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1. William Meeker (1620 - 1690)

* arrived in MA in 1630; settled in New Haven, CT, listed in March 1646 as a member of "The Meeting House"
* one of the original Elizabethtown Associates of 1664; received a 3rd lot right along with John Ogden and John Woodruff
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark website
* LDS website
* Magie Family History; notes
* History of the Colony of New Haven, by Edward E Atwater; p 550

Spouse: Sarah Preston (1626 - 1666)

* dau of Elizabeth Sale and William Preston
* LDS website
* Magie Family History; notes

Married 1646 at New Haven, CT.

Children:

1 2. Joseph Meeker Sr. (1648 - 1717)

2 80. Benjamin Meeker Sr. (1649 - 1706)

2. Joseph Meeker Sr. (1648 - 1717)

Father: 1. William Meeker (1620 - 1690)
Mother: Sarah Preston (1626 - 1666)

* Elizabethtown Associate 1664, a founding settler
* Mariner
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark website
* additional source; GMeeker
* LDS website

Spouse: Comfort Marsh (1652 - 1690)

Father: Samuel Marsh Sr. (1620 - 1683)
Mother: Comfort Mann ( - )

* additional source; GMeeker

Married 18 June 1673 at Perth Amboy, NJ.

Children:

1 3. Capt Joseph Meeker Jr. (1680 - 1731)

3. Capt Joseph Meeker Jr. (1680 - 1731)

Father: 2. Joseph Meeker Sr. (1648 - 1717)
Mother: Comfort Marsh (1652 - 1690)

* #2013 FPCE
* Mariner
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark website
* additional source; GMeeker
* LDS website

Children:

1 4. Stephen Meeker Sr. (1695 - 1749)

Spouse: Phebe Crane #6 ( - )

* additional source; GMeeker

Married at Elizabethtown, NJ.

Children and grandchildren:

1 66. Joseph Meeker III (1709 - 1777)

2 79. Elizabeth Meeker #1 (1713 - 1731)

4. Stephen Meeker Sr. (1695 - 1749)

Father: 3. Capt Joseph Meeker Jr. (1680 - 1731)

* m to Mary 1705
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark website
* additional source; G Meeker
* LDS website

Children:

1 5. Stephen Meeker Jr. (1731 - 1778)

2 60. Elizabeth Meeker #2 (1739 - 1789)

5. Stephen Meeker Jr. (1731 - 1778)

Father: 4. Stephen Meeker Sr. (1695 - 1749)

* LDS website

Spouse: Phebe Alling (1734 - )

Father: John Alling (1705 - 1764)
Mother: Joanna Ogden (1706 - )

* LDS website.

Children:

1 6. Prudence Meeker (1762 - )

2 9. Obed Meeker (1763 - 1834)

3 22. Stephen Meeker III (1768 - 1857)

6. Prudence Meeker (1762 - )

Father: 5. Stephen Meeker Jr. (1731 - 1778)
Mother: Phebe Alling (1734 - )

Spouse: William Garthwaite Jr. (1756 - )

Father: William Garthwaite Esq. (1732 - 1807)
Mother: Prudy Price (1737 - 1802)

* capt. of the 1st reg., Essex Co., NJ militia
* LDS website
* DAR records

Children:

1 7. Meeker Garthwaite (1793 - 1817)

7. Meeker Garthwaite (1793 - 1817)

Father: William Garthwaite Jr. (1756 - )
Mother: 6. Prudence Meeker (1762 - )

* CNW I p 150

Spouse: Hannah Garrabrant Woodruff #498 (1794 - 1878)

Father: Benjamin Woodruff #496 (1763 - 1822)
Mother: Phebe Woodruff #714 (1770 - 1816)

* DAR records
* CNW I p 150
* First Families of Westfield Website

Married 1815.

