Capt. George Meek

M, #1501, b. 1741, d. between 11 March 1801 and 19 January 1802
FatherRobert Meek1 b. 1732, d. 13 Nov 1786
MotherElizabeth Alexander b. 1735
ChartsAncestors - George Ruben MEEK
ReferenceEDV4
Last Edited24 Sep 2017
     Capt. George Meek was born in 1741 at Hopewell Co., Maryland, USA.2,3 He married Rachel Herron, daughter of David Herron, in 1770.2,3

Capt. George Meek died between 11 March 1801 and 19 January 1802 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.2,3,4
Capt. George Meek was buried before 19 January 1802 at West of Pine Grove Mills, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From PGM Notes: Capt. George Meek is buried in mountain gap south of DAR monument on highway west of Pine Grove Mills. This tract was for lumbering at that time. I do not know whther this tract was part of his original grant from the Continental Congress. Or whther his wife Racel was also buried there. All trace of the grave has disappeared. This burial was presumably before Meeks cemetery was established.

His estate was probated on 19 January 1802.

     EDV-4.

; "...Three of the sons gave their lives to their country. One of the survivors was Capt. George Meek who settled much of that part of the county now known as Ferguson township. He was the companion and guide of James Harris in his early surveying operations in the county and was with him when Bellefonte was laid out.1 "

Reference: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881." at Citation.5

Reference: Sources.6,7,8
Capt. George Meek lived with Robert Meek between 1766 and 1783 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Ellis & Hungerford [1886] contain several pre-1800 references to Meeks who settle in the are Susquehana and Juniata valleys of central PA. Some of these may have been the brother or uncles and father of this George Meek:
     p. 584: William Meek (unknown?) - "In 1783, John Unkles was assessed on five hundred and forty-five acres of land in Wayne township, and in 1793 on five hundred acres of land and two mills. This land was on the north bank of the Juniata River, through which flowed Beaver Run. It was granted in two warrants, one of which, granted to William Meek on an order of survey March 2, 1775, contained one hundred and ninety eight acres, and was sold by him to William Chambers who sold it to John Unkles June 25, 1783."
     p. 585: Samuel Meek (Brother of Robert?) - On the same date [18 May 1814] [Thomas] Cromwell sold a part of this land and other land to Matthias Copland, or Coplin, embracing two hundred and forty acres on Beaver Dam Run. A part of this last tract was warrangted to Samuel Meek April 1, 1767."
     p. 1057: Robert Meek - "An assessment of [Rye] township was made in the saem year of its erection (1766)..."Robert Meek, 50 [acres]."9

Capt. George Meek began military service between 1778 and 1781 at Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania, USA, 5th PA Battalion, Continental Line 1778-1781 under Capt Thomas Alexander
Sources:
     -Penn Archives, Series 5, vol. 6 pp. 332, 490, 624 (Cumberland Co. Militia)
     -Mary Meek (Decd) Bellefonte DAR 64401
     -Census 1790, p. 125, Huntingdon Co., Centre County being made from Huntingdon Cp.
     -Centre County History of, J. B. Linn pp. 213, 247,283, 285
     -Central Pa History pp. 124-125
     -PA Archives Series 3 Vol VI pp. 241, 720
     -PA Archives 5th Series Vol IV, pp. 298, 634
     -PA Archives 5th Series Vol VI, pp. 332, 587, 624, 650
     -DAR Monument, Rt. 45 Centre Co., PA
     -4th Generation: Meeks Church, Fairbrook, Centre Co., PA
     -3rd generation: Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, PA
     -5th generation: Graysville Cemetery, Graysville, Blair Co., PA
Generations
     1. Ivan B. Sinclair m. Emily Armstrong
     2. Frank Stevens Armstrong m. Alice Luella Meek
     3. George Young Meek m. Mary E Fye Royer
     4. George Young Meek m. Nancy McWilliams
     5. Robert Meek m. Jane Young
     6. George Meek m. Rachel Herron.3

