Notes:

. UCLPetition 129. To Lieut. Governor of Province of Upper Canada, John Colborne.
In Council, The petition of Elizabeth Durkee, of Grimsby Township, wife of Myron Gould Durkie. That your petitioner is the daughter of Charles Meredith, late, Twp. Grimsby, decades & enrolled U. E. Loyalist; is married & has never received & Crown. Prays for 200 Acres.
Signed, Elizabeth XMARK Durkie, Sworn Niagara, 17 October 1832.
Order in Council, 10 May 1831, Land Grant as a DUE.
Elizabeth Meredith received her grant for 100 acres, W1/2 Lot 15, Con 8, 7th line, Garafraxa, Wellington Co., Ontario,
. 1832 December 6, 1832, & received another grant in 1836, for 100 acres, E1/2 lot 14, con. 6, Garafraxa.
Ref: UCLP 129, Grimsby, 1832, Bundle D17, Microfilm C 1876.

X-Ref: Sister Mary Meredith Felker received her land on the back side of Elizabeth's property, 16 & 17, Concession 7, Garafraxa.

. Elizabeth, Mrs Myron Durkee of Norwich in Niagara Peninsula was just older than William. She received her patent for 100 acres of land from the Crown on Dec 6, 1832 for W half Lot 15,Con 8, 7th Line, Gara & on April 11, 1836 she received 199 acres E half Lot 13, Con 6, Garafraxa.

Elizabeth married Myron Gould Durkee, b. 19 May 1809, Hanover Grafton Co., carpenter, New Hampshire & died before 6 Dec 1832, Grimsby, Ontario.

Chidren of Elizabeth W Meredith & Myron G Durkee Sr are:
Erastus W Durkee, 1833 Norwich, Oxford o., ON - 1927 Missaukee Co., MI
Myron G Durkee Jr, 1834 Grimsby- 1918 Reeder, Missaukee, Michigan
Rev John Franklin Durkee, 1836 Grimsby - 1915 Shelburne, Dufferin Co., ON
Sarah M Durkee, c1838 Grimsby - Kingsville, Essex Co., ON
Elizabeth Melinda Durkee, 1842 Otterville, Oxford Co., ON- 1906 Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., ON
Warren Washinton Durkee 1844 - 1915 Swemans, Sask.
Wm M Durkee, 1847 Garafraxa Twp. - 1924 Norwish, ON
Mary Ann Durkee, 1850 Norwich - 1880 Norwich, ON
Asa Edwin Durkee, 1852 S Norwich, Oxford C o., ON - 1941 Rochest, Oakland Co., Oxford, ON.
Almira Durkee, 1856 Summerville, Peel Co., On., - 1911/14 Jan 15, Essex Co., ON. - - -

Died:
Aged 84y. D. Disease of stomach, 3 months.

Family/Spouse: Myron Gould DURKEE, Sr. Myron was born on 19 May 1809 in Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; died on 11 Mar 1885 in Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth location of Charles Meredith: 1. Maryland.
2. North Carolina: Son William Meredith states his father was born in North Carolina.
Ref: Census 1880, daughter Deborah Meredith.

. New Brunswick Land Grant #106, Keswick, St. John River, York County, NB, 1787, NY Volunteers.

. UCLPetition 263, M Bundle 4, film C2193
To Peter Russel, Upper Canada, Petition of Charles Meredith,
That your petitionser has served under the Royal Standard during the America revolution, has a wife & 2 children & has received no more than 200 Acres, & hopes that your honor will be pleased to grant some more, Signed, Charles Meredith.
- I hereby certify that Charles Meredith of Grimsby has a wife & 2 children born since the year 1789. That he is an honest industrious man. Signed, W. Ball, J.P.
Envelope: Rec. 21 May 1797, Read 28 Feb, 1799. The Certificate received proves that the Petitioner is not entitled to family lands, & no P Pxx bd. forward to authorize him to claim Military lands. Peter Russell.
Note: Charles Meredith received Lot 7, Con 10, Grimsby Twp., 1797.

