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     Sarah Sandwith Downing was born on 17 June 1797 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^3,4,5,6 She married Reuben Bond Valentine, son of Robert Valentine Jr. and Ann Thelma Bond, on 14 April 1828.^3,7,8,6,9,10

Sarah Sandwith Downing died on 30 November 1843 at age 46.^3,4,5
Sarah Sandwith Downing was buried after 30 November 1843 at Friends Burial Ground, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Jun. 17, 1797
Death: Nov. 30, 1843

Wife of Reuben B. Valentine.


Burial:
Friends Burial Ground
Centre County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Kenneth Greene
Record added: Aug 12, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 28971580.⁵
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Sarah Sandwith Downing and Reuben Bond Valentine appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, Spring Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Note: Reuben and his wife Sarah Sandwith (Downing) Valentine seem to match the oldest male and female in this listing, but the rest of those listed do not correspond to their children. They are also too young to be Reuben's siblings. They are unknown.]
     [The second page of the census image seems to also show two "Free Colored" individuals: one male 10-24 and 1 female < 10.]
p. 376, line 15
     Name:     Reuben B Valentine
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2 [aft 1825]
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1810-15]
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     3 [1801-10]
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Reuben b1793
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     2 [1801-10]
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Sarah (Downing) b1797
     White Persons - Aliens - Foreigners not Naturalized:     4
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     7
     Total Free White Persons:     10
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.¹¹
In Reuben Bond Valentine's will dated 10 March 1834 at Spring Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Sarah Sandwith Downing was named as executor; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:23]: "page 148, REUBEN B. VALENTINE, Spring Twp., 3/10/1834-4/24/1841, w. Sarah. Children: Geo. H., Mary. Brother Gworge, Abraham S. Also named Wm. A. Thomas to be guardian or my minor children. Ex; wife, bro. Bond Valentine. Witness: Daniel Dobbins, H. Humes, Mord. Miller."¹²

Sarah Sandwith Downing and Reuben Bond Valentine appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [same page as his brothers, George and Bond. Two women are unknown. Siblings?]
p. 92, line 11
     Name:     Reuben B Valentine
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] George b?
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Reuben Bond b1793
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Mary Downing b1832
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Sarah Sandwith (Downing) b1797
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
     Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     4
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     7.¹³

     Sandwith Drinker Downing was born on 24 October 1799 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5,1,6,7,8 He married Lydia Smedley, daughter of Peter Smedley and Phebe Sharpless, on 22 December 1829 at Brandywine Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^{9,10,11,1,6,7}

Sandwith Drinker Downing died on 27 April 1847 at near Starucca, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 47; per Biddle [1893:25] "died testate"; Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985: Record 3939. "...at the home of his brother, Henry Downing" per Wiley [1893:621].^{4,5,12,1,6,7,8}
     He was Type: BURIAL LOC. at Starucca, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁹

; per Cope [1901] p. 297: "At the time of their marriage he superintended what was known as McMinn'sMill, on Valley Creek, in East Bradford. They soon after occupied thehouse adjoining the Richard Thomas mill, W. Whiteland, whence theyremoved to a farm in E. Fallowfield, where their son was born. Lydia'shealth failing, she returned to the home of her childhood, died there andwas buried at Uwchlan Meeting. Sandwith removed to the Drinker lands, inSusquehanna Co., in which he had an interest and there died."¹ Sandwith Drinker Downing was also known as Sandwith Downing.⁹ (an unknown value.)^4,8 He and Lydia Smedley were Quaker.⁷

Sandwith Drinker Downing and Lydia Smedley appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Not certain who the older woman is. Both Sandwith's and Lydia's mothers were dead by 130.]
p. 238, line 19
     Name:     Sandwith Downing
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     3.¹³

     Reuben Bond Valentine was born on 25 April 1793 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5,6,1 He married Sarah Sandwith Downing, daughter of Jacob Downing and Sarah Sandwith Drinker, on 14 April 1828.^4,5,1,7,8,9

Reuben Bond Valentine died on 27 March 1841 at age 47.^6,1
Reuben Bond Valentine was buried after 27 March 1841 at Friends Burial Ground, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Apr. 25, 1793
Death:      Mar. 27, 1841

Husband of Sarah D. Valentine.

