Meeks Family Tree (General)

by Marion, Saturday, March 07, 2009, 08:31 (5813 days ago) @ Marion

Thank you to all who replied to my queries re: the grandparents of Joseph Meek (1782) and the parents of Joseph Meek (1805). Thank you, Kristeen, your information confirms my earlier research that the grandparents of Joseph (1782) were John (1707) and Elizabeth (1711). My research also shows that his great-grandparents were John (1682) and Clare Bridgeman, and his great-great-grandparents were John (1660) and Elinor.
Incidentally, I can trace the male line of my particular branch to 1964, where the line ends - is this of any help to you?
Also of interest to Jim and David, I think confusion arises because there are too many Josephs in the Meek tree - these are my findings. The sons of John and Clare Bridgeman were:
John (1707) - married Elizabeth and they had a son Joseph 1749.
James (1711) - married Elizabeth Rudge, and they had a son, Joseph, b. 1750.
Francis (1716) - married Rachel Vaughan, and they had a son Joseph, b. 1746
William (1721) - married Alice Pearce, and their son, Joseph was born in 1750.
More confusion when Joseph (1782 - 1866) and Hannah Cook married in 1809, and had a son, Joseph in 1814, but records also showed that Joseph and Hannah had a son Joseph in 1805. - how could this be? I thought. I have but recently learned that the parents of Joseph (1805) were indeed Joseph and Hannah BALDWIN. Mystery solved, except I can find no records for that Joseph (the one who married Hannah Baldwin).
My only interest in Joseph (1805), great grandfather of Joe Meek (1927) is curiosity,as to which of the other Josephs, born between 1746 and 1750 was Joe Meek's ancestor.
I have now completed my own branch of the Meek family tree to my satisfaction.
Thank you once again for your help. Marion.