DESCENDANTS OF JOB MEREDITH

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                               Don Norman

 

1.JOB MEREDITH

 

Job Meredith was born about 1720. He married Rebecca Lydia Davis.

 

Known children of Job and Rebecca Lydia (Davis) Meredith.

 

  2.  (1). Davis                b.c.    1750    d.  1825

   m. Amelia -----

   m. Elizabeth -----

   m. Nancy Anne Pritchard Nov 19 1800

 

2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

Davis Meredith, a son of Job and Rebecca Lydia (Davis) Meredith, Davis,

was born about 1750 in Kent County DE, and died in Monongalia

County VA in 1825. His will was dated May 24, 1825 and was probated in

the August term of Monongalia County Court at Morgantown, VA.

War Department Records show that Davis Meredith served in the Second

Corps, Delaware Regiment under Colonel Henry Neill in the American

Revolution. Davis married Amelia ------. Davis and Amelia were living in

Kent County DE when they signed a deed with his father Job.

Davis was enumerated in the 1790 Federal census in Fayette County PA. He

had probably married Elizabeth ---- by that time. He witnessed the will

of Joshua Deweese in Fayette County December 04, 1791. Davis then

appeared on January 4, 1792 to declare that he had witnessed the will

which was being offered for probate.

    By 1796. Davis was living in Monongalia County. Virginia and serving

on the Fall term of the Grand Jury. He bought 400 acres on Stacks Run on

September 22, 1796 from John and Ann Evans and William and Ruth

Pettyjohn for 150 pounds which he and his wife Elizabeth sold for 175

pounds to James Smallwood Wilson on February 13, 1798.

    Davis married Nancy Anne Pritchard in Monongalia County VA November

19, 1800. Nancy, a daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Davis) Pritchard, was

born about 1780 and died in Monongalia County VA between 1850 and 1860.

    Ann Pritchard Meredith was also called Ann Nancy or Nancy Ann. Davis

and Ann lived on a 150 acre tract near Robinson's Run on Paw Paw which

he bought from Fleming and Christina Jones on July 08. 1801.

 

Children of Davis and Amelia Meredith.

 (Step children of Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith.)

 

  3.  (1). Absolom                 b.c.    1783

 

  4.  (2). Hannah                  b.c.    1785

       m. William Pritchard Feb 18 1805

 

Children of David and Elizabeth Meredith.

 (Step children of Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith.)

 

  5.  (1). Rebecca                 b.c.    1788

 

  6.  (2). Neu                     b.c.    1790

 

Children of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith.

 

  7.  (1). Rachel                  b.Nov 29 1801   d.Jan 19 1874

       m. James Arnett Feb 26 1817

 

  8.  (2). Martha                  b.c.     1804

       m. James Jones Feb  6 1824

 

  9.  (3). Thomas                  b.Feb 26 1805   d.Apr 19 1890

       m. Millie Morris Dec 14 1829

 

 10.  (4). Eleanor                 b.Dec 07 1807   d.Mar 20 1869

         m. William Arnett Jan  9 1827

 

 11.  (5). Davis                   b.       1812   d.       1895

       m. Naomi Snodgrass Nov 17 1833

 

 12.  (6). Job John                b.c.     1814

      m. Mary Ann Amos Sep 30 1837

 

 13.  (7). William                 b.May 16 1815   d.Sep 1 1896

      m. Tamer Dicken Apr 12 1836

 

4.HANNAH MEREDITH   2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

    Hannah Meredith, a daughter of Davis and Amelia Meredith, was born

about 1785 and died about 1827 in Monongalia County VA. She married

William Pritchard Februay 18, 1805 in Monongalia County VA.

William, a son of William Christopher and Amelia (Knotts) Pritchard, was

born December 17, 1777 in Loudon County VA and died in April 1866 in

Marion County WV.

    William's father, William Christopher Pritchard, died in the

American Revolution and his mother, Amelia (Knotts) Pritchard apparently

died when he was quite young and he was brought up in the household of

his uncle, Thomas Pritchard Sr. and Rachel Davis Pritchard, and later

was the administrator of Thomas Pritchard Sr.'s estate in Maryland.

    Hannah Meredith and William Pritchard were married by the Reverend

John W. Patterson on February 21, 1805 in Monongalia County. They lived

in Allegany County MD until about 1815 before settling in the area known

today as Paw Paw District, Marion County, WV.

 

Children of William and Hannah (Meredith) Pritchard.

