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William Goodman Meeker 1620–1690 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1620

Birth Location: Leamington,Warwickshire

Death Date: 1690

Death Location: Elizabethtown,Union,NJ

Father: Nicholas Meeker

Mother: Mrs. None

Spouse(s): Sarah Preston, Hannah None, Hannah None, Hannah None, Hannah None

Children(s): Mary Meeker, Benjamin Meeker, John Meeker, Sarah Meeker, Mary Meeker, Joseph Meeker, Joseph Meeker

The story of William Goodman Meeker began in 1620 in Leamington,Warwickshire. In 1630, William Goodman Meeker immigrated to Mass.. William Goodman Meeker married Hannah, Sarah Jane Preston, and had children including Benjamin Meeker, John Meeker, Joseph Meeker, Living Meeker, Mary Meeker, Sarah Meeker. William Goodman Meeker passed away in 1690 in Elizabethtown,Union,NJ.

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Biography

  • The story of William Goodman Meeker began in 1620 in Leamington,Warwickshire.
  • In 1630, William Goodman Meeker immigrated to Mass..
  • William Goodman Meeker married Hannah, Sarah Jane Preston, and had children including Benjamin Meeker, John Meeker, Joseph Meeker, Living Meeker, Mary Meeker, Sarah Meeker.
  • William Goodman Meeker passed away in 1690 in Elizabethtown,Union,NJ.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Meeker
1594–
Birth Location: England
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Mrs. None
1594–
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Preston
1626–1690
Birth Location: Chesham,Buckshire,England
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Hannah None
1624–
Birth Location: Leamington,Warwickshire,England
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Hannah None
1624–
Birth Location: Leamington,Warwickshire,England
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Hannah None
1624–
Birth Location: Leamington,Warwickshire,England
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Hannah None
1624–
Birth Location: Leamington,Warwickshire,England
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Children(s)

Mary Meeker
1652–
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin Meeker
1648–
Birth Location: New Haven,Conn
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John Meeker
1666–1730
Birth Location: –
JM
Sarah Meeker
1654–
Birth Location: –
SM
Mary Meeker
1656–
Birth Location: –
MM
Joseph Meeker
1648–1717
Birth Location: New Haven Colony,Connecticut
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Joseph Meeker
1648–1717
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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William Meeker's Ancestors

Self
William Meeker
1620–1690
Birth Place: Leamington,Warwickshire
Parents
Nicholas Albert Meeker
1594–
England
Mrs.
1594–
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Meeker's Descendants