Children:

1 8. Phebe Meeker Garthwaite ( - )

8. Phebe Meeker Garthwaite ( - )

Father: 7. Meeker Garthwaite (1793 - 1817)
Mother: Hannah Garrabrant Woodruff #498 (1794 - 1878)

* m Ezekiel Ira Tucker
* Anna J. Tucker DAR # 46387 m John Crouthers
* DAR records

9. Obed Meeker (1763 - 1834)

Father: 5. Stephen Meeker Jr. (1731 - 1778)
Mother: Phebe Alling (1734 - )

* Crane Genealogy p 501, 492

Spouse: Nancy Crane (1766 - )

Father: Stephen Crane Jr. (1737 - 1796)
Mother: Phebe Morse (1738 - 1786)

* Crane Genealogy p 478, 492

Children:

1 10. Jennet Meeker (1784 - 1824)

2 19. Ann Meeker (aft. 1784 - )

Spouse: Phebe Morse (1738 - 1786)

* Crane Genealogy p 478

Children:

1 20. Susan Meeker (1799 - 1831)

10. Jennet Meeker (1784 - 1824)

Father: 9. Obed Meeker (1763 - 1834)
Mother: Nancy Crane (1766 - )

* #1037 FPCE
* Crane Genealogy p 501, 492

Spouse: Jacob Crane #4 (1781 - 1826)

Father: Jacob Crane # 3 (1748 - 1817)
Mother: Phoebe Woodruff #259 (1748 - 1806)

* #1036 FPCE
* Crane Genealogy p 501

Married bef. 1803.

Children:

1 11. Moses P Crane (1803 - 1826)

2 12. Obediah Crane (1805 - 1805)

3 13. Obediah Crane #2 (1806 - 1811)

4 14. Noah Crane #2 (1808 - 1868)

5 15. Obediah Crane #3 (1812 - 1812)

6 16. Obed Crane (1813 - 1881)

7 17. Ann Crane (1815 - )

8 18. Job Squire Crane (1822 - )

19. Ann Meeker (aft. 1784 - )

Father: 9. Obed Meeker (1763 - 1834)
Mother: Nancy Crane (1766 - )

* children:
1. Clark S Crane; went to St. Louis
2. Julia Crane m James W Palmer; went to Colorado
3. Abraham S Crane; went to St Louis
4. Harry Crane; m Mary
* Crane Genealogy p 500, 492

Spouse: Cooper Woodruff Crane (1802 - )

Father: Samuel Crane (1770 - )
Mother: Mary Crane #1 (1771 - 1850)

* Crane Genealogy p 482, 492, 500

20. Susan Meeker (1799 - 1831)

Father: 9. Obed Meeker (1763 - 1834)
Mother: Phebe Morse (1738 - 1786)

* #1035 FPCE
* Crane Genealogy p 492, 501

Spouse: Jacob Crane #4 (1781 - 1826)

Father: Jacob Crane # 3 (1748 - 1817)
Mother: Phoebe Woodruff #259 (1748 - 1806)

* #1036 FPCE
* Crane Genealogy p 501

Married aft. 1824.

Children and grandchildren:

1 21. Jannette Crane (1826 - 1875)

21. Jannette Crane (1826 - 1875)

Father: Jacob Crane #4 (1781 - 1826)
Mother: 20. Susan Meeker (1799 - 1831)

* Crane Genealogy p 501

22. Stephen Meeker III (1768 - 1857)

Father: 5. Stephen Meeker Jr. (1731 - 1778)
Mother: Phebe Alling (1734 - )

* # 1299 FPCE
* CNW II p 117

Spouse: Charity Crane (1771 - 1825)

Father: Nehemiah Crane (1743 - 1777)
Mother: Esther Woodruff #309 (bef. 1750 - )

* # 1298 FPCE
* CNW II p 117
* Crane Genealogy p 483, 500

Children:

1 23. Esther Meeker #2 ( - )

2 24. Nehemiah Meeker (1794 - 1845)

3 25. Phebe Allen Meeker (1796 - 1876); 7 grandchildren

4 57. Charity Meeker (aft. 1803 - )

5 58. Esther Meeker #3 (aft. 1803 - )

6 59. Mary Meeker #2 (1805 - )

60. Elizabeth Meeker #2 (1739 - 1789)

Father: 4. Stephen Meeker Sr. (1695 - 1749)

* LDS website

Spouse: John Lum (1726 - 1802)

Father: Samuel Lum (ca. 1698 - 1732/3)
Mother: Martha Clark (1701 - )

Married.