Capt. George Meek lived in 1780 at Lewistown, Mifflin Co. (now), Pennsylvania, USA; Beers [1898:124]: "The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780."5
Capt. George Meek was mentioned in a land transaction on 21 January 1790 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
Memo: Linn [1883:283]: "North of the Samuel and Willam Webb, George Meek took up a tract of three hundred and five acres Jan. 21, 1790, surveyed June 5, 1790, still owned by the Meeks [ca 1883], and on which the Meeks Church stands."10

Capt. George Meek left a will on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."4

Family

Rachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Children

Citations

  1. [S1695] Bellefonte Through the Years, online http://bellefonte.topcities.com/index.html, P Gray Meek Obituary: http://ourcitizens.topcities.com/Ma-Me/page2.html. Hereinafter cited as Bellefonte Through the Years.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  3. [S3438] Ivan Benjamin Sinclair III, "The Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Application #92033 (Nat'l) - #6811 (State) George Meek", Pennsylvania Society #6811, SAR Application seen on Ancestry.com on 20 July 2016 at: http://interactive.ancestry.com/2204/32596_242380-00269?pid=990143&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DSARMemberApps%26h%3D990143%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DrKg208%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D8057&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rKg208&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=32596_242380-00269, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as "SAR Application #92033 George Meek."
  4. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.
  5. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  6. [S689] Unknown author, pamphlet: "There's Power in the Blood: Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Gray's United Methodist Church", State College District, November 12, 1989 (n.p.: Gray's United Methodist Church
    Route 550 South of Route 322
    R. D. 1
    Port Matilda, PA 16870, unknown publish date), p. 8: Linn's history of Centre County reports that the first surveys in Ferguson Township were made in 1766-1767, and they included tracts west of Pine Grove Mills and extending west to the Ross farm and tracts formerly belonging to General Patton. Another surveying party in 1784 camped at "Stewart's" in the Warrior's Mark area on their way to Moshannon and Clearfield. On that trip, "George Meek killed one large buck, pretty fat not unwelcome news to the company."

    p. 9: In 1790 the George Meek who killed the deer mentioned previously purchased a tract of land in Ferguson Township.
  7. [S690] John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883). Hereinafter cited as Linn [1883] History Centre & Clinton Co PA.
  8. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA, p. 3A: "Born in Maryland. Lived awhile in Cumberland Co., PA. In Revolutionary War - Potters Fort, PA, 1780. In 1790 owned 1000 acres in Huntingdon Co., PA. On Jan. 21, 1790, took up tract of 305 acres near Pine Grove Mills, PA - surveyed June 5, 1790. MEEKS Church located here.
  9. [S1640] Edited by F. Ellis and A. N. Hungerford, History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck and Richards, 1886), Vol. 1, pp. 584, 585; Vol. 2, p. 1057. Hereinafter cited as Ellis & Hungerford [1886] Hist of Susq & Juniata.
  10. [S690] John Blair Linn, Linn [1883] History Centre & Clinton Co PA, p. 283.

Mary Meek

F, #1502
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited10 Aug 2017
     Mary Meek married (?) Steely
; Mary Meeks is referred to as "Mary Steely" in the wills of her mother and father.1,2
     Mary Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."3

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Mary Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."2
Mary Meek is mentioned in the will of Rachel Herron on 14 January 1822 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:14]: "Will Book A, page 231, RACHEL MEEK, widow of Ferguson Twp., husband was Geo.. Meek, dec'd. 1/14/1822-1/13/1827, dtr Jane Meeks [sic], dtr. Mary Steely, Ex: John Bailey, John Patton. Witness: Isaac McCamont, Robt. Patton."1

Family

(?) Steely

Citations

  1. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of Rachel Meek: Will Book A, p. 231. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.
  2. [S15] Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA;, Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12.
  3. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  4. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.

John Meek

M, #1503
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     John Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."1

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John Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."3

Citations

  1. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  3. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.

