This is a collection of the family histories written by Meekers that I’ve discovered. I offer them here as a valuable part of the Meeker family historical record, with the caveat that everyone makes mistakes, so it is wise to be skeptical of any unsupported assertions they may contain.
The documents can be downloaded.
If you know of any other Meeker histories not included in this list, please share, and I will add them to this list.
1872 – B. A. Meeker, “Notes of the Meeker Family in New Jersey,“ excerpted from Omnes Novo Caesarea, A New Jersey History, Vol 1., by Harvey Horton Meeker Jr., Aiea HI: 1993, pp458-465
1901 – Samuel Meeker, Meeker family sketch in The Passaic Valley New Jersey In Three Centuries, Volume II, edited by John Whitehead. New York: Winthrop Press, 1901, pp180-186
1909 – John Valentine Meeker, A Genealogy and History of the Meeker Family in America
1916 – Ezra Meeker’s accounting of his ancestry, from The Busy Life of Eighty Five Years, by Ezra Meeker, Seattle: Self-published, 1916
1923 – David W. Meeker, “Sketch of the History of the Meeker Family in America,” from The Meeker Family, Part II, compiled by Virginia G. Boese, 1986
1953 – Lillian Collins Cook, Pioneers of Old Northfield, Livingston NJ: Tribune Publishing Co., 1953
1956- Jennie Starks McKee, Faces Westward, Volume 1, Historical and Genealogical Register, Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers Inc., 1956
1973 – Leroy J. Meeker, The Meeker Family of Early New Jersey As Revealed in the Correspondence of Charles H. Meeker, Junior, Charleston WV: Capitol Printing Co., 1973
1986 – Virginia G. Boese, The Meeker Family, Part I. Troy, OH. Research notebooks given to the Greenville Public Library, 1986.
1986 – Virginia G. Boese, The Meeker Family, Part II. Troy, OH. Research notebooks given to the Greenville Public Library, 1986.
1986 – Virginia G. Boese, The Meeker Family, Part III. Troy, OH. Research notebooks given to the Greenville Public Library, 1986.
1993 – Harvey Horton Meeker, Junior, Omnes Novo Caesarea, A New Jersey Story, Volume 1. Aiea HI: privately printed, 1993
1993 – Harvey Horton Meeker, Junior, Omnes Novo Caesarea, A New Jersey Story, Volume 2. Aiea HI: privately printed, 1993