Notes for Joseph MEEKS, ESQ.

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Notes for Joseph MEEKS, ESQ.

Left will proved 15 February 1869, LIb. 173, p. 3899, Surrogate's Court, City and County of New York in which he mentioned his surviving children. From Antiques Magazine article May 2002:

23.) Joseph Meeks's will identifies his surviving children as: Francis; I. Cynthia S. Campbell (wife of Samuel Campbell; see n, 39); John; Joseph W.; Sarah C. King (wife of Noah King); Theodore; Washington; and William H. (will of Joseph Meeks, proved February 15, 1869, liber 173, p. 389, Surrogate's Court, City and County of New York). John Meeks was born on May 13, 1801, in New York; married Elizabeth B. Bush (1811-1888) on July 1, 1834, at the Eighth Presbyterian Church in New York City; and died at the age of seventy-four on October 12, 1875, in Saratoga, New York. See headstone inscription for John Meeks, Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 2592; burial records for John Meeks, Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 2592; and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Marriage Records" [CD-ROM program], batch M539031, 1819-1842, call no. 1313853, available from New York Family History Center, New York City Joseph William Meeks was born on December 4, 1805, in New York City; married Sophia Vidal (1808-1895) on October 22, 1828 , at the Vandewater Street Presbyterian Church in New York City; and died in New York City on March 1, 1878, at the age of seventy-two. See headstone inscription for Joseph W. Meeks, Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 2592; burial records for Joseph W. Meeks. Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 2592; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Marriage Records" [CD-ROM Program], batch M523751, 1823-1829, call no. 504307; and certificate of death for Joseph William Meeks, March 1, 1878 (no. 285743, Health Department of the City of New York, Surrogate's Court, City and County of New York).

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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art (on the web 6/19/01:
The Brooklyn Museum of Art is lending a pair of pilasters and a mahogany door with a pedimented frame from Clarkson Lawn, a grand Grecian house built in Brooklyn in the mid-1830s. Joseph Meeks and Sons, one of the most prolific New York cabinetmaking firms of the period, is represented by a bold mahogany-veneered pier table (ca. 1835; private collection) with curvilinear supports, and also by a hand-colored broadside, a rare lithograph of enormous importance to the history of American furniture, which shows the firm's product line in 1833.

Also...
The Furniture Collection covers the period 1680 to 1950, and includes many labeled examples by New York cabinetmakers. Among those New York City cabinetmakers represented are: Thomas Burling (working 1769-1802), Michael Allison (1773-1855), Richard Allison (1780-1825), Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), Joseph Meeks and Sons (working 1829-1835), John and Joseph W. Meeks (working 1836-1860), Alexander Roux (1813-1886), George Platt (1812-1873), George Hunzinger (working 1866-1899) Leon Marcotte, and others. [NY State Museum, Albany, NY]

And from http://www.northeastjournal.com/PastStories/october99/nyccabinetmakers1099.htm
Early in the century, cabinetmaker Michael Allison established his shop in the 3rd Ward on Vesey Street and remained on that street his entire career. The 1850 census shows Allison, now age 77, occupation - cabinetmaker, still living in the area. He was probably retired at the time of the census, but kept the craftsman's title.

The Meeks brothers, John and Joseph W., also found Vesey Street appealing, establishing their shop at 14 Vesey in 1836 following a fire in the neighborhood of their father's original shop on Broad Street. By mid-century, their father, Joseph, in his late 70s, was a very wealthy man and still lived in the area, south of Canal Street. Joseph W. lived nearby.

See DAR #68256.

Meeks, Joseph 1771-1868
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1973. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, New York.

Given Name: Joseph
Surname: Meeks
Sex: M
Birth: 1709 in New York City,New York
Death: 6 Oct 1782 in New York City,New York
Change Date: 29 Jul 1999

Sarah READE
Given Name: Sarah
Surname: Reade
Sex: F
Birth: in New York City,New York
Death: in New York City,New York
Change Date: 29 Jul 1999

Name: Joseph MEEKS
Given Name: Joseph
Surname: Meeks
Sex: M
Birth: Jul 1769 in New York City,New York
Death: 21 Jul 1868 in Islip,Long Island,New York
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Check "A Genealogy of the Monell Family: An Account of James Monell who Settled in..." [1946] about a Joseph Meeks who seems to be related.
See Meeks file for more of his descendants.
See May, 2002 "Magazine Antiques" for much information about this family.

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