Peter Gearhart1

M, #1504, b. circa 1794, d. 1871
FatherJohn Frederick Gearhart2 b. 1754, d. 1840
MotherCatherine Gray2 b. bt 1767 - 1769, d. 1864
Last Edited7 Aug 2017
     Peter Gearhart married Hetty Flegal, daughter of David Flegal.
Peter Gearhart was born circa 1794 at Decatur Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Peter Gearhart died in 1871 at Ohio, USA.
      ; DEATH: Commemorative Biographical Record, PG 861 CENSUS: 1860, pg.158, Boggs Twp., Woodland, Clearfield Co., PA.

Family

Hetty Flegal b. c 1810
Child

Citations

  1. [S1387] Cheryl Gearhart, "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002 "Picnic Photo.B - sent previously"," e-mail message from e-mail address (unknown address) to Gregory A. Vaut, 30 July 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002."
  2. [S1] Jr. Roland D. Swoope, Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), p343. Hereinafter cited as Swoope [1911] 20th Cent History Clearfield Co PA.

Robert Meek

M, #1505, b. 22 September 1768, d. 2 August 1816
FatherCapt. George Meek1 b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron1 b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited20 Jul 2016
     Robert Meek was born on 22 September 1768 at Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.1 He married Jane Young in 1799.2,1

Robert Meek died on 2 August 1816 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 47.1
     He was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."3

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Robert Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."5

Family

Jane Young b. 22 Apr 1770, d. 20 May 1820
Child

Citations

  1. [S3438] Ivan Benjamin Sinclair III, "The Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Application #92033 (Nat'l) - #6811 (State) George Meek", Pennsylvania Society #6811, SAR Application seen on Ancestry.com on 20 July 2016 at: http://interactive.ancestry.com/2204/32596_242380-00269?pid=990143&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DSARMemberApps%26h%3D990143%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DrKg208%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D8057&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rKg208&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=32596_242380-00269, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as "SAR Application #92033 George Meek."
  2. [S1050] e-mail address, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:1700389, Bruce Gray (unknown location), downloaded updated 1 Nov 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1700389&id=I850
  3. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  4. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  5. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.

David Meek

M, #1506
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     David Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."1

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David Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."3

Citations

  1. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  3. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.

Sarah Meek

F, #1507
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Sarah Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."1

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Sarah Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."3

Citations

  1. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  3. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.

Isabella Meek

F, #1508
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Isabella Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."1

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Isabella Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."3

Citations

  1. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  3. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.

Jane Meek

F, #1509, b. 1779, d. 8 March 1859
FatherCapt. George Meek b. 1741, d. bt 11 Mar 1801 - 19 Jan 1802
MotherRachel Herron b. 1748, d. bt 14 Jan 1822 - 13 Nov 1827
Last Edited6 Aug 2016
     Jane Meek was born in 1779.1
Jane Meek died on 8 March 1859 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.1,2
Jane Meek was buried after 8 March 1859 at Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Mar. 8, 1859
     Aged 80y
     Burial: Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Tom Whitehurst
     Record added: Nov 29, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 62317674.2
     She was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."3
Jane Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."4
Jane Meek is mentioned in the will of Rachel Herron on 14 January 1822 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:14]: "Will Book A, page 231, RACHEL MEEK, widow of Ferguson Twp., husband was Geo.. Meek, dec'd. 1/14/1822-1/13/1827, dtr Jane Meeks [sic], dtr. Mary Steely, Ex: John Bailey, John Patton. Witness: Isaac McCamont, Robt. Patton."5

Citations

  1. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3A. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Jane Meek: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meek&GSiman=1&GScid=2360345&GRid=62317674&. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  4. [S15] Wills of Centre County, Pennsylvania (typescript). Seen on Ancestry.com; (n.p.: Typescript, 19 Jan 1939 (re-copied Dec 1967 by Mary Belle Lontz)), Synopsis of Will of George Meek: Will Book A, p. 12. Hereinafter cited as Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA.
  5. [S15] Fravel [1939] Wills of Centre Co PA;, Synopsis of Will of Rachel Meek: Will Book A, p. 231.

