Phineas MEIGS

Male 1708 - 1782  (73 years)


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  • Name Phineas MEIGS  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 21 Sep 1708  Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 May 1782  [2, 3, 4
    Burial North Madison West Side Cemetery, North Madison, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Capt. Phinehas Meigs was killed by a shot from the British in a skirmish upon the seashore in East Guilford, Ct., Private 6th Reg't, Lieut.-Col. Wm. Douglass, Capt. Samuel Barker's Co., enlisted Feb. 3, 1777, discharged Feb 3, 1780; Private, Gen. David Waterbury's State Brigade, Capt. Nath'l Edwards' Co., enlisted Apr 3, 1781.
    Person ID I39085  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2021 

    Father John MEIGS,   b. 11 Nov 1670, Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1718 (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Rebecca HAND   d. 1719, Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1694  Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Family ID F16623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail DUDLEY,   b. 03 Nov 1719, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1806 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jan 1739  Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Children 
     1. Abigail MEIGS,   b. 12 Mar 1742, Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1825 (Age 83 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F16640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Sep 1708 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02727] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 1 January.

    2. [S03444] Professor Reynold Webb Wilcox, The Descendants of William Wilcoxson, Vincent Meigs, and Richard Webb, (Name: Name: New York - T.A. Wright, Publisher and Printer 1893;;).

    3. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).

    4. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    5. [S03413] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Guilford.