 Meek's coat-of-arms incorporated the family motto "Jungor ut implear" ("I am joined that I may be complete", or "Unity is Strength") and all the heraldric colours and elements of the family - crescents, duck proper and boar's head.James Meek later experienced great difficulties at the hands of Parishioners who saw themselves as the heirs of the Covenanters and him as their enemy.His brother William inherited the estates and James carried on a family tradition of going into the Church.