. 1797 October. Charles signed a letter addressed to D. W. Smith, Acting Surveyor General complaining that the survey of Gainsborough & Grimsby townships wasn't carried out as instructed by a law of 1794. Signatures, inc. Charles Meredith, Jonathan Griffin*, Solomon Hill, Smith Griffin*, Nathaniel Griffin*, Isa Griffin*, Stephen Roy, Hooks Roy, Abraham Griffin*, et al.
Ref: West Lincoln: Our Links From the Past 1784-1984: 1985, West Lincoln Historical Society.
Note: Griffin family are his wife's family.

. 1798 - 1815, Grimsby Township Council:
. 1798 - Overseer of Roads
. 1803 & 1815 - Overseer of Roads.

Carleton Papers, Private Charles Meredith
North Carolina Indepenedent Company
. 1783 Jun 24, Pay List, Prisoner of War; on duty the the NYV, period 1782.6.25 to 1783.6.24, Film M363, p 8172.2, Item 37241.

> 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 who was Absent with leave,
William Brayon, Moses Starn, Wm. Whitworth, Charles Meredith, Philip Henry, Thomas Franklin.

Mr. Small, this is to certifie that the bearer Charles Meredith, has served his Majestie faithfully & was discharged in October 1783 as witness our hands.
Eleckzander HISXMARK Colins. [Alexander Collins], Philip Kery/ Henry? [very faint].
Ref: Upper Canada Heir & Devise Commission, H1146, p. 182.
Signed, John Small, Esq.

. New York Volunteers, also known as the New York Companies & 1st Dutchess County Company, was a British Loyalist Provincial regiment. 2 companies. All musters occurred in Georgia & South Carolina.

. 1781 Oct 19 - Day taken prisioner: Priv. Charles Meredith, detached Coprs under Lt DeBeack, NY Volunteers, belonging to North Carolina Indp. Company
. 1781 Oct 23, Priv. Charles Meredith, Muster Roll of Capt B NC Ind Co, Missing 29 Dec 1783 {along with 10 other missing/dead men];
** 1782 Apr 20th, Priv. Charles Meredith, Muster Roll of Capt Pearsons (?) North Carolina Independent Co., PRISONERS NEAR LANCASTER, Penn., p 358. NOTE: WAR WAS OVER MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
. 1783 Aug 25 - Oct 26, Charles Meredith, NC Ind Co./NYV., p332

. 1783 Aug 25-Oct 24th: Muster Roll Capt. Eli Branson Co., Independent North Carolina Volunteers, Charles Meredith. The regiment worn red coats, faced blue, while in South Carolina.
Ref: Ward Chipman Muster Papers, V27, p 389, Archives of Canada.

. 1776 NY Campaign.
. 1777 Battles of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, NY.
. 1778 October they were sent to East Florida.
. 1779 May 2 NY Volunteers were placed on the American Establishment, 3rd American Regiment.
. 1779 Capture of Savannah, GA
. 1780 Siege of Charleston.
. 1780 Battle of Camden, South Carolina
. 1781 Apr 25 - Battle to Hobkirk's Hill, South Carolina (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Camden)

. 1783.6.24 - Charles Meredith, Private, North Carolina Independent Company, Pay List: Prisoner of War on duty with the NY Volunteers, period 1782.6.25 - 1783.6.24, pg. 8172.2. Film M363, #37241.
Ref: Carleton Papers, Archives of Canada.

. New Brunswick, Canada Land Grant:
. 1787 Feb 20 - MEREDITH, Charles, vol. B, page 41, Grant 106, Parish of St. John River, York County, 200 Acres, attached to New York Volunteers, York Co.

