This is going to multiple lists, as individuals moved across
borders of the counties/shires in question.
I would like to find the TWO marriages of William Meredith. By
"reading between the lines" these took place about 1830 and 1832, but
where is not known.
William Meredith was baptized in 1806 at Peterchurch,
Herefordshire, England, as the first child of James Meredith Sr. and
Elizabeth Pitt. Most of his siblings were baptized at Clodock, also in
Herefordshire (near the western border with Wales).
About 1830 William Meredith married Mary. Do not know place nor
her name at time of their marriage. They had only one child, Juliana
Pitt Meredith, who was baptized in April 1831 in Hay, Breconshire, Wales.
William was a smith on record of the baptism. Apparently Mary died soon
after that. Later William was listed as a blacksmith when Juliana
married in 1851 in Cornwall.
Then about 1832 William Meredith married Elizabeth. They too had
only one child, Caroline Pitt Meredith who was baptized in March 1833 in
Hay, Breconshire. William was a smith on record of that event.
James Pitt Sr. (father of William's mother) wrote his will in
November 1832 and it was proved in January 1834. Some of his
grandchildren were mentioned by name in the will, including some who were
siblings of William Meredith--but not William. It is distinctly possible
that the only grandchildren of James Pitt Sr. were the Meredith
grandchildren.
Two events took place in 1836.
FIRST, William Meredith died and was buried in April 1836
at St. Michaels, Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales. This is the same place
William's parents were later buried in 1867 and 1875. His parents were
found at Cusop, Herefordshire, England, by time of the 1841 census. It
is just across the river from places in William's life.
SECOND, William's widow, Elizabeth married her second
husband in November 1836.
Both Julinanna Pitt Meredith and Caroline Pitt Meredith are with
Elizabeth and her second husband Anthony Codrington, on the 1841 census
for Hay, Breconshire. After this census I have been unable to find a
Caroline Pitt Meredith who fits to be William's daughter.
The will of James Pitt Jr. (brother to Elizabeth Pitt, William's
mother), written in 1840 mentions the two living children of his late
nephew William Meredith deceased, but they were not named.
Can you help in finding the marriage of William Meredith to Mary,
about 1830, and his marriage to Elizabeth, about 1832?
Ruth Ann Tolman Baker
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