Isaac Meek 1746

G10. Isaac Meek was born 14 Jan 1746 according to family tradition. Census records support this date. He died on 12 Dec 1840 in Jefferson Co., OH . He was buried on Joshua Meek's farm formerly belonging to Isaac Meek.(source family tradition).

Isaac Meek buys 50 acres on Buffalo Creek from Derrick Hoagland in 5 Jun 1775, Deed Book 1 p13 . Lt. Isaac Meek served in the Virginia Militia in 1781 serving at Ft. Pitt and Ft. Henry. A person named Isaac Meek recieved a land grant 10 Nov 1785 in Ohio Co., VA. This land adjoined Silas Hedges. Silas Hedges was listed in the 1810 census of Brooke Co., VA. Living next to him was Jacob Meek, age 16 to 26. James Meek, age 26 to 45 was near by. This land is east of the Ohio River in modern day West Virginia, just a few miles from Washington Co., PA. By 1820 Silas Hedges, Jr. was in Harrison Co., OH.

Isaac Meek purchased 680 acres in Jefferson Co., Ohio on 5 Dec 1798. settled on Short Creek near the town of Mount Pleasant. He is listed in the 1806-09 tax records of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. He was reported in the 1820-1840 census of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. Living in the vicinity was Joshua Meek and Isaac Meek, Jr. throughout this time period.

It is noted that there were other men named Isaac Meek living in the same area as our subject. Some records attributed to this Isaac Meek may belong to another person. There was a person named Isaac Meek reported in the 1810 census of Armwell TWP, Washington Co., PA over the age of 45. A person named Isaac Meek was reported in the records of SW Pennsylvania as early as 1773 in the area of modern day Fayette County. There may well have been two men named Isaac Meek that were approximately the same age and who live in close proximity to each other. In addition, there was an Isaac Meek who purchased land in Harrison Co., WV in 1778.

He married Mary Robinson 1770 Ohio Co., VA according to traditional genealogies.
Note: Much of the information contained here is undocumented. Sources include family genealogists including J. W. Meek and Dwight Freeburn. There is no evidence known to this author to prove which Isaac Meek settled in Jefferson Co., OH or who his father might have been.

11. Sylvester Meek died 27 Jun 1847. He married (1) Rachel Hoagland a daughter of Jacobus Hoagland. He married (2) Rachel Wood in 1812. She was born in 1797.
12. Rachel Meek married John McComb on 18 Sep 1791 in Washington Co., PA. The marriage was recorded in Ohio Co., VA.
13. Moses Meek was born between 1770 and 1780 in Ohio Co., VA. He married Margaret Glass on 16 Sep 1796 according to marriage abstracts from Ohio Co., VA. He is reported in the 1820-1840 censuses of Muskingum Co., OH.
14. Joshua Meek was born on 20 Mar 1773. He died on 4 Sep 1847. He married Elizabeth Hedges on 31 Oct 1797.
15. Elizabeth Meek was born on 9 May 1776 in Ohio Co., VA. She died on 27 Jul 1842 in Guernsey Co., OH. She married Beal Pumphrey on 17 Apr 1794 in Washington Co., PA. The marriage was recorded in Ohio Co., VA. He was born on 7 May 1767. He died on 27 Sep 1843.
16. James Meek was born on 13 Jan 1778 in Ohio Co., VA. He died on 23 Jun 1826 in Mt. Vernon, IN. He married Elizabeth Tingley in 1802 in Warrenton, OH. She was born on 12 Jan 1783. She died on 8 May 1869.
17. John Meek was born on 7 Jul 1781. He died on 31 Dec 1860 in Clemet Co., OH. He married Anna Jones on 1 Jan 1807. She died on 25 Feb 1845.
18. Jacob Meek. was born on 24 Apr 1784 in Buffalo Creek, W. Liberty, Ohio Co., W. Virgina. He died on 3 Dec 1870 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He married Rachel Lanning on 11 Sep 1806 in Jefferson Co., OH. She was born on 24 Oct 1782. She died 3 Sep 1858 in Tuscawaras Co., OH.
19. Mary Meek was born on 28 Mar 1788 in Ohio Co., VA. She died on 8 May 1850. She married Francis Scott on 10 Oct 1809 in Jefferson Co., OH.
20. Aaron Meek married Mary Lanning 22 Oct 1812. He died in 1815.

He married Rachel Hedges 31 Jan 1792. She was the daughter of Joseph Hedges and Margaret Van Meter.

