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William Meeker 1745–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1745

Birth Location: Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 14 Nov 1790

Death Location: New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Father: Timothy Sr

Mother: Desire Cory

Spouse(s): Hannah Tichenor

Children(s): Elijah Meeker, Rhoda Meeker, Henry Meeker, Josephus Meeker, Sarah Meeker

In 1745, William Meeker entered the world in Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, born to Timothy Meeker Sr And Desire Cory. In 1780, William Meeker resided in Newark Township, Essex County, NJ. William Meeker married Hannah Tichenor, and had children including Elijah Meeker, Henry Meeker, Josephus Meeker, Rhoda Meeker, Sarah Sally Meeker. William Meeker passed away in 1790 in New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1745, William Meeker entered the world in Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, born to Timothy Meeker Sr And Desire Cory.
  • In 1780, William Meeker resided in Newark Township, Essex County, NJ.
  • William Meeker married Hannah Tichenor, and had children including Elijah Meeker, Henry Meeker, Josephus Meeker, Rhoda Meeker, Sarah Sally Meeker.
  • William Meeker passed away in 1790 in New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Timothy Sr
1708–1798
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA
TS
Desire Cory
1720–1793
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Tichenor
1748–1840
Birth Location: New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
HT

Children(s)

Elijah Meeker
1768–1842
Birth Location: Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA
EM
Rhoda Meeker
1773–
Birth Location: Essex County, New Jersey, USA
RM
Henry Meeker
1770–1845
Birth Location: New Jersey
HM
Josephus Meeker
1773–1824
Birth Location: Essex County, New Jersey, USA
JM
Sarah Meeker
1776–1850
Birth Location: –
SM

William Meeker's Ancestors

Self
William Meeker
1745–1790
Birth Place: Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Timothy Meeker Sr
1708–1798
Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA
Desire Cory
1720–1793
Grandparents
Thomas Meeker
1677–1744
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Mary (Jane) Ball
1686–1712
Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Joseph Cory
1709–1782
Essex, Union County, New Jersey, United States
Mary Meeker
1712–1778
Essex, Union County, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Meeker
1649–1707
Elizabeth Thompson
1654–1745
David Fox
1647–1702
Hannah Ball
1650–1708
John Cory
1674–1720
Priscilla Osborn
1677–1723
David Meeker
1687–1754
Mary Burr
1686–1763
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Meeker
1620–1690
Sarah Preston
1626–1666
Thomas Thompson
1616–1676
Mary Hale
1621–1704
John II
1639–1685
Daniel Meeker
1659–1716
Elizabeth Ogden
1652–1735
Daniel Burr
1660–1727
Mary Sherwood
1667–1696

