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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Anne Whitcott

Female 1681 -

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  • Name Anne Whitcott 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Between 1670 and 1681 
    Research Status Brick Wall 
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2021 

    Husband Josiah Meredith
              b. Bef 1666 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1699  Lingen, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Age at Marriage Anne was ~ 30 years old - Josiah was 34 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Mary Meredith
              b. Abt Jun 1700  
              d. Bef 1810 (Age ~ 109 years)
     2. David Meredith
              b. Abt 1702  
              d. Abt Feb 1781 (Age ~ 79 years)
     3. John Meredith
              b. Abt Apr 1704  
              d. Bef 1814 (Age ~ 109 years)
     4. Thomas Meredith
              b. Abt May 1706  
              d. Bef 1816 (Age ~ 109 years)
     5. Margaret Meredith
              b. Abt Dec 1719  
              d. Bef 1829 (Age ~ 109 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Must have been born in 1681 or earlier to have been of age in 1699 when she married.

      Ancestry trees have Anne as the daughter of William Whitcott, born in 1680 in Norbury, Shropshire. Norbury is about 20 miles to the north of Lingen in Herefordshire, where she married, so I'm a bit suspicious that this is the right person. Also, there is a marriage record for Anne Whitcott of Norbury, to John Walters in Norbury, in February 1698. Unless this latter died a rapid and untimely death, or she was committing adultery, she can't have been the same person to marry Josiah Meredith a year later in Lingen.

      Family Life
      Anne married Josiah Meredith of Lingen, Herefordshire on the 21st of December 1699. They had at least 5 known children, but probably many more (as there is a huge gap between Thomas and Margaret):

      1. Mary, born 1700
      2. David, born 1702 and who married Sarah Owens
      3. John, born 1704
      4. Thomas, born 1706
      5. Margaret, born 1719

      FamilySearch has records for further children of Josiah Meredith and Anne going as late as 1732...this is such a gigantic span of time I'm not entirely certain that it can be the same couple, though it's not completely impossible. For the time being I'm stopping at Margaret, but there are two Annes and a Josiah that could be added using this information.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Dec 1699 - Lingen, Herefordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0309] FamilySearch, England Marriages, 1538–1973, (familysearch.org), 21 Dec 1699, Meredith / Whitcott; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL3C-LJD : 12 March 2020), Josiah Meredith, 1699.

    2. [S0170] Ancestry, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, (ancestry.co.uk), 21 Dec 1699, Meredith / Whitcott; Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.; FHL Film Number: 992310.