Return Jonathan Meigs^[1]

1740 - 1823  (82 years)

• Name	Return Jonathan Meigs  [2, 3]
  Born	17 Dec 1740	Middletown, Connecticut   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jan 1823	Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	P2220	Hughes
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	John Benjamin, Col,   b. 28 Aug 1731, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1796, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Lucretia Backus,   b. 23 Mar 1734, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 22 Mar 1803, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F1009	Group Sheet

  
  

  Father	Return Jonathan Meigs, Col.,   b. 16 Mar 1708, Middletown, Connecticut ,   d. 22 Jun 1782, Middletown, Connecticut  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hamlin,   b. 12 Feb 1711, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1762, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1 Feb 1733	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F696	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna Winhorn,   b. 1740, Middletown, Connecticut ,   d. 30 October 1773, Middletown, Connecticut  (Age 33 years)
  Married	14 February 1765	Middletown   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Angela Forsyth,   b. 1860, Alabama, USA ,   d. 6 Nov 1885, Alabama, USA  (Age 25 years)   2. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.,   b. 17 Nov 1764, Middletown, Connecticut ,   d. 29 Mar 1825, Bur Mound Cem, Marietta, Washington Co, Ohio  (Age 60 years)   3. Margaret Forsyth,   b. 1862, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA ,   d. 24 Apr 1907  (Age 45 years)   4. Joanna Meigs,   b. 21 Oct 1766, Middleton, Connecticut   5. Mary Meigs,   b. 12 Jan 1769, Middletown, Connecticut ,   d. 27 Jul 1799, Bur Washington Street Cem, Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn  (Age 30 years)   6. John Meigs,   b. 9 Mar 1771, Middletown, Connecticut ,   d. 4 Jul 1808  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Starr,   b. 28 Jan 1739, Connecticut ,   d. 10 Oct 1807, Hiawassee, TN  (Age 68 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1774	Connecticut
  Children	1. Charles M. Forsyth,   b. 1836, Alabama   2. Elizabeth Meigs,   b. 22 Nov 1775,   d. 22 Dec 1775  (Age 0 years)   3. Richard Montgomery Meigs,   b. 4 Oct 1777,   d. 22 Jul 1785  (Age 7 years)   4. Timothy Meigs,   b. 28 Sep 1782, Connecticut ,   d. 16 Oct 1815, Tennessee  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F704	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Col. Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.
  		Return Jonathan Meigs 1740-1823 stone

  
  

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