Burial:
Friends Burial Ground
Centre County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Kenneth Greene
Record added: Aug 12, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 28971600.⁶
Reuben Bond Valentine died in April 1841; Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
Name: Reuben B Valentine
Event Type: Death
Death Date: abt 1841
Burial Date: Apr 1841
Burial Place: Pennsylvania
Organization Name: Dr. Samuel Worchester Butler
Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 649.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.^4,5,10
      ; Was owner of Iron works in Maryland, and came to Centre county, PA, shortly after the war of 1812, where he was joined by his brothers, Abram, George, Bond and Jacob, and thes five brothers together with William A. Thomas, of Bellefonte, purchased at ths early day the furnace property, south of Bellefonte, ore lands and farms, so long in the possession of the Valentine family, and known as the Valentime properties.¹¹

; (Above from obituary of his daughter in the 'Democratic Watchman', Bellefonte, PA, March 1, 1901.)¹¹

.⁹

Reuben Bond Valentine was listed as a resident in Robert Valentine Jr. and Ann Thelma Bond's household in the census report in 1800 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 898; Line 34
     Name:     Robt Valentine
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     3 [aft 1790] Reuben 1793, Abraham 1795, Bond 1797
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1 [1785-90] George 1788
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     3 [1775-84] Samuel 1776, Robert 1778, Jacob 1780
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1755] Robert 1752
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     3 [1775-84] Rachel 1784, Thomazine 1774, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1755] Ann (Bond) 1752
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     14.¹²

