Joshua Meek and Margaret Mitchell

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Husband Joshua Meek ¹

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           Born: Abt 1730 - Virginia
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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Margaret Mitchell ²

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           Born: Abt 1767
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Meek ²

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           Born: 16 Aug 1791 2
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2 F Sally Meek ²

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           Born: 11 Jun 1793 2
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3 F Rachel Meek ²

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           Born: 25 Feb 1795 2
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4 F Hannah Meek ²

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           Born: 6 Apr 1797 2
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5 F Jane Meek ²

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           Born: 29 Apr 1798 2
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6 M Joshua Meek ²

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           Born: 8 Jun 1800 2
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7 F Nancy Meek ²

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           Born: 20 Oct 1802 2
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8 M Jeremiah Meek ²

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           Born: 6 Mar 1804 2
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9 F Susannah Meek ²

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           Born: 20 Nov 1806 2
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10 M Bazaleel Meek ¹

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           Born:  - Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Nancy Hood (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Joshua Meek

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Joshua, John and Jacob Meek were among the early settlers of Moon township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, coming from Virginia about 1769. The Meek patent was dated April 7, 1788, and the warrant for survey dated September 15, 1784. They were of Welsh descent. They were obliged to flee on account of the Indians some time after coming there, and went to old Fort Redstone, where they remained for several years. Joshua Meek was riding home one night across his lands shortly after his settlement, and drew reins to let his horse drink at a spring. Suddenly a gun snapped, and his horse whirled and ran away with him. An examination of the ground the next day revealed by the moccasin tracks that an Indian had been concealed in the bush. He had snapped his gun, but the powder had flashed in the pan, thus saving the life of his intended victim. The Joshua Meek old log house was still standing into the twentieth century on the land owned by his grandson, W. J. Meek.
Mrs. Meek also had a narrow escape from death by the tomahawk of an Indian. She had attained fame as a midwife, and one night was called to Vance's Fort. Accompanied by a man from the Fort, she and he discovered that they were followed by Indians. Being on horseback, they struck a faster gallop, but one of the natives got close enough to throw his tomahawk, which narrowly missed Mrs. Meek, striking a tree near, the bark of the tree striking Mrs. Meek in the face.
In 1802 there was an action taken in the courts by the heirs of Colonel George Croghan for the ejectment of settlers on lands embracing 100,000 acres. Among those whom this act would affect was Joshua Meek. He and a neighbor, Mr. Vance, put up a strong resistance, and warned away the surveyors who thought it wise to obey; and by putting up a fight Mr. Meek and others saved their houses.

His mother was a member of the Lee family of Virginia. He was a farmer and an extensive landowner. He brought four slaves with him to Pennsylvania, two of whom ran away; the others remained and died with their master. He was twice married. There were no children by his first wife.

He was an Episcopalian, and his old prayer-book, well thumbed, came into the possession of his great-grandson, Frederick Meek Cooper. This book was printed in 1795.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Mitchell

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She was a young woman when she married, there being a difference in their ages of thirty-seven years. She bore him ten children, the last when her husband was eighty years of age.
She lived to be eighty-seven years of age.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 258.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 259.