Joseph Meacham

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Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.

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instanceOf American religious figure
Shaker leader
religious leader
activeYearsEndTime 1790s
activeYearsStartTime 1780s
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1742
dateOfDeath 1796
denomination United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
era 18th century
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Meacham
givenName Joseph
helpedExpand Shaker settlements in the northeastern United States
helpedOrganize Shaker religious communities in late 18th-century America
implemented Shaker system of communal families
formal Shaker covenant for members
influenced Lucy Wright
New Lebanon Shaker community
Shaker
surface form: Shaker communal organization
influencedBy Ann Lee
knownFor co-leadership with Lucy Wright
establishing Shaker communal property system
expanding Shaker settlements in New England and New York
organizing Shaker communities into communal families
languageSpoken English
movement American communalism
Shaker
surface form: Shakers
notableWork development of Shaker covenant and communal rules
organization of Shaker communal order at New Lebanon
occupation clergyman
communal leader
religious organizer
partnerInLeadershipWith Lucy Wright
placeOfActivity Enfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED
New England
New Lebanon, New York
placeOfBirth Enfield, Connecticut Colony
placeOfDeath New Lebanon, New York
positionHeld chief elder of Shakers in America
leader of Shaker community at New Lebanon
religion Christianity
Shaker
surface form: Shakerism
residence Enfield, Connecticut Colony
New Lebanon Shaker community
surface form: New Lebanon Shaker Village
sexOrGender male
spiritualRole Shaker elder
Shaker spiritual father

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Shaker hasKeyFigure Joseph Meacham
subject surface form: Shakers