Robert Meek1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #1510, b. 1732, d. 13 November 1786
FatherJohn Meek b. 1686, d. 1765
MotherElizabeth Mitchell b. c 1704
ChartsAncestors - George Ruben MEEK
ReferenceEDV5
Last Edited24 Sep 2017
     Robert Meek married Elizabeth Alexander.2,5
Robert Meek was born in 1732 at co. Antrim, Ireland; per Glenn (1988) p. 3: Born in Ireland, emigrated from Edinburg, Scotland to America. later moved to Cumberland County. Also lived in Brooks Co., VA 1797.

was a private in Provincial forces of Pennsylvania, War of Independence. See Olive Poe's DAR records and Meek family records for details. See Margaret Meek DAR #221410; Olive Poe DAR #355299. Robert is confirmed by S. B. Lee as being born before marriage of his parents. Apparently he was an illegitimate son or a son from a prior marriage. Came to America about the beginning of the Revolution. Lived in Washington and Westmoreland Cos., PA during the Revolution.1,6
Robert Meek died on 13 November 1786 at Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA.6
     He was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."7

; DAR Application No. 564587 cites Application No. 293178 (Elizabeth Davis Clark of Chariton, IA) "whose papers refer to those of Georgia B. Meek (Appl No. 256979, of Bonaparte, IA).5

Robert Meek lived at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.8

; "...Robert Meek, who emigrated from Edinburg, Scotland, before the Revolutionary war, and who had six Sons who served with Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania regiments in that conflict. Three of the sons gave their lives to their country."9,10

; DAR Application No. 743343 cites PA Archives - 6th Series, Vol. II, pp. 113-114.6 EDV-5.

; Had 6 sons in Revolutionary War, 2 died in prison, 1 in battle.

; Private in Provincial forces of Pennsylvania, War of Independence. See Olive Poe's DAR records and Meek family records for details.

See Margaret Meek DAR #221410; Olive Poe DAR #355299.

Robert is confirmed by S. B. Lee as being born before marriage of his parents. Apparently his is an illegitimate son or a son from a prior marriage. Came to America about the beginning of the Revolution. Lived in Washington and Westmoreland Cos., PA during the Revolution.

From DAR Application No. 355299: "Robert Meek was a private in the Provincial Forces of Penn. Nov. 2, 1757 - serving in the Co. of Captain James Patterson. The name also appears in the records as a private in the 8th class of Captain Charles Bilderbacks Co., Washington Co., Penn. 9-25-1782, and also in the eighth class of the Company of Captain Andrew Swearinger of Washington Co. Militia. Refer to Penn Archives H. H. Shenk Archivest."4,3

Robert Meek lived in 1761 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Beers [1898:124]: "The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761."7

Robert Meek lived between 1766 and 1783 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Ellis & Hungerford [1886] contain several pre-1800 references to Meeks who settle in the are Susquehana and Juniata valleys of central PA. Some of these may have been the brother or uncles and father of this George Meek:
     p. 584: William Meek (unknown?) - "In 1783, John Unkles was assessed on five hundred and forty-five acres of land in Wayne township, and in 1793 on five hundred acres of land and two mills. This land was on the north bank of the Juniata River, through which flowed Beaver Run. It was granted in two warrants, one of which, granted to William Meek on an order of survey March 2, 1775, contained one hundred and ninety eight acres, and was sold by him to William Chambers who sold it to John Unkles June 25, 1783."
     p. 585: Samuel Meek (Brother of Robert?) - On the same date [18 May 1814] [Thomas] Cromwell sold a part of this land and other land to Matthias Copland, or Coplin, embracing two hundred and forty acres on Beaver Dam Run. A part of this last tract was warrangted to Samuel Meek April 1, 1767."
     p. 1057: Robert Meek - "An assessment of [Rye] township was made in the saem year of its erection (1766)..."Robert Meek, 50 [acres]."11

