Rev’d William MEEK & Christian ‘Christina’ (Thomas) Croil

Family Group Sheet

NameRev’d William MEEK

Birthabt 1773

Death5 Feb 1837

OccupationDoctor of Divinity, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Note 1Minister of Torphichen 31-08-1797 to 1821 and then of the First Charge, Hamilton. "Baptised every one of his ten children, died February 5th 1837 in the 64th year of his age and the 40th year of his ministry."

Note 2In 2008 Forbes Meek (no relation) said that a Meek married a George Miller, a West Indies merchant of Frankfield, Glasgow, who gave his name to a loch formerly known as Cam Loch, while Frankfield is also a place name in Jamaica.

Note 3Forbes Meek also says the family were Covenanters with a link to Graham of Claverhouse (Bloody Clavers), one of them being imprisoned after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. A member of the family founded the Falkirk Banking Company.

Note 4Forbes Meek says that the family bought Fortissat in the 1660s from the Marquis of Hamilton’s family, it having been a former hunting lodge.

Note 5“The family appears to have aquired Fortissat from the Hamiltons in the 1660s having originated in West Lothian, attached to the Laird of Houston 1560s.

FlagsMeek

Marriage1809

SpouseChristian ‘Christina’ (Thomas) Croil, GGGG Aunt

Birth1792

Death22 Feb 1865

Baptism4 Mar 1792, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland

Flags***, Croil

FatherThomas (James) Croil (1745-1825)

MotherJanet MILLER (1755-1817)

Children

1 MWilliam (William) Meek, 1C4R

Birth21 Nov 1810