Walter Meek



By Christopher A. Meek.

1. Walter Meeks came to Maryland in 1674. In "The Early Settlers of Maryland" by Dr. Morris L. Radoff 1986 Walter Meeke, his wife Sarah and three chrildren are listed as being transported to Maryland indicating he received land. He may have already lived in the U. S. He died about 1688 in Cecil Co., MD. His will was dated 8 Oct 1787 and proven 7 Aug 1688. (Liber 6, Folio 20, Cecil Co., MD.) His will names his children. He lived on land known as Forrest of Dean. He leaves this land to his sons.

He married Sarah _______. Walter Meeks and Sarah had the following children:

  • 3. James Meeks.
  • 4. Walter Meeks married to Jane Reed on 27 Mar 1700 in Kent Co., MD. He dies about 1703 Jane Meekes, wife of Walter Meekes late of Cecil county...Power of Attorney : 11 Nov 1703.
  • 5. Francis Meeks died in 1750 in Kent Co., MD. He married Mary Smith on 3 Jan 1704 in Kent Co., MD. His will was proven 20 Oct 1750 and names his wife and sons.
    • 11. Francis Meeks
    • 12. Robert Meeks
    • 13. James Meeks
    • 14. Theophelous Meeks
  • 6. Robert Meeks.
  • 7. Sarah Meeks married ________ Randall. She called Sarah Randall in father's will. She married (2) Darby Shawhan 20 Nov 1707 in St. Paul's Parish. He was born 1673 in Ireland. He died 3 Apr 1736 in Kent Co., MD. Sarah died in 1736 in Kent Co., MD.
  • 8. Eliza Meeks.

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Note: It may be that one or more of the sons account for the people who later resided in Pitt Co., NC. James Meeks obtained land on 6 Dec 1747 in what is now Pitt Co., NC - 100 acres from Joseph Barrow of Beauford County on the east side of Coneto Creek at Thomas Little's line. John Meeks sells this land on 1 Mar 1757. Court records place James in North Carolina in Bertie precinct on July 1727. James died before 1757. John Meeks died about 1772 in Pitt Co., NC. He was first mentioned in the 1755 poll tax of Beaufort Co., NC with a son. (Pitt County was formed from Beaufort County.) He received a land grant on 5 Mar 1761 from Lord Granville for 542 acres on Grindal Pocosin, joining Edward Collins and David Hataway. The surveyed was dated 22 Apr 1756. He signed with the mark "I". Deed records suggest that he had sons named John, Walter, Francis and James. John would have been born about 1700 which is consistant with when some children of Walter were married.

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