Person:Thomas Meekins (3)

Name	Thomas Meekins
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	8 Jun 1643	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Abt 1665	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Bunce
Death^[2]	19 Oct 1675	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Sprague, Waldo C. Vital Records and Church Records of Braintree, Massachusetts.

MEKINS Thomas s. Thomas 8-(4)-1643 (June 8)
↑ Judd, Sylvester, and Lucius M. Boltwood. History of Hadley (Massachusetts): including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. (Springfield, MA: H.R. Huntting & Co., 1905)
pp. 147-8.

On 19 Oct 1675, "about noon, ten horsemen were sent out to scout, and as they were passing the Indians [waiting] in ambush, nine were shot down and one escaped to Hatfield." The nine scouts were Thomas Meekins, Jr., Nathaniel Collins, Richard Stone, Samuel Clarke, John Pocock, Thomas Warner, Abram Quiddington, William Olverton, and John Petts. Actually three were captured, of whom one was killed and two were later redeemed.