Poor
House Records
Kent Co., Delaware
Admittance
Records:
Gideon
Cullen overseer of the poor of Kent Co. admit into the poor home as two of the
paupers of Kent County Nutter Meradith and Margaret Meradith, two poor children
with no assistance at tawl.
February the 17 day 1826
Benjamin Harrington
Nath Coombe
Gideon
Cullen over seer of the poor Visey Merideth Hath become unable to ______ at
home and is not able to work by the comp____ of the nabors and yarn with ______ take him in until next trustee
day.
The 12 day of Dec 1826
William Bostick
Wm. K. Lockwood
Gideon
Cullen Esq. Overseer of the poor of Kent County you will admit into the poor
house Lavitha Merideth and child, they being in a situation not able to support
themselves and so as paupers of Murderkill Hundred.
The 27 June 1827
]
Nath Coombe
James E. Boyer Camden 10th M 12th
1844
Will
receive Mary Ann Merideth in the poor house of Kent County as a pauper from
Murderkill hundred.
Jabez Jenkins
Joseph Green
Pauper Books (Rg 3230.15)
|
No |
Name |
Age |
Hundred |
Admit/Continue |
Disposition/Notes |
|
68 |
Elizabeth
Merydeth |
22 |
Murderkill |
Aug
20, 1801 |
Died
Dec 19, 1801 |
|
43 |
Sarah
Merideth |
41 |
Murderkill |
May
24, 1808 |
Eloped
Aug 24, 1808 3 months |
|
55 |
Jacob
Meridith |
11 |
Murderkill |
Oct
4, 1813 |
Out
Oct 24, 1813 20 days |
|
64 |
Daniel
Meridith |
19 |
Little
Ck. |
Mar
18, 1815 |
Til
Dec 31, 1815 9 mo. 12 day (a second
entry Mar 18, 1815 says age 21) |
|
31 |
Daniel
Meridith |
20 |
Little
Ck. |
Jan
1, 1816 |
Out
Sep 2, 1816 8 mo 2 days |
|
68 |
Sipple
Merideth |
42 |
Murderkill |
Oct
7, 1816 |
Til
Dec 31, 1816 2 mo 23 days |
|
78 |
Sipple
merideth |
42 |
Murderkill |
Jan
1, 1817 |
Eloped
(second entry says escaped) Mar 5, 1817
4 mo 26 days Returned
Jul 29, 1817 Died Oct 20, 1817 |
|
78 |
Jacob
Merideth |
15 |
Murderkill |
Apr
17, 1817 |
Eloped
May 10, 1817 23 days |
|
100 |
Taylor
Meridith |
35 |
Mispillion |
Nov
6, 1818 |
Out
nov 12, 1818 6 days |
|
88 |
Ann
Merideth |
27 |
Murderkill |
Apr
12, 1823 |
Out
Jul 1, 1823 2 mo 19 days |
|
|
Ann
Miriah Merideth |
|
|
Apr
13, 1823 |
Born
of A. M. at poor house Apr 13, 1823 Til Dec 31, 1823 8mo 17 day |
|
82 |
Nutter
Merideth |
5 |
Mispillion |
Feb
22, 1826 |
Bound
Apr 3, 1826 |
|
83 |
Margaret
Merideth |
2 |
Mispillion |
Feb
22, 1826 |
|
|
104 |
Taylor
Merideth |
38 |
Mispillion |
Oct
2, 1826 |
Out
Nov 1, 1826 |
|
118 |
Livisa |
|
Mispillion |
Oct
10, 1826 |
|
|
|
Rachel
Merideth |
1 |
Murderkill |
Dec
10, 1826 |
|
|
26 |
Levisa
Merideth |
35 |
Murderkill |
|
Out
May 31, 1827 Returned
Jun 25, 1827 |
|
27 |
Rachel
Merideth |
2 |
Murderkill |
|
Out
May 30, 1827 Returned Jun 27, 1827 |
|
38 |
Mary
Ann Merideth |
|
Murderkill |
Jan
23, 1827 |
Born
in poor house of L. Merideth Jan 23 1927
Out
May 31 1827 Returned
Jun 25, 1827 |
|
5 |
Margaret
Merideth |
3 |
Mispillion |
|
|
|
14 |
Levisa
Meridith |
37 |
Murderkill |
Jan
1, 1829 |
W
(white) Poverty |
|
15 |
Rachel
Meridith |
3 |
Murderkill |
Jan
1, 1829 |
W Infancy |
|
24 |
Margaret
Meridith |
2 |
Murderkill |
Jan
1, 1829 |
W Infancy |
|
14 |
Margaret
Merideth |
4 |
Mispillion |
Jan
1, 1829 |
Infancy Bound
to D. George |
|
|
Rachel
Merideth |
6 |
Dover |
|
Infant Bound
to Ed Bailey Jun 7, 1830 |
|
|
Mary
Merideth |
4 |
Dover |
|
Infant |
|
|
Mary
Merideth |
5 |
Dover |
|
Infant |
|
|
William
Meredith |
34 |
Murderkill |
Mar
4, 1830 |
Layton
Anderson Out
Apr 29, 1830 |
|
|
Mary
Meredith |
6 |
Dover |
Jan
1, 1832 |
Infant |
|
|
Mary
Ann Merideth |
19 |
Murderkill |
Oct
12, 1844 |
Disease
S head (Leg) |
|
|
Mary
Ann Merideth |
19 |
Murderkill |
Mar
20, 1845 |
Sore
Legg |
|
|
Taylor
Merideth |
65 |
Murderkill |
Sep
26, 1845 |
Cripple |
|
|
Mary
Ann Merideth |
21 |
Murderkill |
|
Discharged
Mar 1, 1846 |
1847
- 1849 there were no records in the Archives.
1850-1855 there were no Meredith's.
Birth and
Death Records (from
computer index)
|
Death/Birth |
Date |
Last Name |
First Name |
Age |
Former
Residence |
Sex |
Race |
Comments |
Page |
|
D |
Oct
20, 1817 |
Merideth |
Sipple |
|
|
M |
W |
|
|
|
B |
Apr
13, 1823 |
Meridith |
Ann
Daniah |
|
|
F |
W |
|
|
|
B |
Jan
23, 1827 |
Meridith |
Mary
Ann |
|
|
F |
W |
Mother
L. Meridith |
|
Burial Records
(RG
3230.23)
Sep 1, 1829
Kent County to Thos Stevenson
___
For
coffin for Levica Meridith 2.00
To Harry Turner for digging grave .50
Jun 8, 1846
Kent County ___
to William Godwin for making of coffin for Taylor Meridith Child. 2.00
Jun 13, 1846
Kent
County ____ to William Godwin for making & delivery of a coffin for Taylor
Meridith wife at 3.00 and also for 8
yards of bleached muslin for winding sheet and shroud for each coffin and fifty
cents for diging the graves of each.
Allowance
Jun 7, 1847 Paris Carlisle
Personally
appeared Edward Brown and Hester Ann Meryday before Mr. Samuel Hughes a Justice
of the Peace for Kent County and made a solemn oath that Nancy Meriday and her
child died without leaving _____ estate Sufishint him to bury her and her
child. Sworn and _____ this 26 day of
December A.D. 1846. Keeper Samuel
Hughes _____.
his
Edward X Brown
mark
her
Hester Ann X Marryday
mark
Miscellaneous
1820
Ann
Meridith pair of shoes 1.00
Pork
Ri__ 1826 (delivered)
Dec
16, 1826
Peter
Merdith @ 5 daly 372 paid 18.60