21. Ruth Meek was born in 1792. She died 10 Aug 1810. She married James Clemmins on 14 Apr 1814 in Jefferson Co., OH.
22. Isaac Meek was born in 1795. He died in 1866. He married Mary Storey in 10 Aug 1820 in Jefferson Co., OH. She was born in 1802. She died in 1867. They were reported in the 1820-1840 censuses of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. They were reported in the 1850-1860 censuses of Washington TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH. They were reported in the 1870 census of Washington TWP, Marion Co., IA living with son James.
- 141. Love Meek was born about 1825 in Ohio.
- 142. Catherine Meek was born about 1827 in Ohio.
- 143. Male Meek was born about 1830 in Ohio.
- 144. Male Meek was born about 1836 in Ohio.
- 145. James Meek was born about 1839 in Ohio. He married Hannah _______. She was born about 1837 in Ohio. They were reported in the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Washington TWP, Marion Co., IA
  - 233. Sarah A. Meek was born about 1867.
  - 234. George Meek was born Dec 1867 in Iowa. He married Addie A. _____ about 1891. She was born May 1866 in Iowa. They are listed in the 1900and 1910 censuses of Wahington TWP, Marion Co., IA.
    - 338. Faith Meek was born about 1899.
    - 339. Worth Meek was born about 1903.
  - 235. Clara Meek was born about 1869.
  - 236. Jennie M. Meek was born about 1872.
  - 237. William Meek was born about 1874.
  - 238. Harlan Meek was born about 1877.
23. Jemima Meek was born on 26 Mar 1799 in Brooks Co., VA. She died on 20 Apr 1865 in Deersville, OH. She married (1) Cornelius Howard 29 Apr 1824. She married (2) Nathan Johnson 10 Apr 1830.
24. Daniel Hitt Meek was born on 15 Aug 1801 in Jefferson Co., OH. He died in Feb 1874 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He married Marilda Cole on 7 Apr 1822 in Jefferson Co., OH. She was born in 1803. She died in 1874. They were reported in the 1840-1850 census of Oxford TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH.
- 146. Rachel Meek was born 23 May 1824 in Ohio. She died 7 Jan 1901 in Ogden, IA. She married Lawrence Tidrick
- 147. Emily Meek was born about 1832.
- 148. Sylvester Meek was born about 1836 in Ohio. He married Lucretia Davis. He died in Civil War. He is listed in the 1850 census with his parents.
  - 239. Jasper Fremont Meek was born 20 Jul 1856 In Tuscarawas Co., OH. He died 25 Nov 1918. He married Ella Bosley in 1878, a native of Tuscarawas County. She was born about 1857. She died, leaving one son. They were reported in the 1850 census of Coshocton Co., OH.
    - 340. Guy Sylvester Meek was born Jan 1850.
    He married Emma Coe in 1885, a native of Coshocton County. She was born about 1867.
    - 341. Daniel Coe Meek was born 24 May 1889 Coshocton County. He married Marie Frederick, daughter of W.W. Frederick, of Coshocton, in 1917.
    - 342. Sarah Meek
    - 343. Mary Meek
25. Margaret Meek was born between 1802 and 1804 in Guernsey Co., OH. She died in Feb 1874 in Harrison Co., OH. She married Joseph Taylor on 7 Aug 1823.
26. Joseph Meek died in Harrison Co., OH.
27. Nancy Meek. Died age 17
28. William Meek was born on 16 Feb 1808. He died on 12 Aug 1881. He married Matilda G. Paterman on 30 Mar 1845.
- 151. Winfred Scott Meek Resided in Ft. Scott, Jefferson Co., OH. He was reported to be in possession of his father's bible which indicated that Isaac Meek was born in 1746 at Annapolis, MD and that he was of Welsh descendant. This should not be considered documentation as it appears to be the work of a family genealogist and may be the source of the family lore regarding the progenitor. There is no official record known to this author that connects this family to Maryland.
- 152. Addie Meek married _______ Holmes.
29. Infant Meek.

Disclaimer: This genealogy was prepared by the author using undocumented and/or unverified sources. Some facts presented here MAY NOT be correct. Never accept as factual any information you find in a library, the Internet or from other genealogist unless it is supported by documentation. Documentation DOES NOT include the undocumented genealogies of other people including those on this web site.

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Isaac Meek

(1746-1840)

By Christopher A. Meek.