 

 14.  (1). Thomas                  b.Feb 14 1808   d.Sep 18 1891

       m. Mahala Morris Feb 11 1830

 

 15. (2). Amelia "Amy"

         m. Little Clayton

 

 16. (3). Davis

 

 17. (4). John

 

 18. (5). William

 

 19. (6). Margaret

         m. Thomas Freeland

 

 20. (7). Absolom

       m. Rebecca Swisher Mar 4 1839

 

 21. (8). Rachel

        m. John C. Parrish

        m. Harvey Cotton

       m. Squire W.C. Davis

 

 22.  (9). Alpheus                 b.Oct 31 1822   d.Aug 28 1884

       m. Millie A. Furbee Aug 2 1849

 

 23. (10). Amos Newton             b.Feb  8 1825   d.Sep 14 1909

       m. Rebecca Dawson

 

7.RACHEL MEREDITH   2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

    Rachel Meredith, a daughter of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith, was born November 29, 1801 in Monongalia County VA and died there January 19, 1874. She married James Arnett February 26, 1817 in Monongalia County. James, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Leggett) Arnett, was born in Monongalia County September 10, 1797 and died there February 25, 1880. His will is dated May 9, 1877 in Monongalia County and was probated March 18, 1880.

 

Children of James and Rachel (Meredith) Arnett.

 

 24. (1). James Jr.                 b.     1820

   m. Elizabeth -----

 

 25. (2). William Meredith          b. Nov 15 1821    d.Oct 27 1903

 

 26. (3). Andrew Meredith           b. Jul 24 1823    d. Jun 17 1888

         m. Lavina Price Feb 23 1843

 

 27. (4). Davis Meredith            b. Feb 16 1827    d. Jun 21 1920

 

 28. (5). Margaret Ann              b. Mar 30 1829    d

        m. John Amos Feb 13 1845

        m. Samuel Lynch

 

 29. (6). Francis Meredith          b. Jan  7 1832    d. Sep 25 1910

        m. Delilah Markley

 

 30. (7). Martha Ann Celia          b.        1835

        m. Elias Y. Satterfield

 

 31. (8). Jasper Meredith           b. Mar 30 1838    d. Feb  7 1899

        m. Sirena Hayhurst

 

 32. (9). Rachel Caroline           b. May 25 1840

       m. Elisha S. Snider

 

8.MARTHA MEREDITH    2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

    Martha Meredith, a daughter of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard)

Meredith, was born in Monongalia County VA about 1804 and died before 1850. She married James Jones in Monongalia County VA. The marriage bond was dated February 6, 1824 and named Martha's father. Both James and Martha died before the 1850 Marion County VA census.

 

Children of James and Martha (Meredith) Jones.

 

 33. (1). Davis R.

 

 34. (2). Harriet

       m. Thomas Arnett

 

 35. (3). Edgar M.

 

 36. (4). Amos

 

 37. (5). Wesley

 

 38. (6). John N.

 

 39. (7). Sanfored C.

 

9.THOMAS MEREDYTH     2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

    Thomas Meredyth, a son of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith, was born in Monongalia County VA February 26, 1805 and died in Cowley County KS April 19, 1890. He married Amelia “Millie” Morris December 14, 1829 in Monongalia County VA. Amelia, a daughter of Richard and Susan (Stuhl) Morris, was born October 26, 1812 and died May 17, 1887 in Cowley County KS.

 

Children of Thomas and Amelia Morris) Meredyth.

 

 40.  (1). Barse

 

 41.  (2). Rolla                   b.Nov 22 1830

       m. Jane Cornelia Ridgway

 

 42.  (3). George

       Died in the Civil War

 

 43.  (4). Caroline Matilda        b.May  2 1832   d.Sep  1 1913

         m. Charles Wesley Ridgway Mar 30 1832 Monroe Co. OH.

 

 44.  (5). Davis                   b.Dec    1841

 

 45.  (6). Alvira                  b.     1846     d.  1929

 

 46.  (7). William Ezekiel         b.     1849

 

10.ELEANOR MEREDITH    2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

Eleanor Meredith, a daughter of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith, was born in Monongalia County VA December 17, 1807 and died there March 20, 1869. She married William Arnett in Monongalia County January 9,1827. William, a son of John and Sarah (Dicken) Arnett, was born in Monongalia County May 6, 1798 and died in Marion Country WV June 29, 1872.

 

Children of William and Eleanor (Meredith) Arnett.

 

 47.  (1). Rebecca                  b. Nov 21 1829   d.         1904

         m. Uylsses Morgan Price

 

 48.  (2). Dorcas                   b. Nov 12 1830    d. Apr 14 1911

         m. Ezekiel Fielding Cunningham

 

 49.  (3). Levina                   b. Nov  6 1832

         m. Joseph P. Davis

 

 50.  (4). Samuel                   b.        1833

 

 51.  (5). John Heber               b. Jan  2 1835

          m. Eliza Ann -----

 

 52.  (6). Melissa                  b.        1837

 

 

 53.  (7). Elias Riley              b. Jan 10 1840    d. May 20 1912

 

 54.  (8). Franklin C.              b. Mar 12 1842

 

 55.  (9). Elbert Meredith          b. Aug  8 1846

 

 56. (10). Sarah Ann                b. may  5 1848

        m. William Freeland

 

 57. (11). Calvin W.                b. Jun 14 1853    d.        1896

         m. Belle Jamison Aug 14 1875

 

 

11.DAVIS MEREDITH   2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

    Davis Meredith, a son of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith,

was born in Monongalia County VA November 4, 1812 and d died in Tyler County WV in March 4, 1893. He married Naomi Snodgrass in Monongalia County November 17, 1833. Naomi, a daughter of William Snodgrass, was born in Monongalia County

July 25, 1816 and died in Tyler County May 16, 1885.

