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Biography Alphabetical

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Mepham, John, 1614 -

John Mepham was the son of William Mepham and Joan Faulconner of Willingdon, Sussex, England.  Mepham married Mary Welles, daughter of Governor Thomas Welles and Alice Tomes.  It has been claimed that Mepham was related to George Fenwick of Saybrook.  He was Deputy for Guilford (1645, 1646) and one of the seven pillars of the Congregational church at Guilford, Connecticut.  Donna L.

Merriam , Ira

Ira Merriam was a selectman from the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts.  In 1849, he and other selectmen from the Town of Webster certified a petition from Julia Ann Daily, a Dudley Indian, to the Massachusetts General Assembly.  1848.11.13.00

Metack, Joseph

Joseph Metack was the son of Hosiah and Hannah Metack of Gay Head, Massachusetts.  His wife was most likely Isabell Ohomon.  Metack found himself the subject of many civil and criminal controversies.  In 1715, he was fined for stealing a gold ring from John Allen and sentenced to serve Allen for two months. Five years later, Metack and his wife were debtors, later to be sued.  In 1723, he, his brother Philip, and several others were arrested for the murder of Moses Quanch but were later acquitted.  In the following years, Metack was sued for debt and stealing.  No record of him can be found

Metack, Joseph, Jr.

Joseph Metack was the son of Joseph and Isabell Metack of Gay Head, a prominent Indian family at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.  During the French and Indian War, he enlisted as a bateaux-man into John Allen's company and John Bradstreet's regiment in the expedition against Crown Point in 1756.  The following year, Metack was taken captive with his brother Philip during the assault on Fort William Henry.  While Philip escaped earlier, Joseph remained in captivity for three years.  Recaptured during an attempted escape, his life was saved by a French priest.  He finally made his way to Je

Metacom, - 1676

Metacom, alias Pometacom, Philip, Philip Keitasscot, Wewasowannet, was a son of the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit, whose home village was at Mount Hope at Pokanoket.  He married Wootonekanuske, daughter of the Pocasset sachem Corbitant and sister of Weetamoe, Philip’s sister-in-law. Metacom succeeded his brother Wamsutta as tribal leader in 1662 and that same year willingly signed a treaty declaring allegiance to Charles II.

Metupps, Abner

In 1770 Abner Metupps was enumerated as a member of the Eastern Pequot community at Lantern Hill and was described by Reverend Joseph Fish as lame, poor and deserving of the charity courtesy of the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and parts adjacent in America.  Despite his physical and economic condition, Abner, along with others, pledged to support the construction of a new school on the reservation.   1775.03.27.00 Fish, First Book

Miles, Elihu

Elihu Miles was a landowner in the Town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.  He was born in Templeton and served in Captain Ebenezer Cook's Company during the American Revolution.  Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Vol. 58, 57221.

Miller, Amos (1766)

Amos Miller was a signator on a petition from the Eastern Pequot Tribe to the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut in October of 1766 requesting the replacement of overseer Israel Hewitt. 1766.10.06.00  IP 1.2.250 

Miller, Hannah, 1792 - 1866

Hannah Miller, also known as Hannah Fagins, was a longtime reservation resident and the matriarch of a large Pequot family.  It is likely she was born on the reservation, in what was then North Groton, Connecticut. She had at least eight children, five of whom (Charles, Joseph, Henry, Nancy, and Samuel) were living when the family was enumerated in a December 1833 private census of tribal members living on the reservation.  It was then that Erastus Williams, having just concluded his tenure as overseer, described Hannah Miller as 41 years old and of "clear" Indian ancestry.

Miller, John, 1771 - 1821

John Miller was an Eastern Pequot from Stonington (present-day North Stonington), Connecticut.  Amos Miller, another community member who had signed a tribal petition in 1766, most likely was a relation, perhaps a father or an uncle.

As a young man, John Miller was a plaintiff in a November 1795 suit against a person named Lord for unpaid wages.  While the details of the case are unclear, it is possible, given Miller’s long maritime career, that it stemmed from work aboard one of the many vessels arriving and departing the busy port of New London. 

Miller, Lemuel O. , - 1881

Lemuel O. Miller was the son of John Miller and Molly George of Montville, Connecticut.  He was a crew member on the Julius Caesar in April 1833 on a voyage to the South Atlantic.  Four years later on November 2, 1837, he married Delana C. Fielding in Montville.  In 1842, he returned to sea on the Robert Brown with a destination of the Pacific Ocean.  Miller returned to Connecticut by 1870, living at the Mohegan reservation.  He died there on October 26, 1881 of typhoid pneumonia.

Miller, Paul, - 1696

Paul Miller (-1696) was a mariner from Boston, Massachusetts.  In 1692, he was the owner and commander of the 20 tunn coasting sloop Endeavor of Boston.  Three years later, one of his vessels wrecked in the waters off of Barnstable.Probate Records, Vol 10-12, 1687-1697, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Paul Miller, Suffolk County), Ancestry.  Nathaniel Bouton, ed., Provincial Papers, Documents and Records related to the Province of New-Hampshire, Vol. 2 (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1868), 77, 78, 81.

Miller, Willard, - 1801

Miller, Willard ( -August 27, 1801) Eastern Pequot.  Willard Miller was a signatory on a 1788 Eastern Pequot petition to appoint new overseers for the tribe. In the winter of 1793 the New London County Court heard the assault case of Willard Miller v. John Antony of Groton and less than two years later, in the summer of 1795, Miller was again before the Court, this time as a defendant.