Family 1

Child

Family 2

Elizabeth Alexander b. 1735
Children

Citations

  1. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"). Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.
  2. [S1049] e-mail address, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:770146, Jennifer Storey (unknown location), downloaded 25 Aug 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:770146&id=I36074314
  3. [S1590] DAR Application No. 221410 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #221410 Robt Meek.
  4. [S1589] DAR Application No. 355299 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #355299 Robt Meek.
  5. [S1591] DAR Application No. 564587 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #564587 Robt Meek.
  6. [S1588] DAR Application No. 743343 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #743343 Robt Meek.
  7. [S2618] J. H. Beers & Co., compiler, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 124. Hereinafter cited as Beers [1898] Comm Biographical Record Central PA.
  8. [S1379] Roger Carroll Breckenridge, "Breckenridge email 1 July 2002," e-mail message from e-mail address (1120 Rome Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124-4909, USA, Phone/FAX (952) 431-7999) to Gregory A. Vaut, 1 July 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Breckenridge email 1 July 2002."
  9. [S1695] Bellefonte Through the Years, online http://bellefonte.topcities.com/index.html, P Gray Meek Obituary: http://ourcitizens.topcities.com/Ma-Me/page2.html. Hereinafter cited as Bellefonte Through the Years.
  10. [S690] John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), p. 247. Hereinafter cited as Linn [1883] History Centre & Clinton Co PA.
  11. [S1640] Edited by F. Ellis and A. N. Hungerford, History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck and Richards, 1886), Vol. 1, pp. 584, 585; Vol. 2, p. 1057. Hereinafter cited as Ellis & Hungerford [1886] Hist of Susq & Juniata.

John Meek

M, #1511
FatherRobert Meek1 b. 1732, d. 13 Nov 1786
MotherElizabeth Alexander1 b. 1735
Last Edited2 Mar 2004
     John Meek died; Tory Prison Revolutionary War.
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Citations

  1. [S1590] DAR Application No. 221410 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #221410 Robt Meek.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3: died as prisoners in Rev. War. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.

William Meek

M, #1512, d. circa 1776
FatherRobert Meek b. 1732, d. 13 Nov 1786
Last Edited24 Sep 2017
     William Meek died circa 1776; Tory Prison Revolutionary War.

Robert Meek

M, #1513
FatherRobert Meek1 b. 1732, d. 13 Nov 1786
MotherElizabeth Alexander1 b. 1735
Last Edited2 Mar 2004
     Robert Meek died; In Battle Revolutionary War.
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Citations

  1. [S1590] DAR Application No. 221410 - Ancestor: Robert Meek 1732-1786, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as DAR App #221410 Robt Meek.
  2. [S691] Richard C. Glenn, Some Early Families of Centre County, Pennsylvania (Mainly from Half Moon, Patton, Ferguson, and College Townships) (916-428-7238 Sacramento, CA 958237736 East Parkway: Richard C. Glenn, "assembled 1980-1988"), p. 3: killed in Revolutionary War. Hereinafter cited as Glenn [1988] Early Families of Centre Co., PA.

George Gray Hastings

M, #1514, b. 11 April 1848, d. 29 December 1918
FatherDaniel Hastings b. 2 Jun 1794, d. 12 Aug 1848
MotherMary Ann Gray b. 14 Oct 1814, d. 17 Apr 1899
Last Edited3 Apr 1999
     George Gray Hastings was born on 11 April 1848 at Stormstown Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
George Gray Hastings died on 29 December 1918 at Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 70.

Isaac Elias Gearhart1

M, #1515, b. 1797, d. 13 April 1860
FatherJohn Frederick Gearhart2 b. 1754, d. 1840
MotherCatherine Gray2 b. bt 1767 - 1769, d. 1864
Last Edited5 Feb 2019
     Isaac Elias Gearhart married Mary Magdalena Reem, daughter of John Frederick Ream and Barbara Ream.3
Isaac Elias Gearhart was born in 1797 at Decatur Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA.3 He married Mary Magdalena Reem, daughter of John Frederick Ream and Barbara Ream, in 1824.

