When Samuel Meeker was born on 4 March 1810, in Williamsburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, his father, Benjamin Meeker Rev., was 22 and his mother, Mary Cramer, was 19. He married Mary Nancy Empey on 5 January 1834, in Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 February 1898, in Stormont, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Ingleside, South Stormont, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.