Person:Joseph Meakins (1)
Joseph Meakins
b.Cal 1669 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d.1 Jan 1724/25 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
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph MeakinsCal 1669 - 1724/25
  • W.  Mary UnknownCal 1684 - 1724/25
m. Bef 1714
  1. Mary MeakinsCal 1714 - 1743
  2. Hannah Meakins1717 - 1806
  3. Rebecca Meekins1723 - 1814
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Joseph Meakins
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1669 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Marriage Bef 1714 Based on calculated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Mary Unknown
Death[1] 1 Jan 1724/25 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death[4] 29 Jan 1724/25 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2][3] Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[4] 6 Apr 1725 Administration to John and Samuel Meakins, brothers of the deceased.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

    "Joseph (Meakins), b. abt. 1669; d. at East Hartford, 1 Jan. 1724/5 ae. 55 (g. s.); … Administration on his estate was granted, 6 Apr. 1725, to his brothers, John and Samuel Meakins. On 5 Apr. 1726, John Meakins was appointed guardian to Joseph, aged 7, Sarah, 11, and Abigail, 4; and Samuel Meakins was appointed guardian to Mary, aged 12, Hannah, 8, and Rebeckah, 2. On 3 July 1733, Hannah, aged 16, chose William Pitkin for guardian; Abigail, aged 12, chose her uncle, Thomas Spencer; John Meakins, brother of the deceased, to be guardian to Rebeckah, aged 12; but Lieut. John Meakins resigned the trust, and 7 Dec. 1738 Rebeckah chose Thomas Hurlbut of Wethersfield."

  2. ↑ Joseph Maken, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 13, 108-1 Center Cemetery, East Hartford, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
    58.

    "Makan, Joseph, died Jan. 1724/5 age 54 yrs."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Meakins, Joseph, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:545-46.

    "Probate Records. Vol. X, 1723 to 1729. Page 109-10-11.

    Meakins, Joseph, Hartford. Died 29 January, 1724-5. Inventory taken by Timothy Cowles, Charles Buckland and Daniel Dickinson.

    Court Record, Page 77—6 April, 1725: Adms. granted to John and Samuel Meakins, brothers of sd. decd.

    Page 126—5 April, 1726: John and Samuel Meakins exhibited an account of their Adms. Accepted. And this Court appoints John Meakins to be guardian to Joseph Meakins, age 7 years, to Sarah 11, to Abigail 4 years of age. And Samuel Meakins is appointed guardian to Mary Meakins, age 12 years, Hannah 8, and Rebeckah 2 years.

    Page 93 (Vol. XI) 3 July, 1733: Hannah Meakins, 16 years of age, chose William Pitkin to be her guardian. Recog., £100.

    Page 94—3 July, 1733: Abigail Meakins, age 12 years, chose her uncle Thomas Spencer to be her guardian. Recog., £100. And John Meakins, a brother of the decd., to be guardian to Rebeckah Meakins, age 12 years. Recog., £100.

    Page 20 (Vol. XIII) 7 December, 1737-8: Rebeckah Meakins, a minor, age 14 years, daughter of Joseph Meakins, late of Hartford: Lt. John Meakins, sometime her guardian, now resigns the trust, and the sd. Rebeckah chose Thomas Hurlbut of Wethersfield to be her guardian. Recog., £200."

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