Reuben Bond Valentine was listed as a resident in Samuel Valentine's household in the census report in 1810 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Note: There are 6 "Other Free Persons" in Samuel's household. It is likely that these include his brothers who in 1815 traveled to Centre Co. with him and who were all unmarried in 1810.]
p. 224, line 8
     Name:     Saml Valentine
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     6 (His brothers/their wives?)
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     3
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     1.¹³
; from Beers [1898:69ff]: "In 1815, Samuel, Jacob D., George, Reuben B., Abram S., and Bond Valentine, sons of Robert and Ann Bond, came from Chester county to Centre county, accompanied by Jacob Thomas, and leased the old Dunlop iron furnace erected by John Dunlop in 1802, and in 1821 purchased it. Mr. Thomas withdrew in 1817, and was succeeded by his son, William A. Thomas. They were all iron-masters, and for years were largely identified with the development of the iron interests of Centre County. They built additional forges and in 1824 built the first rolling mill in Centre County. In 1842 they abandoned the old furnace, and built one just outside of the borough of Bellefonte. Many of the sons of these men succeeded them to the business, and some are still connected with it. Referring to these men who built the first Friends Meeting House at Bellefonte, and who by birth were members of the Society, a writer says: "The rise of the Friends Meeting in Bellefonte seems worthy of some notice. It was established by four or five men, who, making no especial profession of religion, yet yielded to a simple apprehension of duty, and built a house for the worship of God. All of them became faithful humble followers of the Lord Jesus, and to one of them was committed the ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Friends Meeting is still regularly held in Bellefonte, and is largely composed of the descendants of those who established it." Of the Valentine brothers who came to Centre County, George, born in East Caln, September I, 1788, died in Bellefonte, July 13, 1857, married Mary Downing, born in Philadelphia, January 22, 1792, died January 27, 1879. issue: (1) Jacob Downing, born at Bellefonte October 4, 1823, died September 16, 1896, in the house in which he was born, it being one of the first houses built in Bellefonte. He was an iron-master, "upright and honest, and lived in accordance with the Quaker faith." He married Deborah Downing, a daughter of Richard and Sarah G. (Mount) Downing, issue: George, Jacob, Louise, Ellen and Robert. (2) Sarah married Dr. George Fox. (3) Eliza married Thomas S. Downing. (4) Reuben B., born in Bellefonte in 1829, where he died in 1871, was an iron-master, and one of the most successful managers of the Valentine Iron Works. He was also engaged extensively in farming, and was a conscientious and upright member of the Society of Friends. In 1857 he married Mary B. Jacobs, who was born at East Whiteland, Chester Co., Penn., a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Bowen) Jacobs, issue: Mary and Emily (deceased); Anna J; Julia (deceased); and Caroline M. (5) Caroline married Thompson Millikin. (6) George married Emily Jacobs (a sister of Mary B. Jacobs), issue: Jane H., Mary D., Sarah W. and Emily J."¹⁴
Reuben Bond Valentine is mentioned in the will of Jacob Daniel Valentine on 24 October 1823 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:11]: "page 189, JACOB VALENTINE, Chester Co., Pa. Oct. 24 1823-11/6/1823, Nieces & nephews, children of my sister Thomazin Miller of Centre Co., Pa. My dec'd brother Robert. Eliza w/o Tm. A. Thomas. Robert V. Miller, Wm. Miller, Mary Ann, Isaac, Rachel, Jane, Mordecai Miller. My sis. Rachel, w/o Jonathan Kersley : "page 189, JACOB VALENTINE, Chester Co., Pa. Oct. 24 1823-11/6/1823, Nieces & nephews, children of my sister Thomazin Miller of Centre Co., Pa. My dec'd brother Robert. Eliza w/o Tm. A. Thomas. Robert V. Miller, Wm. Miller, Mary Ann, Isaac, Rachel, Jane: "page 189, JACOB VALENTINE, Chester Co., Pa. Oct. 24 1823-11/6/1823, Nieces & nephews, children of my sister Thomazin Miller of Centre Co., Pa. My dec'd brother Robert. Eliza w/o Tm. A. Thomas. Robert V. Miller, Wm. Miller, Mary Ann, Isaac, Rachel, Jane, Mordecai Miller. My sis. Rachel, w/o Jonathan Kersley : "page 189, JACOB VALENTINE, Chester Co., Pa. Oct. 24 1823-11/6/1823, Nieces & nephews, children of my sister Thomazin Miller of Centre Co., Pa. My dec'd brother Robert. Eliza w/o Tm. A. Thomas. Robert [sic] of Detroit. Brother Valentine & Abram, Sam'l., Geo., Reuben. Jacob V. Thomas. Jacob D. infant s/o George & Mary Valentine. Ex: Bros: Geo. & Bond. Witness: Jos. White, Jos. M. Downing.¹⁵
In Samuel Valentine's will dated 16 August 1826 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Reuben Bond Valentine was named as executor; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:12]: "page 211, SAMUEL VALENTINE, Aug. 16, 1825-Oct. 19, 1826, members of firm of Valentine & Thomas to wit: George, Reuben, Abram S., Bond Valentine, Wm. A. Thomas. Niece Eliza M. Thomas, w/o Wm. A. Thomas. My brothers named, my sister Tomazin Miller. Ex: 5 members of firm. Witness: I. Miller, Rachel Miller."¹⁶

Reuben Bond Valentine and Sarah Sandwith Downing appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, Spring Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Note: Reuben and his wife Sarah Sandwith (Downing) Valentine seem to match the oldest male and female in this listing, but the rest of those listed do not correspond to their children. They are also too young to be Reuben's siblings. They are unknown.]
     [The second page of the census image seems to also show two "Free Colored" individuals: one male 10-24 and 1 female < 10.]
p. 376, line 15
     Name:     Reuben B Valentine
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2 [aft 1825]
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1810-15]
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     3 [1801-10]
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Reuben b1793
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     2 [1801-10]
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Sarah (Downing) b1797
     White Persons - Aliens - Foreigners not Naturalized:     4
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     7
     Total Free White Persons:     10
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.¹⁷

