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Thomasin Fry Meigs |
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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Thomasin (Thomasine or Tamazin) Fry Meigs was born on February 29, 1611/12 in England. She married John Meigs (Meggs) about 1632 in England. John was born on January 29, 1611/12 in England. He was the son of Vincent Meigs. He was a tanner and currier. The bequests in his will indicate they were a wealthy and educated family. He left substantial amounts of money and land to all his children. He left his books and writings to his son, John. Their children included: Mary was born in England and Thomasin and John followed her sister, Mary Harris, to America soon after. The family first settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1639. When Thomasin's brother, William Fry died in 1642, he left Thomasin’s son, "John Meggs." a kid. They moved to Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1642 with Rev. Samuel Newman's company. About 1644 they moved to New Haven and admitted as a freeman there. In 1648 John bought a lot on the New Haven Green. He ceded this lot to the town in 1658. About ten years later he settled in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. On March 3, 1653/54 he was admitted as a planter in Guilford when he bought a one hundred pound allotment. According to Stile’s History of the Regicides, it was John Meigs who rode to New Haven to warn the regicides. They moved to Killingsworth a few years before John died. John wrote his will in 1671 and died on January 4, 1672 in Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
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