1.
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William (Goodman) Meeker (1620–1690) m. Sarah (Jane) Preston (18 JUL 1626–BEF 1690) m. Hannah (ABT 1624–) m. Hannah (ABT 1624–) m. Hannah (ABT 1624–) m. Hannah (ABT 1624–)
  1. 1. Mary Meeker 1652–
  2. 2. Benjamin Meeker 1648– m. Elizabeth (Thompson) (Tomson) 1657–1747
    1. 1. Thomas Meeker 1685– m. Mary Ball 1686–
      1. 1. Daniel Meeker 1712–1747 m. Susannah Winans 1712–1749
        1. 1. Jacob Meeker 1734–1778 m. Phebe Tichenor 1737– m. Phebe Tichenor 1737–1799
        2. 2. Cornelius Meeker 1738–1820
        3. 3. Samuel Meeker 1730–
        4. 4. Daniel Meeker 1731–
        5. 5. John Meeker 1750–
      2. 2. Catherine Meeker 1714–1765
      3. 3. Robert Meeker 1716–1779
      4. 4. John Meeker 1710–
      5. 5. David Meeker 1717–
      6. 6. Timothy Meeker 1708–1798 m. Sarah Pierson 1719–1737 m. Desire Cory 1709–1793 m. Hannah Munn –1738
        1. 1. Joseph (Pierson) Meeker 1737–
        2. 2. John Meeker 1742–
        3. 3. Sarah Meeker 1737–1792
        4. 4. John Meeker –1802 m. Rachel Force 1750–1800 m. Miss Perry 1745–1777
        5. 5. Amos Meeker 1745– m. Johanna Force 1748–
        6. 6. Jonas Meeker 1740–
        7. 7. William Meeker 1745–1790
        8. 8. Hannah Meeker 1747–1793
        9. 9. Timothy Meeker 1748–1834
        10. 10. Mary (Polly) Meeker 1750–1793
        11. 11. Cory Meeker 1751–1842
        12. 12. Abigail Meeker 1754–1820
        13. 13. Desire Meeker –1793
        14. 14. David Meeker 1758–1830
        15. 15. Jonathan (S.) Meeker 1758–1816
        16. 16. Isaac Meeker 1760–1825
        17. 17. Phebe Meeker 1762–
    2. 2. Benjamin Meeker –1750 m. Phebe Clark 1681–1755
      1. 1. Benjamin Meeker 1700–
        1. 1. Nathaniel Meeker 1741–1812 m. Phoebe 1736–
      2. 2. Phebe Meeker 1705–
      3. 3. Samuel Meeker 1716–1757
        1. 1. Samuel Meeker 1738–1800
        2. 2. Matthias Meeker 1744–1832
        3. 3. Benjamin Meeker 1745–1812
      4. 4. Esther Meeker 1710–1750
      5. 5. Sarah Meeker 1722–1799
    3. 3. Jonathan Meeker 1679–1768
    4. 4. Daniel Meeker 1681–1757
      1. 1. Michael Meeker 1720–1755
        1. 1. Phebe Meeker 1751–1799
        2. 2. Charity Meeker 1754–1766
    5. 5. William Meeker 1677–1744
    6. 6. Samuel Meeker 1683–
      1. 1. Josiah Meeker 1731–
      2. 2. Samuel Meeker 1717–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Meeker 1718–
      4. 4. Benjamin Meeker 1720–
      5. 5. Mary Meeker 1722–
      6. 6. Nathaniel Meeker 1724–
      7. 7. Daughter Meeker 1726–
      8. 8. Aaron Meeker 1729–
      9. 9. Mary Meeker 1733–
    7. 7. Joseph Meeker 1687–1752 m. Hannah (Ann) Seward 1703–1764
      1. 1. David Meeker –1819
        1. 1. Josiah Meeker 1757–
      2. 2. Ann Meeker 1775–
      3. 3. Phineas Meeker 1728–
      4. 4. Jemiamah Meeker 1731–
      5. 5. Daniel Meeker 1734–
      6. 6. John Meeker 1738–
      7. 7. Rebeckah Meeker 1740–
    8. 8. Isaac Meeker 1688–
  3. 3. John Meeker 1666–1730
  4. 4. Sarah Meeker 1654–
  5. 5. Mary Meeker 1656–
  6. 6. Joseph Meeker 1648–1717 m. Comfort Marsh 1652–
    1. 1. Joseph Meeker 1680–1731 m. Phebe Crane 1684–1737
      1. 1. Elizabeth Meeker 1713–1731
      2. 2. Stephen Meeker 1705–1749
      3. 3. Joseph Meeker 1717–1777
      4. 4. Rhoda Meeker 1707–1769
      5. 5. David Meeker 1712–1787
      6. 6. Sarah (Meeker) Clark 1703–1787
    2. 2. David Meeker 1690–
    3. 3. Daniel Meeker 1682–
      1. 1. Josiah Meeker 1716–
    4. 4. Robert Meeker 1685–
    5. 5. Stephen Meeker 1695–
  7. 7. Joseph Meeker 1648–1717 m. Comfort (Elizabeth) Marsh 1652–1690
    1. 1. (Capt.) (Joseph) Meeker 1680–1731 m. PHOEBE CRANE 1684–1737
      1. 1. Stephen Meeker 1695–1749 m. Mary Baldwin 1705–1749
        1. 1. Phebe Meeker 1738–1785 m. Benjamin Crane 1740–1813
        2. 2. Elizabeth Meeker 1734–1789
        3. 3. Stephen (Meeker) Jr 1731–1778
        4. 4. Sarah Meeker 1736–1805
        5. 5. Capt. (Obediah) Meeker 1738–1829
        6. 6. Mary MEEKER 1740–1814
        7. 7. Rhoda Meeker 1746–
        8. 8. David Meeker 1749–
        9. 9. Rebecca Meeker 1725–
      2. 2. Rhoda Meeker 1709–1777
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Meeker) GA 1713–1731
      4. 4. Joseph Meeker 1717–1777
      5. 5. David Meeker 1712–1787
      6. 6. Sarah Meeker 1709–1769
      7. 7. James (Joseph) Meeker 1717–1770
    2. 2. Stephen Meeker 1695–1749
    3. 3. Daniel Meeker 1682–1757
    4. 4. Robert Meeker 1685–1706
    5. 5. David Meeker 1690–1711
    6. 6. Mary Meeker 1678–1783