. 1797 October - Letter of D. W. Smith, Acting Survey General, compiling that the survey of Gainsborough & Grimsby townships weren't carried out as instructed by the Law of 1794.
Signed, Charles Meredith, Jonathan Griffin, Solomon Hill, Smith Griffin, Nathaniel Griffin, Isa Griffin.

Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p260
Lot 7, Con 9, Township of Grimsby
. 1796 Jun 22, Patent. The Crown, to Charles Meredith, All 183 Acres
. Bargain&Sale, 1804 Aug 24, Registered 1822 Jan 10, Charles Meredith eteu, to Smith Griffin, Exchange 183 Acres. - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc: Maryland, Ref: Census 1880, daughter Deborah Meredith.

Died:
Lot 7, Con 9.

Buried:
Ontario

Charles married Miriam GRIFFIN on 17 May 1793 in Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario. Miriam (daughter of Richard GRIFFIN, Jr. and Mary SMITH) was born on 15 Apr 1765 in Coeymans Twp., Albany Co., New York; died on 17 Mar 1856 in Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Miriam is the third daughter of Mary Smith & Richard Griffin.

Mississauga Native Names in Ontario: distance from Niagara named streams by their natural features:
Red Cedar (4 Mile Creek),
Small Alder (5 Mile), White Cedar Place (8 Mile);
Eagle's Nest Place (10 Mile);
Last Creek - in going down (12 Mile - today's St. Catharines);
Salt Lick where deer resort (40 Mile - today's Grimsby).
The carrying place over Burlington Beach (the long sandbar separating Burlington Bay from Lake Ontario) "place where a small kind of turtles lay their eggs."
12 Mile now Bronte Creek, "that which lies at the end,"
16 Mile , now Oakville) Creek, "having two outlets" - probably a sand bar divided the river into two beaches at its mouth.
Missinnihe River, "the Credit or Trusting Creek," derived its name from the traders, who annually assembled here & gave the First Nations credit for the following year.
TORONTO was the portage leading from the mouth of the Humber to the Holland River, Mississauga took to mean looming of trees.
Ref: Ontario Historical Society, 1996.

Death Notice MEREDITH
. 1856 Jun 16 - Mrs. Marion [sic] was born, April 15, 1765, in the township of Coeymans, Albany County, N.Y.,
came to Canada in 1788, &
married Charles Meredith, May 17, 1793.
She was converted in 1781, in the village of Smithville.
She died, March 17, 1856; survived by a number of children & grandchildren.
The funeral was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, Smithville, Ontario. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Obituary.

Notes:

John is the son of Mary Nicholas & James Meredith.

VERIFY the spouse of John Meredith is Jane Pritchett, b Jan 15, 2764, Delaware to 1770. - - -

Died:
Alt DOD: Penn.

John married Jane PRITCHETT. Jane was born on 15 Jan 1745 in Maryland; died in 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane is the daughter of Rachel Evans (1690 Maryland), married 20 Oct 1705, & Zebulon Pritchett (1690 Apes Hill, Maryland - Jan 1741 Apes Hill).

Ontario Land Registry. Niagara North, Book 102, p272
Lot 22 - 23, Con 9 & 10, Grimsby Twp.
. 1798 Mar 14, Patent, Crown, to Stephen Pritchard, 100 Acres.
. 1808 Jul 12, Gargain&Sale, Stephen Pritchard eteu, to John & Geo. Ball, ££10 ? each, with Lot 22 and Lot 23, Con 10 [=400 Acres?]
. Pritchett Family
Zebulon Pritchett was the oldest son, having received the home plantation Apes Hill, as recorded in his father John Pritchett's WILL filed in August 1723 among some papers & recorded in Old Book No. 9, at Cambridge Md.
Ref: Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II.