 

Children of Davis and Naomi (Snodgrass) Meredith.

 

 58. (1). Nancy                     b.       1835

         m. Rollie Crawford

 

 59. (2). William Newton            b.       1836     d. Sep 15 1869

        m.Samantah K. Beatty Nov 19 1868 Tyler County WV

 

 60. (3). John Wesley               b. Oct  2 1838    d. Jan 11 1937

   m. Elizabeth Glenn  Aug 19 1858 (Aug 17 1839-       )

 

 61. (4). Absalom                   b.        1842

   m. Emma Whaley

   m. Catherine Riley Sep 26 1865 Tyler Coutny WV

 

 62. (5). Frances Lavinia           b.        1844

         m. Thomas B. Watson

 63. (6). Thomas Pritchard          b.        1846    d.       1927

        m. Mary J. Haines May 19 1869

        m. Elizabeth Ann Haines Feb 23 1882 Tyler County WV

 64. (7). James Alva                b. Mar 28 1850    d. Nov  8 1935

  m. Mary Ellen Duty Nov 12 1871 Thler County WV

 

 65. (8). Phoebe Jane “Jenny”       b. Feb 23 1853    d. Oct 12 1895

         m. Thomas Ripley  (Aug 13 1853-     )

 

 66.  (9). Mary Emma                b.        1857    d.        1935

   m. William Glenn

         m. Isaiah McCullough

 

 67. (10). Alexander                b. Nov    1860

         m. Mary E. Taggart

           

 68. (11). Martha                   b.        1862    d. Feb 21 1891

 

 

 

12.JOB JOHN MEREDITH   2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

Job John Meredith, a son of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith,

was born in Monongalia County VA about 1810 and died in Harrison County WV in 1881. He married Mary Ann Amos in Monongalia County VA September 30, 1837. Mary, a daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Miller) Amos, was born August 21, 1820 in Monongalia County and died in Ritchie County WV in 1899.

The couple moved from Monongalia County VA to Ritchie County VA in 1839 and lived there until 1881, when they moved to Salem, Harriosn County WV. Job died there and Mary Ann returned to Ritchie County and died there.

 

Children of Job John and Mary Ann (amos) Meredith.

 

 69.  (1). Elmina                  b.Feb  1839     d.Jul 18 1912

         m. Salathiel Oral Lawson Oct 31 1861

 

 70.  (2). James Marshall          b.     1842     d.       1912

         m. Elizabeth Bee

 

 71.  (3). Harriet                 b.     1844      d.     1909

         m. Preston F. Randolph

 

 72.  (4). Davis N.                b.     1846

           

 73. (5). Alpheus A.                b.    1848

        m. Mary L. Bee

 

 74. (6). Millie                    b.c.  1852

 

 75. (7). Jane                      b.c   1856

        m. Joel Bee Dec 25 1880 Ritchie Coutny WV

 

 76. (8). Nancy Lillian “Lillie”    b.    1865

         m. Leonard Jett

 

 

13.WILLIAM MEREDITH    2.DAVIS MEREDITH   1.JOB MEREDITH

 

William Meredith, a son of Davis and Nancy Anne (Pritchard) Meredith,

was born in Monongalia County VA May 16, 1815 and died in Ritchie County

WV September 1, 1896. He married Tamer Dicken April 12, 1836 in Monongalia County VA (WV). Tamer, a daughter of John and Barbara (Hardinger) Dicken, was born in Monongalia County VA March 17, 1819 and died in Ritchie County WV October 10, 1879.

 

Children of William and Tamer (Dicken) Meredith.

 

 77. (1). Eliza                           b.     1838

         m. Francis G. Day

 

 78. (2). Rachel                          b.     1840

         m. Franklin C. Clayton Aug 3 1861 Ritchie County WV

 

 79. (3). Nancy Jane                      b. Mar 1844

         m. Leander S. “Lee” Clayton Dec 17 1874 Ritchie County WV

 

 80. (4). Mary Eleanor                    b.     1847

         m. James N. Leggett Apr 4 1867 Ritchie County WV

         m. William George Lowther Jun 24 1877

 

 81. (5). Asbury P.                       b.     1857 d.      1932

         m. Mary Taylor Nov 9 1875 Ritchie County WV

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Cary, Emily P., "Descendants of Thomas Pritchard"