William Meeker's Descendants

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William Meeker (Jan 1745–14 Nov 1790) m. Hannah Tichenor (11 Sep 1748–Sep 1840)
  1. 1. Elijah Meeker 1768–1842 m. Dorcas (Lucy) Williams 1776–1840
    1. 1. Lot Meeker 1806–1847 m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Arnold 1811–1898
      1. 1. Arletta Meeker 1836–1927 m. Daniel (Stukey) North 1836–1928
        1. 1. John (Park) North 1863–1953
        2. 2. Lucetta (Jane) North 1860–1943 m. George (A) Fousnought 1863–1936
        3. 3. May (O.) North 1866–1965 m. Phillip (Henry Sheridon) Bevington 1866–1953
        4. 4. Ester (A.) North 1868–1955 m. Clark Ickes 1860–1918
        5. 5. Charles (E.) North 1870–1957 m. Alice (M.) Flager 1873–1960
        6. 6. Susan (V.) North 1871–1959 m. Adam Palmer 1876–1963
        7. 7. Thomas (Franklin) North 1875–1951 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Parlette 1880–1933
      2. 2. Esther (Jane) Meeker 1847–1906 m. Nathan Swisher 1837–1925
        1. 1. Arletta (Nancy) Swisher 1876–1877
        2. 2. Oscar (William) Swisher 1874–1943 m. Lena Miller 1882–1948
        3. 3. Remus (Nathan) Swisher 1880–1943 m. Lusinda Pigman 1888–1966
        4. 4. Joseph (Meeker) Swisher 1867–1946 m. Katherine (`Kittie`) Macklin 1872–1936
        5. 5. L (Glenn (Enos)) Swisher 1871–1930 m. Eva (M) Reily 1876–1962
        6. 6. Roscoe (Poe) Swisher 1869–1958 m. Myrtle (May) Harrison 1873–1941
        7. 7. David (G) Swisher 1886–1901
        8. 8. Lulia (B) Swisher 1881–1974 m. Theadore (Wanen) Williams 1879–1955
        9. 9. Edna (Adella) Swisher 1883–1935 m. Albert (Wagar) Glas 1880–1948
        10. 10. Arnold (Stukey) Swisher 1878–1938 m. Adeline (Otelia) Thren 1885–1970
      3. 3. Wickliffe (Condit) Meeker 1835–1884 m. Mary (Ann) Lowry 1840–1918
        1. 1. Sarah (Ellen) Meeker 1875–1924 m. William (Wesley) Collins 1875–1964
        2. 2. Frank (Cunningham) Meeker 1860–1942 m. Pauline (Antonia) Gartzke 1870–
        3. 3. Charles (Arnold) Meeker 1873–1952 m. Ada (Ann) McMaster 1873–1910
        4. 4. Fletcher (L) Meeker 1872–1932 m. Della (C) Hendricks 1877–1962
      4. 4. Lucy Meeker 1830–1910 m. William Boyd 1832–1897
        1. 1. Anna (Mae) Boyd 1865–1940 m. David Dailey 1855–1935
        2. 2. Emma Boyd 1859–
        3. 3. William Boyd 1866–1897 m. Anna (M) Roberts 1872–1958
        4. 4. Glenn Boyd 1857–
        5. 5. Alida Boyd 1874–
    2. 2. Rebecca Meeker 1805–1851 m. Jabez (Condit) Whitehead 1806–1891
      1. 1. Austin Whitehead 1837–1918 m. Elizabeth Weston 1834–1924
        1. 1. George Whitehead 1867–1940 m. Stella Tramel 1872–1952
        2. 2. Effie (A) Whitehead 1865–
    3. 3. Hannah Meeker 1793–1841 m. Samuel Osborn 1800–1857
      1. 1. Cornelius (Q) Osborn 1822–1889 m. Sarah (Jane) Mccullough 1828–1905
        1. 1. Eva (St Clair) Osborn 1865–1903 m. Bayly (Austin) Pilcher 1866–1956
    4. 4. Nancy Meeker 1817–1867 m. John Reece 1814–1878
      1. 1. Sara (E.) Reece 1849–1897 m. Perry Anderson 1853–1920
        1. 1. Susie (A.) Anderson 1889–1958 m. Russell (J) Alward 1891–1968
        2. 2. Ola Anderson 1884–
      2. 2. James (W.) Reece 1854–1932 m. Mallisa Alberry 1854–1952
        1. 1. Eva (Marah) Reese 1881–1951 m. Claude (Bernard) Richards 1881–1951
      3. 3. Richard (Burch) Reece 1846–1944
        1. 1. George (Burch) Reece 1872–1952 m. Mary (Ellen) Horner –1913
        2. 2. Howard (F) Reese 1892–
      4. 4. Wicklef (J) Reece 1852–
  2. 2. Rhoda Meeker 1773– m. John Kent 1760–1821
    1. 1. Hannah Kent 1792–1853 m. Increase Holly 1791–1865
    2. 2. Abner (B) Kent 1796–1869 m. Mary (Maria) Post 1796–1870
      1. 1. William (Henry) Kent 1828–1904 m. Catherine Westfall 1828–1905
        1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Kent 1860–1934 m. Arlington (John) Bragg 1854–1932
        2. 2. Robert (Condit) Kent 1868–1960 m. Estella (Rebecca) Stevens 1871–1932
    3. 3. Amos Kent 1809–1873 m. Eliza Condit 1810–1907
      1. 1. Jeptha (Leander) Kent 1842–1922
      2. 2. John (Glendy) Kent 1848–1921 m. Rose (Ann) Bruner 1850–1935
        1. 1. Silent (Clyde) Kent 1881–1946 m. Mary McCulley 1887–1979
        2. 2. Bertha (Ellen) Kent 1885–1939 m. Guy (T.) Fisher 1882–1947
  3. 3. Henry Meeker 1770–1845 m. Sarah (Jane) Lindsley 1776–
    1. 1. Lindsley Meeker 1792–1869 m. Sarah (Jane) Meeker 1791–1863
      1. 1. Sarah Crosser 1829–1899
      2. 2. Enoch (Clark) Meeker 1827–1905
      3. 3. Asa (Dolson) Meeker 1833–1907 m. Hannah (Jane) Hall 1854–1939
        1. 1. Milton (C) Meeker 1879–1958 m. Elva (Gray) Randolph 1890–1979
      4. 4. Catherine (Maria) Rodgers 1822–1886
      5. 5. Henry Meeker –1898
      6. 6. James Meeker 1824–1905
  4. 4. Josephus Meeker 1773–1824 m. Margaret Park 1783–1854
    1. 1. Margaret Meeker 1811–1872 m. John (T.) Fullmer 1810–1903
      1. 1. William (Park) Fullmer 1835–1925 m. Nancy (Jane) Cross 1838–1915
        1. 1. Walter Fulmer 1866–
        2. 2. Della (Elva) Fulmer 1870–1941 m. Eugene (Nathan) Gilbert 1853–1920
        3. 3. Alma Fulmer 1872–
        4. 4. Ada Fulmer 1875–
        5. 5. Lula Fulmer 1880–
        6. 6. Chester (William) Fullmer 1858–1938
        7. 7. Walter (E) Fullmer 1865–1944
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Ann) Fullmer 1860–1864
        9. 9. Levi (Seigler) Fullmer –1862
      2. 2. Eliza (M.) Cecil 1846–1915
      3. 3. Margaret (Ann) Fullmer 1839–1855
      4. 4. Margery (E.) Fullmer 1843–1862
      5. 5. John (Thomas) Fullmer 1849–1935
      6. 6. Martha Fulmer 1841–
  5. 5. Sarah (Sally) Meeker 1776–1850 m. Silas Jagger 1774–1842
    1. 1. Elias Jagger 1818–1907 m. Mariah Conkle 1818–1894
      1. 1. Elias (Tobias) Jagger 1852–1928
      2. 2. Clarissa Leatherman 1841–1891
      3. 3. Wilson (Naomi) Jagger 1839–1895
      4. 4. Dorsey Jagger 1860–1949
      5. 5. Jennie Jagger 1857–1910 m. Lewis (Alfred) Poling 1856–1909
        1. 1. Clara Wallick 1883–1967
        2. 2. Olive (Irene) Poling 1892–1975 m. Ralph (Forrest) Hardesty 1887–1947

William Meeker's Timeline

3 Records

1745
Jan 1745
Birth of William Meeker in Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
1780
1780
Age 35
William Meeker resided here in Newark Township, Essex County, NJ
Newark Township, Essex County, NJ
1790
14 Nov 1790
Age 45
Death of William Meeker in New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1745
    Event Place: Northfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2063.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MLC

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Newark Township, Essex County, NJ
    Record Source: New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Nov 1790
    Event Place: New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
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