. Pritchetts Crossroads:
Zebulon Pritchett, a 4th generation descendant of Dr. John Pritchet, found himself caught in the middle of a revolution, & with the other men living in Dorchester County, he had to defend his family from the aggressive tactics of professional British soldiers & their colonial supporters.
An excerpt from Revolutionary Patriots of Dorchester County Maryland 1775-1783 by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Zebulon was killed during the second year of the Revolutionary War. During the War the Tories would often make sneak attacks up the Hungar [Honga] River & burn homes, carry off supplies, & prisoners of war. It is thought that Zebulon Pritchett was killed on a sneak attack by Tories who came up in a boat to the rear of Captain Henry Lake's home for the purpose of capturing Capt. Lake & destroying his home.

Dr. John Pritchett when he first came to Dorchester County to live, he made the beautiful plantation Apes Hill his home. Later, when his son Zebulon married he gave Zebulon Apes Hill & he moved to his adjoining plantation, The Hope. These 2 plantations adjoining each other, on the Upper Straights of Hungar [Honga] River, almost out to the Chesapeake Bay, are still 2 of the finest locations in Dorchester County. Here is much tradition that has been handed down from one generation to another, how when Dr. John Pritchett first came to Dorchester County, that he was kind to the Indians, & administered to their needs, as well as the white man, & the Indians respected him & his family. To honor one of these old Indian Chiefs, it is said he named one of his sons "Phunback". Whether this tradition is true, we do not know, however we do know that he did name one of his sons "Phunback."

. WILL of Zebulon Pritchard, Dor. Co., MD, 9 July 1740, p. 17 Mar 1741/2 mentions
daughters: Elizabeth, Margary, Walley, Rachel Wingate, Mary Bramble, & Jane,
plus sons: John, Wm, Jeremaih, Edw., & Ezekial Pritchard. - - -

Birth:
Verify

Notes:

. 1790 Census, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York; Page 79, Family 439:
Richard Griffin: Free Males: 2; Free Boys 16 & Under 2; Free Females (all ages) 7 [Total 12].

. 1790 Census, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York;
age 86, Family #746: Richard Griffin, the 2nd:
Free Males: 1; Females 1. Total 2]. also:
Lewis Griffen: Male 1, Boys 2, Females 6, Others 1. Verify identity. Lewis is Family 1757.
. 1790 Census, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York;
Richard Griffin: 3 males, 2 boys, 7 females. Family # 339.

. UCLPetition 55,
To John Graves Simcoe, Lieut. Gov. & Commander of the Province of Upper Canada, In Council.
The petition of Richard Griffins. Sen. of the Township of Grimsby, That your petitioner has been 7 years in the Province [1788] & had 7 sons, 6 of whom serve in the militia & have received Lands on their own account;
That your Petitioner has received 200 acres only, of which he has nearly cleared the one half, he humbly prays your Excellence will be pleased to grant him an addition there to, & as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray.
Signed, Newark, 18 Aug 1795, Richd. Griffin, Sr.,
Envelope: Rec. Aug 19, 1795. Recommended for 200 acres in addition. No. 257. Entered Land Book Page 41.
Ref: UCLP 55, Vol. 203, G Bundle 2, 1795, Microfilm C2028, p267.

X-Ref: A subsequent Petition 29 by grandson Abraham Griffin dated 3 Aug 1821, received his grandfather's land.

. In 1787 left Nine Partners, New York, with his wife Mary (Smith) & 10 of their 11 children & headed for Canada. Bethiah who was married to Solomon Hill) did not follow until 1795.
Cairn on southwest corner of West & Griffin Streets in Smithville, Ontario as a memorial to Smithville's first settler.

Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p263
Lot 8, Con 9, Township of Grimsby
. 1798, Dec 31, Patent. The Crown, Richard Griffin, All 198 acres
. 1804 July 14, Bargain&Sale, Abraham Griiffin eteu, to Smith Griffin, 107 Acres
. 1831 Mar 9, B&S, Smith Griffin, to Abraham Merredith 80 Acres, £150.
. 1881 Mar 9, B&SSmith Griffin, to Wm. Merredith, 37acres, £80
. 1883 Sep 26, B&S, Wm. Merredith, to Robt Weddle, 37A, £150
. 1884 Jun 11, B&S, Abrqham Meredith, to Axxxber? Tisdale, 4.5Acres, £250.