Mills, John (1752)

John Mills was a landowner in Kent, Connecticut, with former Schaghticoke Indian property purchased from Samuel Alger.  By 1752, the land was being claimed by other individuals, and Mills applied to the Connecticut General Assembly for relief at that time.   IP 2.2.43-45

Miner, Elnathan, 1673 - 1756

Elnathan Miner was the son of Deacon Manasseh Miner and Lydia Moore of New London, Connecticut. Miner was Stonington town clerk from 1702-1729 and representative to the Connecticut General Court in 1705.  He also was commissioned lieutenant in the town’s train band.  Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (New London: Press of The Day, 1900), 160, 164, 468.

Miner, John O., 1762 - 1851

Dr. John Owen Miner (January 9, 1762-April 27, 1851) was the son of Simeon Miner and Mary Owen of North Stonington, Connecticut and the husband of Elizabeth Avery.   After the death of Dr. Amos Prentice, Miner was the only physician in the town of Groton. He was noted for his professional skill and personal qualification. The Connecticut Medical Society in 1811 appointed him to be part of the examining committee for New London County.  Miner and Elisha Avery built a small woolen factory in Groton around 1814.

Mingo, Abraham

Abraham Mingo might have been one of the minor children enumerated in the Caesar Mingo household at Waquiot, during the June 24, 1776 census performed by Gideon Hawley.  By at least 1785, Abraham Mingo married a woman named Jerusha, (sometimes referred to as Derusha) as this was the year their son William Mingo was born.  It is possible that the Dinah Mingo who appeared as head of household in an 1808 census of the community, may have also been a child of Abraham and Jerusha.

Mingo, Charles H. (1868), 1837 -

Charles H. Mingo was the son of William Mingo and Olive Howwaswee of New Bedford, Massachusetts.  His family removed to Gay Head when he was young.   At fourteen, he shipped out on the America from 1851 to 1854.  Mingo married Lydia Jeffers on November 21, 1861.  Two years later, he was elected as a selectman.  After the death of his wife, Mingo married Rebecca Jane Manning. Pierce and Segel, Wampanoag Families of Martha's Vineyard, 568-569.

Mingo, David, 1820 -

David Mingo was born c. 1820, the son of William and Leah Attaquin Mingo. As a teenager David Mingo signed in support of Daniel B. Amos' December 23, 1833 letter to editor regarding Mashpee rights. In the following year, he was enumerated in a census as residing in Mashpee and was a signatory on the January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes and signed by 288 other Mashpee residents and community members outlining a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe.  Ancestry.com.

Mingo, Desire, 1766 -

Desire Mingo was born circa 1766, the daughter of Benjamin and Desire Mingo. She married Solomon Attaquin sometime before 1786, the year their son Ezra was born. Their daughter, Leah was born in 1791.  Desire was a signatory on a 1796 Mashpee petition.  By August of 1800 her husband, Solomon, had died leaving Desire a widow with three children, this according to a census performed by the Rev. Gideon Hawley.

Mingo, Mary , 1811 -

Mary Ann Mingo was born on June 23, 1811, the daughter of William and Leah Attaquin Mingo.  She married James Brown prior to 1834.  At the age of 23, she was a resident of Mashpee and a signatory to a January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes.   Mary Ann Brown's name was added to that of 288 other Mashpee residents and community members complaining of a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe.  Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Vol.

Mingo, Samuel , 1795 - 1886

Samuel Mingo was the son of Isaiah Mingo and Anna Sunks of Tiverton, Rhode Island.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his seamen's protection papers three years later indicate that he was 5'5 1/2".  Samuel was living in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1821 when he married Rachel Peters of Christiantown.  The couple lived in Vineyard Haven where Samuel worked as a furniture maker with his brother William.  However, by 1825, they had removed to Tisbury.  The couple had two children, Elizabeth and  Joseph Quonwell Mingo. After Rachel's death in 1831, he married Hannah

Minor, Joseph (Woodbury), 1672 - 1774

Colonel Joseph Minor (1672-1774), the son of Captain John Minor and Elizabeth Booth, was an early settler of Woodbury, Connecticut.  He served in preparing men for the French & Indian War, and held many civic positions.  A representative to the Connecticut General Assembly for thirty-two sessions, he was the Woodbury town clerk for twenty-eight years, justice of the quorum for fourteen years, and judge of the Litchfield probate court for thirty years.  Minor also rose through the ranks of the colonial militia, attaining colonelcy in 1728.
 

Minor, Thomas, 1608 - 1690

Lieutenant Thomas Minor was born in Somerset County, England in 1608. He immigrated to Naumkeag Harbor in 1629 on the Lyon's Whelp. In 1632 he founded the First Church at Charlestown. Thirteen years later, Minor joined John Winthrop, Jr. in settling New London. He took up residence at Quiambaug, near Mystic in 1653 where he lived until 1690.  John Augustus Miner, Thomas Minor's Descendants, 1608-1981 (Trevett, Me., 1981). He is the author of several diaries written from 1653 to 1684, some of the oldest surviving from the time and place.

Minor (Miner), Samuel, - 1723

Samuel Minor (Miner) was James Minor’s brother. He and his brother-in-law, Josiah Grant, purchased four parcels of land totaling 280 acres of land that the Connecticut General Court had set aside in 1671 and 1672 for Pequot soldiers (allies of the colony). Minor eventually purchased Grant’s share and, in 1716, he also claimed the land sold to the colony by Isaac Wheeler that was intended to benefit the Pequots. Wheeler had since died and his son, William Wheeler, inherited his father’s estate; both William and the Pequots resisted the claim.

Mitchell, Benjamin (1798)

Benjamin Mitchell was a Quaker from Nantucket, Massachusetts.  He was one of ninety-nine men from there who in 1789 sent a petition to the Massachusetts General Court requesting support for poor White, Black, and Indian men in the whaling industry.  Petition of Walter Folger, 1798.02.22.00. Henry Barnard Worth, Quakerism on Nantucket Since 1800, Vol.