Reuben Bond Valentine left a will on 10 March 1834 at Spring Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:23]: "page 148, REUBEN B. VALENTINE, Spring Twp., 3/10/1834-4/24/1841, w. Sarah. Children: Geo. H., Mary. Brother Gworge, Abraham S. Also named Wm. A. Thomas to be guardian or my minor children. Ex; wife, bro. Bond Valentine. Witness: Daniel Dobbins, H. Humes, Mord. Miller."¹⁸

Reuben Bond Valentine and Sarah Sandwith Downing appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [same page as his brothers, George and Bond. Two women are unknown. Siblings?]
p. 92, line 11
     Name:     Reuben B Valentine
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] George b?
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Reuben Bond b1793
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Mary Downing b1832
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Sarah Sandwith (Downing) b1797
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
     Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     4
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     7.¹⁹

     Lydia Smedley was born on 22 November 1797 at Upland, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^4,2,7 She married Sandwith Drinker Downing, son of Jacob Downing and Sarah Sandwith Drinker, on 22 December 1829 at Brandywine Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,8,4,2,3,6

Lydia Smedley died on 29 August 1835 at Upland, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 37; per Cope [1901] p. 292: d 29 June 1835.^1,9,4,2
Lydia Smedley was buried after 29 August 1835 at Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jan. 22, 1797, Upland (Chester County), Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Aug. 29, 1835, Upland (Chester County), Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Lydia was the daughter of Peter Smedley and Phebe Sharpless. She married Sandwith Drinker Downing on 22 Dec 1829, by whom she had one child, Samuel Rhodes Downing. From the "Village Record", 9 Sep 1835: "Death Notice On the 22nd of the 7th month at Uwchlan Township of Consumption, Lydia Downing, in the 38th year of her age." Quakers.
     Burial: Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Ray Downing
     Record added: May 13, 2005
     Find A Grave Memorial# 10956153.⁴
     (an unknown value.)^9,10

Reference: see notes on Sandwith Downing.^1,9 She and Sandwith Drinker Downing were Quaker.⁶

Lydia Smedley and Sandwith Drinker Downing appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Not certain who the older woman is. Both Sandwith's and Lydia's mothers were dead by 130.]
p. 238, line 19
     Name:     Sandwith Downing
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     3.¹¹

     Rachel Bryant Chew was born at Forestville, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Henry Downing, son of Jacob Downing and Sarah Sandwith Drinker, in 1818
; his 1st wife.
There is a marriage record on Ancestry for a Henry Downing and Rachel Chew for 16 Nov 1823 in Gloucester Co., NY, but that is 4 years after the date of birth of their daughter, Ellen.^1,2
Rachel Bryant Chew died in May 1825 at Battontown.²
Rachel Bryant Chew was buried after May 1825 at Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., New Jersey, USA.²
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     Christiana (?) was born circa 1807 at Germany; age 43 in 1850 census.¹ She married Henry Downing, son of Jacob Downing and Sarah Sandwith Drinker, after 1825
; his 2nd wife.^2,3
      ; Gregg K Jones research.³ Christiana (?) was also known as Christiana Gruner.⁴ Christiana (?) was also known as Christine Griner.²

Christiana (?) and Henry Downing appeared in the census of 10 October 1850 at Dyberry Township, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Note: Ne and his wife are in the household of a younger Alonzo Hubbard.]
p. 194-B, lines 26-27, dwelling 122, family 122
     26 DOWNING, Henry 55 [1795] M Farmer PA
     27 " , Christeana 43 [1807] F Germany.¹

; There is a 10 year old Abraham Griner with Henry and Christine (Griner) Downing in the 1850 census. This indicates that Griner might have been her married name and possibly that this Abraham is a son by her 1st marriage.¹

     Ann Exum Messick married George Reuben Meek Jr., son of George Reuben Meek and Ellen Downing Valentine, in June 1952 at Roanoke, Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Eleanor Exum Meek was born in 195 at Roanoke, Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA.