Niagara North Book 102, p266
Lot 9, Con 9, Township of Grimsby
. 1798 Mar 18, Patent, Crown, to Tonchlin? Griffin, all 200 Acres
. 1804 Feb 10, Bargain&Sale, T Griffin, S. Grffin, 200 Acres, £100


. A Pioneer Family: Richard Griffin, eldest son of Edward), born June 22, 1732, was a school teacher, farmer & miller. He married Mary Smith, daughter of Judge Abraham Smith, New York. They had 12 children, 7 sons & 5 daughters, all of whom, except the eldest daughter, came to Canada in 1786.
Early in that year Richard & his second son, Edward, then 22 years of age, came over & selected as their future home the site of the present village of Smithville, South Grimsby, Lincoln Co., where the family was allotted 800 acres of land. The father then returned to Duchess County for the rest of the family, leaving Edward alone in the vast wilderness, which he lived to see become a well populated & prosperous settlement. The arrangements for moving & the wearisome journey through a wild country occupied 6 months. Part of the family came by barges up lake Ontario from Rochester to Niagara, bringing their mill machinery, & the others followed the Indian trail, bringing their live stock through the forest, western New York not being then settled. Rochester consisted of little more than a blacksmith shop & a tavern. The settlement of this family in South Grimsby became known as the Griffin Settlement, & is sometimes yet called Griffinville, though they themselves called it Smithville, in honor of their mother. Great was the rejoicing of Edward on the arrival of his relatives, for a lonely time had been his lot, though he had kept himself busy building a log house & manufacturing rude furniture to make it as civilized as possible. Richard lived long enough to see his family well established in this pioneer home & several of them married. He died in 1794, aged 62 years. Most of his children lived to very advanced age. Edward, the pioneer of pioneers, died Aug. 13, 1862, aged 98 years, as his Monument in the Methodist churchyard states.
Ref: Ancestors & descends of Richard Griffin of Smithville, ON., Compiled by Justus A Griffin, Hamilton, Ont., 1924.

. The Story of Smithville, (Twenty Mile Creek), by Frank E Page, 1923
Three brothers, Edward, William & Richard, from Wales. Shortly after their arrival in America the Griffins moved to Qucman's Landing on the Mohawk River. Richard Griffin referred to had a son Richard who had a family of 11children; 7 sons & 4 daughters. Ned or Edward was the eldest son & was, no doubt, named after his grandfather's brother, Edward. Abraham was the next son Smith who was named after his mother, who was a Smith. Smith's wife was a sister of Solomon Hill. Bethiah Griffin, a daughter, was married to Solomon Hill. These with 7 others made up the Richard Griffin family.
By 1787 they were seeking a new home in Upper Canada. These streams emptying into Lake Ontario get their names from the distance which their mouths is from the mouth of the Niagara River, at an Indian named, Kenachdaw, meaning "Lead River. Both Indian & white hunters having in days of yore often replenished their magazines with this metal along the stream, found mostly at points that were afterwards known as Smithville. The Griffins had formerly been millers & had brought with them 2 old-fashioned grinding stones, & were now seeking to locate a homestead where a water power was available. Edward Griffin, better known as Ned, eldest son, & Abraham journeyed up the Jordan to spy out the land. These 2 sons of Richard Griffin had an object in following the winding course of the Twenty Mile Creek.
The Griffins had formerly been millers & had brought with them 2 old-fashioned grinding stones, & were now seeking to locate a homestead where a water power was available. Arriving at a point which in their judgment was the most suitable locate as it appeared the most promising of the Rivers emptying into Lake Ontario. Unable to ford at its mouth, so they detoured a considerable distance inland until a fording place was reached. After crossing the stream it was necessary to follow it on the other shore, back to the lake. Their progress on this important journey was at the rate of 3 or 4 miles per day. Following Lake Ontario they arrived eventually arriving at Twenty Mille Creek. In the valley of the Twenty Mile Creek, oaks & pines grew measuring from 5 to 6 feet in diameter & as straight as a candle. The oaks were 60 to 70 feet in height & the pines from 100 to 175 feet. The 2 returned to reported to interested listeners what they had found.
The following week Richard & his son Ned journeyed to the new home & took up the homestead of 800 acres from the Crown, which was afterwards known as the Griffin estate. They worked hard & in a few days the men had completed the log dwelling which will be described in the next chapter. Richard returned to the camp & Ned remained for some time alone in the new log house, clearing the land & making rough furniture, such as chairs & tables, out of limbs of the forest for the new home. Ned Griffin can truly be called the first white settler who resided in Smithville. - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc: Fishkill, Dutchess, NY.