Isaac Elias Gearhart died on 13 April 1860 at Worthville, Jefferson Co., Pennsylvania, USA.3
Isaac Elias Gearhart was buried after 13 April 1860 at Burial location unknown ;
From FindAGrave.com:
     BIRTH     1797, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     13 Apr 1860 (aged 62–63), Worthville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Isaac Elias born 1797-1860 married M. Ream
     ;BIRTH ABT. 1797 • Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH 13 APR 1860 • Sandy Creek, near Worthville, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
     father John F Gearhart fought in Rev War
     Revolutionary War ~ Ensign, 4th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia
      Lt. Col. ~ Jacob Cooke, 3rd Company , Captain ~ George Ganttz , Lieutenant ~ Philip Arnold
     Family Members
     Parents
      John Frederick Gearhart 1754–1840
      Catherine Gray Gearhart 1767–1864
     Siblings
      Jacob S. Gearhart 1788–1866
      John Gearhart 1789–1871
      Christian Albert Gearhart 1798–1867
      Adam Gearhart 1800–1878
      Catharine Gearhart Thompson 1802–1850
     Children
      John Frederick Gearhart 1825–1892
     BURIAL     Unknown, Specifically: somewhere near Sandy Creek, near Worthville, Winslow Township,
     Created by: Connie Bottolfsen/Loftus
     Added: 31 Dec 2016
     Find A Grave Memorial 174686749.
      ; Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930.

Family

Mary Magdalena Reem b. 1799, d. 1858
Child

Citations

  1. [S1387] Cheryl Gearhart, "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002 "Picnic Photo.B - sent previously"," e-mail message from e-mail address (unknown address) to Gregory A. Vaut, 30 July 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002."
  2. [S1] Jr. Roland D. Swoope, Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), p343. Hereinafter cited as Swoope [1911] 20th Cent History Clearfield Co PA.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 February 2019), memorial page for Isaac Elias “Aka Elias” Gearhart (1797–13 Apr 1860), Find A Grave Memorial no. 174686749, ; Maintained by Connie Bottolfsen/Loftus (contributor 18979274) Unknown, who reports a somewhere near Sandy Creek, near Worthville, Winslow Township at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174686749/isaac-elias-gearhart. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.

Enoch T. Hastings

M, #1516, b. 12 November 1873, d. 27 June 1959
FatherDaniel Hastings b. 2 Jun 1794, d. 12 Aug 1848
MotherMary Ann Gray b. 14 Oct 1814, d. 17 Apr 1899
Last Edited3 Apr 1999
     Enoch T. Hastings was born on 12 November 1873 at Centre, Pentney, Pennsylvania, USA.
Enoch T. Hastings died on 27 June 1959 at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 85.

Abram Hartsock

M, #1517, b. 23 November 1809, d. 20 March 1834
Last Edited3 Apr 1999
     Abram Hartsock was born on 23 November 1809. He married Mary Ann Gray, daughter of George Gray and Sarah Flegal, on 26 November 1833.

Abram Hartsock died on 20 March 1834 at age 24.

Family

Mary Ann Gray b. 14 Oct 1814, d. 17 Apr 1899

Andrew Shivery

M, #1518
Last Edited5 Sep 1997

Family

Child

David Flegal

M, #1519
Last Edited5 Sep 1997

Family

Child

Johann Valentine Flegal

M, #1520
Last Edited5 Sep 1997

Family

Child

David Flegal

M, #1521, b. 7 June 1780, d. September 1863
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     David Flegal was born on 7 June 1780 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.
David Flegal died in September 1863 at Morris Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 83.

Family

Catherine Funk
Child

Susanna Flegal

F, #1522, b. 1782, d. 1858
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Susanna Flegal was born in 1782.
Susanna Flegal died in 1858.

Elizabeth Flegal

F, #1523, b. 1784, d. 1849
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Elizabeth Flegal was born in 1784.
Elizabeth Flegal died in 1849.

Valentine Flegal

M, #1524, b. 1789
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Valentine Flegal was born in 1789.

