The Irish Merediths

Meredith families who settled in Ireland and their descendants

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George William Shaw

M, #10426, b. 16 June 1927, d. 6 September 2010
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Biography

George William Shaw was born on 16 Jun 1927.1 He and Olive Jane Susan Gill were married on 5 Jun 1963 in Ballyboy.1 He died on 6 Sep 2010, at age 83.1

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Citations

  1. [S2254] Armitage Family Tree; MyHeritage.com
Last Edited 1 Apr 2024

Edmund George Talbot

M, #10429, b. 17 February 1915, d. 11 May 1987
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Biography

Edmund George Talbot was born on 17 Feb 1915 in Ceylon.1 He and Muriel Doreen Jones were married. He died on 11 May 1987, at age 72, in Cape Town, South AfricaG.1

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Family LineClonenagh Merediths
RelationshipPartner of Muriel Doreen Jones (5th great-granddaughter of Rice Meredith)
Partner of Muriel Doreen Jones (6th great-niece of Mathias Meredith)
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  • 1915
    Birth:
    17 Feb 1915 | Ceylon
  • 198772
    Death:
    11 May 1987 | Cape Town, South AfricaG
  • 2004
    His wife Muriel Doreen Jones died on 22 Jul 2004 in Johannesburg, South AfricaG.

Citations

  1. [S2255] Talbot website; myheritage.com
Last Edited 28 Apr 2024

Anne Meredith

F, #10432
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Parents

MotherHonora Meredith b. aft. 1753, d. 26 Feb 1829

Biography

Anne Meredith and Ringrose Woods were married on 27 Jan 1820 in St. John's, Limerick.
She was adopted. Her marriage was announced in the 3 Feb 1820 edition of the Freeman's Journal, transcribed as follows:
"On the 27th ult. in Limerick, Ringrose Woods, Esq. of Ballyquin, county Clare, to Miss Anne Meredith, adopted daughter of Miss Honora Meredith, of Limerick"

A memorial of her marriage settlement dated 27 Jan 1820 was registered with the Registry of Deeds on 19 Feb 1820. It refers to a deed of 21 Mar 1803 in which Luke Lord Clonbrock granted annuities to Honora Meredith, William Monsell and Margaret his wife. David Meredith was an executor of the settlement.1

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Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of Richard Meredith
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Citations

  1. [S2257] Memorial 749-280-509615 Woods & Meredith; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJS-SK9G?i=146&cat=185720
Last Edited 20 May 2024

Ringrose Woods

M, #10433
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Biography

Ringrose Woods and Anne Meredith were married on 27 Jan 1820 in St. John's, Limerick.

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Last Edited 19 May 2024

Sir John Browne

M, #10434, b. about 1586, d. 1639
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Biography

Sir John Browne was born ca. 1586. He and Frances Herbert were married. He died in 1639, at age ~53, in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.
He was the son of Sir Valentine Browne of Croft and Elizabeth Monson daughter of Sir John Monson.

His will dated 16 April 1639 was granted probate on 2 Jul 1639.. It specified that he was to be buried in the Chancel of the Church of East Kirkby. It mentions:
- Dame Frances Browne, wife
- Magdalen Estcourt, daughter
- Lucy Upton, daughter
- Frances, daughter
- Cicely, daughter
- Mary, daughter
- Valentine, son
- Edward, son
- John, son
- William, son
- Thomas, son
- William Browne, brother
- Robert Browne, brother
Executors: Dame Frances Browne, wife; Edward Browne, 2nd son; John Browne, 3rd son
It also names Sir John Monson, kinsman, and Sir John Danvers, father-in-law. In about March 1609, Sir John Danvers married Magdalen Herbert (née Newport), widow of Richard Herbert and so became Sir John's step-father-in-law.1

Family

Children with Frances Herbert d. ca. 1669

1.SonWilliam Browne d. ca. 1670
2.SonThomas Browne
3.DaughterMary Browne
4.DaughterCicely Browne
5.SonValentine Browne
6.DaughterMagdalen Browne
7.DaughterLucy Browne
8.SonEdward Browne
9.SonJohn Browne
10.DaughterFrances Browne

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  • 1586
    Birth:
    Ca. 1586
  • 1639~53
    Death:
    1639 | East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
  • 1669
    His wife Frances Herbert died ca. 1669 in Weston, Co. Montgomery.

Citations

  1. [S2263] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858; Ancestry.com [database online]
Last Edited 11 Jun 2024

Frances Herbert

F, #10435, d. about 1669
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Biography

Frances Herbert and Sir John Browne were married. She died ca. 1669 in Weston, Co. Montgomery.1
She was the daughter of Richard Herbert of Llyssyn and Magdalen Newport, daughter of Sir Richard Newport. She was the sister of George Herbert, the religious poet.