Children:

1 61. John Clark Lum Sr. (1759 - )

61. John Clark Lum Sr. (1759 - )

Father: John Lum (1726 - 1802)
Mother: 60. Elizabeth Meeker #2 (1739 - 1789)

* LDS website

Spouse: Ruth Baker #1 (1762 - )

Father: Ephraim Baker Jr. (1730/6 - )
Mother: Jane Osborne ( - )

* LDS website

Children:

1 62. John Clark Lum Jr. (1801 - 1872)

62. John Clark Lum Jr. (1801 - 1872)

Father: 61. John Clark Lum Sr. (1759 - )
Mother: Ruth Baker #1 (1762 - )

* CNW I p 151 -152
* Magie Family History p 76
* LDS website

Spouse: Mary Carpenter (1808 - 1888)

Father: Hope Carpenter IV (1765 - 1861)
Mother: Jersuha Woodruff #715 (1774 - 1861)

* CNW I p 151 -152
* LDS website

Married 17 September 1833.

Children:

1 63. Albert Townley Lum (1835 - 1916)

2 65. Samuel Clark Lum (1847 - 1927)

63. Albert Townley Lum (1835 - 1916)

Father: 62. John Clark Lum Jr. (1801 - 1872)
Mother: Mary Carpenter (1808 - 1888)

* LDS website

Spouse: Harriet Stiles Parkhurst (1834 - 1924)

Father: Abner Woodruff Parkhurst (1806 - )
Mother: Charlotte Stiles (1812 - )

* LDS website

Married 22 October 1856.

Children:

1 64. Anna Woodruff Lum (1873 - 1942)

64. Anna Woodruff Lum (1873 - 1942)

Father: 63. Albert Townley Lum (1835 - 1916)
Mother: Harriet Stiles Parkhurst (1834 - 1924)

* LDS records

Spouse: Herbert Ireland Smith (1872 - 1961)

* son of Catherine Stonehouse Telfair and Joshua Raymond Smith
* LDS records

Married 14 October 1897.

65. Samuel Clark Lum (1847 - 1927)

Father: 62. John Clark Lum Jr. (1801 - 1872)
Mother: Mary Carpenter (1808 - 1888)

* Magie Family History p 76
* LDS website

Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Potter (1849 - 1924)

Father: David Magie Potter (1815 - 1879)
Mother: Elizabeth Sherwood (1818 - 1902)

Married 27 October 1875.

66. Joseph Meeker III (1709 - 1777)

Father: 3. Capt Joseph Meeker Jr. (1680 - 1731)
Mother: Phebe Crane #6 ( - )

* Magie Family History p 14
* additional source; GMeeker

Spouse: Mary Lyon (1717 - 1800)

Father: Benjamin Lyon (1693 - 1747)
Mother: Mary Clark ( - )

* Magie Family History p 14
* additional source; GMeeker

Married ca. 1739.

Children:

1 67. Hannah Meeker (1751 - 1800)

2 71. Joseph Stevens Meeker (1755 - 1803)

67. Hannah Meeker (1751 - 1800)

Father: 66. Joseph Meeker III (1709 - 1777)
Mother: Mary Lyon (1717 - 1800)

* First Families of America, p 513
* additional source; GMeeker
* DAR records

Spouse: Ephraim Sayre (1746 - 1816)

* served as a minute man, commissary of the regiment at the battle of Monmouth
* First Families of America, p 513
* additional source; GMeeker
* DAR records

Married.

