John Meigs
John Meigs was born in England on 29 February 1612, a son of Vincent Meigs of Devon or Dorset. In 1632 he married Tamzin Fry, who was from Weymouth in Dorset. Their eldest daughter, Mary, was born in England in 1633.
He came to New England with his father and his brothers Vincent and Mark in the late 1630s. The family lived first at Weymouth and then at Rehoboth, in Massachusetts, until about 1643. In 1644 John took the oath of fidelity at New Haven and was made a freeman there. From 1648 to 1658 he owned the corner lot on Church and Chapel Streets, facing New Haven Green. He was a tanner and currier: he turned raw hides into leather and then dressed the leather for the shoemaker and saddler.
On 3 March 1653/4 he was admitted a planter at Guilford, with an allotment at Hammonassett, the eastern part of the town that later became Madison. He was made a freeman of Guilford in 1657.
In the early 1660s Guilford was divided over whether to stay with the New Haven Colony or go over to Connecticut. John took the Connecticut side. He served as constable for Guilford under Connecticut, in open defiance of the New Haven government.
He and Tamzin had five children: Mary, Elizabeth, Concurrence, John and Tryal. Elizabeth married Richard Hubbell about 1650. John died at Guilford on 4 January 1671/2.
Parents
Vincent Meigs (1583-1658)
Children
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Cite: Heirology, "John Meigs (1612-1671)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/john-meigs-1612-1671-9ecbf1.