Mary (Cantrell) Meyers (1781 - 1864)

Born 30 Jul 1781 in Waterford Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Meyers — married 8 Jan 1805 in Waterford Ireland

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1864 at age 82 in Cork Ireland

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• Ireland Society of Friends (Quaker) deaths, Munster Family lists 1650-1876, Munster Quarterly 1828 (Archive ref QM II M1). Viewed at FindMyPast 8 Mar 2021. Thomas Cantrill of Waterford took to Wife Elizth Howis of [?] 25/7/1779 / Edward their Son born in Waterford 5 [mo] 17 [day] 1780 / Mary their daughter born there 7 [mo] 30 [day] 1781 (said Mary married John Meyers see Folio 153) / Elizabeth ... born there 10 [mo] 22 [day] 1782 (said Elizabeth married Wm Gooch see Folio 152) / Thomas … born there 2 [mo] 22 [day] 1784 (said Thomas dyed [sic] 9 [mo] 14 [day] 1784 / Jacob … born there 7 [mo] 7 [day] 1785 / Sarah … born there 7 [mo] 31 [day] 1786 (said Sarah died at Limerick 26 of 4 month 1823) / Thomas … born there 9 [mo] 28 [day] 1787 (said Thomas was disunited at Cork) / Anna … born there 12 [mp] 7 [day] 1789 (said Anna married out, she died at Waterford 10 [mo] 16 [day] 1820) / James … born there 11 [mo] 23 [day] 1788 / Catherine … born there 3 [mo] 16 [day] 1791 (said Catherine married out, she died at Limerick 6 [mo] 29 [day] 1820 / Henry … born there 8 [mo] 7 [day] 1792 (said Henry died (not a member) at Youghal 13 of 6 month 1848) / William … born there 11 [mo] 25 [day] 1793 / Hannah born after her Father was disunited and not entitled to Membership, 1 [mo] 31 [day] 1796 (said Hannah died 12 of 2 month 1796) / Lydia born … ditto … 5 [mo] 10 [day] 1797 / Thomas Cantrell was disunited by Friends. He died at Cork 4 of 10 month 1828 / Elizabeth Cantrell died at Waterford 1 of 7 month 1801" / https://search.findmypast.com.au/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FQM11M-1%2F0099&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F25625
• Ireland Society of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, Waterford Minutes of Men’s 6- and 3-Weeks Meetings 1785-1805, Waterford 1805 (Archive reference MM XI A5) : “Account is returned by one of the Friends appointed to make the necessary enquiry of Publication respecting John Meyers’s intended Marriage with Mary Cantrell, that they attended thereto, and nothing has arisen to obstruct their proceedings, a Letter received signed by two Friends on behalf of Cork Mens Meeting to the same effect, they are therefore at Liberty to accomplish their said Intentions in a Meeting for Worship … “ (Viewed at FindMyPast 8 Mar 2021)
• Ireland Society of Friends (Quaker) Marriages, Register of Marriages CORK 1859, Cork Meeting (Archive ref. ROM-CORK-1859) : Mary Cantrell, daughter of Thomas Cantrell of Waterford, married to John Meyers, at Waterford 1805 1 [mth] 8 [day]. (Viewed at FindMyPast 28 Dec 2019)
• Ireland Society of Friends (Quaker) Births, Cork MM Family lists 1671-1872, Archive reference MM VIII M1, viewed via FindMyPast 11 Mar 2021. “John Meyers Son of the late Christopher Meyers of Cork married Mary Cantrell Daughter of Thomas Cantrell of Waterford at Waterford 8th [day] of 1st [month] 1805. Christopher their Son born at Cork 1 of 6 mo 1807 / Thomas … born at Cork 25 of 7 mo 1809 (said Thomas married Rebecca Abbott see fo 153) / John … born in Cork 28 of 7 mo 1810 / Elizabeth their daughter born in Cork 22 of 10 mo 1811 / Edward their Son born in Cork 9 of 10 mo 1812 / William their Son born in Cork 22 of 11 mo 1813 / (George their Son died in Cork aged 12 days … 26 of 10 mo 1815) / Maria their Daughter born at Cork 5 of 2 mo 1817 (said Maria died in Cork 18 of 5 mo 1824) / George … born at Cork 18 of 3 mo 1820 (said George died in Cork 25 of 11 mo 1828) / Henry … born at Cork 26 of 4 mo 1821 (said Henry died in New York 30 of 6 mo 1856) / (Maria, George and Henry not born in Membership but received into Membership 11th of 9 mo 1823 ) / Sarah Jane their daughter born in Cork not in Membership 25 of 8 mo 1824 (said Sarah Jane married Samuel Wright see fo:157). John Meyers was disowned. He died at Cork 25 of 2 mo 1838. Mary Meyers died 28 of 2 month 1864.” https://search.findmypast.com.au/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMMV111M-1%2F0130&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F12157