Adam Gearhart1

M, #1526, b. 9 May 1800, d. 12 March 1878
FatherJohn Frederick Gearhart2 b. 1754, d. 1840
MotherCatherine Gray2 b. bt 1767 - 1769, d. 1864
Last Edited5 Feb 2019
     Adam Gearhart was buried at Dale Cem, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on 9 May 1800 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.3 He married Susannah Hartsock, daughter of Henry Hartsock and Catherine (?), before 1828
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their oldest child listed, John, was born in 1828.3
Adam Gearhart died on 12 March 1878 at Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 77.3
Adam Gearhart was buried after 12 March 1878 at Dales Cemetery, Clearfield Junction, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From FindAGrave.com:
     BIRTH     9 May 1800, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     12 Mar 1878 (aged 77), Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     son of Johann Frederick Gearhart and Catherine Gray
     Children not yet linked: Jacob Gearhart 1834-1884
     Family Members
     Parents
      John Frederick Gearhart 1754–1840
      Catherine Gray Gearhart 1767–1864
     Spouse
      Susanah Hartsock Gearhart 1807–1896
     Siblings
      Jacob S. Gearhart 1788–1866
      John Gearhart 1789–1871
      Isaac Elias Gearhart 1797–1860
      Christian Albert Gearhart 1798–1867
      Catharine Gearhart Thompson 1802–1850
     Children
      John Henry Gearhart 1828–1910
      George Wesley Gearhart 1831–1900
      Martha Gearhart Snoke 1836–1916
      Elizabeth Jane Gearhart 1839–1930
      Sarah A Gearhart Merrell 1842–1929
      Sarah Ann Gearhart Merrell 1842–1929
      Samuel Register Gearhart 1844–1915
      Frances Gearhart 1848–1853
      Rachel Gearhart 1850–1926
     BURIAL     Dales Cemetery, Clearfield Junction, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     PLOT     A12-9
     Created by: Charles Patterson
     Added: 3 Mar 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial 66433030.3

Family

Susannah Hartsock b. 16 Mar 1807, d. 29 May 1882
Children

Citations

  1. [S1387] Cheryl Gearhart, "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002 "Picnic Photo.B - sent previously"," e-mail message from e-mail address (unknown address) to Gregory A. Vaut, 30 July 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Gearhart email 30 Jul 2002."
  2. [S1] Jr. Roland D. Swoope, Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), p343. Hereinafter cited as Swoope [1911] 20th Cent History Clearfield Co PA.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 February 2019), memorial page for Adam Gearhart (9 May 1800–12 Mar 1878), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66433030, citing Dales Cemetery, Clearfield Junction, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Charles Patterson (contributor 47079939) at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66433030/adam-gearhart. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.

John Flegal

M, #1527, b. 1796, d. 1870
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     John Flegal was born in 1796.
John Flegal died in 1870.

Jacob Flegal

M, #1528, b. 3 June 1800, d. 1 April 1868
FatherValentine Flegal b. 1758, d. 1840
MotherChristina Sensor
Last Edited5 Sep 1997
     Jacob Flegal was born on 3 June 1800. He married Margaret Leonard circa 1822.

Jacob Flegal died on 1 April 1868 at age 67.

Catherine Funk

F, #1529
Last Edited5 Sep 1997

Family

David Flegal b. 7 Jun 1780, d. Sep 1863
Child

Malinda Monroe1

F, #1530, b. circa 1854
FatherWilliam B. Monroe1 b. c 1835
MotherNancy Hudson1 b. bt 1837 - 1839
Last Edited11 Oct 2017
     Malinda Monroe was born circa 1854 at Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA; age 6 in 1860 census.1
     Malinda Monroe was listed as a resident in William B. Monroe and Nancy Hudson's household in the census report on 6 July 1860 at District 2, Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA; Note: Living next to two HUDSON households (Elizabeth and Jo)
p. 573, lines 8-12, dwelling 298, family 298
     8 MONROE, Wm 24 [1836] M Farmer $400 $300 KY
     9 " , Nancy 21 [1839] F KY
     10 " , Malinda 6 [1854] F KY
     11 " , Malvina 4 [1856] F KY
     12 " , John 1 [1859] M KY.1