Children:

1 68. Archibald Sayre (1776 - 1841)

68. Archibald Sayre (1776 - 1841)

Father: Ephraim Sayre (1746 - 1816)
Mother: 67. Hannah Meeker (1751 - 1800)

* First Families of America, p 513
* DAR records

Spouse: Martha Sayre (1781 - 1855)

* First Families of America, p 513
* DAR records

Married 1802.

Children:

1 69. Adolphus Monell Sayre (1822 - 1855)

69. Adolphus Monell Sayre (1822 - 1855)

Father: 68. Archibald Sayre (1776 - 1841)
Mother: Martha Sayre (1781 - 1855)

* First Families of America, p 513
* DAR records

Spouse: Julia Randolph Woodruff #226 (1826 - 1895)

Father: Thomas Tyson Woodruff #217 (1781 - 1855)
Mother: Mary Ennis (1785 - 1862)

* First Families of America, p 513
* DAR records

Married 1849.

Children:

1 70. Mary Woodruff Sayre (1853 - )

70. Mary Woodruff Sayre (1853 - )

Father: 69. Adolphus Monell Sayre (1822 - 1855)
Mother: Julia Randolph Woodruff #226 (1826 - 1895)

* DAR # 108680
* m 1869 Thomas Woodruff Lillie 1846 -1875
1. Julia Woodruff Lillie DAR # 86804 m John H Porges
* DAR records

71. Joseph Stevens Meeker (1755 - 1803)

Father: Mary Lyon (1717 - 1800)
Mother: 66. Joseph Meeker III (1709 - 1777)

* # 2016 FPCE
* bought and operated the water power mill at Salem on the Elizabeth River
* Magie Family History p 14
* additional source; GMeeker

Spouse: Mary Megie #2 (1762 - 1834)

Father: Phebe Ogden #1 (1734 - 1798)
Mother: John Megie (1733 - 1781)

* #2015 FPCE
* The Ogden Family p 126
* Magie Family History p 5, 14

Married 1779.

Children:

1 72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)

2 77. Stephen Meeker #2 (1797 - 1832)

3 78. Abigail Ogden Meeker (1798 - 1887)

72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)

Father: 71. Joseph Stevens Meeker (1755 - 1803)
Mother: Mary Megie #2 (1762 - 1834)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb, buried next to Meeker family members
* CNW II p 120
* additional source; GMeeker

Spouse: Mary Woodruff #280 (1793 - 1853)

Father: John Cooper Woodruff #276 (1763 - 1849)
Mother: Susanna Miller (1763 - 1850)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb
* m Joseph S Meeker...4 daus, resided on a farm near Elizabeth, NJ, operated a mill
* CNW II p 120

Married 11 May 1815.

Children:

1 73. Mary W Meeker (1817 - 1881)

2 74. Sarah Meeker #3 (1824 - 1842)

3 75. Joseph O Meeker (1832 - 1879)

4 76. Matilda F Meeker (1839 - 1858)

73. Mary W Meeker (1817 - 1881)

Father: 72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)
Mother: Mary Woodruff #280 (1793 - 1853)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb

74. Sarah Meeker #3 (1824 - 1842)

Father: 72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)
Mother: Mary Woodruff #280 (1793 - 1853)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb

75. Joseph O Meeker (1832 - 1879)

Father: 72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)
Mother: Mary Woodruff #280 (1793 - 1853)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb

76. Matilda F Meeker (1839 - 1858)

Father: 72. Joseph S Meeker (1791 - 1876)
Mother: Mary Woodruff #280 (1793 - 1853)

* #2032 FPCE, family tomb

77. Stephen Meeker #2 (1797 - 1832)

Father: 71. Joseph Stevens Meeker (1755 - 1803)
Mother: Mary Megie #2 (1762 - 1834)

* Magie states he may be the son of Mary Megie and Jospeh Stevens Meeker; if so, this ancestry is provided
* Magie Family History p 14, 31

Spouse: 119. Phebe H Megie (1797 - 1823)

Father: Ezekiel Megie (1759 - )
Mother: 93. Sophia Zerviah Woodruff #33 (1766 - 1844)

* 3 children; David Magie, Phebe H, and Jane H Meeker
* The Ogden Family, p 126
* Magie Family History p 14, 31

Married 2 March 1819.

