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    1. Daughters of James MEREDITH and Elizabeth PITT
    2. Ruth Ann Baker
    3. Have been somewhat successful in finding a few new details on the sons of James MEREDITH Sr. and Elizabeth PITT. Would now like to learn more about their daughters if possible. Can you offer some clues or suggestions of what to do next for each of these? 1. Elizabeth MEREDITH was christened/baptized 12 August 1810 in Clodock Parish, Herefordshire, England. She is not included in list of MEREDITH children in will of their maternal uncle, James PITT Jr., written in 1840; so it is assumed she died before that. The Herefordshire Burial Index shows an Elizabeth MEREDITH, age 12, of Michaelchurch, that was buried 13 June 1822 at Michaelchurch Escley. A number of PITT relatives of Elizabeth were buried there, so it seems likely this entry refers to this individual. How would I determine for sure it is her? 2. Margaret MEREDITH was christened/baptized 4 September 1814 in Clodock Parish, Herefordshire, England. She is mentioned in will of her maternal uncle, James PITT Jr., written in 1840. Have no idea when, where, who, or even if, she married. Details of her death also are not known. Do not know if she remained in Herefordshire, went to Radnorshire with her parents and three siblings, went to Breconshire with two other siblings, or went to Glamorganshire with another sibling. 3. Eleanor MEREDITH was one of three children in this family christened/baptized 30 October 1825 in Clodock Parish, Herefordshire, England. The child born just before these three was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire and his christening/baptism record has not been found yet. It appears Eleanor went to the United States with her brother James MEREDITH Jr. in 1849. James MEREDITH had married and lived in Glamorganshire, Wales for over ten years at the time they left. Do not know if Eleanor also lived in Glamorgan near him or not. BOTH Eleanor MEREDITH and James MEREDITH Jr. died of cholera before reaching their destination. On the passenger list she is shown as Eleanor WILLIAMS, which makes me wonder if she married while in England or Wales before leaving. How would you go about looking for a marriage with a range of possible years, such common surnames, and not knowing whether it occurred in Wales or England? The journal account of an individual traveling up the Mississippi River with the group gave the death account of these two as well as others, but gave her name as Eleanor MEREDITH. From ages given in these two records it appears she may have been born about 1822. 4. Hannah MEREDITH was also one of three children in the family christened/baptized 30 October 1825 in Clodock Parish, Herefordshire, England. She is with couple I believe to be her parents, at Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales when 1841 census was taken. She also is with them on one other census (but not all of them), when they were at Cusop, Herefordshire, England. Where would she be when not with her parents? With clues given by another researcher, it appears Hannah may never have married and died in 1879 at Cusop but was buried at Clyro. Ruth Ann Baker United States

    05/17/2006 04:23:31