History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . upon John Woodruffes Creek. Meeker, sometimes spelt Meaker or Mecar. Thisfamily came at an early date from New Haven, record has the date of July 1, 1644, where hetook the oath of fidelity. He was propounded , 1646, to be loader to mill for a 12 month, to goein all seasons except unreasonable weather. Fre-quently he appears in the records as Meader, or Mecar. William Meeker owned a large numberof acres of land, and also His House-lot containingsix acres. Bounded N. by H
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . upon John Woodruffes Creek. Meeker, sometimes spelt Meaker or Mecar. Thisfamily came at an early date from New Haven, record has the date of July 1, 1644, where hetook the oath of fidelity. He was propounded , 1646, to be loader to mill for a 12 month, to goein all seasons except unreasonable weather. Fre-quently he appears in the records as Meader, or Mecar. William Meeker owned a large numberof acres of land, and also His House-lot containingsix acres. Bounded N. by Henry Norris, W. by theHighway, south by his son Joseph, and east by theswamp, and also 13 acres by his son Benjamins,and in all one hundred and fifty-two acres. He diedin December, 1690. He was constable of the town atan early date (Oct. 13, 1671). His sons Benjaminand Joseph are numbered among the ElizabethtownAssociates. Joseph, it is recorded, kept a store, andperhaps was one of the first in this township nearthe church at the Connecticut Farms. He had threesons, Robert Meeker, Stephen Meeker, and David. WILLIAM BRANT. As nearly as can he determined the Brantfamily emigrated from Holland to New Yorkabout the year 1600, where the first WilliamBrant located. His son William removed toNewark, and from thence to Springfield, withinthe bounds of Newark parish, where the familyattended church services. He had three sons,—David, Lewis, and William—and three daugh-ters. David Brant settled in Morris County,and had several sons. Lewis located at Eahway,and had two sons, Lewis and David. WilliamBrant (3) married Elizabeth Osborn, and iiadone son and three daughters. He located atConnecticut Farms in 1721, and died in son William (4) lived upon the homestead,where his death occurred in 1798. His chil-dren were Jonathan, William (5), Matthias,Mary, and Hannah. Matthias Brant, father of the subject of thisbiography, who was a Revolutionary soldier,was born April 21, 1762, an
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