Died:
Lot 6 Con 9.

Buried:
Lincoln Co., Ontario.

Richard married Mary SMITH in 1757 in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York. Mary (daughter of Judge Abraham SMITH, Jr. and Mrs. Margaret (Abe.2) SMITH) was born in c1734 in Connecticut; died in 1794 in Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried in Smithville United Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Margaret & Abraham Smith.

UCLPetition 44, G Bundle 2, C2029, p224.
To Peter Russell, Petition of Mary Griffin, Widow of Ricd. Griffin.
Your Petitioner came into the Province with her late husband & family of 10 children, that there late husband had received 400 Acres of land. Your petition prays your Honor w . ill please to grant her such further quantity, as your honor may think proper.
Signed, Mary HERXMARK Griffin. Petition rec. 1797 Feb 27.

. Affidavit: I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Richard Griffin ever since he come to this province to settle & that he came in 1787 & brought with him a wife & 10 children, married most of them now & are become settlers in the Home District. during his lifetime he conducted himself as an honest industrious man & became to be well affected to the Constitution of Grate Britain. Signed, Nath. Pettit.

Envelope: Read 1797 Mar 1, Order 550 Acres family lands, PR. Entered land Book B, page 247.

Ten children of Mary Smith & Richard Meredith are:
John Meredith, 1794- 1867,
Richard Meredith, 1796 - 
Mary Meredith, 1798 - 1868,
Abraham Meredith.3rd, 1800 - 1882,
Ann Meredith, 1804 -1880,
William Meredith, 1806 - 1891,
Deborah Meredith,1807 - 1880,
Jesse Meredith, 1807- 1865,
Bethia Meredith, 1811 - 
Elizabeth Meredith, 1812 - 1896. - - -

Notes:

Doylestown Township
The Merediths were early settlers in Doylestown township, & were among the first to take up land on the Neshaminy creek, in the vicinity of Castle Valley bridge.
James Meredith.1 came as early as about 1730, whose son, Hugh Meredith, was a practicing physician in Doylestown, in 1776.
The descendants of the Meredith family are quite numerous in Bucks & neighboring counties. They descend from Chester county ancestry who settled there the beginning of the last 18th century.

William Meredith, the partner of Benjamin Franklin about 1725, & the late Hon. William M. Meredith were both of the same family.
James.1, said to have been a brother of Franklin's partner, was the immediate progenitor of our Bucks Co. family.

His uncle Thomas.1 became possessed of several hundred acres about Castle Valley, on both sides of the creek.
- His son Thomas.2, who became crazed with over-much study, & was the inheritor of these lands, was sent to Bucks county to spend his life on his possessions, & his cousin James.2 was induced to come along to take care of him. The harmless, demented young man in his whims planned the building of a castle on the right bank of the Neshaminy, near the Alms-House road. With labor & perseverance he carried to the spot a great quantity of stones which he piled up in a circle as high as his head, & cut down trees & had the logs transported to the site. His castle building, which many saner men indulge in, but in not half so practical a way, was not interfered with, & when he died the logs & stones were used to build the first bridge that spanned the stream, & several dwellings. Thomas Meredith's.2 castle building gave the name to that locality. [i.e. Castle Valley to New Britain, Penn.]

