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94. Mary Meek (Mary Stewart) (Mary Sturat) (Married Gabriel Steely (93) about 1784 in Pennsylvania or Virginia; (according to communication with April Potts, e-mail address: <potts@home.ffni.com>; Gabriel and Mary Meek were married in Pickaway, Ohio according to April's father-in-law who had studied the genealogy of his family.) (Note: Confusion occurs because according to April's research, Mary Meek was the mother of Meek Steely (47), but on Gabriel's tombstone it is labeled that he married Mary Stewart and that she was Meek's mother. Is Mary Stewart... Mary Meek?)

 

Born: 1767 (January 28, 1767...according to April Potts) (About 1765 in Pennsylvania) of George Meek (187) & Rachel Herron (188).

Died: January 25, 1850 in Fountain County, Indiana (according to April Potts). (In an e-mail dated 10/18/05 to Susan Snyder (#2) from Richard V. Shelby, "Mary Meek is buried in THE STEELY/BEND CEMETERY, 4 miles north of Covington, Indiana, as are her son, George Steely and her daughter, Sarah Steely Shelby, my great, great grandmother. Gabriel Steely passed away in Ohio and Mary Meek came to Indiana after his death and lived with her children until she passed away and was buried in the (then) Steely cemetery which her son, George carved out of his holdings. At that time George was the largest landowner in Troy Township of Fountain County, Indiana."

 

[Her siblings, may include:

Jane Meek: Born: 1779 in Maryland ; Died: ?

William Meek: Born: 1773 in Huntington PA; Died: ?

Robert Meek: Born: about 1771 or 1761 in Maryland (Source: ancestry.com sources state that children of George Meek and Rachel Heron included Jane, William, and Robert)].

Miscellaneous:

Gabriel and Mary had 7 children: Meek (47), John, Eliza, George, Isabella, Reuben, and Sarah.

Abstracts of Wills Pickaway County, Books, 1,2,3,4,5,6, (1808-1892) p. 34 states: “Mary Steely p. 253 mentions sons Meek and Ruben, grand-children John and Wallace sons of son Ruben, William M., Elizabeth E., Eliza J., Susan R. and Isabell children of my son Meek. Made Sept. 28, 1849. Wit’s J.T.F. Ward and C.N. Olds. Probated March 15, 1857."