Charles Meredith b. Abt 1761 probably, North Carolina d. 1816 Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada: WellsWooster Genealogy

Abt 1761 - 1816

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Name	Charles Meredith [1]
Born	Abt 1761	probably, North Carolina
	Birthplace is not known for sure. Charles may have been born in Pennsylvania or North Carolina. North Carolina seems best supported by the evidence. Daughter Deborah, in the 1880 census, gives Maryland as the place of birth for her father. Parentage is NOT proven to be John MEREDITH.
Gender	Male
Residence	1783	Keswick, York Co, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	1816	Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada
Buried	United Churchyard, Smithville, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada
Notes	Muster Roll of Capt. Eli BRANSON's Company of Independent North Carolina Volunteers Attached to the New York Volunteers from 25 August 1783 to ye 24 of October following- Captain Eli BRANSON Lieutenant Samuel JONES Ensign John BLOXHAM Absent with leave William BRYAN Moses STARN William WHITWORTH Charles MEREDITH Philip HENRY Thomas FRANKLIN Charles received a land grant in York, NB MEREDITH, Charles Volume: B Page: 41 Grant: 106 Place/Parish: St. John River County: York County Date: 1787/02/20 Accompanying plan: No Acreage: 200 Microfilm: F16302 Comments: New York Volunteers Esther Clark Wright's "The Loyalists of New Brunswick" listing of the loyalists, did note one Charles Meredith who was in the NCV (North Carolina Volunteers) attached with the New York Volunteers. He settled in Keswick. Charles received land in Grimsby Township in 1794. Lot 7 con: 10, Date ID 1, Issue Date 1794 1212, Trans Type: FG, Archival Reference RG Series: MF Ms81, Vol. 050 page 055. He is listed in the Sons and Daughters of American Loyalists as being born in Pennsylvania. Charles' son William told the census takers that his father was born in North Carolina. Charles was probably a Methodist. He was one of the early Loyalists to settle in South Grimsby Township, which qualified him and each member of his family for a Land Grant. His name is on the first map on Lots 7-9 conc. IX near Smithville. In October 1797, Charles signed a letter addressed to D. W. Smith, Acting Surveyor General complaining that the survey of Gainsborough and Grimsby townships wasn't carried out as instructed by a law of 1794. This letter was signed by the following (among others): Charles Murredeth, Jonathan Griffin, Solomon Hill, Smith Griffin, Nathaniel Griffin, Isa Griffin, Stephen Roy, Hooks Roy, Abraham Griffin, et al. !West Lincoln: Our Links From the Past 1784-1984: 1985, West Lincoln Historical Society. Charles served on the Township Council in 1798 and thereafter until 1815, when it may be assumed that he died. He was overseer of Roads in 1798. In 1803 and 1815 Charles was again listed as an overseer of Roads. According to a family historian he was buried at Smithville with members of his family but only one stone inscribed with the Meredith name yet stands in the United Church yard there, and it bears the inscription Abraham Meredith, 1800-1882, Susan, wife of, 1811-1888. Sons and Daughters of American Loyalists book refers to Charles and his family as being from Grimsby, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. Annals of The Forty, No. 6, Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln 1783-1833, compiled by R. Jane Powell also include information about Charles.
Person ID	I25462	Bryant
Last Modified	13 Aug 2007

Father	John Meredith, b. 19 Apr 1731, New Radnor, Radnor, Wales
Family ID	F2035	Group Sheet

Family Miriam Griffin, b. 15 Apr 1765, Coeymans Twp, Albany Co, New York , d. 17 Mar 1856, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada

Married 17 May 1793 Smithville, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada [2]

Children

	1. John Meredith, b. 16 May 1794, probably, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Dec 1867, Halton Co, Ontario, Canada
	2. Richard Meredith, b. Abt 1796, Ontario, Canada
	3. Mary Meredith, b. 27 Feb 1798, South Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 May 1869, Carmel, Garafraxa, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada
	4. Abraham Meredith, b. 24 Apr 1800, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Nov 1882, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada
	5. Ann Meredith, b. 04 Dec 1804, Ontario, Canada , d. 06 Sep 1880, Brookfield, Renville Co, Minnesota
	6. William Meredith, b. Abt 1805, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. Abt 1891, probably, Austin Twp, Sanilac Co, Michigan
	7. Jesse Meredith, b. 1807, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 1865, Sanilac Co, Michigan
	8. Deborah Meredith, b. 1809, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. Aft 1880
	9. Elizabeth Meredith, b. 1810, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada , d. Aft 1881, probably, Ontario, Canada
	10. Bethia Meredith, b. Abt 1811, Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada

Family ID F2034 Group Sheet

Event Map

	Born - Abt 1761 - probably, North Carolina
	Residence - 1783 - Keswick, York Co, New Brunswick, Canada
	Married - 17 May 1793 - Smithville, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada
	Died - 1816 - Grimsby, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada
	Buried - - United Churchyard, Smithville, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada

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Sources
[S64] Meredith-Griffin, Linser, Jan, (10 May 1997).

[S180] More Notices, Methodist Papers, McKenzie, Rev. Donald A., (Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ, 1986), p.300.