78. Abigail Ogden Meeker (1798 - 1887)

Father: 71. Joseph Stevens Meeker (1755 - 1803)
Mother: Mary Megie #2 (1762 - 1834)

#684 FPCE
* CNW II p 55 has her listed as a widow, but Meeker information does not have her
married to anyone else
* additional source; GMeeker

Spouse: 140. Stephen Haines Woodruff #43 (1770 - 1850)

Father: Seth Woodruff #25 (1742 - 1814)
Mother: 83. Phebe Haines (1742 - 1823)

# 683 FPCE
* CNW II p 55

Married aft. 1831.

79. Elizabeth Meeker #1 (1713 - 1731)

Father: 3. Capt Joseph Meeker Jr. (1680 - 1731)
Mother: Phebe Crane #6 ( - )

#2013 FPCE
* CNW I, p156
* additional source; GMeeker

Spouse: Benjamin Price Jr. (1708 - 1759)

Father: Benjamin Price Esq. (1676 - 1773)

* # 2008 FPCE
* CNW I, p156
* CNW II, p12

80. Benjamin Meeker Sr. (1649 - 1706)

Father: 1. William Meeker (1620 - 1690)
Mother: Sarah Preston (1626 - 1666)

* Elizabethtown Associate 1664, a founding settler
* settled at Lyons Farms, Elizabethtown, NJ
* Magie Family History; notes
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Elizabeth Thompson #2 (1654 - 1747)

Father: Thomas Thompson (1617 - 1676)

* dau of Mary and Thomas Thompson
* information from G E Meeker
* Magie Family History; notes

Married 18 June 1673 at Perth Amboy, NJ.

Children:

1 81. Benjamin Meeker Jr. (1675 - 1744/51)

2 288. Jonathan Meeker (1679 - 1768)

3 289. Daniel Meeker (1680 - 1757)

81. Benjamin Meeker Jr. (1675 - 1744/51)

Father: 80. Benjamin Meeker Sr. (1649 - 1706)
Mother: Elizabeth Thompson #2 (1654 - 1747)

* Richard and Elizabeth Clark Webpage
* information from Harman R Clark
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Phebe Clark (1681 - 1755)

Father: Samuel Clark #1 (1657 - 1709)
Mother: Esther White (1657 - ca. 1695)

* #108 FPCE
* information from Harman R Clark

Children:

1 82. Esther Meeker #1 (1710 - 1750)

2 208. Sarah Meeker #1 (1723 - 1799)

82. Esther Meeker #1 (1710 - 1750)

Father: 81. Benjamin Meeker Jr. (1675 - 1744/51)
Mother: Phebe Clark (1681 - 1755)

* # 219 FPCE
* Magie Family History
* information from Harman R Clark
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Stephen Haines (1704 - 1770)

Father: James Haines (1673 - 1732)
Mother: Sarah Rose (ca. 1675 - 1721)

* # 222 FPCE
* Haines/Haynes/Hindes
* CNW II p 34; will p 78
* Magie Family History

Married 1731.

Children:

1 83. Phebe Haines (1742 - 1823)

83. Phebe Haines (1742 - 1823)

Father: Stephen Haines (1704 - 1770)
Mother: 82. Esther Meeker #1 (1710 - 1750)

#682 FPCE
* CNW II p 34
* Magie Family History

Spouse: Seth Woodruff #25 (1742 - 1814)

Father: Timothy Woodruff Jr. #16 (1715 - 1798)
Mother: Elizabeth Parsons (1712 - 1776)

#681 FPCE
* served as sergent in Capt. Stephen Chandler's Co., Essex Co., NJ in the Revolutionary War
* DAR records
* CNW II p 35, 54 -59

Married 6 January 1763.

