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• Suffix	I
  Birth	1642	Massachusetts?, England?
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1715	Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I74278	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2001 00:00:00
  Family	Deborah BROWNING, b. 31 Jan 1646, Salem, Massachusetts
  Married	28 Dec 1669	Salem/Enfield, Connecticut
  Children	1. Deborah MEACHAM, b. 15 Dec 1670, Salem, Massachusetts   2. Isaac MEACHAM, II, b. 13 Nov 1672, Salem, Massachusetts   3. Jeremiah MEACHAM, III, b. 13 Nov 1674, Salem, Massachusetts   4. Israel MEACHUM, b. 18 Sep 1676, Salem, Massachusetts > 5. Ichabod MEACHAM, I, b. 11 Aug 1679, Salem, Massachusetts   6. Deborah MEACHAM, b. 8 Apr 1681, Salem, Massachusetts   7. John MEACHAM, Lt., b. 11 Jun 1682, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   8. Mary MEACHAM, b. 13 Jan 1684, Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   9. Joseph MEACHAM, b. 18 Feb 1686, Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   10. Benjamin MEACHAM, b. 25 Sep 1687, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut   11. Ebenezer MEACHAM, b. 21 Feb 1677/1678, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F19375	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !NOTES: While in Salem, Isaac's occupation was that of a weaver, following in the family tradition. In 1681, Isaac moved his family to the town of Enfield, MA, which was newly established. This town later became Enfield, CT, in 1750. There he build a fulling mill and continued his clothier occupation. The "History of Enfield" says that, "Captain Isaac Meacham was one of the most useful and enterprising settlers of Enfield. . . He was a Clothier by trade and built a fulling mill in 1688." In addition, Isaac represented Enfield in the House of Representatives for Massachusetts, 28 May 1707 to 6 December 1707. ! His will was dated l August 1704 and probated 7 September 1715. !REF: "Genealogy, A Weekly Journal of American Ancestry" vol. 2, no. 15, New York, Oct 12, 1912, whole no. 41. "A Line of Meacham Descent" p. 321-2.