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- . 1785 Aug 2 - Muster roll of the men, women, & children of the late New York volunteers settled on the Shirelands at Madamkishvie:
Meredith, Charles of the Royal North Carolina Volunteers: settled at Keswick
. UCLPetition 213, To Lieut. Gov. Frances Gore,
In Council, Petition of John Meredith of the Twp. of Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Niagara District.
Humbly he with that you Petition is the son of Charles Meredith, of the same place, a UE Loyalist. He has attained 21 years & never received any lands. Wherefore you petitioner humbly prays for 200 Acres of the waste lands of the Crown. Signed, John Meredith, 12 December, 1815.
- Witnesses & Oath certified, Robt. Nelles, J.P.
Envelope: Received from Petitioner 14 Dec, 1815. Read in Council 16 Dec, 1815. Granted 200 Acres as S.U.E. Loyalist.
Ref: UCLP Volume: 336C, Bundle M 10, Petition 213, Microfilm: C2198, p 238.
Ticket of Location; E half Lot 23, Con 5, Esquesing Twp., 100 Acres.
Note: Apparently unlike most of his siblings John Meredith could read & write & signed his own name.
. Esquesing township was surveyed in 1818. John Meredith (Maradith) secured the patent for Lot 23, Concession 6 in 1822. The northern part of Limehouse is built on the west part of John Meredith's 200 acres.
. 1832 July 5, for the sum of £2 10 shillings, Meredith sold 2 acres to the Trustees of the Presbyterian congregation for the purpose of a burying ground & a church, Before this date, one grave was located on the land. The church was not built until 1861. The building was a joint effort of the Presbyterians, Episcopalians & the Methodists & was first known as Limehouse Union Church.
Ref: Esquesing Historical Society, 2015.
. Limehouse Presbyterian Cemetery:
Sitting beside an active church, this pioneer cemetery had a very sad beginning. The first burial was in 1826, four years before John Meredith officially deeded 2 acres of his land to the Calvanistic Presbyterian Church to be used as a burial ground & site for a church. The payment for the land was #2 10s Agness Fraser, grandfather [ Stirrat], was only 3y 8m old when she accidentally wandered away from home around the end of March, beginning of April 1826. She still had one chance left to survive though, & it came from an unusual source. Apparently when she was found, alive, she was with a female bear that had tried to warm her. The bear must have just had cubs herself & was still in that maternal phase. It must have been a mild winter as this bear must have just come out of hibernation. A mother bear will generally be in less of a sleep to tend to her cubs. The exposure was still, just too great for her little body & proper medical aid was probably too far or inadequate to handle this back then. Sadly, she died, on April 4th, 1826 & is buried in plot 47, 188 years & almost 4 months ago. She is buried with her grandparents & shares their headstone.
Ref: Ontario Abandoned Places.
. John Meredith settled on Lot 23, Con 6, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co. on the north side of the village of Limehouse, before that Township was surveyed. There was a lime-kiln on his property. Mrs. Squire of Georgetown is a Great-great-grandaughter, I believe, maybe 4 greats.
. 1812 War, John Meredith, Private, Flank Company, 4th Lincoln Regiment Militia.
. Note to save researcher's effort:
These 2 petitions appear to be a different John Meredith, too old, first LOCATION is in PERTH in eastern Ontario, & then Hamilton, Ontario
Upper Canada Sundries: C9824, page 702, P702 index & Images.105402-7, p169.
W J Jarvis to Col. Bullock regarding the case of Ensign John Meredith & enclosing the latter's letter.
Sir John Colborne, Sir Isaac Brock, Alexander McNab.
- 1838 March 26, Hamilton, To Colonel Bullock, Adjutant General of Militia, Toronto,
Sir I acknowledge the receipt of letter to you on the 2nd instant, by Ensign John Meredith of the 5th Gore Regiment, & which you have referred to me for explanation.
During the period of a few years, I have notice Ensign Meredith on the parade more than one or twice - he was dressed so slovenly that I was under the respect of refusing to let him continue on parade. Meredith complained he has not received his pay as an Ensign in the 5th Reg. of Gore. He maintained he was a Ensign assigned at Chippawa, War of 1812. He also served 6 months in the War with American.
. UCLPetition, Meredith, John, 1827, Volume 84, Pages 105402–7, Microfilm: C-6863
Reference: RG 5 A1, Land Petitions in Upper Canada Sundries.
Petition of John Meredith, who is the son of John Meredith, who was in his life time a Private soldier in 41st Regiment of Foot & served in late war with the US. His father was severely wounded, was taken prisoner & died of his wounds in the American prison. Since the death of his father, he lived with his mother who has resided for a few years in this settlement. He is now arrived at 21y. [1806]. Wants a grant of land,
signed, John XMark Meredith, Perth, 19 Jun, 1827.
Certified John Meredith served in the 41 Reg. 18 y, Denis Noonan, late of the 41st Reg. Perth, ON. ]
. 1840 Oct. - Subscription Donation list of the Officers Non Commissioned Officers & other of the 4th Regt. Lincoln Militia, towards the General Fund for the reconstruction of the Monument on Queenston Heights - to the Memory of the late Major General Sir Isaac Brock,
Ensign John Merritt, $1.03 pd.
Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Than you. - - - [1, 2]
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1794 - 1867 (73 years)