Hi , there are a number of Meacham wills on the National Archives site Discovery . "Blauch" which would guess is Blanch Meacham , widow of Combe St Nich, will dated 1696 ;William , yeoman , White Staunton will dated 1669 ; Rachell Meacham gentleman ( as written) of Combe St Nich will dated 1740 ; Thomas Meacham, yeoman , Combe St Nich will dated 1693 . Ancestry has an Amory Meacham and Susanna Pavy married in Aug 1744 in Curry Rivel and the will of 1731 of Amery Meacham of Whitstanton , in the Archdeaconry of Taunton . The same archdeaconry has wills of William Whitstaunton, 1724, John Whitstaunton, 1697, Christian , widow, Whitstaunton , 1699 . In Somerset Record Office online catalogue are removal orders one 1751 for Amery Meacham , his wife Susanna, their children George, 5 and a half, James 2 and a half, and Maria , 4 months, removed from Combe St Nicholas to Whitestaunton this being their last place of legal settlement . And 1765 a removal of Margaret Meacham also Meachum widow of John , blacksmith , and their children Elizabeth 5, John 2 and 1/4 be removed from Bruton to Whitestaunton this being their last place of legal settlement . You would probably learn more about them individually by downloading the wills from TNA and getting the 1731 will from Somerset of Amery/Amory. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Hembury-Kellow" <finbar2008@sky.com> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:35 PM Subject: [ENG-SOM] MEACHAM family of Whitestaunton, Somerset > Is anyone else researching the MEACHAM family of Whitestaunton, Somerset? > Thanks to the timely downloading of the Whitestaunton PRs to Free Reg (my > endless gratitude to their transcriber) and thanks to the help and > collaboration of my dear friend, Midi, I have managed to establish my > MEACHAM tree as follows: > > Amory MEACHAM (b.? - d. 1729) marr. Elizabeth (OWSLEY?), date/location of > marriage unknown > | > Henry MEACHAM (b. 1695, Whitestaunton - d. ?) married Mary BASDON, 1718, > Whitestaunton. > | > Amory MEACHAM (b. 1718, Whitestaunton - d. 1786, Whitestaunton) married > Susannah STACY als PAVY, 1744, Whitestaunton. > | > George MEACHAM (b. 1745, Whitestaunton - d. 1803, Whitestaunton) married > (2nd wife) Sebbera STRAWBRIDGE, 1793, Whitestaunton. > | > Samuel MEACHAM (b. 1796, Whitestaunton - d. 1860, Corfe, Somerset) married > Grace RIDGE, 1821, Pitminster, Somerset. > | > John MEACHAM/MITCHAM (b. 1829, Corfe, Somerset - d. 1915, Blagdon, Corfe, > Somerset) married Anna JENNINGS, 1855, Corfe, Somerset. > | > Lucy MEACHAM (b. 1864, Corfe, Somerset - d. 1955, Taunton, Somerset) > married > Edward HEMBURY, 1899, Corfe, Somerset. > > If anyone can add anything to the above, or would like more info, do > please > get back to me. At the moment, I am trying to establish whether the > George > MEACHAM bap 09 Jun 1811, Whitestaunton, son of John MEACHAM and Jane nee > MORREN, was the same George in various censuses who gave his place of > birth > as Ilminster (once) and Combe St Nicholas (four times). I found what I > think were his parents, George and Jane, in 1841 at Combe St Nicholas, and > as the village is so very close to Whitestaunton, I feel relatively sure > that this is the right family. > > Many thanks, > > Sue Hembury-Kellow > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I have a copy of the William MEACHAM will, courtesy of my friend Midi. It mentions my Amory MEACHAM, but the relationship is currently unclear, alas. The removal order for Amory and Susanna does, indeed, relate to my poor 5G Grandparents, and I wonder what they had done to be "removed". Poverty is the most likely answer, I'm afraid. Incidentally, Ancestry's marriage for Amory and Susannah at Curry Rivel is wrong. Ancestry seem to put Curry Rivel as the default location for just about ANY Somerset marriage for some reason. In fact, the marriage of Amory MEACHAM and Susannah STACY als PAVY took place at Whitestaunton on 6 Aug 1744. I haven't been able to work out how John MEACHAM and his wife Margaret connect to my tree (re: Margaret's removal from Bruton to Whitestaunton) but I have no doubt they do connect somewhere. Thanks again for your kind assistance - if ever I can return the favour, just ask! Best wishes, Sue Hembury-Kellow -----Original Message----- From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of elizabeth howard Sent: 20 November 2013 14:41 To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SOM] MEACHAM family of Whitestaunton, Somerset Hi , there are a number of Meacham wills on the National Archives site Discovery . "Blauch" which would guess is Blanch Meacham , widow of Combe St Nich, will dated 1696 ;William , yeoman , White Staunton will dated 1669 ; Rachell Meacham gentleman ( as written) of Combe St Nich will dated 1740 ; Thomas Meacham, yeoman , Combe St Nich will dated 1693 . Ancestry has an Amory Meacham and Susanna Pavy married in Aug 1744 in Curry Rivel and the will of 1731 of Amery Meacham of Whitstanton , in the Archdeaconry of Taunton . The same archdeaconry has wills of William Whitstaunton, 1724, John Whitstaunton, 1697, Christian , widow, Whitstaunton , 1699 . In Somerset Record Office online catalogue are removal orders one 1751 for Amery Meacham , his wife Susanna, their children George, 5 and a half, James 2 and a half, and Maria , 4 months, removed from Combe St Nicholas to Whitestaunton this being their last place of legal settlement . And 1765 a removal of Margaret Meacham also Meachum widow of John , blacksmith , and their children Elizabeth 5, John 2 and 1/4 be removed from Bruton to Whitestaunton this being their last place of legal settlement . You would probably learn more about them individually by downloading the wills from TNA and getting the 1731 will from Somerset of Amery/Amory. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=///