Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

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Joseph Bearse

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2480 
  • Father:
  • Austin Bearse 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Jan 1651/1652 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1695 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Taylor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Dec 1676 
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  Benjamin Bearse (Ahnentafel No:1240 )

  James Bearse

• Sources for Joseph Bearse

  • ¹ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 132.
  • ² MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 4, 3rd ed., Edward Fuller, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 70.
  • ³ Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Being a Reprint of the Amos Otis Papers, Originally Published in . . ., Vol. 1, Barnstable, Massachusetts: F. B. and F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers (1888), 54-55.
  • ⁴ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 273.

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