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     Samuel Meek was born in 1748.¹
     Samuel 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]."²

     John Meek was born in 1745.¹
John Meek died in 1802.¹

     James Meek was born in 1740.¹

     John Meek was born in 1686 at Lock Lorn, Ireland.¹ He was born in 1686 at co. Antrim, Ireland.² He married Elizabeth Mitchell in 1744.¹

John Meek died in 1765 at co. Antrim, Ireland.²
     EDV-6.

     Elizabeth Mitchell was born circa 1704 at co. Antrim, Ireland.¹ She married John Meek, son of Matthew Meek, in 1744.²

     EDV-6.

.³

     James Meek died in 1776.¹

     Adam Meek was born in 1741.¹
Adam Meek died in 1826.¹

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     Matthew Meek was born in 1662 at Lincolnshire, England.¹
Matthew Meek died in 1712 at co. Berry, Ireland.²
Matthew Meek died in 1760 at Ireland.¹
     EDV-7.

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     John Meek was born in 1687.¹
John Meek died in 1760.²
     He was a mentioned with Jacob Meek at Citation; Indiana Genealogy
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Indiana genealogy : articles appearing in the Indianapolis Sunday star : 1st series beginning June 26, 1926 thru Jan. 25, 1931, 2nd series beginning April 5, 1931 thru Jan. 22, 1933. Alexandria, Ind.: unknown, 1976.³

     Jacob Meek was born on 29 May 1698 at Bourne Parish, Lincolnshire, England; SAR App #25818 says b. 1698.^2,3,1 He married Mary Sarah Lee in 1729 at James River, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA.⁴
Jacob Meek married Nancy DuValle, daughter of Mareen (The Younger) Duvall and Elizabeth Jacob, in 1751 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.

Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Record
Source
Jacob Meek died in 1790 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^6,2,1
     Reference: Indiana Genealogy
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Indiana genealogy : articles appearing in the Indianapolis Sunday star : 1st series beginning June 26, 1926 thru Jan. 25, 1931, 2nd series beginning April 5, 1931 thru Jan. 22, 1933. Alexandria, Ind.: unknown, 1976. at Citation.⁸
;      Per SAR App #25818: "Bassell Meeks was a private soldier in Captain Hugh Stephenson's company, serving 78 days. His name appears among numbers of the Virginia troops in Romny and Winchester Pay Rolls. He received L 1.7.6 for said service."
Source: "List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" compiled by Virgnia State Library, 1912, p. 306.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Source Citation Volume: 130
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.^1,9

Jacob Meek immigrated in 1719 to James River, Charles City Co., Virginia, USA; Per Indiana Genealogy: "In 1719, John and Jacob came to America, and settled on the James River in Virginia."⁸ He was Research Issues Per Indiana Genealogy: "Jacob Meek moved to North Carolina in 1720..." in 1720.⁸

     Adam Meek was born in 1640 at Lincolnshire, England.¹ He married (?) Johnson in 1661.¹

Adam Meek died in 1699 at Lincolnshire, England.¹
Adam Meek was buried in 1699 at Old Stone Church Churchyard, Lincolnshire, England.¹
     He was a mentioned with Jacob Meek at Citation; Indiana Genealogy
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Indiana genealogy : articles appearing in the Indianapolis Sunday star : 1st series beginning June 26, 1926 thru Jan. 25, 1931, 2nd series beginning April 5, 1931 thru Jan. 22, 1933. Alexandria, Ind.: unknown, 1976.² EDV-8.
;      Per SAR App #25818: "Bassell Meeks was a private soldier in Captain Hugh Stephenson's company, serving 78 days. His name appears among numbers of the Virginia troops in Romny and Winchester Pay Rolls. He received L 1.7.6 for said service."
Source: "List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" compiled by Virgnia State Library, 1912, p. 306.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Source Citation Volume: 130
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.^3,4

     (?) Johnson was born in 1645.¹ She married Adam Meek in 1661.¹

     EDV-8.

      ; DAR Application No. 221410 lists her as "unmarried."¹

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     Elizabeth Meek married (?) Williams.¹

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     Jane Meek married (?) Maxwell.¹

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