Her will dated 21 Dec 1668 was proved on 8 Jul 1669. It asks for her to be buried in the church of Montgomery. It mentions:
- William Browne son
- daughter in law his wife
- Thomas Browne other son
- Sir Thomas Escourt, son in law
- Anne Browne, grandchild, daughter of William Browne
- Mrs Cicely W[..] daughter
- Mrs Mary Quadrine daughter
- poor of East Kirby where husband Sir John Browne buried
- servant Anne [.…]
- Frances Browne daughter in law
- Mrs Anne Evans
- Anne Browne of Weston, Montgomeryshire, executrix.

Family

Children with Sir John Browne b. ca. 1586, d. 1639

1.SonWilliam Browne d. ca. 1670
2.SonThomas Browne
3.DaughterMary Browne
4.DaughterCicely Browne
5.SonValentine Browne
6.DaughterMagdalen Browne
7.DaughterLucy Browne
8.SonEdward Browne
9.SonJohn Browne
10.DaughterFrances Browne

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  • 1639
    Her husband Sir John Browne died in 1639 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.
  • 1669
    Death:
    Ca. 1669 | Weston, Co. Montgomery

Citations

  1. [S2263] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858; Ancestry.com [database online]
Last Edited 19 Nov 2025

Thomas Browne

M, #10436
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Parents

FatherSir John Browne b. ca. 1586, d. 1639
MotherFrances Herbert d. ca. 1669

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Last Edited 30 May 2024

Mary Browne

F, #10437
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Parents

FatherSir John Browne b. ca. 1586, d. 1639
MotherFrances Herbert d. ca. 1669

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Last Edited 30 May 2024

Cicely Browne

F, #10438
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Parents

FatherSir John Browne b. ca. 1586, d. 1639
MotherFrances Herbert d. ca. 1669

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Last Edited 30 May 2024

John Kyffin

M, #10439
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Parents

FatherRichard ap Meredith
MotherGoleubryd Ferch Griffith

Biography

John Kyffin and Dowse Lloyd were married.
For further information see the citations below.1

Family

Child with Dowse Lloyd

1.SonGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653

Connections

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Relationship2nd great-grandfather of Richard Meredith
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Citations

  1. [S2264] Pedigrees of Montgomeryshire Families; https://archive.org/stream/pedigreesofmontg00rode#page/42/mode/2up/search/kyffin
Last Edited 10 Feb 2017

Dowse Lloyd

F, #10440
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Biography

Dowse Lloyd and John Kyffin were married.

Family

Child with John Kyffin

1.SonGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653

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Last Edited 10 Feb 2017

Griffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch

M, #10442, d. about 1653
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Parents

FatherJohn Kyffin
MotherDowse Lloyd

Biography

Griffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch, and Lowry Vaughan were married. He died ca. 1653.
Bailiff of Llanfyllin in 1598 and again in 1622. He appears to have been a delightful old man, and in his will dated 22nd February, 1652/3, appears to have remembered every one of his numerous grandchildren. He also remembered to leave £5 to a local farmer whose sheep had been worried by one of his dogs



Will of Griffith Kyffin of ‘Kaekock’

Poor of the Parish of Llanyad[r]an
Mary Griffith, daughter
Lowry Griffiths and Elizabeth Griffiths, grandchildren
Sina Pugh, grandchild and her sister Elizabeth Pugh, grandchild
Sina Pugh, Lowry Davis and Lowry Meredith, grandchildren
Katherin Kyffin, daughter in law
Thomas Davies, son in law
Richard Davies, grandchild
Richard Pugh, grandchild, brother of Sina Pugh
Jane, grandchild, wife of Richard Parry
Ann Meredith, daughter
John Meredith, son in law
David Meredith, Katherin and Mary, their children
Griffith Kyffin of Oswestry, grandchild
Hugh Kyffin, Arthur Kyffin, grandchildren
Three children of grandchild Jane the wife of Richard Parry
David Kyffin, son
Charles Kyffin, son
Watkin Kyffin, son - messuage in Moly[v]barth mortgaged to testator by Edward ap Evan Thomas
William Morris of Ke[v]enillyes
Edward Vaughan
Margaret Kyffin, Mary Kyffin, Ann Kyffin, Sina Kyffin, Dorothe Kiffyn, and Katherine Kiffyn, grandchildren
Griffith Kyffin of Glascoed, grandchild
Joseph Vaughan and John ap Hugh
Watkin Kyffin, son and Griffith Kyffin his son, executors

Will dated 20 Feb 1652
Probate 10 May 1653.1,2

Family

Children with Lowry Vaughan

1.SonJohn Kyffin
2.SonCharles Kyffin d. Oct 1669
3.SonCadwalladr Kyffin d. 1651
4.SonDavid Kyffin d. ca. 1668
5.SonWatkin Kyffin, of Glascoed d. 1670
6.DaughterAnn Kyffin

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Citations

  1. [S2265] William Arthur Griffiths, “Some notes on various Kyffin families residing around Llanfyllin in the 17th Century”. Montgomeryshire collections relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders. Vol. 54, (1955-1956), p. 148-159., http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1265984/article/000089042
  2. [S2266] Probate of Griffith Kyffin 1653; England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858; Ancestry.com [database online]
Last Edited 28 May 2024

Lowry Vaughan

F, #10445
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Biography

Lowry Vaughan and Griffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch, were married.
D-o Owen ap John ap Howell Vychan of Caergai.

