Weare, Meshech (1713-1786)

Name:

Weare, Meshech (1713-1786)

Title:

Moderator, Town of Hampton Falls, 1739
Selectman, Town of Hampton Falls, 1740
Member, Provinical Assembly, Colony of New Hampshire
Justice, superior Court of Judicature, Colony of New Hampshire
Colonel, Third Regiment, Militia, Colony of New Hampshire
President/Governor of New Hampshire
Legislator

Born:

01/16/1713

Birthplace:

Hampton Falls, NH

Died:

01/15/1786

Death Location:

Hampton Falls, NH

Residence:

Hampton Falls (Seabrook), NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Farmer

Father:

Weare, Nathaniel (1669-1755)

Mother:

Wait, Mary

Spouse:

(1) Elizabeth Shaw, 1738
(2) Mehitable Wainwright, 1746

Children:

Children of Elizabeth Shaw Weare:
Samuel, born September 23, 1741; died December 30, 1802; m. Hannah Lawless
Mary, born 1743); m. Peter Russell

Children of Mehitable Wainwright Weare:
Nathan, born October 30, 1747; died April 18, 1798; lieut. in Revolution; unmarried
Elizabeth, born June 5, 1749; died 1813); m. 1784, Maj. Joseph Dow
Abigail, born November 2, 1750; died March 19, 1786, Chichester, NH; m. Stephen Lang, 1770, Hampton Falls
Richard, born August 17, 1752; died April, 1777; Captain in Army; unmarried; d. Albany, NY, of wounds
Hannah, born June 6, 1754; died February 1, 1849; m. John Porter, Hampton, NH
Nathaniel, born March 21, 1757
Thomas Wibird, born December 3, 1758; res. Philadelphia
Redford, born May 4, 1761; died April 17, 1807

Notes:

Warren Brown, History of the Town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, From the Time of the First Settlement Within Its Borders, 1640 Until 1900. (Manchester, NH: the John B. Clarke Company, 1900), 190-212, 585.

Clifford K. Shipton, Biographical Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College in the Classes 1731-1735, With Bibliographical and Other Notes. Volume IX. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1956), 590-605.

Death Notice, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, February 3, 1786.