'Meres2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Meeres of Glynley, Meres of Kirby Belers, Meres of Kirton

                               
The following was originally included within Meres1. It was moved here to facilitate the expansion of that page and to accompany the new lower section below.
Francis Meres (d 25.06.1557)
m1. Dorothy Coney (dau of Thomas Coney of Kirton, sister of Anthony)
1. Anthony Meres of Lincoln (d before 18.10.1616)
  m. Katherine Crewes (bur 12.12.1603, dau of James Crewes of Fotheringay)
  A. Anthony Meres of Bonby (d 1653-4, 2nd son)
  m. Hannah Wray (b 04.02.1599-1600, a 1655, dau of Sir William Wray of Wentworth, Bart, widow of William Halton of Clee)
i. Anthony Meres (dsp)
  B. Robert Meres (b c1596, d 07.11.1652, Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, rector of Hougham, 4th son)
  m1. Elizabeth Williams (bur 28.07.1639, dau (by Dorothy, dau of Edmund Williams of Conway) of Capt. Hugh Williams of Wegg, sister of John, Archbishop of York, widow of William Dolben)
  i. Sir Thomas Meres or Meers of (Kirton &) Kirby Belers (bpt 17.09.1634, d 09.07.1715)
  m. Anne de la Fountain (dau of Sir Erasmus de la Fountain of Kirby Belers)
  a. Sir John Meres of Kirby Belers, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (d unm bur 02.1736, 2nd son)
  b. Mary Meres (d 1706)
  m. William Hayley (Dean of Chichester)
  c. Frances Katherine Meres
  m. George Whichcot of Harpswell
  d. Elizabeth Meres or Meers
m. Sir Horatio Pettus, Bart of Rackheath (d 09.03.1731)
  e.+ other issue - Thomas (d unm), William (dsp)
  ii.+ other issue - Anthony (bpt 01.05.1637), Robert, Anne/Hannah (bpt 25.07.1639, bur 25.07.1639), Katharine (bpt 25.07.1639, bur 28.07.1639)
  m2. (sp) Faith Hatcher (dau of Sir John Hatcher of Careby)
  C. Mary Meres
  m. Robert Palmer of Carlton (not Castle) Scrope
  D.+ other issue - Thomas (bur 22.04.1639), Marmaduke (a 1615, dsp)
2. Goddard Meres of Kirton & Skendleby (d 04/5.1587)
  m. Margaret Ashe (dau of Henry Ashe of Wyberton)
  A. Anthony Meres of Kirton & Strubby
  m. Anne White (bpt 05.07.1586, dau of George White of Markby, m2. Rev. John Chippingdale)
  i.+ issue - George (bpt 08.1610, dsp bur 09.09.1638), Susan (bur 18.07.1609), Margaret (bpt 22.12.1611, bur 26.09.1612)
3. Sarah Meres (a 1615)
m2. Anne (a 1557)

 

 

John Meeres of Lincolnshire
m. Anna Alman (dau of John Alman, widow of _ Parnell)
1. Thomas Meeres (bur 04.1597)
m. Alice doward (sister of John Doward)
  A. John Meeres (bur 13.05.1645)
  m. Mary Frenet (dau of Stephen Frenet of Streams)
  i. Thomas Meeres (2nd son)
  a. John Meeres of Glynley, Sussex (bpt 01.05.165, dsp 25.03.1694)
  John devised his estate to his widow so it passed into the Fagg family.
  m. Elizabeth Hay (dau of William Hay of Horsted Parva, m2. Thomas Fagg of Glynley) ## see here ##
  ii. John Meeres (bpt 24.10.1611, d 21.01.1691)
  m. (30.01.1637) Joane Acheson (bpt 24.10.1619, dau of John Acheson of Pevensey)
  a.+ issue - John (b 02.12.1638), William (bpt 20.12.1642), Elizabeth (bpt 16.08.1640)
  iii. Barbara Meeres (bur 03.04.1646)
  m. Miles Thomson
  iv.+ other issue - Alman (bpt 09.1602, bur 16.06.1642), William (d 223.10.614), Ann (b 18.03.1608, bur 19.01.1653), Mary (bur 05.05.1668), Elizabeth

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, 'Meres of Great Carlton, Kirton and Aubourn')
(2) For lower section : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p255)
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