Family

Children with Griffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch, d. ca. 1653

1.SonJohn Kyffin
2.SonCharles Kyffin d. Oct 1669
3.SonCadwalladr Kyffin d. 1651
4.SonDavid Kyffin d. ca. 1668
5.SonWatkin Kyffin, of Glascoed d. 1670
6.DaughterAnn Kyffin

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Last Edited 10 Feb 2017

John Kyffin

M, #10447
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Parents

FatherGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653
MotherLowry Vaughan

Biography

John Kyffin and Frances Parry were married bef. 1623.
Eldest son, married Frances, daughter of Bishop Parry of
St. Asaph, who was so closely associated with the first issue of the Bible in Welsh.
They had no son and only one daughter, Jane, who married her cousin, Richard
Parry. Bishop Parry had a son, Richard, who was Sheriff of Flint in 1633/4
and who died in 1649. The funeral arrangements of Sheriff Parry were organised
by Randle Holme, Junior, Mayor of Chester in 1643, with full heraldic splendour.
Mrs. Frances Kyffin died in 1637 and was buried at Wrexham.1

Family

Child with Frances Parry d. 1637

1.DaughterJane Kyffin

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Citations

  1. [S2265] William Arthur Griffiths, “Some notes on various Kyffin families residing around Llanfyllin in the 17th Century”. Montgomeryshire collections relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders. Vol. 54, (1955-1956), p. 148-159., http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1265984/article/000089042
Last Edited 10 Feb 2017

Charles Kyffin

M, #10448, d. October 1669
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Parents

FatherGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653
MotherLowry Vaughan

Biography

Charles Kyffin and Margaret Kyffin, of Bodfach, were married ca. 1654. He died in Oct 1669.
The second son, served an apprenticeship as a mercer in
Llanfyllin, but appears to have then resided on his property at Llangadfan. He was appointed Sheriff of Merioneth on 11th November, 1669, before news of his death had reached London.

Family

Child with Margaret Kyffin, of Bodfach,

1.DaughterLowry Kyffin b. 1665, d. 1673

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Last Edited 12 Feb 2017

Cadwalladr Kyffin

M, #10449, d. 1651
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Parents

FatherGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653
MotherLowry Vaughan

Biography

Cadwalladr Kyffin died in 1651.
Third son, took his degree of B.A. at Hart Hall, Oxford, on 19th October, 1620, and his M.A. on 23rd June, 1623. He took Holy Orders and became Vicar of Llanllyfine in 1623 and Rector of Llaniestyn, Co. Caernarvon, in 1631. He was one of the few Clergymen in Bangor Diocese who were not dispossessed during the Commonwealth. He died in 1651 when residing at Saethon in the Parish of Llanfihangel, in Co. Caernarvon. He left only a verbally declared will. He had three children, Griffith, Hugh and Arthur Kyffin. The eldest, Griffith, was apprenticed for 7 years at Oswestry, doubtless as a mercer, for which his grandfather left a legacy.

Family

Children

1.SonArthur Kyffin d. ca. 1692
2.SonGriffith Kyffin d. aft. 1691

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Last Edited 12 Feb 2017

David Kyffin

M, #10450, d. about 1668
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Parents

FatherGriffith Kyffin, of Cae Coch d. ca. 1653
MotherLowry Vaughan

Biography

David Kyffin and Jane Edwards were married. He died ca. 1668.
Fourth son, took his B.A. at Balliol College, Oxford,
on 21st October, 1624, and his M.A. at Hart Hall on 26th January, 1629/30. He also took Holy Orders and, described as Clerk, witnessed his father's will in 1653. He was Vicar of Llanyblodwell from 1662 to 1668. He married Jane Edwards, but does not appear to have had any children.

In his will ,dated 1 Dec 1664? and proved 5 Apr 1668, he left legacies to his three nephews, Griffith, Hugh, and Arthur Kyffin, and, after the death of his wife, bequeathed his lands in Garthbeibio to his brother, Watkin Kyffin, and, after his death, to the survivors of his niece, Margaret, wife of Sir William Williams, the first Baronet, and her heirs, his niece Sina Kyffin and heirs, his niece Dorothy Kyffin and heirs, his niece Katherine Kyffin and heirs, and his brother Watkin Kyffin’s heirs, in order of preference.

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Last Edited 11 Feb 2017
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