Shawhan Family History

Walter Meeks

Also written as Walter Meekes (spelling variant used in the original 1688 will)

Testator of Cecil County, Province of Maryland. Arrived in Maryland in 1674 with wife Sarah and 3 children. Will written 8 Oct. 1687, proved 7 Aug. 1688.

Life events

  1. 1674Arrived in Maryland with wife Sarah and 3 children
  2. 8 Oct 1687Will written
  3. 7 Aug 1688Will proved before J. Wroth, Cecil County, Maryland

Sources

  • Walter Meekes Will 1688 — full transcription and citation
  • Cotton, Jane Baldwin, ed. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 2: 1685-1702 (Baltimore, 1906), p. 30 — published abstract of this will; confirms date, children, and land tracts independently of the transcription above