At the death of the crazy cousin [Thomas Meredith.2] the land came into the possession of James, & embraced the farms of Sheridan T. Patterson, Lewis Tomlinson, that lately owned by George W. Lightcap & others. He built a house on the Patterson farm, long owned by Monroe Buckman, & married Mary Nicholas, of Philadelphia.
He had four sons, Simon.2, John.2, Thomas, & Hugh.1:
James Meredith.1 bought an adjoining farm, now Bonsall's, which then belonged to Samuel Wells, who had built a house on it as early as 1730, & which is still standing.

. Simon Meredith.2, born in 1740, married Hannah Hough in 1766, a daughter of Joseph Hough, & granddaughter of Richard Hough, who settled on the banks of the Delaware in 1682, & died in 1813. (3)
. Hugh was a physician, married Mary Todd, & lived & died in Doylestown. His two sons, John & Joseph, were likewise physicians, & his daughter Elizabeth married Abraham Chapman & became the mother of Hon. Henry Chapman.
Three of Simon's sons became physicians. His widow died April 18, 1819, aged 87 years, which carries her birth back to 1732. The older branches of the Meredith family intermarried with the Fells, Mathewes, Foulkes, etc.
Ref: THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Chapter XIII, by W. Davis 1876 & 1905.

Note: The numbering of Meredith.1 & 2 have been added, I hope, for clarification. - PJ Ahlberg 2015. - - -

James married Mary NICKOLAS on 2 Feb 1732 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, Penn.. Mary was born in 1710 in Philadelphia, Delware Co., Pennsylvania; died in 1742 in Doyelstown Twp. , Buckshire, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Sarah Nilsdotter Frande & Amos Nicholas / Nicholls of Ridley, Delaware Co., Penn.

Children of Mary Nicholas & James Meredith are:
John Meredith, 1735 chest, Penn.-17781778 Annapolis, Maryland;

Simon Meredith, departed this life 12 Mar, 1815, aged 73y, buried New Britain Baptist church Cemetery, New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania;

Morgan Meredith, 1776 - 1 Apr 1828, New Britain, Penn.;

Hugh Meredith, MD, 1744, Chester, Penn - 1815, Doylestown, Penn. During the American Revolutionary War he served in the 2nd Battalion in the Associated Company in New Britain Township, Bucks Co.,PA. He was the husband of Mary Todd (Pb. 1742 in Phila., PA d.Oct.1822,PA). He was a Physician. Buried New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery, Penn.;  &

Thomas Meredith, 1750 New Britain - 10 Aug 1832 New Britain, Penn. - - -

Notes:

Married:

Notes:

Edward Griffin ('3), son of Richard & Susanna (nee Haight) Griffin, married Millicent Bishop. After living near his brother Jonathan, White Plains, N. Y., for a time, he migrated northward & settled at Nine Partners, Duchess Co., where he raised his family; was a prominent member of the Society of Friends in that place & died there in 1787.

. Children of Edward Griffin & Susanna Haight:
Richard, b. June 22, 1732; d. in 1794. Bridget, b. March 24, 1734. Susanna, b. July 24, 1736. Isaiah, b. July 30, 1738. Thomas, b. Feb. 6, 1741. Obadiah, b. March 9, 1743. Amy, b March 24, 1746. Sarah, b. Jan. 30, 1748. Miriam, b. May 3, 1749. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1752. Gershom, b. April 1, 1755. Jonathan, b. May 11, 1759.

. UCLPetition 119, G Misc 1789-95, C2042, p454.
To. Lt. Go. John Graves Simcoe,
Petition of Edward Griffin, Your petition has been upon Lot 6 on the Gore in the Township of Gainsborough, parys to be confirmed in the same.
Dated at, Newark, 28 Oct 1794. [No signature by E. Griffin.]
Envelope: Granted 1794 Oct 27th.

