved.
Estate Inventory[2] 27 Nov 1739 £595-18-02. Taken by Nehemiah Olmsted, John Pitkin and Stephen Olmsted.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Bidwell, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    462.

    "John (Meakins),3 b. perhaps 1665, the age on his gravestone being apparently an exaggeration; d. at East Hartford, 29 Aug. 1739 ae. 76 (g. s.), unm. He was confirmed Ensign of the Hartford east side company, May 1710, and Lieutenant, May 1716. His will, dated 18 Aug. 1739, named his four sisters Mary Belden, Sarah Spencer, Rebeckah 'Holeburd,' and Hannah Arnold, and his brother Joseph's children, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Hannah Olmstead, Abigail and Rebeckah."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Meakins, Lt. John, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:306.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 148-9.

    Meakins, Lt. John, Hartford. Died 28 August, 1739. Invt. £595-18-02. Taken 27 November, 1739, by Nehemiah Olmsted, John Pitkin and Stephen Olmsted. Will dated 18 August, 1739.

    I, John Meakins of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto my four sisters £20 apiece, namely, Mary Belding, Sarah Spencer, Rebeckah Holeburd and Hannah Arnold, to be paid to them by my executor out of my moveable estate; and also to pay unto my sisters aforesd. £10 apiece which I am indebted unto them for their part of the negro man called Sharper. I give to my brother Joseph Meakins's daughters £10 apiece in moveables, namely, to Mary and Sarah Meakins, Hannah Olmsted, Abigail and Rebeckah Meakins. I give to my cousins Mary and Sarah Meakins a small piece of meadow land commonly called Ensign's lott, to be equally divided between them. If my moveable estate shall fall short of paying all my just debts and legacies herein given, my will is that my cousin Joseph Meakins shall pay the rest within one year after that he comes of age. I give to my cousin Joseph Meakins (my brother Joseph Meakins's son) all the rest of my estate, houseing, lands and moveables, and especially my negro man Sharper, to be servant unto my cousin Joseph Meakins until the sd. Sharper is 45 years of age, and no longer: at that time the sd. Sharper to be free. I appoint Mr. William Pitkin executor.

    JOHN MEAKINS, LS.

    Witness: Roger Pitkin, Ozias Pitkin, William Bidwell.

    Court Record, Page 56—2 October, 1739: Will proven."

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