This website presents the results of research into the genealogy of Meredith families from Lingen and Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire who are the descendants of Josiah Meredith (d. 1707) and Anne Whitcott. Family names include Jukes, Elkington, Aston, Ingleby, and the Meredith branch that settled in Tasmania.
Please click on the links in the menu bar to explore this database.
Notable people in the database include:
- Josiah Meredith (<1680-1707) - the earliest traceable ancestor for this Meredith branch
- George Meredith (1778-1856) - early Tasmanian pioneer
- Louisa Anne Meredith nee Twamley (1812-1895) - writer, artist, botanist and naturalist
- James Meredith (1753-1848) - varnish manufacturer and a prominent member of the New Church and Swedenborgian society in Birmingham
- Alfred Jukes (1792-1844) - a distinguished surgeon in Birmingham who, like his nephew Joseph Beete Jukes, married into the Meredith family
- Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) - a renowned geologist and Director of H.M.’s Geological Survey of Ireland, he married a Meredith niece of his Aunt Sarah
Genealogy charts (in pdf format) for particular families and their descendants can be accessed via the Reports link in the menu bar.
Acknowledgment: The many contributions of Ian Hillman to this research are gratefully acknowledged. See his fascinating Tale of Two Portraits.