Children:

1 84. Parsons Woodruff #26 (1764 - 1805)

2 93. Sophia Zerviah Woodruff #33 (1766 - 1844)

3 131. Obadiah Woodruff #34 (1768 - 1847)

4 140. Stephen Haines Woodruff #43 (1770 - 1850)

5 141. Flavel Woodruff #47 (1772 - 1819)

6 156. Phebe Woodruff #58 (1774 - )

7 157. Seth Woodruff #59 (1776 - 1852)

8 174. Jerusha Woodruff #75 (1778 - 1779)

9 175. Jemima Woodruff #76 (1780 - 1781)

10 176. Jochibed "Ichabocd" Woodruff #77 (1781 - 1782)

11 177. Elizabeth Woodruff #78 (1783 - 1858)

12 181. Elias Woodruff #79 (1785 - 1862)

208. Sarah Meeker #1 (1723 - 1799)

Father: 81. Benjamin Meeker Jr. (1675 - 1744/51)
Mother: Phebe Clark (1681 - 1755)

* # 1893 FPCE
* CNW I p 83
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark Webpage
* information from Harman R Clark
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Isaac Woodruff Esq. #738 (1722 - 1803)

Father: Joseph Woodruff #6 (1675 - 1746)
Mother: Mary ? #1 (1678 - 1743)

* #1892 FPCE
* Mayor of Elizabeth- Town
* member of the NJ Assembly 1778 -1782
* commisoner for Army Supplies; ( Sons of the American Revolution)
* CNW I p 83 -93

Children:

1 209. Isaac Woodruff Jr. #739 (1744 - 1804)

2 270. Nehemiah Woodruff #813 (aft. 1744 - 1823)

3 273. Samuel Woodruff #801 (aft. 1744 - )

4 284. Sarah Woodruff #800 (aft. 1744 - 1822)

5 286. Lewis Woodruff #799 (1754 - 1816)

6 287. Dr. Aaron Woodruff #816 (1760 - 1784)

288. Jonathan Meeker (1679 - 1768)

Father: 80. Benjamin Meeker Sr. (1649 - 1706)
Mother: Elizabeth Thompson #2 (1654 - 1747)

* m to Mary ?
* The Will of Jonathan Meeker gives Daughter, MarthaWoodruff, the use of L30, at herdeath, to her surviving children. Daughter Mary Ogden, L30. Daughter, Jemimah Chandler, L40. Daughter Keziah Woodruff L100, who is a widow with children. Daughter Elizabeth Thompson. Witnessess-- Nathaniel Woodruff, Jonathan Woodruff Jr., Nathan Woodruff.
* information provided by GEMeeker

289. Daniel Meeker (1680 - 1757)

Father: 80. Benjamin Meeker Sr. (1649 - 1706)
Mother: Elizabeth Thompson #2 (1654 - 1747)

* # 106 FPCE
* yeoman
* CNW II p 17 -18
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Rachel Hedden (1683 - 1760)

* # 107 FPCE
* dau of John Hedden Jr.
* information provided by GEMeeker

Children:

1 290. Rachel Meeker (1725 - 1774

290. Rachel Meeker (1725 - 1774)

Father: 289. Daniel Meeker (1680 - 1757)
Mother: Rachel Hedden (1683 - 1760)

* #103 FPCE
* CNW II p 17 -18
* information provided by GEMeeker

Spouse: Abner Woodruff # 364 (1723 - 1792)

Father: David Woodruff Sr. #16 (1688 - 1759)
Mother: Eunice Ward (1716 - )

* #102 FPCE
* CNW II p 17 -18
* information provided by GEMeeker

Children:

1 291. Elihue Woodruff #384 (1745 - 1818)

2 307. Michael Woodruff #365 (1747 - 1823)

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