General
Samuel
Meredith
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Reese Meredith
and Martha (Carpenter) Meredith
Brother of
Elizabeth (Meredith) Clymer
Husband of
Margaret (Cadwalader) Meredith
— married
19 May 1772 in Philadelphia, PA
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (Meredith) Read, Elizabeth Meredith, Ann (Meredith) Dickenson and Thomas Cadwalader Meredith
Died
at about age 76
in Pleasant Mount, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Samuel Meredith, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1741; attended Doctor Allison’s Academy in Philadelphia; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in the Revolutionary War as major and lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Associators in 1776; promoted to brigadier general of Pennsylvania Militia April 5, 1777; resigned in 1778; twice a member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly; Member of the Continental Congress 1786-1788; appointed surveyor of the port of Philadelphia August 1, 1789; was the first United States Treasurer appointed under the Constitution, and served from September 11, 1789, until his resignation December 1, 1801; retired to his country home, “Belmont Manor,” near Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pa., where he died February 10, 1817; interment in the family cemetery on his estate.[1]
He was born in Philadelphia to Reese and Martha (Carpenter) Meredith. His father was a prominent local merchant. After Samuel attended Dr. Allison's Academy, he joined the family business. Samuel would later expand the business in partnership with his brother-in-law George Clymer, who married his sister Elizabeth Meredith in 1765. Samuel married Margaret Cadwalader on May 19, 1772.
He lived his later life in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He spent time in Carbondale Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where the local fire department bears his name.
In 1782 Samuel Meredith of Philadelphia was taxed on 13,950 acres valued at £20,985, was assessed a state tax of £196 3s. 4d.[2]
Sources
Citations
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12575616
- ↑ Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801,' citing Philadelphia County, 1782, image 3 of 15 [Samuel Meredith]
Source List
- Wikipedia.org [Samuel Meredith (Amerian politician)]
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12575616/samuel-meredith: accessed April 19, 2024), memorial page for Samuel Meredith (1741–10 Feb 1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #12575616, citing Meredith Family Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Samuel Meredith (1741-1817)]
- http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A077588
- https://www.geni.com/people/Gen-Samuel-Meredith/6000000013356071220
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