SECOND GENERATION

8. Sarah Wilcoxson (28)(29) was born in 1646 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. She died on 24 Nov 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT. She has reference number 8. Daughter of William Wilcoxson, she removed with her mother to Killingworth in 1663. Her marriage to John Meigs was the first marriage performed in that town. Her gravestone was found standing in the old Hammonasset cemetery just west of Clinton. ( See Vol. 52, New England History & Gen. R. )

She was married to John Meigs (son of John Meigs and Tomasine Fry) on 7 Mar 1665 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT. John Meigs (30) was born on 28 Feb 1640 or 1641 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 9 Nov 1713 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT. "Caleb Benton Genealogy" has it that John Meigs and Sarah Wilcoxson were the parents of a ninth child Sarah, born in 1691 ( After the death of their first Sarah who married. Bartlett) who married. Caleb Stone and became the mother of seven children. We find no mention of this individual either in the Meigs book or any other CT. source. In addition, the age of the mother at the time this child is said to have been born increases the improbability. Hence, Sarah II is omitted here.

John Meigs was the only son of Vincent Meigs, the immigrant of that family. Hence, The Wilcoxson strain flows today in every name-line descendant of Vincent Meigs. The Meigs family was one of uncommon luster in the history of the colonies and the early republic. The family supplied many eminent military and civil officers during the revolution and the period immediately following. One of the most noted members of the family was Return Jonathan Meigs, who was, successively, Commandant of the Upper District of Ohio, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, and finally, Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Madison. Sarah Wilcoxson and John Meigs had the following children:

child+52 i. Sarah Meigs.
child+53 ii. John Meigs.
child+54 iii. Janna Meigs.
child+55 iv. Ebenezer Meigs.
child+56 v. Hannah Meigs.
child57 vi. Hester Meigs(31) was born on 25 Feb 1678. Twin of the above. No further information
child+58 vii. Mindwell Meigs.

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