James Meredith

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Husband James Meredith ¹

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         Father: Simon Meredith (      -Abt 1745) 2
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1 M Hugh Meredith ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James Meredith

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It is said that the Meredith family came to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1708 and lived for some time in a cave on a property later owned by the Reinhart family. James is said to have removed to Bucks County prior to 1738. An uncle, Thomas Meredith, whose residence is supposed to have been in Jersey, took up 500 acres on Neshaminy near Doylestown. He had a son Thomas, who from too much study became insane, and, being heir to the land in Bucks County, imagined himself a baron and wished to build a castle thereon. His cousin James was induced to live there and take care of him until his death. His son Hugh, a prominent physician, was an ancestor of Hon. Henry Chapman, judge of our courts for about three years.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 656.

2 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 655.