. In the war of the American revolution 3 of the 7 sons of Edward (3) were loyalists, viz., Richard, Thomas & Obadiah. The latter two took an active part in the British service, & 2 of the sons of Richard are said to have served in loyal colonial regiments. The remainder of Edward's family apparently were non-partisan, being Quakers. Thomas, a lieutenant in a loyal colonial regiment, was captured with a number of other loyalists, among them his brother Obadiah & a cousin named Joseph Griffin. They were imprisoned in Albany jail. Thomas was tried by the so-called Committee of Safety & sentenced to be hanged for the crime of having accepted a commission in the British service. His was not a solitary case of that kind, other instances being recorded & probably many unrecorded. When the jailer announced to him that he was to be hanged next day he said, "The man who will hang me is not born;" with his handcuffs he knocked down the jailer, took his keys & liberated himself & his fellow loyalists. Joseph Griffin escaped to Canada & years later gave evidence at the sittings of the court appointed to adjust loyalist claims. Thomas & Obadiah made their way to Nova 'Scotia. They received grants of farm land, also lots in the new city of St. John. Thus they became pioneers in another new province, that part of Nova Scotia becoming the Province of New Brunswick. Thomas married there & had 13 children, of whom little is known, though a grandson named Thomas H. Griffin was President of an Electric Light Co. in the city of Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1891.

. About 1814 Obadiah migrated with his family to Upper Canada & remained a year with his relatives at Smithville. Of Obadiah ' s family we have record of only one son, Obadiiah; he had 10 children, of whom one, Jacob, was born at Smithville, Lincoln Co., Nov. 5, 1815. He became a Baptist preacher, & his eldest son, Rev. Zebina Flavius Griffin, b. Nov. 14, 1844, spent many years as a missionary in India. On his return, in 1893, he wrote a book entitled "Daily Life in Bengal," which is very interesting & marvelously concise. It was highly commended by the press for its accuracy & inclusiveness.
Ref: Ancestors & descends of Richard Griffin of Smithville, ON., Compiled by Justus A Griffin, Hamilton, Ont., 1924. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1710

Died:

Edward married Millicent TAYLOR in 1731 in Dutchess Co., New York. Millicent was born in c 1710 in Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York; died in By 1759 in New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alt Surname Bishop, Alt DOB 1712

Died:
Alt DOD Oct 1795

Abraham married Mrs. Margaret (Abe.2) SMITH est 1762. Mrs. was born in c 1715 in Connecticut; died after 7 Apr 1764 in Philips Patent, Dutchess, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The children of Margaret & Abraham Smith are:

1. Abraham SMITH. 2nd Born: Aft 1730, Dutchess, New York
2. Ann SMITH B. Aft 1730, Dutchess, New York;
3. Charity SMITH.1, b. Aft 1730, Dutchess, New York;
4. Mary SMITH.1;

5. Girl Smith Aft 1730 - b. 1764, Dutchess, New York
6. Mary SMITH.2 Born: Abt 1734 Connecticut - d. At. 1780, Ontario?
7. Ann SMITH - 1736 Conn.;
8. Charity SMITH.2 Abt. 1738, Dutchess, New York;
9. Jemina SMITH- Abt. 174, Dutchess, New York;

10. Bethiah SMITH, b. 1738 Putnam Valley, Putnam, NY & died Aug 1798, ed Mills, Dutchess, New York, Buried: Hill Family Plot, Carmel, Putnam, New York;

11. Abraham SMITH.III, born 24 Oct 1763 Putnam Valley, Putnam, New York, Died 25 Oct 1813 Putnam Valley, Putnam, New York buried: Red Mills Prby Church.

Verify duplicate names for Abraham.2 & 3, and Charity Smith. - PJA - - -

Birth:
Verify Alt Name: Mary