John Meredith was born in 1789. He was the son of
John Meredith and
Mary James. John Meredith witnessed the marriage of
Peter Davis and
Jane Jeffries on 30 January 1845 at Parish Church, Pembridge; by licence; the officiating minister being The Rev. William Lee, the bride's uncle by marriage, and the witnesses mostly being relations of the bride - her father's sister Mary Anne; her brother EJJ, and her mother's brothers John & Henry, brother-in-law John Morgan, and nieces Anna Maria Mitchell and Mary Ann Morgan - plus two called William and Jane, surnames illegible. The licence (dated 20 Jan. 45) says the groom was 33 and the bride 19, both of Pembridge parish, the bride's mother (a widow) consenting to the match. John Meredith left a will on 27 June 1848. He died on 1 October 1848; "...Mr John Meredith, senior partner of the firm of John and Henry Meredith, ironmongers died aged 59 years, and on the Friday following his remains were consigned to the grave in the churchyard at Kington attended by one of the longest processions of mourners and friends ever known in the town. The shops were all closed. Mr Meredith possessed in a high degree those qualities of heart and mind which endeared him to all who knew him." He was buried at Kington. His will was probated on 14 May 1849 at Canterbury.