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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]

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Married:

1. John MEREDITH, .1 was born on 18 Apr 1731 in Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; died after 1778 in Annapois, Nova Scotia.
2. Thomas MEREDITH

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Simon is the son of Jane Keffine & Hugh Meredith, of Llanfinhangle, Wales.

Simon Meredith married 1 on 12 Jan 1696 Wales to Jane Price.
Simon Meredioth married2, to Ann Pugh, of Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England & died 1748 Lancaster,


. Nantmeal Township, Pennslvania, is a small, rural community with an interesting history. The area was originally populated by settlers from Radnorshire, Wales between 1700 & 1710.
The settlers named the area Nantmell, or Natmel, meaning "sweet water" or "land of the sweet stream" in Welsh. In 1739, the area was divided into East & West Nantmeal. Yet again, in 1789, West Nantmeal was once more divided, with Welsh settlers remaining in West Nantmeal & the original Welsh settlers were followed by the Scotch-Irish in Honey Brook Township. One final division of the township occurred in 1852 when Wallace Township was divided form West Nantmeal.
Ref: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

. Welsh Quakers settled in the area. Nantmeal, or Nantmel, first noted on County tax lists in 1717, was named after a village in Radnorshire, Wales, from where emigrated many of its earliest residents, such as the Merediths, Stephens & Griffiths. Similarities between the two towns are striking even today. Nantmel is Welsh for "sweet spring" or "honey brook." Welsh Quakers settled in the area. Nantmeal, or Nantmel, first noted on County tax lists in 1717, was named after a village in Radnorshire, Wales, from where emigrated many of its earliest residents, such as the Merediths, Stephens & Griffiths. Similarities between the two towns are striking even today. Nantmel is Welsh for "sweet spring" or "honey brook." - - -

Birth:
Alt Spelling Beili Bauan, Llanfihangel, Wales

Simon married Nancy JANE PRICE on 12 Jan 1696 in Llanfihangel, Radnorshire, Wales. Nancy was born in 1670 in Llanfihangel, Radnorshire, Wales; died in 1708 in Nantmeal, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Children of Nany Jane Price & Simon Meredith are:
John Meredith, 1680 Lancaster, Penn. - 1758
Hugh Meredith, 1697 Philadelpha - 1749 Chester, Penn.
Jane Meredith, 1700 - d. Pennsylvania
James Meredith , 1701 Llanfihangle, Wales - 1774 Doylstown, Bucks, Penn.
Thomas Meredith, 1703 Wales - 1799 Pipes Creek, Maryland

Birth:

Hugh married Jane PALMER. Jane was born in 1565 in Wingham, Kent Co., England; died before 1634 in Llanfihangel, Radnorshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]