Katherine Meakins

"Thomas Mekins and Katherine his wife servants to our brother Edmund Quinsey" were admitted to the Boston church 2 February 1633/4 [2] They thus probably arrived with him on the Griffin in 1633.

Thomas was granted land in Boston in November 1635 along with his son Thomas. At a Boston town meeting on 21 March 1635/6, it is noted: "these former granted allotments were not built upon according to a former order made the 30th of the 9th month last [i.e., 30 November 1635], and therefore that they are free to be otherwise disposed of" with list of twenty-five names, including "Thomas Meakins the elder, and Thomas Meakins the younger"[3]

Thomas was admitted as a freeman on 9 Mar 1636/7. [4] On 6 June 1641 "Our brother Thomas Mekins the elder and our sister Katherine his wife were granted to be recommended to the church at Braintree." [5]

▼References ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995). ↑ Great Migration, citing Boston Church Records 17 ↑ Great Migration, citing Boston Town Records 1:9 ↑ Great Migration, citing Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, 1:373 ↑ Great Migration, citing Boston Church Records at 34

Griffin (1633) The Griffin carried men of note including Rev. John Cotton and Rev. Thomas Hooker, whose company founded Hartford, Connecticut. Sailed: Jul? 1633 from Downs, England Arrived: 4 Sep 1633 at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers: ~200 (Full List) Rev. John Cotton - Theophilus Cushing - Bartholomew Greene - Gov. John Haynes - Rev. Thomas Hooker - Atherton Hough - Thomas Leverett - Edmund Quincy (servant Thomas Meakins) - Richard Risley - Rev. Samuel Stone - among others Resources: Primary Sources: Other information: Griffin (ship) Categories: Griffin (1633) Passengers | Great Migration Study Project

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