William Meeker's Timeline

7 Records

1620
1620
Birth of William Goodman Meeker in Buckinghamshire,England Or Leamington,Warwickshire
Buckinghamshire,England Or Leamington,Warwickshire
1620
1620
Birth of William Goodman Meeker in Leamington,Warwickshire
Leamington,Warwickshire
1630
1630
Age 10
William Goodman Meeker immigrated in Mass.
Mass.
1671
13 OCT 1671
Age 51
William Goodman Meeker was employed
None
1690
09 DEC 1690
Age 70
Death of William Goodman Meeker in Elizabethtown,Union,NJ (Lyons Farms)
Elizabethtown,Union,NJ (Lyons Farms)
1690
1690
Age 70
Death of William Goodman Meeker in Elizabethtown,Union,NJ
Elizabethtown,Union,NJ
1690
09 DEC 1690
Age 70
William Goodman Meeker - Probate in Essex Co.,NJ
Essex Co.,NJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Buckinghamshire,England Or Leamington,Warwickshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Leamington,Warwickshire
    Record Source:
    [1] The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey as revealed in the correspondanceof Charles H. Meeker, Junior 974.903LM, Capitol Printing Co. Charleston,WV, 1973
    [2] Documents relating to the colonial History of the State of New Jersey,volume XXIII. Calendar of NJ Wills Vol. I. 1670-1730, by William Nelson,The Press Printing and Publishing Co., Paterson, NJ, 1901
    [3] The Meeker Family, E.M. Graham, N.J.H.S
    [4] Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley929.3749 L717F, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., MBaltimore MD, 1981

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Mass.
    Record Source:
    [1] The Compendium of american Genealogy, 1600's-'1800's
    [2] The Meeker Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan-Mar, 1996, George E. Meeker,Ed. of Troy ohio
    [3] The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey as revealed in the correspondanceof Charles H. Meeker, Junior 974.903LM, Capitol Printing Co. Charleston,WV, 1973

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 01 JUL 1644
    Event Place: Oath Of Fidelity - New Haven Colony
    Record Source:
    [1] The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey as revealed in the correspondanceof Charles H. Meeker, Junior 974.903LM, Capitol Printing Co. Charleston,WV, 1973
    [2] History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 07 OCT 1646
    Event Place: Loader To Mill
    Record Source: History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: JUN 1657
    Event Place: Slander: New Haven,Conn
    Record Source:
    [1] Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the culture of Early New England,Oxford Univ. Press, 1983, Appendix pp.402-409
    [2] The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697), 1995
    [3] The True-Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven, ed. J. Hammond Trumbull,Hartford, 1876

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: MAY 1664
    Event Place: To Elizabethtown,Essex,NJ
    Record Source: Major Samuel Meeker, The Wantage Recorder, Friday 1, Dec. 1899, Friday 15Dec. 1899, Deckerton, Sussex, NJ

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 13 OCT 1671
    Record Source:
    [1] History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868
    [2] Ohio Society Colonial Danes XVII Century. p. 567

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 20 JUN 1672
    Event Place: Meaker Riot: Elizabethtown,NJ
    Record Source:
    [1] The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey as revealed in the correspondanceof Charles H. Meeker, Junior 974.903LM, Capitol Printing Co. Charleston,WV, 1973
    [2] History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868
    [3] Nicholas Carter, 1629-1681
    [4] The Province of East New Jersey, 1609-1702, (The Rebellious Propriety),1962
    [5] The Story of Old Elizabethtown, 1964

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 27 AUG 1675
    Record Source: Documents relating to the colonial History of the State of New Jersey,volume XXIII. Calendar of NJ Wills Vol. I. 1670-1730, by William Nelson,The Press Printing and Publishing Co., Paterson, NJ, 1901

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 09 DEC 1690
    Record Source: Documents relating to the colonial History of the State of New Jersey,volume XXIII. Calendar of NJ Wills Vol. I. 1670-1730, by William Nelson,The Press Printing and Publishing Co., Paterson, NJ, 1901

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Meaker,Mecar
    Record Source: History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Elizabethtown,NJ
    Record Source:
    [1] The Compendium of american Genealogy, 1600's-'1800's
    [2] History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 DEC 1690
    Event Place: Elizabethtown,Union,NJ (Lyons Farms)
    Record Source:
    [1] The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey as revealed in the correspondanceof Charles H. Meeker, Junior 974.903LM, Capitol Printing Co. Charleston,WV, 1973
    [2] History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carlton & Lanahan, NY, 1868
    [3] The Meeker Family, E.M. Graham, N.J.H.S
    [4] Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley929.3749 L717F, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., MBaltimore MD, 1981

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: Elizabethtown,Union,NJ

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 09 DEC 1690
    Event Place: Essex Co.,NJ
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